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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.