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Military service
Service number:
J/16872
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 17, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
21. D. 15.
Additional information
Son of Harris A. and Annabelle B. Wile, of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
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Squadron Badge
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Photo of Floyd Wile
Floyd Wile April 1942 Truro NS., taken just before he was sent overseas. -
Photo of Floyd Alvin Wile
P/O Floyd Alvin Wile taken at Hyde Park, London, England in March 1943 while on leave just before the training began for the 617 crews. -
Gravemarker
Headstone of Floyd Wile at Reichswald Cemetery in Kleve Germany during a visit in 2000 by his Great Niece. -
Photo of Floyd Wile
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Floyd is top left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Floyd Alvin Wile
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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