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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Bodie	Crelin Arthur W. ("Bogle")					Pilot			Fighter Command	66Sqn						11									KIFA 24 February 1942 Ace
2	Hodgkinson	Arthur John ("Hodge")					Pilot	DSO DFC *		Fighter Command	219Sqn						12									8 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO[2] Dye, Bertram E.[3] KIA 10 July 1943 ( Italy) Ace
3	Satchell	William Arthur J. ("Jack")					Pilot	DSO		Fighter Command							7									Ace
4	Blake	Arthur Giles ("Admiral")					Pilot			Fighter Command							5									FAA,KIA 29 October 1940 Ace
5	Frost	Robert Arthur	Sgt Flight Lieutenant	141973				DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	61Sqn RAF		Lancaster													Anti Submarine Atlantic Medal
6	Pring	Arthur Maurice Owers					Pilot			Fighter Command	89Sqn 176Sqn						9									6 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO[2] Phillips, C. T.[3] Ace
7	Hagger	Ronald Arthur					Pilot			Fighter Command							7									Ace
8	Glen	Arthur Allan ("Pinkie")					Pilot			Fighter Command							9									Ace
9	Miller	Reginald Arthur ("Dusty")					Pilot			Fighter Command	1435 Flt						7									4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Tearle, Francis J.[2][3] Ace
10	Kalka	William Arthur 'Wacky'	FO			New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	486Sqn (NZ)						9 (8 V-1s 1 balloon)					Killed 1945-03-25				Ace
11	McDonald	Norman	Lt Colonel			USA	Pilot	Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 1 bronze) , Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 3 bronze), American Campaign Medal, American Defense Meda,l DFC (USA) with 1 oak leaf cluster, World War II Victory Medal, DFC (British), European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver star and 1 bronze star	USAAF	328th Fighter Group	318th FighterSqn						11									CO. Two of the Squadrons of the 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires with RAF Fighter Command in August and early September 1942 from northern Ireland. After these preparatory missions, the Group joined the Twelfth and then Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater, supporting successive army operations in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. The Group also escorted bombers flying strategic and interdictory missions over occupied central Europe. During April 1943, Captains Norman MacDonald and Arthur Vinson of the 52nd FG became the first USAAF Spitfire aces, though Vinson was lost immediately after shooting down his 7th victim. He was an ace with 11 victories and flew with 325th Fighter Group 318th Fighter Squadron McDonald's IL2 BN P-51D 15 Air Force 325th Fighter Group 318th FighterSqn in Italy V0A. Checkertail Clan of the 15th Air Force based in Italy 1944 with USAAF serial number 44-15480 and coded 59 and named 'Shu-Shu'
12	Fullbrook	Arthur Bartholemew	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	625Sqn RAF		Lancaster
13	Elsdon	Thomas Arthur F. ("Jimmy")					Pilot			Fighter Command							9									Ace
14	Stone	Cedric Arthur C. ("Bunny")					Pilot			Fighter Command							7									Ace
15	Clowes	Arthur Victor ("Darky")					Pilot	DFC DFM		Fighter Command							11									Ace
16	Palmer	Arthur G.					Pilot			Fighter Command							5									Ace
17	Elcock	Arthur Richard ("Big")					Pilot			Fighter Command	91Sqn						8									KIFA 14 May 1945 Ace
18	Houlton	John Arthur	FLt	NZ/413543	Born 23 September 1922	New Zealand	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Fighter Command	185Sqn 485Sqn 274Sqn RAF						7 [5+2]					Died in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand, on 16 April 1996 aged 73	Cremated. North Shore Memorial Park, North Shore, Auckland			Ace
19	Tuckwell	George Arthur					Pilot	DFM		Fighter Command	272Sqn						5									Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO[2] Hubbard, K. F.[3] Ace
