Wilson, Herbert Clarke
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Herbert Clarke |
Surname | Wilson |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Herbert and Mary Wilson. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW692 |
Markings | PT-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Grandcourt War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | E, 5. |
Epitaph | THROUGH ADVERSITY TO THE STARS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 267 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86417 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wilson Rapids, Manitoba; In Churchill River, 2km east of Northern Indian Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Rapids |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1944 |
End Date | 21-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (5% moon) |
Operation | Lens- to bomb railway installations. 175 aircraft, 1 Lost An accurate bombing raid with much damage caused to the engine sheds and workshops |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak after straying off course causing both port engines to catch fire. Crashed at Pourville-sur-Mer, near Dieppe, France. The two air gunners (J/86241 Sgt Paul Joseph Hector Jean Paul Bourcier and R/191468 Sgt. Robert Allan Anderson) baled out and became PoWs in Stalag Luft III, the others perished. |