Colwill, William Clifford (Sergeant)

Took off from Langar at 12:41 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EM-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Milan Italy.

Shot down and crashed in the sea off Blainville sur Mer, France and some 30 km SE of Jersey, Channel Islands.

Killed: Sergeant William Clifford Colwill RCAF R/90227 KIA Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery Plot 6. Row D. Grave 12. Flight Sergeant John Francis McCallum RCAF R/75315 KIA Ouistreham-Riva-Bella Communal Cemetery Grave 57. Sergeant Lionel Horace Bell RAF KIA Cabourg Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 7. Grave 1. Sergeant William Bell RAF KIA Blonville Sur Mer Churchyard. Sergeant Albert John Victor Hunt RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 117. Flight Sergeant Dennis Kilvington Potter RAF KIA Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery Plot 6. Row D. Grave 13. Flight Sergeant Sydney Douglas Gowshall Roberts RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 76. Sergeant Walter George Woodhouse RAF KIA Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery Plot 6. Row D. Grave 11. Flight Sergeant Lawrence Ritelli Wright RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.