Personnel Index - Detail
Name
WINNING
First Names
William Burton Cecil
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
740610
Crew Position
Pilot
Age
26
Date of Death
06/01/1941
Cemetery
Part of the panel at Runnymede
5/6 January, 1941; MINELAYING:
Ten of the unit's aircraft were dispatched on minelaying sorties, 5 being successful. On return, the remaining aircraft were diverted to St Eval, but tragically P4322 piloted by Gordon Price DFM, failed to land. The Hampden is believed to have crashed into the sea 20 miles off the South coast; all four crew members were reported missing.
Hampden P4322 (EA-N)
P/O G.E. Price DFM Pilot (Missing)
Sgt T.H. Chamberlain (Missing)
Sgt C.A. Small (Rep of Ire) W/OP (Missing)
Sgt W.B.C. Winning 2nd Pilot (Missing)