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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	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2601	Bethell	Richard Anthony	Flying Officer		120413			Pilot		RAFVR	Fighter Command	268 Sqn	1942-12-07	Mustang	I	AP212	V		RAF Snailwell, Norfolk		Rhubarb Holland	Hit by light Flak while flying low level at 20 ft. The aircraft crashed at Groeneweg - Bergerweg roads at Bergen, Noord-Holland. He was captured by Wehrmacht soldiers and. After the prerequisite visit to Dulag Luft he was sent to Stalag Luft 3.	PoW No. 858, Stalag Luft 3				Promoted to Flt Lt. on the 7th February 1944. He was one of the 76 Great Escapers and one of the 15 returned to Stalag Luft 3
2602	Betley	Roland Desmond Ernest	Flight Sergeant		421495	1922	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-06-15	Lancaster	I	LL888	AA:X		Mepal	23:09	Valenciennes	Claim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 9/NJG5 - Cambrai/Lille/Valenciennes area: 2,000m at 00:52. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed Rieux-en-Cambresis (Nord) 9km ENE of Cambrai	Killed	Rieux Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave 8-10			Six of the crew were found. with the wreckage. The seventh, and RAF member of the crew, appears to have died on baling out, his body being found by local inhabitants a few km to the NW. He was buried at Iway before being reinterred alongside his comrades at Rieux. Son of John Ernest Betley and of Amy Violet Betley (nee Shaw), of Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand; husband of Barbara Isobel May Betley, of Oroua Downs, Wellington, New Zealand.
2603	Bett	R C	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-02-15	Lancaster	III	JB224	MG-W		Oakington	1708	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
2604	Bettany	Frederick Lawrence	LAC		935893			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Army Co-operation Unit	26Sqn	1944-05-19	Lysander	II	N1202	RM-?		Authie, France	1330	Reconnaissance	See archive report for further details	Survived - died of injuries	Landrecies Communal cemetery. Row C. Grave 2			Read Archive Report
2605	Betterton	D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND973	KM-A		Dunholme Lodge	2312	Wesseling	Crashed at Herkenbosch {Limburg}	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery
2606	Bettington	M M	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	HX271	HD-V		Leconfield	2222	Trappes	Crashed Dannemarie {Yvelines}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
2607	Bettington	Max Milson	Warrant Officer		412306		Australia			RAAF		466Sqn RAAF	1944-06-03													RAAF Honour Roll
2608	Bettney	S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-12-23	Halifax	III	MZ827	DY-		Pocklington	1148	Mulheim	Crash landed at Carnaby on return
2609	Bettridge	Ronald Stacey	Sergeant		1851822			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	61 Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	I	ME591	QR:C		RAF Coningsby	23:43	Leipzig	Airborne collision with unknown aircraft	KiA	Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Grave 7			The crew were initially buried in Wetscherweisen Military Cemetery Diepholz. They were buried with the crew belonging to 514 Squadron Lancaster DS823. (Extract from report from No4 MREU no name or dated) After several days of search I found a witness, Burgomeister Gabe of Essern who was able to guide me to the woods of a Lancaster. Burgomeister Gabe says that at 01:30 on Sunday 20 February 1944, two aircraft collided in mid air. None of the fragments were collected by the Luftwaffe, but they were unable to move tell section which was still at the scene of the crash. It was definitely a part of DS825 [sic] as they ....... were damaged registration numbers reading “D.S.” on one side and 82 on the other side. It was a complete tail section so there is no doubt that it was a Lancaster. Policeman Eserwych of Law confirmed date and other details of the crash from his diary. Son of Stacey Ernest and Winifred Elizabeth Bettridge, of Hedge End, Hampshire
2610	Betts	Wesley Hirst	Flying Officer		Aus/410209	Age 22	Australian	Navigator		RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	ND674	AR-C2		RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	22:00	Hassett	See archive report for further details and photographs	PoW No: 5149 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria			Details submitted courtesy Jon Jones 01/2023	Born on the 19th April 1922 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Discharged from the RAAF on the 25th August 1945. Died on the 07th January 2005.	Read Archive Report on this incident
2611	Betts	B G	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ712	KW-S		Tholthorpe	2230	Hamburg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
2612	Betts	R C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-01-21	Halifax	II	LW274	DY-R		Pocklington	1947	Magdeburg	Crashed off Flamborough Head	Killed	Runnymede
2613	Betts	Ernest George	Aircraftman Class 1		146312		Australia			RAAF		3 Personnel Depot Brisbane	1944-09-29													RAAF Honour Roll
