Wilson, William Stuart
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | William Stuart |
Surname | Wilson |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Francis and Dahlia Juliaetta Wilson, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | DK247 |
Markings | MP-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. C. 19. |
Epitaph | DEARLY LOVED AND FOR EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 267 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 420094 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Miscellaneous Information
date of crash: 4/10/43. Died from his injuries |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Ju 88C-6 D5 LK and crashed on Vehne Moor, SW of Oldenburg, Germany |