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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
16551	Van Droogenbroeck	Francois Adrien Jean	Sergeant	R189507	10th March 1921 in Brussels, Belgium	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1944-07-25	Halifax	III	MZ362	AL:Y	Leeming	20:54	Stuttgart	Crashed at St-Maurice-St-Germain {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	St. Desir War Cemetery VII.A.7		Paradie Archive Database	Posthumously promoted to Plt Off. (J88587) with effect 24th July 1944 Information from Sgt. Elderton reported that Sgt. van Droogenbroeck bailed out safely. A MRES report records that his body was discovered in the forest of Montecot on the 28th July 1944 Son of Jean Joseph and Marie (née Devos) Van Droogenbroeck, of Dorval, Province of Quebec. Canada
16552	Van Fleet	R D	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LW555	C8-L	Leconfield	2210	Nurnberg	Crashed Halbs	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker
16553	Van Guen	F M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-03-10	Wellington	IC	Z1077	VR-P	Mildenhall	1930	Essen	Crashed on return to base				Paradie Archive Database
16554	Van Guen	Furneaux Montague	Flight Sergeant	R/54999	23 June 1919 at Birmingham, England	British	1st Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-07-13	Wellington	III	X3416	VR-J	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	.0058.	Duisburg, Germany	Lost without trace	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 107		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16555	Van Horne	L R	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	III	PB203	ZN-M	Metheringham	2100	Darmstadt	Crashed at Darmstadt	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16556	Van Maarion	J W	Flying Officer	J27583		Canadian	Bomb Aimer		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	Evader			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16557	Van Norman	H D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	15 OTU	1942-09-16	Wellington	IC	N2778		Harwell	2014	Essen	?	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16558	Van Patter	George Duncan	Flying Officer	J/27958	0th January 1921, in Aylner, Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	357 Sqn RAF	1944-05-07	Liberator	III	BZ923		Digri, India	19:30	Special Operations	The aircraft took off at 19:30 hrs on a special operation along with two other aircraft on a similar mission. The aircraft failed to return and the wreckage of the aircraft was found on the 7th May some 20 mins away from the base and about 1/2 mile west of Burdwan Railway Station, Bengal, India. The other two aircraft captains reported that very bad weather had been encountered	Killed	Delhi War Cemetery 5.C.9			Seriously Injured. Admitted GMH Asansol, Died of injuries on the 9th May 1944 Son of George Milton and Isabel (née McMillan) Van Patter, of Aylmer, Ontario, Canada
16559	Van Slyke	A R	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW721	NP-S	Lissett	1850	Berlin	Crashed Pausin	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16560	Van-Toever	Barnett	Pilot Officer	R/134408	Age ?	Canada	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	620Sqn	1943-08-27	Stirling	III	BF576	QS-F	RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk	2135	Nurnberg	Crashed at Irsch	PoW No: 222651 Camp: Stalag Torgan (Elbe)			Paradie Archive Database	Husband of Doreen Elsie Van-Toever (Married in May 1948 - died 03rd January 2020.) Of Bissett, Manitoba, Canada	Read Archive Report on this incident
16561	Vance	W W	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ712	KW-S	Tholthorpe	2230	Hamburg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
16562	Vance	R H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-11-03	Halifax	V	EB257	IP-E	Tholthorpe	1630	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Koln	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16563	Vance	Elmer Robert	Pilot Officer	J/16604	Saskatchewan	Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1943-04-20	Stirling	I	R9261	MG-M	Oakington	2100	Stettin	Crashed WNW Slagelse Denmark	Killed	Svino Churchyard, Denmark		Paradie Archive Database	Pathfinder 'In Memoriam' 50 page biography published privately by family, including father C K Parish
16564	Vancoughuett	W E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-03-18	Halifax	III	LW553	LK-U	Burn	1919	Frankfurt	Crashed Rodau	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16565	Vandekerckhove	George Pierre Cornelius	Pilot Officer	J/17326			Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-08-31	Halifax	V	EB251	ZL-T	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2020	Berlin	See archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 26. D.1-3		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16566	Vandenbergh	J W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-01-05	Halifax	III	MZ471	PT-V	Tholthorpe	1639	Hannover		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16567	Vander Dasson	William Lorne	Sergeant	R67655	2nd July 1920 in Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	49 Sqn	1942-09-06	Lancaster	I	R5752	EA:D	Scampton	01:16	Duisburg	When the starboard outer engine was put out of action by the flak over the target, Sgt Gregory-Coleman was killed by shrapnel, and the Captain was slightly injured. The Captain jettisoned the bombs and turned for home. Over the Dutch coast the starboard inner failed and the a/c steadily lost height but reached the English coast at a height of 2000 ft. The Captain ordered the crew to bale out with the exception of the W/Op. The a/c was circling RAF Martlesham prior to landing when the port inner failed at a height of 1000 ft and the Captain was compelled to crash land near Great Bealings N of RAF Martlesham. The Captain and the W/Op escaped from the a/c which was destroyed by fire with the exception of the tail unit	Baled out, Killed in Action 12 May 1944			Paradie Archive Database	103 Sqn Lancaster III ND700 PM:X
