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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	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2351	Finch	Arthur John Heneage	Fl/Lt.		39937	Age 28	British	Pilot	DFC MiD	RAF	Coastal Command	217Sqn	1942-02-12	Beafort	II	AW278	MW-F	RAF St.. Eval, Portsmouth	14:20	Operation Fuller ('Channel Dash')	See archive report for further details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 65	Courtesy Chris Finch MD.		Son of John Douglas (in WW1 a captain in the Kings African Regiment, joined Kenya Branch of British Legion in 1933 - died on the 23rd June 1952. age 72) and Jesse Finch (née Watts - died on the 23rd 02nd October 1963, age , age 70),	Read Archive Loss Report Other details here
2352	Jackson	Albert Henry Leeds	Fl/Sgt.		NZ/403778	Age 31	New Zealand	Observer		RNZAF	Coastal Command	217Sqn	1942-02-12	Beafort	II	AW278	MW-F	RAF St.. Eval, Portsmouth	14:20	Operation Fuller ('Channel Dash')	See archive report for further details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117. Amso remembered on baily grave at Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsbrough, Auckland, New Zealand and on the Memorial at Auckland Boys grammar school.	Courtesy AMNZ		Son of William (died 07th September 1946, age 73) and Millicent Lawrence Jackson (née Leeds - died 20th September 1930, age 48). Brother of Millicent Emma Kate Jackson (later Rutherford - died 11th June 1991, age 84) of 2 Halifax Avenue, Epson, Auckland	Read Archive Loss Report
2353	Fyfe	David Yule	Sgt.		749346	Age 27	British	W/Op/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Coastal Command	217Sqn	1942-02-12	Beafort	II	AW278	MW-F	RAF St.. Eval, Portsmouth	14:20	Operation Fuller ('Channel Dash')	See archive report for further details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 83.			Son of Charles Fyfe (died 09th D.ecember 1944, age 63) and Helen Symon (née Smith - died 25th May 1939, age 57), of Dundee, Scotland	Read Archive Loss Report
2354	Mcneill	Thomas	Sgt.		1355426	Age ?	British	W/Op/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Coastal Command	217Sqn	1942-02-12	Beafort	II	AW278	MW-F	RAF St.. Eval, Portsmouth	14:20	Operation Fuller ('Channel Dash')	See archive report for further details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 89			No further details, are you able to assist?	Read Archive Loss Report
2355	West	Thomas Ian Arthur	Sgt.		537995	Age 23	Ireland	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAF	Bombere Command	14 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group	1941-09-12	Hampden	I	P4303	GU-?	RAF Cottesmore / Saltby	20:00	Training	Mid-Air collision	Killrf	Drumcliffe Church Of Ireland Churchyard. (St. Columba).			Son of Arthur (died 04th November 1963 ) and Amy Elizabeth West (née Smith - died 17th July 1977), of Cashelgarron, Co. Sligo, Ireland.	Read Archive Loss Report
2356	Overall	'Mick' Arthur Percy	Sgt		903084	Age 24	British	Pilot	DFM	RAFVR	Bombere Command	14 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group	1941-09-12	Hampden	I	P4301	GU-?	RAF Cottesmore / Saltby	20:00	Training	Mid-Air collision	Killrf	Black Notley Churchyard (Ss. Peter And Paul).			Son of Percy Walter Overall. (died on the 08th April 1916, age 26) and of Edith Overall (née Hart, married on the 12th February 1916 - died 02nd December 1973, age 83), of Black Notley, Essex, England.	Read Archive Loss Report
2357	Griffiths	Vincent Herbert	Sgt		R341794	Age 29	New Zealand	Pilot/Obs		RNZAF	Bombere Command	14 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group	1941-09-12	Hampden	I	P4301	GU-?	RAF Cottesmore / Saltby	20:00	Training	Mid-Air collision	Killrf	Black Notley Churchyard (Ss. Peter And Paul).			The only son of Thomas Herbert and Millicent Pauline Griffiths (née Kemp) of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Brother of Marjorie Lucy Griffiths (later Strong - died 01st January 1979 from injuries received in a motor acciden age 60 in Wellington, New Zealand)	Read Archive Loss Report