20	Burbridge	Bransome Arthur ("Branse")					Pilot	DSO * DFC *		Fighter Command	85Sqn						21½									20 Victories as a night fighter Ace
21	Smith	Arthur Victor	Warrant Officer				Pilot	1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45	RAF		27Sqn RAF		Beaufighter					Chiringa, Chittagong				Survived war				Enlisted in the RAF in early 1942, pilot training in Canada. Returned to UK at the end of 1943, to an OTU. in Nicosia, Cyprus, converted to Beaufighters. Posted to 27Sqn at Chiringa, south of Chittagong, in late 1944. Operational in January 1945, he completed a dozen ground attack sorties against Japanese road, rail and sea transport and, after 27 had converted to a jungle search and rescue unit, another 17 sorties, some of them as far afield as Sumatra. Having then served in an Air Sea Rescue unit at Pegu in early 1946, and attended A.H.Q. Burma Communication Flight, he was demobilised back in the U.K. in July 1946
22	Payton	James Joseph ("Joe")					Pilot			Fighter Command							7									Ace
23	Steward	George Arthur					Pilot			Fighter Command							6									Ace
24	Varey	Arthur William					Pilot			Fighter Command							6									Ace
25	Parsons	Claude Arthur					Pilot			Fighter Command							5									KIA 8 November 1941 Ace
26	Sanday	George Edgar Arthur				British	FE		RAFVR	Bomber Command	462Sqn		Halifax	lll	MZ461	Z5-G					Departed Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.	Killed				RAFVR flight engineer 1896933 Sergeant George Arthur Edgar Sanday (40) born in Worcester on 16 September 1904 the son of William Thomas Croft Sanday and Emma Jane Sanday (nee Taylor); Husband of Phoebe Eileen Sanday, of Hindon, Wiltshire was KIA. George was initially buried in Plot F, Row 2, Grave 48 of the Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten located in Margraten 10km east of Maastricht. On 29 April 1947 a British Army Graves Concentration Unit reinterred the body in Plot VII, Row G, Grave No.12 of the Venray (British) War Cemetery located some 40kms east of Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is also remembered on the Hindon War Memorial in Wiltshire.	Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
27	Kynaston	Norman Arthur					Pilot			Fighter Command	91Sqn						27									Ace
28	Reeves	Nevil Everard					Pilot	DSO DFC		Fighter Command	89Sqn						14									Won 9 of his victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO[2] O'Leary, Arthur Alexander[3] Ace
29	Barclay	Richard George Arthur					Pilot	DFC		Fighter Command							8									KIA 17 July 1942 Ace
30	Toyne	William Arthur					Pilot			Fighter Command							6									Ace
31	Bird-Wilson	Harold Arthur Cooper					Pilot	DSO * DFC * AFC *		Fighter Command	17Sqn 254Sqn 118Sqn 66Sqn 152Sqn						9									Retired in 1967 as an Air Vice-Marshal Ace
32	Sames	Arthur Norman 'Artie'	FLt			New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	486Sqn (NZ) 137Sqn						8 [7+1] (5 V-1s)									Typhoon Diver (V1) ace
33	Moore	Arthur Robert					Pilot			Fighter Command							28									Ace
34	Douglas	Colin Trevor	ACI	619059	Age 20	British	W/Op U/T		RAFVRE	Training Comman	31 Air Navigation School	1841-03-13	Anson	652 Mk I	N9595	-		RCAF Port Albert, Ontario, Canada		Training Flight	See archive report fr further details - Mud-air collision with Anson N9652	Killed	Hamilton Cemetery (Woodland). Sec. 3. Lot 23.	Hamilton (Woodside Cemetery)		Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ernest Douglas, of Sherwood, Nottingham, England.	'Read the archive report for further details'
35	Maskall	Arthur George	Flying Officer	127532			W/Op/Air/Gnr	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	161Sqn	1906-01-31	Hudson	III	V9155	MA-Q		RAF Tempsford	2334	SOE	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. Grave 7.E.12			Read Archive Report
36	Pateman	Edward	Aircraftman 2nd Class	548974	Age 19				RAF		110Sqn.	1939-09-04										Killed	Germany, Sage War Cemetery, 4. E. 2.			Son of Albert Arthur and Mary Pateman.
