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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)	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
4101	Wadeson	Thomas Edward	Sergeant	RAFVR			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-02	Stirling	III	BF577	JN-M (C Flight)		Mepal	2331	Hamburg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery. Collective grave 4A.D.10-12		Read Archive Report
4102	Wadey	Desmond Percy	Sergeant	NZ/412371	Age 25	New Zealand	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-28-06	Wellington	X	X3173	KY-M		RAF Bassingbourn	410	Training	See Archive report for further details	Injured			Born on the 26th September 1917, survived the war. Retired as a Fl/Lt. on the 26th September 1972. Died on the 28th March 1983, age 63, buried on the 08th April 1983 at Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand. Son of George Wadey (died 05th May 1938, age 48) and Ethel Elizabeth Wadey (née Paul - died 17th December 1953, age 64), husband of Eileen Elizabrth Wadey (died 01st June 2004, age 87)	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
4103	Waerea	T H	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-09-27	Stirling	III	EH877	JN-C		Mepal	1957	Hannover	Crashed Sarstedt	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
4104	Wain	John Herbert	Flying Officer	NZ/421945	Age 33	New Zealand	Navigator	DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-01	Lancaster	III	ND901	MG-B		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2245	Chambly, France	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Nointel Communal Cemetery. Collective grave	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 07th December 1910 at Tomato. Prior to service worked as a motor mechanic for C.L. Rhodes at Christchurch. Enlisted at Rotorua on the 21st March 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 29th May 1942. After training received his air observers badge and promoted to sergeant on the 09th October 1942, receiving his commission on the same date. Embarked for England on the 28th October 1942. Further training with 11 Operational Training Unit joining on the 03rd May 1941. Then to 1665 Heavy Conversion Operational Training Unit joining on the 29th June 1943. Joined 75 Squadron on the 29th August 1943 flying the Sterling and completed 16 operational sorties. Joined 7 squadron January 1944 and awarded his PFF badge on the 18th April 1944. Son of Frederick William and Mary Sophia Wain (nee Hille - died 16th January 1929, age 50). Husband of Edith Mildred Wain (nee Skinner), of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 541 flying hours logged and on his 30th operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
4105	Wainwright	A Edward	Sergeant	1355493			Wireless Operator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-03-25	Wellington	III	X3652	AA-O		Feltwell		Essen	Hit by 1 & 3/schw Res Flak Abt 472. 3/schw Res Flak Abt 134 and 1/schw Res Flak Abt. Belly landed at Duisburg-Kasslerfeld. Time unknown. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 - Theo Boiten).	PoW No. 24813 Dulag Luft/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/ Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria			Promoted to Warrant Officer whilst a PoW. Returned to UK 11 July 1944 (Repatriation ?)
4106	Wainwright	D	Flight Sergeant	1193816						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	W7469	AA-O		Newmarket	2217	Mannheim	Crashed at Katzenbach	PoW
4107	Waite	Aubrey Reginald	Sergeant	575638			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1943-06-11	Stirling	III	BK817	AA:B		Newmarket	23:48	Dusseldorf	BK817 was claimed by Oblt. Wilhelm Telge, his 5th Abschuss, from STABII./NJG1 nr Friodthier, 3 km south of Aubel at 3.600m at 01:35 Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed at Friodthier (Liège), 10 km north of Verviers, Belgium.	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Coll.grave.9.D.2-7		Son of Reginald John and Minnie Rhoda Waite, of Reading, Berkshire
4108	Wakely	N N	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	196Sqn	1943-09-16	Stirling	III	EF114	ZO-H		Witchford	2013	Modane	Crashed at Heurtevent France	Killed	Lisieux Communal
4109	Wakeman	H J	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1942-08-18	Wellington	III	X3371	DX-G		Feltwell	2040	Flensburg	Presumed lost over sea	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery		Archive Report
4110	Wakerley	Joseph James	Flying Officer	1325219 / 169159	Age ?	British	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1945-03-21	Lancaster	I	NG449	AA-T		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	09:45	Munster	Shot down by flak over target area	PoW			No further details - we welcome your contribution	Read Archive Report on this incident
4111	Wal	J A E	Warrant Officer	NZ401294						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-08	Stirling	III	BK770	AA-L
4112	Walden	Gordon Fitzgerald	Flight Sergeant	NZ/402117	Age 26	New Zealand	Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Fighter Command	256Sqn	1942-02-26	Defiant	I	T3995	JT-U	Credited with one enemy aircraft as damaged	RAF Squires Gate, Lancashire	2000	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Lytham St Anne's (Park) Cemetery. Sec. D. Nonconformist. Grave 730	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 13th November 1915 at Foxten. Worked as a storeman at Wanganui prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 28th July 1940. Awarded his air gunners badge and promoted to sergeant on the 21st September 1941. Embarked for England on the 06th October 1940. Joined 256 squadron from 60 Operational Training Unit where it is thought he was an instructor. on the 16th December 1942. Son of Richard and Ada Evelyn Walden (nee Fitzgerald) and husband of Vera Olive Walden (nee Mooney, later Chalk) of 60 Jellicoe Street, Wanganui, New Zealand. Half brother (mothers side) to Fl/Lt. Cecil Todd NZ/411795 RNZAF. Killed on the 05th May 1944 whilst with 7 squadron. Further details here. A total of 222 flying hours logged. Completed 16 operational sorties.	Archive Report
4113	Waldie	Ivan James	LAC	NZ/39480	Age 29	New Zealand	Flight Engineer		RNZAF	Transport	6Sqn (RNZAF)	1943-06-05	Catalina	PB-5	NZ4006	-		RNZAF Luthale Bay, Fiji	430	Ferry flight	See archive report for detailed information	Missing - believed killed	Bourail Memorial. Panel 9		Born on the 19th May 1914 in Dunedin. Son of Robert George and Catherine Christina Waldie (née Ryan), Timaru, New Zealand	Read Archive Report
4114	Waldrom	C K	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	DS720	KO-D		Witchford	1701	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
4115	Walker	George Albert	Sergeant	1332840			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-08-02	Stirling	III	BF577	JN-M (C Flight)		Mepal	2331	Hamburg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery. Grave 4A.D.13		Read Archive Report
4116	Walker	Graham Stuart	Sergeant	NZ/401817	Age 25	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-24	Wellington	Ic	N2854	AA-U		RAF Feltwell, Norfolk	1050	Brest	See Archive report	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 64	AWMM Via Jennifer Lemaire	Born on the 20th May 1916 in Auckland. Worked as a grocery assistant for Self-Help Co-Op Stores Ltd at Te Kuiti. Served in the territorial army for a year before enlisting at Levin on the 02nd of July 1940. Trained at No. 1 Air Observer School and awarded his air gunner badge on the 22nd August 1940 and promoted to sergeant the following day. Embarked for England on the 14th of September 1940. Further training with No. 20 Operational Training Unit commencing 28th December 1940. Finally joining 75 squadron on the the16th of April 1941. Son of Ernest Graham Walker, and of Mary Jane Walker (née Stewart). Stepson of Robert Watson Read, of Te Kuiti, Auckland, New Zealand. Carried out 20 operational sorties.	Archive report
4117	Walker	Stanley James	Flight Lieutenant			New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF		490Sqn RNZAF		Catalina, Sunderland												Posted to 490Sqn RAF JUI FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE 1945-02-14 flying Sunderlands on anti U-boat patrols till end of war. Survived war and returned to New Zealand
4118	Walker	J R	Captain				Pilot		RNZAF USAAF	Fighter	485Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-14	Spitfire	IX	EN564					Ramrod		Killed
4119	Walker	Maxwell Herbert	Sergeant	NZ/411306	Born on the 26th April 1919	New Zealand	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RNZAF	Far East	3Sqn RNZAF	1942-10-16	Hudson	IIIA	NZ2055	Not known		Palikulo Airbase, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu	325	Patrol	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Bourail Memorial, New Caledonia Panel 8.	courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Read Archive Report
