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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
1301	Smith	Phillip Francis	Flight Sergeant W/Op Air Gunner	AUS/427206				RAAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-11-20	Lancaster	III	ND911	AA-V	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	1247	Homberg		Killed	Reinberg War Cemetery Collective grave 7.B. 5-7.			Read Archive Report
1302	Smith	K E	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	ME752	AA-Z	Mepal	2343	Homberg	Crashed at Heythuysen {Limburg}	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery
1303	Smith	J R	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-12-02	Stirling	I	BK618	AA-Q	Newmarket	202	Frankfurt	Crashed at Adar-Oberstein Germany	PoW
1304	Smith	Keith James Stockley	Sergeant	NZ/411783	Age 21	New Zealand	Air gunner	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-02-03	Stirling	I	BK604	AA-S	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	1823	Hamburg	Crashed SW of Almelo Holland	PoW No: 2755 Camp: Stalag 344 Lamsdorf				Served 16th March 1941 to 10th July 1946. Passed away on the 13th October 2009, age 87.	Read Archive Loss Report
1305	Smith	Ronald Alexander	Sergeant	NZ/415378			Air/Gnr	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-14	Stirling	III	BF513	AA-E	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2132	Stuttgart	See archive report for further details	Killed	Florennes Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26			Read Archive Report
1306	Smith	A I	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-05-15	Wellington	III	X3482	AA-J	Feltwell		Gardening	Crashed off Sylt	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
1307	Smith	Trevor Harry	Pilot Officer	NZ/41953	Age 24	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-08	Wellington	III	X3557	AA-X	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk	2340	Wilhelmshaven	Crashed in the Waddenzee	Killed	Oldebroek General Cemetery. Grave 41	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 27th March 1918 at Canterton. A clerk for the Social Security Department prior to service. Enlisted in the RNZAF at Levin on the 09th February 1941, as a pilot under training. Awarded his pilots badge and received his commission on the 28th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 14th August 1941. Joined 75 squadron on the 18th May 1941 from 11 Operational Training Unit. Son of Walter George Thomas Smith and of Hannah Elizabeth Smith (nee Price), of Matarawa, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 355 flying hours logged and on his 13th operational sortie.	Read Archive Report
1308	Smith	R J	Pilot Officer					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-06-08	Wellington	III	X3587	AA-	Feltwell		Essen	Crashed vicinity of Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1309	Smith	Ian Hector Ross	Flight Sergeant	NZ/421614	Age 34	New Zealand	Air Bomber	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-31	Stirling	III	EE878	AA-P	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2031	Berlin	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 10.E.24.	courtesy Auckland Memorial		Read Archive Report
1310	Smith	S C	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-24	Wellington	III	BJ725	AA-	Mildenhall		Milano	Crashed near Valenciennes France	Killed	St Roch Communal
1311	Smith	Keith Alfred	Warrant Officer	NZ/416022			Air gunner	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-04-27	Lancaster	III	ND796	AA-J	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2205	Friedrichshafen	See archive report for full details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Collective grave 4.C.11-7			Read Archive Report
1312	Smith	Raymond Charles	Sergeant	1235250	Age ?	British	Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-30	Lancaster	I	HK558	AA-D	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	610	Amaye	See Archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 238			No further details - are you able to assist?	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1313	Smith	J	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-10-21	Lancaster	I	HK596	AA-O	Mepal	1112	Walcheren	Crashed target area	Killed
1314	Smith	T H	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-02-13	Stirling	I	R9316	AA-K	Newmarket	1753	Lorient	Abandoned near Plouay	PoW
1315	Smith	K J S	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-11-29	Stirling	I	BK609	AA-R	Newmarket	.0005.	Torino	Turned back crashed Bradwell Bay Essex
1316	Smith	W J S	Pilot Officer						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-17	Wellington	Ic	X9834	AA-	Feltwell		Karlsruhe	Crash landed at Holsthum	PoW
1317	Smith	K M	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-11-08	Wellington	Ic	X9628	AA-	Feltwell		Essen	Crashed near Krefeld	PoW
1318	Smith		Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-11-26	Wellington	Ic	Z1144	AA-	Feltwell	1830	Emden	Abandoned N of Wrangle Lincs
1319	Smith	F	Flying Officer						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-09-17	Lancaster	III	PB430	AA-P	Mepal	1005	Boulogne		Injured
1320	Smith	R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-12-01	Stirling	III	EH880	AA-J	Mepal	1516	Gardening	Crashed at Togston NORTHUMBS	Killed
1321	Smith	C A	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-27	Stirling	III	EF515	AA-F	Mepal	1942	Hannover	Crashed vicinity Haverbeck-Hamelin	PoW
1322	Smith	A	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-02-03	Lancaster	III	ND801	JN-X	Mepal	1641	Dortmund	Overshot on return crashed into house
1323	Smith	Phillip Francis	Flight Sergeant	427206		Australia		RAAF		75Sqn (NZ) RAF	1944-11-20												RAAF Honour Roll
1324	Smyrk	J	Warrant Officer						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-01-16	Lancaster	I	PB761	AA-Y	RAF Mepal,	2330	Wanne-Eickel	Crashed at Woodditton Cambs	Injured				Read Archive Report
1325	Smyth	W B M	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-17	Wellington	Ic	X9834	AA-	Feltwell		Karlsruhe	Crash landed at Holsthum	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1326	Smythe	A H	Flight Lieutenant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1939-09-18	Wellington	I	LK4256	AA-	Harwell	2000	Training	Crashed Glyn-Neath Glamorgan
1327	Sneddon	James Wilson	Sergeant	1342219			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-02	Stirling	III	BF577	JN-M (C Flight)	Mepal	2331	Hamburg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery. Collective grave 4A.D.10-12			Read Archive Report
1328	Solbe	Edward Ulric Guerin	Squadron Leader	34090	Age 30	British	Pilot	RAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-02-21	Wellington	Ic	T2503	AA-?	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk	1835	Wilhelmshaven	See archive report for further details	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery 4.E.6.			Also remembered on the Glasgow Academy WW2 Memorial. Promoted to pilot officer on the 01st September 1934. Squadron leader 0n 02nd January 1940. Son of mr and Mrs. Richard Guerin Solbé. Husband of Jean G. Solbé, of Rustington, Sussex, England. Grave inscription reads: 'Beloved Budge'.	Read Archive Report
1329	Southward	Keith	Flying Officer	411048		New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	I	LM104	AA:Z	Mepal	16:46	Dortmund	Hit by Flak while flying at 22,000 feet SW of Möchengladbach.	KiA	Rheinberg War Cemetery, 11.B.10			Son of William Henry and Janet Sneddon Southward, of Runanga, Westland, New Zealand.
