Besso, Walter Edward (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-June-25

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Birth Date: 1913

Born:

Parents: James and Lena Besso

Spouse: Mary F. Besso, of Bronx, New York, U.S.A.

Home: Holyrood, Newfoundland (parenrs)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

62 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Insperato Unexpectedly

Base

RAF Calcutta, India

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

55633

Home
Google MapHolyrood, Newfoundland (parenrs)
Memorial Location
Google MapSingapore War Memorial
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62 Squadron (Insperato) Dakota IV (C-47) KJ901 aircraft lost without trace over Burma. Flying Officer WE Besso (RAFVR)(Nfld), Sergeant AE Collingwood (RAFVR), FS G Firth (RAFVR), Warrant Officer GH Lloyd (RAFVR), Sergeant SJ Riding (RAFVR) and FS JCW Williamson (RAFVR) missing and have no known graves. Cenotaph at Holyrood Cemetery, Holyrood, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Crew or Other Personnel

Dakota KJ901

Flying Officer Walter Edward Besso RAFVR

Flying Officer Besso, Walter Edward (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-June-25
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Sergeant Albert Edward Collingwood RAF

Sergeant Collingwood, Albert Edward (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-June-25
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Grenville Firth RAF

Flt Sergeant Firth, Grenville (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-June-25
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer George Henry Lloyd RAF

Warrant Officer Lloyd, George Henry (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-June-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Stanley John Riding RAF

Sergeant Riding, Stanley John (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-June-25
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant John Charles Wilson Williamson RAF

Flt Sergeant Williamson, John Charles Wilson (RAF)

Killed in Action
1945-June-25
cemetery unknown