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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/86699
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
13 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 11, 1917
Hackett, Alberta
Enlistment:
April 10, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave VI. C. 10-11.
Additional information
Son of James E. Wilson and Mary Jane Christenson. Brother of Allen, George, Ray, Harry, Walter, Gordon, Lila, Bessie and Kathleen Wilson.
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Photo of RAYMOND WILSON
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Photo of RAYMOND WILSON
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Attestation paper
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Service Book
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Document
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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. -
Newspaper clipping
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
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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