Birth Date: 1914-August-11
Born: Worcester, Massachusetts
Parents: Susie J. Gordon, of Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island.
Spouse:
Home: Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment Date: 1941-May-19
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/104815
The Hudson aircraft crashed on take-off from Siloth Cumbria England.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Ralph Ernest Wells RCAF R/104815 pilot KIA Jurby (St. Patrick) Churchyard Grave 345. Flight Sergeant Joseph Theodore Louis Philippe Gilbert RCAF R/55814 KIA Jurby (St. Patrick) Churchyard Grave 344. Sergeant Clarence William Kelner RCAF R/77769 KIA Jurby (St. Patrick) Churchyard Grave 346. Sergeant Sidney Alfred Gardiner RAF KIA Romford Cemetery Sec. L.L. Grave 1183.
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.
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