DAMBUSTERS Williams, Austin Ainsworth

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Williams ​

• FORENAME

Austin Ainsworth ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1539602 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 26.D.14-15 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1919 Grangetown,Yorkshire​

son of Austin Ainsworth and Sarah Elizabeth Williams,Grangetown,Yorkshire​

RAF 1941​

3 RC 29.7.1941​

10 (S) RC 24.11.1941​

RDU 16.2.1942​

10 AOS 6.3.1942​

11 STT 8.7.1942​

4 AGS 19.9.1942​

1660 CU 9.11.1942​

207 Squadron 17.2.1943​

97 Squadron 15.3.1943​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster JA874​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

believed hit by flak and crashed near Bramsche,Germany​

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