In memory of

Flying Officer

Wilfred Earl Weber

who died on 5 Mar 1945


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 170 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J40810
  Date of death 19450305
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J40810 Flying Officer (No. 170 Squadron RAF navigator) Wilfred Earl Weber (b.1921) of Yellow Grass was KIA 19450305 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Weber's Lancaster failed to return from a raid on Chemnitz, Germany. He was the son of Roy and Emma (Dreger) Weber, Roy came from Poland to a farm five miles southeast of Yellow Grass in 1893. Wilfred graduated from Lewvan school and was farming when he enlisted at Regina in 1942.

Cousin of Fred Weber.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 98 - Scott
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Yellow Grass
  Geo-memorial Weber Bay, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.1667°N / 107.45°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O3
  Geo-memorial details West shore of Lac la Plonge.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19211112
  Place of birth Yellow Grass    
  Date of enlistment 19420905
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Yellow Grass    
  Occupation farmer
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