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Military service
Service number:
J/7035
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 8, 1919
Waterloo, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 16, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
July 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. G. 4.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrews Shoemaker is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrews Shoemaker is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Stirling W-7576 was airborne 2340 25 Jul 42 from Wyton. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0132 at Horst (Limburg), 12 km NW of Venlo, Holland, where those killed were first buried. They have been subsequently been re-interred in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Also killed was RCAF F/Sgt. John C. Fitzgerald and RAF Sgt. P. D. Byrne. Four crew members were taken PoW: Sgt. D. L. Evans, RCAF, and RAF Sgts H.A.Robinson, R.J.Fletcher and G.D.G.Muir. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 114 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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