Sgt. W. C. Wentworth (20 missions)

William was born in 1922 in Okotoks Alberta, one of three children born to Clifford and Delphine Wentworth. Cliff joined the RCAF in 1942 and in the fall of 1943 he became a member of the Laffin crew. On June 17th 1944 this crew was shot down on the return route from Sterkrade Germany, “Cliff” managed to evade capture (one of fourteen Bluenose airmen to evade capture after being shot down) and in his 3 months of eluding the Nazi’s he managed to visit his grandmother and Uncle in Holland, in Sept 1944 he arrived back in England.

In 1945 Cliff returned to Okotoks and married his sweet heart Margaret Runnalls, they resided in Alberta, and raised two children. Along with farming, Cliff had a few other careers but eventually he retired and they took up traveling around the country in a motor home for a number of years. Sadly Cliff passed away in August 2006.

Photo courtesy Okotoks Museum

P/O J. Handzuk, crew 85