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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
2801	Black	H J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-12-17	Lancaster	I	NG131	SR-W	Ludford Magna	1528	Ulm		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
2802	Black	J R K	Warrant Officer					Pilot			Fighter	164Sqn	1944-12-10	Typhoon	Ib	MN824					Abandoned near Beers	Injured
2803	Black	Allan	Squadron Leader		107476	1913		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	239 Sqn	1944-01-02	Mosquito	II	DZ239	HB:?	West Raynham		Training	Crashed at 20:15 at Wincester Hill, Newton, just to the WNW of Great Dunham in Norfolk.	Killed	Irvine (Knadgerhill) Cemetery Plot F, Grave 60			Son of George and Jessie Black; husband of Helen Mary Black, of Irvine.
2804	Black	I M	Sergeant								Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK918	SE-F	Croft	2350	Berlin	Crashed at base on return
2805	Black	James	Sergeant		1002830		UK	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	LW596	WL-Z	Croft	2230	Hamburg		Killed
2806	Black	Harry Penrice	Sergeant		1823613	Age 19	British	Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	460 Sqn RAAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	JB741	AR:J	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	21:56	Mailly-le-Camp	See Archive report for details	Killed	Dommartin-Lettree Churchyard Collective grave 2-3	Courtesy Mark Rogers			Archive report
2807	Black	A W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	JB466	EA-A	Fiskerton	2206	Nurnberg	Crashed Schleusingen	PoW
2808	Black	H	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-10-14	Lancaster	I	PD319	BQ-G	North Killingholme	647	Duisburg	Crashed at Duisburg	Killed	Venray War Cemetery
2809	Black	Percy Alfred William	Sergeant		1606715	Age 20, Born Eastleigh Hampshire	British	W/Op/A/G		RAFVR	Bomber Command	625Sqn	1944-10-23	Lancaster	III	PB531	CF-H	Kelstern	1632	Essen - 1055 bomber raid	Disappeared without trace	Killed	Runnymede				Archive Report
2810	Black	J F	Lieutenant		CHECK						Fighter	68Sqn	1944-11-14	Mosquito	NFXVII	HK289				Patrol	Crashed off Lowestoft	Killed
2811	Black	J D	Flying Officer		135142						Fighter	96Sqn	1944-07-29	Mosquito	NFXIII	MM557				Patrol	Abandoned near Boulogne	Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
2812	Black	T W	Flying Officer						DFC		Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-09-23	Lancaster	III	PB409	OF-F	Coningsby	1920	Ladbergen	Crashed at Burgsteinfurt	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2813	Black	Stanley Kevin	Flight Sergeant		418790		Australia			RAAF		106Sqn RAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
2814	Black	Douglas John	Pilot Officer		426028		Australia			RAAF		1656 Conversion RAF	1944-09-02												RAAF Honour Roll
2815	Black	Russell Lindsay	Pilot Officer		411275		Australia			RAAF		2Sqn RAAF	1944-04-03												RAAF Honour Roll
2816	Black	Clarence Alwin	Pilot Officer		415608		Australia			RAAF		218Sqn RAF (Goldcoast Squadron)	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2817	Black	Dudley Victor	Flying Officer		410299		Australia			RAAF		467Sqn RAAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
2818	Black	Frank Alexander	Flight Sergeant		429371		Australia			RAAF		57Sqn RAF	1944-12-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2819	Black	William E.	Technical Sergeant	Sergeant	37062315	1922	American	Radio Operator		USAAF	8th Air Force	524th Bomber Squadron (379th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-09	B-17 Big Barn Smell	G	42-32093	WA-K	Kimbolton (Station #117), Huntingdonshire, England		Pirmasens (Mission #533), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland (Moved from Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. Moved to Wöbbelin near Ludwigslust and then to Usedom near Swinemünde)					Archive Report
2820	Black	Donald D.	Sergeant		15067769		American	Gunner		USAAF	15th Air Force	342nd Bomber Squadron (97th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-07-19	B-17	G	44-6188		Amendola Air Base, Foggia, Italy		München (Munich), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4					Archive Report
2821	Blackband	N C	Flying Officer						AFC		Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-11-18	Lancaster	III	PB197	TL-P	Graveley	1634	Wanne-Eickel	Crashed at Croxton Cambridgeshire on return	Killed
2822	Blackburn	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-05-19	Lancaster	I	ME677	HW-X	Grimsby	2234	Duisburg		Killed	Schoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} Belgium
2823	Blackburn	Joseph	Pilot Officer		186889		UK	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	MZ538	KW-V	Tholthorpe	02:22	Duisburg	Inexplicably crashed from an altitude of approximatly 500 feet shortly after a normal take off	Killed	Carlisle {Dalston Rd} Cemetary, Ward 14. Sec. N. Grave 51. United Kingdom		Accident report		CWGC
