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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1401	Bales	William T Jr	Captain		O-792789		USA	Pilot		USAAF	371st Fighter Group	406th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-20	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1402	Balfour	Donald Campbell	Pilot Officer		416402	4th October 1922 in Adelaide, South Australia	Australian	Pilot		RAAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqn	1944-01-14	Lancaster	I	DV369	EM:D		RAF Spilsby	16:32	Braunschweig	See archive report for details	KiA	Hanover War Cemetery. Grave 1.A.14				Read Archive Report
1403	Balfour	Andrew George	Sergeant		J/95200			Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-01	Halifax	VII	NP771	OW-J		RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire	1723	Oberhausen	See archive report for full details	Killed	Venray War Cemetery. Grave VI.F.12		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1404	Balfour	Robert Hamish "Jimmy"	FLt				New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	18 RNZAF Sqn						5 [4+1]									P-40 ace Solomons 1943-1944
1405	Balfour	Alexander	Sergeant		1021030		British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-07-24	Lancaster	III	PB265	UL-V2		RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire	2108	Stuttgart	Abandoned	Evader					Archive report
1406	Balfour	Donald Campbell	Pilot Officer		416402		Australia			RAAF		207Sqn RAF	1944-01-14													RAAF Honour Roll
1407	Balk	Vilas D	2nd Lt		O-674274		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	355th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-26	P-51 Mustang / P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1408	Ball	K C W	Flying Officer		153197			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-10-14	Lancaster	I	ME595	QR-Y		RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	2251	Braunschweig	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 8361 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
1409	Ball	Raymond Findlay	Flying Officer		135506			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	96 Squadron	1944-08-01	Mosquito	NF. Mk. XIII	MM562	ZJ-?		RAF Ford, Sussex, England		Patrol	See archive report for further details	Killed	Blackley Churchyard (St. Andrew) Sec. A. Grave 515			Read Archive Report
1410	Ball	William Sidney	Pilot Officer		J/86161	1914	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	II	DS823	JI-M		Waterbeach	2351	Leipzig	Shot down by night-fighter and crashed at 0230 hours at Essern-Osterloh on the SW edge of Großes Moor, 11Km NE Rehden	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery 7.C.9		Paradie Archive Database	Son of William R. Ball and Edith Ball, of Valjean, Saskatchewan, Canada
1411	Ball	T W	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM508	SR-F		Ludford Magna	2317	Wesseling	Crashed near Werkendan {Noord-Brabant}	PoW
1412	Ball	J D P	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-12-23	Halifax	III	MZ871	DY-G		Pocklington	1153	Mulheim	Crashed near Neuss	PoW
1413	Ball	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-06-29	Lancaster	I	LL910	PH-A		Wickenby	1212	Siracourt	Crashed at Troisvaux {Pas-de-Calais}	PoW
1414	Ball	John Potter	Flight Lieutenant					Pilot			Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-08-07	Lancaster	I	NN700	LS-Q		Mildenhall	2147	Rocquecourt	Crashed in English Channel	Killed				Bombing German positions at Rocquecourt in Normandy. Crashed in English Channel with the loss of everyone aboard.
