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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent 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	Jones	Lloyd William Wesley	Pilot Officer		J/18966	Age 22	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	LL139	ZL-D	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire	2000	Magdeburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Berlin 1939–1945 War Cemetery Grave 2 K 11	Courtesy Dave Champion	Paradie Archive Database	Son of William H. H. Jones and Irma M. Jones of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Read Archive Report
16552	Jones	Greville Llewellyn	Flying Officer		J35736	30th May 1917, Tisdale, Saskatchewan.	Canada	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	428 (Ghost) Sqn, RCAF	1944-08-18	Lancaster	X	KB743	NA:I	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	21:29	Bremen	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 52715 Camp: Stalag Muhlhausen (9C) / Stalag Luft Sagan and Bellaria (L3)	Passed away 27th August. 2002, Regina, Canada. Husband of Berna and father to 7 children.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16553	Jones	Paul Reviere	Flight Sergeant		R196635	19th December 1922 in St. Walburg, Saskatchewan	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RCAF	Bomber Command	428 (Ghost) Sqn, RCAF	1944-10-14	Lancaster	X	KB780	NA:T	Middleton St George	05:58	Duisburg	The aircraft disintegrated in mid-air scattering small pieces over a wide area. The wreckage falling in the of area Wasserbau und Schffahrtsamt, Emmerichsrstraße and the Rhine Herne Canal.	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll.Grave 13.F. 19-23		Paradie Archive Database	Commissioned and promoted to Plt Off. (J92064) with effect 13th October 1944 Son of Robert Mckee and Audrey (née Latimer) Jones, of St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
16554	Jones	F L	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-07-24	Lancaster	X	KB740	NA-V	Middleton St George	2109	Stuttgart	Collided over France made emergency landing at Woodbridge on return and wrecked				Paradie Archive Database
16555	Jones	R R	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1945-03-31	Lancaster	I	NG345	AL-V	Leeming	614	Hamburg	Reported shot down by Me262	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16556	Jones	Howard Kitchener	Flying Officer		J/15670		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	430Sqn RCAF	1944-06-21	Mustang	I	AG377	D	RAF Odiham	18:00	Tac Recce	Shot down by flak, crashed near Dreux	Killed	Le Mans West Cemetery, Plot 38. 1939-45 Row A. Grave 15. France		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
16557	Jones	K W	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-25	Halifax	III	MZ858	SE-Y	Croft	2111	Stuttgart	Crashed at Offingen	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16558	Jones	R A	Warrant Officer Class 1							RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-11-25	Halifax	V	LK967	SE-J	Tholthorpe	2352	Frankfurt	Baled out vicinity of Paris	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
16559	Jones	A M	Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1945-02-02	Halifax	VII	NP704	QO-L	East Moor	2013	Wanne-Eickel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16560	Jones	B S	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-09-27	Halifax	V	LK648	IP-F	Tholthorpe	1921	Hannover	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16561	Jones	O J	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-05-19	Lancaster	III	ND989	VN-	Skellingthorpe	2212	Tours	Crashed Crowmarsh Gifford	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
16562	Jones	E R	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-07-28	Lancaster	II	LL692	JI-C2	Waterbeach	2147	Stuttgart	Crashed at St-Cloud-en-Dunois {Eure-et-Loir}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive identifies Attacker as Johannes Strassner Paradie Archive
16563	Jones	Cyril John	Flying Officer		J/88066		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1945-03-07	Lancaster	III	PA995	BQ-V	North Killingholme	1659	Dessau	Shot down by a Ju88 night fighter. Crashed at Schauen Germany	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 279. United Kingdom		Accident report	(Photo: crew of PA995)	Paradie RCAF Database
16564	Jones	Robert Roy	Flying Officer		J25514	Age 24	Canada	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	625Sqn	1944-03-15	Lancaster	III	ND637	CF-L	Kelstern	1908	Stuttgart	Collided with 463 Sqn Lancaster III ED606 JO-E & crashed Branston Lincs	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Sec. F. Row D. Grave 9.		Paradie Archive Database		Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
16565	Jones	R J	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-12-31	Lancaster	III	PB561	UM-X2	Wickenby	1449	Osterfeld	Crash landed at Manston				Paradie Archive Database
16566	Jones	W F	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	PB244	LE-N	East Kirkby	1208	I'Isle-Adam	Crashed at Rouvray-Catsllon	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
16567	Jones	E G	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1942-12-20	Halifax	II	DT570	MP-R	Linton on Ouse	1741	Duisburg	Crashed near Weeze	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16568	Jones	Allan	Pilot Officer		J/19642	Age 23	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-03-15	Halifax	III	LW657	MP-G	RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire	1914	Stuttgart	Crashed target area	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Collective grave 11.C.4-7	Courtesy Barry Robson	Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 20th December 1920. Son of Willie Wilson Jones and Lily Jones, of Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. Epitaph: 'One Of The Many God Has Chosen Will Never Be Forgotten'.	Read Archive Report on this incident
