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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 CritchleyDenis JamesFlight SergeantBritishNavRAFVRBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAFVR navigator 1684278 Flight Sergeant Denis James Critchley (23) born 03 March 1921 son of Frederick Critchley; husband of Gertrude Critchley, of Gorton, Manchester was KIA and initially buried in Plot 2A, Row 3 Grave 79 of the Krefeld Bochum Cemetery. On 28 November 1946 a British Army Graves Concentration unit reinterred Sergeant Critchley in Plot 2, Row E, Grave No.14 of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He is commemorated, on Panel 150 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
2 ElyVivian CliveFlying OfficerAustraliaPilotRAAFBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAAF Honour RollRAAF pilot 426221 Flying Officer Vivian Clive Ely (23) born 22 July 1921in Caboolture, Queensland the son of Edward and Annie Ely (nee Durham) of Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland; wife of Olga Margaret Ely of Ascot, Brisbane was KIA and has no known grave. He is commemorated on Panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT; on Panel 283 of the Air Forces Runnymede Memorial at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK; and, on Panel 232 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire. He is also honoured on the Tewantin War Memorial on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

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3 HeringJohn HubertFlying OfficerAustraliaW/OpRAAFBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAAF wireless operator 419001 Flying Officer John Hubert Hering (25) born 21 August 1919 the son of Edward Theodore and Julia Marie Hering, of Geelong, Victoria was KIA. He is buried in Plot 2, Row E, Grave No.11 of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He is commemorated on Panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT; and, on Panel 181 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
4 HetheringtonRodneySergeantBritishFERAFVRBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAFVR flight engineer 1826680 Sergeant Rodney Hetherington (20) born 13 October 1924 the son of Thomas and Doris Hetherington, of Lazenby, Cumberland was KIA and has no known grave. He is commemorated on Panel 275 of the Air Forces Runnymede Memorial at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK; and, on Panel 181 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
5 MillhousePeterFlying OfficerBritishBARAFVRBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAVR bomb aimer 153804 Flying Officer Peter Millhouse (22) born 26 November 1922 son of Wilfred and Edith Lily Millhouse, of Filton, Gloucestershire was KIA and has no known grave. He is commemorated on Panel 267 of the Air Forces Runnymede Memorial at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK; and, on Panel 212 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
6 OgilvieMatthewSergeantBritishAGRAFVRBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAFVR air gunner 1595990 Sergeant Matthew Ogilvie (22) born 22 June 1922 Dunscroft, Doncaster was KIA and initially buried in Plot 2A, Row 3 Grave 78 of the Krefeld Bochum Cemetery. On 28 November 1946 a British Army Graves Concentration unit reinterred Matthew in Plot 2, Row E, Grave No.15 of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He is commemorated, on Panel 220 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
7 RobinsonGeoffreyFlight SergeantBritishAGRAFVRBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ461Z5-GFoulsham1705BSDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAFVR air gunner 1595325 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Robinson (21) born 10 October 1923 in Leeds the son of Harry and Laura Robinson, of Barwick-In-Elmet, Yorkshire was KIA. He is buried in Plot 2, Row E, Grave No.13 of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He is commemorated, on Panel 234 of The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre on Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire..Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
8 SandayGeorge Edgar ArthurBritishFERAFVRBomber Command462SqnHalifaxlllMZ461Z5-GDeparted Foulsham at 1705hrs as one of ten 462Sqn Halifaxes for a Windows RCM flight and Windows Spoof raid in support of a small (74 aircraft) diversionary sweep toward northern France. 462Sqn was specifically tasked to attack the German town of Neuss in the Ruhr area of Germany. In addition to the normal load of windows and jamming equipment, the aircraft carried 1 x 500lb GP bombs and 3 x Cluster Projectile 750lb No.15 Mk I (each containing 158 x 4lb incendiary bomblets).The aircraft failed to return and was listed as MIA. On 22 March 1945 the fate of the aircraft and crew became known when a message from 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft) stated the remains of the aircraft was found near Krefeld (Map Reference A185020). Three unidentifiable remains were found in the wreckage but no sign of the other (5) crewmen. Aircraft was totally destroyed and classified as Cat E2. German records showed the aircraft was shot down NW of Krefeld at 1950hrs by a Bf.109 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kreibaum of III./NJG11. The German report stated: “...crashed in flames by the bridge between Anrath and Viersen, with the loss of all on-board. Kreibaum himself was forced to bail out of his Bf109 shortly afterward, due to an engine fire. His Messerschmitt went down in the area between Anrath and Meersen”.KilledRAFVR flight engineer 1896933 Sergeant George Arthur Edgar Sanday (40) born in Worcester on 16 September 1904 the son of William Thomas Croft Sanday and Emma Jane Sanday (nee Taylor); Husband of Phoebe Eileen Sanday, of Hindon, Wiltshire was KIA. George was initially buried in Plot F, Row 2, Grave 48 of the Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten located in Margraten 10km east of Maastricht. On 29 April 1947 a British Army Graves Concentration Unit reinterred the body in Plot VII, Row G, Grave No.12 of the Venray (British) War Cemetery located some 40kms east of Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is also remembered on the Hindon War Memorial in Wiltshire.Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive

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