Kay, William (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-July-01

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Service

RAFVR

Unit

100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

RAF Grimsby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

171099
PoW: 8054

Target

Vierzon France

Together, Flying Officer Kay (RAFVR) and crewmate Flight Sergeant Fulsher (RCAF) evaded for a time with the help of the resistance until they were betrayed and arrested near Paris. Held originally at Fresnes Prison in France, later deported to Germany, Flying Officer Kay was one of 168 Allied Airmen imprisoned at Buchenwald Concentration Camp until the German Luftwaffe intervened and had these prisoners moved to Luftwaffe controlled POW camps. Flying Officer Kay eventually was sent to Stalag Luft 3

Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 333

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster LM621

Sergeant Harry Dale RAFVR

Sergeant Dale, Harry (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Prisoner of War
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer James Douglas Frink USAAF

Flying Officer Frink, James Douglas (USAAF)
Bomb Aimer
Evader
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Frederick Harold Fulsher RCAF

Flight Sergeant Fulsher, Frederick Harold (RCAF)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Ernest Harrop RAFVR

Sergeant Harrop, Ernest (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Evader
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer William Kay RAFVR

Flying Officer Kay, William (RAFVR)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant John Eason Sharpley RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Sharpley, John Eason (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Sergeant William Edward Struck RCAF

Sergeant Struck, William Edward (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Evader
1944-July-01
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM621

Bombing Vierzon France 1944-June-30 to 1944-July-01

100 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Grimsby

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

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database