Michael Warburton contacted me recently to point out a couple of errors/additions in the Ashley and Morley clan. In particular I had identified possible death details for William Warburton, son of Benjamin and Amelia nee Shipley. But these are incorrect as William, who was Michael’s uncle, died in a bombing raid over Germany in 1944.
William was a Sergeant in the Roal Air Force Voluteer Reserve. He was a flight Engineer on a Lancaster Bomber. On 27th January 1944 he left Coningsby on a night raid over Berlin. The UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 records that his aircraft collided with another aircraft and crashed near Northeim, Lower Saxony when on a raid on Berlin There were no survivors. William was buried in Hanover War Cemetery. His record on the Bomber comand Losses Database records he was aged 33, and the son of Benjamin and Amelia of Withington, Manchester.
This picture was created by Michael Warburton to recognise the crew of a Lancaster Bomber that failed to return from a mission to Berlin on the night of January 27/28th 1944
Michael produced 3 documents that are preserved in the International Bomber Command Digital Archive, hosted by the University of Lincoln. These are his account of the raid, his detailed account of his search for the relatives of the other crew members and how he produced the above picture, and a hand drawn raid map.
I will update the Ashley and Morley clan shortly.
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