William Prest
Sergeant · 1055466 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 28
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Navigator, DV240 PO-D — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 28
Crew & operations
Flew as Navigator with No. 467 Squadron (RAAF).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft DV240 PO-D (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: G W H Venables (Bomb aimer) · Leonard Henry Joseph Dixon (Flight engineer) · F W Hammond (Mid-upper gunner) · Ronald Ernest Llewelyn (Pilot) · Kenneth William Ward (Rear gunner) · Keith Overy (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: PREST, WILLIAM → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission