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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	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
3251	Borsht	C	Flying Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23	Lancaster	I	NF977	JO-G		Waddington	1420	Walcheren	Crashed target area	PoW
3252	Borthwick	G W S	Flight Lieutenant						DFC		Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	JB353	OF-L		Bourn	.0035.	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
3253	Borton	Eric Edward	Sergeant		1868872	1921-06-13		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	LM467	SR-J		RAF Ludford Magna. Lincolnshire	2130	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Voue {Aube}	Killed	Vou̩ Churchyard. Coll Grave 2.			Read Archive Report
3254	Bosnakovic	Rudolph	Staff Sergeant		35174837	1924	American	Left Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	707th Bomber Squadron (446th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-11-04	B-24 Lassie Come Home	J	42-51356	JU:		Bungay (Station #125), Suffolk, England		Hannover-Misburg, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia					Archive Report
3255	Bossick	H	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-04-22	Stirling	III	EH942	HA-M		Woolfox Lodge	2203	Laon	Crashed near Hantefontaine {Oisne}	Evader
3256	Bost	Louis L	2nd Lt		O-544334		USA	Pilot		USAAF	IX Air Support Command	422nd Night Fighter Squadron	1944-08-19	Northrop P-61 Black Widow								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3257	Bostock	R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	PB212	MG-S		Oakington	2245	Hamburg	Crash landed at Bungay Suffolk on return
3258	Boston	Brian James	Flying Officer		151905			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	635 Sqn	1944-08-26	Lancaster	III	ND355	F2:W		Downham Market	20:11	Kiel	ND 355 was claimed as a probable by Gottfried Schneider, his 14th Abschuss and his 2nd of three that night, from 1./NJG3 - North of Schleswig: 5.500m at 23:12 hrs. Coned by Flak searchlight (“Lancaster Damp” 23:10”) (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (24 July 1944 - 15 October 1944) Part 4 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery 4.G.11			Son of Percy and Margaret Alice Irene Boston, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
3259	Boston	Jack Northwood	Sergeant		1385337	1922		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW430	C8-T		Leconfield	1906	Berlin	Claim by Oblt Karl-Heinz Seeler 5./JG302 - 10km South of Juterbog: 5,800m at 22:57. Crashed in a field located in Gerbis, near Jessen.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 225			Son of Cyril Arthur Northwood Boston and Olive Edna Boston. A member of the crew of Halifax LW430. The remains of five crew members were discovered and reburied in Plot 14, Row K, Grave 8 of Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery in 2005. Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify the individual airmen. The story of the recovery of the aircraft/crew available on request.
3260	Boston	R G	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-05	Lancaster	III	JB191	OF-A		Bourn	2336	Stettin		PoW
3261	Bostridge	I W “Steve”	Flight Sergeant		1322582			Air Bomber			Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-06-02	Stirling	III	EF294	WP-B		Tuddenham	2239	SOE	Crashed 0135 at Bayonvillers (Somme), a small village S of the main road linking Amiens to St-Quentin. Information courtesy John Jones	Evaded/Interviewed 4 September 1944. Report IS9/WEA/2/359/1004
3262	Bostrom	Ernest O	2nd Lt		O-701676		USA	Pilot		USAAF	lX Fighter Command	486th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-18	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3263	Bostrom	Ernest O	1st Lt		O-701676		USA	Pilot		USAAF	lX Fighter Command	486th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3264	Bostrom	Ernest O	1st Lt		O-701676		USA	Pilot		USAAF	lX Fighter Command	486th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-02	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3265	Bostwick	George E	1st Lt		O-024278		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-06-07	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3266	Bostwick	George E	1st Lt		O-024278		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-04	P-47 Thunderbolt								3 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3267	Bostwick	George E	1st Lt		O-024278		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-06	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3268	Boswell	G W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-06-09	Lancaster	I	ME678	EM-N		Spilsby	2152	Etampes	Crashed at la Feuillie {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Marissel French National Cemetery
3269	Boswell	A	Flight Lieutenant								Bomber Command	83Sqn	1944-04-26	Lancaster	III	ND499	OL-J		Coningsby	2129	Schweinfurt	Crashed Goldscheuer	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
3270	Boswell-Kitching	Jack Lambert	Pilot Officer		NZ/416966			Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	LL673	KO-G		RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire	1702	Braunschweig	See archive report for further details	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery. Grave 1.F.5			Read Archive Report
3271	Bosworth	Sidney	Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner		1393762					RAFVR	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-04-22	Lancaster	III	JB684	LQ-U		Gransden Lodge	2223	Laon	Crashed Conde-sur-Aisne {Aisne}	Killed	Conde-sur-Aisne Communal Cemetery Grave 3			Read Archive Report
3272	Bosworth	Ronald Albert John	Sergeant		1807185			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	640 Sqn	1944-08-25	Halifax	III	NA578	C8:?		RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire	18:30	Watten	See archive report for further information	Killed	Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery (St. Omer). Plot 6. Row C. Collective Grave 2.				Read Archive Report
3273	Bosworth	Robert R	1st Lt		O-702755		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	82nd Fighter Squadron	1944-10-07	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3274	Boteler	George G	2nd Lt		O-815273		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	83rd Fighter Squadron	1944-06-20	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3275	Boteler	Goerge G	1st Lt		O-815273		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	83rd Fighter Squadron	1944-09-01	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3276	Bothwell	James (Jim) Roger	Sergeant		1566670	1923		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK963	SE-H		Croft	2348	Berlin	Claim by Lt Bruno Heilig Stab NJG2 at 04:30. XI Luftgau crash report “Halifax 04:30 Webelsfelde 20km North West Schwerin NJ” Aircraft crashed 500m South West of the outskirts of Webelsfelde	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row K Collective Grave 25-27			initially buried at Schwerin Haupt Friedhof Son of James Roger and Margaret Wilson Bothwell, of Steventon, Ayreshire
3277	Botsford	R L	Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Halifax	III	MZ601	QO-A		East Moor	2208	Cambrai		Killed	Dunkerque Town Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
3278	Bott	R J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	LM321	HW-K		Grimsby	2305	Acheres	Crashed at St-Laurent-sur-Mer {Calvados}	Killed	Runnymede
3279	Bott	William James	Sergeant		1580780			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	630 Sqn	1944-06-09	Lancaster	III	PB121	LE:F		East Kirkby	21:48	Etampes	PB121 was claimed by Oblt. Johannes Werth, his 6th Abschuss, from Stab./NJG2, NW of Paris at 2.700 m at 00:42 hrs. His second pass left the Lancaster enveloped in flames. The aircraft crashed at Omerville (Val d’Oise), a small community 7 km WSW of Magny-en-Vexin.	KiA	Omerville Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave 3			Son of James Edward and Frances Sarah Bott, of Barwell, Leicestershire
3280	Bott	James Wilfred	Flight Sergeant		1765035	Age 22		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-04-22	Lancaster	III	ND592	MG-J		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2124	Laon	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Maizy Churchyard. Coll. Grave 2.	Courtesy Linda Ibrom		Son of Frederick and Elsie Bott, husband of Lucy Bott, of Coppull, Lancashire, England	Read Archive Report
3281	Bott	Max Stanley	Squadron Leader		260779		Australia			RAAF		79Sqn RAAF	1944-04-16													RAAF Honour Roll
3282	Botterill	H W	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-11-01	Halifax	III	MZ376	QB-K		Skipton on Swale	1654	Oberhausen		Killed	Nederweert War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
3283	Botterill	William Henry	Sergeant		2201400	1925		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	420 Sqn RCAF	1944-02-24	Halifax	III	LW427	PT-		Tholthorpe	1815	Schweinfurt	According to various primary sources, including RCAF Casualty Files, 420 Sqn Halifax LW427 was shot down by a Nachtjager 2km South of Ostelsheim WSW of Stuttgart ca. 23:00 which can possibly be linked to an Abschüss by Oblt Zorner (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery Coll.grave 4.C. 24-26			Son of Walter Henry Botterill and of Adelaide Kaill Botterill (née Birkinshaw), of Harrogate, Yorkshire
3284	Botting	F M	Flying Officer					Pilot			Fighter	175Sqn	1944-07-18	Typhoon	Ib	MN185	H						PoW
