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#	Name*	First Names	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
4051	Thomson	E L	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	HK564	AA-P		Mepal	2144	Russelheim	Crashed at Ouren {Liege}	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
4052	Thomson	G D	Flight Sergeant	NZ42317					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-25	Stirling	III	BK768	AA-L		Newmarket	2335	Gelsenkirchen	crashed into IJsselmeer	Killed	Harderwijk General Cemetery
4053	Thomson	Jack	Flight Sergeant	Jack			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-02	Stirling	III	EH928	AA-A		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2314	Hamburg	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 199			Read Archive Report
4054	Thomson	J S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-23	Stirling	III	EH936	JN-W		Mepal	1926	Mannheim	Crashed at Dirmstein	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
4055	Thomson	James Williamson	Flying Officer	40667	7th August 1916 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand	New Zealand	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	20OTU	1942.01.19	Wellington	Ic	R1646			RAF Lossiemouth		Training	Took off on a cross-country flight and failed to return at the scheduled time. On or around the 19th February the police relayed a message to Lossiemouth indicating that the wreckage of an aircraft had been reported in the vicinity of Clunie Water (or Clunie Glen) near Braemar in Aberdeenshire. Three days later, a service party struggled across the snow-covered countryside and confirmed that the remains were those of the Wellington. From evidence gathered at the scene it seemed likely that the bomber came down at around 12:50 hrs. Of the eight members of the crew six were recovered but only two had been identified. The remaining two crew members were recovered after the weather had permitted access to the crash site	KiA	Dyce Old Churchyard Grave 12			DFC awarded on the 18th September 1941. Believed to be with 75 (New Zealand) Squadron at the time Son of James and Laura Jean Thomson, of Omaru, Otago, New Zealand
4056	Thornber	Ernest Garfield	Flying Officer	J/13792	Age 27	Canada	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-03	Ventura	I	AE780	EG-S		RAF Methwold, Norfolk	1643	Ramrod 16	See Archive report	Killed	Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery/ Plot 69. Row C. Collective grave 9.	Courtesy Operation Picture Me	Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 03rd January 1916 at Manitoba, Canada. Previous to service worked for Canadian Aways and Wings Limited. Enjoyed playing the guitar and often entertained the family. Enlisted in the RCAF in August 1941. Son of Ernest James Thornber (died 21st August 1965, age 71 and Laura Maude Thornber (died 03rd January 1955), of 717 Fleet Avenue, St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Brother of four sisters and three brothers.	Archive Report on loss
4057	Thornley	S R	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	III	BF561	AA-O		Newmarket	2314	Wuppertal	Crashed Gladbeck-Rentfort	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
4058	Thornton	R J	Warrant Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-11-09	Lancaster	II	DS787	JI-G2		Waterbeach	1611	Kamen	Crashed at Lerche	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
4059	Thorpe	G	Sergeant	523426			Observer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-05-21	Wellington	Ic	R3157	AA-H		RAF Feltwell	2120	Dinant	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 5399 Camp: L3 - Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - thought to have survived the war			Read Archive Report
4060	Thorpe	N H	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-02-26	Lancaster	I	ME450	AA-W		Mepal	1052	Dortmund	Crashed near Chatteris Cambs on return	Killed	Ilford [Barkingside] Cemetery
4061	Thorpe	E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-10-04	Stirling	III	EF130	JN-M		Mepal	1850	Frankfurt	Crashed Russelsheim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
4062	Thorstensen	F W	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-23	Stirling	III		JN-K		Mepal	2104	Berlin	Crashed near Lanke	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
4063	Threadgold	R W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-25	Stirling	III	EE892	AA-F		Mepal	2239	Essen	Crashed off Southwold SFK	KIlled	Runnymede
4064	Thurston	R	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-12-06	Lancaster	I	HK574	AA-R		Mepal	1713	Leuna	Ditched in River Orwell Near Ipswich