2358	Chamberlain	Eric Frank	Sgt		633576	Age 29	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAF	Bombere Command	14 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group	1941-09-12	Hampden	I	P4301	GU-?	RAF Cottesmore / Saltby	20:00	Training	Mid-Air collision	Killrf	Cottesmore Churchyard Extension (St. Nicholas) Compt. 7. Grave 21			Son of Frank William and Elsie Chamberlain, of Chichester, Sussex, England. Epitaph: 'Happy Memories Of Our Only Son Sleep On Beloved Sleep And Take Thy'.	Read Archive Loss Report
2359	Smith	Donald George Kenneth	Sgt		1260826	Age 19	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAF	Bombere Command	14 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group	1941-09-12	Hampden	I	P4301	GU-?	RAF Cottesmore / Saltby	20:00	Training	Mid-Air collision	Killrf	Cottesmore Churchyard Extension (St. Nicholas) Compt. 7. Grave 22			Son of George and Phyllis J. Smith, of Southend-on-Sea, England. Do you have further details?	Read Archive Loss Report
2360	Groulx	Joseph Arthur Edmond	Sergeant		R/111476		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	22OTU	1944-11-20	Wellington	X	MF509	OX-F	RAF Stratford-Upon-Avon	19:26	Night cross country navigation training	Crashed in mountain side	Killed	Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Sec. A. Grave 401. United Kingdom		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
2361	Ancell	Sidney Arthur	Sergeant		1802572	January 1923 in West Ham, Essex		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	464Sqn RAAF	1945-03-08	Mosquito	VI	PZ259	SB:X	Rosières en Santerre, France		Night intruder attack over the Ruhr - Koblenz - Limburg - Hamm areas	Shot down over the Rhine whilst attacking enemy motorised transport (MET)	KiA	Hanover War Cemetery, 6. B. 17			Mothers maiden name was Nuttall Initially buried in the Drommershausen Civilian cemetery, communal Grave in SE corner of the cemetery.
2362	Keel	Henry Arthur	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-404018	25th March 1917 in Dickenson, Virginia	American	Pilot	SSM PH	USAAF	5th Air Force	13th Bombardment Squadron (L), 3rd Bombardment Group (L)	1942-05-23	B-25	C	41-12462	Unknown	14 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea		Lae Airfield, New Britain	See Archive report for details	PoW/MiA	Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing				Archive Report
2363	Zipperian	Arthur Walter	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-746505	14th March 1917 in Great Falls, Montana	American	Co-Pilot	DFC	USAAF	10th Air Force	9th Bombardment Squadron (H), 7th Bombardment Group (H)	1943-10-18	B-24	D	41-24126	Unknown	Pandaveswar Airfield, India		Heho Aerodrome, Burma (Myanmar)	See Archive Report for details	KiA	Arlington National Cemetery, Sec 34, Grave 4909, Virginia				Archive Report
2364	Poynter	Douglas Arthur 'Doug’	Sub-Lieutenant (A)	Flying Officer		1st March 1920 in Ramsgate, Kent		Observer		Royal Navy	HMS Furious	825NAS	1940-09-22	Swordfish	I	L9756	Unknown	HMS Furious			See Archive Report for details	PoW No. 1278, Stalag Luft 3					Read Archive Report
2365	Button	Richard Arthur	Sergeant		3041475		UK	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Training Command	1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit. 29 Group	1945-03-05	Anson	I	LV153		RAF Wigtown	21:30	Night Navigation	Flew into high ground	Killed	Bolserstone (St. Mary) Churchyard, Sec. E. Grave 10. United Kingdom		Accident report		CWGC