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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* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Thomas	James Matthew	Sergeant	798547				UK	Air Gunner	Later - DFM. DFC	RAFVR	Fighter Command	60 Operational Training Unit	1941-08-20	Defiant		V1180		RAF East Fortune	1040	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Injured			Archive Report
2	Vatcher	Walter Cyril	Flying Officer	146339		France, Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Viii. E. 3.	Age 24			DFC	RAFVR		174Sqn	1944-07-26									Killed		Son Of Frederick And Ada Maud Vatcher, Of Rose Blanche, Newfoundland.
3	Vatcher	Richard Robert	Pilot Officer	J/90070		Germany, Hamburg Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4A. C. 1-3.	Age 20				RCAF		426Sqn	1944-07-29									Killed		Son Of Stephen And Mabel Vatcher, Of Kenogami, Province Of Quebec, Canada.	Paradie Canadian Archive
4	Vatcher	Robert Phillips	Flying Officer	J/21798		United Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 54. I. 10.	Age 25				RCAF		412Sqn RCAF	1944-06-29									Killed		Son Of Samuel Parsons Vatcher And Hazel Phillips Vatcher, Of Bellerose, New York, U.S.A.	Paradie Canadian Archive
5	Vatcher	R R	Sergeant			Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	VII	LW208	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	2237	Hamburg	Crashed near Quarnstedt	Killed	Paradie Archive Database
6	Vatcher	Walter Cyril	Flying Officer	146339	Courtesy Julian Proddow	Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Grave VIII. E. 3	7th February 1920 in Newfoundland, Canada	Canada	Pilot	DFC MiD	RAFVR	Fighter Command	174Sqn	1944-07-26	Typhoon	Ib	MN525	XP:B	ALG B.2 Bazenville		Armed Reconnaisance	See archive report for further brief details	KiA		Enlisted 20th July 1940. Later commissioned on 28th April 1943 Son of Frederick and Ada Maud Vatchcr, of Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, Canada. Grave inscription: 'A Thought Of You, Dear Walter. Our Hearts Long For You. Mamma, Daddy And Brothers'.	Archive Report
7	Vatcher	Walter Cyril	Sergeant	146339	Courtesy Julian Proddow			Canada	Pilot	Later - MiD. DFC	RAFVR	Fighter Command	60 Operational Training Unit	1941-08-20	Defiant		V1180		RAF East Fortune	1040	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Injured		Born on the 7th February 1920 in Newfoundland, Canada. Enlisted 20th July 1940. Later commissioned on 28th April 1943 Son of Frederick and Ada Maud Vatchcr, of Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, Canada	Archive Report