4065	Thurston	William George Duncan	Pilot Officer	NZ/41376	Age 27	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	37Sqn	1942-06-19	Wellington	X	DV669	LF-W		LG 09 - Bir Koralyim, Egypt	2000	Benghazi, Libya	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Benghazi War Cemetery. Grave 6.G.7	br>		Born on the 02nd June 1915 at Heriot. Worked as a wool classer for Williams and Kettle Ltd at Napier. Enlisted at Levin on the 18th January 1941. trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School. Pilots badge awarded on the 25th May 1941 and commissioned on the 05th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 22nd July 1941. Further training with 20 and 15 Operational Training Units before joining 44 squadron on the 23rd December 1941. Flew a Wellington to Egypt via Gibraltar and Malta on the 30th January 1942. Crewed a Wellington flown by F/O. Kauter to Egypt via Gibraltar and Malta on the 30th March 1942. Joined 37 squadron on the 23rd April 1942. Son of Frederick John Brooks Thurston and of Mary Thurston (née Crossan), of Heriot, Otago, New Zealand and husband of Hazel White Thurston (née McCallum), of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 340 flying hours logged and on his 11th operational sortie.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
4066	Thwaite	Thomas Richard	Flight Sergeant	NZ/4215760	Age 20	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1945-04-26	Lancaster	I	PD339	VN-J		RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	1645	Exodus	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley) Plot H/3. Grave 94.	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 26th May 1924 at Frankton Junction. Worked as a farmer on his fathers farm at Kaipaki prior to service. After serving with the ATC he enlisted on the 04th December 1942 at Levin. After training in Canada awarded his navigators badge and promoted to sergeant on the 25th February 1944. Joined 50 squadron on the 21st January 1945. Son of Thomas Thwaite and of Josephine Thwaite (nee Coyle) of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand. 402 flying hours logged. Completed 14 operational sorties.	Archive Report
4067	Tickle	D J	Flight Sergeant	NZ2416183					RNZAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1943-06-22	Stirling	III	BK656	LS-A		Mildenhall	2330	Mulheim	Crasjed SW of Otterlo Holland	Killed	Ede General Cemeterey
4068	Tietjens	S M	Sergeant	NZ415640					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-23	Stirling	III	BK783	AA-Q		Newmarket	2315	Dortmund	Crashed SSW Culemborg Holland	Killed	Beesd General Cemetery
4069	Tindle	George William	Flight Sergeant	417128	4th April 1920 in Hawera South Taranaki District Taranaki New Zealand	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command, 8 (PFF) Group	7 Sqn	1943-11-23	Lancaster	III	JA932	MG:M		Oakington	17:16	Berlin	JA932 was claimed by Ofw. Heinz Vinke, his 33rd Abschuss, from 11./NJG1 over the Wanndensea near Oudeschild at 4.700 m at 18:26 hrs. The aircraft crashed at Oudeschild on Texel.	Killed	Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Plot K. Row 2. Grave 46.			Son of Muriel Harrop (née Lockley), of Auroa, Taranaki, New Zealand; husband of Myrtle Pearl Tindle, of Manaia, Taranaki.
4070	Tinker	Walter Ross	Flying Officer	NZ/422078	Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot	DFC .	RNZAF	Bomber Command	69Sqn	1945-02-08	Wellington	XIII	NC573	Z		RAF B58 Melsbroeck	21	Reconnaissance	See archive report for further details	Killed	Brussels Town Centre Cemetery. Grave: X.28.22	Courtesy NZ Wargraves Project and Ross Tinker		Born on the 10th November 1919 at Christchurch. Worked as a warehouseman for John Burns an Company Limited prior to service. Served 4 years in the territorial army. Enlisted on the 19th March 1942 at Rongotal. Trained at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 13th October 1943 then to No. 2 Service Flying Training School joining on the 02nd January 1943. Awarded his pilots badge on the 15th March 1943 and promoted to sergeant on the 06th May 1943. Embarked for England on the 29th Mat 1943. After further training with 83 Operational Training Unit which he joined on the 29th February 1943 received his commission on the 06th May 1944. Joined 69 squadron on the 24th May 1944. Son of Walter David Tinker and of Olive Rosa Tinker (Nee Bates), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Awarded the DFC on the 21st February 1945. A total of 576 Flying hours logged and on his 31st operational sortie.	Read Archive Report