37	Vipan	Arthur Lushington	Flying Officer Pilot	39191					RAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1939-09-06	Fairey Battle	1	K9373			Benson		Command Formation Exercise	Collision. Damaged. Landed in a field in Holme Lane, Radcliffe-on-Trent	Safe. KIA 1944-10-16				Read Archive Report
38	Mack	Arthur William	Pilot Officer	40244	Age 24	New Zealand	Observer		RAF	Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1939-09-08	Whitley	III	K8985	DY-J		RAF Driffield, Yorkshire	23:59	Nickel	See archive report for further details	Interned				Died 20th August 1990, age 74. Husband of Constance Decimond Mack (died 21st June 1972) of Auckland, New Zealand. Born 20 January 1916 in Wellington. He joined the RAF in 1937. On the 24th August 1938 Arthur Mack was graded as P/O. Piloting a Whitley N1385 involved in a heavy landing accident at RAF Driffield on the 10th January 1940 - aircraft repaired. He was promoted to F/O. on the 24th March 1940, then to Fl/Lt. on the24th March 1941 and to S/Ldr (temp) on 1st July 1943. After flying with Bomber Command he transferred to Fighter Command and trained as a night-fighter pilot. He later commanded 605 Squadron and was awarded the DFC for service with this unit, Gazetted on 24th September 1943, the citation reads.. 'This officer formerly completed a tour of operational duty in Bomber Command. Latterly in fighter operations at night. Squadron Leader Mack has displayed great keenness and tenacity. During a recent operational flight, and when some 430 miles from base, his aircraft struck an object and four feet of the starboard wing of his aircraft was broken off and all except two feet of the starboard aileron. Despite this, Squadron Leader Mack flew the aircraft to base. This officer has set a very fine example.' He transferred to the RNZAF in January 1944, survived the war and returned home.	Read Archive Report on this incident
39	Marriott	Edwin Arthur	Flying Officer	72886	Age				RAFVR			1939-09-12										Killed	United Kingdom, Golders Green Crematorium, Panel 3.
40	Whitehead	Alan George	Pilot Officer	41764	Age 22				RAF			1939-09-12										Killed	United Kingdom, Llanengan (St. Einion) Churchyard, S.W. part.			Son of Arthur and Anne Evlyn Whitehead, of New Zealand.
41	Oakley	Arthur Ernest	Aircraftman 2nd Class	761293	Age 40				RAFVR			1939-09-13										Killed	United Kingdom, Durley (Holy Cross) Churchyard, Grave 441.			Son of Samuel Harry and Eva Orlinda Oakley, of Botley.
42	Calow	Thomas Arthur	Corporal	CAN364		Canadian	Wireless Operator	BEM	RCAF	Eastern Air Command	5Sqn RCAF	1939-09-17	Stranraer		CV188	911		RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia	05:20	Convoy Escort	Ran out of fuel in poor weather and ditched. Crew rescued after 20+ hours. Aircraft sank while being towed to shore.	Safe, unhurt			Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
43	Soanes	William Arthur	Aircraftman 1st Class	521516	Age				RAF		210Sqn.	1939-09-18										Killed	United Kingdom, Newton Nottage (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, South of Church.
44	Radford	Edward Arthur William	Aircraftman 1st Class	534283	Age 24				RAF		88Sqn.	1939-09-20										Killed	France, Choloy War Cemetery, 2A. C. 13.			Son of William Edwin and Effie Dunn Radford, of Brighton, Sussex.
45	Marsh	John Leonard	Aircraftman 1st Class	551571	Age 18				RAF		150Sqn.	1939-09-20										Killed	France, Clichy Northern Cemetery, Plot 16. Row 10. Grave 13.			Son of Arthur Thomas Marsh and Dorothy Jean Marsh, of Muddiford, Hampshire.
46	Vipan	Arthur Lushington	Flying Officer Pilot	39191					RAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1939-09-27	Battle	I	K9271	PM-G		Challerange	1220	Reconnaisance	Crashed Rohrbach-les-Bitche	Safe. KIA 1944-10-16				Read Archive Report
47	Summers	John Ernest	Aircraftman 1st Class Air Gunner	534586				DFM was later awarded for shooting down the first Messerschmitt of the war on this operation (Josef Scherm JGr 152)	RAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1939-09-27	Battle	I	K9271	PM-G		Challerange	1220	Reconnaisance	Crashed Rohrbach-les-Bitche	Safe				Read Archive Report Josef Scherm
48	Vickers	John Henry	Sergeant Observer	516606				French Medaille Militaire. First member of the British Expeditionary Force to be honoured in the war.	RAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1939-09-27	Battle	I	K9271	PM-G		Challerange	1220	Reconnaisance	Crashed Rohrbach-les-Bitche	Injured. Died 1939-10-05	Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Grave Ref: 1A. B. 14. Remembered on the Grimethorpe War Memorial, St. Luke's Church, Grimethorpe			Read Archive Report
49	Strachan	Donald Arthur	Flying Officer	39580	Age				RAF		110Sqn.	1939-09-28										Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 1.
50	Strachan	Donald Arthur	Flying Officer	39580			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	110Sqn	1939-09-28	Blenheim	IV	N6206	VE-		Wattisham	740	Reconnaisance	Reconnoitre the Osnabrück region. Lost without trace. Feldwebel Klaus Faber claimed a Blenheim at Raum Osnabruck at 10:29 (OKL Fighter Claims Reich & Western Front 1939-40)	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 1.