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Sgt. James Wartell Williams
Royal Air Force 101 squadron
from:Aberystwyth
(d.20th Jun 1942)
My grandfather, James Williams was killed in action. The plane he was on, Wellington X3669 SR-H, came down over Noordzee, 7km Sw of Zandvort. They were returning from a bombing raid on Emden Dockyards. One crew member survived Sgt Payne. P/O Sheppards. His body was washed ashore.
My grandfather is commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial, he was an Air Gunner Wireless Operator.