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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	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
701	Barclay	William Scott	Flight Sergeant		R/69651	Age 28	Canadian	W/Op/Air/Gnr	RCAF	Bomber Command	15 OTU	1941-10-14	Wellington	Ic	R1783	-	RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire		Nickel	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Barville Churchyard. Grave 1		Paradie Archive Database	Son of James Alexander Barclay and Clara Barclay of Toronto, Ontario	Read Archive Report
702	Barclay	Philip Grimshaw	Sergeant		R/80160	Age 21	Canadian	Observer	RCAF	Bomber Command	22OTU	1942-05-30	Wellington	IC	R1235	OR-O	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire	2255	Koln	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Collective grave 14.C. 15-19		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Philip Grimshaw Barclay and Mary Harvey Barclay, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Read Archive Report
703	Barclay	W P	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-03-13	Halifax	II	JD459	VR-Q	Middleton St George	2131	le Mans	Crash landed at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
704	Barclay	A S	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-02-19	Halifax	III	LV422	C8-R	Leconfield	.0021.	Leipzig	Crashed at Stendal	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
705	Barclay	Philip Paul	Sergeant		1386435			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	419 (Moose) Sqn, RCAF	1944-07-04	Lancaster	X	KB718	VR:J	RAF Middleton St George	21:50	Villeneuve	See archive report for details	Evader					Read Archive Report
706	Bardley	E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1942-10-13	Halifax	II	W7766	NP-H	East Moor	1829	Kiel	Crashed at East Moor on return	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
707	Bardour	F D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-03-10	Wellington	IC	Z1077	VR-P	Mildenhall	1930	Essen	Crashed on return to base				Paradie Archive Database
708	Bardwell	Charles Alfred	Flying Officer		J/43919	Age 21	Canada	Navigator	RCAF	Training Command	1 Advanced Flying Unit	1944-11-13	Anson	I	AX177	Not known	RAF Wigtown, Dumfries, Scotland	1928	Training	See archive report for brief details	Killed	St Patricks Churchyard, Jurby, Michael, Isle of Man. Grave 368		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
709	Baribeau	Leo Joseph	Sergeant		R/149418			Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-03-09	Wellington	III	X3284	OW-X	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1832	Gardening	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 186		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
710	Barker	Robert Walton	Sergeant		989712			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-04-03	Halifax	II	HR713	EQ:F	RAF Leeming	19:45	Essen	See Archive report for further details	MiA	Runnymede Panel 141				Read Archive Report
711	Barker	Malcolm Melly	Pilot Officer		J/95239	Age 19	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)	RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1945-03-16	Lancaster	I	RF188	PH-U	RAF Whickenby, Lincolnshire	17:28	Nurnberg	See Archive Report for details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 11.F.26		Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 29th March 1926 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada.Worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. Enlisted on the 26th October 1943 Son of George Alfred (died 19069, age 85) and Susan Maud Barker (née Good - died 1971, age 82), brother of Alan, Pauline and Vera of Pineville, Pinehurst, East Greenfield, Province of Quebec, Canada. Epitaph: 'Always Good, Unselfish And Kind Ever Remembered By Mother, Dad, Brothers & Sisters	Archive report on the loss
712	Barker	Herbert	Flying Officer		J/37212		Canadian	Bomb Aimer	RCAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-05-31	Halifax	V	LL419	NF-V	Tempsford	01:41	SOE	Shot down by a He219 of the 3./NJG 1	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 245. United Kingdom		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
713	Barker	J C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-01-03	Stirling	I	R9334	OJ-G			Training	Overshot on return to Lakenheath	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
714	Barker	J G	Sergeant		1442933				RCAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1943-05-01	Stirling	III	BK696	OJ-L	Lakenheath	2130	Gardening	Abandoned on return				Paradie Archive Database
715	Barker	Frank Harvey	Sergeant Pilot		R/103678				RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-01-09	Halifax	II	W7857	VR-O	Middleton St George	1632	Gardening in the Schiermonnikoog and Simonsand areas	Shot down over the North Sea by Obit. Hans-Joseph Jabs (1) of 11./NJG1 at 2215hrs	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 179		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
