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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
3951	Hurley	Thomas Pearse	Sergeant	411076		Germany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Joint Grave 19. C. 11.	Age 26				RNZAF			1942-09-10										Killed		Son Of Jerome Joseph And Mary Agnes Hurley, Of Spreydon, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3952	Hurley	John Joseph	Flight Lieutenant	66003		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 65.	Age				RAFVR		489Sqn (RNZAF)	1942-08-11										Killed
3953	Hurst	Leslie	Sergeant	428761		New Zealand, Auckland Provincial Memorial,	Age 20				RNZAF			1943-05-18										Killed
3954	Hurt	H	Flight Sergeant									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-13	Stirling	III	EE886	AA-L		Mepal	110	Aachen	Crashed at base on return	Injured
3955	Hutcheson	Ian Cameron	Flying Officer	NZ412694		Auzebosc Churchyard. Row 7. Grave 3.	1916-08-04	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter	137Sqn	1944-08-27	Typhoon	Ib	MN803	SF-V		RAF Coulombs, Normandy		Ramrod	Encountered flak, although Flying Officer Hutcheson baled out but he was killed.	Killed		Archive Report Son of Hugh Wilson Hutcheson and Mary Jane Cameron Hutcheson (nee Robertson), Hastings, New Zealand.
3956	Hutcheson	Ian Cameron	Flying Officer	412694		France, Auzebosc Churchyard, Row 7. Grave 3.	Age				RNZAF		137Sqn (RAF)	1944-08-27										Killed
3957	Hutchinson	Geoffrey Douglas	Flight Sergeant	402188		Germany, Sage War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 11. B. 3-5.	Age 27				RNZAF		83Sqn (RAF)	1942-04-09										Killed		Son Of John Hutchinson And Of Ann Eliza Hutchinson (Nee Morrison), Of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
3958	Hutchinson	Mervyn Gillard	Flying Officer	416862		Germany, Hanover War Cemetery, 5. H. 5.	Age 28				RNZAF		101Sqn (RAF)	1944-03-31										Killed		Son Of James Gillard Hutchinson And Rosine Jane Hutchinson, Of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3959	Hutchinson	M G	Flying Officer			Hannover War Cemetery					RNZAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	LM463	SR-K		Ludford Magna	2150	Nurnberg	Exploded near Dillenburg	Killed
3960	Hutchinson	Geoffrey Douglas	Flight Sergeant	NZ/402188		Sage War Cemetery Plot 11 Row B Collective Grave 3-5	1915		Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	83Sqn	1942-04-08	Manchester	I	L7427	OL-Q		Scampton	2215	Hamburg	Last heard on W/T at 0010 and thought to be in Lastrup area. Claim by Fw Gerhard Goerke 1/NJG3 - West of Lastrup South East of Cloppenburg at 0049. Also claimed by Flak of 1/schw Res Flak Abt 603 (unknown type near Lastrup - Cloppenburg 0045, in cooperation with Nachtjagd) Flak claim marked VME and later officially rejected, victory credited to Fw Goerke. Probably also claimed by Marine Flak of 1-5/Marine Flak Abt 274 ( Manchester in predicted barrage at over Innenjade/Nordergrunden 23:58) Marine Flak claim confirmed. Date unknown.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 - Theo Boiten)	Killed		Son of John Hutchinson and of Ann Eliza Hutchinson (nee Morrison), of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
3961	Hutchison	William Cochrane	Sergeant	40793		Egypt, Alamein Memorial, Column 266.	Age 37				RNZAF		104Sqn (RAF)	1942-07-15										Killed		Son Of John And Helen Hutchison; Husband Of Dora Annie Hutchison, Of Dover, England.
3962	Hutson	Leslie James	Warrant Officer	41590		Leopoldsburg War Cemetery VII.E.4		New Zealander	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	156 Sqn	1945-02-03	Lancaster	III	PB505	GT-F		Upwood	16:46	Bottrop	See Archive Report for details	KiA			Read Archive Report
3963	Hutt	George Alister	Flight Sergeant	41914		Germany, Becklingen War Cemetery, 11. E. 6.	Age 25				RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-29										Killed		Son Of George Arthur Hutt And Of Elizabeth Jane Hutt (Nee Cairns), Of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3964	Hutt	G A	Flight Sergeant			Becklingen War Cemetery					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-28	Wellington	III	BJ599	AA-		Feltwell		Hamburg	Crashed at Steinbeck Germany	Killed
3965	Hutton	Lindsay David	Flying Officer	41173		New Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 4.	Age 23				RNZAF			1943-11-16										Killed
3966	Hyams	Arthur Joseph	Flight Lieutenant	391837		New Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 3.	Age 31				RNZAF			1943-06-25										Killed
3967	Hyde	William J.	Sergeant	1895228		None - understood to have survived the war		British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	ND756	AA-M		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2200	Stuttgart	See Archive report for further details	Evaded capture - returned to England September 1944		Protected by Maquis till liberated. Attacker Attacker Operational Record Evaded capture and left for England on Thursday, 07th September 1944 via Paris.	Read Archive Report
3968	Hyde	Galbraith Michael Bullen	Sergeant	413420				New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1942-11-06	Stirling	I	R9185	HA-Y		Downham Market	1656	Gardening	Shot down by naval AAA fire. Crashed at Lambarquet France	PoW - Interned at Stalag 344 Lamsdorf	Accident report
3969	Hyde	Jack Edwin	Flight Sergeant	416637				New Zealander	Bomb Aimer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-11-19	Stirling	III	LJ442	JN:F		RAF Mepal	17:01	Leverkusen	Claimed by Lt. Otto Fries, his 4th Abschuss, from 5.NJG1 near Horrues, 3 - 4 km north of Soignies at 4.100 m. at 19:59 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 1102, Stalag Luft 4
3970	Hyde	Reginald Jack	SLdr					New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	66Sqn 261Sqn 197Sqn						5							Ace
3971	Hyndman	John Thomas William	Flight Sergeant	42406		United Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 2. A. 1A.	Age 23				RNZAF		487Sqn	1944-01-30										Killed		Son Of Robert And Jessie Harmont Hyndman, Of Morrinsville, Auckland, New Zealand.
