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Flight Lieutenant Wiley was taken as Prisoner of War in March 1943 after escaping from his Kittyhawk aircraft which crashed over Tunisia. He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during an escape from Stalag Luft 3.
Flight Lieutenant George William Wiley has been honoured by having Wiley Creek named after him. The location of Wiley Creek is in Yukon (105F04- 61° 01’ 57”- 133° 46’ 53”).
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Commemorated on:
Page 478 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY Poland
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