Willis, Anthony Marshall
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Anthony Marshall |
Surname | Willis |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 21-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Thomas Willis, and Nellie Willis, of Crawley, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4335 |
Markings | PM-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Enschede Eastern General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 213. |
Epitaph | MAY WE BE WORTHY OF HIS SACRIFICE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 925963 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Squadron Motto | Noli me tangere (Touch me not) |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/1 |
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 | 21-01-1943 |
End Date | 22-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter, crashing near Enschede, Holland |