Birth Date: 1923-December-26 (age 19)
Born: Beri, South Australia
Thomas Adams Wightman & Elsie May Wightman
Home: Woodville, South Australia (parents)
Marshal | |
Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
Air Marshal | A/M |
Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
Air Commodore | A/C |
Group Captain | G/C |
Wing Commander | W/C |
Squadron Leader | S/L |
Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
Flying Officer | F/O |
Pilot Officer | P/O |
Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
Flight Sergeant | FS |
Sergeant | SGT |
Corporal | CPL |
Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
The crew of Halifax Mk V EB-185 were returning from a cross-country exercise in poor weather and crashed just outside the outer circle at the down wind end of the runway at RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire, England.
Killed including Wrightman: Flying Officer Allan Reid Cameron RCAF J/25525 KIA Nottingham Crematorium, England Sergeant Leslie Robert Cox RAF KIA Sutton Cemetery Sec. G. Grave 155. Sergeant Jack Pennington RAF KIA St. Luke Churchyard, Orel, Wigan Grave 116. Sergeant Harry Poole RAF KIA St. Chad Churchyard Kirby Merseyside Grave 640F. Sergeant Reginald Tarbat Stoneman RAF pilot KIA St. Giles The Abb Farnborough Grave 114.