DAMBUSTERS Whittingham, Sam James

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Whittingham
  • FORENAME
Sam James
  • UNIT
617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R.
  • RANK
Pilot Officer
  • NUMBER
159886
  • DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1943
  • AGE
22
  • GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 134
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Frederick and Sybil Whittingham,Prescot,Lancashire
214 Squadron
Sergeant (966702)
award DFM (14.5.1943)
617 Squadron 26.7.1943
flight engineer
Lancaster ED735
Transit from Rabat,Morocco
ditched off Portugal,Bay of Biscay - last heard from 0555 hours
 

DATE OF DEATH:

18-Nov-1943
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