16569	Jones	Ercil	Technical Sergeant	Flight Sergeant	10601048	25 Mar 1919	American	Air Gunner (Rear Gunner)	AM (Oak Leaf Cluster) PH	USAAF, 12th Replacement Control Depot	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	DV307	SR-Z	Ludford Magna	10	Berlin	Failed to return, cause unknown. Location of crash site unknown	Killed	Walls of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery			T/Sgt Jones was on detached service with the RAF. He had previously served with the RCAF before transferring to the US Army Air Force Son of Leondas Jasper and Alice Jones of Pioneer, Louisiana, USA
16570	Jones	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-07-14	Wellington	Ic	W5534	LQ-N	Pocklington	2230	Hannover	?	PoW
16571	Jones		Sergeant								Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-10-24	Wellington	Ic	W5489	LQ-A	Pocklington	1828	Frankfurt	Hit by flak returned to base
16572	Jones	M D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-04-14	Wellington	II	W5427	LQ-N	Pocklington	2214	Dortmund	Believed crashed at Bruhl	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
16573	Jones	D E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-04-08	Wellington	II	Z8358	LQ-B	Pocklington	2218	Hamburg	Crashed in sea	Killed
16574	Jones	M	Sergeant								Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-01-15	Hampden	I	AE393	EQ-G	Balderton	1715	Hamburg	Crashed at Howgill Scar	Killed
16575	Jones	A E	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	DS849	EQ-X	Linton on Ouse	1748	Berlin		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
16576	Jones	H D	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Lancaster	II	DS790	EQ-B	Linton on Ouse	2019	Magdeburg		Killed	Runnymede
16577	Jones	W B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-11-22	Halifax	II	LW231	VR-F	Middleton St George	1633	Berlin	Crashed near Diever Holland	Killed	Diever General
16578	Jones	B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Lancaster	X	KB755	VR-F	Middleton St George	2122	Caen	Crashed at Auberville-la-Renault {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Auberville-la-Renault
16579	Jones	Ogwen	Flight Sergeant		1507140		Wales	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-22	Lancaster	X	KB717	VR:E	RAF Middleton St George	22:40	Dortmund	See Archive Report for details	KiA	Rheinburg War Cemetery Germany, Collective Grave 3H 18-22				Read Archive Report
16580	Jones	G T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-15	Lancaster	X	KB701	VR-B	Middleton St George	2238	Training	Crashed Helmsley Moor	Killed
16581	Jones	T C	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-01-16	Halifax	III	NA183	PT-M	Tholthorpe	1834	Magdeburg	Crashed at Bokensdorf	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
16582	Jones	L G	Sergeant		1206582						Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	X3814	PT-	Middleton St George	1933	Bochum	Crashed Metzkausen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
16583	Jones	F W	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-02-15	Halifax	III	HX311	QB-A	Skipton on Swale	1721	Berlin	Crashed at Ahrensfelde	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
16584	Jones	A	Sergeant		1234135						Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1943-04-14	Wellington	III	X3763	KW-L	Dishforth	2107	Stuttgart	Crashed Mussey-Sur-Marne	Killed	Mussey-sur-Marne
16585	Jones	R V	Sergeant								Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-03-26	Lancaster	II	DS789	OW-A	Linton on Ouse	1958	Essen	Exploded over Bottrop	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
16586	Jones	Albert Christopher	Sergeant		1815824	6th February 1924 in Dover, Kent		Air Gunner (Rear)		RAFVR	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				Read Archive Report
16587	Jones	J H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-05-23	Wellington	X	HE995	OW-					Safe
16588	Jones	George Henry	Sergeant		1420376	Age 20	British	Wireless Op/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-02-20	Halifax	III	LV836	ZL-Y	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire	00:15	Stuttgart	Crashed at Northallerton	Killed	Newport Cemetery (St. Woolos) . CON. A. 80. Grave 132			No further details - are you able to assist?	Read Archive Report on this incident
16589	Jones	James Ivor	Sergeant		1836046			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	LL176	ZL-Q	Leeming	2000	Magdeburg	During an exhumation trip in the Soviet Zone Kreis Calbe, a visit was made to the town Gloethe to exhume 6 unknown English fliers, exhumation proved the identity of the crew of Halifax LL176 and the following information obtained regarding the crash. Information was supplied by the former Burgomeister of Gloethe and it was to the effect that during the night of 21/22 January 1944 at approximately 2300 a four engined was seen engaged with a German night fighter. The bomber burst into flames and crashed 1km North of the town (Gloethe), the aircraft exploded on impact and wreckage was scattered over an area of 500m. 6 bodies were recovered from the wreckage and it was stated that a seventh crew member was taken as a PoW. The six dead were placed into two coffins and buried at Gloethe Cemtery. A cross was erected at the head of the grave and it bore the following inscription: ”6 Kanadische Piloten 21.1.1944" (Extract from report by Flt Lt John R Hughes DFM No.4 MREU dated 6 September 1948)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 2 Row K Grave 16
16590	Jones	Philip Cyril	Sergeant		1391954			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-09-06	Halifax	V	DK255	ZL:?	RAF Leeming	19:31	Munchen	Crashed near Epeautrolles, 20 km SW of Chartres in France. Cause of the aircraft loss is unknown.	KiA	St. Desir War Cemetery VII.B.9			Son of George Philip and Eunice Jones, of New Malden, Surrey.
