Flight Lt WN Whamond
William Nelson Whamond
Named in the book
- Rank
- Flight Lt
- Squadron
- No 44 Squadron
- School
- South African College Schools (SACS)
From the book
More than a “Few” South Africans
However, on May 30th Flight Lt Hamman and his trainee crew took off into the night skies from RAF Wellesbourne in Warwickshire joining 365 other “OTU” pilots and their crews making up over 6 500 aircrew in the 1 047 bombers deployed to Cologne for the first “Thousand Bomber Raid”. Another former SACS pupil, Flight Lt William Nelson Whamond was flying a No 44 Squadron Lancaster.