Wilson, Raymond

Killed in Action 1944-08-23

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Son of James E. Wilson and Mary Jane Christenson. Brother of Allen, George, Ray, Harry, Walter, Gordon, Lila, Bessie and Kathleen Wilson.

Home: Leo, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Decorations: DFC

Distinguished Service Cross

Service

RCAF

Unit

13 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Adjuvamus Tuendo We assist by watching

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/86699

Home
Google MapLeo, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapGenivolta Cemetery, Italy
Re-Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery
Coll grave VI C 10-11
13 Squadron (Adjuvamus Tuendo). On August 25, 1944 the crew of Baltimore aircraft FW 535 were engaged in an armed reconnaissance over the roads in the Lodi area of Italy. The aircraft was flying between 8,000 and 6,500 feet when it suddenly exploded and went down in flames. Pilot Officer H.D. Young was injured and taken Prisoner of War, he died of his wounds two days later in an Italian Hospital.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Baltimore FW535

Pilot Officer Wilson, Raymond (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-August-23
War Cemetery, Milan, Italy

Pilot Officer Young, Hedley De La Broquerie (RCAF)
Navigator
Prisoner of War Died
1944-August-23
Padua War Cemetery, Padua, Italy

Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia

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