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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1101	Austerberry	F F	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-10-28	Lancaster	I	HK602	WP-Y	Tuddenham	818	Walcheren	Crashed target area	Killed	Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery
1102	Austerberry	Francis Frederick	Flight Sergeant		415958		Australia			RAAF		90Sqn RAF	1944-10-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1103	Austin	R A	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	I	LL776	EM-S	Spilsby	2227	Braunschweig	Crashed Haren	PoW
1104	Austin	E P	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	462Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23	Halifax	III	LL599	Z5-E	Driffield	1643	Essen	Collided with 625 Sqn Lancaster III LM691 CF-O & exploded near Aachen	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
1105	Austin	James	Flying Officer		AUS/419452			Pilot		RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-06	Lancaster	I	NG191	JO-A	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	1650	Gravenhorst	See archive report for full details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 24.G.11-12			Read Archive Report
1106	Austin	J	Flying Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-09-18	Lancaster	III	LM683	JO-	Waddington	1820	Bremerhaven	Crash landed at Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire on return
1107	Austin	Herbert Ingle	Flight Sergeant		1005440	4th May 1905 in Leeds, Yorkshire.		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1944-04-22	Halifax	III	LK802	AL:F	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	23:00	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	KiA	Herkingen General Cemetery. Grave - near entrance				Read Archive Report
1108	Austin	J D	Flying Officer		J/24625		Canada	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-10-17	Halifax	VII	NP745	EQ-H	RAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire	2030	Training	See Archive report - Information courtesy John Jones	Injured -N Bruises and exposure			Paradie Archive Database		Archive report
1109	Austin	R W	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LV951	QB-A	Skipton on Swale	2127	Braunschweig	Crashed at Visselhovede	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
1110	Austin	K H	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	582Sqn	1944-12-23	Lancaster	III	PB120	6O-P	Little Staughton	1029	Koln	Crashed at Koln-Rodenkirchen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1111	Austin	W H	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-06-11	Lancaster	I	LL751	SR-F	Ludford Magna	.0059.	Evreux	Crashed target area	Killed	Evreaux Communal Cemetery
1112	Austin	J P	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	PB363	PM-F	Elsham Wolds	1906	la Nieppe		Killed	Longuenesse {St-Omer} Souvenir Cemetery
1113	Austin	C E	Pilot Officer		150079			Pilot			Fighter	245Sqn	1944-03-16	Typhoon	Ib	JR143				Ramrod		Killed	Guillerval Communal Cemetery France
1114	Austin	D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	PA996	VN-J	Skellingthorpe	2203	St-Leu	Crashed at Mesnil-Mauger {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
1115	Austin	M	Sergeant								Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-10-19	Lancaster	I	NG192	BQ-L	North Killingholme	1702	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1116	Austin	John William	Flight Sergeant		1320627			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	582 Sqn	1944-06-28	Lancaster	III	ND921	6O:D	Little Staughton	22:50	Blainville	ND921 was claimed by Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler, his 14th Abschuss, from 1./NJG5 over Chateau Thierry at 4.200 m, at 01:08 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed and exploded, killing both Air Gunners who had bailed out safely but had the misfortune to land amongst the burning wreckage, at Coincy (Aisne), 27 km SSE of Soissons.	KiA	Coincy Isolated Graves, Grave 3	Courtesy of the CWGC		Son of John Thomas Austin and Catherine Dorothy Austin, of Walthamstow, Essex.
1117	Austin	K H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-12-31	Lancaster	I	PB687	UM-Q2	Wickenby	1451	Osterfeld		Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
1118	Austin	Edward Phillip	Flight Sergeant		429105		Australia			RAAF		462Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23												RAAF Honour Roll
1119	Austin	James	Flying Officer		419452		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-06												RAAF Honour Roll
1120	Austin	Elmore Lathrop	Sergeant		31340848	6th July 1925	American	Left Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	854th Bomber Squadron (491st Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-24	B-24 Wham Bam! Thank You, Ma'm	J	42-110107	6X:N	North Pickenham (Station #143), Norfolk, England		Hannover-Langenhagen Airfield	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Repatriated and laid to rest at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vermont				Archive Report
1121	Austin	James C Jr	Captain		O-740133		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	428th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-25	P-38 Lightning							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1122	Austin	George Rolla	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-716698	24th November 1920 in Missouri	American	Navigator		USAAF 8th Air Force	US Army Air Force	700th Bomber Squadron (445th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-09-27	B-24 'Patches'	H	42-110022	RN:F+	Tibenham airfield (Station #124), Norfolk, England		Henschel industrial plants Kassel (Mission #650), Germany	See Archive Report for details	Killed	Repatriated and buried at the Grand Prairie Cemetery, Cairo, Randolph County, Missouri				Archive Report
1123	Autret	P J M	Sergeant					Pilot			Fighter	345Sqn Free French	1944-06-07	Spitfire	Vb	BM312				Patrol	Crashed Utah Beach	Killed
1124	Auty	Eric	Sergeant		1675798	1925		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqn	1944-02-15	Lancaster	III	ND404	PH-R	Wickenby	1708	Berlin	Hit by flak at 22000 ft over the target area, which knocked out all four engines. All bailed out but St. Auty’s parachute became entangled in the tailplane and he was dragged down to his death	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 22			Son of Arnold and Maud Ellen Auty, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire
1125	Avant	A F	Wing Commander						DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-07-13	Halifax	III	LV913	AL-N	Leeming	2124	Air Test	Crashed on take off	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
