In Memory Of

WILLIS, JAMES OWEN

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 32059
Rank:
 Wing Commander
Unit:
 45 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1941-11-22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Blenheim IV Z6439, at Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. B. 9.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 30 May 1941 pg. 3095 - "This officer has displayed the utmost determination in action against the enemy. In May, 1941, he led a force of fighter aircraft in an attack against a moving transport column of some 100 vehicles, the majority of which were either destroyed or damaged. His leadership has been of a high order."
Son of the late George Willis, of 57 Heathfield Avenue. Of Southern Rhodesia. His brother Francis also died in service.