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234901 Sgt. William Fishwick Antell Royal Air Force 99 Squadron from:Varteg Road, Ystalyfera, Wales (d.14th Dec 1939) Sgt William Fishwick Antell was killed whilst flying in Wellington IA, N2886 of No 99 Sqn. He took off at 1143 from Newmarket on a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, tasked with attacking Helgoland and Wilhelmshaven. The aircraft was shot down near Wangerooge and crashed into the sea. All of the crew were killed and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. 99 Squadron lost 6 aircraft and 33 airmen on this mission. The full list of crew is:- Flt Sgt James Ernest Kirby Healey Sgt William Fishwick Antell Sgt Brian Thomas Boram AC2 Wilfred Henry Pountain LAC Howard Eric Beaumont LAC Robert Forsyth Sgt Antell had joined the RAF pre war as an apprentice in 1933. Thank you to Andy Ingham for this information. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.