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#	Name*	First Names	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
1251	Birk	Hilary (Larry) Eldred	Flight Sergeant	402634	31 Jan 1922	Australian	Pilot	MiD	RAAF	Bomber Command	159 Sqn	1942-07-15	Liberator	II	AL566		St. Jean		To bomb the harbour and shipping at Benghazi	See Archive Report	Killed - Sgt Birk’s body was recovered from the sea	Benghazi War Cemetery 6.E.20				Read Archive Report
1252	Birk	Hilary Eldred	Flight Sergeant	402634		Australia			RAAF		159Sqn RAF	1942-07-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1253	Birk	Doric Phillip	Flight Sergeant	14228		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1943-06-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1254	Birmingham	W J	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1942-07-28	Halifax	III	W1218	PM-			Training	Stalled and crashed near Ludborough LINCS	Killed
1255	Birmingham	William John	Flight Sergeant	406500		Australia			RAAF		103Sqn RAF	1942-07-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1256	Birnie	R	Pilot Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1941-10-22	Wellington	IV	R1765	FU-	Holme on Spalding Moor	1830	le Havre	Force landed near Aldershot
1257	Birnie	Robert	Pilot Officer	NZ/403773	Age 24	New Zealand	Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1942-01-09	Wellington	IV	R1785	FV-?	RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor	435	Cherbourg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery. Plot 6. Row C. Joint grave 1-2.			Read Archive Report
1258	Birrell	Eric Alfred	Flight Sergeant	416923			Rear Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqn	1944-03-15	Lancaster	I	HK540	WS-H	RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire	1918	Stuttgart	See archive report for further information	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 4F 27				Read Archive Report
1259	Birrell	John Robert	Leading Aircraftman	18180		Australia			RAAF		1 Stores Depot	1941-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1260	Birrell	Wilson John	Leading Aircraftman	41755		Australia			RAAF		1 Stores Depot Melbourne	1945-12-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1261	Birrell	Richard Buckley	Flying Officer	419578		Australia			RAAF		76Sqn RAAF	1945-11-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1262	Birrell	Eric Alfred	Flight Sergeant	416923		Australia			RAAF		9Sqn RAF	1944-03-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1263	Birt	P N	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1945-01-28	Lancaster	III	ND970	AR-S	Binbrook	1948	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1264	Birt	P J	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1944-07-24	Halifax	III	HX243	HD-D	Driffield	2115	Stuttgart	Crashed at Bonlanden	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1265	Birt	Lynton Vennell Howard	Flying Officer	406823		Australia			RAAF		4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton	1942-10-09												RAAF Honour Roll
1266	Birt	Peter Norham	Flying Officer	427892		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1945-01-29												RAAF Honour Roll
1267	Birtles	R J	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	635Sqn	1944-06-11	Lancaster	III	JB239	F2-A	Downham Market	2340	Nantes	Crashed at Vertou {Loire-Atlantique}	Killed	Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery
1268	Birtles	Alfred John	Flying Officer	Aus/12334			2nd Pilot		RAAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-08-27	Halifax	II	JD414	EY-M	RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire	21	N?_rnburg, Germany	Following a fire in the fuel tanks, exploded over target area	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery, Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria - Grave Reference: 5.G.5			Read Archive Report
1269	Birtles	Ronald Joseph	Flight Sergeant	421154		Australia			RAAF		635Sqn RAF	1944-06-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1270	Birtles	Alfred John	Flying Officer	412334		Australia			RAAF		78Sqn RAF	1943-08-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1271	Bishop	B H	Sergeant	A406557					RAAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1943-03-11	Halifax	II	DT748	MP-J	Lissett	1928	Stuttgart	Crashed Marson-sur-Barboure France	Killed	Marson-sur-Barboure
1272	Bishop	Jack	Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	AUS/407283			Wireless Operator Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	20OTU	1942-02-14	Wellington	Ic	N2825	Not known	RAF Lossiemouth	2335 crash time	Night flying training	See archive report for full details	Killed	Lossiemouth Burial Ground. Morayshire, Scotland. Grave Ref: Grave 1145			Read Archive Report
