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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	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
2001	Dasent	John Grant	Flying Officer	NZ/404342	Age 24	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Fighter Command	485Sqn	1943-12-22	Spitfire	Vb	BL634	OU-?	RAF Diem, East Lothian, Scotland	1050	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Dirleton Cemetery. Sec. E. Grave 1040	Courtesy Ian Banks		Born on the 27th July 1919 in Hastings. Prior to service worked as a farm hand on his father's farm, Aorangi, at Mangatahi. Enlisted as a trainee pilot on the 23rd November 1940 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge on the 14th April 1941, promoted to sergeant on the 25th May 1941. Commissioned on the 13th October 1942. Son of Gerald Poynings Dasent and Ellen Elizabeth Dasent (née Wilson), Aorangi, Mangatahi. 897 flying hours logged with 220 on the Spitfire. Completed 71 operational sorties.	Archive Report
2002	Dashwood	W S	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-01-15	Hampden	I	P1341	ZN-	Coningsby	1710	Hamburg	Crashed ENE of Varde	PoW
2003	Davenport	R B	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-05-05	Wellington	III	X3451	JN-	Snaith	2220	Stuttgart	Crashed at Askern
2004	Davey	C R	Sergeant	NZ419937				RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-03-08	Stirling	I	BF437	AA-L	Newmarket	1942	Nurnberg	Crashed NNE Karlsruhe	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
2005	Davey	C R	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-13	Wellington	III	BJ837	AA-	Mildenhall		Kiel	Crash landed Lakenheath	Injured
2006	Davey		Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-04-22	Wellington	III	X3487	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crash landed at base on return
2007	Davey	Charles Raglan	Sergeant	413937	Age 21			RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-03-08									Killed	Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, 2. G. 11.			Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Frederick Charles Davey, Of Dargaville, Auckland, New Zealand.
2008	Davidson	George Leslie	Sergeant	404904	Age 26			RNZAF		616Sqn (RAF)	1942-04-13									Killed	United Kingdom, Wittering (All Saints) Churchyard, Row B. Grave 13.			Son Of Stanley Davidson And Of Mabel Davidson (Nee Burgess), Of Opaku, Taranaki, New Zealand; Husband Of Joan Davidson, Of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
2009	Davidson	Alexander	Flight Sergeant	R/181120	Age 19			RCAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-24									Killed	Germany, Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 1. J. 8.			Son Of Alexanderdavidson, And Of A.D. Davidson, Of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.	Paradie Canadian Archive
2010	Davidson	Douglas Arthur Mark	Sergeant	411865	Age 23			RNZAF			1943-05-13									Killed	United Kingdom, Driffield Cemetery, Grave 6224.
2011	Davidson	Lancelot Vernon	Flying Officer	412530	Age 29			RNZAF		37Sqn (RAF)	1944-06-08									Killed	Italy, Foiano Della Chiana War Cemetery, Coll. Grave Ii. O. 4-5.			Son Of Arnold And Leah Davidson, Of Napier, Hawke'S Bay, New Zealand; Husband Of Mary Davidson, Of Napier.
2012	Davidson	Neil Douglas	Pilot Officer	422057	Age 21			RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-21									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 263.			Son Of J. D. And Margaret Davidson, Of Porangahau, Hawke'S Bay, New Zealand.
2013	Davidson	George Edmund	Leading Aircraftman	426295	Age 60			RNZAF			1945-08-23									Killed	New Zealand, Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery, Prot. Soldiers Area G, Row 9, Grave 35.			Husband Of Celia Davidson.
2014	Davidson	Wilfred Ian	Flight Sergeant	44781	Age 31			RNZAF			1945-03-31									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 285.			Son Of Frederic C. And Stella B. M. Davidson, Of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand.
2015	Davidson	A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-23	Stirling	III	EE938	AA-X	Mepal	2037	Berlin	Crashed at Mahlsdorf	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2016	Davidson	Leslie Nicholas 'Les'	Pilot Officer	NZ 422264	Kalwera Downs, Gore, New Zealand	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	LM395	SR-Q	Ludford Magna		Dortmund	Shot down and crashed at Hagen, south of Dortmund	PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan				Davidson took his PoW ID Card from the Sagan offices when liberated in 1945. Now displayed in Gore Returned and Services clubrooms New Zealand. Courtesy Brian 'Rambo' Ramsay Medals ReUnited
2017	Davidson	N R	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	HK569	AA-Q	Mepal	2328	Homberg	Crashed at Kessel {Limburg}	Killed	Runnymede
2018	Davidson	A L	Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-03-05	Stirling	I	BK647	AA-M	Newmarket	1920	Essen	Crash landed
2019	Davidson	A L	Warrant Officer	NZ411864				RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	III	BK776	AA-B	Newmarket	2309	Wuppertal	Crashed Odenspiel	PoW
2020	Davidson	George Leslie	Sergeant	NZ/404904	Age 26	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Fighter Command	616Sqn	1942-04-13	Spitfire	VB	AD543	YQ-?	RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire	1440	Practice?	See archive report for detailed information	Killed	Wittering (All Saints) Churchyard. Row B. Grave 13			Born on the 12th May 1915 in Patea, South Taranaki. Educated at New Plymouth Boys High School. A farmer on his fathers farm at Opaku. New Zealand territorial army for 18 months, A member of the New Plymouth Aero Club where he had completed 109 flying hours. Enlisted at Levin on the 30th November 1940 as a pilot under training. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on th 19th January 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 27th March 1941. With No. 6 Service Flying Training School 21st April 1941. Pilot badge gained on the 03rd July 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 21st July 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 16th August 1941. Further training with No. 61 Operational Training Unit 21st August 1941. Joined 616 squadron on the 06th October 1941. Carried 26 operational sorties. At Wittering from the 10th February - 15th March 1942. Son of Stanley George Davidson (died 23rd July 1966, age 82) and of Mabel Adelaide Davidson (nêe Burgess - died 24th July 1961, age 81), of Opaku, Taranaki, New Zealand and husband of Joan Katherine Mabel Davidson (née Hunter - later Austin - died 25th June 2010, age 93) and father of 1 son, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
2021	Davies	I W	Flight Sergeant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1942-05-08	Wellington	II	W5562	NP-H	Driffield	2230	Warnemunde	Crashed in Baltic off Rostock	Killed	1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery
2022	Davies	William Evans	Sergeant	NZ/414598			Navigator	RNZAF	Coastal Command	7 OTU	1943-02-27	Wellington	VIII	HX779	Not known	RAF Limavady, Northern Ireland	135	Training exercise	Hit hill in Kintyre, Scotland	Killed	Cambletown Cemetery (Kilkerran) Argyllshire, Scotland. Division 4. Grave 604			Read Archive Report
2023	Davies	G S	Flight Lieutenant					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-02-14	Lancaster	I	NG113	AA-D	Mepal	2025	Chemnitz		PoW
2024	Davies	P H R B	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-03	Ventura	I	AE716	EG-U	Methwold	1643	Ramrod 16	Crashed near Amsterdam	Killed	Amersfoort {Oud Leusden}
2025	Davies	R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-06	Wellington	Ic	X9767	AA-S	Feltwell		Huls	Crashed near Borculo Holland	Killed	Borculo General
2026	Davies	Roy Joseph	Sergeant	1603898			Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	ND768	AA:F	Mepal	22:57	Dortmund	See archive report for details	Killed	Reichswald War Cemetery. Grave 3.G.16				Archive Report
2027	Davies	G C	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-30	Stirling	III	EE915	AA-X	Mepal	2234	Remscheid	?	Killed	Runnymede
2028	Davies	R D	Sergeant						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-03-13	Stirling	III	LJ462	AA-O	Mepal	2150	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede
2029	Davies	William John	Warrant Officer	616191	Age 25	British	Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	III	ND800	AA-J	RAF Metal, Cambridgeshire	23:37	Homberg	See archive report for further information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 213			Son of Benjamin and Grace Davies. Husband of Menai Davies, of Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales.	'Read the archive report for further details'
2030	Davies	Owen Walton	Flying Officer	NZ/429153	Agee 22	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Fighter Command	17Sqn	1945-01-30	Corsair	F40-1D	NZ5415	YB-?	Green Island Fighter Strip, Bismark, Archipelago	1045	Sweep	See Archive report for further details.	Killed	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery. C8. A. 10	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 19th September 1922 at Hastings. Served in the 12 Field Regiment of the NZ Army for 8 months prior to enlisting at Masterton on the 01st August 1942. Initial training at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training Schooljoining them on the 01st April 1943. then on to No. 2 Service Flying School on the 29th May 1943. Pilots badge awarded on the 02nd August 1943 and commissioned on the 25th September 1943. After serving with various units joined 17 squadron on the 27th November 1944. Moved to the South Pacific area on the 31st December 1944. A total of 700 flying hours logged, nu details on number of operational sorties carried out. Son of Harold George (died 30th January 1976, age 87), and of Olive Annie Davies (nee Giles - died 27th April 1971, age 82), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand and husband of Josephine Vera Davies (nee Faulkner), of Hastings.	Read Archive Report
2031	Davies	Ronald	Sergeant	751130	Age 23			RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-06									Killed	Netherlands (Holland), Borculo General Cemetery, Plot U. Coll. grave 1-5.			Son Of William And Mary Davies, Of Northampton; Husband Of Nora W. Davies, Of Northampton.
2032	Davies	Ian Wynn	Flight Sergeant	404852	Age 25			RNZAF		158Sqn (RAF)	1942-05-09									Killed	Germany, Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 8. A. 4.			Son Of Ernest Bertram Davies And Of Mary Janet Davies (Nee Quinlan), Of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
2033	Davies	Thomas Patrick	Leading Aircraftman	39597	Age 29			RNZAF			1942-12-07									Killed	New Zealand, Wellington Provincial Memorial,			Son Of Thomas Henry And Mary Kate Davies, Of Brooklyn, Wellington.
2034	Davies	Peter Howard Rowe	Flight Sergeant	932083	Age 22			RAFVR		487Sqn (RNZAF)	1943-05-03									Killed	Netherlands (Holland), Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 174.
2035	Davies	George Chamberlain	Sergeant	1027862	Age 31			RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-31									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 147.
2036	Davies	William Evans	Sergeant	414598	Age 21			RNZAF			1943-02-27									Killed	United Kingdom, Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery, Division 4. Grave 604.
2037	Davies	Evan Bertram	Flight Sergeant	422056	Age 23			RNZAF		150Sqn (RAF)	1944-08-20									Killed	Austria, Klagenfurt War Cemetery, 2. B. 1.			Son Of Ernest Bertram Davies And Of Mary Janet Davies (Nee Quinlan), Of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
2038	Davies	Roy Joseph	Sergeant	1603898	Age 21			RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-23									Killed	Germany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 3. G. 16.			Son Of Mr. And Mrs. A. Davies, Of Edmonton, Middlesex.
2039	Davies	William John	Warrant Officer	616191	Age 25			RAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-21									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 213.			Son Of Benjamin And Grace Davies; Husband Of Menai Davies, Of Abertillery, Monmouthshire.
2040	Davies	Raymond David	Sergeant	1317623	Age 21			RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1944-03-14									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 228.			Son Of Margaret Davies, Of Porth, Rhondda, Glamorgan.
2041	Davies	George Albert	Warrant Officer	4310149	Age 29			RNZAF			1944-09-29									Killed	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot H/3. Grave 125.			Son Of Edward Stanley Mercer Davies And Lydia Maud Davies, Of Karoni, Wellington City, New Zealand. Also Served In The Merchant Navy.
2042	Davies	Owen Walton	Flying Officer	429153	Age 22			RNZAF			1945-01-30									Killed	Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, C8. A. 10.			Son Of Harold George Davies, And Of Olive Annie Davies (Nee Giles), Of Hastings, Hawke'S Bay, New Zealand; Husband Of Josephine Vera Davies, Of Hastings.
2043	Davis	Robert Charles	Pilot Officer	404480	Age			RNZAF			1941-12-27									Killed	United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 63.
2044	Davis	Sydney Bernard Thomas	Flight Sergeant	1165309	Age 20			RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-29									Killed	Belgium, Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Xii. E. 11.			Son Of Bert And Alice Davis, Of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; Husband Of Edna May Davis, Of Lightpill, Gloucestershire.
2045	Davis	Ronald Fraser	Flight Sergeant	403569	Age 22			RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-29									Killed	Germany, Becklingen War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 14. F. 12-14.			Son Of C. A. Davis, And Of Elizabeth Mcewan Davis, Of Outram, Otago, New Zealand.
2046	Davis	John Gordon	Aircraftman 1st Class	416787	Age			RNZAF			1942-09-29									Killed	New Zealand, Wellington Provincial Memorial,
2047	Davis	Jim Jack	Sergeant	629241	Age			RAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16									Killed	Germany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, 20. A. 11.
2048	Davis	Arthur Reginald	Sergeant	414730	Age 24			RNZAF			1943-05-15									Killed	United Kingdom, Belfast City Cemetery, Glenalina Extn. Sec. A.S. Grave 19.
2049	Davis	Mervyn Desmond Sylvester	Flight Sergeant	427103	Age 21			RNZAF		166Sqn (RAF)	1945-03-17									Killed	Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, 11. B. 6.			Son Of Mr. And Mrs. E. H. A. Davis, Of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
2050	Davis	Sydney Bernard Thomas	Flight Sergeant	1165309	1922		Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-28	Wellington	III	DF673	AA-	Mildenhall		Nurnberg	Claim by Ofw Wilhelm Beier 7/NJG2 - North East of Moerbeke, West of St-Niklaas at 0315. Crashed North East of Moerbeke 13km West of St-Niklaas	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Plot XII Row E Grave 11			Initially the crew were buried at Moerbeke Cemetery Son of Bert and Alice Davis, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; husband of Edna May Davis, of Lightpill, Gloucestershire