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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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
17351	Winning	W F	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-11-19	Halifax	V	LK990	IP-X	Tholthorpe	1633	Leverkusen	Shot down near Dortmund	DoW 4.12.43	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17352	Winskill	W W	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-09-11	Lancaster	III	PB510	OF-Q	Coningsby	2108	Darmstadt	Crashed at Hargesheim	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
17353	Winstanley	T S	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	ME740	AR-E	Binbrook	2146	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Mariguy-le-Grand {Marne}	Killed	Marigny-le-Grand churchyard	Paradie Archive Database
17354	Wintemute	J D	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ645	PT-N	Tholthorpe	2237	Hamburg	Crashed at Estorf	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Klaus Möller
17355	Winter	F A	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-01-05	Halifax	III	NR209	EQ-A	Linton on Ouse	1641	Hannover	Crashed near Hollenstede	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
17356	Winter	F W	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-11-18	Halifax	V	LK976	ZL-Z	Leeming	1640	Mannheim	Believed crashed English Channel	Killed	Cayeux-sur-Mer	Paradie Archive Database
17357	Winter	R H	Sergeant		1314142						Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-04-16	Halifax	II	BB343	EQ-X	Leeming	2057	Plzen	Crashed NE of Laon France	Killed	Liesse Communal Cemetery
17358	Winter	H T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-10-22	Halifax	V	LK633	ZL-W	Leeming	1731	Kassel	Crashed Harzberg	PoW
17359	Winter	A M	Flight Sergeant		R656117						Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	V	ED209	NA-C	Middleton St George	2352	Aachen	Abandoned near Marche-en-Famenne Belgium	PoW
17360	Winterbottom	C R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	JD463	VR-D	Middleton St George	1737	Frankfurt	Crashed Ham sur Heure Belgium	Killed	Gosselies Communal Cemetery
17361	Winters	C H	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-03-18	Lancaster	II	LL640	A4-C	Witchford	1946	Frankfurt		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17362	Winton	A G	Sergeant		R/73439			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1942-09-04	Wellington	III	BJ771	KO-L	Marham		Bremen	Reason for loss unknown	PoW No. 27008, Stalag 334, Lamsdorf		Paradie Archive Database	Promoted to WO2 as PoW
17363	Wintzer	V J A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-08-31	Halifax	II	JD720	VR-P	Middleton St George	1958	Berlin	Crashed target area	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17364	Wiome	M	Flying Officer		J29979		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	433 (Porcupine) Sqn, RCAF	1944-07-04	Halifax	III	LW120	BM:E	Skipton on Swale	22:14	Villeneuve	Attacked by a night-fighter whose fire set light to both port engines and wounded Sgt. Gracie in both legs. Partially abandoned and crashed 01:45 hrs St-Arnoult des Bois (Eure-et-Loir), 18 km WNW of Chartres	Evader		Paradie Archive Database	Returned to the UK on the 18th August 1944
17365	Wiper	M L	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	LL699	EQ-C	Linton on Ouse	1700	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17366	Wirth	E	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-03-18	Halifax	III	LW655	MP-V	Holme on Spalding Moor	1943	Frankfurt	Abandoned & crashed at Kelberg	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
17367	Wise	R T	Flying Officer					Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	182Sqn	1943-09-09	Typhoon	Ib	JP605				Ramrod	Damaged			Paradie Archive Database
17368	Wiseman	W M	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1945-04-22	Lancaster	III	ME523	A2-G			Training	Force landed SW of Topcliffe airfield Yorkshire			Paradie Archive Database
17369	Wiseman	W	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1942-05-19	Stirling	I	N3716	MG-A	Oakington	2315	Mannheim	Crashed at Oostakker Belgium	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
17370	Wishart	R P	Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-06-06	Hampden	I	AD980	EQ-Y	Balderton	1230	Air test	Crashed NE of airfield	Injured
17371	Wishart	R	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-07-21	Hampden	I	AT139	EQ-A	Balderton	2341	Duisburg	Crashed in the Waddenzee	Killed		Paradie Archive Database
