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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
17151	Williams	Charles Franklin	Flight Sergeant	R/75063			Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-07-06	Wellington	III	X3556	VR-L	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk		Training	Crashed near Catworth, Huntingdonshire	Killed	St. John's Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk - Grave reference Row B. Grave 6.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17152	Williams	D J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-10	Lancaster	X	KB704	VR-Y	Middleton St George	2133	Gent	Overshot on return and damaged				Paradie Archive Database
17153	Williams	A J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-10-23	Halifax	III	NA509	PT-V	Tholthorpe	1618	Essen	Crashed at Wellesbourne Mountford				Paradie Archive Database
17154	Williams	A F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-03-26	Hampden	O	AE298	PT-D	Waddington	1927	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
17155	Williams	E M	Wing Commander					AFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-01-28	Halifax	III	LW164	QB-C	Skipton on Swale	1921	Stuttgart	Crashed and exploded on take off	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17156	Williams	J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-08-23	Lancaster	II	DS676	OW-	Linton on Ouse	2022	Berlin	Crashed at Gusen	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17157	Williams	R E	Sergeant	R137111					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-03-05	Wellington	III	BK401	OW-M	Dishforth	1910	Essen	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
17158	Williams	A R	Flight Sergeant	R196508			Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	MZ422 (Other sources quote it erroneously as ML422 - there were no Halifaxes with a serial number commencing with ML)	ZL-N	Leeming	1649	Chemnitz		PoW			Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report Information on serial number courtesy John Jones May 2018 with additional details by Roy Wilcock on 20 November 2020
17159	Williams	A J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-03-10	Halifax	III	LW685	AL-C			Training	Ditched off Aberdeen				Paradie Archive Database
17160	Williams	J E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	LW572	SE-Q	Croft	1532	Vaires	Crashed at Nerville-la-Foret {Valdioise}	Killed	Boran-sur-Oise Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17161	Williams	R H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1945-04-19	Lancaster	III	ME357	EA-C	Fulbeck	1127	Training	Crashed into sea 5 miles off Skegness LINCS				Paradie Archive Database
17162	Williams	J H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-06-08	Lancaster	I	W4824	VN-Z	Skellingthorpe	945	Bois de Cassan	Crashed at Pontoise	Killed	Val d'Oise Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17163	Williams	F Spurgeon 'Pop'	Sergeant			Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-06-12	Lancaster	II	LL678	JI-L2	Waterbeach	2312	Gelsenkirchen	Shot down by nightfighter flown by Dietrich Schmidt. Crashed at Zuid Loo {Overijseel}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database	Lancaster 'The Lily Mars' Attacker Podcast
17164	Williams	G E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1942-07-03	Lancaster	I	R5663	QR-B	Syerston	2235	Gardening	Crashed Near Swedish port of Halsingborg	Interned			Paradie Archive Database
17165	Williams	E K	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1944-02-24	Lancaster	III	LM419	PG-N	Coningsby	2008	Schweinfurt		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17166	Williams	A	Pilot Officer	J/4560			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	74Sqn	1941-11-26	Spitfire	IIa	P7551				Interception	Shot down 20 miles West of St Davids Head	Killed	Pembroke Dock (Llanion) Cemetery United Kingdom		Paradie Archive Database
17167	Williams	Tracy Arthur Thomas	Pilot Officer	J/18908	20 Jan 1922	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-08-23	Halifax	II	JD248	EY-J	Breighton	2024	Berlin	Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Netzow, 11 km NNE of Havelberg	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 2.E.9		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Arthur Dougal Williams and Topsy Phyllis Williams, of Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
17168	Williams	Gordon Ivan	Flight Sergeant	R/119950	1923	Canadian	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JB659	OF-J	Bourn	1710	Berlin	Homebound when claimed by Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer on 30 Jan 1944 (near Amsterdam). Crashed near Zwanenburg (Noord-Holland)	Killed	Haarlemmereer (Zwanenburg) General Cemetery, Plot B, Row C, Coll. Grave 15.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Fred and Daisy Williams, of Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada
17169	Williams	W	Flt Sgt						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1945-03-22	Lancaster	X	KB832	WL-F	Croft	1055	Hildesheim	Collided with 431 Sqn Lancaster KB811 SE-T at base destroyed after bomb load exploded				Paradie Archive Database
17170	Williams	E J	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-12-28	Wellington	II	W5561	LQ-J	Pocklington	1705	Emden	?	Killed	Sage War Cemetery
17171	Williams	B	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-09-22	Wellington	X	LN547	QO-G	Skipton on Swale	1907	Hannover	?	PoW
17172	Williams	Llewelyn	Flight Sergeant	1412114			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 (Ceylon) Sqn	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LW159	DY:O	Pocklington	22:10	Blainville	Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Coeuvres-et-Valsery (Aisne), 15 km WSW of Soissons. LW159 was claimed by either Obstlt. Günther Radusch, his 62nd Abschuss from Stab NJG2 or Maj. Paul Semrau, his 28th Abschuss from Stab II./NJG2 in the Soissons area at 01:00 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW, Id No: 78437 Buchenwald, PoW No: 8124 Stalag Luft 3				Whilst evading he was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo then and taken to the Fresnes prison located to the south of Paris. This was were French political prisoners were held and ordinarily Allied airmen, after questioning, were moved to a PoW Camp. In the summer of 1944, with the Allies having liberated Paris and closing in, the Gestapo guards started reducing the prison population by execution, and then relocating surviving prisoners to various concentration camps east of France. On the 15th August 1944 he was one of 169 Allied PoWs and hundreds of French men and women who were packed into a freight train and transported to Buchenwald concentration camp on a journey lasting five days. Note: Fg Off. J.M. Stevenson C27788 RCAF escaped from the train and successfully evaded. Buchenwald was located 8 km north of Weimar, in the German province of Thüringen. Sqn Ldr. Lamason and Fg Off. Chapman succeeded in getting all but two of the Allied PoWs transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Two airmen, 1st Lt. Levitt Clinton Beck Jr. O-736945, US AAF and Fg Off. Philip Derek Hermmens, 152583, RAFVR, died in the camp hospital.
17173	Williams	E C	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot			Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1944-06-09	Spitfire	IX	MJ827				Patrol	Crashed on Ohama Beach
17174	Williams	Hughie	Sergeant	1535229			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	405 (Vancouver) Sqn, RCAF	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JA924	LQ:R	Gransden Lodge	17:14	Berlin	JA924 was hit by 3./schw.Flak Abt. 418 (Eisb.) and 2.-4./schw.Flak Abt 513. The aircraft crashed at Berlin-Neukölln at 20:20 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten). A fierce blaze broke out in the port wing and the bomber spiralled out of control. at about 15,000 feet a violent explosion occurred, catapulting the two survivors into the air.	PoW No 1351, Stalag Luft 1
17175	Williams	W R	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1941-12-14	Hampden	I	P5392	EQ-W	Balderton	.0032.	Cherbourg	Crashed at Longdown	Killed
17176	Williams	D T	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1941-12-28	Hampden	I	P1165	EQ-B	Bladerton	1855	Huls	Crashed at Winterswijk Holland	Killed
17177	Williams	R G	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-11-23	Lancaster	II	LL623	EQ-J	Linton on Ouse		Berlin	?	Killed	Runnymede
17178	Williams	E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-11-26	Lancaster	II	DS712	EQ-G	Linton on Ouse	1711	Berlin	Crash landed SE of Lincoln
17179	Williams	V I	Sergeant	1486633						Fighter	409Sqn RCAF	1943-04-17	Beaufighter	VI	B8718				Night Ranger		Killed	Runnymede Memorial (Possibly buried in Villers sur Mer Cemetery ?) United Kingdom
17180	Williams	V	Flight Lieutenant							Fighter	410Sqn RCAF	1944-02-13	Mosquito	NFXIII	HK429				Interception	Damaged
17181	Williams	S R	Sergeant	1377465			Wireless Operator / Air Gunner			Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1942-09-07	Boston	I	W8284				Night Intruder		Killed	St- Valery-En-Caux Franco-British Cemetery France
17182	Williams	R J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-01-14	Lancaster	X	KB769	VR-I	Middleton St George	1842	Leuna		Killed	Hannover War cemetery
17183	Williams	R O	Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-07-02	Hampden	I	AT248	PT-A	Waddington		Bremen	Crashed at Koudum Holland	Killed	Hemelumer-Oldeferd