1415	Ball	Kenneth Richard	Flight Sergeant		658458	1914		Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JA702	GT-Z		RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire	1708	Berlin	Claim by Oblt Hans-Heinz Augenstein 7/NJG1 - Noordoostpolder (Fox) at 21:49. The aircraft crashed in the eastern IJsselmeer in the vicinity of where the village of Marknesse now stands on reclaimed land. Those who perished were initially buried at Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery on 10 February 1944.	Killed	Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery Plot 3 Row 4 Grave 624	Stad-Vollenhove cemetery.jpg		Son of Ernest R. and Araue Ball, of Gravesend, Kent	Read Archive Report on this incident
1416	Ball	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW721	NP-S		Lissett	1850	Berlin	Crashed Pausin	PoW
1417	Ball	Peter William	Flying Officer		169125	1922		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	207 Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	I	ME827	EM:I		Spilsby	23:32	Wesseling	See Archive report for details	Killed	Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Coll. grave 6.E.2-7.				Read Archive Report
1418	Ball	G E	Flight Lieutenant						DFC		Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	LM541	EA-N		Fiskerton	2213	St-Leu	Crashed at le Chesne {Eure}	Killed	le Chesne Communal Cemetery
1419	Ball	F C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-12-02	Lancaster	I	W4119	VN-Q		Skellingthorpe	1510	Training	Crashed at East Kirkby Lincs	Killed
1420	Ball	D F	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-05-10	Lancaster	III	LM429	VN-C		Skellingthorpe	2216	Lille	Crashed Oostvleteren {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Oostvleteren
1421	Ball	A W C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JB681	DX-J		East Kirkby	2323	Berlin	Crashed at Luhme	Killed	Runnymede
1422	Ball	William	Flying Officer		155546			Navigator	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	571 Sqn	1944-09-12	Mosquito	XVI	MM127	8K:?		Oakington	20:41	Berlin	Hit by flak/nightfighter which damaged the fuel tanks. Subsequently ran low on petrol and abandoned at 01:05 having regained the East Anglia coast. (possible damaged claim by three pilots. (Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 (April 1944 - May 1945) - Dr Theo E.W. Boiten & Roderick J. Mackenzie)	Uninjured				DFC awarded whilst with 571 sqn, gazetted 22nd May 1945
1423	Ball	R W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	I	DV365	UL-Z2		Elsham Wolds	2235	Duisburg	Crashed Roosendall-en-Nispen {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Roosendaal-en-Nispen General Cemetery
1424	Ball	Eric	Pilot Officer		405991		Australia			RAAF		4Sqn Indian Air Force	1944-08-14													RAAF Honour Roll
1425	Ball	Melville R	1st Lt		O-798081		USA	Pilot		USAAF	339th Fighter Group: The Chequers	504th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-08	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1426	Ball	Sanborn N	1st Lt		O-736069		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1427	Ball	Henry S	Captain		O-671491		USA	Pilot		USAAF	65th Fighter Wing	357th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-13	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1428	Ball	Henry S	Captain		O-671491		USA	Pilot		USAAF	65th Fighter Wing	357th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-24	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1429	Ball	Henry S	Captain		O-671491		USA	Pilot		USAAF	65th Fighter Wing	357th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-16	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1430	Ball	George E	Sergeant					Air Gunner (Mid Upper)			Bomber Command	434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	III	LW176	WL:J		Croft	20:32	la Hogue Strong Point	On take off the aircraft swung out of control and hit another Squadron aircraft LK799 WL:E before crashing through a brick wall. No injuries reported.	Uninjured
1431	Ball	Royce Eugene	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	18216066		American	Right Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	445th Bombardment Group (H), 703rd Bombardment Squadron (H), 2nd Air Division	1944.05.28	B-24 Sho-Sho Baby	H	42-50346	RN:?		Tibenham (Station #124), Norfolk, England		Merseburg (Mission #376), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW/ Stalag Luft 7					Read Archive Report
1432	Ballantyne	J H	Flying Officer		J/16085			Pilot	DFM	RCAF	Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1944-03-08	Spitfire	IX	MJ876					Ranger		Killed	St- Andre-De-L'eure Communal Cemetery France		Paradie Archive Database
