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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

James Wilde

In memory of:

Pilot Officer James Wilde

October 7, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/18537

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RACHECOURT-SUR-BLAISE CHURCHYARD
Haulte-Marne, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 1

Location:

The village of Rachecourt-sur-Blaise is in the Department of Haute-Marne,south-east of Paris and lies 42 kilometres north-west of the Chaumont, and 13 kilometres west of Joinville. In the RACHECOURT-SUR-BLAISE CHURCHYARD, south of the church and near to the boundary wall, are the graves of three British and three Canadian airmen.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Wilde is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Wilde 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

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