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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1401 BonikowskyArthurPilot OfficerJ/19770PilotRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-01-30LancasterIIIND493LQ-SGransden Lodge1717BerlinThe aircraft was outbound when it was hit by flak at 20,000ft and set on fire. It crashed Teschendorf South West of the Dretzsee 15km WSW of Liebenwalde.PoW No. 1173, Dulag Luft/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/Stalag Luft 4 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag 11B Fallingbostal/Stalag 357 Kopernikus Paradie Archive Database
1402 BonnerAlbert CareyFlying Officer Air/Bmr124717RAFVRBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1943-05-25WellingtonXHE990SE-ZRAF Burn2345DusseldorfCrashed at Venlo, Netherlands - shot down by night fighterKilledJonkerbos War Cemetery. Grave 7.H.2. Read Archive Report
1403 BonnettLeonard DouglasWarrant Officer Class 1R10550613th August 1922 in Edmonton, AlbertaCanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command433 (Porcupine) Sqn, RCAF
1944-06-14HalifaxIIILV966BM:P "Pride of the Porcupines"Skipton on Swale22:35CambraiClaim by Hptm Josef Krahforst 2/NJG4 - (E) Douai or Lille area (PG or OG): 3,000m at 01:07. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The a/c crashed at 02:00 hrs at Saultain (Nord) 5km South East from the centre of Valenciennes.KilledValenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery Plot 1 Row A Grave 23

Paradie Archive DatabaseCommissioned and promoted to Plt Off with Service no. J86904 effective 31st July 1944

Son of James and Ada (née Wilkinson) Bonnett from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1404 BonnevilleJ RFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-02-19LancasterIILL720EQ-RLinton on Ouse2348LeipzigKilledSchoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} BelgiumParadie Archive Database
1405 BonsteadSWarrant OfficerBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1944-03-24HalifaxIIILK805AL-HLeeming1900BerlinPoW
1406 BonterKenneth CharlesSergeantR/100209PilotMiDRCAFBomber Command16 OTU
1942-09-10WellingtonICDV775XG-ORAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire2037Dusseldorf See archive report for full details PoW No. 27156 Camp: Stalag Lumsdorf (344) none - known to have survived the war Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
1407 BonterIan WesleyFlying OfficerJ35906CanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
1945-03-15LancasterIII NE119LQ:PGransden Lodge17:59MisburgSee Archive report for detailsPoW, Stalag Luft 1Paradie Archive Database
1408 BonterStewart MillenFlying OfficerJ4247224th September 1918 in Marmora, OntarioCanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF
1945-03-15Halifax VIINP689QO:MEast Moor17:07HagenSee archive report for detailsKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery, 31.D.18.

Paradie Archive Database
1409 BookhoutE WSergeantRCAFBomber Command576Sqn
1944-07-04LancasterIIILM532UL-A2Elsham Wolds2217OrleansCrashed at St-Cyr-en-Val {Loiret}KilledSt-Cyr-en-Val Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
1410 BoomerKenneth ArthurSquadron LeaderC/1220Age 28CanadianPilotDFC

