Wilde, Clarence Elder

Killed in Action 1943-01-02

Birth Date: 1909

Born:

Son of Arthur Benjamin and Agnes Elizabeth Wilde.

Home: Kinley, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

210 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/51121

Home
Google MapKinley, Saskatchewan
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
210 Squadron (Yn Y Nwyfre Ynhedfan). Catalina aircraft VA 725 failed to return from a trip. Sergeant F.H. Lukey was also killed. Eight of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.Addendum: 210 Sqn. Catalina II VA 725 lost over the Atlantic, Sergeant F.H. Lukey (RAF) (Can.), Sergeant C.E. Wilde (RCAF), Sergeant G. Gray (RAF), Sergeant H. Addinall (RAF), W/O H.R. Cox (RAF), Sergeant K. Holmes (RAF), Sergeant D. Sims (RAF), Sergeant E. Jones (RAF), Flight Sergeant G.K. Ross (RNZAF) and Sergeant J.B. Robertson (RAF) missing.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Canso VA725

Male Head

Sergeant Lukey, Francis Harry (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-January-02
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Wilde, Clarence Elder (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-02
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations.RCAF

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