Olmsted, Wilfred Jamieson
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Wilfred Jamieson |
Surname | Olmsted |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 18-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Henry and Mary Pearl Olmsted, of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JN973 |
Markings | NA-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 255. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 221 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/186395 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Squadron Motto | Usque ad finem (To the very end) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-04-1944 |
End Date | 18-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Mining |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |