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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
201	Allison	James Kenneth	Flight Lieutenant	J/11084		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	181Sqn	1944-07-06	Typhoon	Ib	MN821	EL-H	B-6 Coulombs		Armed recce	Damaged by flak, pilot injured, crash landed and slammed into 3 parked Typhoons bursting into flames.	Injured by flak, severely burned in crash landing			Accident report	Member of the Guinea Pig Club	Paradie RCAF Database
202	Allison	E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-02-28	Wellington	III	BK343	ZL-V	Croft	1810	St Nazaire	Believed crashed in sea	PoW	Pornic War Cemetery
203	Allman	Leonard Ralph	Flying Officer	J/13588		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	440Sqn RCAF	1944-06-06	Typhoon	Ib	MN428	I8-Z	RAF Hurn	20:00	Armed recce	Pulled away from squadron to locate and escort a damaged flight mate. Hit by flak, parachute caught on aircraft, perished in crash near Mauvieu, Calvados, France.	Killed	Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Xiii. H. 13. France		Accident Report		Paradie RCAF Database
204	Allwell	P	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-01-02	Lancaster	II	DS760	OW-M	Linton on Ouse	.0005.	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
205	Alm	E R	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1945-02-25	Halifax	III	MZ452	ZL-E	Leeming	1658	Gardening	Lost without trace	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
206	Almas	R H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1945-03-07	Lancaster	I	RA500	PM-B	Elsham Wolds	1728	Dessau					Paradie Archive Database
207	Almas	R M	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-11-21	Halifax	III	MZ377	AL-D	Leeming	1546	Castrop-Rauxel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
208	Almond	J N	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LW157	QB-S	Skipton on Swale	2251	Aachen		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
209	Alp	Percy Leonard	Pilot Officer	54973					RAFVR	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	MZ628	SE-Y	Croft	1521	Vaires	Crashed near Cramoisy {Oise}	Killed Age 30	Commemorated Creil Communal Cemetery, Plot 1. Grave 389.			Son Of Stanley William Alp And Of Mary Ann Alp (Nee Rogers); Husband Of Constance Maureen Alp, Of Rugby, Warwickshire.
210	Alsop	N F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-15	Lancaster	X	KB701	VR-B	Middleton St George	2238	Training	Crashed Helmsley Moor	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
211	Alterson	J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1941-10-12	Whitley	V	Z6801	KN-	Leeming		Nurnberg	Crashed at Daussois	Killed	Dinant Military		Paradie Archive Database
212	Althan	R	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-02-20	Lancaster	X	KB804	VR-E	Middleton St George	2126	Dortmund	Hit by flak crew baled out	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
213	Altic	Norman Irwin	Flying Officer	J22101		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn, RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW373	PT:W	Tholthorpe	19:07	Berlin	Claimed as a probable by Oblt. Joseph Draft, his 18th Abschuss and 2nd of the night, from 4./NJG5 over Halle-Weissenfels at 6.700m at 22:58 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 3974, Stalag Luft 1			Paradie Archive Database	The crew had arrived from 61 Base on the 21st January and this was their 6th mission. Promoted to Flt Lt whilst a PoW
214	Alty	Frederick Roy	Flying Officer	J38392	26th June 1924 in South Shields, England	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF	1945-03-31	Lancaster	X	KB859	SE:U	Croft	06:26	Hamburg	Crashed at 09:07 at Hittfeld, 9km South of Harburg quite close to 419 Sqn, Lancaster X, VR-Q captained by F/O. Donald Stuart Maxwell Bowes RCAF shot down about the same time and recorded as an Me262 loss.	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery 14.C.11	Courtesy Jack Albrecht	Paradie Archive Database	Son of Frederick Roy and Florence (née Fawkes) Alty, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archive accident report
215	Alward	F L	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1945-03-25	Halifax	VII	NP818	OQ-M	Linton on Ouse	730	Munster	Clipped plane two above on take off				Paradie Archive Database
216	Ames	Edward Joseph	Pilot Officer	J/15130		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	118Sqn	1942-02-02	Spitfire	Vb	AA741	NK-	RAF Ibsley	13:00	Rhubarb	Shot down over the English Channel by Bf-109F from III./JG 2	Missing/Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 99.		Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
217	Ames	W E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-10-06	Halifax	VII	NP739	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	1642	Dortmund		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
218	Ames	Victor Ethelbert	Flight Sergeant	905470	1916				RAFVR	Coastal Command	228Sqn RAF	1942-09-05	Sunderland		W4032		Oban	20:40	Convoy Protection	Landed in ocean out of fuel.	Killed Age 26	Canterbury Cemetery Plot X.M. Grave 143			Son of Llewellyn Herbert Spencer Ames and Esther Ames; husband of Dorothy May Ames, of Canterbury. Onboard were were 10 crew and a journalist Fred NanCarrow from the Glasgow Herald, some say he was investigating the death of the Duke of Kent in a sister Sunderland a week previously at Eagle's Rock. After several hours at sea the giant flying boat turned around for home, but it became apparent that there was insufficient fuel to make it back to Oban. Flying Officer F J Fife of the RCAF decided to put down in the water, on the face of it not a major problem for a flying boat, and take on more fuel. At 8.40pm the Sunderland set down in Vane Bay but hit a rock which ripped the bottom out of the aircraft causing it to start sinking. An SOS signal resulted in the Tobermory lifeboat setting out to assist the airmen. At the last known position of the Sunderland, all that was found was clothing floating on the surface. An RAF Hudson spotted a dinghy with one man in it off the north coast of Coll. The lifeboat arived but the only people still alive were Flying Officer M E Russell, the co-pilot and Flight Sgt R B H Scroggs. Fife, William Henderson and William Currie were recovered from the water having drowned, the bodies of Charles Castle (Gunner), Victor Ames (Flt Sgt), Kenneth Page (Gunner), Edward Cowan (Radio operator) were recovered later on having died of exposure.
