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Old 5th March 2023, 17:24
BruceMk11 BruceMk11 is offline
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ET Wilson, SANF (V)

Edward Taylor Wilson

The most successful FAA Hellcat pilot. Where was he born? South Africa? UK? Elsewhere?

Found a possible match...https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/distr...bmd_1677511478

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Old 6th March 2023, 02:11
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Re: ET Wilson, SANF (V)

According to this:

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/...omment-4204973

Edward Taylor ("Tug") Wilson was born in Co Meath, Ireland and the family emigrated to South Africa between the wars.

This may be him, born in 1920 in Oldcastle, County Meath: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FB1C-NTG
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Re: ET Wilson, SANF (V)

I thought there was a chance he wasn't born in South Africa...but didn't anticipate Ireland.

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