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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent 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 |
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451 | Breward | Noel | Flight Sergeant | NZ/421668 | Age 29 | New Zealander | Navigator | RNZAF | Air Defence of Great Britain | 488Sqn | 1943-12-30 | Mosquito | NF.XIII | HK375 | ME-? | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex | 2210 | Ground Controlled Interception exercise | See archive report for further brief details | Missing believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 198 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 20th November 1914 at Christchurch. Worked as a farm manager for Mrs. E.B Gubb at 'Hillcrest' Okoroire prior to enlisting. Served in the territorial army for 12 months. Enlisted at Roturua on the 07th March 1942 for training as a pilot. No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 01st May 1942 but pilot training terminated on the 29th June 1942 and remastered as an air observer on the 06th August 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 02nd October 1942. Trained at No. 7 Air Observer School in Manitoba. Ai observer badge awarded on the 05th March 1943 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 28th March 1943. Further training with No, 62 Operational Training Unit on the 05th May 1943 on a radio observer course. No. 51 Operational Training Unit 09th June 1943. No. 54 Operational Training Unit 15th June 1943. No. 62 Operational Training Unit 14th September 1943. Joining 488 squadron later the same month. Son of Harry (died 2nd July 1963) and Clara Breward (nee Cooke - died 02nd October 1966), of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 201 flying hours logged. | ||||||
452 | Brewer | E C | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 161Sqn | 1944-03-28 | Hudson | IIIa | FK767 | MA- | Training | Crashed near Arsley | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
453 | Brewer | Ronald Leslie | Sergeant | NZ/401249 | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 616Sqn | 1941-06-25 | Spitfire | IIa | P7327 | QJ-? (Red 4) | RAF Westhampnett, Sussex | 1549 | Circus 23 | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 63 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
454 | Brewer | C | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-11-30 | Lancaster | I | NF980 | AA-F | Mepal | 1058 | Osterfeld | Crashed target area | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
455 | Brewer | W H H | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1945-02-25 | Lancaster | III | LW740 | AA-B | Mepal | 948 | Kamen | Abandoned after being damaged by heavy flak near Wesel | PoW | ||||||||||||||
456 | Brewer | Paul Middleton | Pilot Officer | NZ/402565 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Far Eastern Command 221 Group | 67Sqn | 1941-01-2O | Brewster Buffalo | I (339E) | W8229 | RD-? | 1 Enemy aircraft destroyed | Mingaladon Airfield, Burma | AM | Scramble | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Singapore Memorial. Column 421 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 14th April 1919 at Wellington. Worked as an insurance clerk for the AMP Society in Wellington prior to service. Enlisted at Blenheim on the 22nd July 1940. Awarded his pilot badge after training at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 2 Flying Training School on the 18th January 1941. Received his commission on the 01st March 1941. Embarked for Singapore on the 29th March 1941 and firstly attached to 67 squadron, then attached to 21 squadron RAAF for training for the Buffalo. (died 14th Jane 1928 age 43). Embarked with 67 squadron to Burma between 09th and 13th October 1941. Son of Richard Middleton Brewer , and of Ethel Irene Brewer (nee Oliver, later Rudd), of Levin, Wellington, New Zealand. | |||||
457 | Brewster | J E | 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 | |||||||||||||
458 | Brian | William Leslie Fred | Flight Sergeant | NZ411737 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-28 | Stirling | III | BR807 | AA-M | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 20:30 | Gardening | Crashed in the Baltic | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 198 |
| Born on the 19th March 1920 in Christchurch. Worked as a metal finisher/panel beater for General Motors in Petone. Enlisted at Levin on the 16th March 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 26th May 1941. Air gunner badge awarded on the 22nd November 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 13th December 1941. Further training with No. 11 Operational Training Unit and 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit before joining 75 squadron on the 17th March 1943. Killed on his 8th operational sortie. Son of William Lloyd Cross Brian (died 11th July 1937, age 44) and of Rita Brian (née Pearse - died 21st September 1931, age 36) and husband of Rona Brian (née Lukins), of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. | Read Archive Report on this incident |
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459 | Bridge | B D | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1943-01-22 | Ventura | II | AE899 | EG-O | Feltwell | 1215 | Cherbourg | Crashed in English Channel | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
460 | Bridger | C J | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-27 | Stirling | III | EE955 | AA-D | Mepal | 2130 | Nurnberg | Crashed Schwarzenau | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
461 | Bridgman | A M | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-03-03 | Stirling | I | N6123 | AA-Q | Newmarket | 2003 | Gardening | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
462 | Brierley | Thomas Barry | Warrant Officer | NZ417009 | 2nd Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 190Sqn | 1944-09-21 | Stirling | IV | LJ982 | L9-N | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire | 12.01 | Market (Part of Market Garden) | Hit by flak. Crashed near Zetten, Holland | Killed | Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Grave 4.D.15 | Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
463 | Brigham | Jack McCrea | NZ/41141 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | 322 Wing. 87 Wing (USAAF) Tactical Air Force | 243Sqn | 1944-06-12 | Spitfire | LF.IX | MK771 | SN-? | Poretta, Corsica | 1500 | Armed Reconnaissance | See archive report for detailed information | Killed | Assisi War Cemetery. Grave I.F.3 | Born on the 08th December 1921 in Auckland. An apprentice mechanic for Universal Garage in Auckland. Enlisted on the 03rd January 1941 at Whenuapai. With No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School on 07th September 1941. Embarked for Canada on the17th November 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 27th March 1942 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 01st May 1942. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre 02nd June 1942 (contracted mumps on board so arrival at the PRC was delayed).
With Pilot Advanced Flying Unit on the 24th June 1942. 58 Operational Training Unit on the 13th August 1942. Joined 129 squadron on the 20th October 1942. Left for Algeria via Gibraltar in around April 1943. Joined 243 squadron on the 28th May 1943. AS total of 4612 flying hours logged. Son of John McCrae Brigham and Clara Georgina Brigham (née Callaghanj), of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. | ||||||||
464 | Bright | W H | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | X3452 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | ? | PoW | ||||||||||||||
465 | Bright | Ernest William | Pilot Officer | NZ/412651 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | 41 Operational Training Unit. 70 Group | 1942-02-23 | Magister | I | T9884 | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire | 1045 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Salisbury Cemetery (London Road). Sec. M. Grave 202. | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 16th February 1916 at Gisborne. A clerk prior to service. Enlisted 03rd May 1941 at Levin. Son of Harold Ernest Bright and of Flora Bright (née Read Bloomfield), of Wainui Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. 192 flying hours logged | |||||||
466 | Brightwell | John Mostyn | Pilot Officer | 421497 | Pilot | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 489 Sqn RNZAF | 1945-04-14 | Beaufighter | TF.X | NT888 | P6:Y | RAF Dallachy, Morayshire | 13:09 | Shipping | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 285 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
