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FLTLT Donald John Wilson 414286

Squadron/s130 SQN RAF
Rank On Discharge/Death Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT)
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth16 Oct 1921
Date of Death08 Dec 1944
Contributing Author/sCompiled by Vince Conant
April 2016
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Date of birth - 16 Oct 1921
Place of birth – TOWNSVILLE QLD
Place of enlistment - BRISBANE
Next of Kin - WILSON, PHILIP

Flight Lieutenant Donald John Wilson
Service number: 414286
Unit: No. 130 Squadron (RAF)
Date of death: 08 December 1944
Commemorated on: Panel 132
Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Donald John Wilson's name is located at 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).



HOLLAND. 1944-10-16. RAAF MEMBERS, 414286 FLYING OFFICER (FO) D. J. WILSON, CHARLEVILLE, QLD (LEFT), AND 409420 FO K. M. LOWE, MELBOURNE, VIC, STANDING BY A SPITFIRE '14' OF NO. 130 SQUADRON RAF, ON AN AIRFIELD IN HOLLAND.
130 Sqn Spitfires at Ballyhalbert in Spring of 1943
Donald John Wilson's name is located at 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Learn more about the squadron/s in which Donald served.

130 SQN RAF

No. 130 Squadron RAF reformed on 20 June 1941 at Portreath with Spitfires as a fighter Squadron and became operational on 21 July. Sweeps over north-west France, convoy patrols ...

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