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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.Photo (Click to Expand)CommemoratedBornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateReferring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 MonsonAlonzo EdgarSquadron LeaderJ/22010 USAPilotDFC
RCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-10-29TyphoonIbMN352I8-B-78 Eindhoven12:25BombingLight flak caught this Typhoon fighter-bomber in a dive and damaged its engine's cooling system. Pilot successfully crash landed near no man's land.SafeAccident reportFrom pilot himself: With its coolant and oil drained away, the engine began to overheat and was about to burst into flames. I had to get out in a hurry, but I still had to land. First I thought I’d crash into some trees, then, I was sailing down neatly between them. There was some crackling as the canopy caught in the top branches and I gently slowed up until I stopped – with my toes just touching the ground. That’s the nicest landing I’ve ever done.
2 HattieRobert GerrardFlying OfficerJ/35428 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-23TyphoonIbMN171I8-ERAF Hurn22:00Armed recceHit by a direct flak hit at 5000 feet and burst into flames. Pilot baled out safely and landed just inside allied lines.SafeAccident ReportPilot parachuted near Juvigny next to an advanced American airfield where he boarded a UK-bound C-47 allowing him to return to his unit within 14 hours.
3 HattieRobert GerrardFlying OfficerJ/35428 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-17TyphoonIbMN715I8-B-9 Lantheuil18:20Armed recceHit by a direct flak hit and burst into flames. Pilot abandoned aircraft near Maltot SW of Caen.Injured / BurnedAccident reportPilot parachuted just inside allied lines and was rescued by members of the 15th Scottish Division. He suffered burns to his face and shrapnel wounds to his left wrist and right leg. His wounds warranted his removal from operations and repatriation to Canada.
4 HicksClifford WaldronFlight LieutenantJ26912
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Grave Xii. H. 1. France9th May 1922 in London, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-08-08TyphoonIbMN313I8:?ALG B-9 Lantheuil, France10:45BombingSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
5 JenveyDonald EdwardFlight LieutenantJ11309
Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, Grave 191. Netherlands21st January 1921 in Oxford County, OntarioCanadianPilotDFC

MiD
RCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-29TyphoonIbRB201I8:L1 x Bf109ALG B.78 Eindhoven, Netherlands13:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
6 KearsePercy HaroldFlying OfficerJ25840
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Grave 18. F. 6. Netherlands.8th February 1922CanadianPilotRCAF2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-01-21TyphoonIbPD601I8:XB-78 Eindhoven13:10Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
7 LippertJohn WilliamFlying OfficerJ27245
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Grave XXI. E. 5. France2nd July 1921 in Kitchener, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-30TyphoonIbMN793I8:ZB-9 Lantheuil15:15Bombing mission, FranceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
8 MahaganWilfred JosephFlight LieutenantJ11280
Noyers-Bocage Old Churchyard, Calvados, France19th January 1923 in TorontoCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-07TyphoonIbMN307I8:?RAF Hurn08:10Armed recceSee Archive Report for detailsMurderedParadie RCAF Database
9 McCarthyWalter JosephFlight LieutenantJ/11325USAPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1945-03-02TyphoonIbMN380I8-SB-78 Eindhoven12:00Armed recceDamaged by flak, crash landed at home base veering off runway and flipping over.SafeAccident report
10 McConveyCarl JosephWarrant Officer Class IIR148645
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetary, Calvados France. Grave XII. F. 7.19th December 1919 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-06TyphoonIBMN703I8:LB-9 Lantheuil19:20Armed recceVeered off runway during take off and perished in the explosion of one of his bombsKiAParadie RCAF database
11 McCurdyRoger Eugene GeorgeFlying OfficerJ21517
Bayeux War Cemetery, Grave XV. M. 25., Calvados, France19th February 1921 in Haileybury, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-08-13TyphoonIbMN720I8:WALG B-9 Lantheuil, France17:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
12 MilneRamsay HerbertFlying OfficerJ/16142 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-08-19TyphoonIbMN154I8-B-9 Lantheuil13:25Armed recceShot down by flak, baled successfully behind enemy lines and was captured.PoWAccident report
13 MitchellKenneth OsbornePilot OfficerJ19123Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Sec. R. 1931 Div. Grave 2720. United Kingdom.23rd January 1922 in Montreal, QuebecCanadianPilotRCAF143 Airfield, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-03-18TyphoonIbJR439I8:?RAF Ayr, Scotland10:45FerrySee archive report for detailsKilledParadie RCAF Database
14 HarwoodCharles Frederick JosephFlying OfficerJ17954
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Grave 14. D. 6. Germany2nd June 1919 in Windsor, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-24TyphoonIbMN453I8:?B-78 Eindhoven12:20Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
15 PassmoreGerald LeRoyFlying OfficerJ35987
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 12. D. 16. Germany.31st July 1923 of Hensall, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-02-02TyphoonIbPD493I8:FB-78 Eindhoven10:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
16 PeacockWilliam DempsayFlying OfficerJ26271
Bournemouth North Cemetery, Row H.4. Grave 90. United Kingdom1st April 1920 in Swastika, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Airfield, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-05-04TyphoonIbMN431I8:KRAF Hurn12:00RamrodSee archive report for detailsKilledLosses and Incidents Database
17 PentlandWilliam HarrySquadron LeaderJ3204
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Grave 7. C. 6., Germany4th May 1917 at Lake Saskatoon, AlbertaCanadianPilotDFC
RCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-10-07TyphoonIbMN641I8:JB-78 Eindhoven14:50Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
18 ReillyRobert JohnFlying OfficerJ38349
Mook War Cemetery, Grave Iii. C. 15., Netherlands.9th July 1921 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-11-18TyphoonIbMN475I8:AB-78 Eindhoven16:10Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
19 StultsDouglas ClairFlight LieutenantJ/10565 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-26TyphoonIbMN369I8-B-9 Lantheuil18:00Armed recceRight wing exploded off aircraft when cannons fired in attack dive over Rocquancourt. Pilot somehow managed to abandon aircraft and was rescued by friendly ground troops.Injured / BurnedAccident reportExplosion blew right wing off as pilot depressed the cannon firing button during the attack dive. Aircraft did 2 quick right spins sending pilot into a daze, he came to under his parachute clear of the aircraft. During his descent directly over the combat front, enemy small arms cut some parachute lines and grazed his elbow and left leg. Pilot hid in bushes evading enemy infantry and made it to nearby Canadian ground troops who brought him to a field hospital. Pilot was evacuated to the UK for treatment of his wounds which included 1st and 2nd degree burns to face and hands, and shrapnel wounds to back and wrist.
20 StusiakNicholas ‘Nick’Flying OfficerJ35984
Bournemouth North Cemetery, Row J.4. Grave 90. United Kingdom.19th May 1920 in Bienfait, SaskatchewanCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-05-27TyphoonIbMN342I8:PRAF Hurn11:25Test flightSee archive report for detailsKilledParadie RCAF database
21 SugdenAlfred William EdwardPilot OfficerJ90713
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Grave XV. D. 14. Netherlands12th May 1918 in Outremont, QuebecCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-03TyphoonIbMN251I8:FB-78 Eindhoven14:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKilledParadie RCAF Database
22 WarrellJohn FrancisFlying OfficerJ38833Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany; Grave 11. C. 17.25th June 1924 in Wroxeter, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-02-03TyphoonIbPD497I8:KB-78 Eindhoven09:50Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
23 WatkinsAlbert AllenFlying OfficerJ/26919 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-05-22TyphoonIbMN489I8-NRAF Hurn18:40Flak suppressionHit by intense flak, wing tank caught fire, abandoned over English Channel 5 miles from French coastRescuedAccident reportLed flak suppression effort during bombing attack on the giant Wuerzburg radar near Arromanches. Spent 5 1/2 days drifting in dinghy prior to rescue. Was delirious in hospital believing British medical staff were enemy and only giving name and serial number.
24 WatsonRichard ArthurWarrant Officer Class IIR/135831 CanadianPilotCroix de Guerre (France)

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
RCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-18TyphoonIbMN644I8-TB-9 Lantheuil07:55Armed recceHit by flak, abandoned near FrementelSafeAccident reportPilot walked back to unit in charge of 120 enemy prisonners the Canadian Army dumped on him.
25 WrightDonald VicarsFlying OfficerJ/12686CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-04-02HurricaneIVRAF FuntingtonFerryEngine failure in circuit, crash landed in field.InjuredAccident reportPilot suffered broken nose and facial lacerations. Grounded for 5 weeks followed by a 3 week refresher at an AFU.
26 DunkeldWilliam ThomasFlying OfficerJ25085
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Grave 8. D. 3. Netherlands10th September 1921 in Palmerston, OntarioAmericanPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-24TyphoonIbPD462I8:KB-78 Eindhoven12:35Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
27 AllmanLeonard RalphFlying OfficerJ13588
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Xiii. H. 13. France10th March 1919 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-06TyphoonIbMN428I8:ZRAF Hurn20:00Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
28 BernierHubert Roland BernierFlying OfficerJ/18676CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-24TyphoonIbMN457I8-RRAF Hurn21:50Armed recceTaxied into a parked aircraft damaging bothUninjuredAccident report
29 ByersHarold ‘Bugs’ NoelFlight LieutenantJ13485
Nederweert War Cemetery, IV. A. 8. Netherlands26th November 1919 in Melita, ManitobaCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-01-23TyphoonIbRB325I8:XB-78 Eindhoven15:00Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
30 ColvilleJohn Spencer ‘Sandy’Flying OfficerJ29167
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery XIX.A.621st June 1920 in Northumberland and Durham Counties, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-08-18TyphoonIbMN929I8:ZALG B.9 Lantheuil, France15:25Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
31 CrowleyFrancis JosephFlying OfficerJ26914 25th July 1921 in Toronto, Ontario.CanadianPilotRCAF143 Field, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-05-23TyphoonIbMN637I8:YRAF Hurn17:10Armed recceSee archive report for detailsRescuedParadie RCAF Database
32 CrowleyFrancis JosephFlying OfficerJ26914
Staphorst (Rouveen) New General Cemetery, Grave 125th July 1921 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-11-11TyphoonIbMP124I8:AB-78 Eindhoven16:00Dive BombingSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
33 CrowleyFrancis JosephFlying OfficerJ2691425th July 1921 in Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-09-10TyphoonIbMN796I8:?B-58 Melsbroek11:00Armed recceSee archive report for detailsInjuredParadie RCAF Database
34 CummingDuncan HerbertFlying OfficerJ25086
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Grave Xv. F. 15. Netherlands9th August 1921 of Toronto, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-24TyphoonIbMN665I8:XB-78 Eindhoven12:35Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
35 DewarJohn FraserFlying OfficerJ28180
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Xxvii. F. 2. France20th May 1924 in Melbourne county, Middlesex, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-08-12TyphoonIbMP122I8:TALG B-9 Lantheuil, France18:10Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
36 DoidgeRonald WilliamPilot OfficerJ26406 7th January 1923 in Windsor, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Field, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-07TyphoonIbMN257I8:DRAF Hurn08:25RamrodSee Archive report for detailsRescuedParadie RCAF Database
37 DoidgeRonald WilliamFlying OfficerJ26406
Hellendoorn General Cemetery, Grave 15. Netherlands.7th January 1923 in Windsor, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-10-20TyphoonIbPD469I8:EALG B-78 Eindhoven, Netherland08:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
38 DuncanJack LindsayPilot OfficerJ/90433 USAPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-11-21TyphoonIbPD523I8-YB-78 Eindhoven10:35Armed recceDamaged by flak, crash landed behind enemy lines and was captured. Tortured by the Gestapo.PoWAccident report
39 AistropCharles SidneyFlight LieutenantJ13484
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 25. F. 16. Germany3rd January 1920 in Renfrew County, OntarioCanadianPilotAFC
RCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-10-06TyphoonIbMN805I8:DB-78 Eindhoven08:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
40 FlanaganEdward TheodorePilot OfficerJ/89136 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1945-01-01TyphoonIbMN569I8-B-78 Eindhoven09:20Armed recceWounded by bomb blast while taxiing during the Luftwaffe air raid on the airfield (Bodenplatte)InjuredAccident report
41 FlintoftJohn DavidsonFlying OfficerJ/37127 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1945-02-24TyphoonIbPD592I8-LB-78 Eindhoven11:30Armed recceDuring attack dive near Enschede, hit by flak in cooling system. Crash landed in field near Hengelo NL.Evaded captureAccident reportHidden by Dutch locals in Hengelo private homes until 1 April when he reported (with 3 German prisonners in tow) to British troops liberating the town.
