John Wilkinson
Sergeant · 1025280 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 16 May 1943, aged 21
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 16 May 1943: Caen · Operation Chastise · Operation Chastise - The 'dambusters' Raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Wireless operator, ED934 AJ-K — Crashed outbound -
16 May 1943
Died
aged 21
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED934 AJ-K (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Arthur Neville Whitaker (Bomb aimer) · Alastair James Taylor (Flight engineer) · Charles McAllister Jarvie (Front gunner) · James Herbert Warner (Navigator) · Vernon William Byers (Pilot) · James McDowell (Rear gunner)
Source: CWGC casualty record: WILKINSON, JOHN → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission