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Military service
Service number:
R/201968
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1653 Heavy Conversion Unit
Birth:
July 14, 1924
Moncton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
January 18, 1943
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
April 28, 1945
Stoke,Rochford, Lincolnshire, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
51. B. 8.
Additional information
Son of Lloyd Rogerson Wilson and Marjorie Anna Wilson, of Moncton, New Brunswick. Mr David H. Frampton, Health & Safety/Training Manager of Stoke Rochford Management has obtained permission for a Canadian Maple tree to be planted as a memorial to the crew of Lancaster aircraft # IM 719 which crashed in the grounds of Stoke-Rochford Hall on 28 April 1945. A plaque alongside the tree will name the crew members. There will also be a print of the plane commissioned which will be displayed at the Hall, alongside a framed display case of artefacts from the aircraft. The ceremony was held on 19 November 2006.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
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Dedication Ceremony 19 Nov 2006 page 1
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Dedication Ceremony 19 Nov 2006 page 2
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Canadian High Commission officers
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Colour party
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Cpl Ian Harrison
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Padre blessing the tree and memorial
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Tree, plaque and wreaths
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Memorial
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Roger Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 576 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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