3972	Hyndman	John Thomas William	Flight sergeant	NZ/42406		Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 2A.1A			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1944-01-30	Mosquito	FB. VI.	HX916	EG-A		RAF Hudson, Hertfordshire	1100	Northern France	See archive report for further details	Killed		Read Archive Report
3973	Hynes	Brian Maurice	Flight Lieutenant	415971		Germany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 31. G. 14.	Age 26				RNZAF		115Sqn (RAF)	1944-10-28										Killed		Son Of Thomas George Hynes And Of Rosita Amelia Hynes (Nee Romero), Of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
3974	Hynes	Brian Maurice	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/415971		Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 31.G.14			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-10-28	Lancaster	I	NF960	KO-R		RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire	1305	Koln	See archive report for further details	Murdered shortly after capture		Read Archive Report
3975	Hynes	Brian Maurice	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/415971		Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 31.G.14			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	42 Operational Training Unit	1943-06-30	Whitley	v	BD351	Not known		RAF Ashbourne, Derbyshire		Training	See archive report for further details	Injured - Murdered 28/10/44		Read Archive Report
3976	Ibbotson	Geoffrey	Sergeant	1684589		Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 6. K. 6.					RAFVR	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-01-21	Halifax	V	LL190	KN-N		Elvington	1951	Magdeburg	Attacked by nightfighter	Killed Age 20		On the night of 21-22 January 1944, during a sortie to Magdeburg, his aircraft was attacked and shot down by a night fighter; only one member of crew survived to be taken PoW, Flight Sergeant R. R. J. Simpson, RNZAF
3977	Ibbotson	Clive Gaby	Flying Officer	NZ/411509	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand Bourail Memorial	Bourail Memorial. Panel 4.	Age 19	New Zealander	Navigator		RNZAF	Pacific Theatre	4 Squadron (RNZAF)	1942-07-25	Hudson	III	NZ2028	YZ-?		Nadi, Fiji	09:10	Transit Flight	See Archive Report for details	Missing - beloved killed		Born on the 11th November 1922 in Wellington. Educated at Wellington College. Employed as a clerk by the Union Bank of Australia Ltd. Enlisted at the Initial Training wing, Levin on the 02nd March 1941. Trained in Canada at No. 10 Service Plying Trainine School, Dauphin, Manitoba in June 1941. Obtained his Air-Observers Badge on the 12th August 1941. On September 28th he was posted to No. 6 Air Observers School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Son of Cyril Arthur and Doris Aplin Ibbotson (née Gaby), of Auckland City, New Zealand.	Archive report on the loss
3978	Ibbotson	Jack Kendrick	Flight Sergeant	402189		Italy, Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, I. F. 17.	Age 21				RNZAF		21Sqn (RAF)	1942-02-04										Killed		Son Of Harry Ibbotson, And Of Dorothy Gladys Ibbotson (Nee Harper), Of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire, England.
3979	Ibbotson	Clive Gaby	Flying Officer	411509		New Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 4.	Age 19				RNZAF			1942-07-25										Killed		Son Of Cyril Arthur And Doris Aplin Ibbotson, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
3980	Ihaia	Mita	Leading Aircraftman	428653		New Zealand, Whakatane (Hillcrest) Public Cemetery, S. 32.	Age				RNZAF			1946-08-10										Killed
3981	Imrie	G B	Flight Sergeant			Frederikshaven Cemetery Denmark					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-11-04	Stirling	III	BK778	JN-U		Mepal	1600	Gardening	Crashed at Berstedgaard Denmark	Killed
3982	Imrie	George Burns	Flight Sergeant	422676		Denmark, Frederikshavn Cemetery, Allied Plot. Grave 51.	Age 22				RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-11-04										Killed		Son Of David And Kathleen Margaret Imrie, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
3983	Inder	Eric Charles	Sergeant	403008		Belgium, Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Joint Grave, Row V. 6-7.	Age 31				RNZAF			1942-04-27										Killed		Son Of Walter Kent Inder And Daisy Bertha Inder, Of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.