17372	Wissler	Richard Peter	Pilot Officer		141334	31st March 1915, Woolwich, Kent		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	431(Iroquois) Sqn RCAF	1943-10-22	Halifax	V	LK639	SE:E	Tholthorpe	17:36	Kassel	Crashed in the village of Essen, some 5 miles NW of Quakenbrück, at 22:00 hrs. Reason for the loss is unknown.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 130		Posting Records show the crew arriving from 1659 CU at RAF Leeming on the 15th September 1943, and when lost they were engaged on their first operation sortie. From this crash the remains of 6 badly carbonised bodies were recovered nearby the wreckage were buried on the same day in 4 coffins near some fir trees in Section I of the Essen Cemetery. The 7th member of this crew was found underneath the wreckage 2 days later. He was buried beside the other in one coffin. According to German records this crew was buried in Essen-Oldenburg Cemetery. MRES after extensive investigation failed to locate any burial for this crew. Their names are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial. Son of William Edward Staley and Marguerite Jennie (née Woodward) Wissler. Husband to Sheila Alice (née Bacchus) Wissler from Chelsea, Middlesex, England
17373	Wiston	G L	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-08-10	Lancaster	III	JB716	PH-X	Wickenby	2110	Gardening	Crashed at Aston Downs	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17374	Witherick	G A A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-06-06	Halifax	II	W1145	LQ-S	Pocklington	2351	Emden	Crashed near Binbrook LINCS
17375	Withers	T A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-07-26	Halifax	II	W1230	LQ-L	Pocklington	2300	Hamburg	?	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17376	Witrylak	Zbigniew Stanisław	Sierżant	Warrant Officer	782339	26.07.1919	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1944-07-25	Lancaster	III	PB252	BH-H	Faldingworth	2300	Stuttgart	Took off from Faldingworth 23.00 25 July 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stuttgart. On outbound flight Lancaster collided in mid-air with RCAF Lancaster ND903 aircraft near Orleans and at 01.00 hours it was abandoned. Location : France.	Evader. Died 14.11.1983 Blackpool, Lancs. UK		Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PB252	Raid on Stuttgart undertaken by 412 Lancasters and 138 Halifaxes of Bomber Command. 8 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes were lost (2.2 per cent of the force desptached).
17377	Witt	E M	Pilot Officer		J17710					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	HR905	LQ-O	Gransden Lodge	2315	Aachen	Disintergrated near Asten Holland	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17378	Witt	Benjamin Charles	Flying Officer		J18743		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	139 Sqn (Jamaica)	1944-07-26	Mosquito	IX	LR475	XD:?	Upwood	23:25	Givors	Crashed at 04:10 while making a single-engined approach towards Woodbridge airfield, Suffolk.	Injured
17379	Wittaker	W D	Flying Officer					Pilot			Fighter	402Sqn RCAF	1945-02-11	Spitfire	XIV	RM846					Damaged
17380	Witteralli	V A	Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	MZ882	6U-C	East Moor	1602	Dusseldorf	Damaged on return			Paradie Archive Database
17381	Wittmack	F	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-07-25	Halifax	VII	NP688	QO-X	East Moor	2108	Stuttgart	Crashed at Breteniere {Cote-d'Or}	Killed	Breteniere	Paradie Archive Database
17382	Witts	David Douglas	Sergeant		R/122133			Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-09-06	Halifax	V	DK262	IP-R	RAF Tholthorpe	1935	Munchen	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 7.E.13	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17383	Witts	John	Leading Aircraftman		411569		Australia			RAAF		1 (RCAF) Air Observers School	1942-01-08											RAAF Honour Roll
17384	Witwer	Howard Daniel	Flying Officer		J86988		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	419 (Moose) Sqn, RCAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	X	KB775	VR:Y	Middleton St George	19:58	Russelsheim	Collided with 115 Sqn, Lancaster I PD274 and crashed in the target area. While spinning, the aircraft broke up, throwing Fg Off. Witwer clear. The aircraft crashed in a small forest 2 Km west of the village of Unter-Eisesheim. The crew were initially buried in the village cemetery	PoW No. 7751, Stalag Luft 3/Milag-Marlag Nord-Oflag L		Paradie Archive Database	Howard Daniel Witwer returned to Canada and after a few years of civilian life reenlisted in the RCAF and served as a Flight Engineer. He retired from the RCAF in 1968. He passed away on the 23rd November 2002.
17385	Wityck	P	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-01-05	Wellington	II	W5589	LQ-F			Air test	Crashed near Shrensall YORKS	Killed	Bramby on the Moor	Paradie Archive Database
17386	Wiwsianski	Michael	Sergeant		R210463		Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF	1944-05-22	Halifax	III	MZ506	QO:X	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	00:10	le Mans	See archive report for further details	Killed	Le Mans West Cemetery. Plot 38. 1939-45 Row C. Grave 43.	Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
17387	Woelfle	C H	Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	W4967	SR-P	Ludford Magna	.0006.	Homberg	Crashed Courtrai {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Wevelgem Communal Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17388	Wolf	Homer Lynn	Flight Lieutenant		J/11323	USA	USA	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	430Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Mustang	I	AM174	C	B-8 Sommervieu	12:55	Tac Recce	Shot down by flak, struck aircraft while bailing out.	Killed	Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Xxvi. C. 4. France	Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
17389	Wolf	Wilfred Lawrence	Flight Sergeant		R?	3rd October 1923 in Alberta	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	432 Sqn RCAF	1944-02-02	Lancaster	II	LL686	QO:F	East Moor	19:40	Training	See Archive report for details	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefell) Cemetery Sec. C, Row K, Grave 14	Paradie Archive Database		Archive Report
17390	Wolfe	J J	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-10-15	Halifax	VII	NP773	EQ-M	Linton on Ouse	1722	Wilhelshaven		Killed	Sage War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17391	Wolfe	R R	Leading Aircraftman							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LM680	KW-U			Ground	Hit by aircraft which was landing	Injured		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
17392	Wolfe	D L	Squadron Leader		39805				DFC		Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	HR905	LQ-O	Gransden Lodge	2315	Aachen	Disintergrated near Asten Holland	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery
17393	Wolfe	Roland Lorenzen	Pilot Officer		102518		American	Pilot		RAF	Fighter	133 (Eagle) Sqn	1941-11-30	Spitfire	IIa	P8074	MD:?	RAF Eglington	10:30	Convoy Patrol	Suffered engine failure and baled out, landing in Eire, 13 miles from his base	Interned			Entered WW II through the RCAF into the RAF, flying with the 133 [Eagle] Squadron, while flying a Spitfire on a convoy patrol, Suffered engine failure and baled out, landing in Eire, 13 miles from his base, was picked up by the Irish army and interned in Eire as they were a neutral. Sent to a camp Nr Dublin. He tried multiple escapes each time being returned to internment due to political pressures and finally on his eighth try, with the US in the war and the political situation much changed, he succeeded. He escaped to England via Belfast. There he joined the USAAF and was assigned to the 82nd FS, 78th FG, 8AF in 3-44 with whom he remained till 9-9-44. He was flight commander for C-flight in 1944.
17394	Wolff	J F	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1941-08-31	Wellington	II	W5577	PH-U	Binbrook	2115	Boulogne	Crashed off French coast	Killed		Paradie Archive Database
17395	Wolkowski	A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-12-03	Lancaster	II	DS733	OW-L	Linton on Ouse	.0022.	Leipzig	Crashed at Espel	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
17396	Wolstencroft	G A	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-07-04	Halifax	III	HX353	BM-X	Skipton on Swale	2219	Villeneuve		PoW		Paradie Archive Database
17397	Womack	Henry Archer (Harry)	Sergeant		R/67722			Pilot		RCAF	Training Command	57 OTU RAF	1941-07-01	Master		N7833		RAF Hawarden		Training	Hit poles and crashed	Killed	Hawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchyard	Paradie Archive Database
17398	Womar	Frederick John Ernest	Flight Sergeant		550298			W/Op/Air/Gnr	DFM	RAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-06-01	Hampden	I	AT191	EQ-A	RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire	2258	Essen	See archive report for full details	Killed	Amersfoot General Cemetery (Oud Leusden). Plot 13, Row 3, Grave 39		Read Archive Report
17399	Wood	K R	Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-10-20	Lancaster	III	JB348	LQ-R	Gransden Lodge	1739	Leipzig	Crashed at Harrenstatte	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Attacker
17400	Wood	Galen	Sergeant		1047841			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-12-03	Halifax	V	LK898	SE-O	RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire	2334	Leipzig	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 4.Z.22		Read Archive Report