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Wilkinson, G., Sgt., 1945
In Alnwick Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1596299 Sergeant George Wilkinson, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 02/03/1945.

Sgt. G. Wilkinson was a crew member of 207 Sqdn. Lancaster III ME473 EM-N which was a training exercise on the night of 1-2 March. It took off from Spilsby, and was in collision near Sleaford, Lincs. with another Lancaster also on a training flight.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1945. W.R. Chorley Midland Counties Publications, 1998. ISBN 0 904597 92 X

George Wilkinson is remembered at Alnwick on A11.01


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Wilkinson

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