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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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601 | Cahir | James Gordon | Flying Officer | 427479 | 1st January 1920 | New Zealand | Bomb Aimer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 57 Sqn | 1944-08-26 | Lancaster | I | LM232 | DX:P | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire | 20:13 | Konigsberg | See archive report for further information | MiA | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 262 | courtesy Jenifer Lemaire
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602 | Cain | Ivan William | Warrant Officer 2 | NZ/421674 | Age 20 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Allied Expeditionary Air Force | 175Sqn | 1944-10-06 | Typhoon | Ib | MN376 | HH-S | B.80 Volkel, Netherlands | 1135 | Reconnaissance | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Jonkerbos War Cemetery . Grave 17.C.3 | Courtesy AWMM
| Born on the 24th November 1923 at Auckland. Worked as a van driver for Renown Fish Shop prior to service. Enlisted at Rotorua on the 07th March 1942. Trained at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School then to No. 2 Service Flying School on the 26th July 1942. Pilots badge awarded on the 19th October 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 19th December 1942. Embarked for England on the 15th January 1943. After serving with various units including 59 Operational Training Unit on the 21st September 1943, joined 175 squadron on the 28th July 19444.
Son of William and Isabella Florence Cain (née Hoplloway - died September 1980, age 83), of Auckland. A total of 491 flying hours logged and completed 39 operational sorties. | ||||||
603 | Cains | S W | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1943-02-14 | Halifax | II | DT696 | NP-O | Rufforth | 1816 | Koln | Crashed at Stillingfleet | Killed | Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery | ||||||||||||
604 | Cains | S W | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1942-11-15 | Halifax | II | W7859 | NP-T | Rufforth | 1734 | Genova | Crashed at Cuckfield SUSSEX | Injured | |||||||||||||
605 | Cairns | L T | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-26 | Wellington | III | X3714 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | ? | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
606 | Caitcheon | G E | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | X3664 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | Crashed near Stade | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
607 | Calder | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 15Sqn | 1943-11-18 | Stirling | III | BK707 | LS-G | Mildenhall | 1715 | Mannheim | Crashed Souain France | Killed | Souain Communal | |||||||||||||
608 | Caldwell | William Donaldson | Flight Sergeant | 416087 | 1924 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1943-08-17 | Halifax | II | JD260 | NP-S | Lissett | 2123 | Peenemunde | Crashed near Griefswald | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. Grave 2.F. 1-16. | Son of Matthew Donaldson Caldwell and of Maud Caldwell (née Atherton), of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Posthumously promoted to Pilot Officer | |||||||
609 | Caldwell | Walter Alexander | Pilot Officer | NZ/405229 | Age 19 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 601Sqn | 1942-05-25 | Spitfire | VC | BR354 | UF-? | Luqa, Malta | 1500 | Interception | See archive report for detailed information | Missing - believed killed | Malta Memorial. Panel 5, Column 1 | Born on the 22nd September 1922 in Christchurch. Educated at Wellington Technical College. Worked as a shop assistant for J.R McKenzie Ltd. in Wellington. Enlisted as a pilot under training in Levin on the 22nd December 1940. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 09th February 1941. 1st solo on the 19th February 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 29th April 1941. With 34 Service Flying Training School 16th May 1941 (no flights) With 32 Service Flying Training School 27th May 1941. Pilot badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 08th August 1941. Commissioned on the 09th August 1941.
