Wilson, Harold Gilchrist
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harold Gilchrist |
Surname | Wilson |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Purvis Wilson and Janet Agnes Wilson, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | W5394 |
Markings | PH-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 6. Row D. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | I PASS THROUGH THE DOOR FROM TIME INTO ETERNITY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/106968 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-10-1942 |
End Date | 25-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying, La Pallice |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed in the sea |