Williams, Benjamin Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Benjamin Robert |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 22-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Hanson Williams and Mary Sophia Williams, of Brynhyfryd, Swansea. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | LL695 |
Markings | JI-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot KK. Grave 48. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS UNFINISHED LIFE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 265 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1836434 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 514 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial and RoH |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 514 Sqn who served at RAF Waterbeach 1943-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the four survivors, two evaded capture and two became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1977/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1977/13 |
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 | 21-05-1944 |
End Date | 22-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 532 aircraft, 29 Lancasters Lost (5.5%). This target is close enough to use Oboe marking, which was therefore accurate despite complete cloud-cover. Much damage was caused in the southern districts of the city with 350 buildings destroyed and 665 seriously damaged. 124 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Geldrop, ESE of Eindhoven, Holland |