Wesley Coleman was born in Saskatchewan on March 3, 1922, the son of Rev. Stanley Harold Coleman (born in England) and Sophia Beatrice (nee Armstrong) Coleman, of Westport, Ontario. Wesley, single at the time, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming a member of RCAF #1402 Meteorological Flight Unit. He recorded his address at the time as 43 Mayfield Avenue, Toronto. Wesley attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class I and Wireless Operator Air Gunner. On September 8, 1943, while overseas, Wesley Coleman’s Hampden aircraft P1265 failed to return from a meteorological flight. Three of the crew, not Canadians, were reported missing and believed killed. Wesley Coleman would later be offcially listed as, Previously reported missing after air operations, now for official purposes, presumed dead, overseas. Wesley Coleman has no known grave. Twenty-one year old Wesley Coleman’s name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom, Panel 179.
SOURCES: C, D, E, F, G, L, M, 2C, 2D