Douglas Wilson (RAAF officer)
Group Captain Douglas Ernest Lancelot "Del" Wilson (1 December 1898 – 2 August 1950) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. During early 1942, as an acting Air Commodore, Wilson was part of the short-lived Allied supreme command for South East Asia and the South West Pacific, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM). Afterwards, he was attached to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in North West Europe, and spent more than a year as a prisoner of war (POW) in Nazi Germany.
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Douglas Wilson (RAAF officer)
Group Captain Douglas Ernest Lancelot "Del" Wilson (1 December 1898 – 2 August 1950) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. During early 1942, as an acting Air Commodore, Wilson was part of the short-lived Allied supreme command for South East Asia and the South West Pacific, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM). Afterwards, he was attached to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in North West Europe, and spent more than a year as a prisoner of war (POW) in Nazi Germany.
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Group Captain Douglas Ernest L ...... of war (POW) in Nazi Germany.
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RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor (1943)
RAF Linton-on-Ouse(1943)
RAF Wyton(1943)
Western Area, RAAF (1945)
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Australia
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(—Cameron Hazlehurst)
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birth date
1898-12-01
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Lithgow, New South Wales
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(AUSGROUP), ABDACOM
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North-Western Area, RAAF
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RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
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Western Area, RAAF
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1950-08-01
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D. E. L. Wilson
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"Del"
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Lithgow
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Wilson's ... tenacious pursuit ...... arked: 'God help the Germans.'
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(Ten Journeys to Cameron's Far ...... ra: ANU E Press, 2013, p.500.)
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Group Captain Douglas Ernest L ...... of war (POW) in Nazi Germany.
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Douglas Wilson (RAAF officer)
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D. E. L. (Douglas) Wilson
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"Del"
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