In memory of

Flying Officer

Melvin Wilson Collins

who died on 16 May 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J10509
  Date of death 19430516
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J10509 Flying Officer (No. 295 Squadron RAF pilot) Melvin Wilson Collins (b.1921) of Saskatoon was KIA 19430516 and is buried at St. Mary churchyard, Bransgore, Hampshire, England. Collins' Halifax crashed at Sopley. Melvin was the son of William Turner and Jeanie Andrews (Kerr) Collins who came from Lancashire and Glasgow respectively to farm southeast of Saskatoon. Melvin was born at Saskatoon, educated at Floral and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location St Mary churchyard, Bransgore, Hampshire, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Collins Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.95°N / 103.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M13
  Geo-memorial details North of Hamill Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210530
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19410603
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation farmer
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