115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk III (#BJ898) KO-C aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off from Wretham on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany. The Wellington failed to return to base, having been shot down by a German fighter; the aircraft crashed, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this attack were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Frank Stammers,
RAFVR Sergeant Richard Edwards Hayman,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry William Larkins,
RAFVR Flying Officer Jack Sydney Abel and
RCAF Flight Sergeant David Garth "Bud" Williams.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/77986
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfock
(MOTTO: 'Despite the elements')
He enlisted in the RCAF on 14 Feb 1941, training at Brandon, Claresholm, and No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Arthur Williams of Banff, Alberta; husband of RAF Sergeant Phyllis (née Verney) Williams of Brixton, London, England.
Flight Sergeant David Garth 'Bud' Williams is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Banff Town Cemetery in Banff, British Columbia.
The airmen who perished in this attack were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Frank Stammers,
RAFVR Sergeant Richard Edwards Hayman,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry William Larkins,
RAFVR Flying Officer Jack Sydney Abel and
RCAF Flight Sergeant David Garth "Bud" Williams.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/77986
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfock
(MOTTO: 'Despite the elements')
He enlisted in the RCAF on 14 Feb 1941, training at Brandon, Claresholm, and No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Arthur Williams of Banff, Alberta; husband of RAF Sergeant Phyllis (née Verney) Williams of Brixton, London, England.
Flight Sergeant David Garth 'Bud' Williams is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Banff Town Cemetery in Banff, British Columbia.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk III (#BJ898) KO-C aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off from Wretham on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany. The Wellington failed to return to base, having been shot down by a German fighter; the aircraft crashed, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this attack were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Frank Stammers,
RAFVR Sergeant Richard Edwards Hayman,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry William Larkins,
RAFVR Flying Officer Jack Sydney Abel and
RCAF Flight Sergeant David Garth "Bud" Williams.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/77986
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfock
(MOTTO: 'Despite the elements')
He enlisted in the RCAF on 14 Feb 1941, training at Brandon, Claresholm, and No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Arthur Williams of Banff, Alberta; husband of RAF Sergeant Phyllis (née Verney) Williams of Brixton, London, England.
Flight Sergeant David Garth 'Bud' Williams is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Banff Town Cemetery in Banff, British Columbia.
The airmen who perished in this attack were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Frank Stammers,
RAFVR Sergeant Richard Edwards Hayman,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harry William Larkins,
RAFVR Flying Officer Jack Sydney Abel and
RCAF Flight Sergeant David Garth "Bud" Williams.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/77986
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF East Wretham, Norfock
(MOTTO: 'Despite the elements')
He enlisted in the RCAF on 14 Feb 1941, training at Brandon, Claresholm, and No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Arthur Williams of Banff, Alberta; husband of RAF Sergeant Phyllis (née Verney) Williams of Brixton, London, England.
Flight Sergeant David Garth 'Bud' Williams is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the Banff Town Cemetery in Banff, British Columbia.
Inscription
Epitaph...
IN PROUD
AND LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR DARLING DAVID "BUD"
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