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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary

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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Bender	Milton Wood	Pilot Officer	173405			Flight Engineer	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Esbjerg War Cemetery. Grave A.7.11		Son of Samuel and Rose Bender, of Golders Green, Middlesex, England.	Read Archive Report
2	Billett	Clive	Flight Sergeant	414191	Born on the 27th July 1918	Australian	Bomb Aimer		RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Esbjerg War Cemetery. Grave A.7.9		Son of John Charles and Mary Kate Elizabeth May Billett, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Read Archive Report
3	Chapman	Leslie Harold	Flight Sergeant	410641	Born on the 20th July 1923	Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Esbjerg War Cemetery. Grave A.7.10.		Son of Harold Henry and May Chapman, of Stawell, Victoria, Australia	Read Archive Report
4	Crosby	Peter Alan	Flying Officer	416656	Born on the 07th June 1923	Australian	Pilot	DFC	RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Esbjerg War Cemetery. Grave A.7.7		Son of Wilfred Alan and Vera Maud Crosby, of 35 Waratah Street, Seacliff, South Australia	Read Archive Report
5	Hodge	Frederick Stanley	Flight Sergeant	426100	Born on the 03rd April 1923	Australian	Air Gunner	DFM	RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 3518 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug		courtesy Australian Archives	Son of George and Marie Hodge of Burnett Heads, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	Read Archive Report
6	Robb	Laurence William	Flying Officer	418879	Born on the 20th November 1910	Australian	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Esbjerg War Cemetery. Grave A.7.8.		Son of William George and Elizabeth Anne Robb and husband of Irene Beatrice Robb, of Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia	Read Archive Report
7	Suffren	Charles Edward	Pilot Officer	409280		Australian	Navigator	DFC	RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-04-09	Lancaster	I	ME663	AR-M	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:20	Gardening	See archive report for further details	PoW - seriously injured - died later on the 16th February 1945	Durnbach War Cemetery 2.H.22.	courtesy Australian Archives	Son of Charles Edward and Euphemia Mabel Suffren, of 118 Frank Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Read Archive Report

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