DAMBUSTERS Whillis, Samuel Leslie

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Whillis ​

• FORENAME

Samuel Leslie ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

144619 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th May 1943 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1912 Newcastle-on-Tyne​

son of Charles and Edith Whillis,Newcastle-on-Tyne​

husband of Gladys Winifred Whillis,Fenham,Newcastle-on-Tyne​

RAF 1940​

Padgate 1940​

6 SOT 6.9.1940​

152 Squadron 31.1.1941​

Warmwell 16.3.1941​

45 MU 7.7.1941​

13 MU 14.1.1942​

16 OTU 9.7.1942​

4 STT 18.8.1942​

1654 CU 1.10.1942​

61 Squadron​

617 Squadron 31.3.1943​

flight engineer​

Lancaster ED927​

Op.Chastise (Sorpe Dam)​

hit high tension cables and crashed 2350 hours Haldern,Germany​

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