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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
16951 WatsonWilliam Thomas GlennFlying OfficerJ19884CanadianPilotDFC

RCAFBomber Command433Sqn (Porcupine) RCAF
1944.10.05HalifaxIIINP944BM:?RAF Skipton-on-SwaleGardening '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.ReturnedFg 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.
16952 WattJSergeantRCAFBomber Command101Sqn
1944-09-13LancasterIIIPB456SR-Ludford Magna1905TrainingCrashed at DumbartonKilledParadie Archive Database
16953 WattD HSergeantRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1943-02-02HalifaxIIW7882DY-PPocklington1835KolnKilledEindhoven (Woensel)Paradie Archive Database
16954 WattE TWarrant Officer Class 2R/145226CanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1944-01-21HalifaxIIJN952DY-LPocklington1945MagdeburgGerman documents state that the aircraft was shot down at Wietzendorf 13km West the airfield at Faszberg and was completely destroyed. It crashed about 700m North East of Wietzendorf in the middle of a sawmill and burned on the ground for approximately two hours. (Part extract from report by Flt.Lt. R E G Redman Section 23 No.4 MREU dated 10th January 1948)PoW No. 1087, Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug Paradie Archive Database
16955 WattA CFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1945-03-16LancasterINN758PM-SElsham Wolds1715NurnbergCrashed near LaichingenKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
16956 WattT MPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command142Sqn
1942-11-20WellingtonIIIBK536QT-CWaterbeach1828TorinoAbandonedPoW Paradie Archive Database
16957 WattAlickFlight SergeantJ/89063Air/GnrRCAFBomber Command207Sqn
1944-08-15LancasterILM263EM-NRAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire959Dealen Luftwaffe airfield See archive report for further details KilledGroesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Plot XV.C.10
Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report LM263
16958 WattWalter DavidFlying OfficerJ21540Age 22CanadaBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1944-04-23HalifaxIILW285MA:ZRAF Middleton St George20:46Gardening. Baltic areaSee Archive report for detailsInterned SwedenParadie Archive Database


Courtesy Lt.Col (Ret.)Trący Hatch
Walter David 'Wally' Watt of 12370 Reed Street, Cartierville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Completed 19 operational sorties.

16959 WattB EPilot OfficerJ90946RCAFBomber Command49Sqn
1943-04-16LancasterIIIED427EA-OFiskerton2114PlzenCrashed at LaumersheimKilledDurnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F collective grave 19-20Paradie Archive DatabaseInformation courtesy Traugott Vitz - February 2018
16960 WattA RSergeantBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1944-11-27HalifaxIIILV945ZL-FLeeming1654NeussCrashed at Shipdham Norfolk on return
16961 WattT RFlight LieutenantPilotFighter443Sqn RCAF
1945-04-26SpitfireXVISM364RecceInjured
16962 WattLawrence Charles JosephLeading Aircraftman441609AustraliaRAAF4 Bombing & Gunnery School RCAF1945-01-20RAAF Honour Roll
16963 WattersJ FSergeantRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-01-30HalifaxIIILV797BM-LSkipton on Swale1719BerlinCrashed at FrankendorfKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
16964 WattersISergeantBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-07-31HalifaxIIW7718LQ-TPocklington.0034.DusseldorfCrashed SE of Heppeneert BelgiumKilledHeverlee War Cemetery Belgium
16965 WattersonD DFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1944-04-24HalifaxIIIMZ503PT-LTholthorpe2135KarlsruheCrashed Zuilichem {Gelderland}KilledZuilichem General Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
16966 WatterworthMack WilliamSergeantR/68126Age 21CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command218Sqn
1942-10-05StirlingIBF322HA-FRAF Downham Market, Norfolk1926AachenSee Archive report for further brief detailsKilledBeck Row (St. John) Churchyard, Suffolk. Grave Ref: Row C. Grave 6. United Kingdom
Accident report
16967 WattsR McGSergeantR122699RCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1943-07-12LancasterIED769PM-UElsham Wolds2215Torino?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
16968 WattsHumphrey StanleyFlying OfficerJ37111CanadianPilot RCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1945-03-05Halifax VIINP793OW-HRAF Linton on Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire1642Chemnitz Crashed Kirbymoorside Yorkshire KilledHarrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery - Sec. H Row P. Grave 16. Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
16969 WattsFrederick HubertFlying OfficerJ/25939CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command576Sqn
1944-08-16LancasterIIILM133UL-H2Elsham Wolds2110StettinFlak damaged, abandoned & crashed at Hoor SwedenKilled, accidentally strangled by parachute cordsMalmo Eastern Muncipal Cemetery
16970 WattsJack VincentSquadron LeaderJ4688CanadaNavigatorDSO

