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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Burke | Mervyn Kevin | Flight Sergeant | 403183 | 13 Jun 1918, Gugong NSW, Sydney | Australian | Air Gunner | RAAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. grave 11 | Son of Alfred Joseph and Alison Ann Burke, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||
2 | Gervais | Edward Emile | Pilot Officer | J/15815 | 26 Mar 1920 | Canadian | Navigator | RCAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 13 | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||
3 | Kaufman | John Hyman | Sergeant | 1255416 | Bomb Aimer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 13 | ||||||||||
4 | Ott | John | Flight Sergeant | R/4418 | 1918 | Canadian | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. grave 12 | Paradie Archive Database | Son of Howard and Flora J. Ott; husband of Mary Arm Ott, of Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada ottx | ||||||
5 | Rankin | John Maxwell | Sergeant | R/62139 | 17 Oct 1921 | Canadian | Flight Engineer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 0.0019 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2.10 | Paradie Archive Database | Son of Joseph and Jane Stevenson Rankin, of Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||
6 | Sheldon | William | Flight Sergeant | 1112127 | 1921 | Radio Operator / Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 13 | Son of Frank and Mabel Sheldon, of Dronfield, Derbyshire | ||||||||
7 | Webb | William Miskimon | Pilot Officer | J/15991 | 7 Dec 1914 | Canadian | Pilot | RCAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-23 | Halifax | II | W1274 | LQ-R | Topcliffe | 19 | Flensburg | Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 13 | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||
8 | Webb | William Miskimon | Sergeant | 7 Dec 1914 | Canadian | Pilot | RCAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1942-09-10 | Halifax | II | BB212 | LQ-P | Topcliffe | 2004 | Dusseldorf | Hit by flak over Germany and the captain ordered his crew to bale out after losing control. Both air gunners complied with these orders but the pilot was then able to regain control and, despite the damage, he made a return to Topcliffe airfield. The wireless operator had left his normal position in the a/c to occupy the rear turret for the return trip to protect the a/c and was in this position on landing at 0112 hours. The a/c landed then crashed into the parked 419 Sqn Wellington BJ887. The aircraft was later repaired | Injured, Killed in Action 24 Sep 1942 | Paradie Archive Database | 405 Sqn Halifax W1274 LQ-R |
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