Knight, William
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | William |
Surname | Knight |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Edith Knight. Husband of Phyllis Mabel Knight, of Croydon, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG228 |
Markings | KC-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Poland |
Burial/Memorial Place | Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. B. 1-5. |
Epitaph | SWEETEST MEMORIES ALL WE HAVE LEFT. A DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND. WIFE PHYL., SON MICHAEL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 60 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 195713 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 617 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Bamford, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed painting and Framed inscribed Scroll |
Memorial Text | A painting given to Bamford Church by 617 Sqn RAF |
Location | South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943 |
Location | Adjacent to South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Information Board |
Memorial Text | An information board detailing the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943 |
Location | St. Vincents Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the HQ of 5Gp Bomber Command 1937-1945 where the Rhur Dams raid by 617 Sqn RAF was controlled from |
Location | Thorpe Camp Museum, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | In memory of all who served at RAF Woodhall Spa 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who gave their lives during WW2 |
Location | Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who have given their lives since 1945 |
Location | Eyebrook Reservoir, Caldecott, Rutland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 617 Sqn RAF which practiced here before the Rhur Dams raid in May 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 14 June 1914 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2131/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2128/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-04-1945 |
End Date | 16-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Swinemunde |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak during the third of a series of 617 Squadron attacks on the German battleship Lutzow, which was being used to shell advancing Russian forces. A wing came off the Lancaster and it crashed into a wooded area near the target |