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Military service
Service number:
R/l15064
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
24th Operational Training Unit
Birth:
August 12, 1920
Death:
May 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave XXVII. G. 4-7.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Bertha (nee Maynes) Harris, of Grand Valley, Ontario. Husband of Dorothy G. Harris, of Orangeville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
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Photo of Wilfred Gordon Harris
Sgt. Wilfred Gordon Harris Royal Canadian Air Force Air Gunner R/115064 Killed in action whilst on a leaflet dropping mission near Alenccon, France. The aircraft was shot down by German flack and crash landed at La Potence, near Sees, France. -
Ring
Signet ring that was presented to Sgt. Wilfred Gordon Harris by the town of Grand Valley, Ontario. Ring was found at crash site of Whitley bomber near Sees, Normandy, France. 61 years after the crash, the ring was returned to the family of Sgt. Harris. -
Photo of WILFRED GORDON HARRIS
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris 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 -
Memorial
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 329 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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