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WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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| WADDELL |
Robert
Reginald |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 420086, 255 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action by friendly fire
flying out of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter
IIF, serial number V8187, when the aircraft was shot down in error
by Spitfires of a USAAF squadron 5 miles east of Scotella during
a calibration flight for the Palermo RDF station, Sicily, 27 August
1943. Aged 23. Native of Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Carlyle Jackson Waddell and Susan Waddell, of Hurstville,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| WADHAM |
Michael
Frank Nicholas |
Sergeant
1167455, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW305. when the
aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island of
Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September
1942. Born 1 March 1921. In the 1921 census he was new born, born
Farnham, Surrey, son of Edward Alfred Frank and Annie Wadham,
resident 6, Ennismore Mews, St George's Hanover Square & St
Margaret and St John, London & Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he was born 22 March 1921. working for a Corn & Coal Merchants,
single, resident with his parents, Edward A and Annie Wadham,
at No 2 Sandside Cottage, Sunninghill, Windsor R.D., Berkshire.
Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WAINWRIGHT |
Willie
Ackroyd |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1435595, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
X8132, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
during an attack on an Italian convoy off Ponta Stilo, Italy,
17 March 1943. Aged 21. Native of Rothwell, Yorkshire. Son of
Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Wainwright, of Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Panel 9, Column 2. See also Rothwell,
Yorkshire |
| WAITE |
Gerald
Francis John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 67688, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, when it was
assumed that the aircraft had crashed into the sea about 60 miles
east of Sardinia during a night convoy patrol 7 February 1943.
Aged 22. Native of Epsom, Surrey. Son of Edwin Gerald and Ellen
Irene Waite, of Epsom, Surrey. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| WALDEN |
Cyril
John |
Sergeant
1604000, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston 24 February 1945. Aged 21. Born 13
July 1923. Native of Finchampstead, Berkshire. Son of David E.
and Ethel D. Walden, of Finchampstead, Berkshire. In the 1939
Register he was born 13 July 1923, unmarried, a Builder's Labourer,
resident with his parents and his sister, Joan, at 4 Council Cottages,
Finchampstead, Wokingham R.D., Berkshire. Panel 18, Column 2.
See also Finchampstead,
Berkshire |
| WALDEN |
William
Douglas |
Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) 128386, 31 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator
BVI, serial number KG839, when his aircraft was shot down down
by a night flighter during a raid on an oil refinery at Giurgiu
south of Bucharest, Romania, 29 June 1944. Aged 27. Native of
Lower Willingdon, Sussex. Son of E. H. and Elizabeth Walden, of
Lower Willingdon, Sussex. Panel 13, Column 2. See also Litlington,
Sussex and also Willingdon,
Sussex |
| WALDER |
Jack |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1286880, 18 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim
V, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 off
Cap Ben Sekka, Tunisia, during a raid on Sidi Ahmed airfield 17
November 1942. Aged 28. Native of Hastings, Sussex. Husband of
Nora Victorine Walder, of Hastings, Sussex. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WALDIE |
Geoffrey
Maxwell |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) 400243, 142 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
DF732, when he baled out over the sea near the target after being
attacked by a Ju88 during a raid on Bizerta, Tunisia, the aircraft
crash landed at base 18 January 1943. Aged 27. Native of Wangaratta,
Victoria, Australia. Son of George and Therese Eileen Waldie,
of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| WALKER |
Donald
Graham |
Warrant
Officer Class II 580098V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, serial number HD452,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea after taking off from Pescara
16 August 1944. Aged 20. Native of of Paarl, Cape Province, South
Africa. Son of Leonard G. and Winifred M. Walker, of Paarl, Cape
Province, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| WALKER |
Edgar |
Sergeant
1262359, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
detailed to Tafaraoui, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial
number AM689, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot
down by flak when attacking a U-boat between Sardinia and Majorca
27 December 1942. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WALKER |
Henry
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1388032, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE610, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Capodichino airfield near Naples 29 July 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Kentish Town, London. Son of George Edward and Louisa Sophia
Walker, of Kentish Town, London. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| WALKER |
John
Denis |
Flying
Officer 179365, 255 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Rosignano, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXIX, serial
number TA427, when the aircraft crashed into the Ligurian Sea
about 40 miles west of Livorno, Italy, body recovered by H.M.S.
Matchless and he was buried at sea, 10 March 1945. Aged 27. Native
of Brislington, Bristol. Son of Mrs. M. G. Walker; husband of
K. Walker, of Brislington, Bristol. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| WALKER |
Norman
MacDonald |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 745818, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane when the aircraft was
shot down into the sea by an Italian AF Fiat CR42 when intercepting
an enemy air raid off Malta 2 June 1941. Native of Motherwell,
Lanarkshire. Son of Alfred and Margaret Walker; nephew of Isaac
G. Walker, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| WALKER |
Roland
Vivian Warren |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1052257, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action fklying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V6492,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from the Italian Navy
torpedo ship Centauro during an attack on a convoy in the Gulf
of Sirte off Libya 19 November 1941. Aged 21. Native of Wigan,
Lancashire. Son of Beatrice Walker, and stepson of Mr. G. R. Endley,
of Wigan, Lancashire. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| WALKER |
William
Basil |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1622988, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW482,
when the aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie (probably
over the Adriatic Sea), the pilot survived, 2 September 1944.
Aged 20. Native of Fairburn, Yorkshire. Son of Joseph and Emmeline
Walker, of Fairburn, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| WALL |
Egbert
Watts |
Flying
Officer (Observer) 405281, 202 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP124,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy escort
in the Western Mediterranean 3 November 1942. Aged 23. Native
of Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia. Son of Egbert Hart Wall
and Stella Wall, of Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia. Panel 5,
Column 1. |
| WALL |
John
Edwin Francis |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 412286, 14 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin B-26B
Marauder, serial number 41-18017 (aircraft borrowed from the U.S.A.A.F.),
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a low-level coastal reconnaissance over the Adriatic Sea 1 July 1944. Aged 22. Native of Leichhardt,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Richard Francis and Clyda Wall,
of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| WALLACE |
Arthur |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 119236, 219 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at La Sebala,
Tunisia 3 September 1943. Aged 24. Native of Heaton Mersey, Stockport,
Cheshire. Son of Arthur and Ada Wallace, of Heaton Mersey, Stockport,
Cheshire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| WALLACE |
Edward
Wilson |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/5798, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP992, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea 5 miles north
of Valetta, Malta, when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta
16 October 1942. Aged 26. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of the Revd. Edward Wilson Wallace, D.D., and Rose Cullen
Wallace; stepson of Velma H. Wallace, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
B.A. (Toronto). Panel 4, Column 1. |
| WALLACE |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 969293, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP832, when he baled out following engine failure, seen to climb
into a dinghy but was not recovered, 23 November 1942. Native
of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WALSH |
Basil
Graham |
Flight
Lieutenant (Navigator/Bomber) 106046, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE898, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Arezzo marshalling yards about 25 miles northeast
of Siena, Italy, 27 January 1944. Aged 23. Native of the City
of London. Son of Walter Graham and Winifred Mary Walsh, of the
City of London. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| WALSH |
Dennis |
Flight
Sergeant 1388187, 302 Ferry Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Oban, Argyllshire, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial
number FP122, when the aircraft crashed and overturned on landing
at Bathurst, Gambia, during a ferry flight to 200 Squadron 11
November 1943. Aged 20. Native of Burnley, Lancashire. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh, of Burnley, Lancashire. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| WALSH |
John
James |
Flying
Officer 154262, 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas Dakota III, serial number KG752,
when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down over
the Drop Zone (DZ) during a Special Operations supply drop to
Italian partisans in the Trieste area 22 August 1944. Aged 21.