1273	Bishop	John William	Pilot Officer	AUS/426510			W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-12-12	Halifax	III	MZ470	KN-F	RAF Full Sutton, Yorkshire	1625	Essen	See archive report for full details	Survived	None - known to have survived the war			Read Archive Report
1274	Bishop	Maurice Arthur	Sergeant	426520		Australia			RAAF		10 Elementary Flying Training School	1943-08-14												RAAF Honour Roll
1275	Bishop	George	Pilot Officer	417040		Australia			RAAF		14Sqn RAAF	1943-03-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1276	Bishop	Benjamin Harvey	Sergeant	406557		Australia			RAAF		158Sqn RAF	1943-03-11												RAAF Honour Roll
1277	Bishop	James John	Flight Sergeant	419406		Australia			RAAF		159Sqn RAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1278	Bishop	Leslie Walter	Corporal	143872		Australia			RAAF		2 Radio Installation Maintenance	1946-03-03												RAAF Honour Roll
1279	Bishop	Leslie	Flying Officer	433889		Australia			RAAF		2Sqn RAAF	1945-09-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1280	Bishop	Thomas Anthony	Flying Officer	415890		Australia			RAAF		2 Wireless & Gunnery School	1943-08-21												RAAF Honour Roll
1281	Bishop	Jack	Sergeant	407283		Australia			RAAF		20 OTU RAF	1942-02-14												RAAF Honour Roll
1282	Bishop	Colin Lisle	Sergeant	418499		Australia			RAAF		32 OTU RCAF	1943-05-27												RAAF Honour Roll
1283	Bishop	Frank Elliott	Sergeant	416113		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1942-09-19												RAAF Honour Roll
1284	Bishop	Alan Frederick	Pilot Officer	41821		Australia			RAF		Unknown unit													RAAF Honour Roll
1285	Bishops	F E	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1942-09-19	Halifax	III	DT481				Training	Crashed at Ludford Lincs	Killed	Binbrook
1286	Bitmead	M R	Warrant Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1945-04-08	Lancaster	III	ME478	JO-M	Waddington	1813	Lutzkendorf	Abandoned 25km SW of Kassel
1287	Black	Stanley Kevin	Flight Sergeant Air Bomber	Aus/418790					RAAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-06-06	Lancaster	III	NE150	ZN-H	RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire	0.25	Caen	Hit badly by flak. Crashed at St-Jean-de-Daye {Manche}	Killed 11.6.1944 at the Battle of Graignes, France	Bayeaux War Cemetery France. Grave No. XVI.C.8			Read Archive Report
1288	Black	G J	Flying Officer	A409516					RAAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1943-04-03	Lancaster	I	W4894	GT-T	Warboys	1948	Essen	Crashed off coast of Holland	Killed	Runnymede
1289	Black	C A	Pilot Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	PD262	HA-G	Methwold	1835	Frankfurt	Crashed at Flomborn	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1290	Black	Charles Noola	Pilot Officer	AUS/405437			W/Op/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	HR713	EQ-F	Leeming	1945	Essen	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Panel 190			Read Archive Report
1291	Black	William Rex	Sergeant	AUS/417292	Age 19	Australian	Air/Gnr		RAAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-07-30	Halifax	V	EB242	ZL-?	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2220	Remscheid	See archive report for brief details	PoW No: 222465 Camp: Stalag Muhlberg (Elbe 4B)	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
1292	Black	W S	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	462Sqn RAAF	1944-10-09	Halifax	III	LL604	Z5-D	Driffield	1742	Bochum	Crashed at Giesbeek	PoW
1293	Black	D V	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-06-11	Lancaster	III	LM552	PO-D	Waddington		Training		Killed	Runnymede
1294	Black	Frank Alexander	Flight Sergeant	429371		Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqn	1944-12-06	Lancaster	I	PD264	DX:K	RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire	16:39	Giessen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery. Collective grave 11. E. 1-4				Read Archive Report
1295	Black	W C	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	MZ791	EY-T	Breighton	1723	Chemnitz	Landed damaged at Manston
1296	Black	F	Warrant Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	LL884	WS-Q	Bardney	1700	Transit	Force landed 6423N 4120E
1297	Black	Harry Penrice	Sergeant	1823613	Age 19	British	Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	JB741	AR:J	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:56	Mailly-le-Camp	See Archive report for details	Killed	Dommartin-Lettree Churchyard Collective grave 2-3	Courtesy Mark Rogers			Archive report
1298	Black	John Robert	Leading Aircraftman	409376		Australia			RAAF		1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook	1942-04-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1299	Black	Stanley Kevin	Flight Sergeant	418790		Australia			RAAF		106Sqn RAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
1300	Black	Gregory James	Flying Officer	409519		Australia			RAAF		156Sqn RAF	1943-04-03												RAAF Honour Roll