RAF Warrant Officer: William Thomas "Bill" Alsbury

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RAF Warrant Officer: William Thomas "Bill" Alsbury

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RAF Warrant Officer: William Thomas "Bill" Alsbury

PB209 was returning home from this mission when the aircraft was attacked at 00.48 on Sunday 13 August at an altitude of approx. 4,300 metres by the German night-fighter ‘ace’ Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. As well as PB209, his 90th ‘kill’ of the war, he downed three other Lancasters that night: PD230, LM180 and ND694. His total tally for the war was 121 aircraft but their stories are for others to tell. A tail fin of his Messerschmitt is exhibited at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Date & Place: August 13, 1944 in Wasserliesch, Grevenmacher County, Rhineland-Palatinate 54332, Germany

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William Thomas Alsbury died Aug 13, 1944 Binfield, England, United Kingdom

William Thomas Alsbury of Binfield, Berkshire County, England United Kingdom died on August 13, 1944.

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M.B. Alsbury Born: December, 1969, in British Columbia. Father: Thomas Bruce Alsbury(1929-2015) Mother: June Trudy [Taylor)Alsbury(1920-2016) 3 Siblings. Paternal Grandparents: A.T. "Tom" Alsbury & Mildred Caroline (Carlson) Alsbury. Maternal Grandparents: Frank Henry Paul Taylor & Gertrude Lucy (Reno)(Hagberg) Taylor.

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I compiled a small collection of Alsbury surname records including obituaries of family members and close friends. In the future maybe some of these records will be viewed & appreciated as intended. Hundreds of hours doing family ancestry research has been very interesting & rewarding.
The first recorded instance of the surname Alsbury was in 1188 The Alsbury family name has been found in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Scotland Notable people with the surname Alsbury A. Thomas Alsbury: Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1959 to 1962 Juana Navarro Alsbury: Nurse for Jim Bowie at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 Michael Alsbury: American commercial astronaut. J. Stewart Alsbury, President of the International Woodworkers Association, President of the Fraser Vancouver Port Authority, City Councilman and semi-professional soccer player.

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