Robert Edwin Wilson
Service number
R/67917
Military unit
408 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address
Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
Date of birth
05 Nov 1915
Date of death
22 Apr 1942 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of William and Cora Helena Wilson, of Petrolia, Ontario, Canada.
Military history
22/23 April 1942 Hampden AE237 408 Squadron Took off from RAF Balderton 19:46. Intercepted by night fighter piloted by Ofw P Gildner II/NJG2 (KIFA 25/2/43). Crashed in the North Sea off Ameland in the Dutch Frisian Islands at 00:07 during a gardening mission, Rosemary area, crew remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sgt Edwin Corderoy
Sgt John Daughney RCAF
Sgt Allan MacGregor RNZAF
Sgt Robert Wilson RCAF - All missing.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Robert Edwin Wilson