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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	Bissonnette	G A R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1942-07-26	Halifax	II	W1184	EY-	Middleton St George	2253	Hamburg	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
1252	Bist	A C	Pilot Officer							Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1942-11-07	Boston	III	W8358				Night Intruder		PoW
1253	Bitten	F C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1943-02-06	Wellington	III	Z1742	KW-C	Dishforth	1710	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
1254	Bittner	J D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1943-01-29	Wellington	III	DF626	PT-	Middleton St George	1632	Lorient	Crashed at Exeter DEVON	Killed	Exeter Higher Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1255	Bjarnason	Stefan Agust	Flying Officer			Iceland	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-08-07	Lancaster	III	LM641	ZN-D	Metheringham	2130	Secqueville	Crashed at Quetteville {Calvados}	Evader		Courtesy Oleg Marin	Paradie Archive Database
1256	Blachford	Glenn Hugh	Flying Officer	J/27913	17 Mar 1917	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqn RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	NA514	SE-B	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	2224	Sterkrade, Germany	See Archive Report	Killed	Uden War Cemetery Grave 5.B.2		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1257	Black	Charles Noola	Pilot Officer	405437		Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	HR713	EQ:F	RAF Leeming	19:45	Essen	See Archive report for further details	MiA	Runnymede Panel 190				Read Archive Report
1258	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
1259	Black	D I	Flying Officer	124923			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-06-11	Halifax	II	JD143	VR-A	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	2240	Dusseldorf	See Archive report for further details	PoW No: 1488 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan - L3	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
1260	Black	R E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1943-12-02	Lancaster	III	JB401	PM-P	Elsham Wolds	1654	Berlin	?	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1261	Black	Gordon Samuel Gay	Sergeant	R65151		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	107 Sqn	1942-04-27	Boston	III	Z2194	OM:?	Great Massingham	14:22	Power station at Lille	See Archive report for details	PoW No. 222, Stalag Luft 6			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1262	Black	Bruce Graham	Flying Officer	J24025	2nd December 1921 in Toronto, Ontario	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqn	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LV921	NP:B	Lissett	22:13	Trappes	LV921 was claimed as a possible Abschuss by: Hptm. Herbert Rauh Stab II/NJG4 – Mants/Rambouilet area (AD-BD): 3,500m at 01:01. Oblt Jakob Schaus 4/NJG4 – 30km around Dreux (AC-AD-BC-BD): 500m at 01:06. Hptm Herbert Rauh Stab II/NJG4 – Evreux/Chartres (AC-BC): 2,500m at 01:10. ((Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)). Crashed alongside woods near Emance 11km South West of Rambouilet.	Killed	St-Desir War Cemetery Plot VIII Row A Grave 9-14		Paradie Archive Database	Son of William Graham and Lily Blanche (née Rachar) Black; husband of Gloria Morgan Forbes Black, of New York City, USA. According to W R Chorley Fg Off Black was an American who came from New York City. The confusion may has arisen because his wife Gloria Erica Forbes Black married an American E Carney in June 1946 and went to live in New York City.
