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#Name* SORT (↓)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↓)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 RAFCoastal Command209Sqn1942-09-08CatalinallaVA713LRAF Pamanzi04:20 take offAnti subAll killedAntsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar + Alamein Memorial
Diego Suarez, Antsiranana

209 Sqn Catalina IIa VA713 Coded L for Leather Op: Anti-sub patrol, Took off RAF Pamanzi at 04:20 hrs F/L J R Wyllie RNZAF P/O F W Henderson RCAF F/O K J Rich P/O E L Hall Sgt D P Broomfield Sgt A S White Sgt H Shepherd Sgt R N Lamond Sgt L S Davies Sgt D Abberley Took off normally but crashed in the dark just after the last flare. Sgt White, Sgt Broomfield, Sgt Davies, F/O Rich and P/O Hall all rest in Antsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar, while the remaining crewmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
2 RAFCoastal Command209Sqn1942-09-08CatalinallaVA713LRAF Pamanzi04:20 take offAnti subAll killedAntsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar + Alamein Memorial
Diego Suarez, Antsiranana

209 Sqn Catalina IIa VA713 Coded L for Leather Op: Anti-sub patrol, Took off RAF Pamanzi at 04:20 hrs F/L J R Wyllie RNZAF P/O F W Henderson RCAF F/O K J Rich P/O E L Hall Sgt D P Broomfield Sgt A S White Sgt H Shepherd Sgt R N Lamond Sgt L S Davies Sgt D Abberley Took off normally but crashed in the dark just after the last flare. Sgt White, Sgt Broomfield, Sgt Davies, F/O Rich and P/O Hall all rest in Antsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar, while the remaining crewmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
3 AliYousifLeading Aircraftman1873001Age 42RAFVR1947-05-12KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 2A. D. 5.
Son Of Mahamed Cassie Ali And Babe Ali ; Husband Of Ethel Emma Ali, Of Shepherd Bush London.
4 AllenJohn AndrewPilt OfficerJ/94125 (R/55068) Age 23CanadaRCAFFighter Command93Sqn RAF
1945-04-12SpitfireIXPT929HN-?ALG Ravenna, Italy12:00BombingSee Archive report for further detailsKilledFaenza War Cemetery. Grave VII.G.2.

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 20th November 1921 at Port Colborne, Ontario. Son of John Scott Allen (died 1953, age 68) and Ida Marie Allen (née Keiemp - died 1994, age 102), brother of P/O. James Gordon, Grace Margaret Spencer and Dorothy Jean of 75 Steele Street, Port Colbourne, Ontario, Canada. Epitaph/; 'The Lord Is My Shepherd'.
5 BainVictor AlbertFlying Officer196750Age 27PilotRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransitSee archive report for further detailsKilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 11Read Archive Report
6 BalfourDavid John ShepherdSergeant1060382Age 19RAFVR1942-03-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Dundee Eastern Necropolis, Sec. T.T. Grave 483.

Son Of David Mcp. Balfour And Annabella Balfour, Of Dundee.
7 BallEdward CecilFlight LieutenantNZ/40749Age 31New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command488Sqn RNZAF
1943-10-08MosquitoNX.XIIHK204ME-?RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex1850Night PatrolSee archive report for detailed informationKilledMaldon Cemetery. Row 61. Grave 94

Born on the 28th March 1912 in Kinsale, Co. Cork. Educated at Reading University in Berkshire and Massey College. Worked as a shepherd for P.J.C Wilson of A Buckland and Son of Auckland. Enlisted as a pilot under training on the 12th March 1940. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on the 09th April 1940, With No. 1 Flying Training School on the 01st June 1940. Pilot badge aerated on the 27th July 1940 and commissioned on the 23rd September 1940.