219	Amey	R R	Flying Officer	J/20654			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	56Sqn	1943-11-20	Typhoon	Ib	EK209	P			Ramrod	Crashed at Witnesham	Died	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom		Paradie Archive Database
220	Amirault	A B	Sergeant	R/88416					RCAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1943-03-05	Stirling	III	BK662	BU-K	Chedburgh	1935	Essen	Crashed into sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
221	Amirault	Alphe Baptiste	Sergeant	R/88416			Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1942-11-20	Stirling	I	R9165	BU-Y	Chedburgh	1855	Torino	During the sortie the aircraft experienced problems with the exactor controls on two engines. Whilst landing back at base the port inner unit suddenly surged and the aircraft swung and crashed at 0210 hrs	Survived
222	Amlin	A H	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	142Sqn	1942-08-27	Wellington	IV	Z1411	QT-Z	Grimsby	2040	Kassel	?	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
223	Amos	L H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1945-04-25	Lancaster	X	KB822	SE-W	Croft	1455	Wangerooge	Colliede with plane below off Nordeney	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
224	Amos	R J	Sergeant	1330644						Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-04-08	Halifax	II	BB327	VR-Q	Middleton St George	2147	Duisburg	Crashed near Bochum	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
225	Amos	G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-01-26	Wellington	III	BK163	AL-H	East Moor	1717	Lorient	?	Killed	Runnymede
226	Amstein	N W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ652	DY-Z	Pocklington	2304	Sterkrade		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
227	Amy	H T	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-05-10	Halifax	III	HX314	QB-C	Skipton on Swale	2218	Gardening	Crashed in sea off Lorient	Killed	Guidel Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
228	Anaka	Peter John	Flying Officer Pilot	J/25832					RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-06-15	Lancaster	I	HK550	KO-Y	RAF Witchford, Cambridgshire	2305	Valenciennes	Crashed at Oisy-le-Verger {Pas-de-Calais}	Evader	None - died 25th April 1994		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
229	Andersen	Eiler Villy	Warrant Officer Class 1	R129717		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF	1945-03-15	Halifax	VII	NP689	QO:M	East Moor	17:07	Hagen	See archive report for details	PoW Unknown camp			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
230	Andersen	Paul	Sergeant			Denmark Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-07-15	Lancaster	III	PB206	KM-Q	Dunholme Lodge	2232	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Danish parents, but he held dual citizenship at time of enlistment. On 15/16 July, Andersen took off on his last operation. Took off at 22.32 hrs. from Dunholme Lodge. Gardening over Danish waters. Landfall near Agger on the western coast of Jutland, crossed the eastern coast north of Grenaa to reach their Gardening area north of Sjællands Odde. Aircraft was lost without a trace. Possibly victim of Lt Dräger from 3./NJG 3, who claimed a four-engined aircraft 20 miles off the Jutland coast at Hvide Sande at 02.10 hrs. Paul Andersen’s nineteenth operation in Bomber Command.