716	Barker	L R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-03-15	Halifax	V	LL152	SE-U	Croft	1823	Amiens	Returned to base and rear fuselage destroyed by explosion	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
717	Barker	Kenneth Hubert	Flying Officer		J/29701			Air Bomber	RCAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-11-21	Lancaster	I	PD265	JI-G	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire	1228	Homberg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 25.G.6.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
718	Barker	M E	Pilot Officer		J17650				RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1943-05-13	Lancaster	I	W4944	DX-	Scampton	2139	Pilzen	Crashed SW of Meppen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
719	Barker	A C S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-06-30	Lancaster	I	ME774	UM-L2	Wickenby	2155	Vierzon		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
720	Barker	Gareth Allan		Flight Lieutenant	J/13359	(Age 22)	Canada	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1945-04-06	De Havilland Mosquito	F.B.Vl	HR191		A.75 Advanced Landing Ground (Cambrai/Epinoy) RAF			Aircraft lost whilst attacking Enemy Tramsport in Northern Holland. Location : Germany.	Killed on Operational Flight	, Becklingen War Cemetery - Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 11, Row B, Grave 5		Paradie Archive Database	CREW : F/Lt G A Barker; Sgt G E Arthur. Son of Frederick William Barker and Olive Ruth Barker, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
721	Barker	R B	Flight Lieutenant					Pilot		Fighter	412Sqn RCAF	1945-04-18	Spitfire	I	MK898				Sweep
722	Barker	A	Wing Commander							Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1944-05-10	Mosquito	VI	NT117				Intruder	Crashed in English Channel
723	Barker	Lesley	Flight Sergeant		1379386	19th August 1920		Air Gunner (Mid Upp)	RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	JD147	VR:C	RAF Middleton St George	22:40	Wuppertal	See archive report for details	PoW 11027, Lazarett 6G					Read Archive Report
724	Barker	F C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-02-25	Halifax	III	LK759	ZL-Z	Leeming	2130	Augsburg	Crashed Beuren	Killed	Koln-Sud Friedhof
725	Barker	R B	Flying Officer					Pilot		Fighter	442Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Spitfire	IX					Recce
726	Barker	Gerald Louis	Flying Officer		J/20378	Age 26	Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command - Middle East	458Sqn RAAF. 3 Group	1943-07-21	Wellington	XIII	HZ594	MD-?	Protville, Tunisia	2130	Shipping	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Malta Memorial. Panel 10, Column 1	Oleg Marin		Worked for Hudson Bay Mining at Manitoba prior to enlisting. Trained with No. 7 Operational Training Unit. Son of Henry E and Mary Barker of 511 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and husband of Shirley O. Barker of Niagara Falls, New York State, USA.? Barker Lake northeast of Waterloo Lake, Manitoba was named after F/O. Gerald Louis Barker in 1969.	Archive report
727	Barkhouse	D F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-15	Wellington	Ic	X9916	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crashed Koln-Widen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
728	Barkhouse	D F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-20	Wellington	Ic	R1518	AA-	Feltwell	1930	Berlin	Crashed Swanton Abbot Norfolk				Paradie Archive Database
729	Barkway	P J W	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	DV281	UM-D2	Wickenby	2157	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed St-remy-sous-Barbuise {Aube}	Killed	St-Remy-sous-Barbuise Churchyard		Paradie Archive Database
730	Barlow	J P	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-02-04	Lancaster	X	KB787	VR-M	Middleton St George	1723	Bonn	Collided with next and crashed S of Vielsalm [Luxembourg]	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
731	Barlow	E S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-05-01	Halifax	V	LK698	SE-N	Croft	1915	Training	Crashed at Coatham Stob Durham	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
732	Barlow	R M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1943-09-22	Wellington	X	LN554	QO-	Skipton on Swale	1902	Hannover	Ditched E of Flamborough Head	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
733	Barlow	G M B	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Lancaster	X	KB741	WL-C2	Croft	1652	Chemnitz		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
734	Barlow	P	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-12-17	Lancaster	III	LM729	QR-V	Skellingthorpe	1640	Munchen	Crashed near Munchen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