1126	Avent	K J	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	MZ512	LK-C	Burn	1853	Berlin	Crashed Grossvargula	PoW
1127	Aver	Francis Alfred	Sergeant		628423	Age 23	British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	ED867	PO-L	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	00:49	Berlin	Post war it was established that all the crew were killed when the aircraft crashed. Probable claim by Maj Helmut Lent Stab NJG3 at 03:25	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 5 Row J Collective Grave 9-12			Son of Sydney George and Ivy Victoria Florence Aver, of Merstham, Surrey, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
1128	Avery	A N	Sergeant								Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	ND987	QR-B	Skellingthorpe	2231	Prouville		Evader
1129	Aveyard	A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	LM542	HW-S	Grimsby	2244	Dortmund	Abandoned near Bonn	PoW
1130	Aviet	P B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	NE144	AR-F2	Binbrook	2106	Stettin		Killed	Falkenberg Forest Cem Sweden
1131	Avis	A H	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-06-12	Stirling	III	EF181	HA-J	Woolfox Lodge	2310	Gardening	Crashed on take off
1132	Avon	J L G	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-07-31	Lancaster	III	JB746	PM-I	Elsham Wolds	1813	le Hauvre		Killed	Ste-Marie Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1133	Awad	Philip Peter	Flying Officer		J/39979			Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1944-12-04	Lancaster	III	LM751	PG-X	RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire	1642	Heilbronn	See archive report for further information	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Joint grave 4.H.34-35		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1134	Awcock	T L	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	III	PB535	KM-Z	Dunholme Lodge	2044	Darmstadt	Crashed at Roxheim	Killed	Runnymede
1135	Awcock	James Peter	Flying Officer		AUS/415109			Pilot		RAAF	2nd Tactical Air Force	226Sqn	1944-08-17	Mitchell	II	FW127	MQ-W	Gilze-Rijen, Holland	1616	Abbeville	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 5339 Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
1136	Awcock	Terrence Lansdowne	Warrant Officer		406988		Australia			RAAF		44Sqn RAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1137	Awrey	D McL	Pilot Officer						DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	HX272	BM-N	Skipton on Swale	2149	Nurnberg	Crashed Friesen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1138	Axford	Cecil	Flight Sergeant		R158790		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	427 (Lion)Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Halifax	III	LK965	ZL:?	Leeming		Berlin	See Archive report for details	Safe. Died 1944-08-12			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1139	Axford	Herbert Frank	Warrant Officer Class 2		J/87271	Age 28	Canada	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-07-20	Halifax	III	MZ556	LK-P	RAF Burn, Yorkshire	2310	Bottrop	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 29.E.7		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Daniel Neale Axford and Bessie Florence Kate Axford, of 337 Westminster Boulevard, Riverside, Ontario, Canada. Brother to Gwenith, William and Norman. Born 12th January 1916 in Peterborough, Canada. Enlisted in December 1939	Archive Report
1140	Axtell	Eugene D	1st Lt		O-746016		USA	Pilot		USAAF	IX Air Support Command	422nd Night Fighter Squadron	1944-12-26	Northrop P-61 Black Widow							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1141	Axton	R H	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-04-10	Halifax	III	LW441	C8-T	Leconfield	2047	Tergnier	Crashed Eercheu	Killed	Eercheu New British Cemetery
1142	Ayers	James W *	1st Lt		O-706334		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	334th Fighter Squadron: Fighting Eagles	1945-04-07	P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from mid 1944)							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1143	Ayers	James W **	1st Lt		O-809078		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-10	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1144	Ayers	James W **	1st Lt		O-809078		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-17	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1145	Ayliffe	Harold Devening 'Jack'	Flying Officer		145489	24th July 1920 in Wycombe, Oxfordshire	British	Navigator	DFM	RAFVR	Fighter	153Sqn 96Sqn 151Sqn	1944-08-04	Mosquito	VI	PZ186		RAF Predannack Cornwall England		Ranger	Attacking German munitions train near Agen, which explodes and brings down the Mosquito	Killed	Feugarolles (Limon) Communal Cemetery France. Originally buried as a local 'old man' in the local cemetery by the villagers. Post-war the grave was officially recognised as a War Grave			Flying Officer Harold Devening 'Jack' Ayliffe, British navigator of 153, 96 and 151 Sqnd RAF, attacks a German armaments train at Clermont-Dessous, Lot-et-Garonne, aboard de Havilland Mosquito Mk.VI PZ186 of 151 Sqn. One of the train cars exploded, damaging the aircraft, forcing the pilot, Squadron Leader Richard Neil Chudleigh, to make a forced landing. Ayliffe is killed. Richard Neil Chudleigh is rescued by the French Resistance, nd managed to return to Great Britain on September 8 1944. DFM Citation: With 153 Squadron in North Africa and the Middle East. Harold was awarded the DFM for 'completing many night operational sorties and outstanding work as a navigator, and for displaying great courage and determination'.	Gravesend Grammar School Tribute French Memorial
1146	Aylmer	Albert Arthur	Sergeant		2210900			Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LW195	DY:H	Pocklington	21:22	Braunschweig	Shot down by a night-fighter, whose fire killed Sgt Craig, crashing near Rintein	PoW No 545, Stalag Luft 7
1147	Aylmer	Albert Arthur	Sergeant		2210900			Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	MZ659	DY:T	Pocklington	22:33	Alencon - Communications	Ran low on fuel on the return leg. The crew baled out near RAF Carnaby at 05:12. No injuries reported	Safe/PoW 13 August 1944				102 Squadron Halifax LW195 DY:H
1148	Aylott	G J	Flight Lieutenant		116146			Pilot			Fighter	274Sqn	1944-06-19	Spitfire	IX	MH362				Patrol	Crashed off Beachy Head	Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
1149	Ayoub	Lee S	2nd Lt		O-750512		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-15	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1150	Ayoub	Lee S	1st Lt		O-750512		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-25	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)