1330	Sowerby	G P	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-23	Stirling	III	BF459	JN-G	Mepal	1945	Mannheim	Crashed at Lampertheim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1331	Spark	F A	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-22	Wellington	Ic	Z9914	AA-	Feltwell		Mannheim	Crashed at Weken Belgium	Killed	Werken
1332	Spencer	Ronald Howard	Flight Sergeant	1575186		British	Air Bomber	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	ND756	AA-M	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2200	Stuttgart	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Millery Communal Cemetery. Grave 1			Burial Site Attacker Attacker Operational Record Son of William H. Spencer and Elsie Spencer, of Bescot, Staffordshire, England.	Read Archive Report
1333	Spittal	P C	Pilot Officer					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-26	Wellington	III	X3714	AA-	Feltwell		Hamburg	?	Killed	Runnymede
1334	Spittle	Sidney Lawrence	Sergeant	968421		British	W/Op/A/G	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-12-29	Wellington	Ic	R3211	AA-J	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	225	Hamm	See archive report for further details	PoW No. 447 Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang, Stalag Luft Heydekrug					Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1335	Squire	H	Sergeant	1302829					Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-25	Stirling	III	BK768	AA-L	Newmarket	2335	Gelsenkirchen	crashed into IJsselmeer	Killed	Amsterdam new Eastern
1336	St Ledger	Peter Sylvester Anthony	Flying Officer	425375		Australia		RAAF		75Sqn (NZ) RAF	1943-07-30												RAAF Honour Roll
1337	St Leger	P S A	Flying Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-30	Stirling	III	EE915	AA-X	Mepal	2234	Remscheid	?	Killed	Runnymede
1338	St Louis	M G	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-09-10	Wellington	III	BJ968	AA-W	Mildenhall		Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
1339	Stanley	H A D	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-26	Wellington	Ic	Z1168	AA-	Feltwell		Hamburg	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
1340	Stanley	H A D	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-28	Wellington	Ic	R1177	AA-	Feltwell	1920	Frankfurt	Abandoned near Sible Hedingham ESSEX				Paradie Archive Database
1341	Stannard	Alfred Richard	Sergeant	1338510	Age 22	British	W/Op/A/G	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-30	Lancaster	I	HK558	AA-D	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	610	Amaye	See Archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 238.			Son of Alfred Richard and Martha Stannard, of Shepherd's Bush, London, England.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1342	Staples	A	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-04-13	Lancaster	III	LM728	AA-R	Mepal	2044	Kiel	Landed at base and undercarriage collapsed
1343	Stark	Robert Garth	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/40631		New Zealand	W/Op/A/G	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-12-29	Wellington	Ic	R3211	AA-J	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	225	Hamm	See archive report for further details	PoW No. 414 Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang, Stalag Luft Sagan		Courtesy AWMM		Awarded MBE on the 28th December 1945 and Bronze Star (USA) on the 5th July 1946 for his services while PoW	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1344	Starkey	C R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-11-21	Lancaster	I	NN745	AA-A	Mepal	1546	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede
1345	Startin	G L	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	ND920	AA-P	Mepal	2318	Rimeaux	Crashed at Fruges {Pas-de-Calais}	Killed	Fruges Communal Cemetery
1346	Stead	G	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-20	Wellington	III	BJ774	AA-	Mildenhall		Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
1347	Steele	W R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-22	Wellington	Ic	Z9914	AA-	Feltwell		Mannheim	Crashed at Weken Belgium	Killed	Werken
1348	Stephenson	J B	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-15	Wellington	Ic	W5663	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crashed near Dusseldorf	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
1349	Stephenson	J L	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	III	ND915	AA-A	Mepal	2320	Homberg	Crashed near Keldonk {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Eindhoven {Woensel}
1350	Stevens	Joseph	Flight Lieutenant	125607			Navigator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	ME691	AA-R	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2335	Homberg	Crashed at Veghel {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands. Grave 5.A.8			Son of Joseph and Hilda Stevens, of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England.	Read Archive Report