Native of Dover, Kent. Son of Michael John Walsh, and of Bridget
Walsh, of Dover. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| WALTERS |
Michael
Frederick Reynold |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 986045, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Cerignola No.3, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN515, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an aircraft factory at Mariibor, Yugoslavia (severe icing conditions
were encountered on the raid) 23 January 1944. Native of Tore,
Ross & Cromarty. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| WALTHERS |
Leslie
Frans |
Lieutenant
104014V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Gzina, Libya, in
a Douglas Boston III, serial number Z2247, when his aircraft was
lost during a raid on Ben Gardane, one of the crew survived, between
21 January 1943 and 22 January 1943. Aged 26. Native Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Frank and Amy C. Walthers, of
Malvern, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 12, Column
2. |
| WARBURTON |
Colin |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1325781, 14 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA,
serial number FK371, when the aircraft was lost without trace
over the Tyrrhenian Sea during a reconnaissance sortie 25 April
1943. Aged 28. Native of Filey, Yorkshire. Son of Seth Dawson
Warburton and Hannah Maria Warburton, of Filey, Yorkshire. Panel
9, Column 2. |
| WARBURTON |
William
Dennis |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1100943, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG715,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a patrol over
the Ionean Sea searching for the Italian fleet, probably shot
down by a Ju88 night fighter, 15 June 1942. Aged 20. Native of
Chorley, Lancashire. Son of William and Jane Warburton, of Chorley,
Lancashire. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WARD |
Brian
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 656098, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, 5when the aircraft collided
with a He111 during an interception and crashed into the sea near
Lampedusa during a patrol January 1943. Aged 23. Native of Woking,
Surrey. Son of James Thomas Ward and Margaret Alice Ward, of Woking,
Surrey. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| WARDELL |
Aubrey
Alfred |
Sergeant
923374, 105 Wing, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea in the landing
ship LST 305 which was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230 off Anzio,
Italy, 20 February 1944, based at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Aged 35.
Native of Margate, Kent. Son of Alfred William and Sadie Wardell;
husband of Marjorie Rita Wardell, of Margate. Panel 15, Column
2. |
| WARMBACK |
Andre |
Lieutenant
33569V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in
a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number EV958, when his aircraft
was shot down by a night fighter over the Adriatic Sea during
a raid on the Udine marshalling yards in northeast Italy between
7 March 1945 and 8 March 1945. Aged 24. Native of of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of William and Vera Warmback, of
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| WARNER |
Trevor
Ray |
Second
Lieutenant 79102V, 15 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed while flying out of Cesenatico,
Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW768, when his aircraft
crashed into the sea during an overshoot at Cesenatico 7 March
1945. Aged 24. Native of of Idutywa, Cape Province, South Africa.
Son of Cecil C. L. and Nora Warner, of Idutywa, Cape Province,
South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| WARR |
Edward
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) R/156101, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Hani East, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE795, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Formia, Italy, 2 October 1943. Aged 27. Native of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Bertram Howard Warr and Mary Teresa Warr,
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| WARREN |
Harold
Hayden |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1260652, 202 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB,
serial number FP124, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a convoy escort in the Western Mediterranean 3 November
1942. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WARREN |
Theophilus
John Scott |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 41227, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z9599, when his aircraft
was lost during an attack on MT vehicles on the Misurata-Benghazi
road in Libya, probably shot down by flak 24 September 1941. Aged
23. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of
of Belfast, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Thomas Scott Warren
and Esther Warren of Belfast, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 1,
Column 1. |
| WATERFALL |
John
Terence |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 88022, 107 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim
IV, serial number Z9599, when the aircraft was lost during an
attack on MT vehicles on the Misurata-Benghazi road in Libya,
probably shot down by flak, 24 September 1941. Aged 28. Native
of Tettenhall, Staffordshire. Son of Arnold and Letitia Waterfall;
husband of Ethel Waterfall, of Tettenhall, Staffordshire. Panel
1, Column 1. |
| WATERLAND |
Frank |
Flying
Officer 184390, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Cesenatico, Italy, 1 April 1945. Aged 22. Born 27 May 1922.
Native of West Hartlepool, Durham. Son of James Arthur and Beatrice
Alice Waterland, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. In the 1939
Register he was single, a Cement Platter & Plant Board Manufacture,
resident 123 Milton Road, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool C.B.,
Durham. Panel 18, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
WATERLAND
Frank of 123 Milton-road West Hartlepool
died on or since 1 April 1945 on war service Administration
Durham 15 April to James, Arthur Waterland
rivet counter in shipyard.
Effects £345 15s.
Extract
from The Northern Daily Mail and South Durham Herald
- 1 April 1946, page 6:
WATERLAND.—Treasured
memories of my dear pal, Frank (R.A.F.) presumed killed April
1, 1945, in Northern Italy. — Always in the thoughts
of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Carol, and Wilf.
Extract
from The Northern Daily Mail and South Durham Herald
- 31 March 1948, page 6:
WATERLAND.—In
loving memory of our dear son, Frank (F./O., R.A.F.V.R.). missing,
presumed killed over Italy, Mar. 31/April 1, 1945.—Ever
in the thoughts of mother, dad, and brother Arthur
|
| WATERS |
Charles
William Cubitt |
Sergeant
656845, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia,
in a Vickers Wellington X, 7 August 1943. Aged 22. Son of William
Arthur Francis and Barbara Grant Waters. Birth registered in the
January to March Quarter 1922 in the Poplar Registration District,
London. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WATERS |
Elvet |
Flight
Sergeant 929630, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG806,
when the aircraft ditched about 70 miles west of Malta due to
an engine failure during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol 21 April
1943. Aged 22. Native of Cwmavon, Glamorganshire. Son of Evan
David and Gwladys Waters, of Cwmavon, Glamorgan. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| WATERS |
John
William |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1126907, 150 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers
Wellington III, serial number DF697, when the aircraft was shot
down over the target during a raid on Trapani, Sicily 15 May 1943.
