LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William Hugh MORRISON
Service No: 423162
Born: Hamilton, New Zealand, 16 May 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 199 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Lakenheath
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 199 Squadron Stirling aircraft EE947), Lakenheath, 24 September 1943, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Beck Row (St John) Churchyard, Suffolk
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hugh Carlton Morrison and Margaret Morrison; husband of Beryl Rose Morrison, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1915 hours on the night of 24 September 1943 Stirling EE947 took off from Lakenheath detailed to carry out mine laying off the Frisians Islands. The aircraft returned early and at 2139 hours and in zero wind conditions ran off the end of the runway, coming to a stop with its undercarriage collapsed. Six of the crew members were injured and Flight Sergeant Morrison was killed.
The crew members of EE947 were:
Sergeant J W Collins (RAF) (Air Gunner) Injured
Sergeant H E Lambourn (RAF) (Wireless Air Gunner) Injured
Sergeant A R McLean (RAF) (Navigator) Injured
Flight Sergeant William Hugh Morrison (423162) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant D W Pratt (RAF) (Air Gunner) Injured
Sergeant K A Robinson (RAF) (Pilot) Injured
Sergeant C N Williams (RAF) (Pilot) Injured
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 423162