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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
17301 WilkinsonFSergeantBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-11-26LancasterIIDS679OW-RLinton on Ouse1733Berlin?KilledRunnymede
17302 WilkinsonA WSergeantBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-04-18HalifaxIIILV971BM-NSkipton on Swale2030Noisy-le-SecCrashed target areaKilledClichy New Communal Cemetery
17303 WilksArthur G.Flight SergeantR/211126CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF438Sqn RCAF
1945-05-14TyphoonIbRB446F3-B.150 HustedtRecceFuel starvation when switching from long range tanks to internal fuel. Belly landed near Flensburg Luftwaffe airfield.Slight injuriesAccident reportRCAFA Awards database
17304 WillaW GWarrant OfficerR157014RCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-07-09HalifaxIIJB922EQ-HLeeming2241GelsenkirchenCrashed at Essen-KupferdrehPoWParadie Archive Database
17305 WillcoxArthur JackPilot Officer424499AustraliaRAAF111 OTU RCAF1943-12-22RAAF Honour Roll
17306 William FrancisW FFlight SergeantR/10756117 May 1916, Golden Ridge, SK, CanadaCanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command25OTU
1942-07-31WellingtonICDV439PP-DFinningley2341DusseldorfThe aircraft was initially hit by flak over the target are. It was then finished off by Lt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab II/NJG1 - 1km South West of Loon op Zand (6C): 3,000m at 0228.KilledBergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery Plot 5 Row H Grave 9
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17307 WilliamsJack HerbertSergeant1604309Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-01-21LancasterIIDS843QO-ORAF East Moor, North Yorkshire2023Magdeburg See archive report for full details Pow No: 1030 Camp: 357None - thought to have survived the war Read Archive Report
17308 WilliamsMark Arthur LetheringtonSquadron Leader40584PilotRAFVRBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-01-15WellingtonIIIBK364ZL-GRAF Croft, Yorkshire1702Lorient See Archive report for further details KilledGuidel Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Collective grave 15-18 Read Archive Report
17309 WilliamsJ DSergeantRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1943-03-01LancasterIW4880PM-HElsham Wolds1851BerlinCrashed WSW of BremenKilledSage War Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17310 WilliamsM AFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-12-12LancasterIME649PM-Elsham Wolds1624EssenForce landedPoW Paradie Archive Database
17311 WilliamsM WPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1942-05-19WellingtonICZ1141PM-Elsham Wolds2248St-NaziereCrashed target areaKilledEscoublac la Baule War Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17312 WilliamsD GFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command115Sqn
1942-12-06WellingtonIIIBJ898KO-CEast Wretham1733MannheimCrashed AlsheimKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
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17313 WilliamsG ESergeantRCAFBomber Command15Sqn
1943-03-01StirlingIW7518LS-GBournBerlinCrashed on Tholen HollandPoW Paradie Archive Database
17314 WilliamsK HSergeantRCAFBomber Command158Sqn
1943-11-22HalifaxIIHR977NP-ALissett1650BerlinCrashed near Klein BerssenPoWParadie Archive Database
17315 WilliamsE FFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command166Sqn
1944-12-04LancasterIME318AS-EKirmington1615KarlsruheKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17316 WilliamsP GWarrant Officer Class 2RCAFBomber Command207Sqn
1943-02-25LancasterIED356EM-WLangar1950NurnbergCrashed at LudwigshafenKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17317 WilliamsJ DSergeantRCAFBomber Command22 OTU
1942-09-10WellingtonICR1616Stratford2005DusseldorfCrashed at BiervlietKilledVlissengen Northern CemeteryParadie Archive DatabaseArchive Report
17318 WilliamsJ F HFlight LieutenantJ/17270PilotDFC

RCAFFighter257Sqn
1944-07-26TyphoonIbMN919QKilledRunnymede Memorial United KingdomParadie Archive Database
17319 WilliamsL HSergeantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-10-02HalifaxIIDG228LQ-HTopcliffe1826KrefeldCrashed at Vredbest FarmKilledNoordwijk General Paradie Archive Database
17320 WilliamsA RSergeantRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-01-14LancasterIILL699EQ-CLinton on Ouse1700BraunschweigKilledHannover War Cemetery
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17321 WilliamsR WFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1945-04-18Halifax VIINP776EQ-RLinton on Ouse1019HeligolandKilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
17322 WilliamsCharles FranklinFlight SergeantR/75063Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1942-07-06WellingtonIIIX3556VR-LRAF Mildenhall, SuffolkTrainingCrashed near Catworth, HuntingdonshireKilledSt. John's Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk - Grave reference Row B. Grave 6.
Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
17323 WilliamsD JSergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-05-10LancasterXKB704VR-YMiddleton St George2133GentOvershot on return and damaged Paradie Archive Database
17324 WilliamsA JSergeantRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1944-10-23HalifaxIIINA509PT-VTholthorpe1618EssenCrashed at Wellesbourne Mountford Paradie Archive Database
17325 WilliamsA FSergeantRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1942-03-26HampdenOAE298PT-DWaddington1927Gardening?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
17326 WilliamsE MWing CommanderAFC

RCAFBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1945-01-28Halifax IIILW164QB-CSkipton on Swale1921Stuttgart Crashed and exploded on take off KilledHarrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17327 WilliamsJSergeantRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-08-23LancasterIIDS676OW-Linton on Ouse2022BerlinCrashed at GusenKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17328 WilliamsR ESergeantR137111RCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-03-05WellingtonIIIBK401OW-MDishforth1910Essen?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
17329 WilliamsA RFlight SergeantR196508NavigatorRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1945-02-14Halifax IIIMZ422 (Other sources quote it erroneously as ML422 - there were no Halifaxes with a serial number commencing with ML)ZL-NLeeming1649ChemnitzPoWParadie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report Information on serial number courtesy John Jones May 2018 with additional details by Roy Wilcock on 20 November 2020
17330 WilliamsA JSergeantRCAFBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1944-03-10HalifaxIIILW685AL-CTrainingDitched off AberdeenParadie Archive Database
17331 WilliamsJ ESergeantRCAFBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1944-07-17HalifaxIIILW572SE-QCroft1532VairesCrashed at Nerville-la-Foret {Valdioise}KilledBoran-sur-Oise Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17332 WilliamsR HFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command49Sqn
1945-04-19LancasterIII ME357EA-CFulbeck1127TrainingCrashed into sea 5 miles off Skegness LINCS Paradie Archive Database
17333 WilliamsJ HSergeantRCAFBomber Command50Sqn
1944-06-08LancasterIW4824VN-ZSkellingthorpe945Bois de CassanCrashed at PontoiseKilledVal d'Oise Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17334 WilliamsF Spurgeon 'Pop'SergeantCanadaRCAFBomber Command514Sqn
1944-06-12LancasterIILL678JI-L2Waterbeach2312GelsenkirchenShot down by nightfighter flown by Dietrich Schmidt. Crashed at Zuid Loo {Overijseel}Evader
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17335 WilliamsG EFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command61Sqn
1942-07-03LancasterIR5663QR-BSyerston2235GardeningCrashed Near Swedish port of HalsingborgInterned Paradie Archive Database
17336 WilliamsE KFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command619Sqn
1944-02-24LancasterIIILM419PG-NConingsby2008SchweinfurtKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17337 WilliamsAPilot OfficerJ/4560PilotRCAFFighter74Sqn
1941-11-26SpitfireIIaP7551InterceptionShot down 20 miles West of St Davids HeadKilledPembroke Dock (Llanion) Cemetery United KingdomParadie Archive Database
17338 WilliamsTracy Arthur ThomasPilot OfficerJ/1890820 Jan 1922CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command78Sqn
1943-08-23HalifaxIIJD248EY-JBreighton2024BerlinShot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Netzow, 11 km NNE of HavelbergKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 2.E.9 Paradie Archive Database Son of Arthur Dougal Williams and Topsy Phyllis Williams, of Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
17339 WilliamsGordon IvanFlight SergeantR/1199501923CanadianAir BomberRCAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1944-01-30LancasterIIIJB659OF-JBourn1710BerlinHomebound when claimed by Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer on 30 Jan 1944 (near Amsterdam). Crashed near Zwanenburg (Noord-Holland)KilledHaarlemmereer (Zwanenburg) General Cemetery, Plot B, Row C, Coll. Grave 15.Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Fred and Daisy Williams, of Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada
17340 WilliamsWFlt SgtRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1945-03-22LancasterXKB832WL-FCroft1055HildesheimCollided with 431 Sqn Lancaster KB811 SE-T at base destroyed after bomb load explodedParadie Archive Database
17341 WilliamsE JSergeantRNZAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1941-12-28WellingtonIIW5561LQ-JPocklington1705Emden?KilledSage War Cemetery
17342 WilliamsBFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1943-09-22WellingtonXLN547QO-GSkipton on Swale1907Hannover?PoW
17343 WilliamsE CFlight LieutenantPilotFighter403Sqn RCAF
1944-06-09SpitfireIXMJ827PatrolCrashed on Ohama Beach
17344 WilliamsHughieSergeant1535229Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command405 (Vancouver) Sqn, RCAF
1944-01-30LancasterIIIJA924LQ:RGransden Lodge17:14BerlinJA924 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
17345 WilliamsWilfred RoySergeant982517Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1941-12-14HampdenIP5392EQ:WRAF Balderton00:32CherbourgSee archive report for detailsKiAFawley (All Saints) Churchyard, New Portion, Grave 3Read Archive Report
17346 WilliamsD TSergeantBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1941-12-28HampdenIP1165EQ-BBladerton1855HulsCrashed at Winterswijk HollandKilled
17347 WilliamsR GFlight SergeantBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-11-23LancasterIILL623EQ-JLinton on OuseBerlin?KilledRunnymede
17348 WilliamsESergeantBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-11-26LancasterIIDS712EQ-GLinton on Ouse1711BerlinCrash landed SE of Lincoln
17349 WilliamsV ISergeant1486633Fighter409Sqn RCAF
1943-04-17BeaufighterVIB8718Night RangerKilledRunnymede Memorial (Possibly buried in Villers sur Mer Cemetery ?) United Kingdom
17350 WilliamsVernon AlbertFlight LieutenantDFC

Fighter410Sqn RCAF
1944-02-13MosquitoNFXIIIHK429InterceptionDamaged DFC Awarded on the 14th January 1944

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