Embarked for England on the 25th August 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 02nd September 1941. With 58 Operational Training Unit 09th September 1941 flying the Hurricane. Joined 131 squadron on the 18th November 1941 carried out 29 operational sorties. Embarked on the USS Wasp for Malta on the 01st May 1942. Flew off the Wasp for Malta on the 09th May 1942. Joined 601 squadron and carried out a further 10 operational sorties. A total of 295 flying hours logged. Credited with 3 enemy aircraft destroyed and 1 damaged. Son of Walter Alexander Caldwell and Lorna Irene Caldwell (née Timbrell - died 05th August 1946, age 48), of St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand. | |||||||
610 | Callaghan | Ron P | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | BJ661 | AA-X | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2300 | Hamburg | See Archive report for further details | PoW No: 25141 Camp 8b 344 Stalag VIIIB - Poland) From Gisborne, New Zealand | None - understood to have survived the war | Read Archive Report | |||||||||||
611 | Callaghan | Douglass | Sergeant | NZ/412313 | Age 23. Born on the 28th July 1918 | New Zealand | W/Op/Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 22 Operational Training Unit. 91 Group | 1942-25-05 | Wellington | Ic | AD625 | Not known | RAF Stratford, Warwickshire | 240 | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Stratford-Upon-Avon Cemetery. Grave 4204. Son of Edward and Margaret Helen Callaghan (née Douglass), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | Read Archive Report | |||||||
612 | Callan | N J | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 97Sqn (Straits Settlements) | 1944-03-18 | Lancaster | III | JB300 | OF-B | Bourn | 1940 | Frankfurt | Crashed near Kaiserslautern | Injured died 25/3/44 | Choloy War Cemetery France | ||||||||||||
613 | Callan | J P | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-08-27 | Lancaster | I | HK594 | AA-G | Mepal | 2115 | Stettin | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||||
614 | Callow | H | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-20 | Lancaster | I | ME752 | AA-Z | Mepal | 2343 | Homberg | Crashed at Heythuysen {Limburg} | Killed | Jonkerbos War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
615 | Calman | L G | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 90Sqn | 1944-10-28 | Lancaster | I | HK602 | WP-Y | Tuddenham | 818 | Walcheren | Crashed target area | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
616 | Calvert | F I | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 623Sqn | 1943-10-03 | Stirling | III | EF158 | IC-S | Downham Market | 1847 | Kassel | Crashed E of Kassel | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
617 | Cameron | L C | Sergeant | 971743 | 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 | ||||||||||||
618 | Cameron | Gibson | Sergeant | 1304742 | Age 23 | British | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | I | EF399 | AA-O | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2337 | Mulheim | Shot down near Markelo Holland | Killed | Markelo General Cemetery Plot 4, Row C, Joint grave 11-12 | Archives | Son of David B. and Margaret R. Cameron, of James Street, Perth, Scotland. | ||||||
619 | Cameron | E C J | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-07-20 | Wellington | Ic | R3165 | AA- | Feltwell | Horst | ? | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
620 | Cammell | Gordon W | Flight Lieutenant | NZ415290 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 115Sqn | 1943-05-27 | Lancaster | II | DS655 | KO-M | East Wretham | 2320 | Essen | Shot down by flak. Blew up over target. 518 aircraft - 274 Lancasters, 151 Halifaxes, 81 Wellingtons, 12 Mosquitos dispatched to Essen. The weather was cloudy and skymarking had to be used. The main bombing was scattered, with many aircraft undershooting. The limited damage caused in Essen was mainly in the central and northern districts. Bombs fell in 10 surrounding Ruhr towns. | PoW | 2 years as PoW No 1401 Stalag Luft lll. Post-war: five years as a farmer. Rejoined RAF in 1951 on Mosquitos, then jets. Sent to USAF to learn their radar techniques. Test pilot status on the new F102A. Back to the UK and became a helicopter pilot in the RAF. Air Sea Rescue in Cyprus then troop transport choppers in North Borneo working with Ghurkha Rifle Troops in combat roles against the insurgent Indonesian forces. Retired from the RAF in 1966. Authored 'More Lives Than A Cat' | ||||||||||
621 | Cammock | Raymond John | Flying Officer | NZ/414723 | Age 21 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFC | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 253Sqn 486Sqn RNZAF | 1944-10-06 | Tempest | V | JN863 | SA-R | 21 [20+1] (all V-1 kills) | B80 - Volkel, Netherlands | 700 | Armed Recce | See archive report for brief details | Killed | Lochem New General Cemetery. Row 1. Grave 6 | Ace Read Archive Report | |||||
622 | Campbell | C J | Flight Sergeant | NZ2403757 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 218Sqn | 1943-03-11 | Stirling | I | BF343 | HA-M | Downham Market | 1950 | Stuttgart | Crashed SW of Dieppe | Killed | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery | |||||||||||
623 | Campbell | Robert Richard | Flight Sergeant | NZ/411858 | Age 26 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 247Sqn | 1943-04-15 | Typhoon | Ib | DN431 | ZY-V | RAF Fairlop, Essex | 1620 | Ramrod | See archive report for further details and photographs | Killed | Sainte Marie Cemetery. Division 67, Row F, Grave 7 | | Born on the 04th March 1916 in Auckland. Educated at Takapuna Grammar School. Worked as a builder with his father. A trainee civilian pilot with 9 hours duel training. Enlisted in Levin as a pilot under training on the 23rd March 1941. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 03rd Mat 1941.
