William enlisted in November of 1942, going overseas in November of 1943. Reported as missing in action in the CDN 20/01/45. A few weeks before he was reported MIA his wife received a letter in which he said he had only ten more “trips” to make before his “tour of ops” would be finished and expected to be home in March or April. He said he was “flying fairly steady and that it wouldn’t be long before his trick was up, if all went well”.

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Age: 22, DOAA - Date of Death: 16/01/1945, While in Lancaster bomber # KB 850, on Air Ops. to Zeitz, Germany, on a night attack, over Dusseldorf, Germany the aircraft was shot down. All of the crew was lost. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: 6. C. 13. Cemetery: DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY. Afa: Index of Overseas Deaths. They Shall Grow Not Old, CDN 20/01/45.

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