Sergeant (Flight Engineer).
Born: 27 June 1910 in Wem.
1891 Census (Wales) lists
1891 Census (England) lists
1911 Census (England) lists
1925 Strong's Alamanak lists
George Wilfred Higginson joined the Metropolitan Police on 10 March 1930. Last posted to T Division as a Station Police Sergeant.
London Electoral Registers give the following listings for George Wilfred Higginson
1939 Register lists
HIGGINSON, George Wilfred, Sergeant (Flight Engineer), [1897585], 101 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Details of the last flight
Flight Crew:
The above image is believed to show 6 of the crew members of PB256.
P/O Jack Kenny, a 22-year-old Pole, born in Warsaw in 1922 who spoke five languages.
There is a Luftwaffe KE Report 10229, which states
Probate was granted to widow Kathleen Ivy Higginson of Teddington, Mddx. in 1945.
Our thanks to Aircrew Remembered for use of their images and information. This is a very useful site for those researching on this topic,
Another useful site is that of the International Bomber Command Centre
Parents: William Higginson and Alice Maud Phillips, who were married in Wem, 1909 (January - February).
William Higginson as living in Wrexham, born in that town in 1870, and gives his trade as leather worker.
Alice Maud Phillips, born in Wem, 1883, living at 102, High St., Wem with her parents, George (Builder) and Hannah (Dressmaker) Phillips.
William and Maud Higginson living at 6, Summerfield Road, Wem, with their son, Wilfred, who is 9 months old.
Higginson's trade is given as leather manufacturer.
William Higginson residing at the Tan Yard in Noble Street,
See image (rhs):
[Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police]
Notes:
1933, Wellington Arch, Constitution Hill, SW1 contained a police station.
1935, Central London Recruiting Depot was part of Great Scotland Yard
1938, Police Section House, Great Scotland Yard
1939, This was Gilmour Section House. (part of the Metropolitan Police Service), 49-51 Kennington Road, London
George W Higginson living at 44, Caldbeck Ave, Sutton, Surrey with wife, Kathleen Ivy Higginson.
His occupation is given as Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police.
Died 01/02/1945
Burial Site: Durnbach War Cemetery 2. C. 7
The great majority of burials at ths cemetery are airmen shot down over Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Austria, Hessen and Thuringia, brought from their various graves by the Army Graves Service.
During WWII, 101 Squadron served with Bomber Command. In June 1943 the squadron moved to RAF Ludford Magna and then flew specially equipped Lancasters fitted with "Airborne Cigar" ECM, part of a disinformation transmission system.
This made the aircraft particularly vulnerable to targetting and combined with the fact that the squadron flew on more raids than any other RAF Bomber Command unit meant a high attrition rate, losing 1,176 aircrew killed in action.
A high proportion of the airmen came from the Volunteer Reserve. 
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number: PB256; Markings: SR-P
Takeoff Station: Ludford Magna
Night Raid over Ludwigshafen
Took off 1550hrs., 1 Feb 1945 from Ludford Magna on ABC duties
Reason for Loss: Crashed in the target area.
Clark R J (F/O), aged 27 years, Auckland City, NZ, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Pilot
Etherton R R (Sgt), aged 20 years, Cheshire, UK, Air Gunner
Gordon N C (Sgt), aged 23 years, Essex, UK, Air Gunner
Hendren K R (F/S), aged 20 years, Toowong, Australia, Royal Australian Air Force, Navigator
Higginson G W (Sgt), aged 35 years, Shropshire, UK, Flight Engineer.
Ironmonger L R (F/S), aged 20 years, Lincoln, UK, Wireless Operator
Kenny J (P/O), aged 22 years, Royal Canadian Air Force, Polish refugee, Special Operator.
McGinn J M M (F/S), aged 24 years, London, UK, Royal Australian Air Force, Air Bomber
Kenny was the Special Duties man, a German-speaker, who operated the wireless disinformation system (as mentioned above) carried out by the squadron.
He enlisted in the RCAF under his real name, Jacek Kenig, in Montreal on 9 November 1942. He was a Polish citizen at the time of enlistment and death.
Posted to No. 101 Squadron at Ludford Magna, November 1944.
Date and Time of Crash: 1-2-45 at 2030 hrs; Location: About 5 kms from Mundenheim-Gartenstadt, Ludwigshafen/Rhein;
Nature of crash: Shot down by flak. Burnt on crash.
Another report says that it was shot down by the Luftwaffe.
Ludwigshafen was a Bomber Command target because of the oil plants, railway yards and a nearby fertiliser factory.
see Aircrew Remembered.