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:17/01/1944Age:33
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:GermanyGrave 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.


Memorials found on:
St. Wilfred's (Mobberley)
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