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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
101 AideLouis LyndeFlight Lieutenant PassengerC/16471CanadaRCAFBomber CommandNo. 3 Service Flying Training School1945-05-16Avro AnsonV12478Not known RCAF Currie Field, Calgary, Canada Take off time not known - crash time 1530Ferry FlightAircraft malfunction - Crashed 7.5 miles NNW Ponoka, Alberta, CanadaKilledHardisty Cemetery. Lot 10. Block A
Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
102 AikenDavidPilot Officer W/Op Air GunnerJ/18207RCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-06-25HalifaxIIJB858EQ-SRAF Leeming, Yorkshire2324GelsenkirchenCrashed Holtwick, GermanyKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 12.D.3.Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
103 AikenDouglas EarlPilot OfficerJ858229th June 1921 in Sarnia, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command44 Sqn
1944-06-24LancasterIIIND751KM:JDunholme Lodge23:30PommervalND751 was claimed by Oblt Heinz Rokker 2/NJG2 - South of Dieppe: 2,800m at 00:16. ((Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Fell at Criquetot-sur-Longueville (Seine-Maritime), 17 km sputh of DieppeKilledCriquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, British Plot. Joint grave 2
Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Norman Russell and Loretta Mae (née Hillier) Aiken, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
104 AikensS JFlight SergeantR/77762CanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1945-01-05Halifax VIINP759QO-CEast Moor 19:30HannoverExploded in mid air, crashed at Lichenhorst-SteimbkePoWAccident report
105 AileyJ DFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-06-27HalifaxIIW1175LQ-QPocklington2332BremenPresumed lost over the seaKilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
106 AinsworthL PPilot OfficerBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-03-29HalifaxIIJB860VR-Middleton St George2131BerlinOvershot on return
107 AinsworthR ESergeantBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-12-02HalifaxIIIMZ807BM-CSkipton On Swale1749HagenKilledCholoy War Cemetery France
108 AistropCharles SidneyFlight LieutenantJ134843rd January 1920 in Renfrew County, OntarioCanadianPilotAFC
RCAF143 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1944-10-06TyphoonIbMN805I8:DB-78 Eindhoven08:30Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAReichswald Forest War Cemetery, 25. F. 16. Germany
Paradie RCAF Database
109 AitchisonEdward GrantFlight LieutenantJ/8387CanadianPilotRCAFFighter403Sqn RCAF
1945-03-31SpitfireXVITB737KH-B-78 Eindhoven06:35RecceShot down by flak while dive bombing a trainKilledNederweert War Cemetery, Grave IV. B. 5., Netherlands.
Paradie RCAF DatabaseArchive Report
110 AitchisonH MPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-09-15WellingtonIcX9759AA-FeltwellHamburg?KilledHamburg CemeteryParadie Archive Database
111 AitkenJ WFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1945-03-20LancasterXKB786VR-PMiddleton St George151HeideCrashed at OdderadePoW Paradie Archive Database
112 AitkenG ESergeantRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-10-22HalifaxVLK959ZL-DLeeming1736KasselCrashed at OstayenKilledBergen op Zoom
Paradie Archive Database
113 AitkenG SFlight SergeantPilotFighter403Sqn RCAF
1942-06-02SpitfireVbW3564KRodeoAbandoned off Dover
114 AitkenG DSergeantPilotFighter403Sqn RCAF
1943-03-13SpitfireIXBR630Ramrod
115 AitonHPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-02-24HalifaxVLK907WL-MCroft1704Air TestCrash landed at base on returnParadie Archive Database
116 AkinThomas BernardFlight Lieutenant PassengerC/4306CanadaRCAFBomber CommandNo. 3 Service Flying Training School1945-05-16Avro AnsonV12478Not known RCAF Currie Field, Calgary, Canada Take off time not known - crash time 1530Ferry FlightAircraft malfunction - Crashed 7.5 miles NNW Ponoka, Alberta, CanadaKilled Falmouth (Centre Falmouth) Cemetery. Family plot
Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
117 AlbersM MFlying OfficerBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1944-01-02HalifaxIIILV828ZL-Leeming1950Cross Country and Fuel consumption TestCrashed 22:17 approximately 1 mile from RAF Grafton Underwood 3 miles ENE of Kettering. All went well until a few moments before 22:00, when the port motors of the bomber became unserviceable. After ordering his crew to stand by to abandon the aircraft, he ordered his crew to bale out whilst he valiantly held the aircraft steady so as to insure the maximum of safety for his crew as they parachuted to safety, one by oneSurvived - Bailed out Paradie Archive Database
118 AlbertJoseph Henry YvonSergeantJ/88332Air BomberRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1944-11-02HalifaxIIILW395KW-O RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire 1847Training See archive report for full details KilledPershore Cemetery. Plot R. Grave 109Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
119 AlbertJohn AmosSergeantR/134836Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-08-31HalifaxVEB251ZL-TRAF Leeming, Yorkshire2020Berlin See archive report for further details KilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 26.D.10 Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
120 AlbertsEdward LloydPilot Officer Air BomberJ/85518RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-04-22LancasterIIIJB684LQ-UGransden Lodge2223LaonCrashed Conde-sur-Aisne {Aisne}KilledConde-sur-Aisne Communal Cemetery Grave 1 Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
121 AlbrechtOscar JacobWarrant Officer Class 2J92032CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command101 Sqn
1944-04-27LancasterILL750SR:PLudford Magna21:40FriedrichshafenSee Archive Report for detailsKilledVevey (St. Martin’s) Cemetery Grave 93Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Louis B. and Elizabeth Albrecht, husband of Julia O'Connor Albrecht, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
122 AlbreyTrevor AlexanderSergeant425583New ZealandWireless Op/Air GunnerRNZAFEastern Air Command34 OTU RCAF1943-08-10VenturaVFN973RCAF Pennfield Ridge20:55TrainingCrashed into Bay of FundyMissingOttawa Memorial, Panel 3 Column 1. CanadaAccident report
123 AlbrightFrederick BruceFlight Sergeant PilotR/76714RCAFBomber Command21 OTU
1942-06-01WellingtonICW5618?-WRAF Moreton-in-Marsh2307Essen Shot down by night fighter - crashed at Moustier Sur Sambre, Belgium KilledCharleroi Communal Cemetery. Joint grave. Row V. 22-23.Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
124 AlbrightRobert BakerFlight SergeantJ155901916CanadianPilot (Skipper)RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-07-23HalifaxIIW7769LQ-KPocklington37DuisburgJust before 0500 the a/c was in the circuit of Pocklington airfield prior to landing when the port outer engine failed. This failure was due to a coolant leak which led to the engine overheating. Around the moment the engine caught fire the flight engineer assumed that the failure was down to a fuel supply shortage to the engine so switched the fuel cocks that supplied the fuel to both port engines. This resulted in the port inner engine's fuel supply being cut off. The a/c swung, and the port wing dropped causing a loss of control resulting in the a/c diving into the ground. It crashed into houses and then the school on New Street in Pocklington. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)KilledBarmby on the Moor (St Catherine) Churchyard Row G Grave 1. Paradie Archive Database Posthumously promoted to Plt.Off
125 AlcazarW ESergeantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-06-29HalifaxIIW7715LQ-HPocklington2304BremenCrashed at BorgermoorKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
126 AldcornW FFlight SergeantPilotFighter412Sqn RCAF
1942-08-19SpitfireVbBL587RecceAbandoned
127 AlderC DSergeantR4607RCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1943-04-26WellingtonXHE771PT-CroftDuisburgCrashed on return to baseKilledDarlington {West} Paradie Archive Database
128 AlderdiceWilliam YarrSergeant1056825W/Op/Air/GunnerRAFVRBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1942-04-28HampdenIAE426EQ-WRAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire2201Kiel See archive report for full details KilledOhlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany. Joint grave: 4A.G.9-10 Read Archive Report
129 AldersonJohn GordonSergeantR/89283Flight EngineerRCAFBomber Command106Sqn
1943-04-30LancasterIED451ZN-ORAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire2355Essen See archive report for further information KilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. 17. B. 13 Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
130 AldersonErnest HenryFlight SergeantR12317418th May 1914 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, EnglandCanadianAir Gunner (Rear)RCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-05-23HalifaxIIJB841EQ:KRAF Leeming23:06DortmundSee archive report for detailsKiAReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 3.D.6Paradie Archive Database
131 AldersonRFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-11-02HalifaxVIINP686OW-TLinton on Ouse1615DusseldorfCrash landed at Namur Belgium Paradie Archive Database
132 AldousGeorge EdwardSergeant1527318Air Gunner (Mid Upper)RAFVRBomber Command426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF
1943-10-07LancasterIIDS689OW:SLinton on Ouse20:32StuttgartSee Archive report for detailsKiARachecourt-sur-Blaise, France Cemetery. Grave 6
133 AldredW MSergeantRCAFBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28HalifaxIIILK833SE-RCroft2209HamburgCrashed at HohenaspeKilledKiel War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
134 AldridgeThomasSergeantR/177535Age 25CanadaRCAFBomber Command158Sqn
1943-07-24HalifaxIIHR941NP-ARAF LissettHamburgCrashed near SchleswigKilledKiel War Cemetery. 4. J. 18.
