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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	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
451	Aubert	Charles Oscar	Flight Lieutenant	Aus/403490	Age 26	Australia	Pilot	DFM	RAAF		156Sqn RAF	1943-12-16	JB216	Lancaster III	JB216	GT-W	RAF Warboys	1628	Berlin	Hit by flak			Courtesy NAA	RAAF Honour Roll		Some details here Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
452	Aubourg	V E	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	LM746	PO-	Waddington	2214	Bergen	The aircraft was badly damaged during a mid air collision with another aircraft from the squadron (which managed to land safely) After jettisoning the bomb load over the sea they returned inland. All but three of the crew baled out whilst the pilot, flight engineer and navigator remained and managed to fly the aircraft into Carnaby. Aircraft subsequently damaged beyond repair.	Safe
453	Augustinus	Alfred Leslie	Sergeant	401183		Australia			RAAF		47Sqn RAF	1942-11-18												RAAF Honour Roll
454	Augustinus	Alfred Leslie	Sergeant	401183		Australian	Observer		RAAF	Bomber Command	47 Sqn	1942-11-18	Beaufort	I	DE118	KU:S	Shandur, Egypt	08:40	Transit to Gabut	See Archive report for details	Killed	El Alamein War Cemetery AIV.F.13				Read Archive Report Story of an earlier incident
455	Auld	Tom Allan	Sergeant	406320		Australia			RAAF		223Sqn RAF	1942-06-08												RAAF Honour Roll
456	Austerberry	F F	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-10-28	Lancaster	I	HK602	WP-Y	Tuddenham	818	Walcheren	Crashed target area	Killed	Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery
457	Austerberry	Francis Frederick	Flight Sergeant	415958		Australia			RAAF		90Sqn RAF	1944-10-28												RAAF Honour Roll
458	Austin	R A	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	I	LL776	EM-S	Spilsby	2227	Braunschweig	Crashed Haren	PoW
459	Austin	W E J	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1943-01-26	Lancaster	I	W4837	UV-M	Breighton	1747	Lorient	?	Killed	Runnymede
460	Austin	Clifton Edward	Warrant Officer	408617	26 May 1918, Northcote, VIC, Australia	Australian	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1942-11-22	Lancaster	I	W4273	UV-A	Breighton	1815	Stuttgart	Shot down south of Amiens by light flak and made a successful forced landing	PoW No 868, Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/ Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria
461	Austin	E P	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	462Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23	Halifax	III	LL599	Z5-E	Driffield	1643	Essen	Collided with 625 Sqn Lancaster III LM691 CF-O & exploded near Aachen	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery
462	Austin	James	Flying Officer	AUS/419452			Pilot		RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-06	Lancaster	I	NG191	JO-A	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	1650	Gravenhorst	See archive report for full details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 24.G.11-12			Read Archive Report
463	Austin	J	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-09-18	Lancaster	III	LM683	JO-	Waddington	1820	Bremerhaven	Crash landed at Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire on return
464	Austin	Albert Sydney	Sergeant	1159702			W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1942-01-09	Wellington	IV	R1785	FV-?	RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor	435	Cherbourg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery. Plot 6. Row C. Joint grave 1-2.			Read Archive Report
465	Austin	J A	Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1943-01-14	Wellington	X	HE152	HD-L	Leconfield	1621	Gardening	Crashed in sea W of Ameland	Killed	Runnymede
466	Austin	A S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	458Sqn RAAF	1941-10-22	Wellington	IV	R1765	FU-	Holme on Spalding Moor	1830	le Havre	Force landed near Aldershot
467	Austin		Aircraftwoman 2nd Class	2135303						Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-04-08					Pocklington				Died	Bramley
468	Austin	John Sanger	Flight Lieutenant	400363		Australia			RAAF		2Sqn RAAF	1943-11-09												RAAF Honour Roll
469	Austin	Arthur Neville	Flying Officer	411726		Australia			RAAF		3Sqn RAAF	1943-01-14												RAAF Honour Roll
470	Austin	Rhubert Mellor	Warrant Officer	405169		Australia			RAAF		450Sqn RAAF	1943-08-03												RAAF Honour Roll
471	Austin	William	Flying Officer	402841		Australia			RAAF		455Sqn RAAF	1943-09-14												RAAF Honour Roll
472	Austin	Walter Edmund Joseph	Flight Sergeant	405618		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1943-01-27												RAAF Honour Roll
473	Austin	Edward Phillip	Flight Sergeant	429105		Australia			RAAF		462Sqn RAAF	1944-10-23												RAAF Honour Roll
474	Austin	James	Flying Officer	419452		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-06												RAAF Honour Roll
475	Austin	Lewis Herbert	Sergeant	402338		Australia			RAAF		50Sqn RAF	1942-11-09												RAAF Honour Roll
476	Austin	James	Sergeant	404699		Australia			RAAF		87Sqn Photo Recon Hughes NT Darwin RAAF	1942-09-25												RAAF Honour Roll
