In Memory of
SERGEANT ALFRED RONALD WILLIAMS
637452, 625 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
who died age 24
on 13 June 1944
SAlbert and Lena M Williams of Redditch, Worcestershire.
Remembered with honour
SPANBROEK CHURCHYARD;
Lancaster 111 Serial No. ED938, Code CF-F. Flight squadron 625 took off at 2243 on the evening of 13/06/1944 from RAF Kelster on Ops to Gelsenkirchen and due to enemy fire crashed near Spanbroek (Noord-Holland) approximately 9km NW of Hoorn.
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Of the 7 crew members only 2 managed to escape the crash and were both taken Prisoner of War:
The two survivors were as follows:
Service No. 417891 Flight Sergeant Raymond Francis Ridge (Barney), RAAF taken to Stalag Luft L7 Bankou, near Kreulber, Upper Silesia (POW No. 233)
Service No. 419074 Flight Sergeant J.D. Lindsay, RAAF, taken to Stalag Luft L7 Bankou, near Kreulber, Upper Silesia (POW No. 174)
5 other crew members were reported killed in action and are buried at Spanbroek Churchyard. They are as follows:
54182 Pilot Officer Alexander Gregory Scott age 26 son of Alexander and Jessie Scott of West Drumoyne, Glasgow 
637452 Sergeant Alfred Ronald Williams age 24 son of Albert and Lena M Williams of Redditch, Worcestershire
418583 Flight Sergeant Charles Stirling Dundas Tainsh RAFF age 26, son of Charles Dundas Tainsh and Helen Tainsh;, husband of Dora May Tainsh, of Carnegie, Victoria, Australia
25514 Flight Sergeant Jeffrey Gordon Lane RAAF age 21, son of Frank Charles and Margaret Ellen Lane, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
1586836 Sergeant Leonard Thomas Victor Suffield age 23 Son of Gearge and Kate Suffield, of Broadstairs, Kent
Operation Gelsenkirchen had 303 aircraft - 286 Lancasters and 17 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 3 and 8 groups, they carried out the first raid of the new oil campaign, the target was the Nordstern synthetic-oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. 17 Lancasters were lost.