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William James Champion Updated: 27 AUG 2009 Airman: a019043.htm Surname: Champion Init: W J Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 75 P_link: p242.htm Plane: STI BF461 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Kallerup Crash_d: d041143 Buried_d: b131143 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn
Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) William James Champion, 25 år, var søn af Edward og Mary Champion; gift med Edna Champion, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.
"A Stirling was shot down by 2 German
JU88 night fighters in
connection with a minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea. The plane crashed at
Kallerup southwest of Thisted (overview
here). A killed crew member, Sgt Champion, was buried on 13 November 1943. Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) William James Champion, 25, was the son of Edward and Mary Champion, and the husband of Edna Champion, of Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) See No. 75 Squadron
at RAF Bomber Command 60th
Anniversary and
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. This
Stirling started from
RAF Mepal. |