Williams, Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Douglas |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 20-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Oscar and Elizabeth Williams, of Neath. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3547 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath (Ss. Cattwg and Illtyd) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Row 9. Grave 8. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 116 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1316166 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | War Memorial on Village Green, Bradfield Green, Cheshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the following RAF crew who died in this Parish 20th March 1943 on Wellington X3547 |
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Stencilled Composite Panels |
Memorial Text | This memorial is a tribute to all those both military and civil who came from many countries to serve at RAF Lichfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-03-1943 |
End Date | 20-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lichfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- cine camera gun exercise |
Reason for Loss | To carry out a cine camera gun exercise. The aircraft crashed at 15:20 after flying into a barrage balloon cable at Barrows Green in the northeast outskirts of Crewe, Cheshire. It is much suspected that the crash site was attended by RAF Cranage. On cine camera gun exercise, crashed |