4120	Walker	Maurice Newton	Sergeant	NZ/405348	Age 23	New Zealander	Observer		RNZAF	Middle East	1446 Ferry Training Flight . No.1 Overseas Air Despatch Unit. 43 Group	1942-10-23	Wellington	V	HX775	-		Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire	300	Deliver Flight	See Archive report for details - Information courtesy John Jones	Safe. Aircraft struck off charge. Interned			Born 26th of November 1919, at Cambridge, New Zealand. Awarded commission 04th September 1944. Survived the war. Died 22nd September 1997, at Hamilton, age 77. Buried Newstead Cemetery, Hamilton	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
4121	Walker	Basil Alexander	Sergeant	NZ/40782	Age 21	New Zaland	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command - Middle East	38Sqn	1941-05-04	Wellington	IC	W5681	HD-?		Shallufa, Egypt (Fuka)	2000	Benina, Libya	See archive report for further details	Killed	El Alamein War Cemetery. Grave: XII.C.12		Born on the 16th of October 1919 at Christchurch. Worked as a clerk for National Tobacco Company. Enlisted at Levin on the 12th March 1940. 3 Trained with No. 2 Elementary Training School (08th April 1940) No. 2 Flying Training School0 (03rd June 1940). Pilot badge awarded on the 02nd August 1940 and promoted to sergeant on the 21st of Setember 1940. Embarked for England on the 06th October 1940. Further training with 20 Operational Training Unit (03rd December 1940). Joined 75 squadron (13th February 1941) completing 4 operational sorties. Flew a Wellington via Malta to Egypt (08-09 April 1941). Joined 38 squadron (19th April 1941). Son of Herbert Walker, and of Katherine Alice McG. Walker (died 18th January 1967, age 76), of 39 Cameron Road, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. A total of 286 flying hours logged andon his 23rd operational sortie.	Archive report
4122	Walker	Albert Frederick	Flight Sergeant	NZ/425184	Age 34	New Zealand	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Far East	31Sqn (RNZAF)	1944-07-01	Avenger	TBF-IC	NZ2512	-		Piva Bomber Strip, Bougainville	820	Strike	See archive report for full details	Killed	Port Moresby War Cemetery (Bomana). Joint grave C8. A. 11-12		Born on the 28th March 1910 atTe Aroha, Waikato. Worked as a sheet metal worker for D. Henry and Company Ltd in Auckland. Served for 3 years in territorial army. Enlisted at Hobsonville on the 30th May 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 02nd October 1942. Air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant on the 26th July 1943. Returned to New Zealand on the 18th January 1944 after a period as staff wireless operator. Joined 31 squadron on the 04th February 1944 and carried out 25 operational sorties. Moved to South Pacific with the squadron on the 23rd May 1944. Son of Frederick Angus Stanley and Marie Walker (née Guilding) and husband of Mabel Annie Walker (née Wrigley) of Pt. Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand.	Archive report
4123	Wallace	J T	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1941-08-12	Wellington	Ic	Z8835	KO-U		Marham	2127	Essen	?	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery
4124	Wallace	R F	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1945-03-15	Lancaster	I	NG287	BQ-Q		N Killingholme	1718	Misburg	Crashed at Roth	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
4125	Wallace	Jack Fisher	Sergeant	NZ/401735			Air Gunner		RNZAF	Fighter Command	151Sqn	1941-02-23	Defiant	I	N3388	DZ-?		RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire	1835	Scramble - patrol	See archive report for further details	Killed	Honington Churchyard, Suffolk (All Saints). Row C. Grave 12		Read Archive Report
4126	Wallis	Bernard Forfar	Pilot Officer	428180		New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	582Sqn	1944-04-22	Lancaster	III	JA933	6O:S		RAF Little Staughton	22:14	Laon	Attacked by night fighter and exploded in mid-air. Wreckage falling at Dives, 14 km SE of Roye. Claimed by Hptm. Martin Drewes his 21st Abschuss from Stab III./NJG1 10-20 km SE Rosières at 2.300m at 00:27 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	KiA	Roye New British Cemetery, Plot 2, Row AB, Coll. Grave 16-18		Son of William Forfar and of Anne Elizabeth (née Thomson) Wallis , of Wellington, New Zealand
