Birth Date: 1921-July-01
Born: Hanna, Hanna Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Parents: Son of John Niven Oldham and Elizabeth Brownless.
Spouse: Husband of Norma (nee Cleveland) Oldham
Home: Vernon, British Columbia
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1941-September-18
Service
RCAF
Unit
605 (I) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nunquam Dormio I never sleep
Base
RAF Blackbushe
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/14716
Prev: R/133110
Flight Lieutenant Oldham had previously been employed as teller and accountant with the Royal Bank of Canada at two branches in Vancouver, British Columbia from July 1938 until he enlisted in October 1941
Upon completion of his training Flight Lieutenant Oldham graduated third in a class of 1942 pilots and was posted as staff pilot instructor at #5 Bombing and Gunnery School in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. He was posted overseas in October 1944 and attached to 603 Squadron RCAF
605 County of Warwick Squadron (Nunquam Dormio) RAF Blackbushe. Mosquito VI aircraft PZ 349 UP-P was lost while on an armed reconnaissance operation over north-west Germany. The cause of loss was not deternined but the Mosquito crashed at Hoog Buurlo, Radio Kootwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands with the loss of both crew members
Both pilot, Flight Lieutenant WG Oldham (RCAF) and navigator, Sergeant JF Fry (RAFVR) were killed in action
605 County of Warwick Squadron (Nunquam Dormio) RAF Blackbushe. Mosquito VI aircraft PZ 349 UP-P was lost while on an armed reconnaissance operation over north-west Germany. The cause of loss was not deternined but the Mosquito crashed at Hoog Buurlo, Radio Kootwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands with the loss of both crew members
Both pilot, Flight Lieutenant WG Oldham (RCAF) and navigator, Sergeant JF Fry (RAFVR) were killed in action
Vernon, British Columbia
Enlisted Staff - RBC
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
