LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Alexander Frederick WILLIAMS
Service No: 408557
Born: Traralgon VIC, 18 March 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 April 1941
Unit: No. 102 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Pocklington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 102 Squadron Halifax aircraft W7883), Germany, 30 July 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Maria Williams, of Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Traralgon VIC
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2239 hours on the night of 29 July 1943 Halifax W7883 took off from Pocklington detailed to bomb Hamburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. It was believed that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Todesfelde, 9 kms south west of Bad Segeberg, Germany. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W7883 were:
Flight Sergeant Thomas Albert Macquarie (1331712) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Raymond Hardie Morgan (1154112) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant John Frederick Alfred Trehearn (1267812) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Cyril George Whiteley (15451555) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Alexander Frederick Williams (408557) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant George Percy Woodroffe (931971) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Ernest Edward Wright (1292308) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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 A705, 166/43/273