467 | Brightwell | Edward Thomas | Flight Sergeant | NZ/431155 | Age 29 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | 8 Squadron RNZAF | 1944-10-26 | VEBTURA | PV-I | NZ4519 | - | RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand | 1050 | Training | See archive report for detailed information | Killed | Otorohanga Public Cemetery. 19. 1A | Born on the 03rd January 1915 at Woodville. Enlisted at Omaka 22nd January 1943. First solo on the 09th August 1943. Pilot badge awarded on the01st November 1943 and promoted to sergeant on the 22nd January 1944. 11 hours solo on the Ventura. Joined 8 squadron on the 01st October 1944. Son of Stanley Vivian (died 08th June 1961, age 74) and Eliza Jane Brightwell (née Johnson - died 24th February 1965, age 72), of Te Awamutu and husband of Alma Elizabeth Brightwell (née McGreey, later Ogilvy) father of two sons and a daughter, of Turongo Street, Otorohanga, New Zealand. | ||||||||
468 | Brims | John | Sergeant | NZ/416629 | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 11OTU (‘C’ Flight) | 1943-03-15 | Wellington | IC | X9792 | KJ-Q | RAF Westcott, Buckinghamshire | 1654 | Training exercise | See archive report for further details | Killed | Westcott Churchyard (St. Mary). Grave 7 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
469 | Brisco | R H | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | X3664 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | Crashed near Stade | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
470 | Brisco | Donald Gilfrid | Warrant Officer | NZ/403786 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 235 Squadron | 1942-08-20 | Beaufighter | T4934 | Luqa, Malta | 1100 | Shipping | See archive report for further brief details | PoW No: 225706 Camp: Muhlberg (Elbe) | Courtesy AWMM | Sir Donald Gilfrid Brisco, 8th Bt. was educated at Wairarapa College, Masterton, New Zealand. He gained the rank of Pilot Officer in the service of the Royal Air Force during WW2. A sheep farmer. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for New Zealand in 1967. He succeeded to the title of 8th Baronet Brisco, of Crofton Place, co. Cumberland. Son of Sir Hylton Musgrave Campbell Brisco and Kathleen McAllum (née McCallum) husband of Irene Gage. Donald Gilfrid Brisco. Born 15th September 1920. Died 24th June 1995. | ||||||||||
471 | Brittain | Albert Leonard | Sergeant | NZ/4216027 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | 2 Operational Training Unit RNZAF | 1944-02-21 | Harvard | IIA | NZ1021 | - | RNZAF Ohakea | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Waikumete Cemetery. Prot. Soldiers Area E, Row 3A, Grave 35 | Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire | Born on the 07th June 1921 at Auckland. Worked on his fathers farm at Glen Eden prior to service. Enlisted on the 06th December 1942. Awarded pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 01st November 1943. Son of Frederick William Brittain and of Sarah Brittain (née Foley), of Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 260 flying hours logged. | |||||||
472 | Broad | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-10-21 | Wellington | Ic | T2820 | AA- | Mildenhall | 1730 | Hamburg | Crashed near Methwold Norfolk | Injured | |||||||||||||||
473 | Broad | Alan Henry | Leading Aircraftsman | New Zealand | Pilot (U/T) | RNZAF | Training Command | 1 Service Flying Training School (ATS) | 1943-09-29 | Oxford | I | NZ1375 | RNZAF Wigram, New Zealand | 2330 | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs | Seriously injured - survived | Kakanui, Oamaru, New Zealand | |||||||||||
474 | Broadbent | Stanley | Flying Officer | NZ/417011 | Age 26 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 17Sqn (RNZAF) | 1944-07-05 | Warhawk | P-40N | NZ3188 | B | Torokina Field, Bougainville, Solomon Islands | 1205 | Bombing and Strafing | See archive report for further details | Killed | Port Moresby War Cemetery (Bomana). Grave C8.A.8 | courtesy of his nephew, Rick Hicks - sent to Aircrew Remembered May 2019 | Born on the 09th July 1917 at Palmerston North, the son of Hilton Broadbent, and of Florence Broadbent (née Watson), of Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand and husband of Margaret Josephine 'Peggy' Broadbent (née Whitfield), of Dannevirke. A total of 1273 flying hours logged. Prior to enlisting studied to be an accountant. | ||||||
475 | Broadhead | B H | Warrant Officer | NZ415986 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | BK810 | AA-G | Newmarket | 2347 | Mulheim | Crashed E of Venray Holland | PoW | ||||||||||||
476 | Broadhurst | Eric Mark | LAC | NZ/428813 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot (Pupil) | RNZAF | Training Command | 1 Service Flying Training School | 1942-12-18 | Oxford | I | NZ1324 | - | RNZAF Wigram, New Zealand | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs | Killed | Kaikoura Cemetery. Grave 21 | | in the territorial army. Enlisted at Rotorua on the 23rd July 1942. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on the 05th September 192. With No. 1 Flying Training School on the 28th November 1942. Son of Mark Eggleton Smith Broadhurst (died 23rd December 1963, age 84), and of Mary Elizabeth Broadhurst (née Gray - died 21st July 1969, age 75), of Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand. | |||||||
477 | Broadie | I J D | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-11-29 | Stirling | I | BK609 | AA-R | Newmarket | .0005. | Torino | Turned back crashed Bradwell Bay Essex | Injured | ||||||||||||||
478 | Broadley | John Duncan | Sergeant | 403937 | New Zealand | Pilot 2 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 99 Sqn | 1941-09-28 | Wellington | Ic | Z8869 | LN:? | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire | 19:11 | Frankfurt | See archive report for further details | KiA | Ringshall (St. Catherine) Churchyard. Row B | Archive Report | ||||||||
479 | Broadley | R | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-07-25 | Stirling | III | EE892 | AA-F | Mepal | 2239 | Essen | Crashed off Southwold SFK | KIlled | ||||||||||||||
480 | Broadley | John Alan 'Bill’ | Flight Lieutenant | 47690 | 1921 | New Zealander | Navigator | DSO DFC DFM | RAF | 140 Wing - RAF 2nd TAF | 464 Sqn 487 Sqn 21 Sqn | 1944-02-18 | Mosquito | FB Mk VI | HX922 | EG-F | Hunsdon | Operation Jericho - Amiens Prison | Confirmed kill by Fw Wilhelm Mayer 7/JG26 - North East of Amiens: 100m at 1205 hrs | Killed | St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens Plot 3, Row A, Grave 11 | 487 (RNZAF) Sqn Son of Thomas Pearson Broadley and Irene Broadley | |||||||
481 | Broady | R H J | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-11-28 | Stirling | I | BF339 | AA-D | Training | Crashed near Oakington | Killed | |||||||||||||||
482 | Broady | Raymond Herbert John | Sergeant | 39691 | 1914 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-11-18 | Stirling | I | BF399 | AA-O | Newmarket | Training | Crashed at 2229 hrs at Trinity Farm on Cambridge Road, near RAF Oakington. The aircraft stalled while trying to avoid a head on collision with another Stirling | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 14732 | Son of Herbert Horace and Adeline Jane Mabel Broady, of Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||
483 | Brock | George Herbert | NZ/429138 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 488Sqn | 1945-12-03 | Mosquito | NF.XXX | MT484 | ME-? | Gilze Rijen Airfield Holland | 428 | Patrol | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery. Grave 4.A.8 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
484 | Brocket | John Crawford | Flight Sergeant | 405224 | 1921 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 149Sqn (East India) | 1942-10-15 | Stirling | I | W7526 | OJ-V | Lakenheath | 1950 | Koln | Claim by Ofw Bruno Eikmeier 2/NJG1 - near Ingen 5km West of Rhenen: 3,000m at 2333hrs. Crashed in the vicinity of Ingen and Lieden South of Lek and 9km NE of Tiel | Killed | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Joint Grave 67 | Son of John William and Christine Crawford Brocket, of Paeroa, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||
485 | Brodie | Andrew Moore | Sergeant | NZ/391378 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-02-21 | Wellington | Ic | T2503 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 1835 | Wilhelmshaven | See archive report for further details | Killed | Sage War Cemetery 8.A.4. | | Born on the 29th January 1916 at Gisborne. Worked as a clerk for Public Works Department in Kopuawhara. Enlisted at Levin on the 20th November 1939 as an air gunner under training. Air gunner badge awarded on the 14th January 1940. Embarked for England on the 20th February 1940. Joined 75 squadron 0n the 24th April 1940 where he completed 23 operational sorties. Son of Andrew Brodie (died 28th February 1916, age 39) and of Joanna Brodie (née Moore - died 18th May 1941), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 17 flying hours logged. | Read Archive Report | |||||
486 | Brodie | I J D | Pilot Officer | 149883 | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-03-08 | Stirling | I | BF437 | AA-L | Newmarket | 1942 | Nurnberg | Crashed NNE Karlsruhe | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
487 | Bromley | Alan Stevens | Flight Sergeant | 1247614 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75 Sqn RNZAF | 1944-05-22 | Lancaster | I | ME690 | AA:Z | Mepal | 22:49 | Dortmund | See archive report for details | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery. Coll. grave 6 C.3-5 | Archive Report Attacker |
