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Sgt. William Huntley

Royal Air Force 77 Sqd.

(d.21st Jan 1944)

This photograph of his crew has been sent to me by the only surviving member (Ernie Gumm) Top to bottom: Sgt Harold Williams, Sgt Charles Pinder, Sgt Ernie Gumm, Sgt William Huntley, Sgt Thomas Berry and mascot Zola.

My uncle William Huntley was in the RAF and was based at Elvington in Yorkshire. Details below of the mission and crew of only which one survived. The dead are buried in the Berlin War Cemetery. William Huntley was Killed in action 21st January 1944 aged 19 years. They took off at 20:10 hours in aircraft JD471 KN-A on ops to Magdeburg

  • Lyon, Aubrey Kenneth Lawson, Flight Sergeant, (pilot) 1320186 -killed.
  • Sergeant Charles Alan Pinder (flight engineer) 1623092 - killed.
  • Flight Sergeant Dennis Renton (navigator) 1439513 -killed.
  • Sergeant Harold William Williams (b/a) 1336295 -killed.
  • Sergeant E W Gumm (wireless operator) -Prisoner of War.
  • Sergeant Thomas George Berry (mid-upper gunner) 913231 -killed.
  • Sergeant William James Huntley (reargunner) 1890773 -killed.



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