Stovold,+Willie


 * Sergeant Willie Stovold**



Service no. 2211352 Trade: Flight Engineer. 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Willie was born in the third quarter of 1907 near Bognor, Sussex. Living at Hoe Lane, Binstead, Arundel, Sussex in 1911 with his Uncle George Stovold and Auntie Mary Ann Stovold. He married Minnie Allen of Keighley in the fourth quarter of 1929, at Skipton. Their son George E. Stovold was born in 1935. Willie was killed when his Lancaster bomber was shot down during a bombing mission on 16th June 1944. He is buried alongside the six other crew members in Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery. Joint grave 2. E. 9-10.

Lancaster bomber ME783 QR-E of 61 Squadron, Bomber Command, was shot down on a mission to bomb enemy fuel dumps at Chatellerault, France, on 16 June 1944.