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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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16901 | Waterman | Frederick Charles Ernest | Flight Lieutenant | J6362 | Canadian | Navigator | DFC![]() | RCAF | Bomber Command | 109 Sqn ![]() | 1944-08-31 | Mosquito | XVI | ML985 | HS:B | Little Staughton | 21:10 | Leverkusen | One of 6 crews tasked on this mission. Loss unexplained | Evader | Paradie Archive Database | DFC awarded whilst with 40 Sqn, gazetted 4th December 1942 Bailed out behind eney lines after raid on Tobruk on 9th August 1942 | |||||||
16902 | Waterman | T J D | Flight Lieutenant | DFC![]() | RCAF | Bomber Command | 207Sqn![]() | 1943-09-03 | Lancaster | III | ED832 | EM-X | Langar | 1954 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||
16903 | Waterman | P F | Flying Officer | Pilot | RCAF | Fighter | 65Sqn![]() | 1944-01-03 | Spitfire | IX | MA847 | Ranger | PoW | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||||||
16904 | Waters | G H | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 12Sqn![]() | 1942-09-13 | Wellington | II | Z8523 | PH-Y | Binbrook | .0025. | Bremen | ? | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16905 | Waters | J B | Flying Officer | J/21576 | Canadian | Bomb Aimer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 214Sqn![]() | 1944-06-21 | Fortress | II | SR381 | BU-F | Oulton | 2350 | Bombing Gelsenkirchen | Damaged by enemy night fighter prior to reaching target. Crash landed at RAF Woodbridge and collided with a 61 Sqn Lancaster destroying both aircraft. | Safe | Accident report | Paradie RCAF Database | ||||||||
16906 | Waters | M H | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 425Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-02-08 | Halifax | III | NA581 | KW-U | Tholthorpe | 942 | Training | Crashed near Blyth | Killed | Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | First French Canadian squadron | ||||||||||
16907 | Waters | Norman James | Flight Sergeant | R107768 | Canadian | Bomb Aimer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-05-25 | Wellington | X | HZ476 | NA:A | RAF Dalton, Yorkshire (satellite airbase of RAF Topcliffe) | 23:34 | Dusseldorf | See archive report for full details | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery. Coll. grave 4.F.8-14 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | ||||||
16908 | Waterston | E G | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn![]() | 1944-02-19 | Halifax | II | HR805 | ZA-H | Melbourne | 2339 | Leipzig | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
16909 | Waterworth | W F | Sergeant | R/92606 | Canadian | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 156Sqn![]() | 1942-09-19 | Wellington | III | BJ883 | GT- | Warboys | Saarbrucken | Coned by searchlights in the Abbeville area and hit by Flak. Abandoned near Abbeville time unknown | PoW No. 27239 Stalag 344 Lamsdorf | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16910 | Wathen | Keith Cameron | Flying Officer | 401004 | Australia | RAAF | 415Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-05-17 | RAAF Honour Roll | ||||||||||||||||||||
16911 | Watkins | Trevor | Pilot Officer | 186557 | Flight Engineer | DFC![]() | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 640Sqn![]() | 1944-11-16 | Halifax | III | MZ408 | C8:X | RAF Leconfield | 12:41 | Julich | The crew released their bomb load onto the target area at 15:30 from 14,000 feet and while over the target area the aircraft was struck by flak which damaged the port wing. Four other 640 Squadron aircraft were damaged by flak on this raid. After leaving the target area the temperature gauge on the starboard outer engine rose so the crew shut down the engine and feathered the propeller, believing it was also damaged by flak. Despite the damage the crew managed to fly back to the circuit of RAF Leconfield airfield. At 17:34 the pilot attempted to land but was forced to fly an overshoot. At around 400 feet above the ground and with the wheels down the pilot temporarily lost control due to a loss of engine power. Regaining control a forced landing was made near the airfield with the wheels down, the aircraft ran through a couple of fields before it passed over a ditch and this broke the undercarriage legs. It came to rest a short distance later with fuselage broken in two and in doing so the aircraft was badly damaged. (Aircraft Accidents In Yorkshire). | Safe | Corrected information submitted by 640 Squadron archivist Keven Turner - November 2017 London Gazette dated 2nd March1945. Citation for DFC: ‘Flying Officer Ronald Owen James BUCKLAND (176444), RAFVR, 640 Sqn. Pilot Officer William Gordon HOLMAN (J92116), RCAF, 640 Sqn. Pilot Officer Trevor WATKINS (186557), RAFVR, 640 Sqn. These officers were pilot, air bomber and flight engineer respectively in an aircraft detailed to attack the Essen/Mulheim airfield in December, 1944. During the bombing run a shell burst in front of the aircraft and a large piece of shrapnel crashed through the windscreen of Pilot Officer Holman's compartment, narrowly missing his head. Unperturbed, he remained in his position ready to release the bombs. Almost immediately another shell burst close by. Two engines and the tailplane were damaged and the aircraft went into a dive. Flying Officer Buckland was wounded in the side. (Pilot Officer Watkins, displaying great promptitude, immediately went to his captain's assistance and the aircraft was righted. Although suffering acutely, Flying Officer Buckland held the aircraft on a straight run, enabling Pilot Officer Holman to execute a good attack. The injured pilot was now bleeding at the mouth. Although the aircraft was flying at great height he was forced to dispense with his oxygen mask. Nevertheless, he remained at the controls until over Allied territory. Pilot Officer Holman then took over. Though not as skilled as a regular pilot he flew the aircraft to England. On reaching the nearest airfield, Flying Officer Buckland, who, in the meantime, had been given expert first aid by Pilot Officer Watkins, was assisted to the cockpit and took over the controls. Although very weak from loss of blood he brought the aircraft down safely. Few captains could have showed greater resolution. He set a magnificent example of courage and fortitude. Pilot Officers Holman and Watkins also proved themselves to be outstanding members of aircraft crew. Their conduct in most harassing circumstances was exemplary’. | |||||||||
16912 | Watkins | D A | Flight Sergeant | 938881 | DFM![]() | Bomber Command | 419Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-04-20 | Halifax | II | JB912 | VR-B | Middleton St George | 2114 | Stettin | Crashed near Stettin | Killed | 1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery | |||||||||||
16913 | Watkins | Albert Allen | Flying Officer | J/26919 | Canadian | Pilot | RCAF | 2 TAF | 440Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-05-22 | Typhoon | Ib | MN489 | I8-N | RAF Hurn | 18:40 | Flak suppression | Hit by intense flak, wing tank caught fire, abandoned over English Channel 5 miles from French coast | Rescued | ![]() | Accident report | Led flak suppression effort during bombing attack on the giant Wuerzburg radar near Arromanches. Spent 5 1/2 days drifting in dinghy prior to rescue. Was delirious in hospital believing British medical staff were enemy and only giving name and serial number. | Paradie RCAF Database | ||||||
16914 | Watkinson | J L | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 115Sqn![]() | 1942-11-16 | Wellington | III | X3597 | KO-Q | East Wretham | 1655 | Gardening | ? | Killed | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
16915 | Watlington | John Hartley | Flying Officer | J8381 | 1919 in Bermuda | Pilot | RCAF | Fighter | 400Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-06-22 | Mustang | I | AG641 | B | Intruder | Hit by Flak and abandoned | Evader | Successfully evaded and returned to the UK on the 23rd May 194 | |||||||||||
16916 | Watmough | George Frank | Sergeant | 1875536 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 433 (Porcupine) Sqn, RCAF![]() | 1944-07-04 | Halifax | III | LW120 | BM:E | RAF Skipton on Swale | 22:14 | Villeneuve | See archive report for details | PoW, 78439 Buchenwald, PoW No. 8120, Stalag Luft 3 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||||
