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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
16801	Watts	E M	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-08-28	Wellington	II	W5488	LQ-B	Pocklington	2350	Duisburg	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
16802	Watts	R E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JB280	LQ-K	Gransden Lodge	.0023.	Berlin	Crashed at Nieuw Schoonebeek {Drenthe}	Killed	Schoonebeek General Cemetery
16803	Watts	G L	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-09-27	Lancaster	III	LM345	LQ-L	Gransden Lodge	1920	Hannover	?	Evader
16804	Watts	John Bradford	Flight Sergeant	419978		Australia			RAAF		1 Bombing & Gunnery School (RCAF)	1944-07-03												RAAF Honour Roll
16805	Watts	Charles Reginald	Flying Officer	J/23393		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	524Sqn RAF	1944-08-30	Wellington	XIII	MF175	7R	Bircham Newton				Killed					Paradie Database
16806	Waugh	A E	Warrant Officer	1042277					RCAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1943-06-21	Stirling	III	BK815	LS-V	Mildenhall	2355	Krefeld	Crashed near Melsele Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16807	Waugh	D H	Flight Sergeant	R108809					RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1943-04-26	Lancaster	I	W4140	GT-K	Warboys	.0043.	Duisburg	Crashed target area	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16808	Waugh	H C	Warrant Officer	R58818					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	DT723	LQ-F	Leeming	1956	Essen	Shot down near Rotterdam	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16809	Waugh	James Harry	Sergeant	R/201625			Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-11-21	Halifax	III	HX346	PT-U	Tholthorpe	1532	Castrop-Rauxel	Crash landed after hitting trees on landing at Leeming	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
16810	Waugh	James	Flight Sergeant	R201625		Canadian	Air Gunner	DFC DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	III	NA190	PT-U	RAF Tholthorpe	1629	Chemnitz	Crashed Hazelwood Castle Yorkshire	Abandoned aircraft, parachuted safely. Survived			Accident Report	Archive Report Later commissioned, retired a Flying Officer.	Paradie RCAF Database
16811	Way	Wilfred Howard	Flight Lieutenant	J/1077	22 October 1920		Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-06-06	Lancaster	III	NE173	PM-F	Full Sutton	2140	Vire	Crashed at Coulonces	Killed	Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, XII.C.13-15 (Coll.)		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Edgerton S. and Helen Way, of Edmonton, Alberta
16812	Way	D C	Flight Sergeant	R92992					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-04-08	Halifax	II	BB327	VR-Q	Middleton St George	2147	Duisburg	Crashed near Bochum	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16813	Way	William Albert	Pilot Officer	J94149		Canadian	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	VII	NP793	OW-H	RAF Linton on Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire	1642	Chemnitz	Crashed Kirbymoorside Yorkshire	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery - Sec. H. Row P. Grave 15.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16814	Way	J O	Warrant Officer	R102353					RCAF	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		Paradie Archive Database
16815	Way	C W	Pilot Officer					DFC		Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-01-16	Halifax	III	NA192	PT-Q	Tholthorpe	1846	Magdeburg		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
16816	Wayce	S V	Sergeant	R93302					RCAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-01-08	Lancaster	I	ED367	PO-H	Bottesford	1726	Duisburg	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16817	Waychuk	W S	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-07-10	Lancaster	II	LL675	EQ-T	Linton on Ouse	2158	Training	Crashed at Eaton Leicestershire	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16818	Waye	Wendell Clifford	Flight Sergeant	R/154885	Age 21	USA	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-06-30	Halifax	III	LV782	MH-E	RAF Snaith, Yorkshire	PM	Villers-Bocage	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bretteville-sur-laize Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XVIII.F.3.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16819	Weakley	L O'N	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-01-27	Halifax	II	DT721	MH-J	Snaith	1750	Dusseldorf	Crashed Huize Padua Mental Hospital Holland	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cementery		Paradie Archive Database
16820	Weal	Kenneth George	Leading Aircraftman	NZ/413287	Age 19	New Zealander	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (U/T)		RNZAF	Training Command	9 Bombing and Gunnery School No. 3 Training Command	1942-05-19	Fairey Battle	I	2022	PQ	RCAF Mt. Joli, Quebec, Canada	1000	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Metis Beach Cemetery (United Church). Lot 34. Grave 1.	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 23rd May 1922 in Ngaruawahia. A grocers assistant for W.A Waltin in Franklin. Enlisted at Levin as a wireless operator/air gunner on the 08th June 1941. Embarked for Canada on the Dominion Monarch 22nd July 1941. With wireless school on the 18th August 1941. (hospital 17th November - 18th December 1941). wireless operator badge in late April 1942. With 9 Bombing and Gunnery School 30th April 1942. Son of Arthur Thomas (died 28th January 1961) Weal and Christina Weal (née McKinnon), of Pukeatua, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
