Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt. William Hamilton Lapsley MID.

Royal Air Force 106 Squadron

from:Londonderry

(d.4th July 1941)

William Lapsley was my Grandmother's youngest brother. He was killed on a mission to Dortmund. They took off at 23:00 on the 4th of Jul19 41 from RAF Conningsby in Hampden AD914 and were shot down by Flak near Heesch, Noord Brabant, crashing in the southern outskirts of Oss, Holland. All the crew were killed are buried in Eindhoven General Cemetery.

The crew were:

  • F/S N.E.Bowering MID
  • F/S D.S.Bagnall
  • Sgt W.H.Lapsley MID
  • Sgt I.L.T.Reis



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