Wilkes, Walter Ian Leslie (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-August-28
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Frederick John Leslie and Renee Bella Wilkes, of St Marylebone, London
Spouse:
Home: St Marylebone, London, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
97 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim
Base
RAF Bourn
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Service Numbers
941414
Target
Nuremberg Germany
Temporary Burial
Erlangen Civil Cemetery, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Lancaster JA958
Mission
Lancaster Mk.III JA958
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1943-August-27 to 1943-August-28
97 (PFF) Sqn (RAF) RAF Bourn
97 Squadron RAF (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force, RAF Bourn. Lancaster BIII aircraft JA 958 OF-K was likely shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Otto Ertel of 5/JG300, four miles north of Erlangen, Germany during an operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Bubenreuth near Erlangen
Flight Lieutenant O B Robertson DFC (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant E G Crockett (RCAF), Flying Officer J C Frizzell (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class W S Hebb (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant W I L Wilkes (RAFVR were all killed in action
Warrant Officer P Scott (RAFVR) and Sergeant W G Peel (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
Addendum: FS. W.I.L. Wilkes (RAF) was also killed and two members of the crew, not Canadians, were taken Prisoners Of War.Lancaster JA958 Mk.III - Bombing Nuremberg Germany - 1943-08-27 to 1943-08-28
Squadron: 97 (PFF) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-27
Completion Date: 1943-08-28
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Nuremberg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Bourn
Take Off Time: 21:43
Squadron Code: OF-K
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Bubenreuth near Erlangen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Oblt Otto Ertel of 5/JG300
War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group August 27/28, 1943
55 Halifaxes from 419, 427, 428, and 434 squadrons were joined by 11 Lancasters from 426 squadron on an attack at Nurnberg. The crews were over the target at between 17,000 and 20,000 feet, releasing 142,000 lbs of high explosives and 130,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports most of the bombing south and eastern sectors with some in open country. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
97 Squadron RAF (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force, RAF Bourn. Lancaster BIII aircraft JA 958 OF-K was likely shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Otto Ertel of 5/JG300, four miles north of Erlangen, Germany during an operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Bubenreuth near Erlangen
Flight Lieutenant O B Robertson DFC (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant E G Crockett (RCAF), Flying Officer J C Frizzell (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class W S Hebb (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant W I L Wilkes (RAFVR were all killed in action
Warrant Officer P Scott (RAFVR) and Sergeant W G Peel (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
Addendum: FS. W.I.L. Wilkes (RAF) was also killed and two members of the crew, not Canadians, were taken Prisoners Of War.
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