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William Warburton | |||
| Rank: | Sergeant (Flight Engineer) | Number: | 1067053 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 61 Sqn | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Air Force V.R. | ||
| Died: | 17/01/1944 | Age: | 33 |
| How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
| Country of burial: | Germany | Grave Photo: | No |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Hanover War Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Mobberley | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Born during the December quarter 1910 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/886, the son of Benjamin & Amelia Warburton (nee Shipley). 1911 census - 48 Byron Street, Hulme, Manchester. Son - aged: 7 months - born: Manchester. Head of household - Benjamin Warburton - Married - aged: 31 - occ: Cycle Repairer - born: Manchester. Also - Amelia Warburton - Wife - aged: 31 - born: Manchester. Plus 5 elder siblings. 1939 National Registration - 79 Park Road, Altrincham. William Warburton - Single - born on the 9th August 1910 - occ: Paper Slitter & Reeler. He was residing with Alfred A. & Amelia Hodge. Flying with 61 Sqn, he took off in a Lancaster Mk.I - No.DV400 QR-Y at 17.40 hrs from R.A.F. Skellingthorpe on the 27th January 1944 for a bombing mission to Berlin. This was William's 7th operation and his 5th to Berlin. The Lancaster was one of 34 Lancaster's lost on this raid. Multiply that by seven crew. Commemorated in The Mobberley Parish Council's Booklet - "1914-2014, Remembering the Men from Mobberley who went to War for their Country" - per Alistair MacLeod. | |||
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| St. Wilfred's (Mobberley) | |||
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