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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
1451	Tutty	J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-02-03	Lancaster	III	ND801	JN-X	Mepal	1641	Dortmund	Overshot on return crashed into house
1452	Tweedie	N	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-11	Wellington	Ic	R1038	AA-	Feltwell		Kiel	?	Killed	Runnymede
1453	Tweedie	Norman	Sergeant	402474		Australia			RAAF		75Sqn (NZ) RAF	1941-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
1454	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-04	Stirling	I	BK646	N	Newmarket		Gironde	?
1455	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-20	Stirling	I	R9200	S				Crashed Jurby
1456	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-06-30	Lancaster	I	LL942	AA-	Waterbeach		Ground	Exploded on ground
1457	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-01-23	Stirling	I	BF397		Newmarket			Overshot on return
1458	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-09-28	Wellington	III	BJ772	AA-			Ground	Struck on ground by aircraft below
1459	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-09-24	Wellington		L7848	V	Feltwell			Belly landed on return
1460	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling			?-M			Ludwigshaven	Crashed at base on return
1461	Unrecorded									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-02-02	Stirling		RG250	AA-C	Newmarket		Hamburg	Shot down Holland
1462	Upton	Frank Wakefield	Flight Sergeant	NZ/404430	Age 28	New Zaland	Air Bomber		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-20	Stirling	III	BF506	AA-P	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2205	Heinkel Factory at Rostock	See Archive report for further details. Shot down by Ofw. Rudolf Mangelsdorf 12./NJG3 crashed at B̦balle, Denmark	Killed	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Coll. grave A.11. 11-14			Born on the 15th August 1914 at Christchurch. ed his secondary education at Christchurch Technical College where he received his Senior Free Place. He was single and played, football, rugby as well as acting as a surf lifesaver at Taylors Mistake near Christchurch, New Zealand. His family knew him as 'Dick'. One of four boys and one girl, his grandmother was born and lived in Denmark prior to emigrating with her two brothers to New Zealand. (Frank's plane crashed just a few miles away from her birthplace in Denmark.) Worked as a clerk for W.H. Harris Ltd (tinsmiths) prior to service. Enlisted at Leven as a trainee pilot on the 24th November 1940. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 20th January 1941. Pilot training terminated and re-mastered as Air Observer on the 26th February 19412. Embarked for Canada on the 18th June 1941. Trained with No. 6 Air Observers School 06th July 1941. Air Observer badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on 08th November 1941. Embarked for England on the 08th January 1942. No. 10 Observer Advanced Flying Unit 24th April 1942. 11 Operational Training Unit flying on the Wellington. 27th May 1942. Re-mustered as Air Bomber 23rd July 1942. 1665 Operational Training Unit 25th August flying the Sterling. Joined 90 squadron on the 13th November 1942 carrying out 1 operational sortie. Assigned to 75 squadron 29th January 1943 carrying out 8 operational sorties. Son of Frederick Samuel (died 01st April 1943) and Isabel (née Butcher - died 20th March 1962) Upton of Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
1463	Vale	L R	Sergeant	1235008						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-23	Stirling	III	BK783	AA-Q	Newmarket	2315	Dortmund	Crashed SSW Culemborg Holland	PoW
1464	Vaughan	Douglas William	Flight Sergeant	429046		New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-04-23	Stirling	III	EF137	AA-E	Mepal	2042	Gardening	Failed To Return GERMAN A/C, DENMARK unk, Crash near Vemmenaes, 3km ESE , Lundeby island aasinge, Fyn. Outbound EF137 was attacked by German nightfighter, probably Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank of 3./NJG 3. A fire started and a little later the bomber disintegrated in the air and fell in the sea off Vemmenæs at 23:20 hours killing the whole crew.	Killed	Aabenraa Cemetery Denmark, Monument Svendborg Denmark			Mining over the Baltic. 114 aircraft to lay mines in five separate areas of the Baltic. 5 losses Son of William Vaughan and of Florence Evelyn Vaughan (Nee Ayres), of Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand. Husband of Muriel Belle Vaughan, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.	Courtesy: flensted.eu.com RNZAF Archives airmen.dk
1465	Vercoe	T J	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-30	Stirling	III	EE915	AA-X	Mepal	2234	Remscheid	?	Killed	Runnymede
1466	Vernazoni	R B	Flying Officer	NZ416185					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	I	EF398	AA-A	Newmarket	2332	Wuppertal	Shot down by night fighter	Killed	Runnymede
1467	Vero	E W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	I	LM104	AA-Z	Mepal	1646	Dortmund		PoW
1468	Viccars	E V	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-13	Stirling	III	EE886	AA-L	Mepal	110	Aachen	Crashed at base on return	Killed	Southend on Sea {Sutton Rd}
