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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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1451	Bone	F	Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1945-02-21	Lancaster	I	NG329	JO-Z	Waddington	1706	Gravenhorst	Abandoned vicinity of Helmond
1452	Bone	Charles Verdun	Leading Aircraftman	16961		Australia		RAAF		22Sqn RAAF	1944-09-14											RAAF Honour Roll
1453	Boness	L P	Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	LM597	JO-W	Waddington	2229	Prouville		Evader
1454	Bonest	Harry Edwin	Pilot Officer	126961	Age 30		Air Bomber	RAFVR	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1943-01-26	Wellington	X	HE368	HD-L	RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire	1704	Lorient	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Church Extention Row C. Grave 3.		Son of William George Harry and Beatrice Rhoda Bonest, husband of Mary Bonest, of West Norwood, London, England	Read Archive Report
1455	Bonnefin	Joseph Marcel	Sergeant	403549		Australia		RAAF		48Sqn RAF	1942-02-16											RAAF Honour Roll
1456	Bonnett	Raymond James	Corporal	207782		Australia		RAAF		1Sqn RAAF	1944-09-14											RAAF Honour Roll
1457	Bonney	H V D	Pilot Officer						Bomber Command	13Sqn RAAF	1941-08-12	Stirling	I	N3656	LS-H	Wyton		Berlin	Crash landed Honington
1458	Bonus	Sidney Owen	Flying Officer	264815		Australia		RAAF		10Sqn RAAF	1943-01-07											RAAF Honour Roll
1459	Bonython	Ronald George	Flying Officer	416822		Australia		RAAF		1 Rescue and Communication Squadron, Port Moresby	1943-09-11											RAAF Honour Roll
1460	Boord	Thomas Kitchener	Sergeant	AUS/410829	Age 27	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
1461	Booth	J M	Flight Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	576Sqn	1943-12-02	Lancaster	I	W4337	UL-R2	Elsham Wolds	1705	Berlin	Crashed near Monchengladbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1462	Booth	E	Sergeant	1135352					Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1943-06-14	Lancaster	III	EE167	UV-	Binbrook	2235	Oberhausen	Crashed ESE Sittard Holland	PoW
1463	Booth	E	Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	ND332	JO-S	Waddington	2217	Bergen		Killed	Runnymede
1464	Booth	D A	Sergeant						Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-02-19	Lancaster	III	ED529	PO-	Bottesford	1755	Wilhelmshaven	?	Killed	Runnymede
1465	Booth	Eric Underwood	Sergeant	631551			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	61 Sqn	1942-09-04	Lancaster	I	R5682	QR:E	Syerston	00:25	Bremen	Initially hit by flak and then was finished off by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab II/NJG2 - Wartena 15km South East of Leeuwarden: 4,700m at 0251 hrs. Crashed near Wartena 9km South East of Leeuwarden	PoW No. 27054 Stalag 8B Teschen/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf			Note. Sqn/Aircraft Code has been reported as QR:R by the recovery team. However the Sqn/Aircraft Code is QR:E (W.R. Chorley entry confirmed by Kenneth Stone from Log book of Clifford Giles RAAF Nav)	Aircraft Recovery Remains found
1466	Booth	John McDowell	Leading Aircraftman	19346		Australia		RAAF		1 Repair & Salvage	1944-07-12											RAAF Honour Roll
1467	Booth	James William	Aircraftman Class 1	440657		Australia		RAAF		3 Reserve Personnel Pool Morotai	1945-09-05											RAAF Honour Roll
1468	Booth	Ronald James	Sergeant	404395		Australia		RAAF		455Sqn RAAF	1943-01-26											RAAF Honour Roll
1469	Booth	John Milton	Flight Sergeant	420334		Australia		RAAF		576Sqn RAF	1943-12-03											RAAF Honour Roll
1470	Booy	F H	Pilot Officer	141711					Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1943-04-10	Wellington	X	HE506	HD-N	Leconfield	2315	Frankfurt	?	Killed	Runnymede
1471	Borain	James Oliver	Leading Aircraftman	404011		Australia		RAAF		2 Service Flying Training School	1940-09-06											RAAF Honour Roll
1472	Borland	John Harold	Flying Officer	405569		Australia		RAAF		22Sqn RAAF	1942-11-10											RAAF Honour Roll
1473	Borradaile	G C	Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	ED772 (some publications have this aircraft code as ED722 which is a 61 Squadron Lancaster)	JO-G	Waddington	1702	Berlin	Crashed at Jabel	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
1474	Borrett	Arnold Harvey	Sergeant	Aus/406769			Air Gunner (rear)	RAAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1943-02-19	Stirling	I	BF378	LS-T	RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire	17.55	Wilhelmshaven	Shot down by night fighter and crashed in the Wadden Sea	Killed	Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery - Grave 98		Read Archive Report
1475	Borrett	Frederick Britain	Flight Sergeant	Aus/402104			Pilot	RAAF (Middle East Command)	Bomber Command	11Sqn	1942-01-25	Blenheim	IV	V5899		Landing Ground 147, Bu Amud, Cyrenaica, Libya	15.18	Army Co-operation	Crash landed near Mechili Landing Ground due to engine failure	Safe but injured			Read Archive Report