4127	Wallis	A B	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1943-07-30	Stirling	III	BK775	WP-H		West Wickham	2237	Remscheid	Crashed at Konigshofen	Killed	Runnymede
4128	Walls	Rex James	Flying Officer	NZ/417133	Born on the 17th January 1915	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	36 Operational Training Unit	1944-01-18	Oxford	V	EB506	-		Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada	1600	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Middleton Old Holy Trinity Cemetery. Sec. 1. Grave 3	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Son of Thomas Dermot Walsh and of Margaret Mary Walsh (née Shaw), of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Worked as a cinematograph operator prior to service. 1104 flying hours logged with 810 on the Oxford	Read Archive Report
4129	Walpole	Sydney Herbert	Flying Officer	120137	Age 30		Navigator		RAFVR	Coastal Command	489Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-09	Hampden	TB.I	AT258	XA-T		RAF Wick, Caithness, Scotland	1445	Shipping	See archive report for further details	Missing- believed killed	Runnymede Memorial: Panel 130		Read Archive Report
4130	Walsh	J A E	Warrant Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-08	Stirling	III	BK770	AA-L		Newmarket	2130	Duisburg	Crashed Bressingham NORFOLK	Killed	Newmarket Cemetery
4131	Walsh		Warrant Officer							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-03-09	Stirling	III	BK770			Newmarket		Duisburg	Crashed Bressingham NORFOLK	Killed
4132	Walsh	John Dermot	Flying Officer	NZ/39116	Born on the 18th August 1917	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	36 Operational Training Unit	1944-01-18	Oxford	V	EB506	-		Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada	1600	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Kingston St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Cemetery. Air Force Plot	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Son of Thomas Dermot Walsh and of Margaret Mary Walsh (née Shaw), of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Worked as a cinematograph operator prior to service. 1104 flying hours logged with 810 on the Oxford	Read Archive Report
4133	Walshe	P E	Flying Officer	1998			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	III	ND522	EM:J		Spilsby	22:10	Gardening	Picked up by a night fighter, whose fire caused a violent explosion, ejecting both survivors, both of whom were badly wounded. I was reported that wreckage from the Lancaster was found in Vasehavet near Mando Island. Claim by Hptm Franz Buschmann Stab IV/NJG3 - Sea North of Mando Island (PS 4, i.Zus.Arb, probably Robbe or Buffel): 3,200m at 01:39. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten	PoW No 5507, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria
4134	Walshe	D J	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-09-10	Wellington	III	BJ974	AA-		Mildenhall		Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
4135	Walters	Jack William	Flying Officer	NZ/404106	Age 23	New Zealand	wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqn	1944-05-19	Lancaster	III	ND845	MG:C		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	22:22	le Mans Attack on V1 shipment en route to launching sites	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263.	courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph		Read Archive Report
4136	Walters	Henry George	Flight Sergeant	NZ/425377	Age 26	New Zealander	Air/Gnr		RNZAF	2 Group. 2nd Tactical Air Force	180Sqn	1944-08-25	Mitchelle	II	HD316	EV-T		RAF Dunsfold, Surrey	1100	Clermont, France	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 264	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 06th November 1917 at Auckland. Worked as a linotype operator for Wilson and Horton Ltd. Enlisted on the 30th May 1942 at Hobsonville. Awarded his air gunners badge and promoted to sergeant on the 06th August 1943. Son of William Albert and Olive May Elizabeth Walters (née Joyce), of Mt. Eden, Auckland. 174 flying hours logged and on his 29th operational sortie.	Archive Report