Air Medal (USA)
RCAF2 TAF418Sqn RCAF
1944-10-22MosquitoVIPZ198TH-?RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire14:40RangerSee Archive report for further detailsKilledCholoy War Cemetery. Grave 1.G.10.
Accident reportBorn on the 20th August 1916 in Ottawa. Enlisted in the RCAF on 09th October 1939. Son of Frank Daniel Boomer (died 1974, age 90) and Nettie Alice Booker (née Moshe - died 24th September 1962, age 78) of 45 Belmont Avenue, Ottawa, Canada. Husband of Lorna Jean Boomer (née Merriam) of of 524 Golden Avenue Westboro, Ontario, Canada, Married on 02nd June 1942 in Ottawa.
1411 BoonA ESergeantRCAFBomber Command9Sqn
1944-09-11LancasterIPD211WS-MBardney1700TransitForce landed at Belomorsk Russia Paradie Archive Database
1412 BoordThomas KitchenerSergeantAUS/410829Age 27AustralianAir/GnrRAAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-07-30HalifaxVEB242ZL-?RAF Leeming, Yorkshire2220Remscheid See archive report for brief details PoW No: 222465 Camp: Stalag Muhlberg (Elbe 4B)None - survived the war Read Archive Report
1413 BoormanRobert JamesSergeant1869230Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command419 (Moose) Sqn, RCAF
1944-08-25LancasterXKB775VR:YMiddleton St George19:58RusselsheimCollided with 115 Sqn, Lancaster I PD274 and crashed in the target area. While spinning, the aircraft broke up, throwing Fg Off. Witwer clear. The aircraft crashed in a small forest 2 Km west of the village of Unter-Eisesheim. The crew were initially buried in the village cemeteryKilledDurnbach War cemetery 5.H.9Son of Edward James and Mary Ann Boorman, of Mottingham, London
1414 BoosR ESergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-08-31HalifaxIIJD720VR-PMiddleton St George1958BerlinCrashed target areaPoW Paradie Archive Database
1415 BooseyR HFlight LieutenantBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-02-14HalifaxIIDT750EQ-ULeeming1821KolnCrashed at Kirby Wiske
1416 BoothJ RFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command115Sqn
1944-01-27LancasterIILL682KO-PWitchford1805BerlinKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
1417 BoothG VSergeantRCAFBomber Command115Sqn
1942-07-21WellingtonIIIX3561KO-XMarham2344DuisburgCrashed SE of RoermondKilledJonkerbos War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
1418 BoothD GSergeantRCAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1943-08-27StirlingIIIEE877OJ-ELakenheath2133NurnbergCrashed near LangelKilledRheinberg War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
1419 BoothW AFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command1666 CU
1945-01-14LancasterIHK756ND-WombletonSweepstakeLost without traceKilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
1420 BoothGeorge ArnoldFlight SergeantR/135580Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1943-04-10WellingtonXHE213SE-FRAF Bourn, Yorkshire2315FrankfurtSee archive report for full detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 181Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
1421 BoothR ESergeantRCAFBomber Command623Sqn
1943-08-27StirlingIIIEE909IC-HDownham Market2122NurnbergCrashed BirkenfieldPoWParadie Archive Database
1422 BoothRobert AlexanderPilot OfficerC1979524th September 1918 at Carberry, ManitobaCanadian2nd-PilotCroix de Guerre (Belgium)
RCAFBomber Command405 Sqn RCAF
1944-04-27LancasterIIIJA976LQ:SGransden Lodge00:01Montzen railway yards, BelgiumSee archive report for detailsKilledWebbekom Churchyard Grave 4.
1423 BoothS DSergeantBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1945-03-20LancasterXKB786VR-PMiddleton St George151HeideCrashed at OdderadeKilledHamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
1424 BoothA ESergeantBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1943-02-06WellingtonIIIBJ658QB-QTopcliffe1722Gardening?KilledBecklingen War Cemetery
1425 BoothH WSergeantBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-12-03LancasterIIDS733OW-LLinton on Ouse.0022.LeipzigCrashed at EspelPoW
1426 BoothS TSergeant649831UKFlight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-06-22HalifaxVDK139ZL-PLeeming2319MulheimCrashed near RheinhausenKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery
1427 BootsmaD HPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command77Sqn
1942-06-11WhitleyZ9477?-GChivenorAnti Submarine?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
1428 BootyCameron HarrisonFlight SergeantR/2811341926Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command153Sqn
1945-04-22LancasterIII ME424P4-NScampton1536 Bremen - In preparation for the attack by XXX Corps Shot down by a Me 163B-1a 'Komet' flown by Oblt Franz Woidich from 6/JG 400, flying out of Husem, Schleswig-Holstein. Crashed at Jade near Bremen.KilledSage War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C Grave 2. Paradie Archive Database Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Leach Booty, of Galt, Ontario, Canada.
1429 BorchardtH HFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command90Sqn
1944-07-20LancasterILM183WP-LTuddenham2313HombergCrashed near Boxtel {Noord-Brabant}KilledEindhoven {Woensel} Paradie Archive DatabaseAttacker
1430 BorderWSergeantRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-08-18HalifaxVIINP690QO-GEast Moor2125BremenCrashed on take offParadie Archive Database
1431 BordewickHenrySergeantR11040919th April 1923 in Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFRAF Ferry Command1942-12-05HudsonVIIIFK687Dorval AirportDelivery flight from Dorval to Britain via Houlton, Maine, USA, and Gander, NewfoundlandWhile landing at Houlton at 20:30 hrs the aircraft had a hard landing and attempting to go around the Starboard engine failed. The aircraft spun into a stall and crashed burning up. The crew were killed on impactKilledHoulton (New Evergreen) Cemetery, Legion Hill, Section, USASon of Bjarne and Mary (née Park) Bordewick, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1432 BorkofskyEdwardFlight SergeantR18948220th April 1922 in Inglis, ManitobaCanadianAir Gunner (Mid Upper)RCAFBomber Command78 Sqn
1944-06-10HalifaxIIILW511EY:ZBreighton14:17Scholven-BuerHit by flak and exploded in the air. The aircraft crashed at Gahlen, 3 km south of SchermbeckKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery 20.G.1
Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Louis and Mary (née Ziprick) Borkofsky of Russell, Manitoba, Canada
1433 BorlandAlexander GeorgeFlying OfficerJ/25780Age 21CanadianPilotRCAFFighter Command416Sqn RCAF
1944-12-25SpitfireXVISM303DN-?B.56 Evere, Belgium12:30PatrolSee Archive Report for detailsMissing - beloved killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 245
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 18th May 1923 in Guelph, Ontario.Educated at Guelph Collegiate. Enlisted on the 17th March 1942 in Hamilton, Ontario. Trained with No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, 57 Operational Training Unit. Awarded his wings on the 30th April 1943.

