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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
451	Ashworth	C H	Flying Officer	124708					Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-06-28	Wellington	X	HE443	SE-O	Burn	2330	Koln	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
452	Asken	G W	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD256	VR-A	Middleton St George	2217	Essen	Crashed near target	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
453	Askew	R	Sergeant	153562					Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-06-11	Wellington	X	HE322	NA-J	Dalton	2255	Dusseldorf	Crashed almost at once	Killed	Grimsargh Lancs
454	Askew	R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-05-27	Wellington	X	MS481	NA-Q	Dalton	2301	Essen	Ditched off Grimsby Lincs
455	Aspden	E J	Sergeant	1236891					Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	X	HE182	SE-A	Burn	1950	Bochum	Hit by flak and exploded	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
456	Aspinall	L E	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-09-16	Halifax	II	LW240	VR-S	Middleton St George	1904	Modane	?	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
457	Aspinall	J S A	Warrant Officer Class 1					RCAF	Bomber Command	83Sqn	1944-05-22	Lancaster	III	ND963	OL-H	Coningsby	2244	Braunschweig	Crashed Nieuw Dordrecht {Gelderland}	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Hptm Werner Husemann
458	Astbury	J W	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	III	JA974	LQ-V	Gransden Lodge	1707	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
459	Astles	John James	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-02-19	Lancaster	II	DS788	EQ-O	Linton on Ouse	.0003.	Leipzig	Crashed at Kropswolde {Groningen}	Killed	Hoogezand-Sappemeer (Kropswolde) Protestant Church	Paradie Archive Database	The crew of Lancaster DS788 was on its operational debut. They were airborne 0003 20Feb44 from Linton-on-Ouse on a mission to Leipzig, Germany. Shot down by a night-fighter from 20,000 feet and the resulting fire destroyed the rudders causing the Lancaster to crash at Kropswolde (Groningen) in the SW outskirts of Sappemeer, Holland. Also killed in the crash were the 19 yr old pilot F/O J.A.Frampton; P/Os J. J. Astles and K.Smith; and Sgt K.W.Tindall RAF Two survived: F/O G.W.Reynolds was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.3537 and F.W.C.Robertson evaded.
460	Atchison	J M	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Lancaster	I	NG458	QB-H	Skipton on Swale	1642	Chemnitz		Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
461	Atkin	Harold	Flight Sergeant	R68318		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	427 (Lion) Sqn, RCAF	1944-07-04	Halifax	III	LW166	ZL:S	Leeming	22:10	Villeneuve	LW166 was claimed by Ofhr. Johannes Strassner, his 2nd Abschuss and the 1st of two this night, from 2./NJG2 in the area of Chartres at 1,000m at 01:30 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed between the hamlet of Obville (Yvelines) and Allainville, about 13km SW of Dourdan.	PoW, 78440 Buchenwald, PoW No. 8075 Stalag Luft 3		Paradie Archive Database	Promoted to J90299 Plt Off. whilst a PoW Whilst evading he was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo then and taken to the Fresnes prison located to the south of Paris. This was were French political prisoners were held and ordinarily Allied airmen, after questioning, were moved to a PoW Camp. In the summer of 1944, with the Allies having liberated Paris and closing in, the Gestapo guards started reducing the prison population by execution, and then relocating surviving prisoners to various concentration camps east of France. On the 15th August 1944 he was one of 169 Allied PoWs and hundreds of French men and women who were packed into a freight train and transported to Buchenwald concentration camp on a journey lasting five days. Note: Fg Off. J.M. Stevenson C27788 RCAF escaped from the train and successfully evaded. Buchenwald was located 8 km north of Weimar, in the German province of Thüringen. Sqn Ldr. Lamason and Fg Off. Chapman succeeded in getting all but two of the Allied PoWs transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Two airmen, 1st Lt. Levitt Clinton Beck Jr. O-736945, US AAF and Fg Off. Philip Derek Hermmens, 152583, RAFVR, died in the camp hospital.
462	Atkin	R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS846	OW-X	Linton on Ouse	1622	Berlin	Crashed near Verden	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
463	Atkins	N	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-10-14	Halifax	III	LV908	ZA-J	Melbourne	.0045.	Duisburg	Crash landed at base on return			Paradie Archive Database
464	Atkins	M W	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1942-08-10	Lancaster	I	R5499	EM-D	Bottesford	2357	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
465	Atkins	Robert James	Sergeant	R/191525		Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqn RCAF	1944-03-30	Halifax	II	LV879	QB-A	Skipton on Swale	21:35	Nurnberg	See Archive report for details	Killed	Hanover War cemetery Grave 6.D.17	Paradie Archive Database		Archive Report
466	Atkins	John Ivan	Flying Officer	J22434	28th January 1917 in Newmarket, Ontario	Canadian	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	640 Sqn	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LW499	C8:G	Leconfield	22:01	Hassett	Claim by Oblt Josef Nabrich 3/NJG1 - 4km North of Larum (Antwerpen): 3,000m at 00:20. (Nachtjagad Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed near Genk, Belgium.	KiA	Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 43	Paradie Archive Database	Initially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery Antwerp. Grave 167. Reinterred 21 December 1945 Son of Albert Herbert Atkins and Mary Alice (née Lee) (deceased) Atkins, of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
467	Atkins	G	Sergeant				Air Bomber		Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-08-11	Halifax	II	W7748	LQ-D	Topcliffe	2205	Mainz	Crashed Duisburg-Neuenkamp	Unknown			Although WR Chorley (BCL) lists Sgt. Atkins as Killed in Action there is no record of his burial in the CWGC database. He is not listed in the Sqn Honour Roll nor is he listed as a PoW or an Evader
468	Atkins	W G	Sergeant						Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Lancaster	II	LL724	QO-N	East Moor	2027	Magdeburg	Crashed Wesendorf	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
469	Atkinson	Joseph	Sergeant	613970			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-12-27	Lancaster	X	KB738	VR-D	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	257	Opladen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.18		Read Archive Report
470	Atkinson	R D	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-03-31	Halifax	VII	NP806	EQ-Q	Linton on Ouse	653	Hamburg	Paradie Archive: shot down by Me262. Crashed 14km SE of Hamburg	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
471	Atkinson	John Leslie	Flying Officer	J/35829		Canadian	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	VII	PN228	OW-A	RAF Linton on Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire	1648	Chemnitz	Collided with 426 Sqn (MZ 845) aircraft and crashed near Linton on Ouse	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery - Sec. H. Row P. Grave 11.	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
472	Atkinson	J N	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-11-21	Halifax	VII	NP778	OW-A	Linton on Ouse	1747	Castrop-Rauxel	Crashed at Tholthorpe on return	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
473	Atkinson	A E	Sergeant	R134035				RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-05-13	Wellington	X	LN439	AL-	East Moor	2347	Bochum	Crashed near Monchengaldbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
474	Atkinson	J McK	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1942-08-24	Lancaster	I	R5662	QR-A	Syerston	2120	Frankfurt	Crashed at Efferen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
475	Atkinson	R E	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	620Sqn	1943-07-02	Stirling	I	EF394	QS-			Training	Collided with next and crashed near Chedburgh	Killed	Haverhill	Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
476	Atkinson	Merle William	Flying Officer	J/8359	1922	Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1942-10-01	Halifax	II	W7812	MP-B	Linton on Ouse	1810	Flensburg	Hit by flak and came down at 11 Backensmuhle in the St. Pauli district of Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery 2.D.7.	Paradie Archive Database	Son of John Beharrell Atkinson and Elizabeth Janet Atkinson, of Hartney, Manitoba, Canada.
477	Atkinson	R B	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	III	JA690	WS-M	Bardney	2245	St-Leu	Crashed at Beaumont-les-Nonains {Oise}	Evader		Paradie Archive Database
478	Atkinson	H P	Flight Lieutenant	47360					Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-04-30	Halifax	II	DT741	LQ-P	Gransden Lodge	.0008.	Essen	Crashed Oosterhout	Killed	Uden War Cemetery Holland
479	Atkinson	R	Sergeant						Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-12-06	Halifax	III	NP945	QB-D	Skipton on Swale	1643	Osnabruck		PoW
480	Atkinson	S K	Pilot Officer						Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-09-27	Wellington	X	HE817	QO-K	Skipton on Swale	1938	Hannover	?	Killed	Runnymede
481	Atkinson	R I	Sergeant						Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-08-16	Halifax	III	MZ863	BM-I	Skipton on Swale	2115	Gardening	Crashed in Baltic	Killed	Runnymede
482	Atkinson	Theodore Blanchard	Flight Lieutenant	J/23757		Canadian	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	RCAF	Coastal Command	53Sqn RAF	1945-04-16	Liberator	VI	EW303	FH-	RAF Tain	18:30	Test flight	Crashed at sea with engine/propeller problems	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 278. United Kingdom.	Accident report	A 86Sqn duty crew test flying a 53Sqn aircraft following 1 engine and 2 propeller changes. Aircraft had been involved in a mid air collision over the North Atlantic on 9 March 1945. Both aircraft managed to land despite the damage but EW303 was lost in this test flight after repairs had been completed.	Paradie RCAF Database
483	Attewell	A E	Sergeant (Posth P/O)					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Lancaster	X	KB759	NA-K	Middleton St George	2236	Hamburg	Lost with trace	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
484	Attwell	A J	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1942-01-02	Whitley	V	Z6656	EY-	Croft	1622	St-Nazaire	Crashed near Great Haw	Injured		Paradie Archive Database
485	Attwell	J A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1941-12-18	Whitley	V	Z9308	EY-	Croft	1607	Brest	Crashed at Hurworth Co DURHAM			Paradie Archive Database
486	Atwell	Kenneth John	Sergeant	R/87365			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-12-17	Stirling	I	BK620	AA-A	Newmarket	1807	Fallersleben	Shot down by a combination of flak and night fighters, crash-landing into the Westeinder Plas, South West of Aalsmeer (Noord Holland) 10 miles South West of Amsterdam	PoW No 27336, Dulag Luft/Stalag 8B Teschen/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf		Paradie Archive Database	Promoted to WO whilst interned
487	Atwood	B E	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1943-01-13	Lancaster	I	W4338	PM-L	Elsham Wolds	1659	Essen	Crashed near Krefeld	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
488	Atyeo	Gene Mitchell	Flying Officer Pilot	J/28179				RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	III	PB258	SR-V	RAF Ludford Magna,Lincolnshire	2134	Braunschweig	Possibly shot down by night fighter piloted by Lt. Josef F̦rster and crashed at Barver, Germany	PoW No. 7331 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria - L3		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
489	Aubin	J G M	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1943-09-22	Halifax	II	HR776	NP-S	Lissett	1907	Hannover	Crashed Hupede	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
490	Aubin	Joseph Gilbert Dollard	Sergeant	J/85928			Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	III	LW395	KW-O	RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire	1847	Training	See archive report for full details	Killed	Pershore Cemetery. Plot R. Grave 117	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
491	Aubry	J S A	Sergeant	J/18282		Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-02-03	Halifax	II	DT680	EQ-D	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire	1800	Hamburg	See archive report for further brief details	PoW No: 27458 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war	Paradie Archive Database	(Later promoted to F/O. During captivity)	Read Archive Report
492	Aubry	J A A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-05-08	Halifax	III	LK798	KW-A	Tholthorpe	125	Haine-St-Pierre	Crashed West-Vlaandiren	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
493	Audy	J E	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1943-03-03	Wellington	III	BK334	KW-B	Dishforth	1818	Hamburg	Crashed Schenefeld	Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
494	Augusta	F K	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-10-14	Halifax	III	MZ453	AL-J	Leeming	627	Duisburg	Abandoned over Keerbergen {Brabant}			Paradie Archive Database
495	Augusta	F K	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-10-09	Halifax	III	LV965	AL-J	Leeming	1719	Bochum	Crashed at Old Buckenham Norfolk			Paradie Archive Database
496	Auld	J B	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	III	ED731	AS-Q	Kirmington	1840	Berlin	Crashed at Kempen on return	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
497	Auld	G S	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	196Sqn	1943-08-31	Stirling	III	EH961	ZO-D	Witchford	2037	Berlin	Crashed near Enschede	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
498	Aumell	A D	Warrant Officer Class 2					RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1944-07-23	Lancaster	III	PB208	PG-S	Dunholme Lodge	2300	Kiel		Killed	Sondre Nissum Cemetery Denmark	Paradie Archive Database
499	Aumell	A D	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	LM418	PG-S	Coningsby	2213	Nurnberg	Crash landed Woodbridge Suffolk on return			Paradie Archive Database
500	Aumond	Marie Joseph Alfred Jean	Flight Sergeant	R104875		French Canadian	Air gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1943-03-12	Wellington	III	BK340	KW-T	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1912	Essen	See archive report for further details and photographs	PoW Heydekrug - Repetriated		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron From Prince Edward Island, Canada. 8 operation sorties with 42.30 operational flying hours.	Read Archive Report on this incident