Son
of Mrs White, of 29 West End, March, Cambridgeshire. Panel
9, Column 2. See also March,
Cambridgeshire |
| WATHERN |
Douglas
Anthony |
Flight
Sergeant 626240, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG700, when the aircraft was
lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie to Tunisia 11 July 1942.
Aged 22. Native of Stroud, Gloucestershire. Son of Christopher
William and Lily Elen Wathern, of Stroud, Gloucestershire. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| WATLING |
Joseph
Henry |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1382523, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermaine Spitfire VB, serial number EP577,
when the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s in the Mateur-Tebourba
area 26 November 1942. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WATSON |
Gerald |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 70716, 261 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number
N2715. when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
off Malta after scrambling to intercept a flight of Ju88s 12 February
1941. Native of Harrogate, Yorkshire. Son of Vernon Vincent Watson
and Christine Watson, of Harrogate, Yorkshire. Panel 1, Column
1. |
| WATSON |
Harold
Varley |
Sergeant
1309517, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an escort
for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 28.
Native of Grangetown, Yorkshire. Son of Henry Arthur Watson, and
of Elizabeth Sedgwick Watson, of Grangetown, Yorkshire. Panel
4, Column 2. |
| WATSON |
Robert
Mackinnon |
Pilot
Officer 121415, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW305,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island
of Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September
1942. Aged 22. Native of Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire. Son of Edward
and Elizabeth Gray Watson, of Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire. Panel
3, Column 1. |
| WATTS |
Keith
Hamilton |
Warrant
Officer (Navigator) 429839, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed while flying out of
Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF402, when
the aircraft flew into the sea 18 miles off Europa Point, Gibraltar
during a night radar homing and Leigh Light exercise, two of the
crew survived, 12 February 1945. Aged 23. Native of Albert Park,
Victoria, Australia. Son of Raymond Arthur and Dorothy Agnes Watts,
of Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| WAYLAND |
John
Swithin |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 47788, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Canne,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VIII, serial number JF326,
when the aircraft crash landed due to engine failure near Vboska
on the northeast coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia during
a weather reconnaissance 17 March 1944. Aged 23. Son of Edward
James Wayland and Ellen Wayland. Panel 13, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1951:
WAYLAND John Swithin of Loreto Goodwin-road
Ramsgate died 17 March 1944 at some place unknown
Administration (limited) London 11 June to
Emily Mary Wayland spinster attorney of Edward James Wayland.
Effects £462 13s. 10d.
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| WEAVER |
Frank
Stuart |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) NZ404713, 217 Squadron, Royal New
Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number
L9893, when his aircraft was shot down by flak south of Zante
island during an attack on a convoy off the southwest coast of
Greece 3 July 1942. Aged 26. Native of Mount Roskill, Auckland,
New Zealand. Son of Frank Stuart and Annie Weaver; husband of
Edna Joyce Weaver, of Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel
5, Column 2. See also 217
Squadron 1942 |
| WEBB |
Christopher
Colin |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 999389, 89 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number
V8221, when the aircraft was lost during a night intruder sortie,
the navigator survived and was captured, 20 January 1943. Aged
20. Native of Menai Bridge, Anglesey. Son of Duncan Webb, and
of R. D. Webb, of Menai Bridge, Anglesey. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| WEBB |
Frank
Herbert |
Leading
Aircraftman 647821, Balloon Unit, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Died aboard S.S. Devis 6 July 1943. Aged
22. Native of Leytonstone, Essex. Son of Alfred Webb, M.M., and
F. E. P. Webb, of Leytonstone, Essex. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WEBB |
Herbert |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/11284, 608 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action 3flying out of Grottaglie,
Italy, in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial number FK733, when the
aircraft crashed into the sea off Agnone, Italy, during an Air-Sea
Rescue sortie 1 January 1944. Aged 23. Native of Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Joseph and Alice M. Webb, of Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| WEBB |
Ralph
Edward |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 656220, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number X8137, when the aircraft
was shot down by return fire while attacking an E-boat during
an anti-shipping patrol between Siciliy and Tunisia 23 November
1942. Aged 23. Native of Brislington, Bristol. Son of Arthur James
Webb and Emily Gwendoline Webb, of Brislington, Bristol. Panel
4, Column 2. |
| WEBB |
Robert
Roy |
Sergeant
1451846, 219 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Sidi Amor,
Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number V8619, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had flown into the sea in the
Bay of Tunis during a night interception exercise 12 December
1943. Aged 20. Native of North Ferriby, Yorkshire. Son of Walter
George and Nellie Catherine May Webb, of North Ferriby, Yorkshire.
Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WEBSTER |
Desmond
Cecil Reddicliffe |
Warrant
Officer Class I 579987V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, serial number HD452,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea after taking off from Pescara
16 August 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| WEBSTER |
Leo
Clifford |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 405352, 511 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
(Ferry Command). Country of service New Zealand. Killed while
flying out of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
GTI, serial number P1451, when the aircraft crashed into the sea
due to an engine failure soon after taking off from Gibraltar
on a night transit flight to the United Kingdom 21 November 1942.
Aged 26. Native of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of John
and Elsie Maria Gwendoline Webster, of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New
Zealand. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| WEBSTER |
Walter
George |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1319063, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HF534, when the aircraft was shot down near the target during
a raid on Cerveteri airfield 17 September 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Edmonton, Middlesex. Son of Walter George and Rosina Agnes
Webster, of Edmonton, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| WELLS |
William
Robert |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 88426, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito BIV, serial number
DZ357, 28 December 1943. Aged 23. Native of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Son of Benjamin W. and A. Wells; husband of Joan Wells, of Cleethorpes,
Lincolnshire. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| WELSH |
John
Victor |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/70984, 13 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim
V, serial number BA785, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Bizerte docks, Tunisia, 18 December 1942. Aged
20. Native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of William John
and Clara Elizabeth Welsh, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel
5, Column 1. |
| WESSELS |
Louis
Christiaan |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 542536V, 60 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of San Severo,
Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito PRIX, serial number LR471, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a photographic reconnaissance sortie to the
Zadar area of Yugoslavia 4 March 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| WEST |
Cecil
Nevil |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 134530, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter
TFX, serial number either NV142 or NV203, when the aircraft
was shot down during an attack on a barge near Sestri Levante,
east of Genoa, 4 September 1944. In the 1921 census he was the
son of John (an Assistant Master) and Gladys Margaret West,
aged 1 year 11 months, born Reading, Berkshire, resident South
House, Reading School, Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire. Panel
13, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
WEST
Cecil Nevil of 85 Hamilton-road Reading died
4 September 1944 on war service Probate Llandudno
13 July to Pearl Harrison (wife of John Audley Harrison).
Effects £298 16s. 5d.
|
| WEST |
John
Daniel |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 410198, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HZ811, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Leghorn Harbour, Italy, 24 September 1943. Aged 27. Native
of Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Son of Henry and Ivy Ellen West,
of Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| WESTERN |
Arthur |
Warrant
Officer (Navigator) 968412, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number FK142,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance
to the Cape Corse area of Northern Corsica 1 February 1944. Aged
24. Native of Warrington, Lancashire. Son of Arthur and Ellen
Western, of Warrington, Lancashire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| WHALLEY |
David
John |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 128051, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number
L5805, when the aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown,
Sierra Leone during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11
June 1942. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| WHEAR |
Samuel
Alan |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1253398, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number EL229,
when the aicraft crashed into the sea when returning to Malta
after intercepting enemy transport aircraft between Sicily and
Tunisia 13 November 1942. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WHEATLEY |
Ivor
Frank |
Flight
Sergeant (wireless Operator) 1389382, 204 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland
III, serial number DV991, when the aircraft crashed on take off
at Bathurst, Gambia, due to a heavy swell, the depth charges exploded
as the aircraft began to sink 13 July 1944. Aged 24. Native of
Reigate, Surrey. Son of Frank and Edith Wheatley; husband of Doris
M. Wheatley, of Reigate, Surrey. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| WHEELER |
Eric |
Flight
Sergeant 1583618, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston, serial number either
BZ482 or BZ566, when the aircraft crashed on this day 23 February
1945. Aged 21. Native of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Son of Albert
Edward and Annie May Wheeler, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Panel
18, Column 2. |
| WHELPDALE,
DFC |
Fabian
George |
Flying
Officer 116657, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Maltam in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG834,
when the aircraft was shot down by a fighter during a reconnaissance
sortie, one of the crew survived and was rescued by a submarine,
14 March 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| WHIBLEY |
Frank
Lancelot Martyn |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ413527, 1 Oversea Aircraft Despatch Unit, Royal
New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
in action flying out of Portreath, Cornwall, in a Lockheed Hudson
VI, serial number FK722, when the aircraft crashed into the sea
soon after taking off from Gibraltar during a night ferry flight
from the USA via Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom 12 March 1943.
Aged 23. Native of Kiritaki, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Son of
Francis Chalmer Whibley and of Gladys E. Whibley (nee Martyn),
of Kiritaki, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| WHIFFIN |
Arthur
Robert |
Sergeant
1802346, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Welington X, serial number LP239, when the
aircraft flew into high ground near Manfredonia north of San Marco
in bad weather during a Special Operation supply dropping operation
2 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Shepherd's Bush, London. Son
of Arthur and Violet F. Whiffin, of Shepherd's Bush, London. Panel
15, Column 2. |
| WHITAKER |
Harold |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1379266, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z1046,
when the aircraft ditched out of fuel following navigational problems
caused by radio failure during a raid on Benghazi, Libya, two
of the crew survived, 25 November 1941. Aged 21. Native of Bridlington,
Yorkshire. Son of Hugh Legat Whitaker, and of Alice Whitaker,
of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| WHITAKER |
Leslie
Thomas |
 Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ411483, 267 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas C47 Dakota III, serial number
KG752, when the aircraft was probably shot down over the Drop
Zone (DZ) during a Special Operations supply drop to Italian partisans
in the Trieste area 22 August 1944. Aged 27. Born 13 December
1916 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Native of Lower Hutt, Wellington,
New Zealand. Son of Thomas Richmond Whitaker and Amelia Margaret
Whitaker, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Attended Waitaki
Boys' High School. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| WHITE |
Baden
Keith |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 403020, 108 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, when the aircraft flew
into the sea near Filfla Rock about 6 miles off Malta during air
firing practice against a sea target 13 July 1944. Aged 20. Native
of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ernest Keith and
Pauline Marjory White, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 16, Column 1. |
| WHITE |
Blair
Eustace Galloway |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 41510, 229 Squadron (Offier Commanding), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine
Spitfire VC, serial number JG838, when the aircraft was shot down
by FW190s near Biscari, Sicily 5 July 1943. Aged 28. Native of
Exmouth, Devon. Son of Charles Fitzwilliam White and Mary White;
husband of Teresa Ray White, of Exmouth, Devon. Panel 6, Column
1. |
| WHITE |
Eric
Douglas George |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 657081, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DZ710, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a night fighter patrol to the west
of Sicily, possibly shot down by flak, 26 April 1943. Native of
Tottenham, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George White, of Tottenham,
Middlesex. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WHITE |
William
Alfred |
Flying
Officer (Observer) J/5096, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of LG 89,
Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during an anti-shipping patrol off Sicily 9 May
1942. Aged 28. Native of Stave Falls, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Alfred James White and Annie Louise White, of Stave Falls,
British Columbia, Canada. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| WHITEMAN |
Alfred
Charles |
Sergeant
1332011, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out ofm Pavillier,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE273, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 29 June 1943. Native of Wallington, Surrey. Son of Charles
Frederick and Lilian Whiteman, of Wallington, Surrey. Panel 9,
Column 2. |
| WHITFIELD |
Cyril |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1439215, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reyville, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number
FA331, when the aircraft was shot down by flak during a raid on
Trapani airfield, Sicily, the navigator/bomber survived and was
captured, 9 July 1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| WHITLOCK |
Frank |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 136711, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number LX796. when the aircraft was shot during a torpedo attack
on a convoy off the east coast of Sardinia 11 July 1943. Aged
22. Native of Yeovil, Somerset. Son of Reginald and Edith Whitlock;
husband of Gwendoline M. C. Whitlock, of Yeovil, Somerset. Panel
6, Column 2. |
| WHITTAKER |
John |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1315073, 458 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XIII, serial number MP706, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during an anti-shipping search off Leghorn, Italy, 24 August
1943. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WHITTALL |
Arthur
Edward |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1084397, 142 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers
Wellington III, serial number DF709, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a raid on Trapani, Sicily, 15 May 1943. Native
of Holyhead, Anglesey. Son of Herbert and Jane Whittall, of Holyhead,
Anglesey. Panel 9, Column 2. See also Anglesey
Holyhead Museum |
| WHITTON |
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1451064, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore when the aircraft
was hit by flak and crashed into the sea during a raid on Ancona
22 July 1944. Aged 22. Native of Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire.
Son of James and Mary Whitton, of Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire.
