Willis, Geoffrey Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey Charles |
Surname | Willis |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-10-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ606 |
Markings | PH-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. D. 17. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1023440 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Church & Cemetery, Sint-Lambertusstraat, Wintershoven, Kortessem, Limburg Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar & inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Ter herinnering aan de dappere bemanning van de Wellington die neerstortte te Wintershoven 15 oktober 19042 |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-10-1942 |
End Date | 16-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (39% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter (Oblt Wilhelm Telge, 4. /NJG1) and crashed at Wintershoven (Limburg). 9km NNW of Tongeren, Belgium |