Embarked for England on the 06th October 1940. With 20 Operational Training Unit on the 03rd December 1940. Attached to 103 squadron on the 07th March 1941 where he flew 25 operational sorties. Attached to 11 Operational Training Unit as instructor 15th September 1941. With 75 squadron on the 26th March 1942 where he carried out a further 26 operational sorties. With 54 Operational Training Unit on the 09th August 1942. Joined 488 squadron on the 13th September 1942 on the Beaufighter. With 51 Operational Training Unit as instructor on 21st January 1943. Returned to 488 squadron on the 06th July 1943. He had 1046 flying hours logged and completed 57 operational sorties.

Son of Major Edward Ball OBE. (died 15th November 1942, age 75) and Amelia Matilda Ball (née Edmonds - died September 1945, age 76) and husband of Joy Ball, of Lower Edmonton Middlesex. It is thought possible that he may have been born in 1910.

8 BarkerRichard Percival WilliamPilot OfficerNZ/41464Age 25New ZealanderPilotRNZAFBomber Command28 Conversion Flight. 4 Group

10Sqn

1941-12-22HalifaxIL9522-RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire1025Ferry flightSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledGrantham Cemetery. Sec. 17. Row M. Grave 11

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 22nd February 1916 in Reigate, Surrey, England. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1920. Worked as a shepherd on his fathers farm in Gisbourne prior to service. Enlisted on the 18th January 1941 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge and commission on the 05th July 1941. Attached to 28 Conversion Flight on the 15th December 1941 from 10 squadron. Son of Richard and Sheila Hall Barker, of Gisbourne, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 206 flying hours logged and completed at least 3 operational sorties. It seems that he was on this aircraft as a passenger. Note: His older brother, Fl/Lt. Desmond Wallace Ferguson Barker DFC 70043 RAF, was killed on the 12th February 1941. 83 squadron Hampden I AD722 OL-X returning from an operation to Bremen. Whilst circling the airfield in very poor visibility crashed into a house killing 3 crew, 1 survived injured.
9 BartlettEric EdwardFlight sergeant1851891Age 20W/Op/Air GunnerRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 2. Read Archive Report
10 BoansonJohn George ShepherdFlight Sergeant1873573Born on the 22nd June 1922Air Gunner (Mid Upper)RAFVRBomber Command514 Sqn
1944-06-07LancasterIIDS822JI:TRAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire00:37Massy-Palaiseau rail yardsSee archive report for detailsKiALa Celle-Les-Bordes Communal Cemetery. Grave 2
11 BoansonJohn George ShepherdFlight Sergeant1873573Age 21RAFVR514Sqn1944-06-08KilledFrance, La Celle-Les-Bordes Communal Cemetery, Grave 2.Son Of Thomas William And Florence Boanson, Of Ivinghoe Aston, Buckinghamshire.
12 BrownGeorge HenryFlight Sergeant1338347Age 21RAFVR460Sqn (RAAF)1944-04-28KilledFrance, Appenwihr Churchyard, Coll. Grave.Son Of Frank William And Margaret May Brown, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
13 BrownNorman LeslieFlying Officer184107Age 25NavigatorRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 9. Read Archive Report
14 CameronHenry1105554Age 20W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command40Sqn1943-08-11WellingtonXHZ544BL-ZHani West, Tunisia2200Messina See archive report for further brief details Missing - believed killedAlamein Memorial. Panel 270 Read Archive Report
15 CantlinCharles PatrickSergeant1600636Age 21RAFVR1944-04-10KilledUnited Kingdom, Mortlake Cemetery, Plot 7. Sec. A. Grave 36.

Son Of Harry Alfred Cantlin, And Of Florence Edith Cantlin, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
16 CaverleyLeon JohnLeading AircraftmanR/69180Age 24RCAF1942-09-30KilledCanada, Garson (Good Shepherd) Cemetery, Plot 3. Lot 3 B.6. Sec. N.Son Of Cecil Gerald And Myrtle R. Caverley, Of Sudbury.
17 CoxLeonard Arthur1384083Age 43NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command40Sqn1943-08-11WellingtonXHZ544BL-ZHani West, Tunisia2200Messina See archive report for further brief details Missing - believed killedAlamein Memorial. Panel 269 Read Archive Report


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18 CundyNeil EdwardSergeantNZ/412660Age 22New ZealandPilotRNZAFMediterranean Air Command260Sqn
1943-02-26KittyhawkIIAFL285HS-?El Assa, Libya900GabesSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledSfax War Cemetery. Grave XIII D 1

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 02nd July 1920 at Wellington. Prior to service worked as a shepherd for the Glendonal9d Station. Enlisted at Levin on the 04th May 1941. After training in Canada awarded his pilots badge on the 21st November 1941 and promoted to sergeant. 239 training flight on 12th aNovember 1942. Slightly injured by enemy fire flying a Kittyhawk on the 22nd December 1942. Joined the squadron on the 09th January 1942. Son of Clifford Edgar Cundy and Blanche Evelyn Cundy (nee Willis) of 143 Moxham Avenue, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 257 flying hours logged
19 DannLeonard WilliamSergeant9298681916Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command61 Sqn
1942-01-31ManchesterIL7396QR:?Woolfox Lodge18:50BrestLast heard transmitting distress signals, which were plotted some 50 miles south of Plymouth, Devon. Two RN Destroyers on convoy escort duties in the Channel were detached to make a search of the area, but nothing was foundKilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 81Son of Albert William and Emily Dann, of Shepherd's Bush, London.
20 DixonJohnSergeant613966Age ?Air GunnerRAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgSee archive report for further detailsPoW No. 25165 Stalag LamsdorfNone - survived the war
His daughter explained that during the “Long March” towards the end of the war when the PoW’s were forced to leave the camps to further away from the encroaching front line he had been provided food by the local German civilian population.
21 DreweryClifford JohnLeading Aircraftman1133783Age 24RAFVR110 MU1944-08-30KilledItaly, Bari War Cemetery, X. A. 14.Son Of Walter Harry Clifford Drewery, And Of Maud Lilian Drewery, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
22 DunlopCyril ErnestSergeant1891534Age 18RAFVR50Sqn1944-12-17KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 228.Son Of Norman And Ethel Dunlop, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
23 EdwardsJoseph EdmundWarrant Officer1425499Age 23W/Op/Air GunnerRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 7. Read Archive Report
24 EliasLancelot Benjamin AlbertFlight Lieutenant134167Age 24NavigatorDFCRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 4 . Read Archive Report
25 FairweatherSydney GordonAircraftman 1st Class2291223Age 19 RAFVR1946-11-22KilledUnited Kingdom, Mortlake Cemetery, Plot 10. Sec. B. Grave 220.

Son Of Ernest And Violet Ellen Fairweather, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
26 FellGeorge GardinerSergeant6415601930Air GunnerRAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1941-12-18ManchesterIR5795OF-WWaddington934BrestClaimed by Lt Horst Walbeck 3/JG2. Crashed in the sea 6km off Brest at 1403KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 43. Son of Harry and Dora Louisa Fell, of Shepherd's Bush, London
27 FisherWilliam CharlesFlight OfficerWarrant OfficerT-190910Age 22AmericanPilotUSAAFBomber Command432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF
1943-12-16LancasterIIDS831QO:NRAF East Moor, North Yorkshire16:29BerlinSee archive report for full detailsKilledArdennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Plot C. Row 7. Grave 50


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Born on the 30th March 192, from Missouri, USA. Had wanted to become an engineer but due to the war, enlisted in the RCAF as a lot of his family were living there. His wife was 8 months pregnant at the time. Son of William Aldred Fisher, and Octavia LaVinia (née Shepherd)
28 FrenchRonald WilfredSergeant1892504Age 21RAFVR166Sqn1944-04-23KilledBelgium, Heverlee War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 2. H. 1-7.Son Of Wilfrid Ernest And Doris Bertha French, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
29 FunnellVictor FrankFlight Lieutenant89804Age 31PilotRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 5 . Read Archive Report
30 GibsonChristopher FrancisFlying Officer39981Age 31BritishPilotLater DFCRAFBomber Command105Sqn
1940-05-14BattleIL5585GB-?Villeneuve-les-Vertus1540SedanCrashed behind enemy linesEvader - Killed later with 138SqnLater: Durnbach War Cemetery. Coll. grave 7. D. 16-17Son of James Arthur and Lucy Catherine Gibson, of Holne, Devon. Croix de Guerre avec Palme. Grave inscription: 'The Lord Is My Shepherd: Therefore Can I Lack Nothing'.
31 GlendayNeil MacmillanLeading AircraftsmanNZ/425896Age 23New ZealandAir/Bmr(U/T)RCAFNo. 2 Training Command7 BGS

1943-07-27BolingbrokeIVT9944-RCAF Paulson, Manitoba, Canada620Air gunnery practiceSee archive report for further detailsKilledDauphin Cemetery (Riverside). Lot N. Sec. 7. Block 6.
Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand
Born on the 20th January 1920 in Motunau. Educated at Timaru Boys High School. A shepherd for D.M Robertson on the Glentanner Station. Enlisted on the 30th May 1942 as an aircraft hand firstly at Nelson and later with Initial Training Wing on 12th October 1942. Re-mustered as a pilot under training on the 15th October 1942. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 28th November 1942.

Embarked for Canada on the 12th February 1943. With No. 10 Service Flying Training School on the 20th March 1043. Pilot training terminated on the 26th April 1943 and re-mustered as an air bomber under training on the 30th April 1943. With No. 7 Bomber and Gunnery School on the 12th June 1943 crewing on the Bollingbroke.

Son of David Glenday (died 26th November 1959) and of Sarah Martin Glenday (née Smith - died 16th November 1955), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. His brother, Lindsay David Glenday, died on 16th September 1943 (less than two months later) while flying with 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit

32 GoddardLeslie Malcolm BruceCorporal574107Age 23RAF1944-10-09KilledSingapore, Singapore Memorial, Column 437.Son Of Frederick Herbert And Dorothy Kathleen Goddard, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
33 GrantEric Albyn ShepherdFlight Lieutenant124825Age 31RAFVR1945-05-12KilledIndia, Delhi War Cemetery, 2. G. 15.Son Of Thomas Shepherd Grant And Hilda Mina Grant, Of Oswestry, Shropshire; Husband Of Betty Mccauley Grant.
34 GreenWilliam RaeburnFlying OfficerNZ/416479Age 28New ZealandPilotDFC

RNZAFBomber Command49Sqn
1944-07-18LancasterIIIJB178EA-URAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire2238RevignySee archive report for further brief detailsKilledHerbisse Churchyard. Grave 3
Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 30th November 1915 at Marton. Worked as a hairdresser prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 30th November 1941. Trained at No. 2 Elementary Flying School and No. 2 Service Flying School. Awarded his pilot badge on the 27th July 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 17th October 1942. Embarked for England on the 20th November 1942. Received his commission on the 07th February 1944. Joined 49 squadron on the 21st March 1944 from No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Son of William Franceys Green, JP., and Mignonette Green (nee Shepherd), of Pokeno, Auckland, New Zealand. Other sources list him as Fl/Lt but it is understood that this is a mistake. A total of 717 flying hours logged and lost on his 28th operational sortie.

DFC Citation L.G. 08th April 1944:

'One night in June, 1944, this officer piloted an aircraft detailed to attack a target in the Ruhr. When nearing the target the aircraft was engaged by a fighter but it was driven off. Soon afterwards another fighter closed into the attack and before the engagement terminated P/O. Green's aircraft sustained damage. One engine was put out of Action but this did not deter P/O. Green from pressing home his attack. He Afterwards flew safely to base. This officer has completed very many sorties and has invariably displayed a high standard of skill, determination and devotion to duty'.

35 GuthrieAlfred JamesFlight Sergeant1861716Age 21 RAFVR267Sqn1946-07-25KilledMyanmar (ex Burma), Rangoon War Cemetery, 3. J. 6.

Son Of Henry Garvey Guthrie And Florence Ada Guthrie; Husband Of Gwendolyn Rose Guthrie, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
36 HardingBasil ClementFlying OfficerNZ/416480Age 22New ZealandPilotRNZAF22 Squadron
(RNZAF)
1943-02-03Vickers VincentNZ351TX-?RNZAF Norwood, New Zealand1000Army Co-operation exerciseSee archive report for further detailsKilledHavelock North Cemetery. Grave 2.7P
Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand

Born on the 04th December 1920 in Waverley. Educated at Hastings High School. A shepherd for R.A, Berry at the Kiore Station in Tobago Bay. Served 3 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training on the 29th November 1941. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 10th January 1942. No. 2 Service Flying Training 08th March 1942. P[ilot badge awarded on the 05th May 1942 and commissioned. Tao Air HQ for 'special training' on the 11th July 1942 at Trentham. With 6 squadron on the 22nd August 1942, 21 squadron on the 17th October 1942. 22 squadron 09th November 1942. A total of 269 solo flying hours with 73 on the Vincent.

Son of Noel Clement Harding (died 1977, age 82), and of Rose Gwendolen Harding (née Hill - died 1973, age 82), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

37 HerridgeCyril BernardSergeant1585649Age 21RAFVR1652 HCU1945-01-04KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 275. Son Of Francis James Herridge And Mabel Maud Herridge, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
38 HillmanLeonard WesleySergeant1245750Age 24RAFVR460Sqn (RAAF)1944-06-07KilledFrance, Bayeux War Cemetery, Coll. Grave. Xxviii. H. 7-13.Son Of Edward Wesley Hillman And Emily Norah Hillman, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
39 InnsAlbert JohnPilot Officer158755Age 20RAFVR1944-03-14KilledItaly, Bari War Cemetery, Xv. B. 3.Son Of Lewis And Nellie Victoria Inns, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
40 IrelandEric KennethFlight Sergeant1600302Age 22RAFVR619Sqn1945-03-17KilledGermany, Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. grave 8. H. 26-32.Son Of Frederick George And Marie Antoinette Ireland, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
41 JoblingRobert EwenPilot Officer161243Age 23RAFVR227Sqn

1943-11-05KilledEgypt, Alamein Memorial, Column 269.Son Of Joseph Jobling, And Of Elizabeth Shepherd Jobling, Of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.
42 KingEdward HenrySergeant918289Age 23W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command214Sqn
1941-07-07WellingtonIcT2992BU-JRAF Stradishall, Suffolk2204KolnSee archive report for further detailsKilledAs Communal Cemetery. Grave 4Son of Ernest Edward and Caroline Alice Louise King, of Shepherd's Bush, London, England. Grave inscription reads: "Not Gone From Memory Not Gone From Love But Gone To Our Father's Home Above".
43 KnowlesThomasFlight Lieutenant141092Age 24PilotRAFVRTransport Command525Sqn1946-01-30DC-3 DakotaKN500WF-?RAF Membury, BerkshireTransit See archive report for further details KilledLe Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France Row C. Grave 1 . Read Archive Report
44 LanghornePeter ByronFlight Sergeant1891257Age 20RAFVR30Sqn (SAAF)1945-02-20KilledItaly, Ancona War Cemetery, Coll. grave IV. G. 3.Son Of Alfred Byron Langhorne, And Of Marjorie Joan Langhorne, Of Shepherd'S Bush, London.
45 LastStanley HerbertPilot Officer62706Age 24RAFVR1941-08-09KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 33.Son Of John Shepherd Last And Mabel Last, Of Ipswich, Suffolk; Husband Of Kathleen Rosa Last, Of Ipswich.
46 LawrenceWalter HenrySergeant1388668Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command12 OTU
1943-09-07WellingtonIIIBJ621JP:?RAF Chipping Warden21:52Training exerciseSee archive report for detailsKilledChester Cemetery (Blacon) Sec. A. Grave 156
47 LeesReginald SidneyPilot OfficerNZ/404907Age 26New ZealandObserverRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgHit by anti-aircraft fireKilledSage War Cemetery. Grave 13.C.8.
Son of William John Lees and of Harriet Lees (née Burt), of Matata, Auckland, New Zealand. Total of 295 hours flying time - his 7th operation.
48 LewisLionel HSergeant1609465Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command83Sqn
1944-01-01LancasterIIIND354OL-AWyton11BerlinA later Missing Research & Enquiry team report stated “when outbound the aircraft was shot down and crashed approx 0300 hours at Lutten, 5km North East of Vechta. Possible claim by Lt Wendelin Breukel 5/NJG2 - at 0300 hrsPoW/Dulag Luft/Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)/PoW Number 369893 The explosion at 21,000ft threw Sgt Lewis clear and he was made a PoW. He describes his incredible escape from death. “This was to be our first operational flight with the target Berlin, and our Lancaster ND354 was brand new. At briefing the Squadron Commander Wg Cdr Abercromby DFC said he would fly with us as first pilot. Take off was perfect and we climbed to altitude and joined the bomber stream.

At the Dutch coast the pilot asked me to go into the bomb aimer’s position to push window out, which I did, taking my parachute with me. By now we had reached our operational height of 21,000ft and Wg Cdr Abercromby engaged the auto pilot and we were flying straight and level on a very predictable course. In quite a short time we saw the whole sky lit up like a cauldron; twice this happened, and the pilot requested the navigator to log that it was an aircraft blowing up. We had no warning when the aircraft gave a lurch and went into a steep dive, and I could see a glow coming from the bomb bay area, and the order came to abandon aircraft. I grabbed my parachute and put it on, removed my helmet and oxygen mask and remember putting my hands on the cushion to get at the escape hatch, but did not make it. There were vivid colours and an explosion. When I came to, I was falling through the air, on my back, spinning round and round. I pulled the parachute release and the handle and cable just came away and nothing happened. I got my fingers under the flap and pulled at the press studs, and the parachute opened with such a jerk that I passed out again. I came to and felt very cold and found that my flying boots had gone. I came down amongst fir trees and the parachute caught up and I was swinging six feet off the ground. I released the harness and fell to the ground. The feeling of utter loneliness and wondering what to do next is something I will never forget. I was not injured, only superficial wounds to my head and hands, and very heavy bruising down my left side. It was too dark to move around so I sat down and cut up my Mae West and parachute to make some footwear. As soon as it was light I started to head towards Holland. I’d found bits of newspaper with Bremen on, so had some idea where I was. Lots of aircraft debris was scattered around, one section was the nose, forward of the bomb bay, with the escape hatch intact.I stayed in the trees which gave very good cover; at one clearing I saw a farmer looking at one of our engines that had fallen into his field. Late that afternoon, having walked some distance I heard voices. I got back in the trees and thought I was well hidden, but the next thing I remember was being confronted by the biggest German shepherd dog I have ever seen, followed by a Werhmacht and five civilians who each searched me and asked where I had come down, and where was my parachute. They took me to a house and sat me in a room and gave me a piece of hard brown bread and a glass of Schnapps. The entire population then came to view this RAF man.I was later collected by two servicemen in a Volkswagen and taken to an army camp and put in a cell, prior to my wounds being treated by nuns in a small hospital. The doctor called me ‘baby killer, murderer, terror flier’ and I was glad when a Werhmacht Feldwebel collected me and I was taken by rail to Bremen, and then to Dulag Luft 3 at Frankfurt for interrogation etc. With a number of other prisoners we were taken in cattle trucks on a long tiring journey, stopping at night in sidings because of bombing raids to Stalag Luft 4B at Muhlberg/Elbe, where we remained until we were relieved by the Russians who handed us over to the Americans, who flew us to Brussels, and the RAF flew us back to England.”
49 MacDonaldGraeme EatonWing Commander32159Age 32New ZealandPilotRAFArmy Co-operation Command4 Squadron
(RAF - 34 Wing)
1943-04-24MustangIAP255?RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire635RangerSee archive report for further detailsKilledZwollerkerspel General Cemetery (Voorst). Plot A. Row 1. Grave 2
Born on the 28th December 1910 in Wainui. A shepherd for the Glentannen Station in Fairlie. A member of the Canterbury Aero Club and awarded his 'A' Licence on the 02nd October 1931. Recommended for RAF short service commission.

Embarked on the Rangitata for England on the 31st December 1931, arriving on the 05th February 1932. Selected for RAF SSC and at RAF Uxbridge as a pilot under training on the 11th March 1932. With No. 5 Flying Training School on the 29th March 1932. Pilot badge awarded on the 11th March 1933. With No. 2 Flying Training School on the 15th March 1933. Joined 41 squadron on the 20th August 1933 flying the Bulldog and Demon. Attached to Home Aircraft Depot for parachute training 04-11th December. Attached at Calshot for float plane conversion 26th February - 03rd March 1934. To Leuchers for Fleet Air Arm fighter conversion 05th May - 08th May 1934. Attached to Gosport for deck landing refresher course 27th December - 13th January 1935. With 802 squadron Fleet Air Arm 14th January 1935. Embarked on HMS Courageous 21st August - 22nd December 1935. Advanced Air School (various a/c types) special arm course 06th July 1936. RAF College for arm duties 03rd Jul 1937.

Attached to HQ Coastal Command for duty on fleet carrier HMS Ark Royal 09th May-01st June 1938. HMS Ark Royal for arm duties 21st November 1938, 21 Squadron (Blenheim) 11th May 1939. No. 10 Bomber Gunnery School 20th November 1939. No. 15 Operational Training Unit flying the Anson/Wellington for arm duties 20th May 1940. No. 3 Operational Training Unit flying the Anson/Blenheim for arm duties 28th May 1940. No. 4 Bomber Gunnery School (various a/c types - 1 Air Sea Rescue operational sortie) for arm duties 12th December 1940.

Embarked for Canada joining 31 Bomber Gunnery School (various a/c types) for arm duties 20th June 1941, to UK 09th January 1942, 5 Air Observer School (various a/c types - 1 operational sortie) for arm duties 24th January 1942, HQ Army Co-op Cmd for arm duties 02nd Jun1 1942. Joined 4 squadron (Mustang - 12 operational sorties) as CO 26th October 1942. A total of 2,083 flying hours logged and on his 14th operational sortie.

Son of Thomas (died 22nd August 1936, age 58) and Eveline Grace Macdonald (née Eaton - died 19th July 1966, age 84. Married 1905), of Wainui, Canterbury, New Zealand. Husband of Joan Kathleen Ruby Macdonald, of Southsea, Hampshire.

50 MayEdward JosephFlight Sergeant7556311920Bomb AimerRAFVRBomber Command61 Sqn
1942-09-04LancasterIR5682QR:ESyerston00:25BremenInitially hit by flak and then was finished off by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab II/NJG2 - Wartena 15km South East of Leeuwarden: 4,700m at 0251 hrs. Crashed near Wartena 9km South East of LeeuwardenKilledTietjerksteradeel (Eernewoude) Protestant Churchyard Plot 15 Grave 2Note. Sqn/Aircraft Code has been reported as QR:R by the recovery team. However the Sqn/Aircraft Code is QR:E (W.R. Chorley entry confirmed by Kenneth Stone from Log book of Clifford Giles RAAF Nav)

Son of Edward Marsh May and Ethel May; husband of Dorothy May May, of Shepherd's Bush, London

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