1263	Black	W A	Flight Lieutenant	J/1444			Pilot	AFC	RCAF	Fighter	2Sqn	1944-06-27	Mustang	I	FR902				Sortie	Abandoned near Alencon	Killed	Le Mans West Cemetery France		Paradie Archive Database
1264	Black	D A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-08-09	Halifax	II	HR872	LQ-K	Gransden Lodge	2252	Mannheim	Crashed at Awenne Belgium	Killed	Florennes Communal		Paradie Archive Database
1265	Black	William Andrew	Flight Lieutenant	J/7980	Born on the 05th January 1920 Age 23	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-02-03	Halifax	II	DT680	EQ-D	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire	1800	Hamburg	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Hamburg Ohlsdorf War Cemetery. Grave 10A.M.8		Paradie Archive Database	Son of William and Dorothy Ellen Black (née Castle) of 5510 Blenheim Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Read Archive Report
1266	Black	J M	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-02-02	Halifax V	II	NP757	EQ-B	Linton on Ouse	2010	Wanne-Eickel	Abandoned and crashed near North Witham				Paradie Archive Database
1267	Black	Richard Bursleigh	Flying Officer	J/11844	Age 23	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-03-15	Lancaster	II	DS771	OW-P	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire	1906	Stuttgart	See archive report for further details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 4.F.12		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1268	Black	John Howard	Flying Officer	J12252	28th July 1914 in Manitoba, Canada	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LK883	OW:E	RAF Linton on Ouse	22:07	Louvain, Belgium	See archive report for details	PoW No: 4897, Stalag Luft 3			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1269	Black	John Hannah	Sergeant	R/118059	20 Feb 1920	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1942-12-21	Wellington	III	DF624	AL-	East Moor		Training	The crew were undertaking a training flight from their base at East Moor and while the a/c was close to the North Yorkshire Moors the a/c suffered an electrical failure which caused the propellers on both engines to go into a fully fine pitch. This then caused the engines to over-rev and eventually to overheat. Fearing he was loosing control of the a/c the captain ordered his five crew to abandon the a/c, this was done successfully. The pilot and rear gunner received slight injuries on landing, the pilot suffered his injuries after landing on a fence. The a/c crashed near Kirkby, a few miles south of Stokesley and was destroyed. RAF East Moor took charge of the crash site; they sent transport to collect the crew, put a guard on the a/c and destroyed secret equipment it was carrying. (References- Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)	Survived - Killed in Action 2 Mar 1943			Paradie Archive Database	429 Sqn Wellington HZ260
1270	Black	John Hannah	Sergeant	R/118059	20 Feb 1920	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-03-02	Wellington	X	HZ260	AL-K	East Moor	1901	Gardening	Ditched some 87 miles off Cromer, Norfolk. Reason unknown	Killed	Sutton-on-the-Forest (All Hallows) Churchyard Extension, Section E, Grave 2		Paradie Archive Database	Died from Hypothermia on 2nd Mar 1943 a few hours before help could arrive. Buried on 8th Mar 1943
1271	Black	H G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1943-02-07	Lancaster	I	ED309	KM-S	Waddington		Lorient	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
1272	Black	Gordon Ronald	Sergeant	R/75540					RCAF	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1943-03-10	Lancaster	I	ED305	KM-S	Waddington		Gardening - Little Belt, Lyngsodde (Danish Coast)	Crashed in sea	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 186		Paradie Archive Database	Info sent in by John Jones - August 2016. This aircraft was claimed by Oblt Gerhard Raht (4./NJG3). The sea near Strib, Fyn Island (Faun) at 4,500 meters. Time:- 22:12. This would be his fourth kill. See Kracker Archive on this site
1273	Black	Angus John	Flying Officer	J24704		Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM573	DX:U	RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire	23:10	Wesseling	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Grave. 27.B.5		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1274	Black	R H	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-04-12	Hampden	I	P1239	PT-Y	Waddington		Essen	?	Killed
1275	Black	I M	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK918	SE-F	Croft	2350	Berlin	Crashed at base on return
1276	Black	J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-10-08	Wellington	X	LN451	QO-W	Skipton on Swale	2254	Hannover	?	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
1277	Black	James	Sergeant	1002830		UK	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	LW596	WL-Z	Croft	2230	Hamburg		Killed