1476	Borrett	Frederick Britain	Flight Sergeant	Aus/40214			Pilot	RAAF (Middle East Command)	Bomber Command	Aircraft Delivery Unit	1942-08-19	Blenheim	V	BA597		RAF Takoradi - Gold Coast		Delivery flight	Ran into bad weather and crashed about 7 miles north of Ogbomosho, Nigeria	Killed	Oshogbo Cemetery, Nigeria - Plot 1. Row B. Grave 5.		Read Archive Report
1477	Borrett	Arnold Harvey	Sergeant	406769		Australia		RAAF		15Sqn RAF	1943-02-19											RAAF Honour Roll
1478	Borrett	Frederick Britain	Flight Sergeant	402104		Australia		RAAF		Headquarters RAF M East Attached RAF	1942-08-19											RAAF Honour Roll
1479	Borrodale	G C	Sergeant	1332645					Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-08-02	Lancaster	III	ED500	PO-			Training	Crash landed S of Audlem CHESHIRE
1480	Borsht	C	Flying Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23	Lancaster	I	NF977	JO-G	Waddington	1420	Walcheren	Crashed target area	PoW
1481	Borthwick	John Mayo	Flight Sergeant	413518		Australia		RAAF		1662 Conversion RAF	1943-09-01											RAAF Honour Roll
1482	Boswell	F J	Pilot Officer	127118					Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-04-16	Lancaster	III	ED651	PO-Y	Bottesford	2125	Plzen	?	PoW
1483	Bothe	William Gilbert	Sergeant	14227		Australia		RAAF		55 OTU RAF	1941-12-30											RAAF Honour Roll
1484	Bothwell	Percival Roy	Flying Officer	695		Australia		RAAF		3Sqn RAAF	1941-11-26											RAAF Honour Roll
1485	Bott	Allan Theodore	Sergeant	400823		Australia		RAAF		211Sqn RAF	1942-02-06											RAAF Honour Roll
1486	Bott	Max Stanley	Squadron Leader	260779		Australia		RAAF		79Sqn RAAF	1944-04-16											RAAF Honour Roll
1487	Bottomley	Eric Burton	Sergeant Pilot	657261				RAFVR	Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1943-06-15	Wellington	VIII	LB195	FU-?	RAF Protville, Tunisia	2040	Anti-submarine patrol		Missing	Alamein Memorial		Read Archive Report
1488	Bottomley	D E	Sergeant						Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1942-01-06	Wellington	IV	Z1182	FV-G	Holme on Spalding Moor	437	Brest	Crashed at N Howden YORKS	Injured
1489	Boucaut	Peter Le Rey	Warrant Officer	417450		Australia		RAAF		215Sqn RAF	1945-06-07											RAAF Honour Roll
1490	Boulter	Harold George	Leading Aircraftman	400960		Australia		RAAF		22 Service Flying Training School South Rhodesian Air Force	1941-08-16											RAAF Honour Roll
1491	Boulton	Joseph Armstrong	Warrant Officer	AUS/420544		Australia	Pilot	RAAF	Fighter Command	453Sqn RAAF	1944-07-27	Spitfire	IX	PL315	FU-S	B.11 Longues-sur-Mer	AM	Patrol	Force landed - returned to unit	Safe	None survived the war		Some information here: Read Archive Report
1492	Boulton	R H	Sergeant						Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-05-10	Lancaster	I	HK535	JO-N	Waddington	2203	Lille	Crashed target area	Killed	Hellemmes-Lille Communal Cemetery
1493	Boulton	Philip "Pip" Hugh	Sergeant	907098	1915		Pilot	RAFVR	Fighter Command	604 Sqn	1941-05-29	Blenheim	1f	R2073	NG:?	RAF Middle Wallop, (Det. RAF Coltishall)	14:20	Air to ground firing exercise	Detailed to carry out air to ground firing, but owing to low cloud it had to be abandoned. As far as is it possible to ascertain the aircraft hit a hill near Swanage, Dorset and was completely destroyed	Killed	Alperton Cemetery Plot D.D.Grave 9		Son of Dr. Nigel Boulton and Mona E. Boulton, husband of Eileen Mary Boulton, of Alperton, Wembley Sgt. Boulton was an Australian who was in England when the war broke out. He served with the RAF and not the RAAF. He has been remembered on the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Camberra, ACT, Australia	Dennis family blog
1494	Bourke	T H	Flying Officer					RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1942-05-29	Wellington	IV	Z1388	UV-J	Breighton	2343	Gennevilliers	Crashed target area	Killed	Viroflay New Communal
1495	Bourke	Patrick John	Flight Sergeant	426822		Australia		RAAF	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1944-04-10	Halifax	III	HX274	HD-X	Leconfield	2103	Tergnier	Crashed Rogecourt {Aisne}	Killed Age 22	Rogecourt Communal Cemetery
1496	Bourke	William	Sergeant	A402645	1912-05-30	Australian	Pilot	RAAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1941-10-31	Whitley	V	Z9220	MH-V	Dishforth	1738	Hamburg	Last heard on the radio calling for help at 0032. Hit by Marine Flak and crashed in the sea off Brunsbüttelkoog	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 62.		On 10th November 1941 a dinghy belonging to Z9220 was picked up by a trawler 17 miles east of Yarmouth. The dinghy contained the body of one crew member who could not be identified. Son of William Nicholas and Elizabeth Jane Bourke, of Waverton, New South Wales, Australia
1497	Bourke	Algie John	Leading Aircraftman	37323		Australia		RAAF		15 Repair Salvage	1942-11-22											RAAF Honour Roll
1498	Bourke	Joseph Patrick	Flight Sergeant	142538		Australia		RAAF		18Sqn RAAF	1945-09-04											RAAF Honour Roll
1499	Bourke	Norman Leslie	Squadron Leader	404317		Australia		RAAF		45Sqn RAF	1944-10-16											RAAF Honour Roll
1500	Bourke	Thomas Harrison	Flight Lieutenant	407192		Australia		RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1942-05-30											RAAF Honour Roll