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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	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Cooch	Charles William	Sergeant	158116			W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	South Wraxall Churchyard (St. James) Row C. Grave 4		Read Archive Report
2	Young	William Horace	Sergeant	1863094			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Southampton Cemetery (Hollybrook). Sec. M. 10. Grave 51		Read Archive Report
3	Todd	Cecil	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/411795		New Zealand	Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2. Grave 218		Read Archive Report Son Of Alexander Gilbert And Ada Evelyn Todd, Of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.	AircrewDeaths39-47 database
4	Todd	Cecil	Flight Lieutenant	411795	Age 22				RNZAF		7Sqn (RAF)	1944-05-05									Killed	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 218.		Son Of Alexander Gilbert And Ada Evelyn Todd, Of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.	Allied Losses Database Read Archive Report
5	Spencer	Kenneth	Warrant Officer	614042			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Haley Hill Church Cemetery (All Souls). Sec. B. Grave 183		Read Archive Report
6	Pratt	B N	Sergeant	1262759						Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-08-02	Lancaster	III	JA906	PO-			Hamburg	?	Killed	Long Bennington
7	Pratt	Benjamin	Sergeant	1262759	Age				RAFVR		467Sqn (RAAF)	1943-08-03									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave A.3.
8	Phillips	Herbert Weston	Flight Sergeant	2200275	Age 19				RAFVR		158Sqn	1944-03-22									Killed	Belgium, Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Row 2. Grave 25.		Son Of Herbert And Mary Cordon Phillips, Of Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire.
9	Mayhew	Denis John	Flight Sergeant	1414791			Air/Bmr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Brompton Cemetery.Plot O. Grave 192863		Read Archive Report
10	Matthews	Douglas Garnet	Flight Sergeant	1580013			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Birmingham Cemetery (Yardley). Grave 43869		Read Archive Report
11	Landry	Rene Rodger	Flight Sergeant	R/100254	Age 23				RCAF		100Sqn (RAF)	1943-03-05									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave A.2.			Paradie Canadian Archive
12	Dyde	Frederick William	Flight Sergeant	518808	Age 28				RAF		207Sqn	1943-10-02									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave B.3.
13	Cumberbatch	Grey Doyle	Sergeant	1383404	Age 21				RAFVR		100Sqn	1943-03-05									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave B.2.
14	Avey	Gerald Russell	Flight Sergeant	R/99993	Age				RCAF		100Sqn (RAF)	1943-03-05									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave B.1.			Paradie Canadian Archive
15	Carson	Adrian Leslie Bernard	Flight Sergeant	NZ/411347	Age 32	New Zealand	Air/Bmr	DFM	RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	RAF Oakington	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2. Grave 220 Son Of William Daniel And Nellie Margaret Carson, Of Brunswick, Wellington, New Zealand.		Read Archive Report Died in the crash of Avro Lancaster ND906. The aircraft took off from RAF Oakington for a training flight. Emerged from cloud and crashed near Ashby St Ledgers, NW of Northampton.
16	Brown	Reginald Alfred	Sergeant	614115	1920		Air Gunner		RAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1942-06-25	Halifax	II	W1067	EY-	Middleton St George	2300	Bremen	Claim by Uffz Heinz Vinke 5/NJG2 IJsselmeer North of Molkwerum at 0042. Crashed into the IJsselmeer	PoW No. 311 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow/Stalag 357 Kopernikus Died on 22 April 1945	Runnymede Memorial Panel 269.		Promoted to WO whilst as a PoW. WO Brown was one of probably four PoWs who died on 22 April 1945 possibly due to an attack by Mosquitoes. His grave has been lost in the mists of time. Son of Alfred and Ellen Brown; husband of Audrey Brown, of Bennington, Hertfordshire
17	Brown	Reginald Alfred	Warrant Officer	614115	Age 25				RAF		78Sqn	1945-04-22									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 269.		Son Of Alfred And Ellen Brown; Husband Of Audrey Brown, Of Bennington, Hertfordshire.
18	Broemeling	A J	Flight Sergeant	R121904					RCAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-01-16	Lancaster	I	ED360	PO-D					Killed	Long Bennington	Paradie Archive Database
19	Broemeling	Alvin John	Flight Sergeant	R/1219014	Age 20				RCAF		467Sqn (RAAF)	1943-01-16									Killed	United Kingdom, Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard, Grave A.1.			Paradie Canadian Archive
20	Bolter	Alec John	Flying Officer	184364	Age 27		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1945-01-07	Lancaster	III	PB586	EA-V	RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire	1650	Munchen	See archive report for further information	Killed	Villeneuve-St-Georges Old Communal Cemetery, France. Coll. Grave 104		Son of Henry and Ellen (née Clements) Bolter and younger brother of Marjorie, Doris, Ethel, and Arthur Bolter of Bennington, Hertfordshire. Further information: Born on the 24th of August 1918 and known as “Jack” by family and friends. Educated at Alleynes School, he played cricket as a member of the X1 team also excelling at chess, becoming secretary of the school chess and draughts club. After leaving school he was employed by Reekes and Goode of Hertford and in less than three years had become a licentiate of the Institute of auctioneers and estate agents, having passed all his exams with honours. In 1939 Alec was called up and stationed at a searchlight station in South Wales where he met his future wife. However he found it tedious and in 1941 transferred to the RAF. When he was due to be posted to the USA for pilot training, via Toronto, completing the course in just over a year (training in an AT-6 Texan plane) and proudly wearing his wings. He married Dorothy Cook in June 1942 at Caerleon, Newport, Monmouthshire before being posted onto an Instructors course, a position that left him bored and hoping for operational duties. He completed his training with distinction and went on to become a pilot instructor until October 1944 when he joined 49 Squadron.	Read Archive Report
21	Bennington	Ian Campbell	Flying Officer	424963	Age 34				RNZAF		7Sqn (RAF)	1944-05-05									Killed	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 219.		Son Of Norman Joseph Bennington And Of Evelyn May Bennington (Nee Cotter); Husband Of Marjorie Bennington, Of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand.	Allied Losses Database Read Archive Report
22	Bennington	Douglas Edward	Sergeant	33244	Age 21				RAAF			1943-08-11									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 195.
23	Bennington	Douglas Edward	Sergeant	33244		Australia			RAAF		10Sqn RAAF	1943-08-11											RAAF Honour Roll
24	Bennington	Gerald Walter	Flight Sergeant	1593461			Flight Engineer	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	582Sqn	1945-02-23	Lancaster	III	PB538	6O:M	RAF Little Staughton	16:36	Pforzheim, Germany	See Archive report for details	Returned				Read Archive Report
25	Bennington	Ian Campbell	Flying Officer	NZ/424963			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2. Grave 219		Read Archive Report	Aircrew Deaths 39-47 Database