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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	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
1151	Bestwick	R B	Flying Officer						Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-03-26	Lancaster	III	JB598	AR-C	Binbrook	2012	Essen	Crashed at weisterveen {Liege}	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
1152	Bethel	Stanley James	Flying Officer	AUS/411987	Born on 18th February 1920	Australian	Air Bomber	RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-12-12	Lancaster	III	PB542	AR-D2	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	1559	Essen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 13.G.14			Read Archive Report
1153	Bethel	R E	Warrant Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-06-09	Lancaster	III	ND764	OF-B	Coningsby	2154	Etampes	Exploded near Boissy-sous-St-Yon {Essonne}	PoW
1154	Bethel	Stanley James	Flying Officer	411987		Australia		RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1944-12-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1155	Betson	J L W	Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1943-09-23	Lancaster	III	ED883	HW-V	Grimsby	1838	Mannheim	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1156	Betson	John Louis Ward	Flight Sergeant	409887		Australia		RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1943-09-23												RAAF Honour Roll
1157	Betteridge	A J	Sergeant						Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1942-09-19	Halifax	III	DT481				Training	Crashed at Ludford Lincs	Killed	Walton on Trent {St Laurence}
1158	Betteridge	Arthur Frederick	Flying Officer	400772		Australia		RAAF		454Sqn RAAF	1943-07-23												RAAF Honour Roll
1159	Bettington	M M	Warrant Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	HX271	HD-V	Leconfield	2222	Trappes	Crashed Dannemarie {Yvelines}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
1160	Bettington	Max Milson	Warrant Officer	412306		Australia		RAAF		466Sqn RAAF	1944-06-03												RAAF Honour Roll
1161	Betts	Wesley Hirst	Flying Officer	Aus/410209	Age 22	Australian	Navigator	RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	ND674	AR-C2	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	22:00	Hassett	See archive report for further details and photographs	PoW No: 5149 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria			Details submitted courtesy Jon Jones 01/2023	Born on the 19th April 1922 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Discharged from the RAAF on the 25th August 1945. Died on the 07th January 2005.	Read Archive Report on this incident
1162	Betts	Leslie Robert	Flight Lieutenant	115097			Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-06-11	Lancaster	III	W4983	PO-Z	RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire	2225	Dusseldorf	see archive report for further information	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Collective grave 3.A.3-7			Read Archive Report
1163	Betts	Thomas Alfred	Flight Sergeant	550720			Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Coastal Command	461Sqn RAAF	1942-08-12	Sunderland		T9090	UT-B	RAF Mount Batten, Devon	1945	Air Sea Rescue	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 73			Read Archive Report	Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive
1164	Betts	Ernest George	Aircraftman Class 1	146312		Australia		RAAF		3 Personnel Depot Brisbane	1944-09-29												RAAF Honour Roll
1165	Beutel	W	Flight Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	LL975	ZN-H	Metheringham	2225	Pommerval		Killed	St-Sever Cemetery Rouen
1166	Beutel	William	Flight Sergeant	434288		Australia		RAAF		106Sqn RAF	1944-06-25												RAAF Honour Roll
1167	Bevan	Keith Harry	Pilot Officer	35952		Australia		RAAF		RAAF Comd Northern Sec Brisbane	1943-11-21												RAAF Honour Roll
1168	Bevan		Flying Officer				Observer	RAAF	Bomber Command	163 Sqn	1945-04-25	Mosquito	XXV	KB624	?:G	Wyton	15:10	Air Test	On return to base at 16:03, the Mosquito made a heavy three point landing and starboard undercarriage leg collapsed, damaging the aircraft beyond repair.	Uninjured
1169	Beveridge	Roy Stuart	Pilot Officer	411115		Australia		RAAF		4Sqn RAAF	1942-05-01												RAAF Honour Roll
1170	Beverley	D G	Flight Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-11-02	Lancaster	I	DV396	PO-B	Waddington	1631	Dusseldorf
1171	Beverstock	Albert Smedley	Leading Aircraftman	62078		Australia		RAAF		RAAF Station Bradfield Park	1944-06-13												RAAF Honour Roll
1172	Beves	Norman Cecil	Leading Aircraftman	423599		Australia		RAAF		10 Elementary Flying Training School	1942-12-08												RAAF Honour Roll
1173	Bewley	Edward	Flight Lieutenant	4656		Australia		RAAF		25Sqn RAAF	1947-02-13												RAAF Honour Roll
1174	Beyer	Maxwell Sydney	Flight Sergeant	410589		Australia		RAAF		1678 Conversion Flight RAF	1943-11-25												RAAF Honour Roll
1175	Beyer	Harry Malcolm	Flying Officer	426012		Australia		RAAF		21 OTU RAF	1943-08-14												RAAF Honour Roll
1176	Beyer	Frederick Avery	Flying Officer	409656		Australia		RAAF		45 Group RAF	1943-11-08												RAAF Honour Roll
1177	Biccard	Noel Thalman	Pilot Officer	410044		Australia		RAAF		99Sqn RAF	1945-01-21												RAAF Honour Roll
1178	Bice	A A	Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1942-07-26	Wellington	IV	Z1483	UV-D	Breighton	2255	Hamburg	?	Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
1179	Bice	Aubrey Archdale	Sergeant	405066		Australia		RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1942-07-27												RAAF Honour Roll
1180	Bickerton	Hugh Geoffrey	Flying Officer	5257		Australia		RAAF		Goodenough W/T Station	1944-08-27												RAAF Honour Roll
1181	Bickford	Douglas Fitzgerald	Flight Sergeant	Aus/428902	Age 20	Australian	Air Gunner (Rear)	RAAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LW724	NP-S	RAF Lissett, Yorkshire	2200	Nurnberg	Crashed Herborn-Seelbach	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery. Grave 4.F.5	Courtesy NAA		Born on the 03rd March 1924 in Greenwich, New South Wales. Son of Charles Reginald and Kathleen May Bickford, of Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. Epitaph: 'Fullness Of Life The Hour-Glass Cannot Measure'.	Read Archive Report on this incident
1182	Bickford	Douglas Fitzgerald	Flight Sergeant	428902		Australia		RAAF		158Sqn RAF	1944-03-31												RAAF Honour Roll
1183	Bicknell	C A	Sergeant						Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-08-17	Lancaster	III	ED764	PO-N	Bottesford	2146	Peenemunde	Crashed near Greifswald	PoW
1184	Bicknell	Aubrey Griffith	Flight Sergeant	413710		Australia		RAAF		27 OTU RAF	1943-10-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1185	Bicknell	Donald Francis	Aircraftman Class 1	115087		Australia		RAAF		4 School Technical Training	1942-08-24												RAAF Honour Roll
1186	Biden	Ross	Pilot Officer	402718		Australia		RAAF		3Sqn RAAF	1942-06-16												RAAF Honour Roll
1187	Bidgood	Francis William	Leading Aircraftman	14499		Australia		RAAF		456Sqn RAAF	1941-10-04												RAAF Honour Roll
1188	Bidstrup	George Ferguson	Flying Officer	430007		Australia		RAAF		5 OTU Williamtown	1945-04-16												RAAF Honour Roll
1189	Biesiot	Leslie Hendrik	Pilot Officer	427370		Australia		RAAF		1651 Conversion RAF	1944-09-30												RAAF Honour Roll
1190	Biffen	J S	Flight Sergeant	A411839				RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1943-05-23	Lancaster	III	W4984	SR-J	Binbrook		Dortmund	Crashed SSE Emmen Holland	Killed	Schoonebeek General Cemetery
1191	Biffen	Jack Stanley	Flight Sergeant	411839		Australia		RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1943-05-24												RAAF Honour Roll
1192	Biggin	Geoffrey Moyle	Pilot Officer	408831		Australia		RAAF		10Sqn RAAF	1942-08-08												RAAF Honour Roll
1193	Biggs	E R	Flight Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1943-08-17	Lancaster	III	ED725	PM-P	Elsham Wolds	2130	Peenemunde	Crashed near Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
1194	Biggs	Ernest Roy	Flight Sergeant	413476		Australia		RAAF		103Sqn RAF	1943-08-18												RAAF Honour Roll
1195	Biggs	Anthony Kent	Flying Officer	412886		Australia		RAAF		223Sqn RAF	1943-07-09												RAAF Honour Roll
1196	Biglands	Reginald John	Sergeant	407282		Australian	Air Gunner	RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1942-06-02	Wellington	IV	Z1394	UV:Q	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	23:26	Essen	See archive report for full details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 111, IBCC Memorial Canwick UK, Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australia	IBCC Canwick Canberra, Australia		Z1394 UV-Q and crew at RAF Breighton April 1942. L to R: SGT H.M Hawkins, PLTOFF J.W Keene, SGT C.R Berry, SGT D.S Butterworth, FSGT R.F Waldon and FSGT R.J Biglands RAAF 407282 FSGT Reginald John Biglands (28) of Kilburn South Australia has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 111 at Runnymede. He is also commemorated on Panel 107 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT and, on Panel 9 of the IBCC Memorial at Canwick Hill, Lincolnshire.	Read Archive Report McGuiness RAAF Archive
1197	Biglands	Reginald John	Flight Sergeant	407282		Australia		RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1942-06-03												RAAF Honour Roll
1198	Bigmore	Gordon William	Flying Officer	418047		Australia		RAAF		54 OTU RAF	1943-10-18												RAAF Honour Roll
1199	Bignell	S H	Flying Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1945-01-28	Lancaster	I	HK618	LS-G	Mildenhall	1015	Koln	Shot down near target area	PoW
1200	Bigwood	N	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1945-04-08	Lancaster	III	ME478	JO-M	Waddington	1813	Lutzkendorf	Abandoned 25km SW of Kassel