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| Photos. FREDERICK CHARLES WILLIS Born 9th February 1920, Eldest son of Fred� and Florence Willis. Enlisted for service with 460 Squadron, Bomber command, of the R.A.F. on the 28th September 1940.as a Flight Engineer 1204293. �Freddie� served for four of the war years, rising to the rank of Sergeant before being reported �missing� on his 14th operation. The records show that 1204293 Sgt Frederick Charles Willis was Flight Engineer on Lancaster Bomber No JB 742 which took off from RAF Binbrook ( AR-D ) Lincolnshire at 21.29hrs on 25th February 1944. for a raid on Augsburg, Germany. Although the raid was a success 21 Bombers including Lancaster No JB 742 failed to return to base F/s R C Martin. RAAF. 420838 Pilot Sgt F C Willis . RAF . 1204293 Flight Engineer F/s J E Strain. RCAF . 152854 Navigator F/s P W B Gurdon . RAAF. 421861 Air Bomber F/s W D Carlile .RAAF . 425120 Wireless Op/ Gunner Sgt F Woodward .. RAF . 960435 Air Gunner F/s W J Howiss RAAF . 418842 Air Gunner �Freddie� leaves behind a wife Ethel and two children Freda and Frederick. It was the Government�s policy to keep allies of each nation together where possible, and RAF Binbrook was allocated to the Australians serving here during the war. Freddie� as a trained Flight Engineer served with the �Aussies� under the 460 RAAF Squadron badge. |
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