16591	Jones	K W	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-09-22	Halifax	V	LK914	NA-K	Middleton St George	1831	Hannover	?	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery
16592	Jones	John Ivor	Sergeant		929585			Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF	1943-09-27	Halifax	V	LK915	NA:V	Middleton St George	19:15	Hannover	See Archive report for details	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 155.				Read Archive Report
16593	Jones	W H	Sergeant		1192438						Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	BJ920	AL-	East Moor	1947	Bochum	Crashed target area	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
16594	Jones	D T W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-11-01	Halifax	III	NR114	WL-U	Croft	1707	Oberhausen		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
16595	Jones	William Thomas	Pilot Officer		185500	Age 37		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1945-03-09	Lancaster	X	KB834	WL-Y	RAF Croft, North Yorkshire	1138	Essen	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 12.1B	Courtesy Linda Ibrom		Son of William David and Margaret Jones, husband of Elsie Jones and father of Harry of Liverpool. P/O Bill Jones worked in the building trade, an enforced Reserved Occupation, until he was released to join the RAF in 1942 as a Flight Engineer. He was commissioned from 419 Squadron to join the crew. The Essen raid was his 26th Operation	Read Archive Report
16596	Jones	Thomas Merville	Flying Officer		J/44192	UK	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	438Sqn RCAF	1945-04-25	Typhoon	Ib	RB323	F3-V	B.150 Hustedt		Armed recce	Hit by flak near Bovenau Germany, abandonned aircraft, parachuted, captured and sent to POW camp. Ironically, he escaped on May 9th, a day after the war ended and made his way to France to call his fiancee back in Canada.	POW			Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
16597	Jones	Arthur Henry	Flight Sergeant		R/218186		Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	1664HCU	1945-03-16	Halifax		MZ481				Cross country training exercise		Killed 1945-03-16 Age 19	Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.		Paradie Archive Database	Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 282. United Kingdom. Son Of Henry J. And Florence E. Jones, Of Somme, Saskatchewan, Canada. L-R: Fl/Lt. Frank Earl Connors, Fl/Lt. John Mackintosh Fowlie, Fl/Sgt. Arthur Henry Jones, F/O. James Charles Pearson. Seated: Fl/Sgt. John Howard James Grahame, Fl/Sgt. James Graham, (courtesy Ken Greenaway) Archive Report MZ481	Aircrew Deaths Database
16598	Jones	Philip Consterdine	Flying Officer		J/3761	Age 24	Canada	Observer		RCAF		37Sqn 231 Wing. 205 Group	1942-24-06	Wellington	X	DV643	LF-?	LG 09 - Bir Koralyim, Egypt	2050	Benghazi, Libya	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Benghazi War Cemetery. Grave 7.C.27	Courtesy 'A Place of Honour'		Enlisted in June 1940 immediately after graduation and trained at Toronto, Edmonton. Embarked for England in April 1941. Son of Reverend Joseph and Florence Jones, of Norway House, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. (B.Sc. - University of Manitoba). Grave inscription: 'He That Believeth On God Hath Everlasting Life'.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
16599	Jones	Harvey Edgar	Flying Officer		J/12866		Canadian	Pilot	MID	RCAF	Transport Command	233Sqn	1944-06-05	Dakota	III	KG356	5T-	Blake Hill Farm	23:17	Para drop - Op Tonga D-Day	Set afire by flak while at 600 feet inbound to drop zone. Paras and crew baled, pilot remained onboard and attempted crash landing due to baddly injured WAG.	Killed	Ranville War Cemetery, V. F. 13. France.		Accident report		RAF Blake Hill Farm Paradie RCAF Database
16600	Jones	Islwyn	Flt Sgt		635095					RAFVR		121 Wing	1944-05-25	Liberator	Vl	EW148				Ferry	Crashed on take-off	Killed	Sec. G.943. Grave 413. at Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Canada	Montreal Mount Royal Canada.jpg	Archiwum Polish Database EW148	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones