WILSON, Gordon Oswald
| Service Number: | 414330 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units |
| Born: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Beenleigh, Logan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Manitoba, Canada, 11 June 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414330, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414330 | |
| 24 Apr 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414330, Embarked on the SS President Munroe ain Sydney, disembarked San Francisco 15 May 1942, entraining that night for Edmonton Canada via Seattle, and Vancouver. | |
| 11 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414330, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, 12 Service Flying Training School (RCAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Killed in Air Accident
Mrs. M. Palmer, 31 Chermside St., Highgate Hill, has been notified that her son, LAC Gordon Oswald Wilson, has been killed in an air-craft accident at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Twenty years of age, he enlisted in Queensland and went to Cannada recently to complete his training as an RAAF pilot.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Gordon Oswald Wilson 414330 was killed when Cessna T-50 Crane training aircraft 7887 from Number 12 Service Flying Training School (12 SFTS) at RCAF Base Brandon crashed near Chater in Manitoba, Canada
Cessna Crane aircraft #7887 and Cessna Crane aircraft #7745 were engaged in circuits and landings at the airfield at Chater, Manitoba when they collided in mid-air. The only other casualty was Pilot Officer Arthur Beverley Polley RCAF J/8159 (Instructor) who was in aircraft 7887 with LAC Wilson
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