Sproule, William Harold (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1941-October-11

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Brampton, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

58 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Alis Nocturnis On the wings of the night

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Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

R/74142
PoW: 24395

Home
Google MapBrampton, Ontario
Target
Google MapEssen Germany

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 00:35 in Whitley Mk V (Sqn code: GE-T Bomber Command).

Crashed off Callantsoog, Holland

Only one survivor in the five man crew: Sgt William Harold Sproule RCAF, POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Arthur William Cooper RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cem 31. C. 1.] Sergeant Thomas Alexander Walter Hamilton RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery 32. C. 12. Pilot Officer Donald Smith McDonald RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 60. Flight Sergeant Alfred Ronald Robbins RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cem 29. A. 9.