Embarked for Canada on the 22nd July 1941. With No. 6 Service Flying Training School 18th August 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 07th November 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 14th November 1941 flying the Typhoon. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre 01st December 1941. Further training with 56 Operational Training Unit on the Hurricane 23rd December 1941. Attached to 247 squadron on the 24th March 1942 Son of William James Campbell and Annie Campbell, of Auckland City, New Zealand. | ||||||
624 | Campbell | Kenneth James | Flying Officer | 411857 | New Zealand | Navigator | DFC | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 571 Sqn | 1944-08-11 | Mosquito | XVI | PF386 | 8K:? | Oakington | 22:21 | Berlin | On of 33 crews so tasked from the Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) Sqns. Reported to have been damaged by flak | PoW, Unknown camp | Pathfinders DFC awarded whilst with 196 Sqn, gazetted 19th October 1943 | ||||||||
625 | Campbell | I M | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 61Sqn | 1944-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ND988 | QR-E | Skellingthorpe | 1907 | Ladbergen | Crashed at Wechte | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
626 | Campbell | A | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | X3664 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | Crashed near Stade | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
627 | Campbell | Maurice Melton | Pilot Officer | NZ/405230 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Observer | RNZAF | 1942-01-12 | None - lost at sea after U'Boat attack on the transit ship Yngaren | 400 | In transit | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 1. Son of Arthur Campbell and of Alice Campbell (née Jones), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. | (Photo used under licence Auckland Library Heritage Collection 11 March 1942 : AWNS19420311-25-11) | Read Archive Report | ||||||||||||
628 | Campbell | Jack Norman | Flying Officer | 411368 | 19th November 1919 in New Zealand | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 571Sqn | 1944-11-21 | Mosquito | FB.XVI | PF379 | 8K:? | RAF Oakington | 17:07 | Stuttgart | Developed problems with hydraulic system and turned back. Their 4,000Ib 'Cookie’ hung up and the flaps jammed. Upon landing at RAF Manston the undercarriage collapsed on landing at 20:30. The aircraft was destroyed by fire. (Aviation Safety Network) | Safe | Pathfinders | ||||||||
629 | Campbell | Robert Dallas Joseph | Flying Officer | NZ/415817 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Pilot (Inst) | RNZAF | Training Command | 1 Elementary Flying Training School | 1943-08-25 | Tiger Moth | II | NZ789 | - | RNZAF Taieri, New Zealand | 1110 | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs Mid-Air collision with NZ784 | Killed | Havelock North Cemetery. Grave 79.0 | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 12th May 1916 in Havelock North. Educated at St. Patrick's Collage. Worked as a silver stream air photographer for New Zealand Airial Mapping in Hastings. Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club for training as a pilot around May 1937'A' Licence awarded on the 14th March 1939. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training on the 18th October 1941. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 29th October 1941. With No. 3 Service Flying Training School.
No. 3 Service Flying Training School on the 10th January 1942. Nav. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 08th March 1942. His pilot badge awarded on the 04th March 1942 and commissioned on the 24th April 1942. To Levin on an officers course on the 06th May 1942. Flying Instructor School on the 25th May 1942. To No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School as flying instructor on the 22nd July 1942. A total of 1280 solo flying hours with 1040 on the Tiger Moth. Son of Arthur Gore Campbell (died 07th February 1920, age 46) and Mary Agnes Ethel Campbell (née Smith, of Havelock North, Hawke's Bay. Husband of Mary Aadelia Campbell (née McFarlane, later Kennedy), father of a son of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. | ||||||
630 | Cannell | Winston Stanley | LAC | NZ/413814 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | 3 Flying Training School | 1941-11-20 | Oxford | II | NZ1245 | - | RNZAF Ohakea, New Zealand | 1030 | Training | See Archive report for further details | Killed | Matamata Public Cemetery. Grave 33. 9. |
| Born on the 20th December 1917 at Cambridge, New Zealand. Worked as a farmer with his father at Peria. Enlisted at Levin on the 06th July 1941 as a pilot under training With No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School on 17th August 1941. With No. 3 Flying Training School on 26th September 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 20th November 1941. Son of Percy Cannell, (died 28th August 1947, age 67) and of Winifred Cannell (née Hooker - died 10th July 1969, aged 82), of Peria, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand. He had a total of 137 flying hours logged. | |||||||
631 | Cannon | Edward Denis | Flight sergeant | NZ/403424 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 504Sqn 82 Group | 1942-02-09 | Spitfire | IIb | P8576 (Presentation Spitfire - City of Bundaberg and district - Queensland, Australia) | TM-? | RAF Kirkistown, County Down | 1230 | Scramble | See archive report for further details | Killed | Stoneykirk Cemetery. Sec. C. Grave 134 |
Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 11th May 1916 in Stratford. Educated at Stratford Technical High School. A butcher for F. Cool in Stratford. A member of the New Plymouth and Stratford Aero Clubs. Flew 5 hours duel.