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 13th June 1922 in Winnipeg, Canada. Son of John Thomas Richard (died 25th September 1945, age 53) and Martha Ann Stevenson Aldridge (died 07th August 1979, age 88), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Epitaph: Our Loss Is Great, We'll Not Complain. We Know In Heaven We'll Meet Again

135 AldridgeSergeantRCAFBomber Command487Sqn RNZAF
1943-01-20VenturaIIAJ171EG-DFeltwellTrainingcrashed NW of Bury St Edmunds SFKInjuredParadie Archive Database
136 AldridgeAlbert CharlesFlight LieutenantJ27724CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command115 Sqn
1944-08-25LancasterIPD274KO:YWitchford20:28RusselsheimLeaving the target area at 19,550 feet, collided with another Lancaster losing both port engines. With their aircraft out of control, the crew baled out at 6,500 feet, South of KoblenzPoW No 7725, Stalag Luft 3
137 AldworthFrank CarterFlight LieutenantJ/13051PilotRCAFBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1945-02-14LancasterIPB899QB-A RAF Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire 1758Gardening See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial Panel 278Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
138 AleoJFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command106Sqn
1943-01-13LancasterIW4261ZN-CSyerston1640EssenCrashed near DusseldorfKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
139 AlexanderJames RSergeantFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-09-01HalifaxIIBB216LQ-DRAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire2303Saarbrucken See archive report for further information Injured None - understood to have survived the war Read Archive Report
140 AlexanderR LSergeantRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1943-02-03HalifaxIIW7921DY-MPocklington1838HamburgCrashed near QuakenbruckKilledRheinberg War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
141 AlexanderJames RichardFlying OfficerJ/17186Age 22CanadaAir BomberRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12HalifaxIIILW173WL-KRAF Croft, County Durham2244ArrasArras - Communications. Possible claim by Lt. Heinz Altner 8/NJG5 - Lens area either at 01:39 or 01:41 hrs.KilledCalais Canadian War Cemetery. Plot 4, Row G, Grave 10Paradie Archive DatabaseCalais Canadian War Cemetery. Plot 4, Row G, Grave 10 Information courtesy John Jones March 2021.
142 AlexanderIan SutherlandFlying OfficerJ/27711CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28HalifaxIIILW596WL-ZCroft2230HamburgKilledAccident report
143 AlexanderJames WFlying OfficerJ41173No details knownCanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command625Sqn
1945-03-05LancasterING240CF-F2Kelstern1639ChemnitzShot down by night fighter.Crashed near Klášterec nad Ohří, CzechoslovakiaoslovakiaPoW - details not known Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
144 AlexanderR McKSergeantBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1943-09-23HalifaxVDK271NA-QMiddleton St George1857MannheimCrashed GeinsheimPoW
145 AlexanderR.L.Aircraftsman 2nd classCAN11563CanadianRCAFEastern Air Command5Sqn RCAF
1939-09-17StranraerCV188911RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia05:20Convoy EscortRan out of fuel in poor weather and ditched. Crew rescued after 20+ hours. Aircraft sank while being towed to shore.Safe, unhurtAccident report
146 AleyHarry CharlesFlying OfficerJ/21609Age 26CanadaAir BomberRCAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1943-11-25LancasterIIIJB221OF-WRAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire00:30FrankfurtSee archive report for further detailsKilledDurnbach War Cemetery. Grave 2.H.10


Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 22nd August 1917 in Ontario, England. Son of Harry (died 07th February 1951, age 65) and Mary (née Robertson - died 13th August 1963, age 67) Aley of Alma Road, Vancouver, Canada, brother of George Frederick and Alec, husband of Isabella Mabel Brown (née Glenn) Aley Seaver (the couple married on the 14th September 1943 in Glasgow, Scotlan, his widow married Johnathan Seaver in 1945 in England)
147 AlfordR ASergeantCoastal Command415Sqn RCAF
1944-11-02HalifaxIIIMZ8826U-CEast Moor1602DusseldorfDamaged on returnInjured
148 AlfordR ASergeantBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-03-13HalifaxIIJD459VR-QMiddleton St George2131le MansCrash landed at base on return
149 AlgerA AFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1945-02-08Halifax IIILW394KW-ZTholthorpe242Wanne-EickelAbandoned over Belgium Paradie Archive DatabaseFirst French Canadian squadron
150 AlgerGordon ForbesFlight SergeantR6042810th April 1919, Prelate, SaskatchewanCanadianPilotRCAFCoastal Command407 Sqn RCAF
1942-05-15HudsonVAM525RR:ABircham Newton20:24Strike MissionPart of a strike force from 320 Sqn (9 aircraft) and 407 Sqn (12 aircraft) which was sortied to attack an east-bound convoy of German ships off the Dutch Frisian Islands. Shot down by flak off the coast of Holland.KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 102Son of Carmen Beverly and Frances Elizabeth (née Forbes) Alger, of Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada

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