DAMBUSTERS Tytherleigh, William John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tytherleigh ​

• FORENAME

William John ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

120851 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 5.B.16-18 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1922 Hove,Sussex​

son of A.P. and Julia Tytherleigh,Hove,Sussex​

RAF 1940​

1 RC 25.4.1940​

4 RC 19.7.1940​

10 RC 16.8.1940​

4 W&SS 15.11.1940​

58 OTU 3.2.1941​

7 B&GS 12.4.1941​

50 Squadron 20.4.1941 (923074 Sgt)​

16 OTU 25.4.1941​

50 Squadron 16.8.1941​

award DFC (29.6.1945,wef 16.5.1943) (F.O. 50 Squadron)​

RAF Swinderby 18.4.1942​

Pilot officer 20.4.1942​

1654 CU 23.7.1942​

Flying Officer 20.10.1942​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster ED937​

Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)​

hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany ​

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