Willis, Albert Anthony Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Albert Anthony Joseph |
Surname | Willis |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Anthony and Barbara Willis, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | LW206 |
Markings | OW-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 43. I. 6. |
Epitaph | HERE RESTS A SOUL GOOD AND TRUE DEAREST SON, WE MISS YOU SO. REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 266 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/221202 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 426 (Thunderbird) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with Inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Canadian personnel who served at RAF Linton on Ouse during WW2, including 408 and 426 Sqns RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-09-1944 |
End Date | 03-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Venlo- to bomb the airfield. Part of a 675 aircraft raid on six airfields in southern Holland. All raids were successful. 1 Halifax lost |
Reason for Loss | Spun and crashed at Sawston, SSE of Cambridge, on outbound journey |