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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
3051	Boanson	J G S	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	II	LL683	JI-P	Waterbeach	2230	Nurnberg	Force landed at Sawbridgeworth
3052	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
3053	Board	L E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	HX334	NP-C	Lissett	2156	Hassett	Crashed Monastry Bokrijk	Evader				Attacker
3054	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
3055	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
3056	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
3057	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
3058	Boardman	E J T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-01-27	Lancaster	III	JB358	PH-J	Wickenby	1734	Berlin	Abandoned near Frankfurt	PoW
3059	Boardman	F	Sergeant								Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-04-30	Lancaster	III	ND553	AR-	Binbrook	1525	Training		Killed
3060	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
3061	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
3062	Boatswain	J A	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	ND995	HW-K	Grimsby	2032	Russelsheim		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
3063	Boatswain	James Attewood	Flight Sergeant		424359		Australia			RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1944-08-26												RAAF Honour Roll
3064	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
3065	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		00.21	Pantelleria, Italy	Shot down by flak and crashed into the sea	Missing believed killed	Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 1.			Read Archive Report
3066	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
3067	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
3068	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)
3069	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)
3070	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)
3071	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)
3072	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)
3073	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)
3074	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)
3075	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)
3076	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)
3077	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)
3078	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
3079	Bock	R N W	Flight Lieutenant		115155			Pilot			Fighter	168Sqn	1944-01-14	Mustang	I	FD542				Sortie	Ditched	DoW	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom
3080	Bock	Eric Alan	Flight Sergeant		423214		Australia			RAAF		625Sqn RAF	1944-08-13												RAAF Honour Roll
3081	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
3082	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
3083	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
3084	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)
3085	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)
3086	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
3087	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
3088	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
3089	Boden	John Stuart	Flight Sergeant		426013		Australia			RAAF		142Sqn RAF	1944-04-16												RAAF Honour Roll
3090	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
3091	Bodger	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	PD260	AS-N	Kirmington	2120	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
3092	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
3093	Bodie	Ronald Lionel Lister	Flying Officer		401487		Australia			RAAF		42Sqn RAAF	1944-10-14												RAAF Honour Roll
3094	Bodkin	F S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	III	ND671	DX-I	East Kirkby	1850	Berlin	Crashed Gesuke	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
3095	Bodnar	B O	Flight Lieutenant						DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-02-19	Halifax	III	HX325	TL-J	Graveley	2351	Leipzig	Abandoned near Beeden bostel	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
3096	Bodnoff	Israel Joseph	Flight Sergeant		R/180936	Canada	Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Coastal Command	162Sqn RCAF	1944-06-24	Canso		9754	P	RAF Wick		Anti-Submarine	Shot down by flak from U-1225 during low level attack	Survived					Read Archive Report Paradie RCAF Database
3097	Bodsworth	J A W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	LL743	AS-U	Kirmington	2200	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Chapelle-Vallon {Aube}	Killed	Troyes Churchyard
3098	Body	Geoffrey Deller	Flight Lieutenant		100086			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqn	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	LV818	ZA:F	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	06:00	Duisburg	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 201				Read Archive Report
3099	Body	A. Robert	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	X	KB726	VR-A	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	2144	Cambrai	Shot down by night fighter piloted by Friedrich Thörl - Crashed at Gaudiempre	Evader	None		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report Attacker
3100	Bodycot	G H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	I	ME589	UM-D2	Wickenby	2333	Leipzig		Killed	Vredenhof Cemetery