Panel 14, Column 2. |
| WHITWORTH |
John
Gordon Church |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1615853, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF631, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the marshalling yards at Ferrara, Italy, 3 September 1944.
Aged 21. Native of Norwich, Norfolk. Son of Charles and Lily Whitworth,
of Norwich. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| WICHT |
Ronald
Esme |
Warrant
Officer Class II 607330V, 34 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
EW207, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the Verona marshalling yards in northern Italy, between 2 March
1945 and 3 March 1945. Aged 19. Native of Durbanville, Cape Province,
South Africa. Son of John D. and Esme Wicht, of Durbanville, Cape
Province, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| WICKES |
Donald
William |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 407476, 114 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number W8306,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night shipping
without trace during a night shipping reconnaissance between Civitavecchia
and Piombino between Civitavecchia and Piombino 15 April 1944.
Aged 30. Native of Parkside, South Australia. Son of Aldred Charles
and Novello Louise Wickes, of Parkside, South Australia. Panel
16, Column 1. |
| WICKS |
Bertie |
Warrant
Officer Class II 607328V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
EV958, when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter over
the Adriatic Sea during a raid on the Udine marshalling yards
in northeast Italy between 7 March 1945 and 8 March 1945. Aged
21. Native of Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of
George and Louisa A. M. Wicks, of Stutterheim, Cape Province,
South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| WICKS,
DFC |
Bryan
John |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 40774, 126 Squadron (Officer Commanding), Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial
number BR377, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea off
Malta during an attack on Ju88s which were bombing Hal Far, he
baled out but died, 12 October 1942. Aged 22. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Totnes, Devon. Son of the Revd.
Frederick John Wicks, B.A., and of Magdalene Wicks, of Totnes,
Devon. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| WICKS |
Thomas
Reginald |
Leading
Aircraftman 1519645, 8001 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.),
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Lost on air operations reported missing presumed dead 30 September
1943. Aged 34. Born 29 June 1909. Native of Corby, Northamptonshire.
Son of Mrs. M. Wicks, of Corby, Northamptonshire; husband of Louisa
Rosamund (nee Chamberlain) Wicks, of Corby. In 1939 he was a Railway
Clerk, married to Louisa Rosamund Wicks, resident 15 Rutherglen
Road, Corby, Corby U.D., Northamptonshire. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WICKSTROM |
Fred
Edward |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/9642, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service
Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol
Beaufort, when his aircraft was shot down during a transit flight
from Malta to Egypt on behalf of 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery
Unit (O.A.D.U.), 25 October 1942. Born 28 April 1919. Native of
Erickson, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Olaf Albin and Jennie Christina
Wickstrom, of Erickson, Manitoba, Canada. Religious denomination
Lutheran. Butcher in civilian life. Height 5 feet 8 inches, weight
157 lbs, chest 36 inches, grey eyes, dark brown hair. Panel 4,
Column 1. |
| WIGGINS |
James
George |
Flight
Sergeant 1396639, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Oudna No1, Tunisia
24 November 1943. Native of Dartford, Kent. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Wiggins, of Dartford, Kent. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| WILBUR,
MiD |
Wilbert
Erik |
Flight
Lieutenant 100546, Mediterranean and Middle East Command Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed while flying out of Marcianese, Italy, in a Fairchild Argus
II, serial number FS647, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during an aerial filming flight 1 September 1944. Mentioned in
Despatches (MiD). Native of Stanmore, Middlesex. Son of Jay and
Violet Wilbur. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| WILBY |
John
Frederick |
Corporal
522160, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when the aircraft
carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during an enemy air raid
when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Aged 23.
Native of Sunderland, Durham. Son of Charles Frederick and Ethel
Wilby; husband of Alice Wilby, of Sunderland, Co. Durham. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| WILKIE |
George
Hardwick Burgess |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) NZ416674, 150 Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number HE952, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on beaches between Messina and Cape Pellaro, Sicily, 5
August 1943. Aged 22. Nativeof Marton, Wellington, New Zealand.
Son of Alexander Wilkie and of Edith Maud Wilkie (nee Pelham),
of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| WILKINSON |
Arthur
Bernard |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 72532, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial
number EB145, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
Operation Husky, believed to have been shot down by Allied anti-aircraft
fire, 14 July 1943. Aged 26. Distinguished Flying Cross (U.S.A.).
Native of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Son of Arthur Benjamin and Nora
Kathleen Wilkinson, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. B.Sc. (London),
A.M.I.M.E. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| WILKINSON |
Francis
Norman |
Lieutenant
111183V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Pescara, Italy, in
a Martin Marauder II, serial number FB471, when his aircraft shot
down by flak at Pontelagascuro north of Ferrara during a raid
on a bridge over the River Po, two of the crew survived and were
captured, 14 August 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| WILKINSON |
Friend
Welbourne |
Leading
Aircraftman 1619589, 56 Personnel Transit Centre, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while
flying out of Portici, Italy, in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number
PD383, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping
flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to
United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Panel
19, Column 2. |
| WILLAN |
John
Bernard |
Corporal
536534, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at aea when the aircraft
carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during an enemy air raid
when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Panel
2. Column 2. |
| WILLANS |
Francis
Christopher |
Aircraftman
1st Class 567878, 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-Op Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Kalafrana, Malta, in a Fairey Swordfish I,
serial number K8369, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a reconnaissance off Fort St Elmo,Valetta, Malta, 21 July
1940. Aged 22. Son of Francis Herbert and Edith Ann Willans, of
Sedgefield, Co. Durham. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Alban
Stanley |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 123513, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number
LZ895. when the aircraft was lost over Yugoslavia 26 April 1944.
Aged 22. Native of Worcester. Son of Alban Stanley Williams and
Margaret Ann Williams, of Worcester. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
Alfred |
Sergeant
549505, HQ WAAF, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed while flying in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight
off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United
Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Aged 25. Native
of Fishponds, Bristol. Son of Mrs. A. Williams, of Fishponds,
Gloucestershire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Anthony |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 158576, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
JK233, when it was assumed that the aircraft d been shot down
by a fighter near Comiso 12 July 1943. Aged 20. Native of East
Sheen, Surrey. Son of John and Gwendolen Williams, of East Sheen,
Surrey. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
Arthur
Robert |
Sergeant
1330333, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Fontaine
Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ183,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on airfields
in Sicily 21 May 1943. Aged 24. Native of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Williams, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Panel 9, Column 2. See also Letchworth |
| WILLIAMS |
David
Glanmore |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 160521, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK127, when the aircraft ditched in the Adriatic Sea near Lastovo
Island following an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance,
one of the crew survived and was rescued, 19 October 1943. Aged
23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Williams, of Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire;
husband of Gwen Williams, of Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
David
Roland |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1740034, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
lout of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
BB446, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
near the target during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
15 March 1944. Aged 20. Native of Rhewl, Llangollen, Denbighshire.
Son of Mrs. J. C. Williams, of Rhewl, Llangollen, Denbighshire.
