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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
37401	Zammit	J J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	LM430	WS-B		Bardney	1911	Frankfurt	Crashed Lembeek {Brabant}	Killed	Brussels Town Cemetery			Attacker
37402	Zatloukal	Jan Stefan Tadeusz	Kapral Strzelec	Flight Sergeant	P.783237	Born 12 December 1920 Bielsko Bielsko-Biała(Age 23 swhen killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-07-23	Avro Lancaster	III	LM488	BH-D		RAF Faldingworth	22:51	Kiel	Took off from Faldingworth 22.51 23 July 1944 on an Operation to bomb Kiel. Damaged by anti-aircraft fire, Aircraft tried to force-land at Schlesen, on the east bank of the Dobersdorfer See, and it exploded. Remains were originally buried locally but were later taken to Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf. Location : Germany.	Killed in Action	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Hamburg Cemetery - Hamburg, Germany. Plot IV Row E Grave 1-7		Archiwum Polish Database
37403	Zavitz	J	Flight Lieutenant							RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ645	PT-N		Tholthorpe	2237	Hamburg	Crashed at Estorf	Killed	Becklington War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Klaus Möller
37404	Zayets	Peter	Sergeant		R/124095	Age 23	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	1666 Heavy Conversion Unit	1944-02-29	Halifax	II	JD386	T		RAF Wombleton, Yorkshire	1230	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery Sec F. Row C. Grave 1.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
37405	Zbura	George John	Pilot Officer		J/42332	Age 21	Canada	W/Op/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	NA583	6U-F		RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	1630	Dusseldorf	4km NNE of Rocherath	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 248	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 03rd July 1924. Son of Mr. and Mrs Stephen Zbura of 512-8th Avenue East, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. With thanks to Thierry Cardon for details Information courtesy John Jones	Archive report
37406	Zbytnuck	T	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-04-17	Halifax	II	JN973	NA-U		Middleton St George	2032	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
37407	Zeal	Bernard William	Pilot Officer		159439	1913		Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	DV307	SR-Z		Ludford Magna	10	Berlin	Failed to return, cause unknown. Location of crash site unknown	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 213			Son of William Edward and Lilian Florence Mary Zeal, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
37408	Zeffertt	L C	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	PB144	ZN-P		Metheringham	2230	St-Leu	Crashed at Ste-Genevieve {Oise}	Killed
37409	Zegarchuk	James Eugene	Sergeant		J/89947	Age 22	Canada	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-04-24	Lancaster	I	HK542	KO-J		RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire	2205	Karlsruhe	See archive report for further details	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery. Grave 5.E.10.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
37410	Zegers	J A A	Flight Sergeant		1299837			Pilot			Fighter	609Sqn	1944-01-03	Typhoon	Ib	JP425	B				Ranger	Crashed near Bapaume	Killed	Repatriated to Belgium- Now believed to be buried in Brussels Town Cemetery Formerly buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France Belgium
37411	Zeiller	P	Lieutenant							FFAF	Bomber Command	346Sqn Free French	1944-10-23	Halifax	III	MZ742	H7-A		Elvington	1642	Essen		Killed
37412	Zeine	Donald A	1st Lt		O-812528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	339th Fighter Group: The Chequers	504th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-06	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37413	Zeiske (Zajski)	Zygfryd Henryk	St. Sierżant	Warrant Officer	P-2403 / 704255	02.07.1916 Germany	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator		EW278			RAF Brindisi, Italy		Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	PoW. Died 10.07.1984 St. Catharines, ON, Canada			Archiwum Polish Database
37414	Zeller	W R	Flying Officer		C/1420					RCAF	Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1944-09-08	Mosquito	VI	HX811					Intruder		Killed	Limmen Protestant Churchyard Netherlands		Paradie Archive Database
37415	Zellner	Edmond	1st Lt		O-799704		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-03-22	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.25 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37416	Zellner	Edmond	1st Lt		O-799704		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-19	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37417	Zellner	Edmond	1st Lt		O-799704		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-24	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37418	Zellner	Edmond	1st Lt		O-799704		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-27	P-47 Thunderbolt								1.