16917 | Watson | Kenneth Story | Sergeant | 574343 | 1922 | Flight Engineer | RAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF![]() | 1942-07-26 | Halifax | II | W1186 | LQ-P | Pocklington | 2312 | Hamburg | Believed to have exploded over marshy ground in the vicinity of Stein on the south bank of the Elbe, 10km SE of Stade. | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 96. | ![]() | Son of Robert William and Olive Jane Watson, of Westfield War Memorial Village, Lancaster | |||||||
16918 | Watson | H C | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 103Sqn![]() | 1942-05-19 | Wellington | IC | Z1141 | PM- | Elsham Wolds | 2248 | St-Naziere | Crashed target area | Killed | Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
16919 | Watson | D | Flying Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 156Sqn![]() | 1945-01-28 | Lancaster | III | PB186 | GT-A | Upwood | 2020 | Stuttgart | Crashed at Vaihingen | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16920 | Watson | R F | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn![]() | 1942-12-11 | Halifax | II | DT579 | NP-V | Rufforth | 1654 | Torino | Crashed at Villeneuve en Montagne France | Killed | Villeneuve en Montagne Communal | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
16921 | Watson | Ian Reay | Sergeant | R77490 | 8 April 1922 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | Air Gunner (Rear) | RCAF | Bomber Command | 1652 CU![]() | 1942-06-25 | Halifax | II | V9993 | GV:U | Marston Moor | 23:58 | Bremen | Claimed by Oblt. Fritz Carstens, his 2nd Abschuss, from 7./NJG1, 1.5 km north of Luttenburg (Overijssel), 6km ENE of Raalte, Holland at 02:09 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (30 May - 31 December 1942) The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten) | Killed | Raalte General Cemetery Grave 5 | Son of John Watson, and of Jane (Jennie) Reid (née Sutherland) Watson, of Kansas City, Missouri, USA | ||||||||
16922 | Watson | P | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 199Sqn![]() | 1943-11-04 | Stirling | III | HF453 | EX-F | Lakenheath | 1600 | Gardening | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16923 | Watson | A A | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 408Sqn RCAF![]() | 1945-03-31 | Halifax | VII | NP806 | EQ-Q | Linton on Ouse | 653 | Hamburg | Paradie Archive: shot down by Me262. Crashed 14km SE of Hamburg | PoW | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
16924 | Watson | Donald Alexander | Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | R/74057 | RCAF | Bomber Command | 419Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-01-09 | Halifax | II | W7857 | VR-O | Middleton St George | 1632 | Gardening in the Schiermonnikoog and Simonsand areas | Shot down over the North Sea by Obit. Hans-Joseph Jabs (1) of 11./NJG1 at 2215hrs | Killed | Kviberg Cemetery. Grave Ref. 3. A. 6 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
16925 | Watson | J H | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 419Sqn RCAF![]() | 1942-06-16 | Wellington | III | X3359 | VR-N | Mildenhall | 2355 | Essen | Crashed near Wuustwezel | Evader | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
16926 | Watson | W C | Flying Officer | J29526 | Canadian | Navigator | RCAF | Bomber Command | 419 (Moose) Sqn, RCAF![]() | 1944-07-04 | Lancaster | X | KB718 | VR:J | Middleton St George | 21:50 | Villeneuve | See archive report for details | Evader | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
16927 | Watson | E W | Flight Lieutenant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 420Sqn RCAF![]() | 1945-01-16 | Halifax | III | NA192 | PT-Q | Tholthorpe | 1846 | Magdeburg | Killed | Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
16928 | Watson | Earl Carruthers | Flying Officer | J28858 | Canadian | Navigator | RCAF | Bomber Command | 432 (Leaside) Sqn,RCAF ![]() | 1944-06-07 | Halifax | III | LW582 | QO:N | East Moor | 23:04 | Acheres | See archive report for details | PoW, 78431 Buchenwald, PoW No. 8072 Stalag Luft 3 | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