4071	Tirikatene	John Aperehama	Sergeant	NZ/422634	Age 21	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Pacific Theatre	4 OTU (RNZAF)	1044-06-06	Warhawk	P-40M	NZ3112	-		RNZAF Ardmore, New Zealand	08:15	Training	See archive report for additional details	Killed	Kaiapoi Maori Cemetery (Old North Road).	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 19th April 1923 in Lyttelton, Christchurch. Educated at Rotorua Native School and Wesley Training College, Paerata. Worked as an electrical wireman for H.C. Urlwin Ltd., Christchurch. Enlisted at Harewood on the 11th May 1942. Awarded the flying badge with effect from 21st February 1944 and promoted to Sergeant on the 15th April 1944. Joined 4 OTU on the 30th April 1944. A total of 288 flying hours logged with 51 on the Warhawk. Son of the Sir Eruera Tihema Tirikatene, (M.P. - died 11th January 1967, age 72) and Lady Ruti Matekino Tirikatene (née Horomona - died 20th April 1980, age 81), of North Road, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand.	Archive report of incident
4072	Titcomb	W A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-07-28	Wellington	III	BJ661	AA-		RAF Feltwell, Norfolk		Hamburg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Harderwijk General Cemetery			Read Archive Report
4073	Tod	Richard Douglas	Warrant Officer Class II	R/91741		Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-22	Stirling	III	EH889	AA-Z		Newmarket	2348	Mulheim	Shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter flown by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1. Crashed in IJsselmeer	Killed	Medemblik General Cemetery, Grave 249. Netherlands.		Accident report	Twin brother of WO2 Robert Ernest Tod also KIA in same aircraft. todx	Paradie RCAF Database
4074	Tod	Robert Ernest	Sergeant	R/91742		Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-10	Stirling	III	BF455	AA-Y		RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2355	Frankfurt	Hit by A.A. fire and enemy night fighter. Ran out of petrol and ditched in Channel off Shoreham Sussex. See archive report for further details	Rescued	Later: Medemblik General Cemetery. Grave 249		Accident report	Born on the 19th February 1920. Son of Alexander (died 18th September 1937, age 68) and Mary Edith Tod (died 18th February 1969, age 90), of 39 St. Vital Road, St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada. Grave inscription: 'To Save Mankind - Yourself You Scorned To Save'. Twin brother of Sgt Richard Douglas Tod also on board. Information courtest Francois Dutil todx	Archive report Paradie RCAF Database
4075	Tod	Robert Ernest	Warrant Officer Class II	R/91742		Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-22	Stirling	III	EH889	AA-Z		Newmarket	2348	Mulheim	Shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter flown by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1. Crashed in IJsselmeer	Killed	Medemblik General Cemetery, Grave 250. Netherlands		Accident Report	Twin brother of WO2 Richard Douglas Tod also KIA in same aircraft. todx	Paradie RCAF Database
4076	Tod	Richard Douglas	Sergeant	R/91741		Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-10	Stirling	III	BF455	AA-Y		RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2355	Frankfurt	Hit by A.A. fire and enemy night fighter. Ran out of petrol and ditched in Channel off Shoreham Sussex.	Rescued	Later: Medemblik General Cemetery. Grave 250		Accident report	Born on the 19th February 1920. Son of Alexander (died 18th September 1937, age 68) and Mary Edith Tod (died 18th February 1969, age 90), of 39 St. Vital Road, St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada. Grave inscription: 'Your Memory Hallowed" In The Land You Loved"'.<> Twin brother of Sgt Robert Ernest Tod also on board Information courtesy Francois Dutil todx	Archive report Paradie RCAF Database
4077	Todd	Alan Walter	Flight Sergeant	421338			Bomb Aimer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-01-30	Lancaster	II	LL648	KO-B		Witchford	1728	Berlin	See archive report for details	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery				Read Archive Report
4078	Todd	Duncan Luin	Sergeant	NZ/404575	Age 29	New Zealand	Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1941-12-11	Hampden	I	AE148	EQ-B		RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire	1715	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Killed	Odense Cemetery (Assistens). Grave BD. 358	courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection		Read Archive Report
4079	Todd	Cecil	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/411795			Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A		Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2. Grave 218			Read Archive Report
