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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
16501	Jolley	Joseph Isaac	Sergeant	2206449	Age 19				RAFVR		429Sqn (RCAF)	1944-05-25									Killed	Belgium, Heverlee War Cemetery, 5. C. 9.			Son Of Isaac Jolley, And Of Elsie Jolley, Of Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16502	Jolley	Edward Daniel Birch	Flying Officer	J/35757	Age 26				RCAF		434Sqn	1944-08-13									Killed	Germany, Becklingen War Cemetery, 14. B. 13.			Son Of Hiram William Birch Jolley And Elsie O. Jolley, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Husband Of Berenice Kathleen Jolley, Of Toronto.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16503	Jolley	J P	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-10-15	Wellington	III	BK270	VR-	Croft	1855	Koln	Crashed near Monchengladbach	Killed	Hauptfriedhof		Paradie Archive Database
16504	Jolley	E D B	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LW175	WL-Q	Croft	2122	Braunschweig	Crashed at Klein-Henstedt	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16505	Jolley	D I	Sergeant							Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	HX352	AL-L	Leeming	2257	Aachen	Crashed Gellick {Limburg}	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium
16506	Jolliffe	P G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-11-18	Halifax	V	LK976	ZL-Z	Leeming	1640	Mannheim	Believed crashed English Channel	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16507	Jolliffe	Percy George	Warrant Officer Class II	R/129230	Age 21				RCAF		427Sqn	1943-11-18									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 180.				Paradie Canadian Archive
16508	Jolly	Raymond Edward	Leading Aircraftman	R/213852	Age 23				RCAF			1943-12-14									Killed	Canada, Weyburn (Hillcrest) Cemetery, Block 52. Lot 10.			Son Of William Joseph And Sadie Jolly, Of Weyburn.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16509	Jolly	Eric Noel	Sergeant	1871640	Age 20				RAFVR		405Sqn RCAF	1944-08-17									Killed	Denmark, Kirkeby Churchyard, Grave 917.			Son Of Herbert And Lottie Elizabeth Jolly, Of Bungay, Suffolk.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16510	Jolly	E N	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-08-16	Lancaster	III	PB239	LQ-D	Gransden Lodge	2115	Kiel	Crashed off Denmark	Killed
16511	Jolly	W F	Flying Officer					DFC		Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-12-22	Lancaster	III	PB113	LQ-J	Gransden Lodge	1552	Bingen	Crash landed at Downham Market Norfolk on return
16512	Jolly	E N	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-07-25	Lancaster	III	PA972	LQ-D	Gransden Lodge	2210	Stuttgart	Crashed on take off
16513	Jonas	Julian Gerald	Sergeant	1851378	8th April 1921in Watford, Hertfordshire		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-06	Halifax	III	NP695	QO:K	RAF East Moor	16:13	Osnabruck	Claimed by Hptm. Dietrich Schmidt, his 35th Abschuss, from 8./NJG1 at Nordwalde: 2.800 m. at 20:14 hrs ((Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 October 1944 - 31 December 1944) Part 5 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 1287, Stalag Luft 7
16514	Jonasson	D H	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Halifax	III	LV829	ZL-B	Leeming	.0015.	Leipzig	Crashed at Stendal	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16515	Jonasson	L N	Sergeant	R180403					RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1943-04-16	Halifax	II	DT575	MP-Y	Linton on Ouse	2049	Plzen	Crashed near Liesse France	Killed	Liesse Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16516	Jonasson	Leonard Norman	Sergeant	R/180403	Age 17				RCAF		76Sqn (RAF)	1943-04-17									Killed	France, Liesse Communal Cemetery, Mil. Plot. Row B. Grave 12.	Video		Son Of Otto Jonasson, And Of Asrun Jonasson, Of Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16517	Jonasson	David Herman	Pilot Officer	J/19581	Age 31				RCAF		427Sqn	1944-02-20									Killed	Germany, Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 8. E. 32.			Son Of Haraldur And Sigurveig Jonina Jonasson, Of Baldur, Manitoba, Canada.	Paradie Canadian Archive
16518	Jones	Edward Scott (Eddie)	Flight Sergeant (W/Op/Air/Gnr)	1089363					RAFVR	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-04-20	Halifax	II	JP113	NA-A	Middleton St. George	2055	Lens	Baled out over France	POW No 3674				Read Archive Report
16519	Jones	Glyn	Warrant Officer	1023994			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	HR816	LQ-C	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	2246	Wuppertal	See archive report for further information	PoW No: 181 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug and Stalag Kopernikus	None - understood to have survived the war			Read Archive Report
