KNOWLES – Wilfred Martin
P/O Wilfred Martin Knowles – 172412 - from Barbados
Pilot of a Lancaster that was killed with his crew on 1 July 1944 over Vierzon (France)
[Courtesy Alain Charpentier]
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A report on the memorial tribute to the RAF Airmen and the other British army/navy personnel from the British West Indies who served in WW II held in Washington DC on June 19, 2009. [Report by CaribNation Television; courtesy Gabriel Christian]
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