Panel 15, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Douglas
Jack |
Flight
Sergeant 553724, 57 Squadron [59 in other documents], Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Thorney Island, Hamshire, in a Lockheed Hudson III, serial
number AE539, lost without trace between Malta and Egypt during
a delivery flight to Singapore (serial unconfirmed) 8 January
1942. Aged 19. Native of North Finchley, Middlesex. Son of George
W. and Lilian A. Williams, of North Finchley, Middlesex. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Eric
Owen Stoddart |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 409340, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HZ811,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Leghorn
Harbour, Italy, 24 September 1943. Aged 22. Native of Oakleigh,
Victoria, Australia. Son of Owen Stoddart Williams and Nellie
Williams, of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
Frederick |
Flying
Officer 137634, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE952, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on beaches between Messina and Cape Pellaro, Sicily, 5 August
1943. Aged 21. Native of Ranskill, Nottinghamshire. Son of Frederick
and Mary Williams; husband of Evelyn Annie Williams, of Ranskill,
Nottinghamshire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Jack |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1006041, 37 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE756, when it was assumed that aircraft had
been shot down over the target when dropping marker flares during
a raid on Syracuse, Sicily, 10 July 1943. Aged 32. Native of Jericho,
Bury, Lancashire. Husband of Ida Williams, of Jericho, Bury, Lancashire.
Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Lancelot |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 749325, 1575 (Special Duties)
Flight, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed
Ventura II, serial number AE881, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Operation
sortie to Italy 7 September 1943. Aged 23. Native of of Hartshill,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Son of Arthur Williams, and of
Agnes Isobel Williams, of Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. Panel 7,
Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
Leslie |
 Pilot
Officer (Pilot) NZ415808, 43 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Lago, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number
MA576, when the aircraft was lost without trace after intercepting
enemy fighters near Lake Albano 20 miles southeast of Rome during
a patrol 17 February 1944. Aged 21. Born 30 October 1922. Native
of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand. Attended Kaikoura District
High School and christchurch Technical College Son of Edwin
John and Jane Edith Williams, of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand;
brother of Edwn John Williams who also served and died, Sergeant
39298, 405 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force,
died 28 December 1941, aged 28, son of Edwin John and Edith
Williams, of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Alice
Selena Williams. Panel 17, Column 1.
Photograph
from Weekly News; 3 May 1944
|
| WILLIAMS |
Leslie
Ernest |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1279522, 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial
number JK338, when the aircraft crashed into the Adriatic 15 miles
northeast of Peschici during an escort for Hurricanes, he baled
out but was caught on the aircraft and died, 3 May 1944. Aged
23. Native of Palmer's Green, Middlesex. Son of Alfred John and
Jessie Emily Williams, of Palmer's Green, Middlesex. Panel 14,
Column 1. |
| WILLIAMS |
Rhys |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1136756, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Cerignola No.3, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number LN515, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on an aircraft factory at Mariibor, Yugoslavia, severe
icing conditions were encountered on the raid, 23 January 1944.
Aged 23. Native of Cwmrhydyceirw, Glamorganshire. Son of Thomas
and Margaret Ellen Williams, of Cwmrhydyceirw, Glamorgan. Panel
15, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
Walter
Vincent |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 414531, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE707, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Catania airfield, Sicily, 9 July 1943. Aged 27. Native of Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia. Son of George and Mary Williams, of Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| WILLIAMS |
William
Bedlington Knox |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 403087, 1435 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number AR470, when
the aircraft was shot down by a fighter about 30 miles north of
Grand Harbour, Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid 14 October
1942. Aged 26. Native of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Robert James Williams, and of Margaret Keatley Williams,
of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| WILLIS |
John
David |
Flight
Lieutenant 33447, 42 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number T2545, when the aircraft
was shot down by Free French fighters off Rabat, Morocco, during
a transit flight from Bathurst to Gibraltar 28 August 1942. Native
of Chiswick, Middlesex. Son of Cuthbert Gordon Willis and Margaret
Marie Willis, of Chiswick, Middlesex. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| WILLMAN |
Robert
Holme |
Leading
Aircraftman 1686870, 3 Base Personnel Depot, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Portici, Italy, in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight
off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United
Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Aged 17. Native
of Garston, Liverpool. Husband of Gianna Willman, of Garston,
Lancashire. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| WILLS |
David
Ernest |
Flying
Officer 135711, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Luqa, Malta,
possibly killed in Mosquito HK402 which crashed on this day 27
January 1944. Aged 24. Native of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. Son of
A. R. and Daisy M. A. Wills; husband of Molly Betty Wills, of
Fulstow, Lincolnshire. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| WILLSON |
Cyril |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 749044, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE600, when the aircraft was shot down over the target during
a raid on Naples 16 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Leicester. Son
of Cyril and Nellie Willson, of Leicester. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WILLSON |
John
Derrick |
Flying
Officer 116500, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial n umber HX749,
when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
over the Mediterranean 6 December 1942. Aged 27. Native of West
Hartlepool, Durham. Son of James and Ethel Willson, of West Hartlepool,
Co. Durham. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| WILLSON,
DFC & Bar |
John
Ellis |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 89058, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter, when
the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter northeast of Algiers
soon after shooting down an intruder 27 August 1943. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Panel 6, Column
1.
Extract
from Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Saturday 27 March
1943, page 8:
FROM
DUSK TO
DAWN
NIGHT FIGHTERS OF
NORTH-EAST
A
recent achievement of a Beaufighter squadron has made it the
second top-scoring night squadron in Fighter Command. This
squadron, which used to seek out the enemy raiders in Blenheims
in the early days of the war has now destroyed 53 enemy aircraft
and damaged many others.
They
have recently shot down large proportion of the small number
of enemy aircraft which approached the North-East Coast. Two
of these were destroyed by Flight-Lieut. John Ellis Willson,
former commercial air lines pilot on the London-Paris who
scored a “double” for the second time. His first
two-in-one-night were destroyed on the night of March 11-12
Flying Officer Bunch as observer. His second two were shot
down on the night of March 15-16 when Pilot Officer Holloway
was his observer.
The squadron, which is led by Wing Commander A. R. Moon, A.F.C.,
has a reputation for producing “aces.” Some of
the front-rank night fighters who are former members of the
squadron include such well-known names as Group Capt. Pike,
Wing Commander Wight- Boycott, Wing Commander Colbeck-Welch
and Wing Commander Dotteridge (who now commands the squadron
formerly led by Wing Commander Max Aitken).
