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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
16951	Western	Albert James	Sergeant	922948	1917		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-07-23	Halifax	II	W7769	LQ-K	Pocklington	37	Duisburg	Just before 0500 the a/c was in the circuit of Pocklington airfield prior to landing when the port outer engine failed. This failure was due to a coolant leak which led to the engine overheating. Around the moment the engine caught fire the flight engineer assumed that the failure was down to a fuel supply shortage to the engine so switched the fuel cocks that supplied the fuel to both port engines. This resulted in the port inner engine's fuel supply being cut off. The a/c swung, and the port wing dropped causing a loss of control resulting in the a/c diving into the ground. It crashed into	Killed	Brampford Speke (St Peter) Churchyard and Cemetery (In Church Cemetery)			Son of James and Mary Ann Western, of Brampford Speke; husband of Joan Western.
16952	Westgate	Robert John	Pilot Officer	J/15812	Age 20	Canada	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1942-07-11	Lancaster	I	R5696	OF-H	RAF Woodhall Spa	1642	Danzig	Shot down by Anti Aircraft fire	Killed	Marlbork Commonwealth War Cemetery (Poland) Coll. grave 3. B. 12-14.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16953	Westhaver	H A	Flying Officer	J/15058			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1943-02-15	Spitfire	Vb	AD231				Rhubarb		Killed	St- Pierre Cemetery, Amiens France		Paradie Archive Database
16954	Westlake	J M	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-04-17	Halifax	II	JN973	NA-U	Middleton St George	2032	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16955	Weston	R V	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1945-01-02	Lancaster	III	PB635	AS-G	Kirmington	1510	Nurnberg	Hit by AA fire north of Poitiers France	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery France		Paradie Archive Database
16956	Weston	L J	Sergeant Air Gunner						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	X	KB708	VR-E	RAF Middleton St George	1934	Russelsheim (Opel works)	Crashed at Boscombe Down on return	Injured	None		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16957	Weston	A C	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-09-19	Lancaster	X	KB707	VR-W	East Moor		Transit	Crashed at Middleton St George				Paradie Archive Database
16958	Weston	W J	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-10-22	Halifax	V	LK959	ZL-D	Leeming	1736	Kassel	Crashed at Ostayen	Killed	Bergen op Zoom		Paradie Archive Database
16959	Westrope	R S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	VII	NP716	EQ-P	Linton on Ouse	2235	Hamburg	Crashed at Heide	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
16960	Westwood	J A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1942-07-23	Wellington	III	Z1577	WS-	Honington	121	Duisburg	Crashed NNW of Geldern Germany	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16961	Wetter	Arlo Henry	Pilot Officer	J21826	1st January 1915, Elm Creek, Minnesota, USA	American	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	V	EB258	IP:T	Tholthorpe	21:13	Peenemünde	Claimed by Uffz. Günter Liersch, his 1st Abschuss, from 4./NJG3 300 m W. Westerland/Sylt at 4,200 m at 00:36 hrs (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 June - 22 September) 1943 Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 2291, Stalag Luft 3			Paradie Archive Database	Passed away 9th October 1997
16962	Wettlaufer	N H	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-06-30	Lancaster	III	JB462	PH-S	Wickenby	2218	Vierzon	Crashed at Vernou-en-Sologne {Loir-et-Cher}	Killed	Vernou-en-Sologne Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16963	Wey	E G	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Lancaster	II	DS852	OW-Q	Linton on Ouse	2207	Nurnberg	Crashed Bro Herade	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16964	Weyers	J W	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-07-04	Lancaster	III	JB486	DX-F	East Kirkby	2324	St-Leu	Crashed at Cormeilles {Oise}	Killed	Poix-de-la-Somme Churchyard		Paradie Archive Database
16965	Whale	L L	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-02-15	Halifax	III	LW396	PT-	Tholthorpe	1725	Berlin	Crashed at base on return	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16966	Whalen	V G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Lancaster	II	DS776	OW-A	Linton on Ouse	2354	Leipzig	Crashed at Valkenswaard {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Woensel General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16967	Whalen	E A	Warrant Officer	R53979					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-04-16	Wellington	X	HE591	OW-	Dishforth	2115	Mannheim	Crashed Sankt Thomas	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16968	Whaley	H H	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-04-27	Halifax	III	LW592	QO-A	East Moor	2341	Montzen	Crashed Sur-les-Bois	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
16969	Whalley	Michael George	Flying Officer	J9748		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	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	PoW No.2932. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan and Belaria			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16970	Wharf	N G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	NE127	DX-J	East Kirkby	2223	Braunschweig	Crashed Dorkwerd {Groningen}	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16971	Wheadon	Sydney John	Flight Sergeant	2213579			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	425 (Alouette) Sqn, RCAF	1944-02-25	Halifax	III	LW431	KW:U	Tholthorpe	21:35	Augsburg	Unknown	PoW/Killed by friendly fire	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 6.B.19			On the 19th April 1945 Typhoons strafed a PoW column near Gresse and amongst the many victims was Flt Sgt. Wheadon. He was initially buried in the Communal Cemetery at Gresse Son of Sidney and Matilda Wheadon, of Salford, Lancashire.
16972	Whear	J W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	142Sqn	1942-09-16	Wellington	IV	Z1380	QT-A	Grimsby	2020	Essen	?	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16973	Wheatley	L M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-11-18	Halifax	V	LK693	IP-A	Tholthorpe	1657	Mannheim	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16974	Wheatley	Richard John Ambrose	Flying Officer	J16134		Canadian	Navigator	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	83 Sqn	1944-05-10	Lancaster	III	ND494	OL:G	Coningsby	22:28	Gennevilliers	Claim by Walter Prues 7/NJG1 - 26km North East of Lisieux: 1,500m at 01:02. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft was hit by light flak at low level when passing close to Rouen homebound. Flt Lt. Meredith tried to gain height, but the Lancaster was attacked by a night fighter, which set the starboard wing on fire, and a crash-landing was carried out on a hillside between Rouen and Caen, about twenty miles short of the Normandy coast. (83 Squadron - Chris Ward)	PoW No 5109, Stalag Luft 3				Flt Sgt Wheatley was awarded DFM whilst with 207 Sqn. London Gazette 20th November 1942. Citation: 778287 Flight Sergeant William James ROSE, No. 207 Squadron. 1271000 Sergeant Ronald Sydney WILSON, No. 207 Squadron. Aus.408145 Sergeant John Henry LOVELL, Royal Australian Air Force, No. 207 Squadron. 1258979 Sergeant Arthur John PERRIN, No. 207 Squadron. Can./R.100368 Flight Sergeant Charles Woodrow Wilson PECK, Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 207 Squadron. As navigator, pilot, wireless operator/air gunner and rear gunner respectively, these airmen flew in an aircraft which took part in an attack on Le Creusot on 17th October, 1942. Shortly after taking off, engine trouble developed. Despite great efforts, Sergeant Wilson was unable to continue his mission and course was set for base. Near to the French coast, whilst flying at only 40 feet above the sea, the aircraft was attacked by three enemy float planes. In the face of a trying situation Sergeant Wilson displayed fine airmanship and, splendidly supported by his gunners whose skill destroyed two of them and drove off the third, he eventually flew the aircraft back to an aerodrome in this country. During the combat Flight Sergeant Rose coolly continued his duties and his subsequent navigation was of the greatest assistance to his pilot. Throughout, this crew displayed great courage, high skill and perfect teamwork.	Paradie RCAF Database
16975	Wheatley	Colin Havelock	Sergeant	J/16324	Born on the 20th June 1919	Canada	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	22 Operational Training Unit. 6 Group	1942-04-07	Wellington	Ic	R1773	Not known	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire	120	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Seriously injured - killed later on 1943-11-24 with 37 Squadron	See LN329 - Milan War Cemetery. IV. B. 9	Courtesy Operation Picture Me		Read Archive Report
16976	Wheatley	Colin Havelock	Flight Lieutenant	J/16324	Born on the 20th June 1919	Canada	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	37Sqn	1943-11-23	Wellington	X	R1773	LF-N	Djedeida No. 1, Tunisia	1930	Turin	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Milan War Cemetery. IV. B. 9	Courtesy Operation Picture Me		Read Archive Report
16977	Wheatley	Colin Havelock	Flight Lieutenant	J/16324	Born on the 20th June 1919	Canada	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	37Sqn	1943-11-23	Wellington	X	LN329	LF-N	Djedeida No. 1, Tunisia	1930	Turin	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Milan War Cemetery. IV. B. 9	Courtesy Operation Picture Me		Read Archive Report
16978	Wheeler	G H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1943-02-25	Lancaster	I	ED356	EM-W	Langar	1950	Nurnberg	Crashed at Ludwigshafen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16979	Wheeler	M W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-03-29	Halifax	II	HR912	VR-F	Middleton St George	1819	Vaires		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16980	Wheeler	J W	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-02-15	Halifax	V	LK971	WL-Y	Croft	1719	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16981	Wheeler	J E	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-11-22	Halifax	V	LK953	IP-C	Tholthorpe	1642	Berlin	Crashed at Barsselermoor	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16982	Wheeler	C E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1941-10-24	Whitley	V	Z6874	MH-	Dishforth	1737	Frankfurt	Crashed near Pihen-les-Guines	Killed	Pihen-les-Guines		Paradie Archive Database
16983	Wheeler	J A	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	III	ND503	DX-E	East Kirkby	2357	Leipzig	Crashed near Volkse	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16984	Wheelhouse	Clifford James	Sergeant	175807	Age 21		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-04-20	Halifax	III	LW692	PT-V	RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire	2113	Lens	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Grandcourt War Cemetery. Grave E.4.			Son of John Henry and Emily Alice Wheelhouse, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England	Read Archive Report
16985	Whelan	Joseph William Beter Paul	Sergeant	R/171362	1924	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF	1944-04-24	Halifax	III	LW591	KW-T	Tholthorpe	2140	Karlsruhe	See Archive report for details	Evader			Paradie Archive Database		Archive Report
16986	Whelan	J J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Halifax	V	LK701	SE-L	Croft		Berlin	?	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16987	Wheler	T R	Flying Officer				Pilot			Fighter	411Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Spitfire	IX	MK941				Recce	Abandoned near Lisieux
