

William James Champion
Updated:
14 MAR 2022
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,
gr. 48
STI BF461
- se foto af besætningen - styrtede ned
her ved Kallerup den 4. november 1943. (Kilde: Mogens Kruse)
Dette er den korte version:
"I forbindelse med en
mineudlægningsoperation til Østersøen blev et Stirling fly skudt ned af 2 tyske
JU88 natjagere. Flyet nedstyrtede ved Kallerup, sydvest for Thisted
(overblik
her). Et dræbt
besætningsmedlem, Sgt Champion, blev begravet den 13. november 1943.
Fem overlevende flyvere blev taget til fange, mens en (W.F.
Morice) flygtede fra Thisted
Sygehus og blev hjulpet til Sverige via Biersted Præstegård og Frederikshavn." (FAF)
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)
7 flyvere.
STI BF461 - see
photo of the crew - crashed
here at Kallerup on 4 November 1943.
(Source: Mogens Kruse) This is the
short 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.
5 surviving airmen were captured, while one (W.F. Morice)
evaded from Thisted Hospital and was helped to Sweden via the vicarage in
Biersted and Frederikshavn." (FAF)
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)
Enshrined forever in our hearts. Au revoir
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P 143.
75(nz)squadron has more, also
75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from
November 1943,
find entry of 4.11.1943, and see that this plane with Captain
Williams failed to return. See also
Roll of Honour
with Champion.
See
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF *
75 Squadron Association
NZ + UK *
75(nz)squadron has
more, also
75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from
November 1943, find entry of
4.11.1943, and see that this plane with Captain Williams failed to return.
p242MACR has more.
75(nz)squadron has
more about each member of the crew.
Stirling III BF461 AA-B took off from
RAF Mepal at 16.01 hrs on
04 NOV 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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