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Military service
Service number:
J/12971
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
February 20, 1944
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8. G. 1-16.
Additional information
Son of Harold S. Wilson and Lillian M. Wilson, of Burlington, Ontario. Brother of Barbara.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
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Cemetery
Entrance sign to the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM SHELTON WILSON
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Shelton Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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