Pilot Officer (Nav) 160733 William James Herrington

Family details:
Son of W. Herrington, and of Betsy Herrington, of St. Helens, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register - Not identified. Not with remarried mother Betsy Reilly born 17/02/1894 an Unpaid Domestic and stepfather Joseph Reilly born 12/10/1903 a Boiler Fireman at 136 Doulton Street, St Helens.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=28]Remembered on St Lukes War Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]

Wellington HZ413 Shot down by night fighter during Special Duries flight. On 24 June 1943, a British Wellington X HZ413 was shot down by NF Ofw. K-G. Pfeiffer of IV/NJG 1 and crashed in the North Sea, 30 km west from Katwijk. The aircraft had departed from RAF Feltwell and targeted the Coast of Holland. All 6 crew members died. 25.6.1943 Crew:- Pilot : Pilot Officer Edward Victor Eastham RAFVR 143096 [Killed] (NCO:1291704 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 May, 1943) Navigator : Pilot Officer William James Herrington RAFVR 160733 [Killed] (NCO:1504265 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 December, 1943) Navigator / Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Geoffrey Sansom RAFVR 129535 [Killed] (NCO:1321019 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 September, 1942) Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leonard William Smith RAFVR 1351056 [Killed] Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Moore RAFVR 1215410 [Killed] Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Livesey RAFVR 1352400 [Killed] [pic]imgs/WW2_misc/W_J_Herrington_Prob.jpg[/pic][caption]National Probate Calendar[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/WilliamJamesHerrington.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Pilot Officer (Nav) William J Herrington at The Hague (West Duin) General Cemetery Photograph Courtesy of [url=http://www.warcemeteries.nl/index.html]Marcel Boven[/url][/caption]