16821	Weatherby	C L	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-04-10	Halifax	III	LV877	EY-S	Breighton	2109	Tergnier	Crashed Pierrecourt {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Poix-de-la-Somme		Paradie Archive Database
16822	Weatherhead	Richard John	Flying Officer	J/6992	Age 30	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Coastal Command	59Sqn	1943-03-23	B-17 Fortress	IIA	FK209	J		1315	Anti-submarine Patrol	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel. 175	Courtesy Herb Montgomery		Son of John Christopher and of Florence Edith of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada	Read Archive Report
16823	Weaver	H D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	144Sqn	1941-09-20	Hampden	I	X3030	PL-	N Luffenham		Frankfurt	Crashed near Airfield	Killed			Paradie Archive Database	Until 1942-04-21 Bomber Command, thereafter Coastal Command
16824	Weaver	J B T	Sergeant	R72493					RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1942-08-11	Wellington	III	X3798	GT-	Alconbury	2245	Mainz	Crashed at Tildonk Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16825	Weaver	C	Pilot Officer	J/18784			Pilot	DFC , DFM	RCAF	Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Spitfire	IX	MA642				Ranger		Killed	Meharicourt Communal Cemetery France		Paradie Archive Database
16826	Weaver	Glen Mason	Pilot Officer	J/19918	Age 23	Canada	Wireless Op/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND881	LQ-Q	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	2302	Montdidier Luftwaffe airfield	Shot down by night fighter over target	Killed	Montdidier French National Cemetery. Collective grave 5811-5814		Accident report	Also remembered on a plaque at Birnie Memorial Park. Son of Sydney and Mary Weaver, of Birnie, Manitoba, Canada. His brothers Pte. Charles Edward H/77190 (09th December 1943) and Tpr. Frederick Murray H/77168 (killed 0n the 05th September 1944) also served. Grave inscription: 'Peace I Leave With You, My Peace I Give Unto You'.	Archive report Paradie RCAF database
16827	Weaver	H McE	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Lancaster	I	NG458	QB-H	Skipton on Swale	1642	Chemnitz		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16828	Weaver	S E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-04	Ventura	II	AE957	EG-M	Methwold	1800	Rotterdam	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16829	Weay	C W	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LK804	AL-Q	Leeming	2150	Nurnberg	Ditched in English Channel on return	Injured
16830	Webb	W G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-08-09	Wellington	III	BJ608	JN-	Snaith	.0030.	Osnabruck	Crashed at Almelo	Killed	Wierden General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16831	Webb	R L	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	189Sqn	1945-02-02	Lancaster	I	PB840	CA-K	Fulbeck	2018	Karlsruhe	Crashed at Unterowisheim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16832	Webb	William Miskimon	Pilot Officer	J/15991	7 Dec 1914	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-09-23	Halifax	II	W1274	LQ-R	Topcliffe	19	Flensburg	Hit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboard	Killed	Aabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 13		Paradie Archive Database
16833	Webb	William Miskimon	Sergeant		7 Dec 1914	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-09-10	Halifax	II	BB212	LQ-P	Topcliffe	2004	Dusseldorf	Hit by flak over Germany and the captain ordered his crew to bale out after losing control. Both air gunners complied with these orders but the pilot was then able to regain control and, despite the damage, he made a return to Topcliffe airfield. The wireless operator had left his normal position in the a/c to occupy the rear turret for the return trip to protect the a/c and was in this position on landing at 0112 hours. The a/c landed then crashed into the parked 419 Sqn Wellington BJ887. The aircraft was later repaired	Injured, Killed in Action 24 Sep 1942			Paradie Archive Database	405 Sqn Halifax W1274 LQ-R
16834	Webb	F H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Halifax	II	LW282	VR-Y	Middleton St George	1648	Berlin	Abandoned near Berlin	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16835	Webb	W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-01-16	Halifax	III	NA188	PT-E	Tholthorpe	1839	Magdeburg	Crashed in vicinity of Alfeld	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16836	Webb	E V	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-04-24	Halifax	III	MZ503	PT-L	Tholthorpe	2135	Karlsruhe	Crashed Zuilichem {Gelderland}	Killed	Zuilichem General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16837	Webb	Frederick Vere	Pilot Officer	J/14505	Age 27	Canada	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-09-15	Halifax	V	DK253	ZL-M	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2035	Montlucon	crashed Harmondsworth MIDDX	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 45.J.5.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Webb, and stepson of Blanche L. Webb, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.	Read Archive Report on this incident