1469	Vickers	Charles Henry	Flight Sergeant	1115126	1920		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-28	Wellington	III	DF673	AA-	Mildenhall		Nurnberg	Claim by Ofw Wilhelm Beier 7/NJG2 - North East of Moerbeke, West of St-Niklaas at 0315. Crashed North East of Moerbeke 13km West of St-Niklaas	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Plot XII Row E Grave 10			Sgt. Vickers may have been a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on this mission Initially the crew were buried at Moerbeke Cemetery Son of John Henry and Mary Louisa Vickers, of Newton Heath, Manchester, England
1470	Vincent	Frank Arthur	Flight Sergeant	395910			Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	LM593	AA-N	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2025	Russelsheim	See archive report for full details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Coll. grave 8.K.8-10			Read Archive Report
1471	Voice	William James Stanley	Sergeant	41708			Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-12-17	Stirling	I	BK620	AA-A	Newmarket	1807	Fallersleben	Shot down by a combination of flak and night fighters, crash-landing into the Westeinder Plas, South West of Aalsmeer (Noord Holland) 10 miles South West of Amsterdam	PoW No. 27305, Dulag Luft/Stalag 8B Teschen/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf				Promoted to WO whilst interned Returned to UK 21 April 1945
1472	Wadeson	Thomas Edward	Sergeant	RAFVR			Air Gunner		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
1473	Waerea	T H	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-27	Stirling	III	EH877	JN-C	Mepal	1957	Hannover	Crashed Sarstedt	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
1474	Wainwright	A Edward	Sergeant	1355493			Wireless Operator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-03-25	Wellington	III	X3652	AA-O	Feltwell		Essen	Hit by 1 & 3/schw Res Flak Abt 472. 3/schw Res Flak Abt 134 and 1/schw Res Flak Abt. Belly landed at Duisburg-Kasslerfeld. Time unknown. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 - Theo Boiten).	PoW No. 24813 Dulag Luft/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/ Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria				Promoted to Warrant Officer whilst a PoW. Returned to UK 11 July 1944 (Repatriation ?)
1475	Wainwright	D	Flight Sergeant	1193816						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	W7469	AA-O	Newmarket	2217	Mannheim	Crashed at Katzenbach	PoW
1476	Wakerley	Joseph James	Flying Officer	169159	15th April 1916	British	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-03-21	Lancaster	I	NG449	AA:T	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	09:45	Munster	See archive report for details	PoW, Oflag 79					Read Archive Report on this incident
1477	Wal	J A E	Warrant Officer	NZ401294						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-08	Stirling	III	BK770	AA-L									walx
1478	Walker	George Albert	Sergeant	1332840			Navigator		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. Grave 4A.D.13			Read Archive Report
1479	Walker	Graham Stuart	Sergeant	NZ/401817	Age 25	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-24	Wellington	Ic	N2854	AA-U	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk	1050	Brest	See Archive report	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 64	AWMM Via Jennifer Lemaire		Born on the 20th May 1916 in Auckland. Worked as a grocery assistant for Self-Help Co-Op Stores Ltd at Te Kuiti. Served in the territorial army for a year before enlisting at Levin on the 02nd of July 1940. Trained at No. 1 Air Observer School and awarded his air gunner badge on the 22nd August 1940 and promoted to sergeant the following day. Embarked for England on the 14th of September 1940. Further training with No. 20 Operational Training Unit commencing 28th December 1940. Finally joining 75 squadron on the the16th of April 1941. Son of Ernest Graham Walker, and of Mary Jane Walker (née Stewart). Stepson of Robert Watson Read, of Te Kuiti, Auckland, New Zealand. Carried out 20 operational sorties.	Archive report
1480	Walsh	J A E	Warrant Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-08	Stirling	III	BK770	AA-L	Newmarket	2130	Duisburg	Crashed Bressingham NORFOLK	Killed	Newmarket Cemetery
1481	Walsh		Warrant Officer							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-03-09	Stirling	III	BK770		Newmarket		Duisburg	Crashed Bressingham NORFOLK	Killed
1482	Walshe	D J	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-09-10	Wellington	III	BJ974	AA-	Mildenhall		Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1483	Wanstall	R F	Sergeant	656462						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	BF451	AA-Z	Newmarket	2214	Mannheim	Crashed at Rilly-la-Montagne	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery France
1484	Warburton	R L	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-10	Wellington	Ic	Z8909	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crashed near Koln	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1485	Ward	James Allen	Sergeant			New Zealand	Pilot	Victoria Cross	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-15	Wellington	Ic	X3205	AA-	Feltwell		Hamburg	Crashed in target area	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery			Epitaph: 'He is a bloody fine little chap. He's got all the guts in the world'
1486	Ward	A J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-09	Wellington		L7819	AN-N	Mildenhall			Crashed at Newmarket
