George Stevenson Wilson
Service number
971301
Military unit
455 Sqdn Royal Australian Air Force Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of birth
21 Dec 1917
Date of death
25 Mar 1942 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of James Duncan Wilson and Margaret Stevenson Wilson, of Leith, Edinburgh.
Military history
25 March 1942 Hampden P5329 455 Sqn. While returning to RAF Wigsley on a transit flight from St Eval, 17.43 the starboard propeller came off and the aircraft crashed at Sparks Farm, Watchfield, Somerset, exploding killing all crew. The crew had landed at St Eval after a Gardening mission off Lorient the day before due to bad weather at home base.
F/Lt Alan Metcalfe DFC
P/O James Sayer RAAF
F/S George Wilson
Sgt Frederick Donohoe RAAF - All killed.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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