Looking for Info on Thomas Wiltsie RCAF

Date: Feb 12, 2007

Looking for Info on Thomas Wiltsie RCAF

Index434 · Squadron Leader

I can't find any info on this KIA RAF serviceman on the VAC or CWGC sites.

Anymore info on him?

ALLYOOP · Flight Lieutenant

There is only one Wiltsie killed period in the WW's, an engineer in 1945. First/second name does not even match. Perhaps a spelling check required.
Allyoop

matt · Air Vice Marshall

This man was killed in a mid air collision with another 415 squadron Halifax on 8/21/44. The crash killed the squadron's Wingco, John McNeill, Wiltsie and ten other airmen.

I have some more info on this inbcident, I'll post it tonight.

ALLYOOP · Flight Lieutenant

Matt,
A typo with spelling...
WILTSE, THOMAS EARL
Initials:T E
Nationality:Canadian
Rank:Pilot Officer (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit:415 Sqdn.
Age:20
Date of Death:21/08/1944
Service No:J/87719
Additional information:Son of George and Edithe Wiltse.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:Sec. E. Row B. Grave 13.
Cemetery:HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
Alan

-- Edited by ALLYOOP at 16:38, 2007-02-13

-- Edited by ALLYOOP at 16:40, 2007-02-13

Date: Feb 14, 2007

from 'jettisoning'

this is a classic example of the frustrations caused when sites like CWGC and feeder requests do not tally !!
CWGC site will only respond to information given - it cannot 'guess' at answers .

matt · Air Vice Marshall

Okay so here is the scoop on this airman he was killed on 8/21/44 when Halifax(s) MZ633 and NA609 were invilved in a mid air collision. In total 12 airmen from 415 squadron were killed in the incident, including the sqn's Wing Commander.

W/Cdr John Gordon McNeill

Pilot

J/9201

RCAF

Sergeant James Walton Mitchell

Air Gunner

R/121261

RCAF

Sergeant Richard Cecil Morrison

Air Gunner

R/121748

RCAF

F\Lt George Everette Steel-Davies

Navigator

J/22138

RCAF

Pilot Officer Thomas Earl Wiltse

Bomb Aimer

J/87719

RCAF

SergeantThomas Crerar Guthrie

Flight Engineer

3020081

RAF

Flying Officer John Henry Hudson

Navigator

J/23947

RCAF

Pilot Officer Herbert Ronald Wilkinson Fox

WAG

J/90471

RCAF

Flying Officer Walter Reginald Eaglestone

WAG

J/26854

RCAF

S\Ldr Brian Edmond Wilmot

Pilot

J/23777

RCAF

F/Lt Andrew Harold AdelbertMcBain

Bomb Aimer

J/23638

RCAF

Sergeant Norman Martin Malpass

Flight Engineer

1852325

RAF

Hope this helps.

-- Edited by matt at 14:34, 2007-02-16

Date: Feb 16, 2007

The duty described is Transit from Exeter for both aircraft rather than
an operational loss. There were no operational losses reported on either
the 20th or 21st of Aug. The crash was 5 miles southwest of Selby, Yorkshire
on the Doncaster Rd. between Birkin and West Haddlesey.
Regards
Dave Wallace

matt · Air Vice Marshall

Anonymous wrote:
The duty described is Transit from Exeter for both aircraft rather than
an operational loss. There were no operational losses reported on either
the 20th or 21st of Aug. The crash was 5 miles southwest of Selby, Yorkshire
on the Doncaster Rd. between Birkin and West Haddlesey.
Regards
Dave Wallace
Any mention of the weather conditions at the time? I seem to recall reading that there was heavy fog.

dawallace · Wing Commander

I have nothing on the weather at the time. The aircraft involved were NA 609 6U-? of 415 Squadron & MZ 633 QO-B of 432 Squadron, both in transit from Exeter at the time they collided.
Regards
Dave Wallace

Linda · Air Commodore

I think thomas came from Leeds,Athens,Ontario.