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488 | Bromley | Stanley Gordon | Flying Officer | NZ/391325 | Age 29 | New Zealand | Observer | RNZAF | Pacific Theatre | 7Sqn (NZ) | 1942-10-30 | Wildebeest | IV | NZ122 | UW-? | RNZAF Waipapakauri, New Zealand | 10:03 | Anti-submarine patrol | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Wellington Provincial Memorial | Courtesy Julie Hummel via NZWG | Born at Greymouth on the 22nd December 1913. Educated at Wellington Technical College and Harle's College of Accountancy for the Professional Accountant's examination. Employed in a clerical capacity by the Bank of New Zealand. Enlisted at Levin on the 20th November 1939. Trained at No. 1 Air Observer School. Air observer badge awarded on the 08th April 1940 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 26th April 1940. No. 12 Operational Training Unit, Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire on the 29th April 1940. No. 15 Operational Training Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, until posting on the 23rd January 1941, when he was posted to No. 40 Squadron. embarked from Harwell by air for the Middle East early in April, and was posted on arrival to No. 37 Squadron in Egypt, with which Squadron he flew until returning to the United Kingdom during February 1942. Late in March he was posted to No.23 Operational Training Unit at Pershore, Worcestershire for his rest period, serving there until proceeding to No.2 Personnel Despatch Centre, Wilmslow, Lancashire on the 1st July for repatriation. He arrived in New Zealand during September and was posted to Waipapakauri on the 23rd October for flying duties. Joined 7 squadron (Vildebeest) on the 23rd October 1942. Served on bombers in the Middle East and completed an operational tour prior to returning Son of Walter and Alice Bromley (née Evans), of Raumati South, Kapiti Coast. Paraparaumk, New Zealand. | ||||||
489 | Brook | D | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 144Sqn | 1941-07-30 | Hampden | I | AD784 | PL- | N Luffenham | Koln | Crashed off coast of Holland | Killed | Until 1942-04-21 Bomber Command, thereafter Coastal Command | |||||||||||||
490 | Brooke-Taylor | Rex | Sergeant | NZ/439002 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot (Inst) | RNZAF | Training Command | 3 Service Flying Training School | 1940-12.30 | Oxford | I | R6226 | None issued | RNZAF Ohakea, New Zealand | 745 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Wellington Cemetery (Karori) Grave 21. A/3. (S) | courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph | Son of Roydon and Ida Winifrid Brooke-Taylor, of Wellington City and husband of Olive Clarence Brooke-Taylor, of Wellington City, New Zealand. | Read Archive Report | |||||
491 | Brooker | Ronald Stephen | LAC | NZ/413810 | Age 26 | New Zealand | Pilot (UT) | RNZAF | Training Command | 1 Flying Training School | 1941-12-18 | Oxford | I | NZ280 | - | RNZAF Wigram, New Zealand | 1355 | Transit Flight | See archive report for details | Killed | Christchurch Cemetery (Waimairi). Grave 46.17 | Born on the 25th July 1915 in Dargaville. Attended Rotorua High and Grammar School. Worked as an assistant accountant for Maple Furnishing, Wellington. Served with Hauraki Regiment NZ Army territorials for a year. Enlisted on the 06th July 1941 at Levin as a pilot under training. No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 17th August 1941. No. 1 Flying Training School 27th September 1941. Pilot bade awarded on the 08th November 1941. Son of Stephen Charles (died 1958, age 72) and Christine Louise Brooker (née Stechmann, later Humphrey - died 1974, age 83), brother of Glanville Malvern and Leslie Frederick Brooker of 6 Tererika, Upper Atiamuri, North Island, New Zealand. | |||||||
492 | Brooks | John Stanley | Sergeant | 622115 | W/Op/Air/Gunner | 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: 50392 Camp: 357 - Stalag Kopernikus | None - thought to have survived the war | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
493 | Brosnahan | Frederick Timothy | Flying Officer | NZ/421669 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Air Bomber | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 7Sqn | 1943-09-03 | Lancaster | III | JA929 | MG-N | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire | 2013 | Berlin | See Archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 197 | | Born on the 03rd March 1918 at Wellington. Worked as a clerk for the Land and Income Tax Department in Wellington. Enlisted on the 07th March 1942 at Rotorua. Son of Timothy and Nellie Frances Brosnahan (née Faulding - died 02nd September 1974, age 81), of Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand. total of 252 flying hours logged and on his 1st operational sortie. | ||||||
