William Henry Townsend Rank: Lieutenant Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1918-04-23

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Townsend, William Henry (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-April-23

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 24)

Born: Wandsworth, Paddington, London, England

John Townsend & Martha Emily Haynes

unmarried

Home: Wandsworth, Paddington, London, England

Service
RAF

Unit
57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto (I change my body, not my spirit)

Base
France

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
pilot

Service Numbers

1918-04-01: posted to 57 Sqn. 1918-04-23: D-8406, DH-4; rear of the engine caught fire while gliding down at 100 feet, it nose-dived to the ground, and over turned and burned completely on return from bombing Bapaume. Both 2Lt Townsend (pilot) and 2Lt Charles Campbell Souchotte, his British air-gunner died of his injuries.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com

Home

Wandsworth, Paddington, London, England

Burial
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Huby-St Leu British Cemetery, France
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Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Townsend, William Henry (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-April-23

57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF) Corpus Non Animum Muto

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