Enlisted at Levin on the 29th September 1940 as a pilot under training. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 27th December 1940. With No. 3 Flying Training School08th February 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 24th March 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 03rd May 1941. Embarked for England on the 26th May 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre on the 03rd July 1941. 9 Personnel Reception Centre 23rd July 1941. 61 Operational Training Unit on the 30th September 1941 for training on the Spitfire. Joined 504 squadron on the 23rd December 1941. A total of 249 flying hours logged. Son of Henry Harry (died 1946) and Lucy Cannon (née Phillips - died 11th June 1928, age 53 - married 14th October 1898 in Sefton, Waimakariri) and husband of Linley Zita Cannon (née Hulbert - died 1995, married in 1941 - later Scriven, remarried 1946) of Stratford, New Zealand. | ||||||
632 | Cant | L R | Sergeant | 1397680 | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-24 | Stirling | III | EH902 | AA-K | Newmarket | 2323 | Wuppertal | Crashed off Beveland | Killed | Vlissengen Northern Cemetery | ||||||||||||
633 | Capon | Alfred Laurence | Sergeant | NZ/426881 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | 2 Training Command | 1 Central Navigation School (RCAF) | 1943-03-05 | Anson | I | DG872 | - | RCAF Rivers, Manitoba, Canada | 2340 | Training | See archive report for detailed information - Mid-air collision with 6642 | Killed | Rivers Cemetery, Manitoba. Plot 2, Block 29, Section 25, Range 21 | | Born on the 07th April 1905 in Auckland. Educated at the Correspondence School Son of Alfred Leonard (died 27th October 1939) and Katharine Clarissa Anne Capon (died 26th May 1985, age 81 - née Johnson, later Patterson), of Frankton Junction, Auckland, New Zealand. (Note: birth certificate states Alfred Lawrence Johnson) | ||||||
634 | Cardoo | A R | Sergeant | 1522196 | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-29 | Stirling | I | EF398 | AA-A | Newmarket | 2332 | Wuppertal | Shot down by night fighter | Killed | Jonkerbos War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
635 | Carey | J H R | Sergeant | NZ414242 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-16 | Stirling | I | BF398 | AA-P | Training | Crashed near Stoke on Trent STAFFS | |||||||||||||||
636 | Carey | J H R | Flight Sergeant | NZ414242 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-29 | Stirling | III | EH881 | AA-Z | Newmarket | 2340 | Wuppertal | Crashed Eilendorf | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||
637 | Carey | Thomas Briton | Sergeant | NZ/4312171 | Age 22 | New Zealand | W/Op/Air/Gnr | 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 09th March 1922 in Auckland. Son of Thomas Frank and Florence Carey (née McKendrick), of 24 Jessel Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. | Read Archive Report on this incident
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638 | Carless | Alfred Austin | Sergeant | NZ/431060 | Age 19 | 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 (Cremated). | | Born on the11th September 1924 at Auckland. Enlisted at Omaka as an aircraft hand on the 22nd January 1943 but remustered as aircrew on the 28th April 1943. Then as a pilot under training on the 22nd July 1943.Pilots badge awarded on the 01st November 1943 and promoted to sergeant on the 22nd January 1943. Son of Norman Powley Carless and Amy Love Carless (née Love), of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 156 flying hours logged with 95 of these on the Harvard. | |||||||
639 | Carling | Rodney Patrick | Sergeant | 950217 | Age 22 | British | W/Op/Air/Gnr | RAFVR | 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 40 | Son of Robert William and Anna O'Mera Carling, of Stockton, Co. Durham, England. | |||||||
640 | Carman | G | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 78Sqn | 1941-09-06 | Whitley | V | Z6881 | EY- | Middleton St George | 2037 | Huls | Crashed Bergum Holland | Killed | Tietjerksteradeel | ||||||||||||
641 | Carncross | M E | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-07-28 | Wellington | III | BJ599 | AA- | Feltwell | Hamburg | Crashed at Steinbeck Germany | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
