Williams, David Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | David Alexander |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Vivian Vasey Woodthorpe Williams and Dorothy Maybury Williams, of Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7516 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. B. 12. |
Epitaph | QUASI CURSORES, VITAI LAMPADA TRADUNT - Like runners, relay the torch |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 116 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403206 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-04-1942 |
End Date | 30-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying |
Reason for Loss | Sortie to "Forgetmenots" region. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed on a sandbank off Rantum, Sylt, Germany. |