1433	Ballantyne	T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	LL789	PO-P		Waddington	1913	Stuttgart	Crashed at Pfahlbronn	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1434	Ballantyne	Raymond Robert Stanley	Flight Lieutenant		47517			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFM	RAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqn	1944-01-15	Lancaster	III	ND365	MG-L		Oakington	1701	Berlin	Claim by Hptm Erhard Peters 9/NJG3 - East of Flensburg: 6,200m at 20:04. Crashed in the sea off Vornæs on the island of Taasinge. The Lancaster exploded in the air killing six members of the crew of eight. The fuselage crashed into the sea 100 metres off Vornæs while two engines were found on the beach and two were found in a nearby forest.	Killed	Svendborg General Cemetery Plot K Collective Grave 1			Where and when the bodies of Flt Lt Ballantyne and Flt Sgt Sefton was found is not known. On 12 May 1945 their remains were found buried on the grounds of the Dragoon Barracks in Svendborg. On 17 May 1945 their remains were finally laid to rest in Svendborg cemetery, Reverend Petersen officiated at the graveside ceremony which were attended by an officer and 6 privates of the British army, an guard of honour of resistance fighters, County chief administrative officer Lassen, Judge Filip Hansen, Mayor Ferdinand Jensen, Kaptain Krarup and Baron Schaffalitzky de Muckadell as well as several local people. (Air war Over Denmark) Son of Herbert Samuel Binning Ballantyne and Millicent Louisa Ballantyne, of Paddington, London
1435	Ballard	W A	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-03-15	Halifax	III	LW348	LK-X		Burn	1856	Stuttgart	Crashed near Biggin Hill Kent on return	Killed
1436	Ballard	W J S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	III	ND915	AA-A		Mepal	2320	Homberg	Crashed near Keldonk {Noord-Brabant}	PoW
1437	Ballard	George James	Flying Officer		425417		Australia			RAAF		1 Ferry Control Pool RAF	1944-03-06													RAAF Honour Roll
1438	Ballentine	R E	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-03-18	Halifax	V	LL178	WL-R		Croft	1834	Gardening	Crashed Thorodale	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1439	Ballinger	W S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	ME617	SR-N		Ludford Magna	2127	Ruselheim		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1440	Balloch	F	Warrant Officer					Pilot			Fighter	165Sqn	1944-06-07	Spitfire	IX	MK855	E				Rodeo	Force landed near Carhaix	PoW
1441	Balls	Donald Albert Oliver	Sergeant		1853283			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	150 Sqn	1944-12-31	Lancaster	I	NG164	IQ-D		RAF Hemswell		Osterfeld	Circumstances of loss unknown. However the Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 (April 1944 - May 1945) - Dr Theo E.W. Boiten & Roderick J. Mackenzie records three German night fighter pilots each claiming a probable from one of three Lancasters of 150, 166 or 626 Sqns.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1442	Balman	J H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-11-12	Lancaster	I	NG350	JI-C		Waterbeach	833	Osterfeld	Crashed at Sterkrade	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1443	Balmanno	D T	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-02-25	Lancaster	I	LL791	VN-O		Skellingthorpe	1837	Augsburg	Crashed Embermenil {Meurthe-et-Moselle}	PoW
1444	Balmer	James	Flight Sergeant		1589924		UK	Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	JB641	ZN-X		Metheringham	2235	St-Leu	Crashed at Quetteville {Calvados}	Killed	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Block "S". Plot 1. Row I. Coll. grave 6-7. France		Accident report	Seven short lives LB641 Crew	CWGC
1445	Balmer	David	Flying Officer		1504649			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35 Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-04-27	Lancaster	III	ND759	TL:R		Graveley	22:21	Friedrichshafen	See Archive Report for details	Interned/Evader					Archive Report
1446	Balmer	J R	Group Captain						OBE DFC		Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	LL792	PO-E		Waddington	2225	Bourg-Leopold	Exploded over Beverlo {Limburg}	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium
1447	Balmer	John Raeburn	Group Captain		68		Australia			RAAF		467Sqn RAAF	1944-05-11													RAAF Honour Roll
1448	Balmforth	Dennis	Sergeant		1591013			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78 Sqn	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	MZ568	EY:E		Breighton	22:52	Rail communications at Juvisy	Claimed by 1./Flak Abt. 911 and exploded at 02:00hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Debris falling between Corbell-Essones and Courances a village some 10 km away	Killed	Courances Communal Cemetery, Grave 6
1449	Balsdon	D E	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-06-09	Lancaster	I	NN697	KM-R		Dunholme Lodge	2203	Etampes	Crashed at Morigny-Champigny	Killed	Morigny-Champigny Communal Cemetery
1450	Balser	C A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	ND867	QR-V		Skellingthorpe	2243	St-Leu	Crashed at Moliens {Oise}	Killed	Moliens Communal Cemetery