Ford, V W

• Memorial panel: Centre
• Full name: William Vernon Ford
• Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
• Service details: 1211751 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Age at death: 31
• Date of death: 3/31/1944
• Place of birth: unknown
• Parents: Herbert William and Daisy Lavinia Ford, of Banbury, Oxfordshire
• Mother's maiden name: Gamblin
• Parents' marriage details: Cardiff Sep-21
• Wife: unknown
• Wife's maiden name: unknown
• Marriage details: unknown
• Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
• Additional information:
  
  When lost this aircraft was on its first operation and had a total of 11 hours. ME721 was one of two 103 Sqdn Lancaster lost on this operation. See: JB736 Airborne 2221 30Mar44 from Elsham Wolds. Shot down by a night- fighter outbound, and crashed 1,800 metres SE of H_nfeld. All are buried in Hannover War Cemetery. P/O R.R.J.Tate KIA Sgt R.J.MacDonald KIA F/S A.c.Belyea RCAF KIA Sgt E.McCully KIA Sgt W.V.Ford KIA Sgt J.Norgrove KIA Sgt P.J.Lynch KIA.
  Source: LostBombers.co.uk

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