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Flight Sergeant Jack Oliphant Wilson

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Flight Sergeant Jack Oliphant Wilson

Birth
Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death
26 May 1943 (aged 21)
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands GPS-Latitude: 51.8223111, Longitude: 5.8293056
Plot
24. A. 2.
Memorial ID
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Jack Oliphant Wilson,Son of Robert Arthur and Mabel Annie Wilson, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Jack was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Stirling BK611 15 Squadron crashed at Grubbenvorst, Limburg Holland..... Crash landed after being hit by Flak and a night fighter.

Target: Düsseldorf

Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.O. Wilson 413329 RAAF Jonkerbos 24 A 2 Initially buried at Venlo
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Pittard 1387554 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 1 Initially buried at Venlo
Navigator F/Lt. B.E. Cooper 130589 RAF Survived evader, POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. P. Arnott 1333984 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 3 Initially buried at Venlo
Wo ag Sgt. S.J. Maxted 1333008 RAF Survived evader, POW
Air gunner W/O A.W. Edgeley 1104451 RAF Survived evader, POW
Air gunner Sgt. E.I. Seabolt R/121828 RCAF Survived POW
Jack Oliphant Wilson,Son of Robert Arthur and Mabel Annie Wilson, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Jack was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Stirling BK611 15 Squadron crashed at Grubbenvorst, Limburg Holland..... Crash landed after being hit by Flak and a night fighter.

Target: Düsseldorf

Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.O. Wilson 413329 RAAF Jonkerbos 24 A 2 Initially buried at Venlo
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Pittard 1387554 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 1 Initially buried at Venlo
Navigator F/Lt. B.E. Cooper 130589 RAF Survived evader, POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. P. Arnott 1333984 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 3 Initially buried at Venlo
Wo ag Sgt. S.J. Maxted 1333008 RAF Survived evader, POW
Air gunner W/O A.W. Edgeley 1104451 RAF Survived evader, POW
Air gunner Sgt. E.I. Seabolt R/121828 RCAF Survived POW

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Royal Australian Air Force

Gravesite Details

413329


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