Colangelo, William (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-March-01

Flight Sergeant William Colangelo RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-January-18

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Parents: Rocco & Felicita (nee Liscio) Colangelo

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-April-10

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

RAF Snaith

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/100737

Final Burial
Google MapVoorst General Cemetery
Collective Grave 4-5

Took off from Snaith in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code MH-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Klarenbeekseweg Voorst, Gelderland, Holland.

Killed includes Colangelo: Flight Sergeant John David William Stenhouse RAF pilot KIA Voorst General Cemetery Holland Grave 1. Sergeant Cyril Avery RAF KIA Voorst General Cemetery Grave 2. Sergeant Alfred Beauchamp RAF KIA Voorst General Cemetery Collective Grave 4-5. Pilot Officer Ronald Arthur Bertram Willmott RAF KIA Voorst Collective Grave 4-5. Sergeant Amos Howe RAF KIA Voorst General Cemetery Grave Grave 3. Flying Officer John Bryce Duncan RAF KIA Voorst General Cemetery Collective Grave 4-5.