2824	Blackburn	E A	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	LW364	MH-B	Snaith	2239	Chateaudun	Crashed near Holme on Spalding Moor	Killed
2825	Blackburn	W G	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	635Sqn	1944-10-23	Lancaster	III	ND812	F2-N	Downham Market	1641	Essen	Crash landed at base on return
2826	Blackburn	R G	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	635Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	VI	JB713	F2-Z	Downham Market	2156	Harburg		Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
2827	Blackburn	Robert Allan McCulloch	Sergeant		1555057			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqn	1943-10-03	Halifax	V	LK904	MP:T	Holme on Spalding Moor	18:19	Kassel	Claimed by off. Kurt Welter, his 3rd Abschuss, and 1st of 2two this night, from 5./JG301 SW Kassel at 4000 m at 22:29 hrs. Crashed at 23:00 hrs at Moorhausen. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery Coll.grave 5. K. 1-6			Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J Blackburn, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
2828	Blackett	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-05-09	Halifax	V	LL183	MA-W	Tempsford	2242	SOE	Crashed Rochechonart	Evader
2829	Blackford	Den A	Warrant Officer		177012			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqn	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LV906	ZA:Q	Melbourne	22:58	Aachen	Probable claim by Maj Walter Borchers Stab NJG5 - 15km West of Aachen: 4,800m at 00:54. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed at Born in the Dutch Province of Limburg on the east bank of the Julians Kanaal, 5 km North West of Sittard.	PoW No. 6, Stalag Luft 7 Bankan Kreulberg Upper Silesia				After the crew had had bombed their target and were on their way back when the plane was hit by a night fighter and the order was given to bale out of the plane by the pilot, Den Blackford. The only casualty was Frederic Singh, his leg was badly wounded by a cannon shell but he managed to bale out. He was quickly captured and taken to a hospital for treatment. He was interned in Stalag 6J at Dorsten, Germany. He was repatriated at the end of the war with serious leg injury and hospitalised for three years in England and Australia. (australianindianhistory.com) Promoted to Plt.Off. whilst a PoW
2830	Blackham	Thomas Henry	Flight Lieutenant		124922			Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	50 Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	LM480	VN:U	Skellingthorpe	22:07	Mailly le Camp - Enemy troop concentrations	See archive report for details	Frenes Prison Paris/15th August 1944-Buchenwald/ PoW No. 78380, Stalag Luft 3					Read Archive Report
2831	Blackham	P D	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-06-07	Lancaster	III	JA957	WS-D	Bardney	2245	St-Leu	Crashed at Ecquevilly {Yvelines}	Killed	Ecquevilly Communal Cemetery
2832	Blackie	David	Sergeant		2205827	1925		Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	44 Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND552	KM:X	Dunholme Lodge	22:58	Wesseling	ND552 was a probable claim by Oblt Werner Baake 2/NJG1 - Aachen: 5,300m at 01:46.Crashed between the coal-mine and the As-Lanklaar road, near Lanklaar (Limburg), 10 km SSW of Masseik in Belgium.	Killed	Lanklaar Communal Cemetery Coll.grave 1-7			Son of James and Marie Blackie, of Liverpool.
2833	Blacklock	T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LV882	ZA-D	Melbourne	2236	Trappes	Crashed near Hermeray {Yvelines}	Killed	St-Desir War Cemetery
2834	Blacklock	H W	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	NF906	HA-B	Methwold	1847	Frankfurt	Crashed at Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
2835	Blacklock	N P	Flying Officer		147757			Pilot			Fighter	263Sqn	1944-02-05	Typhoon	Ib	JR251				Recce		Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
2836	Blackman	Henry Francis	Flying Officer		134380			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Halifax	V	LK993	AL-J	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2316	Leipzig	See archive report for full details	Killed	Berlin War Cemetery Grave 9.G.16			Archive Report
2837	Blackman	Thomas A	1st Lt		O-755852		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-38 Lightning							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2838	Blackmore	D G	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	622Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	I	LL793	GI-Q	Mildenhall	2235	Duisburg		Killed	Runnymede
2839	Blackstone	M E	Squadron Leader					Pilot		RAAF	Fighter	165Sqn	1944-05-19	Spitfire	IX	MK801	A			Rodeo 148	Damaged
2840	Blackwell	Willam Donald	Flight Sergeant		AUS/415497			Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	LM372	PO-K	Waddington	2324	Berlin	Crashed at Celle	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Joint grave 1.G. 9-10			Read Archive Report
