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F/Sgt. William Charles Udell

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn.

from:Blockley

(d.30th June 1944)

Lancaster Bomber LL620 JI-T was brought down by flak near Villers Bocage on 30th June 1944. It is thought that the tail had been damaged. There were no survivors. The crew are all buried in Coulvain Churchyard, Calvados, France. They were:

  • F/O Douglas Austin Woods, pilot
  • F/Sgt Eric Charles Coles, flight engineer
  • Sgt Kenneth Royston Heron, wireless operator
  • F/O Francis Longson, navigator
  • F/Sgt Ernest Thomas Shanks, airbomber
  • F/Sgt William Charles Udell, airgunner
  • P/O Hilary Louis Doherty, airgunner



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