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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary

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You searched for: “"RCAF"

#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
17501 WotherspoonWFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1945-02-08Halifax IIILW394KW-ZTholthorpe242Wanne-EickelAbandoned over Belgium Paradie Archive DatabaseFirst French Canadian squadron
17502 WoychukR MFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1944-07-04LancasterXKB756NA-QMiddleton St George2143VilleneuveCrashed at le Mailleraye-sur-Seins {Seine-Maritime}PoW Paradie Archive Database
17503 WozniakRPilot OfficerPilotFighter403Sqn RCAF
1942-06-02SpitfireVbAD114WRodeoForce landed at Southend
17504 WraggD JFlying OfficerPilotFighter443Sqn RCAF
1944-12-03SpitfireIXMK695PatrolCrash landed at Weert
17505 WraithD.H.Pilot OfficerJ12632CanadianAir GunnerRCAFCoastal Command415 Sqn RCAF
1943-03-23HampdenIAE395GX-SThorney IslandAnti-Shipping sortie off the Frisian IslandsShot Down by flakPoW No. 938, Stalag Luft 3
17506 WrayW JSergeantRCAFBomber Command158Sqn
1944-12-17HalifaxIIINR233NP-JLissett258DuisburgCrashed at Braibant {Namur}InjuredParadie Archive DatabaseSee Paradie Archive
17507 WrayJ DSergeantR/106537Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1943-02-01WellingtonIIIX3361KW-43 MUFerryThe a/c was to proceed to Kingscliffe with an extra crew and ground personnel, to transfer X3361 from 43 MU. Loss of power on Starboard engine and the a/c crashed shortly after T/O.Injured Paradie Archive DatabaseFirst French Canadian squadron
17508 WrayL EGroup CaptainAFC

RCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-03-18HalifaxIIIHX282BM-KSkipton on SwaleFrankfurtCrashed at Krov on the MoselPoW Paradie Archive Database
17509 WreakesJFlight SergeantBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1943-03-01WellingtonIIIZ1724PT-CTrainingCrashed near Leeming airfieldKilled
17510 WrenshallBernard HFlying OfficerBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command15Sqn
1944-08-07LancasterINN700LS-QMildenhall2147RocquecourtCrashed in English ChannelKilled Paradie Archive DatabaseBombing German positions at Rocquecourt in Normandy. Crashed in English Channel with the loss of everyone aboard.
17511 WrideHaroldSergeant652571Age 24UKFlight EngineerRAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-03-30LancasterIIDS840OW-CRAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire2158Nurnbergsee archive report for further informationKilledDurnbach War Cemetery Grave 11 A 12


Courtesy Family

Son of Henry and Lucy Wride of Hull, England.
17512 WrightRobert BanksPilot Officer Flight Engineer52814RAFVRBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-06-25HalifaxIIJB858EQ-SRAF Leeming, Yorkshire2324GelsenkirchenCrashed Holtwick, GermanyPoW No. 290. Camp Stalag Luft Sagan and BelariaNone Read Archive Report
17513 WrightJamesSergeant1590868Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1943-09-22HalifaxVLK635NA-H RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham 1828Hannover See archive report for full details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 170Age: 30
Read Archive Report
17514 WrightWilliamSergeant1164158W/Op/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-03-10WellingtonIIZ8428LQ-NPocklington1944Essen?KilledRunnymede Archive Report
17515 WrightAllen FrenchPilot Officer159087NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-12-20LancasterIIDS704EQ-WRAF Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire1719Frankfurt See archive report for further information KilledHeverlee War Cemetery. Grave 5.E.1 Read Archive Report
17516 WrightB FFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1945-03-12LancasterILM131PM-VElsham Wolds1303DortmundAbandoned over the Lincolnshire coast Paradie Archive Database
17517 WrightOwenFlying OfficerJ/28272NavigatorRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-05-22LancasterIIIND629PM-GRAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire2234Dortmund See Archive report for further details KilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery. Coll. Grave 23.C.12-14Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17518 WrightCharles ThomasSergeantJ/91173Air/GnrRCAFBomber Command12Sqn
1944-06-23LancasterIIIND528PH-BRAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire2220Saintes See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial, Panel 253Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17519 WrightJ EFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command138Sqn (Special)
1944-03-03HalifaxVLL279NF-RTempsfordSOECrashed near BernayKilledSte-Croix Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17520 WrightW MFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1942-11-29StirlingIR9202DJ-KLakenheath.0024.TorinoCrashed at Irasco-Finerola ITALYKilledMilanoParadie Archive Database
17521 WrightG GFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command15Sqn
1943-10-03StirlingIIIBF470LS-GMildenhall1857KasselCrashed at HastePoW Paradie Archive Database
17522 WrightJ RPilot OfficerJ17943RCAFBomber Command156Sqn
1943-06-16LancasterIIIEE122GT-Warboys2232KolnCrashed vicinity MonchengladbachKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
Paradie Archive Database
17523 WrightA J SFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command158Sqn
1944-06-02HalifaxIIILV635NP-KLissett2221TrappesCrashed Barneville-sur-Seine {Eure}KilledEvreaux Communal CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17524 WrightJ ASergeantR87125RCAF166Sqn
1943-05-13WellingtonXHZ280AS-QKirmington.0001.BochumDitched in IJsselmeerPoWParadie Archive Database
17525 WrightGordon RobinsonSergeantR9309030th November 1922CanadianPilotRCAFFighter23 Sqn
1942-09-08MosquitoNF.IIDD684YP:URAF Bradwell Bay23:58Night IntruderLost over HollandKilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 107Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Frank J. and Gladys M. Wright, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
17526 WrightH RFlight SergeantR/153606PilotRCAFFighter247Sqn
1942-06-26HurricaneIIcBN231ENight IntruderKilledRheinberg War Cemetery Germany
Paradie Archive Database
17527 WrightR JFlying OfficerJ22531RCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-04-04HalifaxIIDT704LQ-MLeeming2045KielCrashed target areaKilledKiel War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17528 WrightC APilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1943-08-09HalifaxIIJD257VR-FMiddleton St George2247MannheimCrashed at LudwigshafenKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17529 WrightH GFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-03-22LancasterIILL647OW-RLinton on Ouse1901FrankfurtCrashed GreffenKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17530 WrightWilliam BakerFlight SergeantR/251792Age 23CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-03-09HalifaxVIILW206OW-QRAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire1517VolkelSee Archive report - Information courtesy John JonesKilledBrookwood Military Cemetery. Plot 43 Row I Grave 8

Courtesy John Jones


Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 31st May 1921 in Toronto. Studied at Western Technical School in Toronto. Worked as a receiver for Bauer and Black. Son of Norman Sangster Wright and Margaret June Baker Wright, of 328 Sunnyside Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
17531 WrightM WFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1945-03-25Halifax VIINP818OQ-MLinton on Ouse730MunsterClipped plane two above on take off Paradie Archive Database
17532 WrightH CFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28HalifaxIIIMZ757ZL-YLeeming2225HamburgCrashed HamburgKilledHamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
17533 WrightW AFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1944-03-18HalifaxIIILW551ZL-GLeeming1905FrankfurtPoW Paradie Archive Database
17534 WrightEdward JamesFlight SergeantR2876647th November 1928 (Service record shows 1925) in Winnipeg, ManitobaCanadianAir Gunner (Rear)RCAFBomber Command428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
1945-04-26LancasterXKB879NA:YRAF Middleton St. GeorgeCross Country Flying Training See archive report for detailsKilledChester (Blacon) Cemetery Section A Grave 1023
Paradie Archive Database
17535 WrightHFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1944-10-25LancasterXKB737NA-RMiddleton St George1222EssenKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17536 WrightW J LFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command429Sqn RCAF
1944-07-31HalifaxIIILV950AL-CLeeming2151CoquereauxCrashed at St-Martin-au-Bosc {Seine-Maritime}KilledSt Martin-au-Bosc Communal CemeteryParadie Archive Database
17537 WrightS DSergeantRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-07-17HalifaxVIINP706QO-JEast Moor326CaenPoWParadie Archive Database
17538 WrightW HPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1944-07-25HalifaxIIILV911BM-ISkipton on Swale 2116StuttgartCrashed on take off Paradie Archive Database
17539 WrightWilliam AlbertFlight SergeantR/74061CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF439Sqn RCAF
1944-12-24TyphoonIbPD4925V-B.78 Eindhoven NLArmed recceShot down by friendly fire from US P-47 Thunderbolts. Bailed out but chute didn't open.KilledRheinberg War Cemetery, 5. A. 8. Germany.
Accident report
17540 WrightJames AllisterPilot OfficerJ/969816 Oct 1919CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command61Sqn
1942-08-28LancasterIR5742QR-Syerston2105NurnbergHit by flak. Crashed approximately 300 yards South West of ObermichelbachKilledDurnbach War Cemetery Plot 11 Row G Collective Grave 14-17Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of James A. Wright and Hazel Irene Wright, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17541 WrightC N DFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command619Sqn
1943-10-20LancasterIIIEE114PG-BWoodhall Spa1718LeipzigCrashed at LangwedelKilledHannover War Cemetery
Paradie Archive Database
17542 WrightCFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command626Sqn
1944-12-31LancasterIIIPB561UM-X2Wickenby1449OsterfeldCrash landed at ManstonParadie Archive Database
17543 WrightA RPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-11-21LancasterINN745AA-AMepal1546GardeningKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive Database
17544 WrightH RSergeantRCAFBomber Command78Sqn
1943-12-03HalifaxIILW313EY-UBreighton2348LeipzigCrashed at Bad MunsterKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
Paradie Archive Database
17545 WrightJamesPilot Officer Air GunnerJ/89895RCAFBomber Command9Sqn
1944-07-07LancasterIIIJB116WS-TBardney2242St-LeuCrashed at Millebosc {Seine-Maritime}KilledMillebosc Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
17546 WrightDoug ASergeantPilotRCAFFighter Command401Sqn RCAF
1942-09-26SpitfireIXBS311YO-?RAF Biggin Hill, KentPMCircusCrashed at TorquayInjuredNone - understood to have survived the war.Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
17547 WrightWalter N.Warrant OfficerR/110960W/Op/Air/GnrRCAFBomber Command158Sqn
1944-08-11HalifaxIIILW719NP-KRAF Lissett0Versailles See archive report for further details Safe - after crash landing None - understood to have survived the war Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17548 WrightSidney Henry ArthurPilot OfficerC/8592Age 33Canada 0RCAF1942-01-12 None - lost at sea after U'Boat attack on the transit ship Yngaren 400In transit See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedOttawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 1. Son of Henry J. Wright and Louisa F. Wright and husband of Dorothy Wright, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ada. Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report
17549 WrightDennisFlight SergeantR/20345320 March 1924CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber CommandNo. 5. Lancaster Finishing School (LFS)1944-05-26LancasterIL7578RC-LSyerston1830 Combined navigation and bombing exercise See archive report for detailsKilledNewark-Upon-Trent Cemetery. Sec F. Coll. Grave 309
Paradie Archive Database Archive Report
17550 WrightD LSergeant552618Coastal Command235Sqn
1940-08-24BlenheimIVT1804EPatrolShot down in Error by 1 RCAF Sqn Crashed Bracklesham BayKilledChasetown (St- Ann) Churchyard United Kingdom

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