LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Keith Robert WEBBER
Service No: 411562
Born: Brisbane QLD, 8 August 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 103 Squadron (RAF), RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 103 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4335), Netherlands, 21 January 1943, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percival Sidney and Ethel Josephine Webber, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster W4335 took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 1743 hours on the night of 21 January 1943, detailed to bomb Essen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 1935 hours near Enschede (Overijssel) Holland. All the crew were killed.
The crew members of W4335 were:
Flight Sergeant Frank Lawrence Boyd (412101) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Stanley Charles Brewer (1600029) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edward Vivian Laing (406693) (Pilot)
Sergeant Ronald Taylor (648472) (RAF) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Keith Robert Webber (411562) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Douglas George Williams (411566) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Anthony Marshall Willis (925963) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Bibliography:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/29
Bibliography:
Charlwood, D.E.C. (Donald Ernest Cameron) (408794) No Moon Tonight (Angus and Robertson 1956), Penguin Ringwood VIC, 3134, 1991