Service Details
Name:
 WILSON
Given Name:
 NORMAN GLADSWOOD
Initials:
 N G
Service No:
 77694
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-18
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lancaster I R5539, air crash, two miles NE of Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Additional
Information:
Born in South Africa and became well-known in Europe in motor racing circles prior to the war. London Gazette #2816 dated 16th May 1941 advises that he was promoted to the war substantive rank of Flying Officer with effect 6th April 1941. On East London Golf Club Roll of Honour. He was part of a crew testing a prototype Lancaster which crashed on Salisbury Plain
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Edinburgh
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Cemetery:
 EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. E. Grave 707.

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