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WILSON, Gordon

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax VII
Serial Number NP699
Markings QO-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
Grave Reference N. 20..
Epitaph DEAR SON OF E. AND J. WILSON, CHATHAM, ONT., CANADA "FOR OUR TO-MORROW HE GAVE HIS TO-DAY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 267
Enlistment information
Service Number J/37726
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 432 (Leaside)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 17-12-1944
End Date 18-12-1944
Takeoff Station East Moor
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Duisburg. 523 aircraft, 8 Halifaxes lost (1.5%). A successful raid. 346 houses destroyed and 524 badly damaged.
Reason for Loss Collided with Halifax LV818. Six crew members died in the crash, one survived. The entire crew of eight on board Halifax LV818 also perished.