16929 | Watson | Joseph William 'Pop' | Flying Officer | J41735 | Canadian | Pilot | RCAF | Bomber Command | 424 (Tiger) Sqn RCAF![]() | 1945-04-04 | Lancaster | I | RF150 | QB:W | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire | 18:08 | Merseburg (Leuna synthetic oil refinery) | See archive report for further details | Killed | Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 51.F.6 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | ||||||
16930 | Watson | W W | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 425Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-07-18 | Halifax | III | LW672 | KW-N | Tholthorpe | 2330 | Wesseling | Crashed at Koln-Riehl | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | First French Canadian squadron | |||||||||
16931 | Watson | F S | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 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 | ||||||||||
16932 | Watson | J K | Pilot Officer | J22809 | RCAF | Bomber Command | 426Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-05-25 | Wellington | X | HE590 | OW- | Dishforth | 2321 | Dusseldorf | Crashed at Zemst {Brabant} | Killed | Brussels Town Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16933 | Watson | Lloyd George | Flying Officer | J/38782 | Navigator | RCAF | Bomber Command | 429Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-11-30 | Halifax | III | MZ288 | AL-O | RAF Leeming, Yorkshire | 1631 | Duisburg | Believed to have been hit by anti aircraft flak batteries | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 248. | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | |||||||
16934 | Watson | R A | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 433Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-11-21 | Halifax | III | MZ284 | BM-T | Skipton on Swale | 1613 | Castrop-Rauxel | PoW | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||||
16935 | Watson | F B | Warrant Officer Class 2 | RCAF | Bomber Command | 434Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-10-22 | Halifax | V | EB218 | IP-M | Tholthorpe | 1729 | Kassel | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16936 | Watson | D E | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 434Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-11-18 | Halifax | V | LK893 | IP-U | Tholthorpe | 1702 | Mannheim | ? | PoW | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
16937 | Watson | W J | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 550Sqn![]() | 1944-07-04 | Lancaster | I | LM229 | BQ-S | North Killingholme | 2208 | Orleans | Crashed on take off | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||||
16938 | Watson | J A | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 57Sqn![]() | 1941-10-26 | Wellington | Ic | R1722 | DX- | Feltwell | 1820 | Hamburg | Crash landed at Berners Heath Suffolk | Killed | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
16939 | Watson | J A | Flying Officer | MiD | RCAF | Bomber Command | 622Sqn![]() | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster | III | ND781 | GI-R | Mildenhall | 2150 | Friedrichshafen | Crashed St-Hippolyte {Haut-Rhin} | Killed | Choloy War Cemetery France | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||
16940 | Watson | R M | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 76Sqn![]() | 1943-10-03 | Halifax | V | DK247 | MP-W | Holme on Spalding Moor | 1821 | Kassel | Crashed near Oldenburg | Killed | Sage War Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
16941 | Watson | Harry Raeburn | Flight Sergeant | R/98140 | 10 Sep 1921 | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 83Sqn![]() | 1942-09-10 | Lancaster | W4104 | OL-A | Wyton | 43 | Dusseldorf | The aircraft crashed at Neuss (Flak?) | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11 Row D Grave 8 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | The crew were initially buried in the Nordfriedhof Dusseldorf Plot 3A Graves 97-101,109 and 111 | |||||||
16942 | Watson | Herbert George | Warrant Officer Class 2 | R140083 | 29th October 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta | Canadian | Air Gunner (Rear) | RCAF | Bomber Command | 9 Sqn ![]() | 1943-06-12 | Lancaster | III | ED558 | WS:N | Bardney | 22:43 | Bochum | ED558 was claimed by Hptm. Manfred Meurer, his 40th Abschuss, from 3./NJG1 over Braamt, 3 km north of Zeddam at 6.200 m at 01:14 hrs. Victory confirmed on the 19th December 1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten) | KiA | Bergh (Zeddam) Protestant Cemetery Grave 2 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Son of Herbert Hutton and Aileen (née Bond) Watson, of South Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | |||||
