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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
1151 DurwardJ SSergeantRNZAFBomber Command101Sqn
1943-01-21LancasterIIIED443SR-BHolme on Spalding Moor1700EssenCrashed near DortmundKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery
1152 DuthieGeorge James RobertFlight SergeantNZ/415298Born on the 05th September 1921New Zealand PilotRNZAFBomber Command158Sqn
1943-07-13HalifaxIIHR720NP-BRAF Lissett2344AachenSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledUden War Cemetery. Grave 5.E.9. Son of Robert McCabe Duthie and of Hilda Eva Margaret Duthie (née Davis), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

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1153 DwightH CSergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-27StirlingIIIEF515AA-FMepal1942HannoverCrashed vicinity Haverbeck-HamelinPoW
1154 DyerK D PSergeantRNZAFBomber Command218Sqn
1942-07-15WellingtonIcR1536HA-GMarham2315DuisburgCrashed at Roggel HollandKilledJonkerbos War Cemetery
1155 DyerSydney AllanSergeantNZ/40101Age 19New ZealandW/Op/Air/GnrRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-07-15WellingtonIcR3171AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2300Duisburg See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 63 Read Archive Report
Researched by Jenifer Lemaire - see page for image licence.
1156 DyerLloyd SidneySergeantNZ/41518512TH May 1915New ZealandPilotRNZAFCoastal Command5 Operational Training Unit1943-03-05HampdenTB IP1352None issued RAF Long Kesh, Northern Ireland 2258TrainingAccidentKilledGlenalina Extn. Sec. A.S. Grave 10. Belfast Cemetery, Northern Ireland. Son of Henry and Mary Dyer - of Wellington, New Zealand
courtesy courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection
Information courtesy Jenifer Lemaire
1157 EaglesonOwen David 'Ginger'FONZ 421689New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command486Sqn (NZ)

26 [22+4] (20+3 sh V-1s)Survived. Died October 30 1994.
Tempest Diver (V1) ace 1944 POW
1158 EaglesonO DFlying OfficerPilotFighter486Sqn RNZAF
1945-05-02TempestVNV722Crash landed at LubeckEvaded
1159 EarleFrederick JosephSergeant1332585Age 22BritishAir GunnerRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-20StirlingIIIBF506AA-PRAF Newmarket, Suffolk2205Heinkel Factory at RostockSee Archive report for further details. Shot down by Ofw. Rudolf Mangelsdorf 12./NJG3 crashed at B̦balle, DenmarkKilledEsbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Coll. grave A.11. 11-14


Frederick Earle attended Ashford North County Modern Boys School with Gerald Town. They attended the school from 1932-6 and both enlisted at the same time in 1941. They are buried next to each other at Fourfelt. Both are commemorated on the schools Roll of honour for WW2. Son of Frederick Earle and stepson of Edith A Earle of 14, Gladstone Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent.
1160 EarleJPilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-03-12WellingtonIIIX3585AA-FeltwellKiel?KilledRunnymede
1161 EarwakerSamuel DavidWarrant OfficerNZ/404345Born on the 25th December 1916New Zealand PilotRNZAFFighter Command122Sqn1943-01-24SpitfireIXBS109MT-?RAF Hornchurch, Essex1545TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledHornchurch Cemetery. Sec. A. Grave 1362.

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

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1162 EastP MFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-10-24StirlingIIIEF142AA-CMepal1744GardeningOvershot on returnKilledCambridge City Cemetery
1163 EastonKeith Henry IvesonPilot OfficerNZ/412664PilotRNZAFFighter Command32Sqn1942-07-28HurricaneIIcHL655GZ-?RAF West Malling, Kent1545TrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilledBrookwood Military Cemetery 2.I.1ARead Archive Report
1164 EastonJoan MarjorieSection Officer2986Age 26Section OfficerMiDWAAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-08StirlinglllBK809AA-TRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire See archive report for further details KilledCharlton Cemetery, Greenwich, Section C, 1st Gen., Joint Grave 793 Read Archive Report
1165 EathorneGeorge BevanSergeantNZ/413393Age 27New ZealandPilotRNZAF1Sqn (RNZAF)
1941-12-21HudsonIIINZ2020-RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand1500TrainingSee archive report for further informationKilledBromley Cemetery. Grave 189
Born on the 25th June 1914 at Christchurch. Educated at Christchurch High School. Worked as buyer/sales manager for Messrs Grocers Ltd in Christchurch. Served 5 years 6 months in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 15th June 1941. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 27th July 1941, With No. 1 Flying Training School 06th September 1941. Pilot badge awarded 18th October 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Joined 1 squadron on the 11th December 1941. and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Joined.

Son of Percival and Edith Eldershaw, of Auckland City, Son of Edward John (Jack) Eathorne (died 17th February 1940), and of Margaret Eathorne (née Primmer - died 07th November 1942), of Christchurch, New Zealand and husband of Gwendoline Jean Eathorne (née Collins, later Stevens), of Bryndwyr, Christchurch, New Zealand. A total of 150 flying hours logged.

1166 EathorneGeorge BevanSergeantNZ/413393Age 27New ZealandPilotRNZAF1Sqn (RNZAF)
1941-12-21HudsonIIINZ2020-RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand1500TrainingSee archive report for further informationKilledBromley Cemetery. Grave 189
Born on the 25th June 1914 at Christchurch. Educated at Christchurch High School. Worked as buyer/sales manager for Messrs Grocers Ltd in Christchurch. Served 5 years 6 months in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 15th June 1941. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 27th July 1941, With No. 1 Flying Training School 06th September 1941. Pilot badge awarded 18th October 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Joined 1 squadron on the 11th December 1941. and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Joined.

Son of Percival and Edith Eldershaw, of Auckland City, Son of Edward John (Jack) Eathorne (died 17th February 1940), and of Margaret Eathorne (née Primmer - died 07th November 1942), of Christchurch, New Zealand and husband of Gwendoline Jean Eathorne (née Collins, later Stevens), of Bryndwyr, Christchurch, New Zealand. A total of 150 flying hours logged.

1167 EbbageF HFlight SergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1945-03-14LancasterIPB741AA-EMepal1348HattingenKilledRunnymede
1168 EbbettEdwin Pattison BoothFlight Lieutenant70098Born on the 14th April 1914 in Nelson (Age 39)New ZealandPilotAFC

RNZAFRNZAF Station Wigram1953-10-15De Havilland DevonST.INZ1810Not knownRNZAF Wigram1547Formation FlyingSee archive report for further details
mid-air collision with NZ1811
Killed St. Anne Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, South Canterbury Read Archive Report
1169 EbertRex StewartFlying OfficerAus/413840Age 30AustralianNavigatorRAAFCoastal Command489Sqn RNZAF
1945-01-29BeaufighterTF.XNE538P6-ERAF Dallachy, Morayshire1946Rover patrolSee archive report for further brief detailsInjured. PoW No: 8149 Camp: Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang Courtesy NAASurvived the war. Born on the 17th June 1914 at Broken Hill NSW (died 21st January 1978, age 64). Husband of Therese Catherine Ebert (nee Granger - died 06th December 2002, age 96) of, 53 Casey Street Orange, New South Wales and 99 Victoria Street, Kings Cross, New South Wales. Also 25 Station Street, Griffith, New South Wales Married 10th June 1939. Engineers chainman prior to service for Water Conservation and Irrigation at Griffith.

Enlisted on the 06th June 1941 and attached to No. 2 Initial Training School on the 13th September 1941. Embarked for England 02nd November 1942. Attached to No. 9 Operational Training Unit 14th February 1944. Joined 489 squadron 06th July 1944 from 236 squadron when he joined on the 10th March 1944. Pilot Officer 21st August 1944. Flying Officer 21st February 1945. A total of 128 flying hours logged and 34 operational sorties

34 operational sorties. A total of 128 flying hours logged.

1170 EcclesRaymond GordonPilot OfficerNZ/40759Born on the 10th April 1915 Age 26New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command103Sqn
1941-05-15WellingtonIcR1494PM-?RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire2245HannoverSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledGroningen General Cemetery (Esserveld). Plot RW. Row Class 2. Joint grave 3

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

1171 EckholdM CFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command550Sqn
1944-07-12LancasterILL796BQ-ONorth Killingholme2137RevignyCrashed at Fains-les-Sources {Meuse}KilledPerreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery
1172 EddyCFlight LieutenantMBERNZAFBomber Command115Sqn
1944-04-18LancasterILL867A4-JWitchford2243RouenShot down near Base on return by intruderKilledCambridge City Cemetery
1173 EddyE CFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-07-13StirlingIIIEE886AA-LMepal110AachenCrashed at base on returnInjured
1174 EdeRaymond BenjaminPilot OfficerNZ/425973Age 22New ZealanderAir/BmrDFC

RNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1944-08-25LancasterIIIND852MG-DRAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire2059RusselsheimSee archive report for further detailsKilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 18. D

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 11th February 1922 at Ashburton. Prior to service worked as a cycle mechanic for H.E Mooney of Ashburton. Enlisted at Blenheimon the 30th May 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 10th November 1942. Air bomber badge awarded on the 02nd April 1943 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 28th May 1943. After further training with various units joined 149 squadron on the 13th December 1943 and completed 4 operational sorties. Joined 7 squadron on the 26th January 1944. Commissioned on the 07th June 1944. Path Finder Force badge awarded on the 07th July 1944.

Son of Eldrick Mcrae Ede (died 25th January 1952, age 60) and Alice Evelyne Ede (née Marsden - died 05th June 1967, age 73), of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 594 flying hours logged and completed 44 operational sorties.

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1175 EdgarF SSergeantRNZAFBomber Command622Sqn
1943-08-23StirlingIIIBF521GI-HMildenhall2045BerlinCrashed near DoberitzKilledRunnymede
1176 EdgeBernard FrederickFlying OfficerNZ/417275Age 21New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFBomber Command7Sqn
1943-09-03LancasterIIIJA929MG-NRAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire2013BerlinSee Archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 197
Born on the 06th October 1921 at Onehunga. A teacher for Auckland Education Board. Enlisted at Levin on the 28th December 1941. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Ida Mary Edge, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand. total of 252 flying hours logged and on his 1st operational sortie.
1177 EdmundsEverest GeorgeFlight LieutenantNZ/403312PilotDFC

RNZAFBomber Command18Sqn1941-12-11BlenheimIVZ7802WV-QRAF Luqa, MaltaNot knownAnti-shippingSee archive report for further details KilledPhaleron War Cemetery. Grave 7.D.20Read Archive Report
1178 EdwardsAllan JamesSergeantNZ/41642Age 22New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command129Sqn
1942-06-05SpitfireVbBM508DV-?RAF Thorney Island, Sussex1450Circus 188See archive report for detailed informationSafe - baled out

Rescued a mile off Selsey by an Air Sea Rescue Walrus within 45 minutes. Reported that he was actually back to the base within 2 hours!
1179 EdwardsAllan JamesFlight SergeantNZ/41642Age 22New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command129Sqn
1942-08-18SpitfireVbBL934DV-JRAF Thorney Island, Sussex930SweepSee archive report for detailed informationKilledFelixstowe New Cemetery. Block B. Sec. K. Grave 30.

Born on the 20th April 1920 in Dunedin. Educated at Otago Boys High School and Dunedin and Otago University. Worked as a clerk for W.E. Reid and Company, accountants in Dunedin. Enlisted as a pilot under training at Levin on the 19th January 1941. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 01st March 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 29th April 1941. With No. 34 Service Flying Training School on the 16th May 1941 did not fly until joining 32 Service Flying Training School on the 27th May 1941.

Pilot badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 08th August 1941. Embarked for England on the 20th August 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 15th September 1941. 61 Operational Training Unit on the 30th September flying the Spitfire. Joined 129 squadron on the 13th January 1942 and carried out 105 operational sorties. Total of 432 flying hours logged.

Son of Lewis John (died 06th February 1961, age 78) and Isabella Edwards (née Ritchie - died 19th July 1944, age 63), of Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

1180 EdwardsThomas SylvesterFlight SergeantNZ/422049PilotRNZAFFighter Command182Sqn
1944-09-29TyphoonIbMN599XM-?B.78 Eindhoven, Holland1150Armed RecceSee archive report for further details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 263Read Archive Report
1181 EdwardsDenis HenrySergeantNZ/405515Age 22New ZealandW/Op/Air/GnrRNZAFBomber Command22OTU
1942-05-30WellingtonICR1235OR-ORAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire2255KolnSee archive report for further detailsKilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Collective grave 14.C. 15-19

Son of Henry Norman and Laura Gertrude Ellen Edwards (née Beale), of Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Prior to enlisting on the 21st December 1940 worked as a cycle mechanic for F.R. Garton of Hastings
1182 EdwardsErnest FrankFlight SergeantNZ/422378NavigatorRNZAFFighter Command488Sqn RNZAF
1944-02-02MosquitoNF.XIIIHK363ME-?RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex5Training See archive report for further details KilledBrookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2.K.1A Read Archive Report
1183 EdwardsJohn AlfredSergeantNZ/401435ObserverRNZAFBomber Command203Sqn1941-10-10BlenheimIVV6493LLanding Ground 101, Egypt1730Reconnaissance See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedAlamein Memorial. Column 246 Read Archive Report
1184 EdwardsJ LFlying Officer130636Bomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-14StirlingIBK646AA-NNewmarket2253GardeningCrashed at Moulines {Calvados}Killed
1185 EdwardsA CSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-10-10WellingtonIcZ8909AA-FeltwellKolnCrashed near KolnKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
1186 EdwardsPilot OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1940-10-21WellingtonIcT2820AA-Mildenhall1730HamburgCrashed near Methwold NorfolkInjured
1187 EggarL GSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-11-08WellingtonIcX9628AA-FeltwellEssenCrashed near KrefeldPoW
1188 EgleyRichard AkehurstFlying OfficerNZ/421690Age 21New ZealanderPilotDFC


RNZAFFighter Command137Sqn
1945-03-24TyphoonIbRB376SF-?1 ConfirmedB86 Helmond, Netherlands1002BrunenSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 11.C.18
Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 04th October 1923 at Wellington. Worked as a clerk for the Air Department prior to service. Enlisted on the 07th March 1942 at Rotorua. Pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 06th February 1943. Received his commission on the 08th August 1944. Son of Bertram Egley and of Comelia Desmond Egley (nee Mahoney), of Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 561 flying hours logged and completed over 100 operational sorties.

DFC Citation L/G 19th October 1945 - effective from 23rd March,1945. 'In recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations'.

1189 ElderW EPilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command76Sqn
1943-08-23HalifaxVDK241MP-QHolme on Spalding Moor2011BerlinCrashed at base on returnInjured
1190 ElderW EPilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command76Sqn
1943-07-27HalifaxVDK188MP-JHolme on Spalding Moor2216HamburgCrash landed at Shipdham Norfolk
1191 EldershawEricSergeantNZ/413396Age 21New ZealandPilotRNZAF1Sqn (RNZAF)
1941-12-21HudsonIIINZ2020-RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand1500TrainingSee archive report for further informationKilledWaikumete Cemetery. Cremation

Born on the 24th March 1920 at Auckland. Educated at Wellesley Street School and Auckland Grammar. Served 1 year in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 15th June 1941. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 26th July 1941. 1st solo on the 06th August 1941. With No. 2 Flying Training School 07th September 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 18th October 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Joined 1 squadron on the 11th December 1941.

Son of Percival and Edith Eldershaw, of Auckland City, New Zealand. A total of 152 flying hours

1192 ElliasC PSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-23StirlingIIIEH935JN-KMepal1952MannheimCrashed near DedsheimKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
1193 ElliotT JFlying OfficerNZ404346RNZAFBomber Command7Sqn
1943-06-21StirlingIIIEF387MG-DOakington2341KrefeldCrashed Oploo HollandPoW
1194 ElliottT ESergeantRCAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-11-08WellingtonIcX9977AA-FeltwellEssenCrashed at IJevoorde HollandKilledLoolaan GeneralParadie Archive Database
1195 ElliottMax HiltonSergeantNZ/411720Age 21New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1942-09-30StirlingIBF328OJ-DRAF Lakenheath, Suffolk1928GardeningCrashed in North SeaMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 117

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Born on the 22nd May 1921 at Wanganui. Son of John Charles Hilton (WW1 Veteran. Corporal 30190 New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force) and Olive Mavis Elliot (née Archer, of Wanganui, New Zealand. A total of 354 flying hours logged and on his 12th operational sortie.
1196 ElliottT IFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-11-21LancasterINN745AA-AMepal1546GardeningKilledRunnymede
1197 ElliottR FPilot OfficerNZ416196RNZAFBomber Command90Sqn
1943-04-20StirlingIBF442WP-KRidgewell2128RostockLost over BalticKilledRunnymede
1198 ElliottR BSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-01-10WellingtonIcT2550AA-LFeltwell1130Air TestCrashed near Stapleford CambsKilled
1199 ElliottR PFlying OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1940-10-21WellingtonIcR3158AA-MildenhallEindhovenCrash landed Manston Kent.
1200 ElliottJSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-23StirlingIIIEH935JN-KMepal1952MannheimCrashed near DedsheimPoW

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