Birth Date: 1925-March-20
Born: New Dundee, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Son of Edward Elander Struck and Idella May (nee May) Struck
Spouse: Husband of Josephine (nee Summers) Struck
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1942-August
Service
RCAF
Unit
100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay
Base
RAF Grimsby
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/197204
Vierzon France
Sergeant William Edward Stuck (RCAF) in the company of crewmate Flying Officer James Douglas Frink DFC (USAAF) evaded capture initially with the help of the French Resistance. They decided to make their own way back home and were eventually picked up by Allied Forces near LeMans, France and returned, safe to the UK 1944-08-18
RAF Evaders, The Comprehensive Story of Thousands of Escapers and Their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 402
100 Squadron RAF (Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok) RAF Grimsby. Lancaster III aircraft LM 621 HW-C was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Fritz Sothe of 4/NJG4 during an operation to bomb the rail yards at Vieron, France. The bomber crashed at Vouzon, Loir-et-Cher, France, some 29 miles north of the target
Mid-Upper Air Gunner, Sergeant John Eason Sharpley (RAFVR) was killed in action
Flight Sergeant Frederick Harold Fulsher (RCAF), Flying Officer William Kay (RAFVR) and Sergeant Harry Dale (RAFVR) were captured to become Prisoners of War. Fulsher and Kay were sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp and held for a time before the German Luftwaffe transferred them to Stalag Luft 3
Sergeant William Edward Struck (RCAF) and Flying Officer James Douglas Frink DFC (USAAF) and Sergeant Ernest Harrop (RAFVR) all evaded capture with the help of French locals and Resistance fighters
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
30 06/01 07 1944 100 Squadron Lancaster III LM621 Plt Off William...
100 Squadron RAF (Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok) RAF Grimsby. Lancaster III aircraft LM 621 HW-C was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Fritz Sothe of 4/NJG4 during an operation to bomb the rail yards at Vieron, France. The bomber crashed at Vouzon, Loir-et-Cher, France, some 29 miles north of the target
Mid-Upper Air Gunner, Sergeant John Eason Sharpley (RAFVR) was killed in action
Flight Sergeant Frederick Harold Fulsher (RCAF), Flying Officer William Kay (RAFVR) and Sergeant Harry Dale (RAFVR) were captured to become Prisoners of War. Fulsher and Kay were sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp and held for a time before the German Luftwaffe transferred them to Stalag Luft 3
Sergeant William Edward Struck (RCAF) and Flying Officer James Douglas Frink DFC (USAAF) and Sergeant Ernest Harrop (RAFVR) all evaded capture with the help of French locals and Resistance fighters
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
30 06/01 07 1944 100 Squadron Lancaster III LM621 Plt Off William...
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