494 | Brothers | Warwick | W/O | 405470 | Age 22 | New Zealand | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 178Sqn | 1944-07-06 | Liberator | B.Vl | EV822 | V | Amendola, Italy | 2141 | Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria | See Archive report | Killed | Belgrade War Cemetery. Collective grave 5. E. 5-7 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 03rd June 1912 at Christchurch. Worked as a truck driver for Thos Borthwickand sons at Masterton. Enlisted at Levin on the 25th May 1941. Trained with No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 05th July 1941 and then with No, 3 Service Flying Training School on the 15th August 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 29th September 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 08th November 1941.
Embarked for England on the 17th November 1941.After further training with various units embarked for Gold Coast on 30th May 1942. Attached to Aircraft Delivery Unit on the up till July 1942 ferrying single and multi-engine aircraft commissioned on the 08th July 1943. Joined 178 squadron on the 24th December 1943. Son of Hugh McKay McNaughton and Martha Anne McNaughton (née Pitstock, later Jones), of Hastings. Husband of Katherine Moira McNaughton (née McKerchar), of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 1090 flying hours logged and on his 32nd operational sortie. | ||||||
495 | Brothwell | J | Flying Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-11-22 | Stirling | III | LJ453 | AA-K | Mepal | 1714 | Berlin | Crashed near Gemmerich | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
496 | Brough | George Valentine | Pilot Officer | 39082 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 156Sqn | 1942-09-13 | Wellington | III | BJ600 | GT:? | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire | 22:45 | Bremen | See archive report for full details | KiA | Gramsbergen General Cemetery. Plot 3. Coll. Grave 5-7 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
497 | Brough | Richmond | Sergeant | 416084 | New Zealand | Pilot | MiD | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit | 1943-04-05 | Halifax | V | DG413 | C | RAF Rufforth, Yorkshire | 10:30 | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Driffield Cemetery Grave 6206 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
498 | Broun | Alan Stewart | Pilot Officer | NZ/405367 | Age 32 | New Zealand | Observer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-08 | Wellington | III | X3557 | AA-X | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2340 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed in the Waddenzee | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 115 | Courtesy AWMM
| Born on the 30th June 1910 at Kaeo. A self employed bookkeeper prior to service. Served 21/2 years in the territorial army. Enlisted in the RNZAF at Levin on the 22nd December er 1940, initially as an observer. Embarked for Canada on the 27th February 1941. Awarded his observer badge and promoted to sergeant on the 22nd July 1941. Received his commission on the 18th August 1941. Embarked for England on the 15th September 1941. Joined 75 squadron on the 18th May 1941 from 11 Operational Training Unit. Son of James Scotter and Margaret Broun (nee Day) of Mt. Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. total of 332 flying hours logged and on his 10th operational sortie. | ||||||
499 | Brown | Norman Wilson | Sergeant | 518807 | Observer | DFM | RAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-07-25 | Wellington | Ic | R3235 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2122 | Kassel | See archive report for further details | Killed | Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Holland. Plot: Plot 69. Row A. Grave 25 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
500 | Brown | George Thirlwell | Flight Sergeant | NZ/411364 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 101Sqn | 1942-08-27 | Wellington | III | X3649 | SR-? | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk | 2045 | Kassel | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117 | Read Archive Report |
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