William John SEALE

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SEALE, William John

Service Number:	422725
Enlisted:	23 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 97 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1921
Home Town:	Ardlethan, Coolamon, New South Wales
Schooling:	Temora Intermediate High School, Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk, Bank of NSW, Griffith
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 10 June 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Souzy-La-Briche Communal Cemetery, France Coll. Grave.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 422725
23 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
23 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422725
6 Jun 1944:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster ND764 of Number 97 Squadron RAF took off from RAF Coningsby to bomb the rail junction at Etampes, France. The aircraft was shot down between Boissy-Sous-St Yon (Essonne) and Breux-Jouy-St-Yon, two small villages near Arpajon, France

Two crew members survived; RAAF 412476 Warrant Officer Robert Henderson Bethel (Wireless Air Gunner) became a POW & RAF Sergeant A Pritchard 2206806 (Flight Engineer) evaded capture

Pilot Officer Bryan Wilba Giddings 416949 (Pilot - Aircraft Captain) - son of William Arthur and Violet Giddings of Millicent, SA is buried at Breux Communal Cemetery, France

Warrant Officer William Bryce Webb 413052 (Navigator) - son of William Herbert and Sylvia May Webb of Auburn, NSW is buried at Boissy-Sous-St. Yon Communal Cemetery, France

Buried in a Collective Grave at Souzy-La-Briche Communal Cemetery, France are:

Flight Sergeant Charles Clement 410193 (Air Bomber) - son of William Henry and Mary Mildred Clement of Auburn, Victoria

Flying Officer John Alexander Douglas McGill 429340 (Mid Upper Gunner) - son of Alec Douglas and Eva Minnie Grace McGill of Yeronga, Queensland

Flight Sergeant William John Seale 422725 (Rear Gunner) - son of William Lovel Seale and Sybel Amy Seale of Ardlethan, NSW

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