Willis, Thomas William
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas William |
Surname | Willis |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas William and Winifred Mabel Willis, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND842 |
Markings | PH-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Magny Churchyard, Eure-Et-Loir |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave. |
Epitaph | OUR PRAYER TO THEE, O LORD, IS PLAIN THAT OUR SONS HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1646386 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
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 27/168/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-06-1944 |
End Date | 01-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Vierzon |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and fell at Magny, SW of Chartres |