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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
3001	Boag	J H	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-12-11	Lancaster	I	LM448	WS-T	Lossiemouth	308	Tirpitz	Force landed at Vaudnas-berget Sweden	Interned
3002	Boag	G	Flight Sergeant						DFM		Bomber Command	214Sqn	1944-08-25	Fortress	III	HB763	BU-	Oulton	2038	BS		Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
3003	Boag	Robert James	Flight Sergeant		432097		Australia			RAAF		75Sqn (NZ) RAF	1944-11-30												RAAF Honour Roll
3004	Boal	Harold James	Flight Sergeant		A409497	13 April 1923 (Echuca, Victoria, Australia)	Australian	Navigator		RAAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JB659	OF-J	Bourn	1710	Berlin	Homebound when claimed by Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer on 30 Jan 1944 (near Amsterdam). Crashed near Zwanenburg (Noord-Holland)	Killed	Haarlemmereer (Zwanenburg) General Cemetery, Plot B, Row C, Coll. Grave 15.			Son of Charles Ernest and Lily Boal, of Barmah East, Victoria, Australia
3005	Boal	Earle William	Pilot Officer		J850009	25th January 1921 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada	Canadian	Navigator	DFC DFC Bar	RCAF	Fighter	418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF	1944-05-02	Mosquito	FB.VI		TH:?	RAF Holmsley South	14:30	Intruder, Day Ranger, north German coast.	Took off from RAF Coltisahall. Fg.Off. Caine Stated: We followed Sqn.Ldr. Scherf at Ribnitz, seeing him attacking 2 HE.115s on the water. We attacked 4 DO.18s, seeing strikes on all four. Two of them burst into flames and- exploded. (1548 hours), (two bursts 2 and 4 secs from 500 to 50 yards.) We then flew to Barth, where we attacked a JU.52 on the ground from 500 ft., with a 2 second burst. He exploded immediately, and Sqn.Ldr. Scherf saw him burning (1622 hours) . We then attacked HE.111, on which we saw strikes, and Sqn.Ldr. Scherf came in and finished it off. A JU.88 was next attacked from 300 to nil feet, with a one second burst, and he burst into flames. After that, we attacked a JU.86 en the ground, seeing strikes. We came round and attacked again from E. to W., destroying a JU.34 on the S. side of the A/F. It burst, into flames and we flew through them, coming round and attacking the JU 86 previously damaged, from W, to E., leaving him in flames and flying through his debris, some of which hit us. We set course for Greifsweld, following Sqn.Ldr. Scherf, who was 500 yards ahead of us, and 5 minutes later. our port engine packed up. We called Sqn.Ldr. Scherf , but could not regain visual contact, so headed N. Before we crossed out, we decided to make for Sweden, and flew about 10 miles out to sea on a northerly heading, before making up our minds to try for base, North of the Island.of Fehmarn, we were fired on by an armed trawler, the fire falling short. We flew right over the convoy described by Sqn.Ldr. Scherf, without incident.	Survived				DFC awarded whilst with 418 Sqn, gazetted 12 May 1944, Citation reads: "Pilot Officer Earl William BOAL (Can,/J.85009), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 418 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron. As observer, Pilot Officer Boal has taken part in numerous sorties and has assisted in the destruction of six enemy aircraft. He is a highly skilled and gallant member of aircraft crew and his example both in the air and on the ground has been worthy of emulation." Bar to DFC awarded whilst with 418 Sqn, gazetted 7th July 1944. Citation reads: " Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has taken part in numerous sorties during which he has assisted in the destruction of 9 enemy aircraft. He is an extremely efficient member of aircraft crew whose fearlessness and determination have set an inspiring example."