16988	Whellum	Leslie Keith	Flight Sergeant	417545	23rd June 1923 in Kensington, South Australia	Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	102 (Ceylon) Sqn	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	NA502	DY:S	Pocklington	22:16	Blainville	NA502 was claimed by Maj. Paul Semrau, his 26th or 27th Abschuss and either his second or third of four this night, from Stab III./NJG2, in the Gisors-Gournay area at 3.200 m at 00:45 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft came down 2 km NE of Ons-en-Bray (Oise) and 10 km west of Beauvais.	PoW, 78442 Buchenwald, PoW No. 8123 Stalag Luft 3				Whilst evading he was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo then and taken to the Fresnes prison located to the south of Paris. This was were French political prisoners were held and ordinarily Allied airmen, after questioning, were moved to a PoW Camp. In the summer of 1944, with the Allies having liberated Paris and closing in, the Gestapo guards started reducing the prison population by execution, and then relocating surviving prisoners to various concentration camps east of France. On the 15th August 1944 he was one of 169 Allied PoWs and hundreds of French men and women who were packed into a freight train and transported to Buchenwald concentration camp on a journey lasting five days. Note: Fg Off. J.M. Stevenson C27788 RCAF escaped from the train and successfully evaded. Buchenwald was located 8 km north of Weimar, in the German province of Thüringen. Sqn Ldr. Lamason and Fg Off. Chapman succeeded in getting all but two of the Allied PoWs transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Two airmen, 1st Lt. Levitt Clinton Beck Jr. O-736945, US AAF and Fg Off. Philip Derek Hermmens, 152583, RAFVR, died in the camp hospital.
16989	Whetton	L M	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-09-22	Wellington	X	LN547	QO-G	Skipton on Swale	1907	Hannover	?	PoW
16990	Whigham	R G M	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-07-24	Wellington	Ic	W5551	LQ-U	Pocklington	1130	Brest	Shot down at Ploudaniel	Killed	Lesneven Communal
16991	Jackson	Robert James	Sergeant	R83904	24th February 1921 in Toronto, Ontario	Canada	2nd Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	20OTU	1942.01.19	Wellington	Ic	R1646		RAF Lossiemouth		Training	Took off on a cross-country flight and failed to return at the scheduled time. On or around the 19th February the police relayed a message to Lossiemouth indicating that the wreckage of an aircraft had been reported in the vicinity of Clunie Water (or Clunie Glen) near Braemar in Aberdeenshire. Three days later, a service party struggled across the snow-covered countryside and confirmed that the remains were those of the Wellington. From evidence gathered at the scene it seemed likely that the bomber came down at around 12:50 hrs. Of the eight members of the crew six were recovered but only two had been identified. The remaining two crew members were recovered after the weather had permitted access to the crash site	KiA	Dyce Old Churchyard Grave 13			Son of James and Ella Maud (née Young) Jackson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
16992	Whinfield	G A F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	1664HCU	1944-10-14	Halifax	II	HR802		Dishforth		Duisburg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16993	Whipple	John William	Fl/Sgt. W/Op. Air Gunner	R/105760					RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1943-04-03	Hampden	I	L4084	GX-	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire		Training	Crashed at Goose Green, near Arundel, Sussex	Killed	Littlehampton Cemetery, Sussex. Sec. D. Grave 4271		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16994	Whipple	J A	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1945-04-18	Halifax	VII	PN226	OW-N	Linton on Ouse	952	Heligoland	Returned to base damaged				Paradie Archive Database
16995	Whiston	Arthur James	Flight Lieutenant	J/8406			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-10-22	Lancaster	II	DS778	EQ-U	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire	1756	Kassel	See archive report for further information	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery. Collective grave 15.G.2-7		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16996	Whitbread	Dennis Lawson	Sergeant	1624919			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-05-08	Halifax	III	MZ828	BM-H	RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire	1038	St-Leu	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Kempston Cemetery. Block J. Grave 30			Read Archive Report
16997	Whitby	S A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-09-23	Halifax	V	EB207	NA-B	Middleton St George	1848	Mannheim	crashed at Uersfeld	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
16998	White	E F	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-10-15	Lancaster	I	W4195	ZN-W	Syerston	1900	Koln	Crashed near Valburg	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16999	White	C S	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1941-09-26	Wellington	Ic	R1332	KO-X	Marham	1850	Emden	Ditched off Frisian Islands	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
17000	White	Earl Douglas	Sergeant Air Gunner	R/200964					RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-07-17	Lancaster	III	LM616	KO-J	RAF Witchford	420	Emieville (Operation Goodwood)	Crashed at West End Farm, Great Offley, Hertfordshire on return	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery 52.F.8.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report 3 Civilians within the farm house buildings also killed.