Samuel Leslie Whillis
Pilot Officer · 144619 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 16 May 1943, aged 31
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 16 May 1943: Caen · Operation Chastise · Operation Chastise - The 'dambusters' Raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Flight engineer, ED927 AJ-E — Crashed outbound -
16 May 1943
Died
aged 31
Crew & operations
Flew as Flight engineer with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED927 AJ-E (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Alan Gillespie (Bomb aimer) · Harvey Sterling Glinz (Front gunner) · Philip Sidney Burgess (Navigator) · Robert Norman George Barlow (Pilot) · Jack Robert George Liddell (Rear gunner) · Charles Rowland Williams (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: WHILLIS, SAMUEL LESLIE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission