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Sgt. William Henry Botterill
Royal Air Force 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron
from:Harrogate
(d.24th Feb 1944)
Flight Engineer Billy Botterill was killed in action along with all the rest of the crew of Halifax 111 LW427 flying from RCAF Tholthorpe when it was shot down SW of Stuttgart whilst on a bombing mission to Schweinfurt, Germany on 24th of February 1944.