16943 | Watson | J H | Flight Sergeant | R/57840 | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 7Sqn![]() | 1942-05-19 | Stirling | I | N6073 | MG-Y | Oakington | 2305 | Mannheim | Claimed by Ofw Wilhelm Engel 8/NJG4 - near Munscheweiler at 0113. | PoW No.102 Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
16944 | Watson | Walter McDonald | Sergeant | 1112566 | Age 22 | UK | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 218Sqn![]() | 1942-07-02 | Stirling | I | N3718 | HA-C | RAF Marham, Norfolk | 23:25 | Bremen | Shot down by a Ju88 night fighter of 9./NJG 2 | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial, Panel 96. United Kingdom | ![]() | Accident report | Son of George S. and Josephine Watson, of Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. | Read Archive Loss Report | ||||
16945 | Watson | R V | Pilot Officer | Pilot | Fighter | 411Sqn RCAF![]() | 1945-02-25 | Spitfire | IX | PK992 | Dive Bombing | Abandoned near Wesel | |||||||||||||||||
16946 | Watson | A M | Flying Officer | Pilot | Fighter | 416Sqn RCAF![]() | 1943-04-03 | Spitfire | IX | BR978 | Ramrod 49 | PoW | |||||||||||||||||
16947 | Watson | R | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 426Sqn RCAF![]() | 1945-01-16 | Halifax | VII | NP795 | OW-T | Linton on Ouse | 1835 | Magdeburg | Tyre burst on take off | |||||||||||||||
16948 | Watson | Richard Arthur | Warrant Officer Class II | R/135831 | Canadian | Pilot | Croix de Guerre (France)![]() Croix de Guerre (Belgium) ![]() | RCAF | 2 TAF | 440Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-07-18 | Typhoon | Ib | MN644 | I8-T | B-9 Lantheuil | 07:55 | Armed recce | Hit by flak, abandoned near Frementel | Safe | ![]() | Accident report | Pilot walked back to unit in charge of 120 enemy prisonners the Canadian Army dumped on him. | Paradie RCAF Database | |||||
16949 | Watson | William Thomas Glenn | Flying Officer | J19884 | Canadian | Pilot | DFC![]() | RCAF | Bomber Command | 433Sqn (Porcupine) RCAF![]() | 1944.10.05 | Halifax | III | NP944 | BM:? | RAF Skipton-on-Swale | Gardening 'Rosemary area' | Took off on the night of the 5th October, to carry out 'Gardening' operations in the Rosemary area. The mines were dropped in their allotted positions and the aircraft had just turned for Base when it was attacked by a Ju188. Cannon shells exploded in the Rear Turret, Empennage, and Port Wing, and the Rear Gunner was instantly killed with a cannon shell through the head. Due to damaged controls the aircraft could not corkscrew and the only evasive action possible was to dive. Up to this time it was impossible for the Mid-Upper Gunner to fire, but as the fighter closed in the Mid-Upper was able to open fire and struck the fighter’s starboard wing, engine and cockpit. He held his fire on the fighter until it closed to 100 yards range when it dropped its undercarriage flipped over on its back arid was last seen diving towards the sea. The aircraft then proceeded to England without further incident and landed at RAF Carnaby. | Returned | Fg Off. Watson was awarded the DFC whilst with 433 Sqn. London Gazette 5th December 1944. Citation: This officer has completed very many sorties. He has proved himself to be a cool and skilful pilot and a very fine captain. On one occasion, early in September, 1944, he piloted an aircraft detailed to attack Emden in daylight-. When crossing the English coast on the outward flight, Flying Officer Watson was compelled to feather the propeller of the port engine when the oil cooler became defective. Despite the loss of engine power, Flying Officer Watson continued to the target and executed his attack. His determination was characteristic of that which he has invariably displayed. | |||||||||
16950 | Watt | J | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 101Sqn![]() | 1944-09-13 | Lancaster | III | PB456 | SR- | Ludford Magna | 1905 | Training | Crashed at Dumbarton | Killed | Paradie Archive Database |
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