4137	Walters	Vernon Alfred	Sergeant	NZ/413161	Age 20	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	6 Flying Instructor Training School. 50 Group	1942-02-14	Miles Magister	I	N3829	-		RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire	1415	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Gloucester Old Cemetery. Plot B. Grave 9872	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 21st March 1921 at Wellington. Worked as a customs agent for United Customs and Carrying Company in Wellington prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 25th May 1941. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 05th June 1941. Then to No.1 Flying Training School joining on the 16th August 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 29th September 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 08th November 1941. Embarked to England on the 17th November 1941. Joined 6 Flying Instructor Training School on the 13th January 1942. Son of Frederick and Ethel Constance Walters (nee Mexted), of Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
4138	Walton	Matthew Henry	Flight Sergeant	NZ/429439	Age 21	New Zealand	Air Bomber		RNZAF	Bomber Command	10 OTU. 91 Group	1945-01-04	Wellington	X	LP729	-		RAF Abingdon, Berkshire	1110	Training	See Archive report for further details	Killed	New Shildon Churchyard (All Saints). Sec. B. Grave 601	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 09th September 1923 at Shildon, County Durham, England. Moved to New Zealand at an early age. Son of Matthew Walton and of Edith M. Walton (née Preston), of Northland, Wellington New Zealand. A total of 214 flying hours logged.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
4139	Wanstall	R F	Sergeant	656462						Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	BF451	AA-Z		Newmarket	2214	Mannheim	Crashed at Rilly-la-Montagne	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery France
4140	Waple	Eric	Flight Sergeant Observer	NZ/402000					RNZAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1942-07-19	Wellington	II	W5414	PH-		RAF Binbrook, Yorkshire	2201	Gardening	Crashed in target area	Killed	Ars-En-Re Communal Cemetery, Ile De Re. Row 5. Grave 1		Read Archive Report
4141	Warburton	D	Flying Officer			Great Britain			RAF	Bomber Command	No.18 OTU	1941-02-04	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1298			RAF Bramcote		Training Flight - Navigation Exercise	Took off from Bramcote on a navigation exercise, during which the crew strayed off track. At 12:50 hrs the aircraft flew into a Barrage Balloon cable and crashed near Church Minshull, some four miles South-West of Middlewich, Cheshire. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight			CREW : F/O D Warburton (RAF); W/O Z J Perkowski; F/O A Minkiewicz; Sgt L Jachna; Sgt V C Hill (RAF); Sgt B T Abbott (RAF); Sgt J P Orynek; Sgt S J Wojcieckowski; Sgt W L Gosden (RNZAF); LAC H R Kwiatkowski
4142	Warburton	R L	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-10	Wellington	Ic	Z8909	AA-		Feltwell		Koln	Crashed near Koln	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
4143	Warburton	Carl Arthur	Sergeant	1484107			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	ND768	AA:F		Mepal	22:57	Dortmund	See archive report for details	Killed	Reichswald War Cemetery. Grave 3.G.15			Archive Report
4144	Ward	J M	Flight Lieutenant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-10-31	Lancaster	I	PD269	WP-Q		Tuddenham	1159	Bottrop		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
4145	Ward	James Allen	Sergeant			New Zealand	Pilot	Victoria Cross	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-15	Wellington	Ic	X3205	AA-		Feltwell		Hamburg	Crashed in target area	Killed	Hamburg Cemetery		Epitaph: 'He is a bloody fine little chap. He's got all the guts in the world'
4146	Ward	A J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-09	Wellington		L7819	AN-N		Mildenhall			Crashed at Newmarket
