Wilkins, John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Wilkins |
Gender | M |
Age | 39 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Martha Wilkins, of Manchester. Husband of Hilda Wilkins, of Middleton, Manchester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME853 |
Markings | PO-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Boran-Sur-Oise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 38. |
Epitaph | HE LEFT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO OWN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 116 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 858830 |
Service | Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1977/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1944 |
End Date | 02-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bois de Cassan |
Reason for Loss | Collided with another 467 Lancaster ND346 during a daylight attack on a flying-bomb supply depot, both aircraft crashing at Boran-sur-Oise |