2841	Blackwell	F S	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	DS720	KO-D	Witchford	1701	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
2842	Blackwell	R G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ705	KN-Q	Full Sutton	2320	Sterkrade	Ditched off Lowestoft Suffolk on return
2843	Blackwell	Leonard Joseph	Flying Officer		424727		Australia			RAAF		43Sqn RAAF	1944-07-20												RAAF Honour Roll
2844	Blackwell	William Donald	Flight Sergeant		415497		Australia			RAAF		467Sqn RAAF	1944-01-02												RAAF Honour Roll
2845	Blackwell	Samuel Peter John	Flying Officer				British					266Sqn (Rhodesian)	1943-12-01	Hawker Typhoon	Mk.Ib	JP906	ZH-L			Roadstead. Attack ship 'Pietro Orseolo' breaking blockade	Shot down by return fire	Survived, captured, Evader				Just after shooting down Junkers Ju-52 Minensucher (Mine layer) Werk Nümmer 33 coded DF+DG of 1./Minenschuchgruppe 1, Flying Officer Samuel Peter John Blackwell, at the controls of Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib registration number JP906 ZH-L of 266Sqn RAF, on an attack mission on the blockade runner 'Pietro Orseolo', at anchor south of the island of Groix, attacks a Junkers Ju-88 of 1./ZG 1, and is hit and shot down by the bomber's defensive fire. He ditches at sea between Glénans and Groix, and is picked up and captured by a German seaplane. He will escape: Put on a train for Brest, he jumps off at Lamballe. Supported by the Resistance, he is finally exfiltrated by sea from Plouha, in the Côtes du Nord (now known as Côtes d'Armor) and will reach England after 2 days of sailing between January 29 and 30, 1944. The end of DF+DG: Ju-52 equipped with a search and release device for magnetic mines
2846	Blackwell-Smith	Raymond	Squadron Leader		37871			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqn	1944-03-15	Lancaster	I	HK540	WS-H	RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire	1918	Stuttgart	See archive report for further information	PoW No. 1905 Camp: Stalag Mühlhausen	None - survived the war				Read Archive Report
2847	Bladen	W E T	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-03-01	Lancaster	III	ND561	LE-R	East Kirkby	2329	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
2848	Bladowski	Feliks Stanisław	Sierzant Mechanic Pokladowy	Sergeant	P.780153	30 November 1910 Burzenin Sieradz (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300 Sqn (Polish)	1944-06-12	Avro Lancaster	III	DV286	BH:C	RAF Faldingworth	23:02	Gelsenkirchen	Claim by Lt Gottfried Hanneck 6/NJG1 - IJsselmeer 3km South of Wijdenes: 2,500m at 01:43. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Aircraft caught fire and crashed into the sea. Plt Off B F Morski was rescued by two Dutch fishermen then later transferred to a German Naval vessel coming back from bombing raid.. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, His body was washed ashore and was buried in Wijdenes Cemetery. His grave in now in the Polish Field of Honour, Breda, Poland		Archiwum Polish Database
2849	Blaha	Oldrich Dennis	Flying Officer		1143580	1923		Bomb Aimer	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	W4831	KM-C	Dunholme Lodge	2350	Berlin	The aircraft was heading in a westerly direction and exploded in the air at 150ft approximately 1km North of the village Lynow. The Burgermeister went to the scene of the crash and saw what he believed to be five bodies, possibly two more taking into account the smashed limbs which were strewn about. The police at Juterbog were notified by telephone and a Luftwaffe team arrived to investigate. They ordered the Burgermeister to bury the crew and he was also present at the burial on 3 Jan 1944. (Extract from Berlin Detachment No 4 MREU report to the Air Ministry dated 20 Oct 1947)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll.Grave 2.C.7-10			DFM gazetted 9 Feb 1943 Son of Oldrich Blaha, and of Phoebe Lucy Blaha, of Upper Tooting, London
2850	Blaha	Oldrich Dennis	Sergeant		1259786	1923		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1942-09-06	Lancaster	I	R5752	EA-D	Scampton	116	Duisburg	When the starboard outer engine was put out of action by the flak over the target, Sgt Gregory-Coleman was killed by shrapnel, and the Captain was slightly injured. The Captain jettisoned the bombs and turned for home. Over the Dutch coast the starboard inner failed and the a/c steadily lost height but reached the English coast at a height of 2000 ft. The Captain ordered the crew to bale out with the exception of the W/Op. The a/c was circling RAF Martlesham prior to landing when the port inner failed at a height of 1000 ft and the Captain was compelled to crash land near Great Bealings N of RAF Martlesham. The Captain and the W/Op escaped from the a/c which was destroyed by fire with the exception of the tail unit	Baled out, Killed in Action 2 Jan 1944				44 Sqn Lancaster I W4831 KM-C