William Martin                                                                                          Updated: 25 MAY 2021

Airman: e777632.htm Surname: Martin Init: W Rank: P/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 218

P_link: p212.htm Plane: STI BF522 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea SE of Sylt

Crash_d: d240843 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 24. august 1943 antages STI BF522 at være styrtet ned i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Berlin.
SOS sendt kl. 03.34 den 24. august 1943. (Kilde: p212MACR)
IBCC nævner sidst ved hver flyver problemer med Navigation med at finde målet. Antiluftskyts og jagerforsvar formidabelt. 56 af 727 fly gik tabt.

Pilot Officer William Martin, 23 år, var søn af William og Edith Martin, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

Hans navn er på Panel 176 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Pilot
STI BF522. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra STI BF522 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 i Esbjerg. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 24 August 1943 STI BF522 was believed crashed in the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Berlin.
SOS sent at 03.34 hrs. on 24 August 1943. (Source: p212MACR)
The IBCC mentions at each airman problems of Navigation - hard to find the target. The flak and fighter defences were formidable. 56 of 727 aircraft failed to return.

Pilot Officer William Martin, 23, was the son of William and Edith Martin, of Welland, Ontario, Canada.

He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 176, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 205.
He was the Pilot of STI BF522. (Source: MACR)

1 airman from STI BF522 was buried in Lemvig and 1 in Esbjerg. 5 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF-Wikipedia and No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association.
Stirling III BF522 HA-N took off from RAF Downham Market at 20.40 hrs on 23 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p212MACR. 7 airmen.