DFC
DFC Bar

RCAFBomber Command109 Sqn
1944-04-08MosquitoXVIML957HS:RLittle Staughton20:50EssenHit by flak and crashed-landed at 00:05 at Bradwell Bay, Essex.Safe

Courtesy Francois Dutil

Sqn Ldr Watts was awarded the DFC whilst with 10 Sqn. Gazetted 4 August 1942.

Awarded Bar to DFC whilst with 109 Sqn. Gazetted 13 October 1944. Citation reads: "This officer has completed more than 100 sorties. He has at all time's displayed the greatest keenness and devotion to duty and his example has impressed all. Squadron Leader Watts is a navigator of high merit and the successes obtained on the many sorties in which he has taken part are a fine tribute to his outstanding skill. This officer has proved of the greatest value to the Squadron."

Awarded the DSO whilst with 105 Sqn. Gazetted 27 April 1945.
16971 WattsE MPilot OfficerBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1941-08-28WellingtonIIW5488LQ-BPocklington2350Duisburg?KilledRheinberg War Cemetery
16972 WattsR ESergeantBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-01-01LancasterIIIJB280LQ-KGransden Lodge.0023.BerlinCrashed at Nieuw Schoonebeek {Drenthe}KilledSchoonebeek General Cemetery
16973 WattsG LFlight SergeantBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-09-27LancasterIIILM345LQ-LGransden Lodge1920Hannover?Evader
16974 WattsJohn BradfordFlight Sergeant419978AustraliaRAAF1 Bombing & Gunnery School (RCAF)1944-07-03RAAF Honour Roll
16975 WattsCharles ReginaldFlying OfficerJ/23393CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command524Sqn RAF
1944-08-30WellingtonXIIIMF1757RBircham NewtonKilled
16976 WaughA EWarrant Officer1042277RCAFBomber Command15Sqn
1943-06-21StirlingIIIBK815LS-VMildenhall2355KrefeldCrashed near Melsele BelgiumPoW Paradie Archive Database
16977 WaughD HFlight SergeantR108809RCAFBomber Command156Sqn
1943-04-26LancasterIW4140GT-KWarboys.0043.DuisburgCrashed target areaKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
16978 WaughH CWarrant OfficerR58818RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-04-03HalifaxIIDT723LQ-FLeeming1956EssenShot down near RotterdamPoW Paradie Archive Database
16979 WaughJames HarrySergeantR/201625Air GunnerDFM
RCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1944-11-21HalifaxIIIHX346PT-UTholthorpe1532Castrop-RauxelCrash landed after hitting trees on landing at LeemingInjured Paradie Archive Database
16980 WaughJamesFlight SergeantR2016251st June 1924 in Summerside, Prince Edward IslandCanadianAir Gunner (Mid Upper)DFM
RCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1945-03-05Halifax IIINA190PT:URAF Tholthorpe16:29ChemnitzSee archive report for detailsAbandoned aircraft, parachuted safely. SurvivedParadie RCAF Database
16981 WayWilfred HowardFlight LieutenantJ/107722 October 1920PilotRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-06-06LancasterIIINE173PM-FFull Sutton2140VireCrashed at CouloncesKilledBretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, XII.C.13-15 (Coll.)Paradie Archive Database Son of Edgerton S. and Helen Way, of Edmonton, Alberta

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16982 WayD CFlight SergeantR92992RCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-04-08HalifaxIIBB327VR-QMiddleton St George2147DuisburgCrashed near BochumKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database