Appropriately
enough, for a squadron which was eventually to help in the
defence of North-East England, it was formed at Catterick
on October 4, 1939. Grimly, but pointedly enough, the squadron’s
crest is a death-head moth. Its motto is: “From Dusk
to Dawn.”
Extract
from Surrey Mirror 13 April 1945, page 8:
CHARLWOOD.
AWARDED BAR TO D.F.C. Acting Squadron Leader John Ellis Willson,
D.F.C. (89058), R.A.F.V.R., No. 153 Squadron (since deceased),
has just been awarded a Bar to his D.F:C. (with effect from
August 26th, 1943). Born in 1912 at Bowes Park, his home is
at Charlwood. He enlisted in 1935. and was commissioned in
1940. He was awarded the D.F.C. in May, 1943. This officer,
states the citation, has destroyed nine enemy aircraft by
night. Since his arrival in the North African theatre of war
in June, he has destroyed three Heinkel III's and a Junkers
88. On one occasion, in August, 1943, while engaged in intercepting
an enemy attack on Bizerta he took part in a sharp burst of
fire, the enemy aircraft caught fire and dived vertically
into the sea. After this combat Squadron Leader Willson made
contact with another enemy aircraft which he pursued through
the anti-aircraft defences over Bizerte and eventually shot
down in flames.
|
| WILSON |
David
Robert Lambie |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/10797, 18 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Grombalia,
Tunisia, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number AL492, when the
aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 during a raid on
gun emplacements at Karuscia on the island of Pantellaria 6 June
1943. Aged 20. Native of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of William and Elizabeth Wilson, of White Rock, British Columbia,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| WILSON |
Kevin
Davies |
Flying
Officerm (Navigator) J/10887, 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE370,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on San
Gionvanna 27 June 1943. Aged 26. Native of Limerick, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of Charles and Florence Almeda Wilson, of Limerick,
Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Olive Ernestine Wilson, of Limerick,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| WILSON |
Roger
Percival |
Warrant
Officer 1389295, 253 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Canne, Italy,
28 October 1944. Born 26 February 1922. In the 1939 Register
he was born 26 February 1922, single, at school, resident Trent
College, Long Eaton, Nottingham. Panel 14, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
WILSON
Roger Percival of 41 Longridge-road Kensington London
died 28 October 1944 on war service Probate London
10 April to Thomas Edward Wilson of no occupation.
Effects £257 5s. 4d.
|
| WILSON |
Ronald
Eustice |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 409624, 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Cutella,
Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, serial number FX542, when the
aircraft crashed during an attack on Trogir Harbour, Croatia,
due to either flak damage or engine failure, 23 February 1944.
Aged 26. Native of Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Wilson, of Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia. Panel
16, Column 2. |
| WILSON |
Wilbur
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/51587, 179 [Royal Canadian
Air Force Records] Squadron [406 squadron CWGC], Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Accidentally killed in action
flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington, when the aircraft
was lost due to an engine failure during a patrol 27 December
1942. Aged 23. Born 25 February 1919. Native of Harris, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of James J. Wilson and of Margaret (nee Laidler) Wilson,
of 331 West Amelia Street, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; husband
of Elizabeth Grace (nee Beattie) Wilson, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada, maried 23 February 1942 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,
she remarried and became Elizabeth Grace Rann. Religious denomination
United Church. Attested 26 January 1940, aged 20/21, height 5
feet 5 inches, weight 126 pounds, chest 38½ inches, medium
complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, Apprentice Aero Motor
mechanic by trade. Panel 5, Column 2. Canadian Archives Access
Reference: Second World War Service Files – War Dead, 1939
to 1947, item ID 38394, Reference RG 24, Volume 28965. |
| WILSON |
William
Renton |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1104573, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out lof Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB. serial number
EP718, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta 16 October 1942.
Native of Edinburgh. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| WILTSHIRE |
Alfred
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 412789, 142 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE629,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on enemy
forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily 5 August 1943. Aged 21.
Native of Melbergen, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Henry
John and Mary Jane Wiltshire, of Melbergen, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 12, Column 2. |
| WILTSHIRE |
Stanley
Edward |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1671101, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN808. when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 22 July 1944.
Panel 15. Column 2. |
| WINDSOR |
Maurice
Edwin |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1212913, 458 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XIII, serial number MP706. when the aircraft was lost without
trace during an anti-shipping search off Leghorn, Italy, 24 August
1943. Aged 22. Native of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. Son of Alfred
Valentine Windsor and Maria Elizabeth Windsor, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WINSOR |
Kenneth
Eric |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1163062, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DD800.
when the aircraft ditched in the sea due to double engine failure
during a night intruder sortie to the Sfax area, the pilot survived
and was captured, 2 March 1943. Native of Hall Green, Birmingham.
Son of Harold Robert and Elsie Mary Winsor, of Hall Green, Birmingham.
Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WITHERS |
James
Martin |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1318127, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
BB446, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been hot down
near the target during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
15 March 1944. Aged 23. Native of Bermondsey, London. Son of James
and Anne Withers, of Bermondsey, London. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| WITHERSPOON |
David
Malcolm |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/6851, 227 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8071, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109s into the sea off Bizerta,
Tunisia, during a patrol 14 November 1942. Aged 25. Native of
of Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada. Son of David and Christena May
Witherspoon, of Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| WITHY |
Henry
Forster |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 102293, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
ouy of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
JK463, when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Salina Bay,
Malta from high altitude during a scramble, possibly due to oxygen
starvation, 25 May 1943. Aged 32. Native of Turner's Hill, Sussex.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Withy; husband of Joan Withy, of Turner's
Hill, Sussex. Panel 6, Column 1. See also Turners
Hill, Sussex |
| WOOD |
Colin
Lethbridge |
Sergeant
(Pilot) NZ412780, 1433 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP344,
when the aircraft was shot down, probably by an Italian AF MC202,
into the sea off St Paul's Bay, Malta, after being scrambled to
intercept an enemy fighter sweep 30 July 1942. Aged 24. Native
of of Lottin Point, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Audley Cowper
Wood and Dorothy May Wood, of Lottin Point, Auckland, New Zealand.
Panel 5, Column 2. |
| WOOD |
Duncan
Andrew |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/18772, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE261, when
the aircraft crashed in the sea off Al Huwariyah, Tunisia when
returning from a raid on Naples 7 August 1943. Native of Norwood,
Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| WOOD |
Frederick |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 163120, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF630, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo
marshalling yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 27. Native of
Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Son of Charles Harold and Adelaide
Elizabeth Wood, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Panel 13, Column
2. |
| WOODHOUSE |
Stuart
Hugo Armer |
Flying
Officer 133759, 682 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of La Marsa, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXI, serial number
EN660. when the aircraft was lost without trace during a photo
reconnaissance sortie to Foggia 30 August 1943. Native of Worcester.