231	Anderson	Hugh John	Flight Lieutenant	C/17844			Flight Engineer	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-09-26	Lancaster	III	PB129	LQ-A	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	1200	Cap Gris Nez	See archive report for full details	Injured	None - survived the war. Passed away 1965.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
232	Anderson	M W	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-11-16	Halifax	VII	NP770	EQ-G	Linton on Ouse	1222	Munster	Abandoned over Belgium				Paradie Archive Database
233	Anderson	Bruce Benjamin	Flying Officer	J/35534	Age 27	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	MZ603	6U-E	RAF RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	1606	Dusseldorf	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Plot 7. Row B. Collective Grave 14-18	Courtesy John Jones		Born on the 26th December 1917 in Llandudno, Wales. Son of Benjamin Wellington Anderson and Margaret Ethel Anderson (née Jackson), of Toronto, Ontario. Canada Grave inscription: 'His Sun Has Set While It Is Yet Day'.	Archive report
234	Anderson	George	Pilot Officer	J/95243					RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-03-31	Halifax	III	MZ922	6U-C	East Moor	623	Hamburg	Reported shot down by Me262	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Posthumously promoted to P/O
235	Anderson	H G	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-02-12	Wellington	IC	Z1091	VR-A	Mildenhall	1700	Fuller	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
236	Anderson	J A	Flight Sergeant	R99890					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Halifax	II	JD159	VR-Y	Middleton St George	2230	Koln	Crashed Muizen	Killed	Schoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
237	Anderson	Howard Francis	Flight Sergeant W/Op Air Gunner	J/92358					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	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. Grave 43.G.3.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
238	Anderson	William Smith	Flying Officer	J/41164			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	NA179	PT-B	Tholthorpe	1701	Chemnitz	Crashed 1mile N of airfield on return	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
239	Anderson	Robert Allan	Sergeant	R/191468	Age 20	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-20	Halifax	III	LW692	PT-V	RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire	2113	Lens	See archive report for further brief details	PoW No: 4176 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - Survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Promoted to Fg.Off. 1st September 1944	Read Archive Report
240	Anderson	Mark Sylvester Harold	Pilot Officer	J/92728		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	III	MZ845	KW-J	RAF Tholthorpe, North Riding of Yorkshire	1647	Chemnitz	Collided with 426 Sqn (PN 228) aircraft and crashed near Linton on Ouse	Killed	Harrogate {Stonefall} Cemetery - Sec. G. Row H. Grave 12.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
241	Anderson	L L	Sergeant	R101990					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-04-04	Wellington	III	X3699	OW-	Dishforth	2030	Kiel	Ditched 10 miles off Cromer Norfolk				Paradie Archive Database
242	Anderson	William Frank	Flying Officer	J/29202			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-01	Halifax	VII	NP709	OW-A	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire	1744	Oberhausen	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 244	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Further information: Born on the 05th January 1923. Also remembered on a cross at Pine Grove Cemetery, Norland, Ontario, Canada. A student at Malvern Collegiate Institute in the Beach neighbourhood in Toronto when he joined the RCAF on 23rd April 1942. He was a business and commerce student and an all-round athlete who was popular with his crew. Son of John J. and Beatrice G.V. Anderson of Toronto, Ontario who were married during the first world war at Sandgate, Kent on 3rd November 1915. (Courtesy John Jones)	Read Archive Report
243	Anderson	Robert Desmond (Bob)	Warrant Officer Class 2	R161094		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Halifax	III	LK965	ZL:?	Leeming		Berlin	See Archive report for details	Safe			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
244	Anderson	William Brodie	Squadron Leader	J8924	26th February 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	LW128	AL:V	Leeming	23:15	Acherers Rail Yards	See archive report for details	Died of injuries	Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 49 Row G Grave 9.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
245	Anderson	Leslie Lester	Flying Officer	J/18158		Canada	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-27	Halifax	III	MZ529	SE:E	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	23:25	Montzen	See Archive report for further details	PoW No: 5976 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war		Accident Report	Archive Report	Paradie RCAF Database
246	Anderson	William	Flying Officer	J/36997		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439Sqn RCAF	1945-03-24	Typhoon	Ib	MN936	5V-B	B.78 Eindhoven NL		Sweep	Hit by flak, crashed near Dingden	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 31. B. 18. Germany		Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
247	Anderson	Peter Gordon	Flying Officer Pilot	J/36360					RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1945-02-21	Lancaster	I	LL741	VN-X	RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	1702	Gravenhorst	Partially abandoned crashed near Helenaveen	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XV.D.8		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
248	Anderson	L E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	NF919	VN-D	Skellingthorpe	2054	Darmstadt	Crashed at Niederkirchen bei Deidsheim	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
249	Anderson	A J	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	PA998	QR-O	Skellingthorpe	2101	Darmstadt	Crashed at Gross-Gerau	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
250	Anderson	W C	Sergeant	R70818					RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1943-06-11	Lancaster	III	ED978	PG-B	Woodhall Spa	2237	Dusseldorf	Crashed Tongeren Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database