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16983 WayWilliam AlbertPilot OfficerJ94149CanadianAir BomberRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1945-03-05Halifax VIINP793OW-HRAF Linton on Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire1642Chemnitz Crashed Kirbymoorside Yorkshire KilledHarrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery - Sec. H. Row P. Grave 15. Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report

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16984 WayJ OWarrant OfficerR102353RCAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-16StirlingIBF451AA-ZNewmarket2214MannheimCrashed at Rilly-la-MontagneKilledCholoy War Cemetery FranceParadie Archive Database

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16985 WayC WPilot OfficerDFC

Bomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1945-01-16Halifax IIINA192PT-QTholthorpe1846MagdeburgKilledBerlin 1939-45 War Cemetery

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16986 WayceS VSergeantR93302RCAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1943-01-08LancasterIED367PO-HBottesford1726Duisburg?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
16987 WaychukW SFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-07-10LancasterIILL675EQ-TLinton on Ouse2158TrainingCrashed at Eaton LeicestershireKilledBrookwood Military CemeteryParadie Archive Database
16988 WayeWendell CliffordFlight SergeantR/154885Age 21USAAir BomberRCAFBomber Command51Sqn
1944-06-30HalifaxIIILV782MH-ERAF Snaith, YorkshirePMVillers-Bocage See archive report for further details KilledBretteville-sur-laize Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XVIII.F.3.Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
16989 WeakleyL O'NWarrant Officer Class 1RCAFBomber Command51Sqn
1943-01-27HalifaxIIDT721MH-JSnaith1750DusseldorfCrashed Huize Padua Mental Hospital HollandKilledGroesbeek Canadian War CementeryParadie Archive Database
16990 WealKenneth GeorgeLeading AircraftmanNZ/413287Age 19New ZealanderWireless Operator/Air Gunner (U/T)RNZAFTraining Command9 Bombing and Gunnery School

No. 3 Training Command

1942-05-19Fairey BattleI2022PQRCAF Mt. Joli, Quebec, Canada1000TrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilledMetis 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.
16991 WeatherbyC LWarrant Officer Class 2RCAFBomber Command78Sqn
1944-04-10HalifaxIIILV877EY-SBreighton2109TergnierCrashed Pierrecourt {Seine-Maritime}KilledPoix-de-la-SommeParadie Archive Database
16992 WeatherheadRichard JohnFlying OfficerJ/6992Age 30CanadianPilotRCAFCoastal Command59Sqn1943-03-23B-17 FortressIIAFK209J1315Anti-submarine PatrolSee archive report for further brief detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel. 175
Courtesy Herb Montgomery

Son of John Christopher and of Florence Edith of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada
16993 WeaverH DSergeantRCAFBomber Command144Sqn
1941-09-20HampdenIX3030PL-N LuffenhamFrankfurtCrashed near AirfieldKilledParadie Archive DatabaseUntil 1942-04-21 Bomber Command, thereafter Coastal Command
16994 WeaverJ B TSergeantR72493RCAFBomber Command156Sqn
1942-08-11WellingtonIIIX3798GT-Alconbury2245MainzCrashed at Tildonk BelgiumPoWParadie Archive Database
16995 WeaverGlen MasonPilot OfficerJ/19918Age 23CanadaWireless Op/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-05-03LancasterIIIND881LQ-QRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire2302Montdidier Luftwaffe airfieldShot down by night fighter over targetKilledMontdidier French National Cemetery. Collective grave 5811-5814
Accident reportAlso 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'.
16996 WeaverH McEFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1945-03-05LancasterING458QB-HSkipton on Swale1642ChemnitzKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
16997 WeaverS ESergeantRCAFBomber Command487Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-04VenturaIIAE957EG-MMethwold1800Rotterdam?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database
16998 WeayC WFlying OfficerBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1944-03-30HalifaxIIILK804AL-QLeeming2150NurnbergDitched in English Channel on returnInjured
16999 WebbW GSergeantRCAFBomber Command150Sqn
1942-08-09WellingtonIIIBJ608JN-Snaith.0030.OsnabruckCrashed at AlmeloKilledWierden General Cemetery
Wierden General Cemetery

17000 WebbR LFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command189Sqn
1945-02-02LancasterIPB840CA-KFulbeck2018KarlsruheCrashed at UnterowisheimKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database

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