Name:
William Eric Ackland
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/160310
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-11-22
State:
District of Columbia
Cemetery:
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
Plot:
8
Row:
K
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Comments:
William Eric Ackland, of Washington, D. C., was born on June 30, 1923, in Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was the son of William Henry Ackland and Elizabeth Gwen Williams Ackland.
William enlisted on April 10, 1942, in Toronto, Ontario, and served in the 77 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. A crew member on the Halifax aircraft # LW 290, William was Killed in Action on November 22, 1943, when their aircraft went down 33 miles south by south-west of the target during night operations in Berlin, Germany. He is now buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.
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