Wilkinson, George Winstone
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | George Winstone |
Surname | Wilkinson |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 27-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Wilkinson, and Stepson of Florence Wilkinson, of Kitt Green, Wigan, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | N3727 |
Markings | MG-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kirkeby Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 274. |
Epitaph | IT IS WELL WITH YOU, AMONG THE CHOSEN FEW, AMONG THE VERY BRAVE, THE VERY TRUE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 110571 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 7 |
Squadron Motto | Per diem per noctem (By day and by night) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Miscellaneous Information
Body washed up 6th October 1942 onto Romo island |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13925 (P368295/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/7 |
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 | 27-04-1942 |
End Date | 28-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (89% moon) |
Operation | Mining off Heligoland |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed in the North Sea |