Highland, William Thomas Emmerick
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | William Thomas Emmerick |
Surname | Highland |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Emmerick Highland and Mary Ellen Highland, of Ashbury, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BF470 |
Markings | LS-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. A. 25. |
Epitaph | LOVED SON OF MR. AND MRS. W. HIGHLAND OF SYDNEY, N. S. W. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 181 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 32782 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/68 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/67 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down by a night-fighter. Crashed at Haste in the northern suburbs of Osnabrück, Germany |