- SURNAME
Wilkinson
- FORENAME
John
- UNIT
617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R.
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
1025280
- DATE OF DEATH
16th May 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 169
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1922 Antrobus,Cheshire
son of Thomas Wilfred and Ethel Wilkinson,Antrobus,Cheshire
RAF 1940
Padgate 8.10.1940
14 SFTS 16.11.1940
10 SRC 10.4.1941
2 Signal School 8.8.1941
RAF Leeming 7.11.1941
2 Signal School 17.6.1942
1 AGS 25.6.1942
290 OTU 1.9.1942
1654 CU 8.12.1942
467 Squadron 5.2.1943
617 Squadron 25.3.1943
w.op/air gunner
Lancaster ED934
Op.Chastise (Sorpe Dam)
hit by flak on Texel and crashed Waddenzee,Holland
DATE OF DEATH:
16-May-1943
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