LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Bruce Llewellyn WILLIAMS
Service No: 428538
Born: Coburg VIC, 4 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 November 1942
Unit: No. 98 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 98 Squadron Mitchell aircraft FW194), Netherlands, 25 September 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Llewellyn Eli and Olivia Rosalind Williams, of Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Caulfield VIC
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 September 1944 Mitchell FW194 was detailed to carry out an attack on Arnhem, Netherlands. The aircraft was seen by other aircraft of the squadron being attacked by enemy aircraft over the target, and later seen on fire. FW194 crashed in Arnhem behind a Red Cross Hospital.
The crew members of FW194 were:
Warrant Officer Henry Frank Bowmaster (R/126244) (RCAF) (Wireless Operator Air) PoW
Flight Lieutenant Charles Bindon Carter DFC DFM (132348) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas John Lennie (425684) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Bruce Llewellyn Williams (428538) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer Bowater later stated “The others were killed when the aircraft crashed. The escape hatch had been sealed by the cannon fire.”
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, 166/24/547