William Robert Elcoate
Flight Lieutenant · J/24653 · Canadian
- Died
- 5 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 5 January 1945: Berlin · Royan · Ludwigshafen. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 550 Squadron.
- Lost on NG331 — Failed to return
Crew: William Percy Scott (Flight engineer) · Francis Swan Renton (Mid-upper gunner) · Benjamin Sterman (Navigator) · John Charles Adams (Pilot) · Frederick Papple (Wireless operator)