1278	Black	Charles Noola	Pilot Officer	405437		Australia			RAAF		408Sqn RCAF	1943-04-04												RAAF Honour Roll
1279	Blackall	H	Pilot Officer	60092			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	603Sqn	1941-07-23	Spitfire	V	R7341				ASR Escort	Ditched ?	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom		Paradie Archive Database
1280	Blackburn	Joseph	Pilot Officer	186889		UK	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	MZ538	KW-V	Tholthorpe	02:22	Duisburg	Inexplicably crashed from an altitude of approximatly 500 feet shortly after a normal take off	Killed	Carlisle {Dalston Rd} Cemetary, Ward 14. Sec. N. Grave 51. United Kingdom		Accident report		CWGC
1281	Blackhall	R O	Pilot Officer	J17313					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-05-04	Halifax	II	JB898	EQ-Q	Leeming	2243	Dortmund	Crashed at Akkrum Holland	Killed	Utingeradeel {Akkrum} General		Paradie Archive Database
1282	Blackman	Henry Francis	Flying Officer	134380			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Halifax	V	LK993	AL-J	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2316	Leipzig	See archive report for full details	Killed	Berlin War Cemetery Grave 9.G.16			Archive Report
1283	Blackman	Eric Charles	Flight Sergeant	92167	1920		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Wellington	X	LN296	AL-	East Moor	2256	Koln	Claim by Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab II/NJG1 - 1km North of Grooten-haak 7km North West of Diest (Meise): 4,500m at 0048 hours (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1943 Part 2 - Theo Boiten) All were buried at Averbode, but in Nov 1945, their remains were reinterred at the Bergan-Op-Zoom cemetery	Killed	Bergan-Op-Zoom Canadian War cemetery, 11.H.1			Son of William and Susannah Blackman
1284	Blackmore	G R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1941-09-10	Wellington	Ic	R1396	PM-	Elsham Wolds	2004	Torino	?	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
1285	Blackmore	W W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	V	DK238	NA-I	Middleton St George	2128	Peenemunde	Crashed near Barth-Velgast	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1286	Blades	W H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1941-08-29	Wellington	Ic	X9826	KO-D	Marham	2014	Mannheim	Crashed Martlesham Heath Suffolk	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
1287	Blades	J W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1945-01-28	Lancaster	X	KB770	NA-D	Middleton St George	1638	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1288	Blagborne	C W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-11-03	Halifax	II	JD326	AL-P	Leeming	1645	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
1289	Blain	N P	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	189Sqn	1945-02-02	Lancaster	I	PB848	CA-Q	Fulbeck	2009	Karlsruhe		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1290	Blair	Jack Frederick	Flight Sergeant	R/172201	26 June 1916	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-01-21	Halifax	II	JN952	DY-L	Pocklington	1945	Magdeburg	German documents state that the aircraft was shot down at Wietzendorf 13km West the airfield at Faszberg and was completely destroyed. It crashed about 700m North East of Wietzendorf in the middle of a sawmill and burned on the ground for approximately two hours. (Part extract from report by Flt.Lt. R E G Redman Section 23 No.4 MREU dated 10th January 1948)	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 254		Paradie Archive Database	Son of John A. and Louise Blair, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1291	Blair	Reginald George	Flight Sergeant	R/79379	9 Nov 1915	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1942-10-15	Stirling	I	W7526	OJ-V	Lakenheath	1950	Koln	Claim by Ofw Bruno Eikmeier 2/NJG1 - near Ingen 5km West of Rhenen: 3,000m at 2333hrs. Crashed in the vicinity of Ingen and Lieden South of Lek and 9km NE of Tiel	Killed	Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Collective Grave 66		Paradie Archive Database	Son of George Augustin and Alice Winifred Blair, of Shawinigan Falls, Province of Quebec, Canada
1292	Blair	Timothy Clayton	Flight Sergeant	R/75117	1909	Canadian	Bomb Aimer (Air Gunner)		RCAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqn	1942-07-23	Lancaster	I	R5632	EM-N	Bottesford	00:48	Duisburg	See Archive Report	Killed	Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row D. Joint Grave 15.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1293	Blair	R W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	LV985	ZL-K	Leeming	315	Mondeville		Killed	Bretteville-sur-Laize		Paradie Archive Database