3006	Boal	Harold James	Flight Sergeant		409497		Australia			RAAF		97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-31												RAAF Honour Roll
3007	Boam	A G	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-05-08	Lancaster	III	ME620	TL-C	Graveley	158	Haine-St-Pierre	Crashed Estinnes-au-Val {Hainaut}	Killed	Chievres Communal Cemetery
3008	Boanson	John George Shepherd	Flight Sergeant		1873573	Born on the 22nd June 1922		Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	514 Sqn	1944-06-07	Lancaster	II	DS822	JI:T	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire	00:37	Massy-Palaiseau rail yards	See archive report for details	KiA	La Celle-Les-Bordes Communal Cemetery. Grave 2				Read Archive Report
3009	Boanson	J G S	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	II	LL683	JI-P	Waterbeach	2230	Nurnberg	Force landed at Sawbridgeworth
3010	Board	William Alfred Higson	Warrant Officer		Aus/420855	14 April 1915 at Marrickville, Sydney Australia	Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command		1944-11-22	Wellington	X	LP547	LF-S	Tortorella, Italy	17.09	Szombathely Marshalling Yards, Hungary	Shot down by night fighter and crashed at Felsőjánosfa	PoW No. 1224 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria - L3				Read Archive Report
3011	Board	L E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	HX334	NP-C	Lissett	2156	Hassett	Crashed Monastry Bokrijk	Evader				Attacker
3012	Board	Donald Maurice	Sergeant		1604784	27 May 1918 at Axbridge, Somerset	British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-01-21	Halifax	III	JD420	VR-D	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	1946	Magdeburg	Hit by flak. Crashed at Neuenfelde near Elsfleth on the Weser, Germany	PoW No. 270009 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria - L3				Read Archive Report
3013	Board	H W	Flying Officer					Navigator			Bomber Command	463 Sqn RAAF	1944-06-29	Lancaster	I	ME701	JO:F	Waddington	12:11	Beauvoir	First daylight raid for the Squadron. Hit and severely damaged by Flak but returned safely to Waddington at 15:17	Safe
3014	Board	Kenneth Birt	Sergeant		3030159			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-07	Lancaster	I	HK567	AA-C	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2202	Mare de Magne	See archive report for further brief details	Evader	None - Survived the war				Read Archive Report
3015	Boardley	Harold	Sergeant		1549458	Age 22	Belgium	Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	III	ED539	PO-P	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	17:40	Berlin	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 225			Son of Harold and Edith Alice Boardley, of Lancaster, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
3016	Boardman	E J T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-01-27	Lancaster	III	JB358	PH-J	Wickenby	1734	Berlin	Abandoned near Frankfurt	PoW
3017	Boardman	F	Sergeant								Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-04-30	Lancaster	III	ND553	AR-	Binbrook	1525	Training		Killed
3018	Boardman	Harry	Sergeant		549441		British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	467 Sqn RAAF	1944-11-11	Lancaster	I	NF917	PO:Q	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	16:30	Harborg	Hit by 1./schw Flak Abt 601, 3. & 4./schw Flak Abt 602, 3./schw Flak Abt 613 and 1./schw Flak Abt 144 (Eisb). The aircraft exploded in mid-air over Ramelsloh South of Harburg at 19:35. According to an entry in the XI Luftgau War Diaries, NF917 was destroyed by a combination of Nachtjager and by Flak of the 3rd Flak Division. The fighter was possibly the Kommandore of III/NJG2, Hptm Ferger. According to secondary source, he claimed a Lancaster at 19:45, a claim which was not filed with the OKL. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten) Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed near Ramelsloh, about 16kms south of Hamburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row D Joint Grave 8-9			Initially buried Ramelsloh Churchyard Communal Grave 5-9. Reinterred 9 December 1947. No next of kin details - are you able to assist?	Archive report
3019	Boardsen	John A.	Sergeant	Sergeant	36380956	24th September 1921 in Norway	American	Right Waist Gunner	AM (4 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	15th Air Force	459th Bombardment Group (H), 756th Bombardment Squadron (H)	1944-07-20	B-24 Hell’s-Bells	H	42-52358	-	Giulia airfield (Cerignola satellite #1), Italy		Friedrichshafen, Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated and interred at the Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa				Archive Report
3020	Boatswain	J A	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	ND995	HW-K	Grimsby	2032	Russelsheim		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
3021	Boatswain	James Attewood	Flight Sergeant		424359		Australia			RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1944-08-26												RAAF Honour Roll
3022	Bobb	Howard B	Staff Sergeant		35874828	1919	American	Ball Turret Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	349th Bomber Squadron (100th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-12-19	B-17 Flying Fortress	G	42-8514 Lassie Come Home	XR-R	Thorpe Abbotts (Station #139), Norfolk, England		Frankfurt, Germany	See Archive Report for details	Returned to Duty					Archive Report
3023	Bobby	Frank Edward	Sergeant		1183349	1914 at Wandsworth, London	British	Navigator		RAFVR	Middle East Command	No. 104Sqn	1944-06-08	Wellington	II	W5564	EP-H		21	Pantelleria, Italy	Shot down by flak and crashed into the sea	Missing believed killed	Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 1.			Read Archive Report
3024	Bobitko	Michal	Podporucznik uczenpilot	Pilot Officer	?	Born 22 August 1917 (Age 26)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Training Command	No.24 (P) Elementary Flying Training School	1944-07-28	Tiger Moth		?		RAF Hucknall		Halton	Died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis - possibly contracted at the hospital where he was receiving treatment following an air accident. Crashed unknown Tiger Moth of 25 P EFTS RAF Hucknall, badly injured with burns to face and hands. Admitted to: RAF Hucknall SSQ then Nottingham Hospital 29/12/43 and RAF Hospital Rauceby 06/01/44. Transferred to Queen Victoria Hospital QVH: 23/02/1944. 2 Operations at East Grinstead. Polish member of the Guinea Pig club. Died at Princess Mary's RAF Hospital Halton of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and buried at Newark Cemetery.. Location : United Kingdom.	Died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec O, Grave 324		Archiwum Polish Database