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37419	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group		1944-09-26	P-38 Lightning								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37420	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group		1944-10-07	P-38 Lightning								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37421	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-03-06	P-47 Thunderbolt								2.25 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37422	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-05-12	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37423	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-05-31	P-47 Thunderbolt								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37424	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-06-06	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37425	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-06-07	P-47 Thunderbolt								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37426	Zemke	Hubert	Colonel		O00022353		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group		1944-06-07	P-47 Thunderbolt				17.75									Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37427	Zemonek	Ted	Sergeant		35767461		American	Right Waist Gunner	AM PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	706th Bomber Squadron (446th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-26	B-24 Ginger	H	41-29177	RT:R		Bungay (Station #125), Suffolk, England		Ludwigshafen, Germany	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 40, Grave 52				Archive Report
37428	Zetterquist	Herman R	Captain		O-431919		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-05	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37429	Zettick	Harry	Staff Sergeant		33055633		American	Left Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	566th Bomber Squadron (389th Bombardment Group (H)),	1944-10-15	B-24 Maggie’s Drawers	J	42-50760	RR:M+		Hethel (Station #114), Norfolk, England		Düsseldorf, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow Pomerania, Prussia					Archive Report
37430	Zieliński	Edmund	Plutonowy Mechanic Pokladowy	Sergeant	P.780928	Born 28 July 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101			RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave L-6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
37431	Ziembiński	Zygmunt	Podporucznik Bombardier	Flying Officer	P.2248	Born 21 March 1911 (Age 33)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-06-30	Avro Lancaster	III	ED814	BH-N		RAF Faldingworth	22:18	Vierzon	Took off from Faldingworth 22.16 30 June 1944 on an Operation to bomb railway yards at Vierzon. Shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Beauvilliers, Loir-et-Cher, 5 km North West from Ouceques at 03.17.. Location : France.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Originally buried in the Military Plot at Beauvilliers, 30 miles from Orleans, but were later moved to the Polish Field of Honour at Grainville-Langannieres, Calvados, France		Archiwum Polish Database
37432	Ziendalski	Józef Marian	Flight Sergeant		792036	18th December 1919	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	302Sqn Polish	1944-08-14	Spitfire	IX	NH608	WX-Z		ALG B-10 Plumetot	PM	Recce	See archive report for further brief details	Seriously Injured - PoW	None - survived the war. Passed away 03rd April 1984		Archiwum Polish Database	Awarded th KW (Cross of valour) 3 times. ML (Polish Air Force Medal). ODRK (Wounds and Injuries Badge). Settled in Wokingham, England after the war. Married Gwendoline Burden in June 1970	Read Archive Report
37433	Zierlein	Jerome J	2nd Lt		O-760218		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	428th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-18	P-38 Lightning								0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37434	Ziersch	Leslie Ernest	Flight Sergeant		417690		Australia			RAAF		190Sqn RAF	1944-04-11													RAAF Honour Roll
37435	Ziesch	Wilhelm	Plutonowy Mechanic Pokladowy	Corporal	P.781135	Born 18 February 1911 (Age 33)	Poland	Flight Engineer		PAF		301Sqn (Polish)	1944-12-09						RAF Brindisi, Italy		San Vito, Brindisi, Italy	Killed in Road Traffic Accident with motorcycle at San Vito, Brindisi, Italy. Location : Italy.	Killed in Road Traffic Accident	, Brindisi Cemetery, Italy. Row D, Grave 13		Archiwum Polish Database
37436	Zimmer	R	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JB280	LQ-K		Gransden Lodge	.0023.	Berlin	Crashed at Nieuw Schoonebeek {Drenthe}	Killed	Schoonebeek General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
37437	Zimms	David T	1st Lt		O-799705		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-02-20	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37438	Zimms	David T	1st Lt		O-799705		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-27	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37439	Zimring	B	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-11-04	Lancaster	I	NF936	SR-F		Ludford Magna	1709	Bochum		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
37440	Zingelmann	Leonard William	Flight Sergeant		A/426944	27 December 1911 in Dugandan QLD, Australia	Australian	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-06-06	Lancaster	III	NE173	PM-F		Full Sutton	2140	Vire	Crashed at Coulonces	Killed	Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, XII.C.12.			Son of William Carl and Alice Maud Zingelmann, of Boonah, Queensland, Australia.
