Squadron Leader John Edwin Ashley Williams

Service number 40652
Birth Date 06/05/1916
Death Date 29/03/1944
Death Place Poland
Final Rank Squadron Leader
Service Royal Air Force
Unit No. 450 Squadron
Place Poland
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Timeline

Date of birth 06/05/1916
Date promoted 26/03/1938 Acting pilot officer.
Other units 26/03/1938 Short service commission, General Duties Branch.
Other units 23/12/1938 No 9 Flying Training School.
Other units 23/10/1938 Central Flying School.
Other units 09/04/1939 No 10 Flying Training School.
Other units 01/04/1939 No 13 Flying Training School.
Date promoted 20/11/1939 Acting flying officer.
Date promoted 17/01/1939 Pilot officer.
Date promoted 14/08/1939 Acting flight lieutenant.
Other units 04/10/1940 Attached to Erection Party, Durban.
Other units 10/09/1940 No 21 Service Flying Training School.
Date promoted 17/08/1940 Flying officer.
Date promoted 17/08/1941 Flight lieutenant (war substantive).
Date promoted 28/10/1942 Acting squadron leader.
Other 31/10/1942 Reported missing.
Other units 14/06/1942 No 450 Squadron.
Date captured 01/11/1942
Other units 19/01/1942 No 71 Operatinal Training Unit.
Other units 12/05/1942 No 260 Squadron.
Other units 28/10/1942 Commanding Officer No 450 Squadron.
Other units 11/04/1942 No 112 Squadron.
Other units 22/04/1942 No 94 Squadron.
Date of death 29/03/1944