Sgt. Samuel David Wall, RAFVR

1920 - 1943  (22 years)

• Name	Samuel David Wall
  	Middle name from family records
  Title	Sgt.
  Suffix	RAFVR
  Born	25 Oct 1920
  Gender	Male
  1939 Register	29 Sep 1939	188 South Knighton Road, Leicester
  	Wall William, M, (birth date illegible), 93, Underware (sic) Manufacturer Wall May E, F, 26 May 92, M, Unpaid Domestic Duties Wall Samuel D, M, 25 Oct 20, S, Student Cambridge - Training for Diplomatic Service Wall William J, M, 26 Feb 30, S, At School
  WW2	Sgt. Samuel David Wall Service number: 1457095 Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Group: 1 Squadron: 101 Trade: Air gunner Aircraft: Avro Lancaster 1 Serial number ED447 Markings SR-Q Fellow Servicemen: Belanger F J (WO2) Campbell R P (W/O) Debeurier W E (Sgt) Hutchinson G J (W/O) Jacques J C (Sgt) Barden J L E (Sgt) Takeoff Station: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor Day/Night Raid: Night (32% moon) Operation: Hamburg Reason for Loss: Aircraft took off from Holme on Spalding Moor at 0020 hrs detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft was shot down by Kreigsmarine flak crashing at Rijk (Noord Holland) in the Haarlemmermeer polders South of Amsterdam [from https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/124233/ ]
  Died	31 Jan 1943	Rijk, The Netherlands
  Buried	Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 6
  Person ID	I377	Mark Fogg-Elliot
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	William Wall,   b. 1893,   d. 11 Oct 1965, Oadby, Leicestershire  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Evelyn May Kilbourn,   b. Apr - Jun 1892, Leicester ,   d. 14 Dec 1978, Leicester  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	Oct 1919	Leicester
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet