Wilbee, Bruce George (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-September-21

Flight Sergeant Bruce George Wilbee RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-March-06

Born: Stratford, Ontario

Parents: Son of George and Jean Wilbee. Brother of Morley Wilbee who was killed on February 11, 1945 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Spouse:

Home: Stratford, Ontario

Enlistment: London, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-June-05

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/63731

Home
Google MapStratford, Ontario
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Temporary Burial
Google Map Werneuchen

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 7 Row K Coll Grave 19-22
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Whitley V aircraft Z 6934 was shot down seventeen miles north-east of Berlin, Germany at Werneuchen, Germany. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Addendum: - The squadron was based at Leeming when Whitley aircraft Z 6934 was lost during a raid against Berlin. Sgt(s) L.G. Sinclair (RCAF), R.F. Archer (RAF), C.A. Foster (RAF), and PLO. S. Goulston (RAF) were also killed. The complete crew are all buried in the same cemetery. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England. Addendum: Whitley aircraft Z 6934 was shot down seventeen miles north-east of Berlin, Germany at Werneuchen, Germany. Sgt.s L.G. Sinclair, R.F. Archer (RAF), C.A. Foster (RAF), and P/O. S. Goulston (RAF) were also killed. Cenotaph at Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Sec 2 Lot 100 (not in cemetery database)

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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