Wallace J. Colwill                                                                                     Updated: 10 JUN 2022

Airman: e777289.htm Surname: Colwill Init: W J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 12

P_link: p161.htm Plane: LAN ED818 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Vresen Ø (Island)

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

"På en mission til Stettin - Szczecin blev et Lancaster fly natten til den 21. april 1943 ramt over Storebælt. Den nedstyrtede ved Vresen Ø,
nord for Langeland. Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF) Vresen Ø er her.

Sergeant Wallace James Colwill var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 145 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra LAN ED818 har ingen kendt grav. 2 er begravet i Nyborg, 1 i København (Bispebjerg), 1 i Esbjerg og 1 i Odense.

7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og  Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On the night before 21 April 1943 on a mission to  Stettin - Szczecin  LAN ED818 crashed into the sea at Vresen Island north of Langeland.
All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF) Vresen Island is here.

Sergeant Wallace James Colwill was from the United Kingdom.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 22.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 145, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

2 airmen from LAN ED818 have no known grave. 2 are buried in Nyborg, 1 in Copenhagen (Bispebjerg), 1 in Esbjerg and 1 in Odense.

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info * 12 Squadron - RAFA.
Lancaster III ED818 PH-Y took off from RAF Wickenby on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this ) Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 airmen.