Wylie, Douglas McKay (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-September-22

Warrant Officer 2 Douglas McKay Wylie RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-July-17

Born: New York

Parents: Newton & Judith Pole Wylie, of Toronto

Spouse: Vera Mae Huston Wylie. of Toronto

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Woolfox Lodge

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/129010

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapHanover Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 2 Row H Grave 3

218 Gold Coast Sqn (In Time) Stirling III EF139 HA-B struck by falling bombs from another aircraft flying above it and broke up in the air over Lauenau, Germany during night operations to Hanover, Germany

Killed includes Wylie: Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle RCAF J/27315 KIA Hanover War cemetery grave 2. H. 5. Sergeant Harold James Hicks RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 4. Flight Sergeant George McCowan King RCAF R/142247 KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 2. Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer RCAF R/122306 pilot KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. H. 1.

POWs: Sergeant Arnold William Baker RCAF R/112703 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant William George Morement RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling EF139

Sergeant Arnold William Baker RCAF

Sergeant Baker, Arnold William (RCAF)
Rear Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-September-22
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle RCAF

Pilot Officer Eberle, Raymond Frederick (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Flight Sergeant George McGowan King RCAF

Flight Sergeant King, George McGowan (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer RCAF

Flight Sergeant Spencer, Norman Vincent (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Warrant Officer 2 Douglas McKay Wylie RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Wylie, Douglas McKay (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-September-22
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany