BIRTH-1917 Dec Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Steel, William A---Mother's Maiden Name: Broadbent
District: Grimsby [Vol & Page: 7a & 839]
427 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW166) aircraft, coded ZL-S, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Leeming to participate in a major night air operation against the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. The Halifax failed to return to base, having crashed in France, taking the lives of two crew members [pilot Flying Officer Moss had kept control of the plane, allowing his crew time to bail out, but he went down with the Halifax]. Three airmen were taken PoW; two others were able to evade capture.
The two airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Claude Alexander MOSS and
RAFVR Sergeant William Arthur STEELE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 2206920
Age: 26
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 427 'Lion' RCAF Squadron, 6 Bomber Group; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Ferte manus certas ['Strike with a sure hand'])
Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth (nee Broadbent) Steel of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [they married in Grimsby in 1911]; husband of Dalphine Alberta (nee Philliskirk) Steel of Scartho, Lincolnshire [they married in Grimsby in 1941].
Name: Steel, William A---Mother's Maiden Name: Broadbent
District: Grimsby [Vol & Page: 7a & 839]
427 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW166) aircraft, coded ZL-S, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Leeming to participate in a major night air operation against the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. The Halifax failed to return to base, having crashed in France, taking the lives of two crew members [pilot Flying Officer Moss had kept control of the plane, allowing his crew time to bail out, but he went down with the Halifax]. Three airmen were taken PoW; two others were able to evade capture.
The two airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Claude Alexander MOSS and
RAFVR Sergeant William Arthur STEELE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 2206920
Age: 26
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 427 'Lion' RCAF Squadron, 6 Bomber Group; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Ferte manus certas ['Strike with a sure hand'])
Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth (nee Broadbent) Steel of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [they married in Grimsby in 1911]; husband of Dalphine Alberta (nee Philliskirk) Steel of Scartho, Lincolnshire [they married in Grimsby in 1941].
BIRTH-1917 Dec Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Steel, William A---Mother's Maiden Name: Broadbent
District: Grimsby [Vol & Page: 7a & 839]
427 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW166) aircraft, coded ZL-S, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Leeming to participate in a major night air operation against the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. The Halifax failed to return to base, having crashed in France, taking the lives of two crew members [pilot Flying Officer Moss had kept control of the plane, allowing his crew time to bail out, but he went down with the Halifax]. Three airmen were taken PoW; two others were able to evade capture.
The two airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Claude Alexander MOSS and
RAFVR Sergeant William Arthur STEELE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 2206920
Age: 26
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 427 'Lion' RCAF Squadron, 6 Bomber Group; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Ferte manus certas ['Strike with a sure hand'])
Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth (nee Broadbent) Steel of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [they married in Grimsby in 1911]; husband of Dalphine Alberta (nee Philliskirk) Steel of Scartho, Lincolnshire [they married in Grimsby in 1941].
Name: Steel, William A---Mother's Maiden Name: Broadbent
District: Grimsby [Vol & Page: 7a & 839]
427 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax BIII (#LW166) aircraft, coded ZL-S, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Leeming to participate in a major night air operation against the rail yards at Villeneuve St. Georges, France. The Halifax failed to return to base, having crashed in France, taking the lives of two crew members [pilot Flying Officer Moss had kept control of the plane, allowing his crew time to bail out, but he went down with the Halifax]. Three airmen were taken PoW; two others were able to evade capture.
The two airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Claude Alexander MOSS and
RAFVR Sergeant William Arthur STEELE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service Number 2206920
Age: 26
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 427 'Lion' RCAF Squadron, 6 Bomber Group; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: Ferte manus certas ['Strike with a sure hand'])
Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth (nee Broadbent) Steel of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [they married in Grimsby in 1911]; husband of Dalphine Alberta (nee Philliskirk) Steel of Scartho, Lincolnshire [they married in Grimsby in 1941].
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HUSBAND OF DALPHINE
AND SON OF
SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH STEEL,
GRIMSBY, ENGLAND
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