{"id":779,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=779"},"modified":"2021-03-14T11:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:32:28","slug":"williams-samuel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/williams-samuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams, Samuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Samuel Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 455 (Australian) Squadron<br>Service number 1381723<br>Died 21 January 1942<br>Buried Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands<br>Age 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>In Hebrew. Translation coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Samuel was the son of Louis and Leah Williams. Husband of Lily Williams of Hightown, Manchester. Further family research is ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samuel was the wireless operator on Hampden AT119 which departed RAF Swinderby at 17.19 on a night operation to bomb harbour installations at Emden, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter at 21.10 hours near Schloshteren, 15 kms east of Groningen, Netherlands. Three crew were killed and Francis Poulton became a prisoner of war. The crew members of AT119 were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nav, Sergeant Ian MacPherson Ince, 400028. <br>Pilot, Sergeant Francis Gerald Poulton, 404261, PoW, Discharged from the RAAF, 30 November 1945<br>A\/G, Sergeant G E Wilkinson, 1375311. <br>Sergeant Samuel Williams, 1381723. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a 1945 report, the then Warrant Officer Poulton recorded: <em>\u201cWe were shot down by a night fighter at 12,000 feet. Bale out orders were given to all members over the Inter\/Com at once as the aircraft was well on fire after being attacked. No reply received from any member from the moment the fighter attacked. I was able to fly the aircraft on both engines down to 10,000 feet when fire forced me to bale out. Owing to my position in the cockpit (Pilot\u2019s cockpit \u2013 Hampden) I was unable to see any member of my crew and whether anyone had baled out. I also tried to attract the crew through the warning light on the panel. The aircraft was straight and level when I baled out.<br>The aircraft crashed near Groningen, Holland. I was later informed by British Red Cross that the others had died. Captured a few hours after baling out. Released by Russians 22 May 1945.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163\/125\/35<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12666\" width=\"270\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Williams.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Williams-120x203.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel-250x25.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel-120x12.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel-headstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel-headstone.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WILLIAMS-Samuel-headstone-120x179.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samuel Williams Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 455 (Australian) SquadronService number 1381723Died 21 January 1942Buried Holten Canadian War Cemetery, NetherlandsAge 29 Headstone InscriptionIn Hebrew. Translation coming soon. Samuel was the son of Louis and Leah Williams. Husband of Lily Williams of Hightown, Manchester. Further family research is ongoing. 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