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Sgt. William Oliver Shelley

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 207 Sqdn.

(d.2nd March 1943)

Sgt Shelley was a member of the crew of Lancaster ED533 EM-N which was lost on the night of 2nd/3rd March 1943. The full crew were: Sgt R Isaacs, RAFVR Sgt R Brown, RAFVR, Flt. Eng. F/O GA Bissett, RAFVR F/S KG Peters, RAFVR Sgt WO Shelley, RAFVR, Wop/AG Sgt JW Webster, RAFVR F/O FB Hawkins, RAAF

The Lancaster had taken off at 1833 from Langar to lay mines in French waters. It was presumed lost over the sea. Sgt Brown, whose body was washed ashore on 27th May 1943, is buried in the Department of Basses-Pyrenees at Biarritz (du Sabrou) Communal Cemetery. The others have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/O Bisset was a graduate from Aberdeen University.



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