2614	Betty	Rowland David	Flying Officer		51501	1914		Wireless Operator		RAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	LM428	VN:O		Skellingthorpe	00:24	Berlin	Possible claim by Hptm Werner Hoffmann Stab I/NJG5 - near Molchow North of Neuruppin (DF 8): 5,800m at 03:12. Crashed Steinberg where the crew were initially buried. (Nachtjagd War Diaries, Vol 1 - Theo Boiten)	KiA	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row Z Collective Grave 24-28			Investigating officers from the RCAF visited the village of Steinberg 40 miles NW of Berlin. They were told by the villagers that a large British aircraft had crashed four to five hundred yards west of the villa and that the crew had been buried in a communal grave in the local cemetery. It was believed that the aircraft had been shot by night fighters. The grave was exhumed but unhappily Sgt. Taylor the Flight Engineer and the Bomb Aimer Fg.Off. Daynes of the crew were the only ones who could be individually identified. (Extract from letter to Mrs Presland by Wg.Cdr. Gunn RCAF Causalities Officer dated 23 March 1950) Son of Rowland T. Betty and Jean W. Betty; husband of Betty Betty, of Hartford, Cheshire
2615	Betzel	Charles M.	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-744176	1922	American	Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	332nd Bomber Squadron (91st Bombardment Group (H))	1944-02-20	B-17 Skunkface	F	42-29656	LG-S		Bassingbourn (Station #121), Cambridgeshire, England	925	Leipzig and Aschersleben, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW No. 5167, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria					Archive Report
2616	Beutel	W	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	LL975	ZN-H		Metheringham	2225	Pommerval		Killed	St-Sever Cemetery Rouen
2617	Beutel	William	Flight Sergeant		434288		Australia			RAAF		106Sqn RAF	1944-06-25													RAAF Honour Roll
2618	Beven	H E	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-04-22	Lancaster	III	JB567	ZN-E		Metheringham	2324	Braunschweig	Crashed Berge	PoW
2619	Beveridge	Massey Williamson	Wing Commander		J/15070					RCAF	Fighter	409Sqn RCAF	1944-08-06	Mosquito	NFXIII	MM587					Patrol		Injured			Paradie Archive Database	Archive Report
2620	Beveridge	Massey Williamson	Wing Commander		J/15070					RCAF	Fighter	409Sqn RCAF	1944-09-20	Mosquito	NFXIII	MM586					Patrol	Crashed at St Andre	Killed	Flavacourt Churchyard France		Paradie Archive Database	Archive Report MM586 Paradie Archive
2621	Beveridge	James Ralph	Flying Officer		J26756	17th April 1918 in Colony Bay, Wales	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	433 (Porcupine) Sqn, RCAF	1944-08-31	Halifax	III	MZ879	BM:O		Skipton on Swale	10:36	Ile de Cézambre	Mission to bomb Coastal Battery near St-Malo. Lost without Trace. On the 11th July 2018 two amateur scuba divers and World War II enthusiasts, discovered the wreckage of a Halifax off the coast of Saint-Malo. Their investigation determine that this was the wreckage of MZ879.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 245		Paradie Database	Son of John Ferdinand and Catharine (née Cocker) Beveridge of London, Ontario, Canada. B.Sc Photograph provided by Shirley Stone	French website of the discovery:
2622	Beveridge	R W	Flight Lieutenant						DFC		Bomber Command	635Sqn	1944-04-08	Lancaster	III	PA983	F2-A		Downham Market	1107	Trossy		Killed	Marissel French National Cemetery
2623	Beverley	D G	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-11-02	Lancaster	I	DV396	PO-B		Waddington	1631	Dusseldorf
2624	Beverley	R L	Flight Lieutenant								Fighter	264Sqn	1944-08-03	Mosquito	NFXIII		J				Patrol	Abandoned	Injured
2625	Beverstock	Albert Smedley	Leading Aircraftman		62078		Australia			RAAF		RAAF Station Bradfield Park	1944-06-13													RAAF Honour Roll
2626	Beverton	Harry Albert	Flight Sergeant		1880277	9th July 1913 Wandsworth, Surrey	British	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	NF958	LS:M		RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	18:41	Frankfurt	See Archive report for details	KiA	Durnbach War Cemetery, Grave 7.A.18			Grave inscription: ‘In Memory Of Harry. Rest In Peace, Dear. Esther, Little Maureen, Mum And Dad’. Born on the 9th July 1913 Wandsworth, Surrey. Son of Arthur Jarmain Beverton and Edith Mary Beverton; husband of Esther Beverton, of Croydon, Surrey, England.	Archive report on the loss
2627	Bevin	Arthur	Flight Sergeant		1685716			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35 Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	PB612	TL:P		Graveley	14:06	Koln	The route was Base, Orfordness, 5110N 0240E, 5020N 0615E, Target, 5058N 0715E, 5035N 0720E, 5020N 0615E, 5110N 0240E, Orfordness, Base PB612 failed to return and the squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: 'This aircraft is missing; was last heard of at 16.28 hours giving Attack unsuccessful'	Killed. Remains not recovered	Runnymede Memorial Panel 215			Son of James Booth Bevin and Annie Louise Bevin, of Haslington, Cheshire It was equipped with H2S, GPI and Fishpond and was carrying 1 x 4000lbs HC (NI), 2 x 1000lbs ANM59 and various target indicators. Its designated Path Finder role was Deputy Master Bomber
2628	Bewick	Christopher	Sergeant		817070	1915 at Nigg Parish, Kincardineshire/Aberdeen Scotland	British	Pilot under training		RAF (Auxiliary Air Force)	Training Command	11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	1944-02-20	Airspeed Oxford	Mark II	X7064			RAF wrexham	20.25	Training	Crashed at Moel y Gamelin near Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales	Killed	Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery - Section 5. Grave 94			Read Archive Report
2629	Beyer	William R	1st Lt		O-816628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-17	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2630	Beyer	William R	1st Lt		O-816628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-27	P-47 Thunderbolt								5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2631	Beyer	William R	1st Lt		O-816628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-02	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2632	Beyer	William R	Captain		O-816628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-26	P-47 Thunderbolt								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2633	Beyer	William R	Captain		O-816628		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-26	P-47 Thunderbolt				9									Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2634	Biaggi	D	Sgc							FFAF	Bomber Command	346Sqn Free French	1944-10-09	Halifax	III	NA585	H7-M		Elvington	1448	le Havre	Exploded at base on return	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery
2635	Biaggi	D	Sgc							FFAF	Bomber Command	346Sqn Free French	1944-06-12	Halifax	V	LK955	H7-		Elvington	2201	Amiens	Crash landed at Carnaby on return
2636	Białecki	Roman Adam	Plutonowy Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.782690	Born 4 January 1918 BrochocinPłock (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Anti-Aircraft Defence	577Sqn	1944-03-21	Hawker Hurricane	lV	LE655			RAF Castle Bromwich		Bedworth, Warwickshire	See Archive Report. Flying Accident, Taffs Farm, Bedworth, Warwickshire. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot Sec K War Graves Plot Grave 320a		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
2637	Białoszewski	Adam Szczepan	Sierzant Strzelec	Sergeant	P.705691	Born 24 December 1910 Stryj (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-02	Handley Page Halifax	ll	BB389	GR-M		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Polish Supply Drop	Aircraft destroyed by Anti-aircraft fire near Backi Brestovac, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia. Plot VI, Row A, Grave 3-8 Collective Grave	Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia	Archiwum Polish Database
2638	Bianchi	Emile (Emilio)	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	11105903		American	Radio Operator		USAAF	8th Air Force	332nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 91st Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division	1944-04-29	B-17 Queenie	G	42-31353	LG:Q		Bassingbourn (Station #121), Cambridgeshire, England		Berlin (Mission #327), Germany	See archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4					Read Archive Report
2639	Bibby	T J	Sergeant		R158840		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn, RCAF	1944-09-15	Halifax	III	NA629	PT:W		Tholthorpe	21:56	Kiel	They bombed the at 01:19 hours from 1800ft before turning for home. On the return journey the hydraulic system failed, probably holed by Flak. The loss of hydraulics caused the flaps to lower followed by the undercarriage the the bomb doors. The wireless operator put out an SOS and despite attempts by the crew to rectify the situation, Motherwell was forced to ditching this highly dangerous configuration at 04:05 hours. They were 70 miles off the East Anglian coast. At times a search scene could resemble flies around a honeypot and this was the case during the search for Motherwell and his crew. Sqn Ldr Simpson in Hudson L/279 and Fg Off Garven in U/2279 were scrambled at 18:01 and 18:23 respectively. On arrival at the search area and they discovered three Lancasters and two Halifaxes, one of which was another 420 Sqn aircraft flown by Flt Lt E S Heimpel RCAF, circling two dinghies containing the seven survivors. The Hudsons dropped smoke floats to help mark the position and shortly afterwards a Walrus amphibian arrived and picked up the survivors. Sometime later an RML was homed to the area and the survivors were transferred to this from the Walrus. The RML then took the Walrus under tow and headed home. (Dinghy Drop: 279 Squadron RAF 1941-1946 - Tom Docherty)	Rescued			Paradie Archive Database
2640	Bibby	C O	Flying Officer					Pilot			Fighter	19Sqn	1944-09-18	Mustang	III	FZ195					Patrol	Crashed near Rotterdam	PoW
2641	Bibby	W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-05-22	Halifax	III	LK835	MH-U				Training	Abandoned & crashed Waenavon Monmouthsire
2642	Bibby	R	Flight Lieutenant								Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	LM439	UL-E2		Elsham Wolds	1924	la Nieppe		PoW
2643	Bibby	A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	83Sqn	1944-11-14	Lancaster	III	PB702	OL-G				Training	Crashed into The Wash	Injured
2644	Bick	R W	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-04	Halifax	VII	NP775	OW-K		Linton on Ouse	1719	Bochum		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2645	Bickel	Carl G	2nd Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-02-11	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2646	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-06-29	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2647	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-07-07	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2648	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-07-26	P-47 Thunderbolt								1.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2649	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-09-10	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2650	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-09-10	P-47 Thunderbolt				5.5									Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)