Flight of Gladiator N5893 and Pilot Officer J L Wilkie on 1940-06-02
On 1940-06-02, Pilot J L Wilkie (Pilot Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 42170 flew a Gladiator with serial N5893 for this duty: Patrol. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Shot down east of Rombaksfjord. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 263. The location for the map is Rombaken Narvik, Norway. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Wilkie: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Narvik New Cemetery, Norway.
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