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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

James Wilde

In memory of:

Pilot Officer James Wilde

October 7, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/18537

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RACHECOURT-SUR-BLAISE CHURCHYARD
Haulte-Marne, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 1

Location:

The village of Rachecourt-sur-Blaise is in the Department of Haute-Marne,south-east of Paris and lies 42 kilometres north-west of the Chaumont, and 13 kilometres west of Joinville. In the RACHECOURT-SUR-BLAISE CHURCHYARD, south of the church and near to the boundary wall, are the graves of three British and three Canadian airmen.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Wilde is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Wilde 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

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