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York, William Lambert

Date of birth:
1924
Date of death:
March 25th, 1945 (Weebosch/Luyksgestel/Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Eindhoven-Woensel
Row: KK. Grave: Coll 28-31.
Service number:
1594296
Nationality:
British

Biography

Sergeant RAFVR, Air Gunner, killed at the age of 19 in a crash with the Avro Lancaster Mk II JB671 OF-A of RAF 97 Squadron. Shot down by a night fighter on the way back from a mission to Berlin.'

All crew members died in this crash and are buried in the Eindhoven (Woensel) general cemetery.

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