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Military service
Service number:
J/21921
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
612 Sqdn.
Death:
August 15, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 175.
Additional information
Son of John and Constance May Wilson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. B. Comm. (British Columbia).
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Runnymede Memorial. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance, Runnymede Memorial. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels, Runnymede Memorial. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance, Runnymede Memorial. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stained Glass Window
This memorial window at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, BC. is dedicated in memory of Air Force Pilot Robert Alfred Wilson who was 23 when he died somewhere over the Bay of Biscay, off the north coast of Spain and the west coast of France. His memory is expressed here in the image of a soldier in the service of Christ, fighting powers of evil, and clothed in God's armour: the helmet of salvation, the mail coat of integrity, the leather buckler of truth and the sword of the spirit. On the banner is the Royal Canadian Air Force motto: PER ARDUA AS ASTRA, "Through hardships to the stars." PER ARDUA AD ASTRA I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE. IN MEMORY OF FO ROBERT ALFRED WILSON. R.C.A.F. MISSING OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY 15TH AUG. 1943. AGE 23 -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Alfred Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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