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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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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
1551 BownL WFlying OfficerRAAFBomber Command460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-27LancasterIIIND364AR-FBinbrook2133FriedrichshafenExploded and crashed Rupt-Sur-Moselle {Voges}KilledRupt-sur-Moselle Communal Cemetery
1552 BownSydney KeithAircraftman Class 155153AustraliaRAAF10 Elementary Flying Training School1942-06-20RAAF Honour Roll
1553 BownLeslie WalterFlying Officer406094AustraliaRAAF460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-28RAAF Honour Roll
1554 BownBruce OswaldPilot Officer413950AustraliaRAAFNo 1 Advanced Flying RAF1943-01-01RAAF Honour Roll
1555 BownessMarshal Vivian MuirWarrant Officer411212AustraliaRAAF20Sqn RAAF
1945-01-28RAAF Honour Roll
1556 BowronRobin OvertonAir CadetAustraliaRAAF1 Elementary Flying Training School1940-03-19RAAF Honour Roll
1557 BoxMalcolm Flight Sergeant420859AustraliaRAAF53Sqn RAF
1944-04-17RAAF Honour Roll
1558 BoxsellW KFlying OfficerRAAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-10-28LancasterIIILM746PO-Waddington2214BergenThe aircraft was badly damaged during a mid air collision with another aircraft from the squadron (which managed to land safely) After jettisoning the bomb load over the sea they returned inland. All but three of the crew baled out whilst the pilot, flight engineer and navigator remained and managed to fly the aircraft into Carnaby. Aircraft subsequently damaged beyond repair.Safe
1559 BoyceW GFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-09LancasterIIIJB734AR-R2Binbrook2115GardeningCrashed Gunderup DenmarkKilledEsbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Denmark

1560 BoyceJ RFlying OfficerRAAFBomber Command462Sqn RAAF
1945-02-24Halifax IIIMZ448Z5-Foulsham1701BSPoW
1561 BoyceWilliam GeorgeFlight Sergeant421239AustraliaRAAF460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-10RAAF Honour Roll
1562 BoyceRichard FrancisFlying Officer413520AustraliaRAAF78Sqn RAAF
1944-10-29RAAF Honour Roll
1563 BoyceFrederick CliffordFlying Officer410941AustraliaRAAFRAF Station ABU SUEIR M East Attached RAF1943-12-24RAAF Honour Roll
1564 BoydRobert DouglasFlight Lieutenant PilotAUS/419026RAAFBomber Command101Sqn
1945-02-01LancasterIME863SR-KRAF Ludford Magna1557Ludwigshafen Collided in air with Lancaster near Sorneville KilledCholoy War Cemetery. Grave 1.E.6Read Archive Report
1565 BoydF LSergeantRAAFBomber Command103Sqn
1943-01-21LancasterIW4335PM-FElsham Wolds1743EssenCrashed near Enschede HollandKilledEnschede Eastern Cemetery
1566 BoydR HWarrant OfficerRAAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-05-03LancasterIIIND905PM-BElsham Wolds2158Mailly-le-CampCrashed Villers-le-Chateau {Marne}KilledVillers-le-Chateau Churchyard
1567 BoydJames OwenPilot OfficerA41083014 October 1922 in Geelong, VIC, AustraliaAustralianWireless OperatorRAAFBomber Command460Sqn RAAF
1943-12-02LancasterIIILM316AR-H2Binbrook1632BerlinCrashed near DöberitzKilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 187. Son of Thomas Patrick and Mary Teresa Boyd, of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia
1568 BoydR T RFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-12-17LancasterIPD215PO-Waddington1638MunchenCollided with 50 Sqn Lancaster & abandoned near Chalons-sr-Marne
1569 BoydN CFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command90Sqn
1944-12-23LancasterIHE664WP-VTuddenham1146TrierExploded over HammKilledRunnymede
1570 BoydRobert DouglasFlight Lieutenant419026AustraliaRAAF101Sqn RAF
1945-02-01RAAF Honour Roll
1571 BoydFrank LawrenceFlight Sergeant412101AustraliaRAAF103Sqn RAF
1943-01-21RAAF Honour Roll
1572 BoydRonald HowardWarrant Officer416041AustraliaRAAF103Sqn RAF
1944-05-04RAAF Honour Roll
1573 BoydAthol StewartPilot Officer423606AustraliaRAAF11Sqn RAAF
1943-09-02RAAF Honour Roll
1574 BoydJohn LivingstonePilot Officer404548AustraliaRAAF185Sqn RAF
1942-05-14RAAF Honour Roll
1575 BoydArchie GordonSergeant409019AustraliaRAAF2 Aircraft Park Bankstown1943-04-22RAAF Honour Roll
1576 BoydHarold WilliamPilot Officer426823AustraliaRAAF20 OTU RAF1943-12-28RAAF Honour Roll
1577 BoydThompson Neville DigbyFlying Officer402435AustraliaRAAF23 OTU RAF1941-10-26RAAF Honour Roll
1578 BoydHarry JamesFlight Sergeant427775AustraliaRAAF24Sqn RAAF
1945-03-23RAAF Honour Roll
1579 BoydGordon AlexFlight Sergeant437044AustraliaRAAF254Sqn RAF
1945-01-19RAAF Honour Roll
1580 BoydLeslie CyrilLeading Aircraftman40014AustraliaRAAF3 W/T Station Batchelor1944-01-23RAAF Honour Roll
1581 BoydJames JohnAircraftman Class 117940AustraliaRAAF4 Service Technical Training School Adelaide1941-10-16RAAF Honour Roll
1582 BoydJames OwenFlying Officer410830AustraliaRAAF460Sqn RAAF
1943-12-02RAAF Honour Roll
1583 BoydRoy VincentFlight Sergeant421786AustraliaRAAF58Sqn RAF
1944-08-21RAAF Honour Roll
1584 BoydNorman CollisFlight Sergeant430112AustraliaRAAF90Sqn RAF
1944-12-23RAAF Honour Roll
1585 BoydTonySgtAustraliaPilotDFM

RAAFFighter CommandHurricaneMaltaTony Boyd was a young man from country Queensland who enlisted in the wartime RAAF in 1940 and became a fighter pilot. Without operational experience he was sent to Malta in November 1941, from an aircraft carrier. The Luftwaffe was about to submit the island to an unprecedented bombing campaign by experienced bomber units, supported by equally experienced fighter pilots, all flying aircraft superior to the Hawker Hurricane flown by the defences. Tony Boyd had to learn quickly, as the Messerschmitts did not give second chances to beginners. Tony became noted for his determination to evade the fighter escort and attack the bombers, despite the poor armament of the Hurricane and the speed of the Junkers Ju88. During the hard-fought battles of March, April and May 1942 Tony Boyd was noted for his cheerful spirit and bravery. Despite his junior rank of Sergeant, he was a senior squadron member in experience and was assigned to lead on some sorties. With no flight training on Spitfires, he was given one and took off to engage the enemy, and two minutes later was firing his guns at the Luftwaffe bombers. Tony Boyd represents those thousands of young Australians who volunteered for war service and who did as well as they could in lethal situations against an experienced ruthless enemy.
1586 BoydellJ C BFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command463Sqn RAAF
1944-07-18LancasterIIILM551JO-GWaddington2253RevignyCrashed Canal de MarneKilledCholoy War Cemetery France
1587 BoydellCharles BroughtonLeading Aircraftman444885AustraliaRAAF1 TPT & Movt Office Sydney1945-05-02RAAF Honour Roll
1588 BoydellJohn Charles BroughtonFlight Sergeant430247AustraliaRAAF463Sqn RAAF
1944-07-19RAAF Honour Roll
1589 BoyesGordon EdissFlight Sergeant408244AustraliaRAAF15 OTU RAF1943-04-21RAAF Honour Roll
1590 BoyleBrian PhillipFlight SergeantAUS/424729Air GunnerRAAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-03-30LancasterIIIJB736PM-NRAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire2116Nurnberg See archive report for full details KilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 10.E.6 Read Archive Report
1591 BoyleJ JWarrant OfficerRAAFBomber Command463Sqn RAAF
1944-10-28LancasterIIIND332JO-SWaddington2217BergenKilledRunnymede
1592 BoyleJSergeantRAAFBomber Command7Sqn
1942-07-28StirlingIW7565MG-BOakington2229HamburgCrashed at AschmoehorKilledBecklingen War Cemetery
1593 BoyleDaniel PatrickFlight Sergeant4095001919AustralianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRAAFBomber Command30 OTU1943.05.15WellingtonXHE468HixonNight NavigationReturned to base only to dive and crash at 0357 hours out of control at Mountford Farm, Salt HeathKilledSt. Helens Cemetery, sec.14. Grave 411Son of Daniel Francis and Margaret Mary Boyle; husband of Nellie Rosendale Boyle, of Richmond, Victoria, Australia
1594 BoyleBrian PhillipFlight Sergeant424729AustraliaRAAF103Sqn RAF
1944-03-31RAAF Honour Roll
1595 BoyleDaniel PatrickFlight Sergeant409500AustraliaRAAF30 OTU RAF1943-05-15RAAF Honour Roll
1596 BoyleJohn JosephWarrant Officer423622AustraliaRAAF463Sqn RAAF
1944-10-29RAAF Honour Roll
1597 BoyleJohn Sergeant404931AustraliaRAAFAttached 1651 CU RAF United Kingdom1942-07-29RAAF Honour Roll
1598 BoylsonWilliam WrixonFlight Lieutenant4046236th October 1918, Wagga Wagga, New South WalesAustralianPilotDFC

DFC Bar

RAAFBomber Command139 Sqn (Jamaica)
1944-06-24MosquitoXXKB329XD:?Upwood03:45BerlinClaimed by Lt. Ewald-Werner Hittler and his Bordfuncker Uffz. Wilhelm Wildschütze, his 4th Abschuss, from 3./NJG1, 30 km NW of Berlin at 7,000 m at 01:37 hrs. The Mosquito exploded in mid-air near Linum. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 256He flew 48 sorties with 7 Sqn on Stirlings before joining 141 Sqn with whom he flew 26 sorties on Beaufighters and the Mosquito.

DFC awarded whilst with 7 Sqn, gazetted 9th February 1943.

Bar to DFC awarded whilst with 7 Sqn, Gazetted 11th June 1943.

Son of Joseph Patrick and Gertrude Alice Boylson; husband of Joyce Mary Boylson, of Guildford, Surrey.
1599 BoylsonWilliam WrixonFlight Lieutenant404623AustraliaRAAF139Sqn RAF
1944-06-25RAAF Honour Roll
1600 BoyntonGeoffrey VernonFlying Officer409020AustraliaRAAF13Sqn RAAF
1942-10-01RAAF Honour Roll

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