4147	Ward	James Allen	Sergeant			New Zealand	Pilot	Victoria Cross	RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-07-07	Wellington	Ic				Feltwell		Attack on Muster					VC Citation: On the night of 7th July, 1941, Sergeant Ward was second pilot of a Wellington returning from an attack on Munster. When flying over the Zuider Zee at 13,000 feet, the aircraft was attacked from beneath by a Messerschmitt 110, which secured hits with cannon shell and incendiary bullets. The rear gunner was wounded in the foot but delivered a burst of fire which sent the enemy fighter down, apparently out of control. Fire then broke out near the starboard engine, and, fed by petrol from a split pipe, quickly gained an alarming hold and threatened to spread to the entire wing. The crew forced a hole in the fuselage and made strenuous efforts to reduce the fire with extinguishers and even the coffee in their vacuum flasks, but without success. They were then warned to be ready to abandon the aircraft. As a last resort, Sergeant Ward volunteered to make an attempt to smother the fire with an engine cover which happened to be in use as a cushion. At first he proposed to discard his parachute, to reduce wind resistance, but was finally persuaded to take it. A rope from the dinghy was tied to him, though this was of little help and might have become a danger had he been blown off the aircraft. With the help of the navigator, he then climbed through the narrow astro-hatch and put on his parachute. The bomber was flying at a reduced speed, but the wind pressure must have been sufficient to render the operation one of extreme difficulty. Breaking the fabric to make hand and foot holds where necessary, and also taking advantage of existing holes in the fabric, Sergeant Ward succeeded in descending three feet to the wing and proceeding another three feet to a position behind the engine, despite the slipstream from the airscrew, which nearly blew him off the wing. Lying in this precarious position, he smothered the fire in the wing fabric and tried to push the cover into the hole in the wing and on to the leaking pipe from which the fire came. As soon as he moved his hand, however, the terrific wind blew the cover out and when he tried again it was lost. Tired as he was, he was able with the navigator’s assistance to make successfully the perilous journey back onto the aircraft. There was now no danger of the fire spreading from the petrol pipe, as there was no fabric left nearby, and in due course it burnt itself out. When the aircraft was nearly home some petrol which had collected in the wing blazed up furiously but died down quite suddenly. A safe landing was then made despite the damage sustained by the aircraft. The flight home had been made possible by the gallant action of Sergeant Ward in extinguishing the fire on the wing in circumstances of the greatest difficulty and at the risk of his life. Extract from “The London Gazette” of 5th August, 1941
4148	Ward	Bryan	Warrant Officer	NZ/403484	Age 24	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Allied Expeditionary Airforce	487Sqn	1944-07-05	Mosquito	FB.VI	HX917	EG-E		RAF Thorney Island, Sussex	1	Intruder	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Donnemain-Saint-Mames Communal Cemetery. Grave 2	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Born on the 08th August 1919 at Napier. A clerical cadet for the Post and Telecommunications Department. Enlisted on the 28th September 1940 at Levin. Awarded pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 22nd March 1941.Joined 487 squadron on the 03rd January 1944 from 13 Operational Unit. Son of Herbert and Ethel Ward (née Johnson), and stepson of Ernest Victor McLachlan, of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. 920 flying hours logged and on his 26th operational sortie.	Archive Report
4149	Ward	Ronald Leslie	Sergeant	1250955	Age 22	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Coastal Command	489Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-04	Hampden	TB.I	AT259	XA-W		RAF Wick, Caithness, Scotland	1058	Reconnaissance	See archive report for additional information	Killed	Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery. Grave A IV British. C. 8		Son of Stanley David and Mary Martha Ward, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.	Archive report
4150	Ward	Thomas Hartley	Flight Sergeant	NZ/421376	Age 20	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	Far East	4 Squadron (RNZAF)	1944-08-20	Hudson	IIIA	NZ2066	-		RNZAF Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji	06:10	Transit Flight	See Archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Bourail Memorial. Panel 7	Courtesy New Zealand Cenotaph	Born on the 22nd September 1911 in Quorn, South Australia. Son of Thomas Hartley and Mary Elizabeth Ward (née Griffen) of Auckland, New Zealand. His next of kin were friends Mesdames I. and E. Partridge, 15 Tuhimata Road, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report on this incident