William Mitchell Penman (12 May 1917 – 3 October 1943) was a Scottish international
rugby union
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player who was killed in
World War II
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when he, serving as a captain of a
Lancaster bomber
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, was shot down over
Kassel
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.
[Bath, p. 109][Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010]
He was capped once for in 1939.
[ He also played for the ]Royal Air Force Rugby Union
The Royal Air Force Rugby Union (RAFRU) was formed in 1918 to administer the playing of rugby union in the Royal Air Force. It fields a representative side that competes in the Inter-Services tournament with the Army Rugby Union and the Royal Navy ...
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See also
* List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II
The following is a list of former international Scottish rugby union players killed in the Second World War.
* Tom Dorward, died on 5 March 1941
* Drummond Ford, died on 12 December 1942
* John Forrest, died on 14 September 1942
* George Ga ...
Sources
* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )
* Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; )
References
External links
Player profile
on scrum.com
CWGC entry
1917 births
1943 deaths
Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby union players
Scottish airmen
Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Royal Air Force pilots of World War II
Royal Air Force rugby union players
Aviators killed by being shot down
Royal Air Force wing commanders
Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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