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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 | Roberts | A C | Sergeant | Pilot | Fighter | 452Sqn RAAF | 1941-07-11 | Spitfire | II | P7562 | Sweep | Baled out near Calais | Evaded | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Nattrass | O J | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn | 1944-11-28 | Halifax | III | MZ789 | ZA-H | Melbourne | 232 | Essen | Crash landed at Guines {Pas-de-Calais} | ||||||||||||||
3 | Oakley | M A | Flying Officer | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
4 | Oxborrow | R | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Longuenesse {St-Omer} Souvenir Cemetery | |||||||||||||
5 | Parsons | A S | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 550Sqn | 1944-08-31 | Lancaster | I | NF962 | BQ-V | North Killingholme | 1307 | Agenville | Crashed at l'Etoile {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Abbeville Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||
6 | Patrick | R J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
7 | Pearsall | A L | Flying Officer | AUS-408266 | Pilot | RAAF | Fighter | 16Sqn | 1944-03-08 | Spitfire | PRXI | PA863 | Sortie | Abandoned near Calais | Killed | Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom | |||||||||||||
8 | Peterkin | John Douglas | Flight Lieutenant | 77123 | Australian | Pilot | RAAF | Bomber Command | 141 Sqn | 1944-07-05 | Mosquito | II | DZ310 | TW:Z | West Raynham | 23:25 | BS | Serrate patrol heading for northern France. Crashed 00:36 about 1 km S of Wattan (Pas-de-Calais), 9 km NNW of St-Omer. Claimed as a probable by Uffz. Heinz Irmer, his 1st Abschuss, from 6./KG51 NW of Caen an 1500m at 02:38 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten) | Evader | Captured by 3 German soldiers. Fainted soon after capture and escaped. Return to England 9th September 1944 | |||||||||
9 | Riordan | L M | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 15Sqn | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | I | LM109 | LS-E | Mildenhall | 1648 | Calais | Crashed target area | ||||||||||||||
10 | Nallen | C P | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944-06-03 | Lancaster | III | ND841 | F2-D | Downham Market | .0028. | Calais | Crashed on take off | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery | ||||||||||||
11 | Smith | S W | Warrant Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
12 | Smith | Allan James | Flight Sergeant | 422656 | 25th June 1921 in Newtown, New South Wales | Australian | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 261 | Son of James Matthew and Arm Smith, of Newtown, New South Wales. Fiancee to M. Hyland of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||
13 | Spencer | R B | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 514Sqn | 1944-06-15 | Lancaster | II | DS816 | JI-O | Waterbeach | 2308 | Valenciennes | Crashed at Croisilles {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Croisilles British Cemetery | ||||||||||||
14 | Thompson | D McN | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 192Sqn | 1944-07-04 | Halifax | III | LW621 | DT-Q | Fiskerton | 2349 | BS | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
15 | Tottenham | A B | Flight Lieutenant | DFC | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||
16 | Tudberry | J | Flying Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn | 1944-11-28 | Halifax | III | MZ789 | ZA-H | Melbourne | 232 | Essen | Crash landed at Guines {Pas-de-Calais} | ||||||||||||||
17 | Turnbull | W J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
18 | Whitefield | Cyril Franklyn | Sergeant | 1425903 | Air Gunner (Mid Upper) | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 240 | Son of John and of Mary Anne (née Smith) Whitefield , of Hayes, Middlesex. | |||||||||
19 | Fletcher | Irvin Bowles | Sergeant | 1594462 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | PoW | Second to bail out of the aircraft. He was captured by the Germans and held in custody with Sgt. Burns and Flt Sgt. Michelmore from the morning of the 25th until the 30th September when the Germans who were holding him surrendered to Canadian forces. Commissioned and promoted to Plt Off (188994) on the 19th May 1944. London Gazette 2nd February 1945 | ||||||||||
20 | Adams | Denis Gordon | Sergeant | Aus/402335 | Australia | Pilot | RAAF | Bomber Command | 18Sqn | 1941-09-04 | Blenheim | IV | Z7296 | WV-P | Horsham St Faiths | 1501 | Circus 93 | Hit by flak and shot down fighter. Crashed near St. Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France | PoW No. 9621 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria - L3 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
21 | Ardis | D C | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
22 | Bowman | N J | Pilot Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
23 | Brookman | R C | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
24 | Brown | G A | Flying Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
25 | Burns | Sydney George | Flight Sergeant | 429919 | Australian | Bomb Aimer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | PoW | He was the first to bail out at about 1000 ft, followed by Flt Sgt. Michelmore and Sgt. Fletcher. Flt Sgt. Burns was captured by the Germans. Held in custody with Flt Sgt. Michelmore and Sgt. Fletcher from the morning of the 25th until the 30th September when the Germans who were holding him surrendered to Canadian forces. | |||||||||
26 | Creber | W S | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 83Sqn | 1944-05-19 | Wellington | III | BK463 | Peplow | Nickel | Crashed Eps {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | St-Pol-sur-Ternoise War Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
27 | Dillon | B G D | Warrant Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
28 | Acres | R J | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
29 | Giddings | L V | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
30 | Hainsworth | N | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
31 | Jennings | D R | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 115Sqn | 1944-08-08 | Lancaster | I | LM166 | KO-Y | Witchford | 2153 | Lucheux | Crashed at Grand-Rulfecourt {Pas-de-Calais} | Evader | |||||||||||||
32 | Johnston | James | Sergeant | 156817 | Air Gunner (Rear) | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | Killed | Calais Canadian Military Cemetery, Leubringhen, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 12 | His remains were found buried in a sand dune NE of Calais just on the outskirts of the town. It appears that the body was buried by civilians and a cross gave his name and number. | |||||||||
33 | Jones | Richard Allan | Flying Officer | 419511 | 26th January 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales | Canadian | Pilot | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 257 | Son of Richard Alfred and Gwendoline Grace Jones, of Balwyn, Victoria, Australia | |||||||
34 | Michelmore | Douglas | Flight Sergeant | 423809 | Australian | Navigator | RAAF | Bomber Command | 463 Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | DV171 | JO:Y | Waddington | 17:36 | Calais | The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered. | PoW | Third to bail out and saw no other parachutes on his way down. He was captured by the Germans and held in custody with Sgt. Burns and Sgt Fletcher from the morning of the 25th until the 30th September when the Germans who were holding him surrendered to Canadian forces. | |||||||||
35 | Millar | J O | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 467Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-24 | Lancaster | III | LM636 | PO-U | Waddington | 1723 | Calais | Crashed target area | Killed | Calais Canadian War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
36 | Morris | J E | Flying Officer | Bomber Command | 463Sqn RAAF | 1944-09-26 | Lancaster | III | LM587 | JO-L | Waddington | Cap Griz Nez | Crashed at Wissant {Pas-de-Calais} | Killed | Wissant Communal Cemetery |
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