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157477

Flt Sgt. Willaum George Mann

Royal Air Force 106 Squadron.

from:Hinckley

(d.30th Jan 1944)

My brother Willaum Mann was stationed at Metheringham, he took off on raid to Berlin and went down on 30th Jan 1944. I would would like to know what crew he was with.

Update:

Willaum's aircraft was Lancaster ND336, ZN-Q, it crashed into the North Sea and all the crew were lost. Only one body was washed ashore, that of P/O Kirkland, he was found on the northern shores of Vlieland in the Frisian Islands on the 5th of March 44 and laid to rest there. The rest of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

The crew were:

  • P/O K.H.Kirkland, RAAF
  • Sgt W.G.Mann
  • Sgt K.W.Barry
  • F/O J.Inston
  • Sgt D.Naylor
  • Sgt R.J.Winfindale
  • Sgt R.J.Charters



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