1294	Blair	John Lawrence	Flight Sergeant	R85445		Canadan	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	61 Sqn	1942-09-10	Lancaster	I	W4111	QR:N	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	20:20	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Coll. grave 4.B.3-19		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1295	Blais	Joseph Lauent Andrew	Sergeant	R194239		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Lancaster	II	LL687	EQ:H	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire	22:38	Hamburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery. Grave 17.D.6		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1296	Blake	Frederick Henry	Warrant Officer	R/78495	Age 26	USA (Oregon)	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	DT795	NP-N	RAF Lissett, Yorkshire	1941	Essen	Claimed by Uffz.Emil Heinzelmann of 8./NJG1 Halifax DT795 at Wapenveld, 10km S Zwollow (Rheinsalm) at 4600m at 2350. Crashed at Wapenveld Holland	Killed	Amersfoort General Cemetery (Oud Leuesden). Plot 13. Row 5. Grave 95	Memorial at crash site	Paradie Archive Database	Excavation of crash site in Holland 2014 Of the crew of seven, only three crew members were officially accounted for, and are buried near Amersfoort. The other four were officially still Missing in Action, and remembered on the Runnymede memorial. However, a war grave at the local cemetery at Wapenveld contains the remains of 2 unidentified crew members that were recovered from the wreck in the weeks after the 1943 crash when the main wreckage was lifted from the canal. Now after 73 years all crew members will have a final resting place: Sgt. Thomas Victor Trollope (tailgunner, age 22), W/O Frederick Henry Blake (pilot, age 26) and WO2 Rodney Webber (gunner, age 21) had been identified in 1943 and are buried in Oud Leusden. Sgt. Philip Henry Eldridge (wireless operator, age 29), Sgt. William David Hawkins (navigator, age 23), Sgt. John Ceredig Jones (bombaimer, age 31) and Sgt. Gerard Stanley Walters (engineer, age 22) had been declared missing in 1943. Unidentified remains of 2 crew members found during recovery operations in 1943 have been buried in Wapenveld since 1943, but did not account for all four crew members. A further investigation and recovery effort shortly after the war did not produce any further remains. The 2014 full excavation did, and the BIDKL was then able to identify all four remaining missing crew members. They will be laid to rest in Wapenveld. The existing memorial headstone to the unknown RAF crewmember(s) that was erected by local villagers will be retained and joined by four CWGC headstones. Born on the 30th of Sep tember 1916 at Mongtreal. Son of Frederick Herbert (died 15th January 1968, age 79) and Mary Annie Blake (died in 1933, age 39) Remarried a Gladys D. Blake on the 29th March 1945 (died on the 29th December 1996, age 91), of The Dallas, Oregon, USA, husband of Barbara Blake. Grave inscription ' And How Can Man Die Better Than Facing Fearful Odds, For The Ashes Of His Fathers...	Thanks to key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/
1297	Blake	William Vincent 'Bill'	Flying Officer	J14132	Age 21	Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-04-23	Halifax	II	LW285	MA:Z	RAF Middleton St George	20:46	Gardening. Baltic area	See archive report for details	KiA	Runnymede Memorial Panel 245		Paradie Archive Database	Courtesy Lt.Col (Ret.)Trący Hatch Born 16th November 1922 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Enlisted on the 09th September 1941. The son of Dr. William Albert Blake (died 14th October 1926, age 40. Stepfather Rev. William Henry Daw) and Helen Leone Blake (née Parr , later Daw - died 01st January 1971, age 73) of 234 Bay Street, Hamilto died 11th November 1986, age 84), Ontario, Canada. He had completed 18 operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
1298	Blake	J M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-12-20	Halifax	II	LW330	EY-O	Breighton	1622	Frankfurt	Crashed near Howden	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1299	Blake	R B	Warrant Officer	R9529					RCAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1943-04-14	Stirling	III	BF462	WP-P	Ridgewell	2148	Stuttgart	Crashed Soude-Notre-Dame	Killed	Chalons-sur-Marne		Paradie Archive Database
1300	Blake	Eric Stuart	Flight Sergeant	R/150542	5 June 1916	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	19 OTU: C-Flight	1943-04-28	Whitley	V	LA841	ZV-E	Kinloss	2200	Training	Night cross-country. Dived at high speed and crashed at 0200 hours into the Moray Firth, 2 miles off Nairn. The next morning the wreck of the a/c was located, lying on its back, the lowered undercarriage protruding clear of the water. An inflated dinghy was floating nearby	Killed	Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, Grave 53, Row B.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of John Moore Blake and Emily Stuart Blake, of Kitscoty, Alberta, Canada