16520	Jones	Rowland Woolley	Flying Officer	151373			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	431 (Iroquois) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	LK837	SE:L	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	23:14	Sterkrade	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Collective Grave 12.F.2-3				Read Archive Report
16521	Jones	Charles John	Sergeant	1391880	Age 34		Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	LL141	WL-H	RAF Croft	1616	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Coll. Grave: 8.L.34-37			Read Archive Report
16522	Jones	W S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-04-26	Halifax	III	HX326	ZA-N	Melbourne	2301	Essen		Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
16523	Jones	N S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1941-09-06	Whitley	V	Z6942	ZA-	Leeming	1953	Huls	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16524	Jones	J R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1943-12-23	Lancaster	III	JB594	HW_O	Grimsby	.0014.	Berlin	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16525	Jones	A C P	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1943-12-03	Lancaster	III	JB291	HW-D	Grimsby	2354	Leipzig	Crashed near Leipzig	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16526	Jones	D R	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	I	ME857	SR-C	Ludford Magna	2035	Russelsheim	Crashed at Boult-aux-Bois {Ardennes}	Killed	Boult-aux-Bois Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16527	Jones	H C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1942-08-09	Halifax	II	BB211	DY-A	Pocklington	.0008.	Osnabruck	Crashed Elbergen	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16528	Jones	William T	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1942-12-31	Wellington	III	X3351	KO-T	East Wretham	1713	Gardening	?	PoW		Memories!	Paradie Archive Database	William Jones was shot down over a small island and broke an ankle on landing. Was captured the next day. All of the crew survived and served as PoWs at Stalag VIIIB. Bill served two and a half years as a POW in Germany. He survived a death march in the closing months of the war and went on to father 10 children! X3351 Crew: L-R Standing :Les Hickman - Pilot (Coventry), W.O.Pearce - Rear Gunner (Toronto Ontario), Don McKay - Navigator (Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada). L-R Kneeling: Sam W. Walmsley - Wireless Operator (Chilliwack, British-Columbia, Canada, W. T. Jones - Bomb Aimer/Front Gunner.
16529	Jones	L H	Sergeant	R/69266			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	118Sqn	1942-06-06	Spitfire	Vb	EN975				Ramrod		Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom		Paradie Archive Database
16530	Jones	Thomas Matthew	Squadron Leader	J15168		Canadian	Observer	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	142 Sqn	1945-01-18	Mosquito	XXV	KB446	4H:X	Gransden Lodge	23:23	Sterkrade	Bombing of oil refining facility. Crash landed at 02:09, in belgium, while on home leg. No reported injuries				Paradie Archive Database	DFC awarded whilst with 142 Sqn, Gazetted 10 April 1945
16531	Jones	S B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LK877	NP-A	Lissett	2212	Trappes	Crashed Beaumont-le-Roger {Eure}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
16532	Jones	Harold Arthur	P/O Air Bomber	J/45644					RCAF	Bomber Command	1659 HCU	1945-05-17	Halifax	lll	HX268		RAF Topcliffe	2235	Conversion Training	Crashed into sea	Killed	Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery Sec. 2. Class C. Grave 3.		Paradie Archive Database	This aircraft was on a cross country exercise and was last seen spinning into the sea with its starboard engines feathered. This could indicate either engine failure or the fact that control was lost whilst practising flying with one or more engines feathered.. 1659 ORB is vague, saying a coast guard vessel and a convoy reported an explosion and fire on the sea 10 miles out to sea off Fife Ness. Crashed at 5621N 0158W 10 miles 070 degrees from Fifeness at 22.35 . Jones was one of two recovered from the sea. Pilot Officer Jones, RCAF, son of Sidney Arthur Jones and Marie Alma Jones, lived at 12 St Clair Avenue East Toronto (in those days the address would be at Victoria Park Avenue and St Clair Avenue in the Township of Scarborough. He attended Oakridge Public School and East York Collegiate. His name is memorialized on the Cairn outside the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 73 Oakridge, Oakridge Public School and the Memorial at East York Collegiate, East York.
16533	Jones	Robert Henry	Flying Officer	J/85509	Age 21	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Command	197Sqn	1944-12-31	Typhoon	Ib	PD471	OV-S	B.70 Deurne, France		Patrol	See archive report for further details	Killed	Drunen Roman Catholic Churchyard (Elshout). Grave 1		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16534	Jones	Edward James	Sergeant	R95236	10th December 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	24 OTU	1942-07-31	Whitley	V	Z9512		RAF Honeybourne, Worcestershire	23:20	Dusseldorf	See archive report for full details	KiA	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9.F.18		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16535	Jones	Joseph	Sergeant	R/62366	27 Mar 1919		Passenger - Flight Engineer		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-11-29	Halifax	II	DT576	LQ-U	Topscliffe	1005	Ferry	Crashed near Melmerby	Killed	Dishforth Cemetery Grave 46		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Richard Thomas Jones and Mary Jane Jones, of Weirdale, Saskatchewan, Canada 405 Sqn were in the process of moving from RAF Topcliffe to undertake a detachment at RAF Beaulieu in Hampshire. A number of bicycles are believed to have been also loaded on board. The a/c took off from RAF Topcliffe and headed initially in a north-easterly direction before making a turn over Melmerby and then to fly a course which would have been in a southerly passing the westerly side of Dishforth airfield before heading towards Hampshire. Before it got back over the general area of the airfield and while flying at 300 ft the a/c turned onto it's back and crashed near Melmerby. Sadly all fifteen airmen on board were killed in the crash. It was the worst non-operational loss in Yorkshire in the whole of the war. A house was damaged prior to the crash and it was thought to have been struck by a wire aerial hanging from the a/c. While there was some suggestion locally that the a/c was overloaded the crash investigation thought otherwise and the reason for the crash was obscure other than it probably stalled at a low height.(Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)
16536	Jones	R J	Flight Sergeant	R106431					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-04-06	Halifax	II	DT699	LQ-G	Leeming	2042	Gardening	Presumed crashed in sea	Killed	St Martin de Re		Paradie Archive Database
16537	Jones	R B	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1945-03-15	Lancaster	III	PB516	LQ-T	Gransden Lodge	1749	Misburg		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16538	Jones	W L	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	VII	NP713	EQ-X	Linton on Ouse	2051	Caen	Crashed at East Moor on return				Paradie Archive Database
16539	Jones	L W	Flying Officer	J/10289			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	412Sqn RCAF	1943-05-07	Spitfire	Vb	EE747				Shipping Recce		Killed	Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery France		Paradie Archive Database
16540	Jones	Jack MacDonald	Pilot Officer	J/95350			Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-03-25	Halifax	III	MZ907	6U-P	East Moor	753	Munster	Abandoned near Wulfen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16541	Jones	William Harvey	Pilot Officer	J/95347			Air/Gnr		RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-02-24	Halifax	III	NP936	6U-P	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	1309	Kamen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 18.G. 2-4.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report With thanks to John Jones for details - May 2018
16542	Jones	E C L	Sergeant	R/55620					RCAF	Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1942-07-09	Boston	III	W8304				Night Intruder		Killed	Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Netherlands		Paradie Archive Database
16543	Jones	G J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-04-13	Lancaster	X	KB866	VR-M	Middleton St George	2022	Kiel	Lost without trace	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16544	Jones	Lloyd Ingram	Flying Officer	J/40037			Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	NA179	PT-B	Tholthorpe	1701	Chemnitz	Crashed 1mile N of airfield on return	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
16545	Jones	William James	Pilot Officer	J/15726	1919	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-10-13	Wellington	III	DF636	FT-S	Leeming	1831	Kiel	While technically based at Skipton on Swale airfield for this date they used Leeming airfield to undertake the operational order from and also landed there on return. On their return to Leeming the a/c struck three houses in Londonderry at 0138 hours after overshooting a landing and all on board were killed as well as a child in one of the houses. This night saw 420 Sqn's first casualties since their conversion to Wellingtons	Killed	Ripon Cemetery Section H Grave 395		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Ernest and Helen Isabel Jones, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
16546	Jones	Harry Robert	Flying Officer	J25913	16th July 1922 in Montreal, Quebec	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	NA505	PT:J	Tholthorpe	23:03	Acherers Rail Yards	Claim by Oblt Franz Brinkhaus 6/NJG2 – 5-50km SSE of Neufchatel (SD): 1,800m at 01:19. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) . Shot down at 02:00 in the neighbourhood of Ronchois (Department of Seine-Maritime), 28 km WSW of Poix and 14km East of Neuchatel-en-Bray	Killed	Poix-de-Picardie Churchyard Row D Grave 5.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of John and Susan Henrietta (née Porter) Jones of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
16547	Jones	N H	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW428	KW-C	Tholthorpe	1855	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16548	Jones	G M	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS837	OW-	Linton on Ouse	1630	Berlin	Crashed at Yearsley	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16549	Jones	James Howard	Sergeant	R197301	30th March 1925 in Port Credit, Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Under)		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LK883	OW:E	RAF Linton on Ouse	22:07	Louvain, Belgium	See archive report for details	KiA	Brussels Town Cemetery Collective Grave X.19.6-8		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16550	Jones	R E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-04	Halifax	VII	NP775	OW-K	Linton on Ouse	1719	Bochum		PoW			Paradie Archive Database