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Military service
Service number:
J/23525
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 10, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
January 27, 1944
Walbich Tal, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
14. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Alfred and Alice Beatrice (nee Pound) Wilson, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of John David Wilson of Scarsdale, New York, United States of America.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 10 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Hugh Wilson
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of HUGH ROSS WILSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 480 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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