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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
2901	Blanchard	Raymond Arthur Oswald	Sergeant					A/G		RAFVR	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-07-25	Lancaster	III	ND903	PM-G	Elsham Wolds	2151	Stuttgart	Take off 21:51 Elsham Wolds attack on Stuttgart. Outward bound Collided in mid-air with Polish Lancaster PB252 aircraft near Orleans. Location : France.	Killed Age 20	Orleans Main Cemetery	Orleans Main, France		Raid on Stuttgart undertaken by 412 Lancasters and 138 Halifaxes of Bomber Command. 8 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes were lost (2.2 per cent of the force desptached). Son of Samuel Arthur and Violet Blanchard, of Skegness, Lincolnshire
2902	Blanchard	J W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM570	ZN-Z	Metheringham	2315	Scholven-Buer	Crashed at Rossum {Gelderland}	Killed	Uden War Cemetery Holland
2903	Blanchard	A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-12-11	Lancaster	I	PB799	EA-G	Fulbeck	1955	Training		Killed	Runnymede
2904	Blanchard	James L	1st Lt		O-464693		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-09-18	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2905	Blanchard	Merle E	2nd Lt		O-740137		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-01-31	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2906	Blanchard	Merle E	1st Lt		O-740137		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-22	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2907	Blanchette	C E	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	ND384	GT-D	Warboys	.0023.	Berlin	Crashed at Grandrieu {Hainaut}	Killed	Chievres Communal Cemetery
2908	Blanckley	G W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-08-16	Halifax	III	LK839	NP-S	Lissett	2159	Kiel	Crashed at Foston on the Wolds	Killed
2909	Bland	L A	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-03-15	Halifax	III	LW542	LK-S	Burn	1903	Stuttgart	Crashed Wurmlingen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2910	Bland	R W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	LM542	HW-S	Grimsby	2244	Dortmund	Abandoned near Bonn	PoW
2911	Bland	E B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-06-25	Halifax	III	ME753	DY-M	Pocklington	749	Montorqueil	Collided with 77Sqn Halifax III LL549 KN-N & crashed at Fontaine l'Etalon {Pas-de-Calais}	Killed	Fontaine l'Etalon Churchyard
2912	Bland	E A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-03-26	Lancaster	I	L7527	LS-A	Mildenhall	2010	Essen		Killed	Runnymede
2913	Bland	Henry Valentine	Flight Lieutenant		119529			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	627 Sqn	1944-10-19	Mosquito	XX	KB215	AZ:H	Woodhall Spa	11:45	Training	15 Mins later while practicing marker bombing over the range at Wainfleet, one of the bombs detonbated in the bomb bay, causing considerfable damage. Tragically, Fg Off Cornell became wedged in the escape hatch	Survived
2914	Bland	Gordon Leslie	Flying Officer		407519		Australia			RAAF		1 OTU East Sale	1944-11-13												RAAF Honour Roll
2915	Blandford	G E	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	III	PB127	KO-T	Witchford	2151	Braunschweig		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
2916	Blane	J D	Wing Commander							RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	LV997	QB-E	Skipton on Swale	2220	Hamburg	Crashed at Wesselburener	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2917	Blane	J H	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	DV304	QR-V	Skellingthorpe	2304	Revigny	Crashed at Marcilly {Seine-et-Marne}	Killed	Marcilly Communal Cemetery
2918	Blasko	Joseph Arthur	Sergeant		J/92514					RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	MZ628	SE-Y	Croft	1521	Vaires	Crashed near Cramoisy {Oise}	Killed Age 19	Commemorated Cramoisy Communal Cemetery, France.		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive Aircrew Deaths Database Son Of Joseph And Elizabeth Margaret Blasko, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2919	Blatch	T P E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-09-05	Halifax		W1144	MP-Q			Heraklion		PoW
2920	Blatch	Benjamin George	Warrant Officer		420524		Australia			RAAF		251Sqn RAF	1944-07-16												RAAF Honour Roll
2921	Blatchford	L G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	189Sqn	1944-12-21	Lancaster	III	PB289	CA-B	Fulbeck	1629	Politz		Killed	Runnymede
2922	Blatchford	B F	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	PB148	MG-C	Oakington	2304	Sterkrade		Killed	Bergen General Cemetery
2923	Blattman	Leonard John	Sergeant		Aus/412369	7 June 1921 at George's Creek near Armidale New South Wales Australia	Australian	Pilot		RAAF	Middle East Command	148Sqn RAF	1944-07-03	Halifax	II	JP179	FS-P	RAF Brindisi, Italy	20:28	Secret mission, South Poland	Shot down by enemy fighter. Crashed near Zombor (Sombor) Hungary	PoW No. 552 Camp Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg - L7				Read Archive Report
