Gordon John Wilkie
Service number
R/65170
Military unit
408 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address
North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Date of birth
11 Feb 1911
Date of death
13 Apr 1942 (31 years old)
Place of birth
North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Engine fireman.
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Family history
Son of William T. and Hilda M. Wilkie, of North Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Military history
12/13 April 1942 Hampden AT120 408 Sqn Took off from RAF Balderton to bomb Essen, last heard on W/T by Heston at 04:20 believed to have ditched with the loss of the crew. 2 carrier pigeons from the aircraft arrived at lofts with coordinates but the life raft was swamped before rescue.
F/Sgt William Meech RCAF - Body washed ashore 2/5/1942, Ramsgate area.
F/Sgt John Davenport RCAF - Washed ashore, 30/4/1942 buried Aylesham Cemetery, Kent.
F/Sgt George Lantz RCAF
F/Sgt Gordon Wilkie RCAF - Both missing.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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