Williams, David Laing
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | David Laing |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 27-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley and Agnes Laing Williams, of Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND499 |
Markings | OL-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. H. 7. |
Epitaph | TILL WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 116 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 129004 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Squadron Motto | Strike to defend |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/7 |
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 | 26-04-1944 |
End Date | 27-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Schweinfurt |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night-fighter, crashing at Goldscheuer, near the French border |