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#	Name*	First Names	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
301	Andrews	W M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-09-10	Lancaster	I	R5638	ZN-		Coningsby	2045	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Bahnhof Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
302	Andrews	William Henry	Flying Officer	J40353	10 November 1915, Minnedosa, MB	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	1652 CU	1942-06-25	Halifax	II	V9993	GV:U		Marston Moor	23:58	Bremen	Claimed by Oblt. Fritz Carstens, his 2nd Abschuss, from 7./NJG1, 1.5 km north of Luttenburg (Overijssel), 6km ENE of Raalte, Holland at 02:09 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (30 May - 31 December 1942) The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 24952, Stalag Luft 3			Paradie Archive Database
303	Andrews	G A	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-02-24	Lancaster	I	ME641	AS-B		Kirmington	2000	Schweinfurt	Collided with 460Sqn Lancaster & crashed Market Rasen Lincs	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
304	Andrews	C R	Flight Sergeant	R108563					RCAF	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1943-06-11	Wellington	X	HE277	EX-Q		Ingham	2312	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
305	Andrews	J W	Pilot Officer	J18204					RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-06-21	Halifax	II	BB361	TL-V		Graveley	2347	Krefeld	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
306	Andrews	D R	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ686	6U-U		East Moor	2218	Hamburg	Crashed on take off				Paradie Archive Database
307	Andrews	E J	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-05-27	Halifax	III	MZ502	PT-U		Tholthorpe	2334	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Overpelt {Limburg}	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
308	Andrews	D J	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1945-01-16	Halifax	VII	NP795	OW-T		Linton on Ouse	1835	Magdeburg	Tyre burst on take off				Paradie Archive Database
309	Andrews	Edward Joseph	Flying Officer	J/14390					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-08-02	Halifax	V	EB274	NA-H		Middleton St George	2247	Hamburg	Shot down by Hpt. Hans Jabs	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Paradie Archive
310	Andrews	W	Flight Sergeant	R104347					RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	JD250	MH-R		Snaith	2313	Wuppertal	Crashed off Noordwijk Holland	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
311	Andrews	W H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	JB311	DX-B		East Kirkby	2342	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
312	Andrews	R A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-08-02	Halifax	II	HR871	LQ-B		Gransden Lodge	2258	Hamburg	Abandoned over Swedish territory	Interned
313	Andrews	J M	Sergeant							Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-04-10	Halifax	III	NA185	6U-B		East Moor	1347	Leipzig		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
314	Andrews	J M	Sergeant							Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-02-08	Halifax	III	NR249	6U-J		East Moor	256	Wanne-Eickel
315	Andrews	Robert John	Flying Officer	J/27301	Age 21	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	22OTU	1944-06-29	Wellington	III	HF641	-		RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire	13:35	Training	See Archive report for details	Killled	Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 54.J.6			Born on the 29th May 1923 in Ontario. Awarded pilot wings on the 11th June 1943. Son of Ray Elwood Andrews and Vera Sybille Andrews, of 38 Yarmouth Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Epitaph: 'As Long As Life And Memory Last We Shall Remember Thee, "Dear Bob".	Archive report on the loss
316	Angelini	Samuel	Flying Officer	J/37114		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439Sqn RCAF	1945-01-01	Typhoon	Ib	MN589	5V-B		B.78 Eindhoven NL	09:45	Armed recce	Shot down by enemy fighter	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery XV. D. 7, NL		Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
317	Angell	J L	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-06-16	Wellington	Ic	W5522	LQ-Q		Pocklington	2303	Koln	?	Killed
318	Angers	J A A A B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-06-16	Wellington	III	X3359	VR-N		Mildenhall	2355	Essen	Crashed near Wuustwezel	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
319	Anglin	William Sherron	Warrant Officer	R/95701			Air/Gnr		RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-05-29	Wellington	X	HZ471	AL-M		RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire	2236	Wuppertal	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 179		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
320	Angus	D C B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	II	HR817	LQ-C		Gransden Lodge		Peenemunde	Shot down near Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
321	Annable	H C	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-09-18	Lancaster	X	KB735	VR-O		Middleton St George	1534	Walcheren	Crash landed at East Moor on return				Paradie Archive Database
322	Annand	G R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-09-23	Halifax	V	DK271	NA-Q		Middleton St George	1857	Mannheim	Crashed Geinsheim	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
323	Annis	L D	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	III	JA974	LQ-V		Gransden Lodge	1707	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
324	Annis	L D	Sergeant	R100619					RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1943-04-26	Wellington	X	HE771	PT-		Croft		Duisburg	Crashed on return to base	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
325	Ansell	R F	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-06-27	Halifax	II	W1175	LQ-Q		Pocklington	2332	Bremen	Presumed lost over the sea	Killed	Runnymede
326	Ansley	D	Sergeant	1183277						Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-03-28	Halifax	II	BB283	VR-O		Middleton St George	1940	St-Nazaire	Shot down near Nantes France	Killed	Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery
327	Anthony	A H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-08-10	Lancaster	III	JA920	LQ-E		Gransden Lodge	2205	Nurnberg	Crashed at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
328	Anthony	K	Pilot Officer				Pilot			Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1941-08-19	Spitfire	V	R7342	K				Circus 81	Failed to return	PoW
329	Antonek	C J	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Lancaster	I	NG458	QB-H		Skipton on Swale	1642	Chemnitz		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
330	Anweiler	R R	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1945-02-21	Halifax	III	NR177	NP-W		Lissett	1706	Worms	Crashed at Odenbach	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
331	Aplin	W G J	Sergeant	1314645						Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	BJ920	AL-		East Moor	1947	Bochum	Crashed target area	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
332	Aplin	J H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	DS850	QO-M		East Moor	1703	Braunschweig	Crashed near Nordhorn	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
333	Aplin	J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-12-02	Lancaster	II	DS851	QO-D		East Moor	1706	Berlin	Crashed on return to base
334	Apperley	N H	Sergeant	1337474						Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-07-03	Wellington	X	LN284	SE-Q		Burn	2300	Koln	Crashed near target	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
335	Apperley	H H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-06-11	Wellington	X	HF543	SE-P		Burn	2325	Dusseldorf	Landed at Oulton and collided with next
336	Apperson	Maxwell Warnock	Sergeant	534437	1918		Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-07-23	Halifax	II	W7769	LQ-K		Pocklington	37	Duisburg	Just before 0500 the a/c was in the circuit of Pocklington airfield prior to landing when the port outer engine failed. This failure was due to a coolant leak which led to the engine overheating. Around the moment the engine caught fire the flight engineer assumed that the failure was down to a fuel supply shortage to the engine so switched the fuel cocks that supplied the fuel to both port engines. This resulted in the port inner engine's fuel supply being cut off. The a/c swung, and the port wing dropped causing a loss of control resulting in the a/c diving into the ground. It crashed into houses and then the school on New Street in Pocklington. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)	Killed	Barmby on the Moor (St Catherine) Churchyard Row F Grave 1.
337	Appleby	J R	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-01-15	Hampden	I	AE393	EQ-G		Balderton	1715	Hamburg	Crashed at Howgill Scar	Killed
338	Applegarth	T A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM580	DX-L		East Kirkby	2307	Wesseling	Crashed at As-en-Campine {Limburg}	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
339	Applegate	Ernest Arthur	Flight Sergeant	R/103626		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1943-04-11	Lancaster	III	ED714	PH-		Wickenby		Bombing	Mid air collision with 103 Sqn Lancaster I W4828	Killed	Le Mans West Cemetery, Plot 38. 1939-45 Row B. Grave 8. France.		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
340	Applin	D J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	X	KB731	VR-S		Middleton St George	2140	Cambrai	Crashed near Vieux-Berquin {Nord}	Killed	Vieux-Berguin Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
341	Apps	Geoffrey Frank Rowe	Flight Lieutenant	J/20673		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Eastern Air Command	11Sqn RCAF	1945-02-19	Liberator	VI	3715	F		RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia		Anti-Submarine	Failed to return, crashed at sea	Missing	Ottawa Memorial, Panel 4. Column 2. Canada.		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
342	Arbic	H C	Sergeant	R/90583			Wireless Operator		RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1942-12-20	Wellington	III	Z1660	GT-		Warboys	1802	Duisburg	Coned by 3/Flakscheinw Abt 409. Hit by lei Heimat 22/VI. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 27338, Stalag 344 Lamsdorf			Paradie Archive Database
343	Arbour	J E J G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LW682	OW-M		Linton on Ouse	2211	Leuven	Crashed Schendelbeke {oost-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
344	Arbuckle	I	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-10-15	Halifax	II	W7854	LQ-T		Topcliffe	1855	Koln	Crashed Waterloo SSE of Brussels	Killed	Brussels Town Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
345	Arcand	J J R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1945-03-15	Halifax	III	PN172	KW-G		Tholthorpe	1730	Hagen		Killed	Hotton War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
346	Archambault	J R	Flight Sergeant	R108014					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-06-21	Halifax	II	DT772	EQ-E		Leeming	2340	Krefeld	Crashed Zeist Holland	Killed	Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) Gen Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
347	Archer	J C	Flight Sergeant	R141130					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-05-04	Halifax	II	HR658	EQ-V		Leeming	2240	Dortmund	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
348	Archer	W E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-01-12	Halifax	III	LV998	QB-Y		Skipton on Swale	1724	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
349	Archer	R W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	LM455	BQ-T		North Killingholme	2127	Stuttgart	Crashed at Blamont {Meurthe-et-Moselle}	Killed	Blamont Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
350	Archer	Phillip Leslie Irving	Squadron Leader	J3508	10th February 1917 in Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies	Barbados	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Fighter	421 (Red Indian) Sqn RCAF	1943-06-17	Spitfire	IX	LZ996	AU:?	6	Redhill		Rodeo	Shot down by JG26 Fw190 near St. Omar, France	KiA	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Plot 8. Row A. Grave 1. France	Montreal - 13 February 1940 Memorial Courtesy of Paul Standing		Spitfire IIA R7195 - 9th July 1941 Spitfire VB W3330 - 21st August 1941 DFC awarded to Acting Flt Lt. Archer whilst with 416 Sqn, RCAF. London Gazette 11th September 1942. Citation: "Acting Flight Lieutenant Phillip Leslie Irving ARCHER (Can/J.3508), Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 416 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron. This officer has completed a large number of sorties over enemy territory and has destroyed at least 4 enemy aircraft. On one occasion, although wounded in the leg, Flight Lieutenant Archer flew his badly damaged aircraft back to base where he executed a skilful landing. He is a most efficient leader." He was possibly on his last sortie as CO of 402 Sqn, RCAF before taking over 421 Sqn, RCAF He flew 182.05 operational hours and 76 sorties over enemy territory Son of Frederic Leslie (deceased in May 1937) and Millicent Beryl (née Philips) Archerr, of Hastings St. Michael, Barbados. B. Sc.