3984	Inder	E C	Sergeant			Charleroi Communal Belgium					RNZAF	Bomber Command	27 OTU	1942-04-27	Wellington	IC	Z8901	?-V		Lichfield	2241	Nickel	Crashed at Sautour Belgium	Killed
3985	Ingham	J P	Flying Officer			Durnbach War Cemetery						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-23	Stirling	III	BF459	JN-G		Mepal	1945	Mannheim	Crashed at Lampertheim	Killed
3986	Ingham	John Paul	Flying Officer	132331		Germany, Durnbach War Cemetery, 2. C. 23.	Age				RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-23										Killed
3987	Ingley	Raymond Thomas	Leading Aircraftman	421512		Canada, Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba, Lot 98. Block A. Sec. 27.	Age 24				RNZAF			1943-05-28										Killed		Son Of Raymond Colin And Vera Constance Ingley Of Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand.
3988	Inglis	William Gordon Lloyd	Sergeant	NZ/411758	Courtesy NAA	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 9.H.2	Age 27	New Zealander	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-11	Wellington	III	BJ625	AA-T		RAF Feltwell, Norfolk		Mainz	See archive report for further details and photographs	Killed		Born on the 20th January 1915 in Dannevirke. Son of William (died 1932, age 51) and Mary Agnes Inglis (née Ridler/Smith - died 15th March 1917, age 31) foster son of Mrs. Rose Retter (née Rasmussen - died 14th November 1983, age 88), of Ruaroa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. 150 flying hours logged and thought to be on his 7th operational sortie.	Read Archive Report on this incident
3989	Inglis	J R	Sergeant	979322		Rheinberg War Cemetery						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-10	Stirling	III	BF456	AA-J		Newmarket	.0006.	Frankfurt	?	Killed
3990	Inglis	William Gordon Lloyd	Sergeant	411758		Germany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 9. H. 2.	Age 27				RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1942-08-12										Killed		Son Of William And Agnes Inglis; Foster-Son Of Mrs. R. Retter, Of Ruaroa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
3991	Inglis	James Robertson	Sergeant	979322		Germany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, 18. E. 2.	Age				RAFVR		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-11										Killed
3992	Ingram	William Ritchie	Flight Sergeant	42196		Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery Sec. G. Row D. Grave 18.	Age 22	New Zealand			RNZAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-11-22	Lancaster	I	LL949	LE-E		East Kirkby	1626	Trondheim	On return journey crashed into Sunk Island Sands near Humber Estuary. Possible pilot error. Possible fuel exhaustion	Killed		Son Of Duncan Ritchie Ingram And Of Elizabeth Crockor Ingram (Nee Revell), Of Harrogate. May have died on 1944-11-23	Bio Auckland Museum
3993	Ingram	Mervin Robert 'Bruce'	SLdr					New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	611Sqn 601Sqn 243Sqn 152Sqn						14 [8+6]					Killed 1944-07-11		Ace 933
3994	Ingram	Mervyn Robert Bruce	Squadron Leader	402190		India, Imphal War Cemetery, 1. C. 2.	Age 22			DFC	RNZAF			1944-07-11										Killed		Son Of Charles William Nepean Ingram And Of Jemima Moir Webster Ingram (Nee Ramage), Of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
3995	Ingrey	R	Sergeant									Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-11-04	Stirling	III	BF461	AA-B		Mepal	1601	Gardening	Crashed at Kallerup	PoW
3996	Innes	O A	Sergeant	NZ421935		Runnymede					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	I	EF398	AA-A		Newmarket	2332	Wuppertal	Shot down by night fighter	Killed
3997	Innes	Owen Alfred	Sergeant	21935		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 199.	Age 22				RNZAF		75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-30										Killed
3998	Innes	Geoffrey James	Warrant Officer	421974		New Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 6.	Age 30				RNZAF			1944-09-09										Killed		Son Of Dudley Innes And Of Marguerite Innes (Nee Mckelvie); Husband Of Joyce E. G. Innes, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
3999	Innes-Jones	Edgar Mostyn	Flying Officer	40769		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 114.	Age 30				RNZAF		602Sqn (RAF)	1942-07-13										Killed
4000	Innes-Jones	Edgar Mostyn	F/O	NZ/40769		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 114	Age 30	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter	602Sqn	1942-07-13	Spitfire	Vb	BM182	LO-?		RAF Redhill, Surrey	1415	Circus 199	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed		Born 21st November 1911 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A self employed accountant prior to enlisting on the 12th March 1940. Son of Mostyn Humphrey and Mabel Innes-Jones (née Studholme) of Te Kuiti, North Island, brother of Mrs Rosalind Mostyn Barker, Mangapehi of North Island. 971 flying hours logged. 22 operational sorties	Read Archive Report