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Sergeant Leonard
Williams - RAFVR |
| Sergeant Leonard
Williams was serving as Flight Engineer on board Lancaster Mk. III
PB366 coded TL-S during an
operation to Cologne on December 24/25, 1944. The aircraft
took off from Graveley, Cambridgeshire at 1535hrs but lost height
almost immediately and crashed into some trees near Paxton, not
far from the airfield. All of the men aboard, including Sergeant
Williams, were killed instantly. The
crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O Arthur Kenyon |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Prestwich, Lancashire |
23 |
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Sgt Leonard Williams |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Staveley, Derbyshire |
23 |
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Sgt Albert Thomas |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Llangiwg, S.Wales |
- |
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F/Sgt Alec Cousins |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Maidenhead, Berkshire |
21 |
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F/Sgt Cecil Blundell |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Shirley, Southampton |
20 |
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Sgt Cyril Winter |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Harlington,Hayes, Middlesex |
- |
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Sgt Roy Yallop |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Ipswich |
- |
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Undated
photo of Lancaster PB366 in flight |
Sergeant Leonard Williams RAFVR was born on the 30th
of March 1921, the son of George and Jane Williams and brother of
Edwin, Mary and George of 30,Hartington Cottages, Staveley,
Derbyshire. Sgt Williams rests in Staveley cemetery, while the other
crew members rest in cemeteries and churchyards of their home towns.
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Photos courtesy of
Alan Stockley and Bob Fulford, research by Linda Ibrom.
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