Son of Lt.-Col. H. K. S. Woodhouse, D.S.O., and Mrs. J. Woodhouse,
of Worcester. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| WOODRUFF |
Claude
Douglas |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 569417, 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy,
in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JK193, when his aircraft
was shot down during an attack on Sarajevo airfield, Yugoslavia,
baled out but parachute snagged on the tail and died 29 June 1944.
Aged 25. Native of Eastry, Kent. Son of Claude Albert and Ida
Gertrude Woodruff, of Eastry, Kent. Panel 15, Column 2. See also
Eastry, Kent |
| WOODS |
Alfred |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 420511, 14 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin Marauder I, serial
number FK110, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a low-level shipping reconnaissance sortie over the southern sector
of the Adriatic Sea 9 May 1944. Aged 29. Native of Annandale,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of John and Ethel Woods, of Annandale,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16. Column 2. |
| WOODS |
Desmond
Arthur |
Sergeant
1381747, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Lyneham,
Wiltshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number
P1433, when the aircraft was lost without trace, presumed to
have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of Spain during
a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom 10 August
1943. Born 4 February 1922. In the 1939 Register he was an Architects
Pupil, unmarried, resident 92 Woodstone Avenue, Stoneleigh,
Epsom and Ewell M.B., Surrey. Panel 9, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
WOODS Desmond Arthur of 92 Woodstone-avenue
Stoneleigh Surrey died on or since 10 August
1943 on war service Administration Llandudno
6 July to May Victoria Wiatt (wife of Stuart Dudley Sherman
Wiatt). Effects £179 11s. 3d.
|
| WOODS,
DFC and Bar |
Eric
Norman |
Wing
Commander 60119, 286 Wing [BAF][Officer Commanding], Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire,
when the aircraft was lost during a patrol over the Yugoslav coast
with Squadron Leader Debenham, probably shot down by Bf109s, aircraft
from 126 Squadron, 16 December 1943. Aged 33. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Native of Harborne, Birmingham.
Son of W. H. Woods, and of Kate Dora Woods, of Harborne, Birmingham.
Panel 6, Column 1. |
| WOOLLEY |
Leslie
John |
Flight
Sergeant 646917, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8703, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a Rooster night patrol using Air
to Surface Vessel (A.S.V.) radar in co-operation with 830 Squadron's
Swordfish 23 December 1941. Native of Woking, Surrey. Son of Edward
Henry Francis and Florence Elizabeth Woolley, of Woking, Surrey.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| WOOLLEY |
Stephen |
Sergeant
1076886, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG700, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie
to Tunisia 11 July 1942. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WOOLMAN |
John
Hedley |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1202049, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V6492,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from the Italian Navy
torpedo ship Centauro during an attack on a convoy in the Gulf
of Sirte off Libya 19 November 1941. Aged 21. Native of Watford,
Hertfordshire. Son of Mark and Agnes Annie Woolman, of Watford,
Hertfordshire. Head Boy, Watford Grammar School, 1939. Panel 2,
Column 2. |
| WOOTTEN |
Harold
Lester |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/88872, 253 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Borgo,
Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number MA459,
when the aircraft was lost without trace between Naples and Bastia,
Italy, 11 March 1944. Aged 24. Native of Cookshire, Province of
Quebec, Canada. Son of John L. and Eva C. Wootton, of Cookshire,
Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| WORTHINGTON |
Frederick
Henry |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 952045, 614 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax
II, serial number BB446, when it was assumed that the aircraft
had been shot down near the target during a raid on marshalling
yards at Sofia, Bulgaria, 15 March 1944. Aged 29. Native of of
Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Son of Wilfred and Eleanor Worthington;
husband of Dorothy Vera Worthington, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
Panel 15, Column 2. |
| WRATTEN |
Alfred
James |
Sergeant
(Observer) 932296, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7342,
when the aircraft struck the mast of a ship during an attack on
enemy ships near the Kerkenna Islands, Tunisia and crashed during
an anti-shipping patrol 14 January 1942. Aged 29. Native of Langton
Green, Kent. Son of James and Kate Wratten; husband of Elsie Lilian
Wratten, of Langton Green, Kent. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WREN |
Charles
Christopher |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1386770, 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-Op Unit, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
while flying out of Ikeja, Nigeria, in a Boulton Paul Defiant
TTI, serial number DS152, when the aircraft was lost without trace
between Takoradi and Lagos, Nigeria, when returning from a detachment
4 October 1943. Aged 21. Native of Hackney, London. Son of Charles
T. and Florence B. Wren, of Hackney, London. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| WRIGHT |
Alfred |
Warrant
Officer 1025979, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial
number JT884 (aircraft serial unconfirmed), when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a sea patrol 22 September 1944.
Aged 30. Native of Middleton, Leeds, Yorkshire. Husband of A.
Wright, of Middleton, Lancashire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| WRIGHT |
Clifford
Alexander |
Lieutenant
329093V, 3 Squadron, 239 Wing, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Died while based at Cutella, Italy, 20
April 1944. Aged 25. Native Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Son of Thomas A. and Dorothea D. Wright, of Rosettenville, Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| WRIGHT |
Edwin
Harold |
Sergeant
1351311, 104 Squadron attached from 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC,
serial number HD955, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Sfax, Tunisia, 31 December 1942. Aged 21. Native
of Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Son of Harold Henry and Margaret
Laura Wright, of Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| WRIGHT |
Jack |
Sergeant
1381461, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HX727, when it
was assumed that the aircraft had been lost off Cape Passero,
Sicily, during an armed reconnaissance searching for shipping
between Sardinia and Southern Italy 10 April 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Camberley, Surrey. Son of Edward Francis Wright, and of Edith
Wright, of Camberley, Surrey. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| WRIGHT |
William
Wallace |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/87392, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP629, when the aircraft was shot down between
Palau, Sardinia and La Maddalena Island, Corsica, during a sea
search over the Straits of Bonifacio 13 July 1943. Aged 21. Native
of Departure Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Son of William and
Lillian Gertrude Wright, of Departure Bay, Vancouver Island, British
Columbia, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| WYCHERLEY |
James
Albert |
Radio
Officer (Wireless Operator), British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying for BOAC
from Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, in a BOAC Short S30, serial
number G-AFCZ, when his aircraft crashed at Bathurst during a
transit flight from Lagos to the UK with a stop at Bathurst, nineteen
passengers also died, 14 September 1942. Aged 31. Native of Paddington,
London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wycherley; husband of Barbara
Mary Wycherley, of Paddington, London. Panel 5. |
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