Son of John Lee and Jessie Kate Borland (née Neill), brother of Jean (Haywood), a nurse serving with the RCAMC also in Belgium, of Turnkey Residence, County Bridge, Guelph, Ontario

1434 BorlandRobert Alexander AdrianFlying OfficerCanadaAir/BmrRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1945-02-14Halifax VIIRG449QO-SRAF East Moor, North Yorkshire1649ChemnitzSee archive report for further informationPoWNone understood to have survived the war
Courtesy Holger Wörner

Paradie Archive DatabaseFrom Eckhart, Manitoba, Canada
1435 BorleyJohn HenrySergeantJ/18209Flight EngineerRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-07-27HalifaxIIDT749EQ-ORAF Leeming, North Yorkshire2230Hamburg See archive report for full details POW No.1938 Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & BelariaNone - thought to have survived the warParadie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
1436 BoroskiFrankSergeantR/67510Age ?CanadaPilotRCAFBomber Command139Sqn (Jamaica)
1941-06-02BlenheimIVV6239XD-?Horsham St Faiths, Norfolk1807Kiel CanalLost without traceMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 60

Courtesy Operation Picture Me

From Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada - next of kin details not available - are you able to assist?
1437 BorrettW FFlight LieutenantRCAFCoastal Command415Sqn RCAF
1945-01-16Halifax IIINR2536U-LEast Moor1825MagdeburgCrashed at BorneKilledBerlin 1939-45 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
1438 BorrettGeorgePilot Officer168964Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF
1944-01-28HalifaxVLL134WL:UCroft23:49BerlinClaimed as a probable by Hptm. Leopold Fellerer, his 26th Abschuss, from Stab II./NJG5 at 03:15 hrs. The aircraft crashed at Perleberg. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)PoW No 3343, Stalag Luft 3
1439 BorrowesR DPilot OfficerDFC

RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-05-06LancasterIIIND617LQ-BGransden Lodge.0056.Mantes-la-JolieExploded target areaKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
1440 BorstF CSergeantBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-11-23LancasterIILL629OW-GLinton on Ouse1714BerlinCrashed near MaltonInjured
1441 BortolussiAFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-10-04HalifaxIIJD204VR-LMiddleton St George1740FrankfurtCrashed SohrenKilledRheinberg War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
1442 BosloyPhilipFlying OfficerJ/11585CanadianPilotRCAFEastern Air Command4CAC Sqn (RCAF)1944-02-24LysanderII459RCAF Sidney14:00FerryDisapeared en routeMissingOttawa Memorial, Panel 2. Column 3. Canada
Accident report
1443 BostwickS EFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1945-02-14Halifax IIIMZ865AL-VLeeming1803GardeningCrashed in sea off Falsterbo LighthouseKilledParadie Archive Database
1444 BosworthSidneySergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner1393762RAFVRBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-04-22LancasterIIIJB684LQ-UGransden Lodge2223LaonCrashed Conde-sur-Aisne {Aisne}KilledConde-sur-Aisne Communal Cemetery Grave 3 Read Archive Report
1445 BothwellJames (Jim) RogerSergeant15666701923Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1944-01-28HalifaxVLK963SE-HCroft2348BerlinClaim by Lt Bruno Heilig Stab NJG2 at 04:30. XI Luftgau crash report “Halifax 04:30 Webelsfelde 20km North West Schwerin NJ” Aircraft crashed 500m South West of the outskirts of WebelsfeldeKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row K Collective Grave 25-27initially buried at Schwerin Haupt Friedhof

Son of James Roger and Margaret Wilson Bothwell, of Steventon, Ayreshire
1446 BotkinR TFlight LieutenantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-10-08LancasterIIIJA980LQ-ZGransden Lodge2315HannoverCrashed S of EngernKilledHannover War Cemetery
Paradie Archive Database
1447 BotsfordR LWarrant Officer Class 2RCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12HalifaxIIIMZ601QO-AEast Moor2208CambraiKilledDunkerque Town CemeteryParadie Archive Database
1448 BottRobert LewisSergeant930272W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1942-01-21HampdenIAT130PT-SRAF Waddington, Lincolnshire1725Emden See archive report for further information PoW No: 120 Camp: Stalag Hohen Fels Read Archive Report
1449 BotterillH WFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1944-11-01HalifaxIIIMZ376QB-KSkipton on Swale1654OberhausenKilledNederweert War Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
1450 BotterillWilliam HenrySergeant22014001925Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command420 Sqn RCAF
1944-02-24HalifaxIIILW427PT-Tholthorpe1815SchweinfurtAccording to various primary sources, including RCAF Casualty Files, 420 Sqn Halifax LW427 was shot down by a Nachtjager 2km South of Ostelsheim WSW of Stuttgart ca. 23:00 which can possibly be linked to an Abschüss by Oblt Zorner (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)KilledDurnbach War Cemetery Coll.grave 4.C. 24-26Son of Walter Henry Botterill and of Adelaide Kaill Botterill (née Birkinshaw), of Harrogate, Yorkshire

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