642 | Carpenter | Albert John | Flight Sergeant | NZ/413023 | Age 27 | New Zaland | Pilot | RNZAF | 166 Wing. 224 Group | 136Sqn | 1943-04-04 | Hurricane | IIC | HV726 | HM-? | Chittagong, India | 1425 | Scramble | See archive report for details | Killed | Chittagong War Cemetery. Grave 7.B.8 |
Courtesy Sonia Edwards | He is commemorated at Takapuna War Memorial and within the Hall of Memories at Auckland War Memorial Museum. He attended Thornton School where he was remembered. Born in Whakatāne on the 10th May 1915/ Bon of Albert and Margaret Carpenter (née McTavish) and husband of Olive Burroughs Carpenter (née Legus), of Glendowie, Auckland City, New Zealand. A total of 447 hours and was credited with 1 enemy aircraft probable. | ||||||
643 | Carr | F | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 101Sqn | 1943-01-21 | Lancaster | III | ED443 | SR-B | Holme on Spalding Moor | 1700 | Essen | Crashed near Dortmund | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
644 | Carr | George Percival | Flight Sergeant | 416455 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | India | 67Sqn RAF | 1943-11-23 | Hurricane | IIC | LB552 | RD- | Chittagong | 12:00 | Air Sea Rescue | Flew into water | Rescued | Accident report | Flew into sea during Air-Sea Rescue search for a missing 146 Sqn aircraft off Hatia Island. Although the aircraft dissappeared almost immediately the pilot was seen on the surface of the water and appeared to be swimming towards the shore. He was picked up by a native sampan and later bought back to base by an air sea rescue launch suffering from slight injuries. Perished in Feb 1945 while at 73 OTU in Egypt. | ||||||||
645 | Carr | George Percival | Pilot Officer | 416455 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Middle East | FAA HMS Phoenix | 1945-02-20 | Moth | II | N9121 | RAF Fayid | Aerobatics / Test flight | Looped at low altitude, pulled out sharply, stalled and broke up impacting the ground | Killed | FAYID WAR CEMETERY, Grave 5. B. 25., Egypt | Accident report | During attempt to recover aircraft struck the ground heavily wheels first, ran on for about 10 yards, went over on its nose and broke up behind the front cockpit. The other pilot F/O. Johnstone also an instructor, designated as captain of the aircraft was not handling the controls at the time, survived with injuries. P/O Carr who had 618 flying hours logged, mostly on fighters, was an instructor with 73 OTU and not attached to the FAA and it is thought that he accepted a casual invitation to go flying in the Tiger Moth. | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | ||||||||
646 | Carrel | N E R | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 142Sqn | 1942-07-26 | Wellington | IV | Z1376 | QT-M | Grimsby | 2312 | Hamburg | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
647 | Carrodus | Ralph Franklin | Flight Sergeant | NZ/425688 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Air Bomber | 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 93 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 18th February 1923 in Sydney, Australia. Moved to New Zealand in 1937. Prior to service worked as a sales assistant for F.L. Bone and sons in Hastings. Enlisted on the 30th May 1942 at Whenuapai. After training in Canada awarded his air bombers badge and promoted to sergeant on the 23rd December 1944. Joined 50 squadron on the 21st January 1945. Son of Claude Balfour Carrodus and Cara de Nipo Carrodus (nee Bone), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 530 flying hours logged. Completed 14 operational sorties. | ||||||
648 | Carson | Adrian Leslie Bernard | Flight Sergeant | NZ/411347 | Air/Bmr | DFM | 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 220 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
649 | Carson | A | Flight Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-09-27 | Stirling | III | EF135 | JN-W | Mepal | 2005 | Hannover | Stalled and damaged at base on return | |||||||||||||||
650 | Carswell | F | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-16 | Stirling | III | BK664 ? | AA-M | Newmarket | 2200 | Mannheim | Crashed at base on return |
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