Stephens, Wilbert (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-August-03

Flying Officer Wilbert Stephens RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of William George and Mary Stephens, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/28690

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapTrossy St Maximin France
Final Burial
Google MapCimetiere de Verdun de Creil
Plot 2 Grave 359
61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). Lancaster aircraft PA 162 missing during a daylight operation against Troissy-St-Maximin, France. Flying Officer F.O. Gilmore, P/Os R.E. Sutherland, H.D. Thomson, and Flying Officer E.R. Durant (RAF) were also killed. One of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed, and one Canadian, Flying Officer Forbes, was taken Prisoner of War.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PA162

Flying Officer Francis Ormond Gilmore RCAF

Flying Officer Gilmore, Francis Ormond (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-August-03
Cimetiere de Verdun de Creil, Rue de Verdun, Creil, France

Flying Officer Wilbert Stephens RCAF

Flying Officer Stephens, Wilbert (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-August-03
Cimetiere de Verdun de Creil, Rue de Verdun, Creil, France

Pilot Officer Ross Edwin Sutherland RCAF

Pilot Officer Sutherland, Ross Edwin (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-August-03
Cimetiere de Verdun de Creil, Rue de Verdun, Creil, France

Pilot Officer Harold David Thomson RCAF

Pilot Officer Thomson, Harold David (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-August-03
Cimetiere de Verdun de Creil, Rue de Verdun, Creil, France