DAMBUSTERS Williams, Ronald Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Williams ​

• FORENAME

Ronald Henry ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

126045 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th October 1944 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Durnbach War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.9 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Vernon and Dorothy May Williams,Walthamstow,Essex​

61 Squadron​

Flying Officer​

award DFC (14.9.1943)​

617 Squadron​

navigator​

Lancaster NG180​

Kembs Dam,River Rhine,Germany​

hit by flak and crashed landed River Rhine near Chalampe,Haut-Rhin,France​

POW but shot by Germans and body thrown in River Rhine - recovered ​