Bill Townsend

Bill Townsend, or more properly William, was a pilot with 617 squadron during WWII and took part in the famous Dambusters raid in 1943. He and his crew were tasked with a secondary target and bombed the Eneppe dam although it was not breached. His Lancaster, landing on three engines, was the last to successfully return to base after the raid. The plaque below is on his boyhood home in Chepstow.