POWELL, William Noman

Alamein Memorial, EgyptCredit: CWGC

Pilot Officer
104 Squadron RAF Kabrit, Egypt
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

William was born 1920 in Newport to Samuel & Winifred Zoe (nee BURT) RAMAGE who were living at 82 Medina Avenue in Newport around the time of William’s death.

William was the pilot of a Wellington bomber aircraft that took off at 2115 on the 30th of September 1942 to bomb Tobruk, Libya. Nothing was heard of aircraft after take-off, & it did not return to base. Following post war searches & investigations, no trace of the missing aircraft or crew was located, & the search was finally abandoned in 1948.

William, aged 22, is commemorated by the Commission upon the Alamein Memorial to The Missing in Egypt, together with 11,868 of his missing Second World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.