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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
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Photo of RAYMOND WILSON
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Photo of RAYMOND WILSON
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Grave marker
Baltimore bomber FW535 of 13 (RAF) Squadron crashed near Genivolta in Italy killing three of the crew - RAF Squadron Leader Peter David Keith MACGLASHAN Pilot (47787); RAF Flight Sergeant Leslie IRLAM Wireless Operator (1084653) and RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond WILSON Wireless Operator (J/86699). The Navigator, RCAF C/86518 Pilot Officer Hedley de la Brocquerie YOUNG (from USA) was injured and died on the 29th in a hospital at Mantus where he was initially buried before his remains were transferred to the Padua War Cemetery. -
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From the Edmonton Bulletin September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MILAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
Follow the A1 north towards Milan. Exit from the A1 following the signs for Tangenziale West. Exit from the Tangenziale (main road) following the blue signs for Milano, route SS11. Proceed in the direction of Milano and pass the Grand Hotel Brun. Take the sharp turn to the left following the CWGC signs. The Cemetery lies in a large park approximately 0.5 kilometre along on the right.
The MILAN WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff but will be unmanned.
The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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