635 Squadron's Avro Lancaster III (#ND820), with an aircrew of seven, was on a bombing practice flight when a malfunction of the aircraft caused it to crash and burst into flames in a remote Lincolnshire area near Bicker. The body of only one member of the crew was able to be recovered.
The seven airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Joseph Bernard BANNAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Douglas James FARRANT,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Anthoney Ivor Gwynne HUNTER,
RFVR Warrant Officer Roland Thornton LORD,
RAFVR Sergeant Reuben Horace Frederick MALTHOUSE,
RCAF Sergeant John William NIXON and
RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Ferguson WILSON.
[There is a memorial remembering and honourng the seven fallen airmen at the Bicker crash site.]
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Navigator
Service Number:J/12709
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 635 RAF Squadron
Son of James and Euphemia Wilson; husband of Laurine Wilson of Lucknow, Ontario.
Flying Officer Thomas Ferguson Wilson is commemorated on Page 481 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
["If one's heart lies lonely
for the maples' golden shade
And if one listens mutely
For a song that is not played
Breathe gently on him England
A son of Canada, he stayed."]
~
635 Squadron's Avro Lancaster III (#ND820), with an aircrew of seven, was on a bombing practice flight when a malfunction of the aircraft caused it to crash and burst into flames in a remote Lincolnshire area near Bicker. The body of only one member of the crew was able to be recovered.
The seven airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Joseph Bernard BANNAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Douglas James FARRANT,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Anthoney Ivor Gwynne HUNTER,
RFVR Warrant Officer Roland Thornton LORD,
RAFVR Sergeant Reuben Horace Frederick MALTHOUSE,
RCAF Sergeant John William NIXON and
RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Ferguson WILSON.
[There is a memorial remembering and honourng the seven fallen airmen at the Bicker crash site.]
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Navigator
Service Number:J/12709
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 635 RAF Squadron
Son of James and Euphemia Wilson; husband of Laurine Wilson of Lucknow, Ontario.
Flying Officer Thomas Ferguson Wilson is commemorated on Page 481 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
["If one's heart lies lonely
for the maples' golden shade
And if one listens mutely
For a song that is not played
Breathe gently on him England
A son of Canada, he stayed."]
~
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