WILKES John E - 9 Squad 12 RD

John E. WILKES

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

T-223105 (10601398)

AGE

37 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1907 MASSACHUSETTS

STATE

Bristol Country RHODE ISLAND

FAMILY

Married

RANK

Flight/Officer

FONCTION

Bomber

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Salespersons

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

2 september 1943

SQUADRON

9^th Squadron

GROUP

12^nd Repl Depot

ARMY

Royal Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

11 april 1944

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

St-Pierre-des-Corps - Tours

DATA PLAN

Avro Lancaster - type B I/B III - s/n DV198 WS-U

avro lancaster

Mission: Tours (37): railway facilities - Tryoportation Plan (But the systematic destruction of marshalling yards, railway junctions, railway lines in France, Belgium and West Germany, which could allow the delivery of supplies and reinforcements to oppose the landing of Allied armies on the Normandy coast.)

Take-Off: le 10 april to 22h49 from station Bardney, Lincolnshire UK

Shot down by flak

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
B	10	34

DECORATION

Purple Heart
Air Medal + OLC

Crew Avro Lancaster - type B I/B III - s/n DV198 WS-U
P/Officer	Colin Albert PEAK	Pilot	Royal Australian Air Force	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	21 yo
Sergeant	Eric Warnford KINDRED	Mecanic	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	27 yo
Sergeant	Thomas William VAREY	Navigator	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	33 yo
Flight/Officer	John E WILKES	Bomber	USAAF	Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14)
Sergeant	Vernon William George TORBETT	Radio	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	21 yo
Sergeant	John Weir NELSON	Gunner	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	23 yo
Sergeant	John HOGAN	Gunner	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Dead Cim Com Nantes Pont-du-Cens (44)	22 yo