42 FromboloAnthonyFlying OfficerJ/28761 USAPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-11-28TyphoonIbMP183I8-HB-78 Eindhoven11:35Armed recceHit by flak before reaching target, abandoned aircraft near Papenbeek NLPoWAccident report
43 GarsideStanley VincentFlight LieutenantJ5058
Commemorated Bayeux War Cemetery, Xv. E. 21. France28th November 1919 in Edmonton, AlbertaCanadianPilotRCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-07TyphoonIBMN548I8:FRAF Hurn08:20Armed recceSee Archive report for detailsKiAParadie RCAF Database
44 GibbsWilliam RobertFlying OfficerJ27239
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 279. United Kingdom28th October 1923 in Peterborough, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAF2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-02-28TyphoonIbRB338I8:KB-78 Eindhoven10:25Armed recceSee archive report for detailsMiAParadie RCAF Database
45 GohlJames GarfieldFlight LieutenantJ8356
Runnymede Memorial. Panel 24413th June 1920​ in Roland.CanadianPilotMiD

Air Medal (USA)
RCAF143 Airfield, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12TyphoonIbMN115I8:?RAF Hurn21:50Ground strikes - FranceSee archive report for detailsMiAParadie RCAF Database Accident report
46 GordonJohn Alexander DouglasFlying OfficerJ/27210 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-05-03TyphoonIbJR431I8-RAF Hurn17:30Anti-ShippingHit by flak from 4 enemy gunships protecting a beached destroyer. Engine seized, just cleared cliffs on RTB and crash landed short of runway at RAF PredannackSafeAccident Report
47 GordonNelson LeslieFlight SergeantR/176568 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-07-26TyphoonIbMN403I8-JB-9 Lantheuil18:00BombingHit by flak in cooling system, abandoned near CaenSafeAccident reportLater commisioned SN J/88818 KIFA 1 Feb 1945 at 56 OTU
48 GordonNelson LeslieFlight SergeantR/176568 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-09-09TyphoonIbMN817I8-B-58 Melsbroek13:25Armed recceHit by flak, glycol leak, force landed successfully near BrusselsSafeAccident reportLater commisioned SN J/88818 KIFA 1 Feb 1945 at 56 OTU
49 GrayRobert McLaurinFlying OfficerJ/41885CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1945-02-28TyphoonIbMN581I8-B-78 Eindhoven10:45Armed recceHit in port wing just outside of bomb rack by very accurate (radar directed) light flak through 10/10 cloud cover. Pilot jettisoned bombs and returned to base for an emergency landing.SafeAccident report
50 HardyHarry James HenryFlying OfficerJ/59025 CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF440Sqn RCAF
1944-12-25TyphoonIbMP149I8-PB-78 Eindhoven11:05Armed recceHit by flak, abandoned aircraft near EindhovenSafeAccident Report

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