16568	Vander Dasson	William Lorne	Flying Officer	J18998	2nd July 1920 in Ontario	Canadian	Bomb Aimer	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	103 Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	ND700	PM:X	Elsham Wolds	21:48	Hassett	Claim by Lt Hans Schmitz 4/NJG1 - WSW of Rotterdam: 2,500m at 00:15. Also claimed by Flak of 4/gem Flak Abt 295 (“Unknown type of aircraft Oostmalle 00:10”) Victory for Lt Hans Schmitz confirmed on 6 September 1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten). Wreckage was spread over a wide area near Hallaar (Antwerpen), 12 km ESE of Lier.	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery Coll.grave IVA.D. 15-18		Paradie Archive Database	DFM Gazetted 10 Sep 1943 with 619 Sqn Son of George Emerson and Hulda (née Nageleisen) Vander Dasson of Scudder, Ontario, Canada
16569	Vanderveen	H L	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ712	KW-S	Tholthorpe	2230	Hamburg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
16570	Vandervoort	William John	Warrant Officer Class 2	R74630	17th April 1916 in Vancouver, British Columbia	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1942-11-25	Lancaster	I	R5695	EM:G	Langar	15:04	Haselunne	Lost without trace	MiA	Runnymede Memorial Panel 102		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Earnest Stanley and Emma Margaret (née Smith) Vandervoort of Vancouver, British Columbia
16571	Vandette	Roy Emmit	Flight Sergeant	J/92209	Age 21	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-12-06	Halifax	III	MZ939	C8-M	Leconfield	16:01	Osnabruck	Crashed at Bohmte/ Claim by Fw Hans-Eugen von Gienanth Stab IV/NJG1 - Quakenbruck at 20:08 Also claimed by Flak of 8 Flak Division (Halifax Bohmte railway track Osnabruck-Bremen 20:05) (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten) Courtesy John Jones	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row D Grave 18	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Son of Francis and Sarah Vandette, of Hearst, Ontario, Canada. Epitaph: 'Time Takes Away The Edge Of Grief But Memory Turns Back Every Leaf'.
16572	Vanzant	M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-08-27	Halifax	V	DK258	IP-X	Tholthorpe	2110	Nurnberg	Crashed near Ingolstadt	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16573	Vardy	A E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1945-04-13	Lancaster	X	KB784	NA-K	Middleton St George	2020	Kiel	Ditched	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16574	Varey	B H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1943-11-26	Lancaster	I	DV339	QR-W	Skellingthorpe	1721	Berlin	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16575	Varley	H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	II	DS726	EQ-Y	Linton on Ouse	2159	Cambrai	Crashed at Seranvillers-Forenville {Nord}	Killed	Seranvillers-Forenville Military Cemetery			Attacker
16576	Vasiloff	S A	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ825	AL-E	Leeming	2122	Braunschweig	Crashed at Brelingen	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16577	Vatcher	R R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	VII	LW208	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	2237	Hamburg	Crashed near Quarnstedt	Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16578	Vatne	N R	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-01-14	Lancaster	X	KB799	VR-W	Middleton St George	1847	Leuna	Abandoned near target area	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16579	Vaughan	J L	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1941-12-14	Hampden	I	AT133	EQ-X	Balderton	.0030.	Cherbourg	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16580	Vaughan	William Ewart	Flying Officer	J24199	11th December 1914	Canadian	Navigator I		RCAF	Bomber Command	582 Sqn	1944-12-23	Lancaster	III	PB523	6O:J	RAF Little Staughton	10:29	Koln	See archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16581	Vaughan	J G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV899	EY-Q	Breighton	2219	Nurnberg	Crashed Maubert-Fontaine {Ardennes}	Killed	Maubert-Fontaine Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16582	Vaughan	R H	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-08-09	Halifax	II	W7709	LQ-J	Topcliffe	2350	Osnabruck	Crashed at Oploo Holland	Killed	Woensel Cemetery Eindhoven
16583	Vaughan	C D	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-06-11	Halifax	VII	NP815	QO-A	East Moor	1216	Gelsenkirchen		PoW
16584	Vautour	A C	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1942-07-31	Wellington	III	BJ841	SR-	Bourn		Dusseldorf	Crashed near Monchengladbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16585	Vautour	Alfred Gerald 'Gerry'	Pilot Officer	J85303	Born 17th June 1915 in Richibucto, New Brunswick	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	409Sqn RCAF	1944-06-28	Mosquito	NF.XIII	MM573	KP:?	RAF Hunsdon		Patrol over D-Day beachhead	The Court of Inquiry concluded that the aircraft let down through cloud at night trying to acquire the runway lighting and struck and broke a power line on a small hill at 300 ft ASL. The aircraft continued for about three-quarters of a mile and hit a haystack and other obstacles before hitting another power line and then nose dived into the ground on fire. He was last heard on the radio when at 500 ft (the cloud base was 400 ft). The time was 01:31 hrs approximately	KiA	Brookwood Military Cemetery 54.I.9		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Joseph Theodore and Mary Virginia (née Purcell) (deceased) Vautor , of Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada	Loss of Mosquito Memorial Aircrew Deaths and Resting Places Database
16586	Vear	K E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-04-19	Hudson	III	T9439	NA-R	Tempsford		Training	Force landed Gothenburg	Interned			Paradie Archive Database
16587	Veasey	D J	Sergeant	R/77350		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	25OTU	1942-07-31	Wellington	IC	DV439	PP-D	Finningley	2341	Dusseldorf	The aircraft was initially hit by flak over the target are. It was then finished off by Lt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab II/NJG1 - 1km South West of Loon op Zand (6C): 3,000m at 0228	PoW No.25142 Stalag 8B Teschen/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf			Paradie Archive Database	Attacker
16588	Veilleux	Joseph Achille John Paul	Leading Aircraftman	R/177329	Age 20	Canadian	Passenger		RCAF	Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron	10Sqn (RCAF)	1943-10-19	B-24 Liberator		3701	H	Gander, Newfoundland	2216	Transport	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	St. Donat Roman Catholic Cemetery Collective Grave Lot GE 34			Son of Emile and Marie Anne Veilleux of Thetford Mines, Quebec.	Read Archive Report
16589	Veira	Basil Vernon Lancelot	Flying Officer	J/10677	St.Kitts, British West Indies	Canadian	Navigator	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1943-04-28	Lancaster	III	ED408	PH-A	Wickenby		Gardening	Lost to AAA over northern coast of Poland	Killed	Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 3. A. 1-3. Poland. Body washed ashore.		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
16590	Veitch	L E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-04-10	Halifax	III	NA185	6U-B	East Moor	1347	Leipzig		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16591	Davies	Harold	Sgt	1062332					RAFVR		408Sqn RCAF	1942-01-25									Killed Age 21	Brymbo St Mary Denbighshire Wales			Son of Herbert and Eve Davies, of Runcorn, Cheshire.
16592	Munro	Gordon Chapman	WO2	R/150829		Canada	Nav		RCAF	Bomber Command	1661 HCU	1944-01-24	Stirling	lll	EF151		Winthorpe	Day	Training	An engine failed, then the undercarriage would not lower correctly and finally the aircraft became difficult to control	Killed Age 30	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery Plot I/2. Grave 139. Epitaph: WE LITTLE THOUGHT WHEN FROM HOME HE WENT HE'D NE'ER RETURN AGAIN. LOVING WIFE MARY			Son of John and Kathleen Munro. Husband of Mary Service Munro, of Vermilion, Alberta, Canada.
16593	Venables	G W H	Flying Officer	J/24233			Air/Bmr		RCAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	DV240	PO-D	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	2203	Nurnberg	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 5129 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16594	Venables	H D	Squadron Leader	106029				DFC		Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1943-04-09	Boston	III	W8325				Intruder Sortie		Killed	St- Andre-De-L'eure Communal Cemetery France
16595	Venber	Nick	Warrant Officer Class 1	J85634		Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF	1944-04-30	Halifax	III	LW476	PT:J	RAF Tholthorpe	21:15	Somain	See Archive report for details	Missing	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 253.		Paradie Archive Database	Posthumously promoted to Plt.Off. with Service No. J85634	Read Archive Report
16596	Venning	O E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	189Sqn	1944-11-26	Lancaster	I	PB745	CA-Q	Fulbeck	2353	Munchen	Crashed at Saltby Leicestershire	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16597	Verge	J E	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	82Sqn	1944-08-16	Wellington	III	BJ790		Ossington	2114	Nickel	Abandoned	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
16598	Veri	D	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1945-01-07	Lancaster	III	PB229	LQ-X	Gransden Lodge	1950	Munchen	Believed collided in air with 635 Sqn Aircraft 19KK SSE of Nurnberg	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16599	Verner	J W	Texhnical Sergeant						USAAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1945-02-20	Lancaster	III	PB530	LQ-O	Gransden Lodge	2220	Dortmund		PoW
16600	Verney	F V	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1945-03-09	Lancaster	I	LM207	PG-E	Strubby	1211	Essen	Overshot landing at Evere Belgium				Paradie Archive Database