2924	Blaubaum	M B	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	622Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	III	LM511	GI-C	Mildenhall	1932	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede
2925	Blaubaum	Maxwell Bibra	Flight Sergeant		428038		Australia			RAAF		622Sqn RAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2926	Blaydes	Herbert	Warrant Officer Class 2		J88416		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	LL853	WS:W	Bardney	22:51	Prouville	See Archive report for details	Killed	Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery. Grave 3		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
2927	Blaydon	Reginald William	Flying Officer		169133	1915		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	582 Sqn	1944-08-07	Lancaster	III	ND817	6O:S	Little Staughton	22:11	Mare de Magne	Claim by Lt Frithjof Fensch 4./NJG4, his 12th Abschuss and 2nd of the night - 10km North West of Lisieux (TA 3): 2,400m at 24:00. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (24 July 1944 - 15 October 1944) Part 4 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	St. Vigor-d’Ymonville Churchyard			755395 Sgt. Blaydon was awarded the DFM whilst with 9 Squadron. Gazetted 11th August 1942. Citation reads: "Awarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations". Son of Thomas and Florence Blaydon, of Sutton, Cambridgeshire
2928	Blayney	Alfred Goodman Wells	Pilot Officer		J/90837	Age 27	Canada	W/Op/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	II	NP699	QO-O	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	600	Duisburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Leopoldsburg War Cemetery: VIII.B.7.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
2929	Bleach	S R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-05-06	Halifax	III	NA522	MP-			Air Test	Force landed at Hotham
2930	Bleakley	C	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-10-28	Halifax	III	MZ576	ZA-T	Melbourne	1309	Koln	Ditched off Immingham Lincs
2931	Blencowe	J D	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1944-02-24	Stirling	III	EF307	OJ-E	Lakenheath	1711	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede
2932	Blencowe	Dennis James	Flight Sergeant		1818376	26th May 1923 in Whitechurch, Shropshire	British	Air Gunner		RAFVR	No. 38 Wing, Royal Air Force	570 Sqn RAF	1944-09-23	Stirling	IV	EF298	V8:T	RAF Harwell, Berkshire	14:34	Operation "Market Garden"	Hit by flak shortly after leaving the Drop Zone near Ede	Killed	Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Coll.Grave 31.A. 2-7	Courtesy Paul Brooker		Son of Harry and Edith Alice (née Skitt) Blencowe of Whitechurch, Shropshire, England	Read Archive Report on this incident
2933	Blenkarn	A N	Sergeant		1474283			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	I	ME797	VN-J	Skellingthorpe	2247	Duisburg	Crashed Forst. Hit by flak	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave Ref-Coll. grave 26.F.12-13			(Additional information from John Jones)
2934	Blenkinsop	Mathew	Sergeant		1595390			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-11-26	Lancaster	I	PD293	KO-O	RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire	1210	Training	See archive report for further information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 225			Read Archive Report
2935	Blenkinsop	Edward “Teddy” Weyman	Squadron Leader		J/3467		Canadian	Pilot	DFC Croix de Guerre (Belgium)	RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-27	Lancaster	III	JA976	LQ:S	Gransden Lodge	00:01	Montzen railway yards, Belgium	See archive report for details	Evader/Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 278		Accident Report		Paradie RCAF Database
2936	Blerkom	F A	Sergeant		1869923			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-09-13	Lancaster	III	PB456	SR-	Ludford Magna	1905	Training	Crashed at Dumbarton	Killed	Helensburgh. Grave Ref.Section R Walk 7 Grave 5.			(Additional information from John Jones)
2937	Blessing	William Walter	Squadron Leader		404648	1913	Australian	Pilot	DSO DFC	RAAF	Bomber Command	105 Sqn	1944-07-07	Mosquito	XVI	ML964	GB:J	Burn	19:46	Caen	Primary target marker. Shot down by a fighter and badly damaged. Plt.Off. Burke baled out, as odered, and landed in Allied held territory.	Killed	La Delivrande War Cemetery Douvres III.D.3			DSO awarded whilst with 105 Sqn, gazetted 18th June 1943. Citation reads: "Bar to Distinguished Service Order. Acting Wing Commander Reginald Wilfred REYNOLDS, D.S.O., D.F.C. (40259), Reserve of Air Force Officers, No! 139 Squadron. Distinguished Service Order. Acting Squadron Leader William Walter BLESSING. D.F.C. (Aus.404648), Royal Australian Air Force, No. 105 Squadron. Acting Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes SISMORE, D.F.C. (130208), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 139 Squadron. Distinguished Flying Cross. Flying Officer Forrest Martin FISHER (121787), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 105 Squadron. Distinguished Flying Medal. 