37441	Zingelmann	Leonard William	Flight Sergeant		426944		Australia			RAAF		103Sqn RAF	1944-06-07													RAAF Honour Roll
37442	Zizka	Lawrence A	2nd Lt		O-704805		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	370th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-27	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37443	Zizka	Lawrence A	1st Lt		O-704805		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	370th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-31	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37444	Zmudka	Francis John	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-723496		American	Navigator		USAAF	8th Air Force	571st Bombardment Squadron (H), 390th Bombardment Group (H)	1944.12.04	B-17	G	44-8319	FC:L		Framlingham (Station #153), Suffolk, England		Giessen (Mission #736), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang					Read Archive Report
37445	Zolner	John	1st Lt		O-793578		USA	Pilot		USAAF	353rd Fighter Group	350th Fighter Squadron	1944-03-08	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
37446	Żółtański	Józef	Sierzant Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.793879	Born 28 January 1918 (Age 26)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-07-18	Avro Lancaster	III	PB171	BH-K		RAF Faldingworth	23:15	Scholven-Buer	Took off from Faldingworth 23.15 18 July 1944 on an Operation to bomb Scholven-Buer. Lost without trace, probably shot down by a night fighter. Most of crew were on their 28th sortie. Location : .	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft probably shot down over Germany		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
37447	Zubic	Frank Joseph	Flying Officer		J27319	4 Jan 1924, London, Ontario, Canada	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	101 Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	DV308	SR:V		Ludford Magna		Berlin	Claim by Ma.j Wilhelm Herget from Stab I./NJG4, his 58th Abschuss. The aircraft exploded in the air near Grandrieu South of Beaumont at 05:46 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)	KiA	Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2 Grave 19		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Zachary and Annie (née Shoblanuik) Maslianka, of London, Ontario, Canada
37448	Zucker	Vernon Stanley John	Flight Sergeant		AUS/420792		Australian	Navigator		RAAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	JB546	LE-A		RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire	2240	Braunschweig	See archive report for further details and photographs Courtesy John Jones	PoW No 105 Camp: Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg	None - survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Captured on the 28th of May 1944	Read Archive Report
37449	Zuk	N	Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF		166Sqn	1944-07-25	Lancaster	III	JB649	AS-Z		Kirmington	2120	Stuttgart	Crashed at Auxerre	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
37450	Zulauf	Franklin Roy	Flying Officer		J/17205		Canada	Bomb Aimer	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV898	ZL-D		Leeming	2220	Nurnberg	Shot down by a night fighter and crashed over Herhahn whilst on a bombing raid to Nuremberg. Crashed Herhohn	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery 14. E. 6.		Personnal date on Paradie RCAF Archive	Halifax LV898, piloted by Squadron Leader J. M. Bissett, DFM was detailed to attack Nuremberg, as part of the main force of 795 aircraft, and was shot down by an enemy night-fighter and crashed at Herhahn, 4km north west of Schleiden, on 30-31 March 1944. All the crew were killed. The raid on Nuremberg on the night of 30-31 March 1944 was the blackest night for Bomber Command in the whole of the War, with some 96 aircraft lost. 'The Bomber Command War Diaries' by Martin Middlebrook gives the following account: ‘This would normally have been the moon and stand down period for the main bomber force but a raid on the distant target of Nuremberg (8 hours round trip) was planned on the basis of a forecast predicting protective high cloud on the outward route. 795 aircraft were despatched. The German Controller ignored all diversions and assembled his fighters at 2 radio beacons which happened to be astride the route to Nuremberg. The first night fighters appeared just before the bombers reached the Belgian border and a fierce battle in the moonlight lasted for the next hour. 82 bombers were lost on the outward route. The action was much reduced on the return flight, when most of the night fighters had had to land but 96 bombers were lost in total, the largest Bomber Command loss of the war. The main raid over Nuremberg was a failure, the city was covered in thick cloud and a fierce cross wind which developed on the final target approach made the Pathfinder aircraft move too far to the East, little damage was caused. Subsequent research showed that 120 aircraft had bombed Schweinfurt, 50 miles to the North West of Nuremberg and that there had been a 10 mile ‘creep back’ in the main bombing.’ Three Halifax’s from 427 Squadron were lost in the raid with only two crew members surviving. 'The Nuremberg Raid' by Martin Middlebrook gives additional information onLV898: ‘At least nine flight commanders went missing, all killed. 427Sqn lost both A and B flight commanders- Squadron Leader’s Bissett, DFM, and Laird, DFC both Manitobans. Bissett’s crew had already caused anxiety on the squadron when starting their second tour by their apparent unconcern at the importance of keeping on course and his loss was not unexpected. In fact, Bissett’s Halifax had crashed almost exactly on track south of Aachen.’