477	Avaan	R J	Flight Sergeant	1335033						Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-05-25	Lancaster	III	ED695	PO-J	Bottesford	2336	Dusseldorf	Crashed at Burgerbrug {Noord Holland}	PoW
478	Aver	Francis Alfred	Sergeant	628423	Age 23	British	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	ED867	PO-L	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	00:49	Berlin	Post war it was established that all the crew were killed when the aircraft crashed. Probable claim by Maj Helmut Lent Stab NJG3 at 03:25	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 5 Row J Collective Grave 9-12			Son of Sydney George and Ivy Victoria Florence Aver, of Merstham, Surrey, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
479	Averill	Kenneth	Warrant Officer	406429		Australia			RAAF		5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty	1943-03-01												RAAF Honour Roll
480	Avern	Geoffrey Lennox	Sergeant	402482		Australia			RAAF		236Sqn RAF	1942-04-19												RAAF Honour Roll
481	Avern	Geoffrey Lennox	Sergeant	402482	27th April 1914, Gunnedah, New South Wales	Australian	Pilot		RAAF		No. 2 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (OADU)	1942.04.19	Beaufighter	I	T4936		RAF Trebelzue, Cornwall		Daytime transit flight	Operational daytime transit flight to Gibraltar en route to the Middle east but failed to arrive. The aircraft wreckage was subsequently found spread over a wide area in a valley between the villages of San Bartolomé de la Torre and Gibraleön in the district of Huelva. The loss was not attributed to enemy action	Killed	Huelva British Cemetery Grave 112			Son of Henry Charles and Blanch Emily Avern, of Cooma, New South Wales, Australia The loss and subsequent restoration of their final resting place has been extensively researched and documented by Tom Dooley and Vic Beauvois in an article entitled " War Grave Mysteries in Spain" in the magazine "After the battle" issue No. 145
482	Avery	J D	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1945-02-03	Lancaster	III	PB301	AR-J	Binbrook	1627	Bottrup		PoW
483	Avery	George Douglas Rutherford	Flying Officer	404083		Australia			RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1942-10-22												RAAF Honour Roll
484	Aviet	P B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	NE144	AR-F2	Binbrook	2106	Stettin		Killed	Falkenberg Forest Cem Sweden
485	Avis	A H	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-06-12	Stirling	III	EF181	HA-J	Woolfox Lodge	2310	Gardening	Crashed on take off
486	Awcock	T L	Warrant Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	III	PB535	KM-Z	Dunholme Lodge	2044	Darmstadt	Crashed at Roxheim	Killed	Runnymede
487	Awcock	James Peter	Flying Officer	AUS/415109			Pilot		RAAF	2nd Tactical Air Force	226Sqn	1944-08-17	Mitchell	II	FW127	MQ-W	Gilze-Rijen, Holland	1616	Abbeville	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 5339 Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
488	Awcock	Terrence Lansdowne	Warrant Officer	406988		Australia			RAAF		44Sqn RAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
489	Axby	Leslie Frederick	Sergeant	1335145	Age 27		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1943-01-30	Wellington	X	HE471	HD-?	RAF Leaconfield, Yorkshire	1114	Emden	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 141			Son of Joseph Richard and Ada Louise Axby; husband of Queenie Sylvia Axby, of Luton, Bedfordshire, England	Read Archive Report
490	Axon	James Robert	Flight Sergeant	405033		Australia			RAAF		100Sqn RAAF	1942-07-12												RAAF Honour Roll
491	Ayers	R J	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-12-20	Stirling	III	BK798	OJ-Q	Lakenheath	1719	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
492	Ayers	Ralph James	Flight Sergeant	409881		Australia			RAAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-12-20												RAAF Honour Roll
493	Ayre	George Francis	Flight Sergeant	433081			Observer		RAAF	Bomber Command	692 Sqn	1945-01-14	Mosquito	XVI	MM128	F3:	RAF Graveley	21:06	Berlin	See archive report for further details	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave V.A.81.				Read Archive Report
494	Ayre	George Francis	Flight Sergeant	433081		Australia			RAAF		692Sqn RAF	1945-01-15												RAAF Honour Roll
495	Ayre	Roy Eric	Flying Officer	422095		Australia			RAAF		83Sqn RAAF	1944-05-22												RAAF Honour Roll
496	Baartz	John Edward	Sergeant	404325		Australia			RAAF		Flying Training RAF	1942-03-10												RAAF Honour Roll
497	Babington	R V	Sergeant							Bomber Command	466Sqn RAAF	1943-01-14	Wellington	X	HE152	HD-L	Leconfield	1621	Gardening	Crashed in sea W of Ameland	Killed	Runnymede
498	Bache	M G	Flying Officer					DSO	RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1945-01-01	Lancaster	I	PA169	PO-S	Waddington	734	Ladbergen	Hit by flak abandoned crashed near Hansenberg
499	Backhouse	Gerald Ian Dacres	Sergeant	400487		Australia			RAAF		1 (C) OTU RAF	1941-12-28												RAAF Honour Roll
500	Backhouse	Herbert Frederick	Flight Sergeant	406323		Australia			RAAF		162Sqn RAF	1943-01-29												RAAF Honour Roll