4080	Todman	Alfred William	Sergeant	NZ/404969	Age 22	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	1Sqn (RNZAF)	1942-02-25	Vildebeest	III	NZ114	-		RNZAF Whenupapai	730	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Waikumete Cemetery. Protestant Soldiers Area G Row 5 Grave 70	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 16th September 1919 in Wanganui. Educated at Wanganui Technical College. A porter for New Zealand Railways. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training 01st December 1940. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 20th January 1941. 1st solo on the 27th January 1941. With No. 2 Flying Training School 03rd March 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 14th April 1941. Promoted to sergeant on the 24th May 1941. With 1 squadron flying the Vincent on the 02nd June 1941. 'A' Civil flying licence gained on the 16th September 12941. With 2 squadron flying the Vincent and Vildebeest on the 17th October 1941. With Air Headquarters 19th December 1941. Joined 1 squadron on the late December 1941. A total of 349 hours logged with 267 solo and 192 on the Vildebeest. Son of William (died 20th August 1952, age 69) and Martha Carpendale Todman (née Beaumont) - died 14th September 1968, age 75), of Domain Road, Whakatane, husband of Hanna May Mavis Todman (née Frankland), of Taneatua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
4081	Toller	R W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-15	Wellington	Ic	X3205	AA-		Feltwell		Hamburg	Crashed in target area	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery
4082	Tolley	Alan Gray	Pilot Officer	NZ/411954	AGE 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-20	Stirling	III	BF506	AA-P		RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2205	Heinkel Factory at Rostock	See Archive report for further details. Shot down by Ofw. Rudolf Mangelsdorf 12./NJG3 crashed at B̦balle, Denmark	Killed	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Coll. grave A.11. 11-14			Born on the 03rd July 1922 at Christchurch. Worked as a messenger for P and T Department in Wellington. New Zealand Corps of Signals July 1938. Enlisted in Levin as air gunner under training on the 27th October 1940. Embarked for Canadian the 06th January 1941. Trained at No. 8 Bomber Gunnery School 18th August 1941. Embarked for England on the 12th October 1941. Further training with No. 42 Operational Training Unit flying on the Wellington 27th May 1942, flew 1 operational sortie. Re-mustered as as air gunner on the 13th March 1942 and promoted to sergeant. 1665 Operational Training Unit 25th August flying the Sterling, flew 2 operational sorties. Joined 90 squadron on the 13th November 1942 carrying out 1 operational sorties. Assigned to 75 squadron 29th January 1943 carrying out 9 operational sorties. Son of Lt. Charles Henry (MiD NZ Rifle Brigade. Justice of the peace - died 18th June 1957, age 75) and Margaret Crawford Salt (née Boa - died 16th January 1936, age 38) of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
4083	Tolley	A G	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-11-29	Stirling	I	BK609	AA-R		Newmarket	.0005.	Torino	Turned back crashed Bradwell Bay Essex
4084	Tomlinson	K A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-11	Wellington	Ic	R1038	AA-		Feltwell		Kiel	?	Killed	Runnymede
4085	Tompkins	Phillip Edwin	Flying Officer	157922			W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	ME691	AA-R		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2335	Homberg	Crashed at Veghel {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands			Son of Edwin George and Gladys Elizabeth Tompkins of Merton Park, Surrey, husband of Joan Grace Tompkins, of Merton Park, England.	Read Archive Report
4086	Tones	John Robert	Flight Sergeant	NZ/39287	Age 30	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-07-31	Lancaster	III	LM585	HW-S		RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire (known as Waltham)	2156	Foret-de-Nieppe	See Archive report	Killed	Haverskerque British Cemetery. Row B. Grave 20.	Courtesy AWMM	Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 09th September 1913 at Winlaton, County Durham in Englan. left for New Zealand around 1931. Worked as a miner for Dobson Colleries prior to service. Enlisted at Burnhamon the 11th September 1940, initially as a parachute packer. Remustered as a pilot under training on the 27th July 1942. Trained with No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on the 05th September 1942. On the 19th October 1942. He was injured on the 19th October 1942 after falling out of an aircraft doing a slow roll and made a parachute descent recovering in hospital. Continued training with No. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 06th February 1943 at Wigram. Pilots badge awarder on the 12th April 1943 and promoted to sergeant on the 05th June 1943. Embarked for England on the 20th June 1943. Further training with 11 Operational Training Unit and then with 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit on the 12th May 1944, before going No. 3 Lancaster Finishing Unit on the 06th July 1944. Joining 100 squadron on the 13th July 1944. Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Tones (née Nichol), of Blaydon, Co. Durham, England. Husband of Maisie Ethel Tones 9née Clark), of Wellington City, New Zealand. A total of 491 flying hours logged and on his 4th operational sortie.	Archive Report on loss