1379594 Flight Sergeant Leslie HOGAN, No. 105 Squadron. On the 27th May, 1943. a force of bombers were detailed to attack targets at Jena, Germany, in daylight. The operation called for a high degree of skill and necessitated a flight over strongly defended areas and difficult terrain. Whilst still a considerable distance from the target, the weather deteriorated and visibility became very poor. Nevertheless, the objective, far away in enemy territory was reached according to plan. In spite of balloon defences, and in the face of fierce antiaircraft fire, a low level attack was pressed home with great vigour. The success achieved reflects the greatest credit on the efforts of the abovenamed personnel who took part in the operation in various capacities, as members of aircraft crews. Their skill, courage and determination were of a high order." DFC awarded whilst with 105 Sqn, gazetted 6th April 1943. Citation reads: "Acting Flight Lieutenant William Walter BLESSING (Aus.404648), Royal Australian Air Force, No. 105 Squadron. In March, 1943, this officer flew the leading aircraft of a bomber force detailed to undertake a low level attack on the railway workshops at Paderborn. The operation, involving a deep penetration into Germany in daylight, demanded a high degree of efficiency. That the sortie was executed exactly as planned and success achieved was largely attributable to Flight Lieutenant Blessing's fine leadership and great skill. This officer has taken part in 17 sorties, all of them in daylight, invariably displaying great determination and efficiency. On two occasions he has flown his badly damaged aircraft back to base." Son of Walter Clinton Blessing and Elizabeth Mary Blessing, of Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Audrey Pamela Blessing, of Stanmore, Middlesex, England.
2938	Blessing	William Walter	Squadron Leader		404648		Australia			RAAF		105Sqn RAF	1944-07-07												RAAF Honour Roll
2939	Blewett	A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 OTU	1944-08-26	Wellington	X	LN293		Chipping Norton		Diversion	Crashed at Keynsham	Killed
2940	Blewett	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-02-15	Halifax	V	LL244	KN-T	Elvington	1741	Berlin		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
2941	Blickenstaff	Wayne K	Major		O-728555		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-27	P-51 Mustang							4 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2942	Bligh	William Alexander	Flight Sergeant		1304364			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	239 Sqn	1944-08-06	Mosquito	II	W4074	HB:?			Air Test	Overshot and crashed at 18:15 at West Raynham	Injured
2943	Bligh	Norman Nicholas	Sergeant		1876647			Air Gunner	RAFVR		Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JA973	JO-O	Waddington	1724	Berlin	Crashed at Repente	Killed	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY-9. J. 1.			(Additional information from John Jones)
2944	Blinko	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-10-28	Halifax	III	MZ576	ZA-T	Melbourne	1309	Koln	Ditched off Immingham Lincs
2945	Bliss	L E	Flight Sergeant		1512539			Pilot			Fighter	609Sqn	1944-07-11	Typhoon	Ib	R8972					Crashed near Hottot	Killed	Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France
2946	Block	D I	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-08-16	Halifax	III	MZ687	PT-L	Tholthorpe	2101	Kiel	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2947	Block	Noel Herbert	Sergeant		437364		Australia			RAAF		26 OTU RAF	1944-03-26												RAAF Honour Roll
2948	Block	Willis Edward	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	16017806	16th December 1917 in Adair, Illinois.	American	Engineer		USAAF 15th Air Force	US Army Air Force	454th Bombardment Group (H), 738th Bombardment Squadron (H), 304th Bombardment Wing	1944-07-20	B-24	H	42-52228 'Hairless Joe'	77	San Giovanni field, Italy		Friedrichshafen, Germany	See Archive Report for details	Killed	Repatriated on the 28th November 1950 to the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Section 84, Site 295-299				Archive Report
2949	Blockey	Robert Charles	Flight Lieutenant		81376	1910		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	ND380	GT-T	Warboys	4	Berlin	The aircraft crashed Riesdorf NE of Sudiches Anhalt	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 201			Son of Albert Joseph and Eveline Mabel Blockey; husband of Irene Mary Blockey
2950	Blockley	M W	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-10-05	Lancaster	I	PD344	KO-M	Witchford	1715	Saarbrucken		Killed