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Sgt Wilbur Frederick Webber

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Sgt Wilbur Frederick Webber

Birth
New Brunswick, Canada
Death
18 May 1941 (aged 24)
Norfolk, England
Burial
Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
Plot
Grave 68.
Memorial ID
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R/54909 Sergeant Air/Obs, Wilbur Frederick Webber
218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Died age 23
Son of Roy D. Webber and Isabel M. Webber, of Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Province of Quebec, Canada. Sergeant Wilbur Frederick Webber is commemorated on Page 48 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

218 Sqdn Wellington ll w5448 HA-Z

The aircraft crashed from a high speed dive, from the dinghy
breaking loose and and fouling the starboard elevator. The bomber came down at Hilgay, 3 miles SSE of Downham Market,Norfolk. Sgt Mew died two days later of his Injuries.

Crew on board:

89063 P/O Brian Edward Lymbery Killed age 23

Sgt Kenneth Wilson Coates Killed age 22

Sgt Wilbur Frederick Webber RCAF Killed age 23

Sgt Luther Crawshaw Killed age ?

Sgt George Lee Morris Bayly Killed age ?

Sgt Ronald George Mew Killed age 20
R/54909 Sergeant Air/Obs, Wilbur Frederick Webber
218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Died age 23
Son of Roy D. Webber and Isabel M. Webber, of Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Province of Quebec, Canada. Sergeant Wilbur Frederick Webber is commemorated on Page 48 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

218 Sqdn Wellington ll w5448 HA-Z

The aircraft crashed from a high speed dive, from the dinghy
breaking loose and and fouling the starboard elevator. The bomber came down at Hilgay, 3 miles SSE of Downham Market,Norfolk. Sgt Mew died two days later of his Injuries.

Crew on board:

89063 P/O Brian Edward Lymbery Killed age 23

Sgt Kenneth Wilson Coates Killed age 22

Sgt Wilbur Frederick Webber RCAF Killed age 23

Sgt Luther Crawshaw Killed age ?

Sgt George Lee Morris Bayly Killed age ?

Sgt Ronald George Mew Killed age 20

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