17184	Williams	G C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-05-07	Hampden	I	AE389	PT-D	Waddington		Gardening	Crashed Kalifornien NE of Kiel	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
17185	Williams	R	Sergeant							Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-02-26	Wellington	III	Z1599	OW-B	Dishforth	1850	Koln	Crashed at Boerdonk	Killed	Eindhoven {woensel}
17186	Williams	A T	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LW618	ZL-E	Leeming	2205	Nurnberg	Crashed Hohenroth	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
17187	Williams	R	Sergeant							Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-08-31	Halifax	V	DK249	NA-K	Middleton St George	2018	Berlin	Crashed Holxdorf	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
17188	Williams	F S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	V	DK238	NA-I	Middleton St George	2128	Peenemunde	Crashed near Barth-Velgast	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
17189	Williams	A J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-08-02	Halifax	V	EB274	NA-H	Middleton St George	2247	Hamburg	Shot down by Hpt. Hans Jabs	Killed	Runnymede			Attacker
17190	Williams	K	Sergeant							Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-10-08	Halifax	II	JD323	AL-S	Leeming	2245	Hannover	Crashed Siebenhofen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
17191	Williams	John Richard	Sergeant	1029717			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn, RCAF	1943-12-03	Halifax	II	JD361	AL:Y	Leeming	23:54	Leipzig	JD361 or 102 Sqn Halifax JD303 was claimed as a probable by L. Herbert Koch, his 2nd Abschuss, from 11./NJG3 in a probable area of Burg near Magdeburg at 6000 m at 03:25 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft burst into flames and exploded in mid-air and the wreckage was strewn over a wide area 1 km east of Wittenmoor. No trace of three of the crew were found and it was presumed that they were totally disintegrated by the explosion	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 170			Son of John and Ellen Mary Williams; husband of Myfanwy Williams, of Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire.
17192	Williams	R A	Sergeant	1239188						Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-05-21	Wellington	X	HE200	SE-P	Bourn	2245	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
17193	Williams	H C	Sergeant	1389188						Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-05-21	Wellington	X	HE200	SE-P	Bourn	2245	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
17194	Williams	J I	Flight Lieutenant							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	MZ591	QO-K	East Moor	2217	Metz	Crashed at Chevrieres {Oise}	Killed	Creil Communal Cemetery
17195	Williams	Evan	Sergeant	416901		Australia			RAAF		34 OTU RCAF	1943-02-26												RAAF Honour Roll
17196	Williams	Bayden Bala	Pilot Officer	J/21199	Age 25	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Training Command	34OTU (RCAF)	1943-01-23	Ventura	II	AE872	-	RCAF Pennfield Ridge,New Brunswick, Canada	910	Formation Practice	See archive report for further details	Killed	St. George Rural Cemetery, Charlotte County. Lot 32. Range 12	Courtesy Oleg Marin		Born on the 30th November 1917 in Saint George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. Enlisted in 1938 as . Worked for Calgary Stock Exchange and the York Hotel. Son of Thomas Owen Williams (died 28th March 1963, age 81) and Bertha Mae Williams (née Shaw - died 1930, age 37), of Strome, Alberta. Brother of Gayne Williams who served in the RAF in India. (Divorced Bernie Y. Williams of 129-E-29th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada. Next of kin listed as his other brother, O.N. Williams, of 3213 Elgow Drive, Calgary, Canada.	Read Archive Report
17197	Williamson	Albert John	Pilot Officer	J/88424			Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-07-18	Lancaster	I	ME814	EM-E	RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire	2251	Revigny	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Margerie-Hancourt churchyard		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17198	Williamson	N	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-12-11	Wellington	Ic	W5727HA-V		Marham	1520	Brest	Crash landed Upavon				Paradie Archive Database
17199	Williamson	N	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-02-12	Wellington	IC	Z1091	VR-A	Mildenhall	1700	Fuller	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
17200	Williamson	Charles Frederick	Flight Sergeant	R94468		Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	425 (Alouette) Sqn, RCAF	1944-10-14	Halifax	III	MZ674	KW:N	Tholthorpe	06:05	Duisburg	Aircraft crashed just south of Bracht at 09:00 hrs on the 14th October 1944.	PoW No 1088, Stalag 3A Luckenwalde			Paradie Archive Database	Commissioned and promoted to Plt Off (J92205) whilst a PoW