3025	Bochicchio	Vito Joseph	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-682047	1917	American	Bombardier		USAAF	8th Air Force	787th Bomber Squadron (466th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-04-29	B-24 Tell Me More	H	41-28754	6L:N	Attlebridge (Station #120), Norfolk, England		Gelsenkirchen, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland					Archive Report
3026	Bochkay	Donald H	1st Lt		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-03-05	P-51 Mustang							0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3027	Bochkay	Donald H	1st Lt		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-03-06	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3028	Bochkay	Donald H	1st Lt		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-08	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3029	Bochkay	Donald H	1st Lt		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-11	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3030	Bochkay	Donald H	1st Lt		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-24	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3031	Bochkay	Donald H	Captain		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-06-29	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3032	Bochkay	Donald H	Captain		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-05	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3033	Bochkay	Donald H	Captain		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-25	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3034	Bochkay	Donald H	Captain		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-29	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3035	Bochkay	Donald H	Captain		O-742834		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-05	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3036	Bock	E A	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	625Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	ME733	CF-Z	Kelstern	2125	Braunschweig		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
3037	Bock	R N W	Flight Lieutenant		115155			Pilot			Fighter	168Sqn	1944-01-14	Mustang	I	FD542				Sortie	Ditched	DoW	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom
3038	Bock	Eric Alan	Flight Sergeant		423214		Australia			RAAF		625Sqn RAF	1944-08-13												RAAF Honour Roll
3039	Bocking	R J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	LM569	HW-T	Grimsby	2303	Scholven-Buer	Crashed target area	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
3040	Bockma	Jan	Agent		(codename "Halma")	Age 22	Dutch				Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-07-05	Hudson	IIIA	FK780 (Also listed as FK790)	MA-R	RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire	2350	Operation Fives 1	See archive report for full details	Killed	Loenen Military Cemetery, Netherlands	Courtesy Bob Body		Read Archive Report
3041	Bockus	A W	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-02-25	Lancaster	II	DS845	EQ-T	Linton on Ouse	2114	Augsburg	Abandoned near Abbeville	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
3042	Bocquin	Victor E	1st Lt		O-814639		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3043	Bocquin	Victor E	1st Lt		O-814639		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-27	P-47 Thunderbolt							3 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3044	Bodden	G	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-02-15	Halifax	V	LK726	KN-O	Elvington	1730	Berlin	Crashed at Buskow	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
3045	Boddington	C W	Flight Lieutenant							RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	VII	LW199	OW-C	Linton on Ouse	1605	Dusseldorf		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
3046	Boden	George Rex	Sergeant		16953052	Age 22		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-12-31	Lancaster	I	PB894	LE-?	RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire	1620	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Missing - Believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 273			Read Archive Report
3047	Boden	John Stuart	Flight Sergeant		426013		Australia			RAAF		142Sqn RAF	1944-04-16												RAAF Honour Roll
3048	Bodey	Lancelot Ross	Flight Sergeant		424313		Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	MiD	RAAF	Bomber Command	578 Sqn	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LW383	LK:K Bar	RAF Burn, Yorkshire	21:49	Russelheim	See Archive report for further details	Evader	None - survived the war - passed away 1993.				Read Archive Report
3049	Bodger	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	PD260	AS-N	Kirmington	2120	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
3050	Bodger	Alan John	Flying Officer		170721		British	Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	PFNTU	1945-02-03	Mosquito	B.IV	DZ437	-	RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire		Training	See Obituary report for details	Survived - injured		Courtesy Lucy Childs		DFC Citation Alan John Bodger 170721 RAFVR 576 Squadron: 'This officer was the pilot of an aircraft detailed to attack Berlin one night in January, 1944. Whilst over the target a fire broke out behind the port inner engine but Pilot Officer Bodger continued his bombing run and executed a successful attack. Shortly after the bombs had been released, two more fires started. Both wings of the aircraft were set alight and burned fiercely at first but soon afterwards died away. Although considerable height was lost, Pilot Officer Bodger flew the damaged aircraft to base. In the face of a harassing situation this officer displayed coolness and courage of a high order and his example was most inspiring'. Died 02nd September 1995 aged 74	Read Obituary Report on this incident