1487	Ward	James Allen	Sergeant			New Zealand	Pilot	Victoria Cross	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-07	Wellington	Ic			Feltwell		Attack on Muster						VC Citation: On the night of 7th July, 1941, Sergeant Ward was second pilot of a Wellington returning from an attack on Munster. When flying over the Zuider Zee at 13,000 feet, the aircraft was attacked from beneath by a Messerschmitt 110, which secured hits with cannon shell and incendiary bullets. The rear gunner was wounded in the foot but delivered a burst of fire which sent the enemy fighter down, apparently out of control. Fire then broke out near the starboard engine, and, fed by petrol from a split pipe, quickly gained an alarming hold and threatened to spread to the entire wing. The crew forced a hole in the fuselage and made strenuous efforts to reduce the fire with extinguishers and even the coffee in their vacuum flasks, but without success. They were then warned to be ready to abandon the aircraft. As a last resort, Sergeant Ward volunteered to make an attempt to smother the fire with an engine cover which happened to be in use as a cushion. At first he proposed to discard his parachute, to reduce wind resistance, but was finally persuaded to take it. A rope from the dinghy was tied to him, though this was of little help and might have become a danger had he been blown off the aircraft. With the help of the navigator, he then climbed through the narrow astro-hatch and put on his parachute. The bomber was flying at a reduced speed, but the wind pressure must have been sufficient to render the operation one of extreme difficulty. Breaking the fabric to make hand and foot holds where necessary, and also taking advantage of existing holes in the fabric, Sergeant Ward succeeded in descending three feet to the wing and proceeding another three feet to a position behind the engine, despite the slipstream from the airscrew, which nearly blew him off the wing. Lying in this precarious position, he smothered the fire in the wing fabric and tried to push the cover into the hole in the wing and on to the leaking pipe from which the fire came. As soon as he moved his hand, however, the terrific wind blew the cover out and when he tried again it was lost. Tired as he was, he was able with the navigator’s assistance to make successfully the perilous journey back onto the aircraft. There was now no danger of the fire spreading from the petrol pipe, as there was no fabric left nearby, and in due course it burnt itself out. When the aircraft was nearly home some petrol which had collected in the wing blazed up furiously but died down quite suddenly. A safe landing was then made despite the damage sustained by the aircraft. The flight home had been made possible by the gallant action of Sergeant Ward in extinguishing the fire on the wing in circumstances of the greatest difficulty and at the risk of his life. Extract from “The London Gazette” of 5th August, 1941
1488	Ward	William John	Flying Officer	401003		Australia			RAAF		75Sqn (NZ) RAF	1943-08-08												RAAF Honour Roll
1489	Waring	H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-13	Stirling	III	EE886	AA-L	Mepal	110	Aachen	Crashed at base on return	Injured
1490	Warlow	William John	Sergeant Flight Engineer	1653307					RAFVR	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
1491	Warner	J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-12-16	Stirling	III	EF163	JN-L	Mepal	1700	Gardening	Crashed at Sutton Cambs	Injured
1492	Warr	A G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	III	BK664 ?	AA-M	Newmarket	2200	Mannheim	Crashed at base on return
1493	Warren	D	Flight Lieutenant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	ND919	AA-D	Mepal	2256	Leuven	Exploded & crashed Castle Elderschans	Killed	Aardenburg General Cemetery
1494	Warring	Robert John	Sergeant	NZ/411110	Age 21	New Zealander	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-11	Wellington	III	BJ625	AA-T	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk		Mainz	See archive report for further details and photographs	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 9.H.3	Courtesy NAA		Born on the 07th December 1920 in Auckland. Son of William Robert (died 22nd June 1963, age 80) and Ada May Warring (died 28th March 1966, age 77), of Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand. 164 flying hours logged and thought to be on his 5th operational sortie.	Read Archive Report on this incident
1495	Waterman	J J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-05	Stirling	III	EE893	JN-N	Mepal	1959	Mannheim	Crashed Schwanheim	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1496	Watkins	Stanley	Sergeant	544249			Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-11-19	Stirling	III	LJ442	JN:F	Mepal	17:01	Leverkusen	Claimed by Lt. Otto Fries, his 4th Abschuss, from 5.NJG1 near Horrues, 3 - 4 km north of Soignies at 4.100 m. at 19:59 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	KiA	Chievres Communal Cemetery Grave 22			Son of William John and Minnie Watkins, of Abercynon, Glamorgan.
1497	Watson	J	Sergeant	1021021			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-06	Stirling	I	BF517	AA-0	RAF Newmarket	15	Duisburg	See Archive report for further details	Survived	None			Read Archive Report
1498	Watson	W D	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-27	Lancaster	I	HK594	AA-G	Mepal	2115	Stettin		Killed	Runnymede
1499	Watson	R J	Squadron Leader					DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-03-04	Stirling	III	EF215	AA-M	Mepal	2051	SOE	Crashed Rochefort-Montagne {Puy-de-Dome}	Killed	Des Carmes-Dechaux Communal Cemetery
1500	Watson	Clifford Arnold	Flying Officer	NZ/421946	Age 33	New Zealand	Navigator		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.25	courtesy Auckland Memorial		Read Archive Report