3285	Botting	H E	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-05-10	Lancaster	III	LM528	WS-D		Bardney	2210	Lille		Killed
3286	Bottomley	H F	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	625Sqn	1944-04-10	Lancaster	III	ND636	CF-O		Kelstern	2334	Aulnoye	Crashed near Pont-de-Metz	Killed	St-Pierre Cemetery Amiens		Paradie Archive Database
3287	Bottomley	C H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-12-05	Halifax	III	MZ450	DY-B		Pocklington	1757	Soest	returned damaged
3288	Bottoms	Henry Baxter	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-499389	25th August 1920 in Margarettsville, North Carolina	American	Navigator	AM (2 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF 15th Air Force	US Army Air Force	484th Bombardment Group (H), 826th Bombardment Squadron (H), 49th Bombardment Wing	1944-03-04	B-24	J	42-51967 'Strange Cargo'	61		Torretta field, Italy		Graz, Austria	See Archive Report for details	Killed	Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery.				Archive Report
3289	Bottrell	W J	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	DV370	EM-L		Spilsby	.0003.	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
3290	Bouch	Albert	Flight Sergeant		1336404			Air Gunner	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	582 Sqn	1944-06-14	Lancaster	III	ND714 (some sources state NE172)	6O:T		RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire	00:24	Douai	See archive report for further details	Killed	Coxyde Military Cemetery				Read Archive Report
3291	Bouchard	J E Y	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW428	KW-C		Tholthorpe	1855	Berlin		Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
3292	Boucher	G J	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-04-24	Halifax	III	MZ573	KW-G		Tholthorpe	2135	Karlsruhe	Shot down by Hptm Ernst Modrow. Abandoned and crashed Oosterschelde	Killed	Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron Attacker
3293	Boucher	N A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-07-18	Halifax	III	LW672	KW-N		Tholthorpe	2330	Wesseling	Crashed at Koln-Riehl	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
3294	Boucock	K G	Flight Sergeant							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
3295	Bouda	František	Flying Officer		138862	Age 30	Czechoslovakia	Navigator		RAFVR	Coastal Command	21Sqn	1944-06-21	Mosquito	FB VI	NT182	YH-?		RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire		Patrol	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	St. Valery-en-Caux Franco-British cemetery. Joint grave B. 31-32			Next of kin details not available. Born 1916 - from Czechoslovakiaoslovakia	Read Archive Report
3296	Boudier	Michel	Capitaine				France	Pilot	DFC	Free FFAF	Fighter	Groupe de Chasse 3/2 of the FAFL 341Sqn Free French 'Alsace'	1944-07-09	Spitfire	IX	PL137		8			Patrol	Hit by friendly fire from USAAF Thunderbolt. Crashed at Caen	Injured / PoW				Captain Michel Boudier, French pilot of Groupe de Chasse 3/2 of the FAFL, 341 Sqn 'Alsace' of the RAF, Ace with 8 certified aerial victories and 7 enemy aircraft damaged, was injured aboard his Spitfire Mk.IX serial number PL137, by friendly fire from a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of the 353rd FG of the USAAF during a patrol in the Rouen sector, just after shooting down a Messerschmitt Bf-109 for his eighth victory. He evacuates by parachute, captured on the ground by the Gestapo who condemn him to death. However, he was recognized as a regular soldier and sent to a PoW camp via Nuremberg, then Munich.
3297	Boudreau	Lawrence Joseph Henry	Sergeant		R178922	14th August 1924, Cutnife, Saskatchewan	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	424 (Tiger) Sqn RCAF	1944-04-24	Halifax	III	LV962	QB:X		Skipton on Swale	21:41	Karlsruhe	Claim by Oblt Werner Baake 2./NJG1 - near Werkendam West of Gorinchem (Bazi): 6,500m at 02:18 hrs. Crashed Nieuwe Polder Werkendam (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Werkendam Protestant Cemetery, Row 8, Grave 17		Paradie Archive Database	On the 22/23rd March 1944, this crew returning from a Gardening mission to Frankfurt in Halifax III LM347 overshot the runway on touchdown Son of Joseph Boudreau of Atmore, Alberta, Canada Promoted to Plt.Off. on 23rd April 1944 with a Service No. of J88809
3298	Boudreau	L J H	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-03-22	Halifax	III	LW347	QB-X		Skipton on Swale	1756	Gardening	Damaged on landing at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
3299	Boudry	E	Lieutenant					Pilot			Fighter	340Sqn Free French	1944-09-17	Spitfire	IX	PV187	U				Roadstead		Killed
3300	Bouldin	Frank H Jr	2nd Lt		O-707650		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	352nd Fighter Squadron	1944-08-28	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)