Harry Williams
Memorial: Kingswood High Street Boys School
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant (Pilot)
Parents: Arthur Richmond Williams and Elizabeth Williams
Home address: Parents: 18 London Road Warmley Harry: RAF Station Little Rissington
Pre-war occupation: Police Officer
Date of birth: 11/07/1914
Date of death: 27/08/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Warmley Tower Unity Methodist Church Burial Ground and commemorated on Warmley War Memorial
Age: 26
Further information:
Harry was the son of a School Attendance Officer and one of two brothers. Before joining the RAF in 1939, he served as a police officer in London. At the time of his death, Harry was stationed at RAF Little Rissington Gloucestershire. He was piloting a North American Harvard Mk 1 and undertaking solo aerobatics when the aircraft stalled in a turn and dived into the ground at Kingham Hill, Oxfordshire, killing him.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/209708
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/