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Squadron Leader COLIN HOWARD WILSON

Service Number: 75996
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

7 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 6. E. 3-7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Wilson; husband of Joyce H. Wilson, of Bowdon, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF JOYCE, ELDEST SON OF W. AND A. WILSON "THUS WAS HIS LOVE FOR NATIONS YET UNBORN"
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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