Roll of Honour: Person Info
Personal Details
| Service No: | 1768206 |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Name: | WILSON |
| First Name: | DONALD JACK |
| Initials: | D J |
| Born: | Unknown |
Death Details
| Date of Death: | 1944-05-12 |
| Age at Death: | |
| Cause of Death: | Killed in action, Avro Lancaster LL752 LS-A he took off from Mildenhall in Suffolk at 22:36 hours on 11th May 1944, for a raid on the railway yards at Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. The raid was carried out by 105 Lancasters as part of the extensive operations carried out to destroy and disrupt German supply and transport facilities in preparation for D-Day. Four Lancasters were lost including LL752, which was shot down by a Luftwaffe night-fighter after midnight at 00:30 hours, and crashed to the northwest of Leuven |
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