16838	Webb	Edward Charles	Sergeant	R180232	5th May 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)		RCAF	Bomber Command	428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Halifax	II	JD271	NA:M	Middleton St George	23:56	Leipzig	See archive report for details	MiA	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 256		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16839	Webb	D J	Sergeant	R110357					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	V	ED209	NA-C	Middleton St George	2352	Aachen	Abandoned near Marche-en-Famenne Belgium	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
16840	Webb	M G	Sergeant	R101741					RCAF	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1943-06-16	Lancaster	III	ED785	EA-	Fiskerton	2211	Koln	Shot down by Night Fighter 'ace'. Crashed SW Vlissingen Holland	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16841	Webb	Stuart Douglas Webb	Flight Lieutenant	J/5122			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	608Sqn	1944-11-10	Mosquito	B-XX	KB360	6T-H	RAF Downham Market	2155	Hannover	Maltmas Farm, Friday Bridge, Cambridgeshire	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 51.A.2.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16842	Webb	Stuart Douglas	Flight Lieutenant	J5122		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	608 Sqn	1944-08-23	Mosquito	XX	KB242	6T:?	Downham Market	21:35	Koln	Attacked four times by a fighter and, subsequently, crash-landed at 01:10, Woodbridge airfield, Suffolk	Survived			Paradie Archive Database
16843	Webb	Francis Arthur	Warrant Officer II	R/93492	Age 20	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1943-01-17	Lancaster	I	W4157	WS-V	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	1658	Berlin	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel. 180	Courtesy Relative	Paradie Archive Database	From Homewood, Manitoba, Canada. Born on the 08th May 1922. Further information: Just before this operation F/O. John Milton Downs J/11018, met Francis - who was adopted by his Aunt Effie Webb, of Toronto, Ontario and his Uncle when he was 8 years old. This was because his mother, Jean Isabel Downs (née Ferguson) had died. F/O. Mike Downs was a pilot with No. 3 Squadron when he was shot down in a Tempest on the 13th of September 1943 and taken PoW	Read Archive Report
16844	Webb	C W	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1943-08-10	Lancaster	III	ED939	OF-M	Bourn	2150	Nurnberg	?	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16845	Webb	Harry Cyril	Sergeant	1578041	Age 21	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW577	ZL-K	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	1845	Berlin	Crashed near Ahlen on return	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 31.F.6			Son of Howard Albert and Mary Adalaide Webb, of 3 Salton Street,Vauxhall, Warwickshire.	Read Archive Report on this incident
16846	Webber	Rodney	Sergeant	R/106709	Age 21	USA (California)	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	DT795	NP-N	RAF Lissett, Yorkshire	1941	Essen	Claimed by Uffz.Emil Heinzelmann of 8./NJG1 Halifax DT795 at Wapenveld, 10km S Zwollow (Rheinsalm) at 4600m at 2350. Crashed at Wapenveld Holland	Killed	Amersfoort General Cemetery (Oud Leuesden). Plot 13. Row 5. Grave 96	Memorial at crash site	Paradie Archive Database	Excavation of crash site in Holland 2014 Of the crew of seven, only three crew members were officially accounted for, and are buried near Amersfoort. The other four were officially still Missing in Action, and remembered on the Runnymede memorial. However, a war grave at the local cemetery at Wapenveld contains the remains of 2 unidentified crew members that were recovered from the wreck in the weeks after the 1943 crash when the main wreckage was lifted from the canal. Now after 73 years all crew members will have a final resting place: Sgt. Thomas Victor Trollope (tailgunner, age 22), W/O Frederick Henry Blake (pilot, age 26) and WO2 Rodney Webber (gunner, age 21) had been identified in 1943 and are buried in Oud Leusden. Sgt. Philip Henry Eldridge (wireless operator, age 29), Sgt. William David Hawkins (navigator, age 23), Sgt. John Ceredig Jones (bombaimer, age 31) and Sgt. Gerard Stanley Walters (engineer, age 22) had been declared missing in 1943. Unidentified remains of 2 crew members found during recovery operations in 1943 have been buried in Wapenveld since 1943, but did not account for all four crew members. A further investigation and recovery effort shortly after the war did not produce any further remains. The 2014 full excavation did, and the BIDKL was then able to identify all four remaining missing crew members. They will be laid to rest in Wapenveld. The existing memorial headstone to the unknown RAF crewmember(s) that was erected by local villagers will be retained and joined by four CWGC headstones. Born on the 01st June 1921 at Missoula, USA Son of Fred W. and Onia Webber. Of Bellingham, Washington, USA.	Thanks to key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/
16847	Webber	J A	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-12	Lancaster	X	KB713	VR-X	Middleton St George	2200	Leuven	Crashed & exploded Reningo {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16848	Webber	W B	Flight Sergeant	R117638					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	V	ED209	NA-C	Middleton St George	2352	Aachen	Abandoned near Marche-en-Famenne Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16849	Webber	G S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LL150	SE-N	Croft	2358	Berlin	Baled out off Lincolnshire coast
16850	Webber	J C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	HX283	BM-R	Skipton on Swale	2000	Magdeburg		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery