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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Hill	G U	Squadron Leader							Pilot	DFC		Fighter	441Sqn RCAF	1944-04-25	Spitfire	IX	MK519				Sweep	Crash landed at Laon	PoW
2	Watteyne	Pierre Joseph Charles W	Lieutenant Pilote				Italy, Gradara War Cemetery, Plot 2 Row B Coll. Grave 2-3.	Age				Belgian Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
3	Nowicki	Adolf Jan	Kapitan Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P.0832	MONTREAL NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES CEMETERY, Canada	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2223	Born 1 June 1913 (Age 30)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 9697 Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Transport Command	45 Delivery Group	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator		EW148		Dorval, Quebec, Canada		Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
4	Wodo	Kazimierz	Sierzant Mechanic Pokladowy	Flight Sergeant	P.782600		PAF Memorial, Northolt, Michelstadt Cemetery, Mannheim, Germany	Born 11 October 1912 Piotrków Piotrków Tryb. (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-04-25	Avro Lancaster	I	LL855	BH-G	RAF Faldingworth	22:11	Karlsruhe	Aircraft shot down by a German night fighter and it crashed after exploding in mid-air.Wreckage fell 2 km from Michelstadt, Erbach, some 32km South West of Darmstadt. Claim by Ernst Schuren 3/NJG101 - 30km North East of Mannheim: 1,250m 01:28.	Killed on Operational Flight	Archiwum Polish Database	The Polish Armed Forces had a memorial erected at the crash site in 1947
5	Kotarba	Henryk	Kapral Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.780878		PAF Memorial, Northolt, Northwood Cemetery - Middlesex, United Kingdom. Service Section H Grave 4253	Born 7 April 1922 Kraków (Age 22 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		13 OTU	1944-04-25	De Havilland Mosquito	ll	HJ942		RAF Bicester		Finmere, Oxfordshire	Aircraft crashed whilst landing on one engine, near Finmere, Oxfordshire, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	Archiwum Polish Database
6	Kuzniacki	Andrezej Czeslaw	Kapitan Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.2315	MONTREAL NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES CEMETERY, Canada Lot 3410 Sect. M. Grave 22.24	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada. Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2224	Born 31 March 1914 (Age 30)	Poland	2nd Pilot	Virtuti Militari 9395 Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Transport Command	45 (Air Transport) Group	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator		EW148				Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
7	Burzyński	Kazimierz	Kapitan Pilot	Flight Lieutenant	P.0015		PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada. Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2222	Born 11 January 1897. Chełmce Inowrocław. (Age 47 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Transport Command	45 (Air Transport) Group, 112 N.A. Wing	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator	B.Vl	EW148		Dorval, Quebec, Canada		Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
8	Brzostowski	Marian Zenon	Kapral Pilot	Sergeant	P.703152		PAF Memorial, Northolt, Northwood Cemetery - Middlesex, United Kingdom. Service Section H Grave 429	Born 2 November 1912 Białystok (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Training Command	No.13 OTU	1944-04-25	De Havilland Mosquito	ll	HJ942		RAF Bicester		Finmere, Oxfordshire	Aircraft crashed whilst landing on one engine, near Finmere, Oxfordshire, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	Archiwum Polish Database
9	Nowicki	Adolf Jan	Kapitan				Canada, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery, Lot 3410 Sect. M. Grave 2223.	Age				Polish Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
10	Kotarba	Henryk	Kapral				United Kingdom, Northwood Cemetery, Service Section H Grave 423.	Age				Polish Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
11	Burzynski	Kazimierz	Kapitan				Canada, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery, Lot 3410 Sect. M. Grave 22.22.	Age				Polish Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
12	Kuzniacki	Andrezej Czeslaw	Porucznik				Canada, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery, Lot 3410 Sect. M. Grave 22.24.	Age				Polish Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
13	Brzostowski	Marian Zenon	Kapral				United Kingdom, Northwood Cemetery, Service Section H Grave 429.	Age				Polish Air Force			1944-04-25									Killed
14	Young	Sydney James Herbert	Flight Sergeant		424503				Australia			RAAF		10 Radio School RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
15	Noakes	Gordon Hughie	Flight Sergeant		424570				Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
16	Noakes	Gordon Hughie	Flight Sergeant		424570		Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 7. E. 21-24.	Age 20				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Charles And Annie Noakes, Of Bedgerebong, New South Wales, Australia.
17	Fiegert	Frederick Murray	Flight Sergeant		417470				Australia			RAAF		1 OTU East Sale	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
18	Page	Eric Wilton	Pilot Officer		410171				Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
19	Page	Eric Wilton	Pilot Officer		410171		Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 7. E. 21-24.	Age 21				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Ralph Eric And Dorothy Agnes Page, Of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
20	Fiegert	Frederick Murray	Flight Sergeant		417470		Australia, Sydney Memorial, Panel 6.	Age 26				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Friedrich Charles And Anna Elizabeth Fiegert, Of Pata, South Australia.
21	Dunbar	Maxwell	Flight Sergeant		424162		France, Biguglia War Cemetery, 2. A. 7.	Age 21				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Edward Auburn Dunbar And Dolby Dunbar; Husband Of Joan Elizabeth Dunbar, Of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
22	Dunbar	Maxwell	Flight Sergeant		424162				Australia			RAAF		630Sqn RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
23	Garden	Harold Alexander	Leading Aircraftman		78012		Australia, Bundaberg General Cemetery, Plot A. Row C. Grave 3.	Age 26				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of William And Jane Garden; Husband Of Florence Charlotte Garden, Of Kilcoy.
24	Garden	Harold Alexander	Leading Aircraftman		78012				Australia			RAAF		8 Service Flying Training School	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
25	Rampant	Charles Alphonsus	Flying Officer		436091				Australia			RAAF		25Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
26	Rampant	Charles Aphonsus	Flying Officer		436091		Australia, Perth War Cemetery And Annex, N.C.13.	Age 33				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Charles August Rampant And Agnes Rampant; Husband Of Joan Beresford Rampant. Of South Perth.
27	Moloney	Patrick Murray	Pilot Officer		421364		Netherlands (Holland), Werkendam Protestant Cemetery, Row 8. Grave 15.	Age 34				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of John Gregory Moloney And Margaret Moloney; Husband Of Lexie Marian Moloney, Of Queenscliff, New South Wales, Australia.
28	Moloney	Patrick Murray	Pilot Officer		421364				Australia			RAAF		424Sqn RCAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
29	Griffiths	Harold Charles	Leading Aircraftman		74299		Papua New Guinea, Lae War Cemetery, H. A. 3.	Age 27				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Victor And Minnie Vincent Griffiths; Husband Of Venita Jean Griffiths, Of Camperdown, New South Wales.
30	Robertson	John Maxwell	Flight Sergeant		424821				Australia			RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
31	Robertson	John Maxwell	Flight Sergeant		424821		Belgium, Heverlee War Cemetery, 5. F. 3.	Age 21				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Ewen Charles And Irene Margaret Robertson, Of Narromine, New South Wales, Australia.
32	Griffiths	Harold Charles	Leading Aircraftman		74299				Australia			RAAF		6 Mobile Works Squadron Kiriwini LAE	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
33	Cormack	Ian Charles	Flight Sergeant		424852				Australia			RAAF		6 (P) Advanced Flying RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
34	Cormack	Ian Charles	Flight Sergeant		424852		United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 214. Epitaph: To live in minds we leave behind is not to die	Age 19				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Charles De Lacy Cormack And Henrietta Cormack, Of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
35	McGuinness	Ronald Joseph	Pilot Officer		404409				Australia			RAAF		1 OTU East Sale	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
36	Mcguinness	Ronald Joseph	Pilot Officer		404409		Australia, Sydney Memorial, Panel 5.	Age 25				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Thomas James Mcguinness, Of Maryborough, Queensland.
37	Macpherson	John Keith	Squadron Leader		251536		Australia, Sale War Cemetery, Plot B. Row B. Grave 12.	Age 33				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of John And Agnes Macpherson; Husband Of Mary Gertrude Macpherson, Of Mullaley, New South Wales.
38	Skipsey	Robert Reginald	Flight Sergeant		427955				Australia			RAAF		20 (P) Advanced Flying RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
39	Skipsey	Robert Reginald	Flight Sergeant		427955		United Kingdom, Darlington West Cemetery, Sec. W.7L. Grave 367.	Age 20				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of John Robert And Eva Maud Skipsey, Of Peppermint Grove, Western Australia.
40	MacPherson	John Keith	Squadron Leader		251536				Australia			RAAF		1 OTU East Sale	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
41	Tanner	Alan Nicol	Flying Officer		404187				Australia			RAAF		1 OTU East Sale	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
42	Hoffman	Adolf David Leon	Flying Officer		426598				Australia			RAAF		115Sqn RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
43	Hoffman	Adolf David Leon	Flying Officer		426598		Belgium, Heverlee War Cemetery, 5. E. 9.	Age 21				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Charles Solomon And Hinda Sadie Hoffman, Of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
44	Tudehope	Reginald Joseph	Flight Sergeant		424479		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 262.	Age 24				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of James Alfred And Mabel Tudehope, Of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
45	Tudehope	Reginald Joseph	Flight Sergeant		424479				Australia			RAAF		10 Radio School RAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
46	Badman	Roy Francis Crossley	Flight Sergeant		420824		Australia, Perth War Cemetery And Annex, N.C.12.	Age 20				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of Roy Hubert Goldstone And Laura Lillian Badman, Of Balmain, New South Wales.
47	Badman	Roy Francis Crossley	Flight Sergeant		420824				Australia			RAAF		25Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
48	Braithwaite	John Sidney	Flying Officer		411479				Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll
49	Brown	Edwin Ryland	Pilot Officer		426302		Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 7. E. 21-24.	Age 23				RAAF			1944-04-25									Killed		Son Of James Ernest Herbert And Sylvia Jessie Brown, Of Hamilton, Queensland, Australia.
50	Brown	Edwin Ryland	Pilot Officer		426302				Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-04-25										RAAF Honour Roll