4087	Tong	H	Flying Officer	NZ416648					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	I	EF398	AA-A		Newmarket	2332	Wuppertal	Shot down by night fighter	Killed	Runnymede
4088	Tong		Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-02-21	Wellington	Ic	T2547	AA-		Feltwell	1910	Wilhelmshaven	Crashed at base on return
4089	Tonkin	D N	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-24	Wellington	III	BJ725	AA-		Mildenhall		Milano	Crashed near Valenciennes France	Killed	St Roch Communal
4090	Toohey	Edward Wallace	Warrant Officer	416672	1922	New Zealander	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-06-15	Lancaster	I	LL888	AA:X		Mepal	23:09	Valenciennes	Claim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 9./NJG5 - Cambrai/Lille/Valenciennes area: 2,000m at 00:52. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed Rieux-en-Cambresis (Nord) 9km ENE of Cambrai.	Killed	Rieux Communal Cemetery, Grave 5			Six of the crew were found. with the wreckage. The seventh, and RAF member of the crew, appears to have died on baling out, his body being found by local inhabitants a few km to the NW. He was buried at Iway before being reinterred alongside his comrades at Rieux. Son of Edward Cornelius Toohey and of Alexandra Toohey (nee Wallace), of Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand
4091	Toombs	H W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-03	Ventura	I	AE798	EG-D		Methwold	1643	Ramrod 16	Presumed lost over the sea	Killed	Sage War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
4092	Toombs	H W	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Ventura	II	AE877	EG-		Methwold	1600	Haarlem	Damaged at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
4093	Toon	Kenneth Alan	Warrant Officer	NZ/415206	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U		Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Killed	Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2. Coll. Grave 1-3.	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire		Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
4094	Toon	K A	Sergeant	NZ2415206					RNZAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-03-29	Halifax	II	W7939	EY-		Linton on Ouse	2136	Berlin	Abandoned crashed N Grimston
4095	Toothill	K H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-15	Wellington	Ic	X3205	AA-		Feltwell		Hamburg	Crashed in target area	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery
4096	Topham	Edwin	Flight Lieutenant	411955	18th November1917	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	91Sqn						10					Survived the war	Matamata Cemetery, New Zealand	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Ace/ Wings were awarded on the 28th of September, 1942. Married to Aileen Topham who died on the 30th of December 2009 (age 91). Edwin died 25 May 1997 (aged 79)
4097	Torkington	William John Henry	Flight Sergeant	4210014	Age 21	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Far East	4 Sqn (NZ)	1945-07-01	Ventura	PV-I	NZ4607	MSN: 6205		RNZAF Emirau	07:07	Medium-level strike	See archive report for details.	Seriously injured - died later that day	Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery. Grave 5.1	Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery		See archive report for comprehensive biography details: Son of William Francis and Nancy Gertrude Torkington, of 8 Bruges Avenue, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand.	Archive report of incident
4098	Torrance	M A	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1942-10-16	Stirling	I	BF392	OJ-D		Lakenheath	1830	Gardening	Crashed near Ile d'Yeu	Killed	Port Joinville Communal
4099	Torrance	B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-01-23	Stirling	I	R9248	AA-H		Newmarket	1746	Lorient	Crashed at St Thegonnec France	Killed	St Thegonnec Communal
4100	Tottman	David James	Pilot Officer	NZ/411473	Age24	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1942-11-06	Stirling	I	W7620	MG-L		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	1659	Gardening	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117	Courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection		Born on the 15th December 1917 at Palmerston North, the son of Edward Tottman and of Mary Tottman, (née Morton), of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. Worked as a clerk for P and T savings Bank prior to enlisting on the 02nd March 1941. A total of 391 flying hours logged and on his 12th operational sortie	Read Archive Report