DAMBUSTERS Watson, James

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Watson ​

• FORENAME

James ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

174282 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th April 1945 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 5.B.1-5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of James and Rebecca Watson,West Linton,Peeblesshire​

air gunner​

Lancaster NG228​

Swinemunde,Germany (battleship Lutzow)​

hit by flak and crashed in target area​

originally buried Caseburg Friedhof,Swinemunde​

re-interred 2.3.1949 ​