Service details |
| WWII | | | RCAF | | No. 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force | | Flying Officer | | J13479 | | 19431125 | | killed in action | |
Narrative history |
| J13479 Flying Officer (No. 1 Squadron RAF fighter pilot) James Wilson (Jim) Wiley (b.1919) of Viscount was KIA 19431125 and is buried at Cherbourg Old communal cemetery, Manche, France. Wiley's Typhoon was shot down over the Cherbourg peninsula during a cross Channel sweep. He was the only son of Frederick and Jessie Alwilda (Mosher) Wiley. Frederick came from Marmora, Hastings Co., Ontario, to work for CP and later operated the power plant at Viscount. Jim was born at Plunkett, educated at Viscount, got his private pilot's license in 1937 and was working as a motion picture projectionist when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940. He married Nadine Evaline (Scott) at Arden, Frontenac Co., Ontario, a year later. |
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Memorial information |
| 341 - Viscount |
| Cherbourg Old communal cemetery, Manche, France
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| Viscount |
| Wiley Bay, Saskatchewan
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| 57.6°N / 102.6833°W |
| 64E10 |
| In a letter to the Geographic Names Board, his sister claimed that a mountain """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""southwest of Lake Hagen and Turnstone Glacier in the Northwest Territories"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" was also named in Jim's honour. Mount Wiley is in Sirmilik national park on Ellesmere Island which today is in Nunavut (340D10), just south of Alert. |
Personal information |
| 19190105 |
| Plunkett
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| 19400628 |
| Saskatoon
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| Viscount
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| projectionist |
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