Williams, Lionel Harry
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Lionel Harry |
Surname | Williams |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of David John and Ethel Laura Williams, of Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DG228 |
Markings | LQ-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Noordwijk General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Coll. Grave 16. |
Epitaph | HE FLEW INTO THE NIGHT AND TOUCHED THE HAND OF GOD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 265 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/122012 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-10-1942 |
End Date | 03-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (45% moon) |
Operation | Krefeld. 188 aircraft, 7 losses (3.7%). PFF encountered dense haze which meant they were late marking the target. As a result, bombing was scattered and caused little damage |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed SSW of Haarlem, Holland |