Williams, Edwin Mountford
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Edwin Mountford |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | AFC |
Date of Death | 28-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Alfred Mountford Williams and Lilian Dillon Williams. Husband of Joan Sylvia Williams, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW164 |
Markings | QB-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Row F. Grave 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 265 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | C/988 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
On his second tour |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 29-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills. |
Reason for Loss | Swung out of control on takeoff, crashed and exploded, throwing clear F/O J E H B Tremblay, the rear-gunner, although he was critically injured |