Quane, William Hilbert
Personal Information
Rank | Cpl |
Forename(s) | William Hilbert |
Surname | Quane |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
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Date of Death | 12-08-1938 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Evan Quane of 18 Methuen St, Birkinhead, Merseyside |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Hawker Hind |
Serial Number | K6636 |
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Memorial Information
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Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | Pre-War |
Panel Number | PRE (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1938 |
End Date | 12-08-1938 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft flew into high ground obscured by mist at Bulkeley Hill, Broxton, Cheshire |