735	Barnard	Leonard Joseph	Sergeant		R/117579	3 Nov 1916, Brooklyn, NY, USA	American	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1942-10-23	Stirling	I	W7628	OJ-B	Lakenheath		Genova	Ran out of fuel on the turn leg. Crashed on Rye Street, Cliffe, Kent at 0300 hrs. Aware that the crew were in difficulties, a local searchlight battery switched on its lights directing the beams towards nearby marshes, but to no avail. At least two cottages bore the brunt of the impact; Miss Delia Batchelor woke to find pieces from her bedroom ceiling on her bed and was then shocked to discover that the outside wall of the room had disappeared. Already, local inhabitants were trying to help but for Mrs Lilian May McPherson, just 21 and the mother of a two-month old baby girl, Diana, it was already too late. Taken from what was left of 3 Rye Street Cottages, to an army medical facility at Cooling Castle she was pronounced dead soon after being admitted. Miraculously, her little girl was found in an alcove, still in her crib, and completely unscathed. Diana was 10 weeks old at the time of the incident. Lilian May McPherson is commemorated on a special memorial in the churchyard along with the names of all the crew killed in the incident	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 33 Row E Grave 9		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Leonard and Amelia (née Steinhouse) Barnard of Brooklyn, NY. Husband of Alice (née Jackson) Barnard of Brooklyn, NY, USA
736	Barnard	David Russell	Warrant Officer Class 1		R99620	19th April 1918 in Morris, Ontario	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	419 (Moose) Sqn, RCAF	1944-08-25	Lancaster	X	KB775	VR:Y	Middleton St George	19:58	Russelsheim	Collided with 115 Sqn, Lancaster I PD274 and crashed in the target area. While spinning, the aircraft broke up, throwing Fg Off. Witwer clear. The aircraft crashed in a small forest 2 Km west of the village of Unter-Eisesheim. The crew were initially buried in the village cemetery	Killed	Durnbach War cemetery Coll. grave 5.H. 16-18		Paradie Archive Database	Commissioned and promoted to Plt Off. (J92354) with effect 24th August 1944 Son of Edward and Ellen (née Mulligan) Barnard; husband of Lillian Eva (née Losch) Barnard, of Mildmay, Ontario, Canada
737	Barnard	W S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-07-19	Halifax	III	LK803	PT-H	Tholthorpe	1130	Training		Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
738	Barnard	A E	Pilot Officer					Pilot		Fighter	402Sqn RCAF	1944-05-21	Spitfire	Vc	W3454				Strafing	Crash landed at Hawkinge	Injured
739	Barnes	A J G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-04-27	Halifax	V	LL356	NF-U	Tempsford		SOE	Crashed off Frisian Islands	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Archive Report
740	Barnes	J F	Flight Sergeant		R150671				RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Halifax	II	HR654	EQ-R	Leeming	2127	Berlin	Crashed SSE of Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
741	Barnes	N E	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	III	LW686	6U-	East Moor	2110	Caen	Crashed at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
742	Barnes	Wilfred Henry	Warrant Officer Class 2		R130395	6 February 1923 at Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada	Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-01-21	Halifax	III	JD420	VR-D	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	1946	Magdeburg	Hit by flak. Crashed at Neuenfelde near Elsfleth on the Weser, Germany	PoW No. 270003 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg (Elbe) - 4B			Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
743	Barnes	A C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-12-20	Halifax	V	LK627	ZL-K	Leeming	1615	Frankfurt	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
744	Barnes	G J L	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	MZ865	AL-V	Leeming	1803	Gardening	Crashed in sea off Falsterbo Lighthouse	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
745	Barnes	R H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1945-01-12	Halifax	III	NR173	AL-D	Leeming	1718	Gardening		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
746	Barnes	J B	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1945-03-24	Lancaster	I	PD320	BQ-H	N Killingholme	1251	Dortmund		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
747	Barnes	R J	Warrant Officer		R87330				RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	W7469	AA-O	Newmarket	2217	Mannheim	Crashed at Katzenbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
748	Barnes	L G	Flight Lieutenant					Pilot		Fighter	402Sqn RCAF	1945-02-21	Spitfire	XIV	RM839				Recce	Abandoned near Holtern
749	Barnes	S	Sergeant					Pilot		Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1943-10-03	Spitfire	IX	MA648				Ramrod 259	Crashed near Roye	PoW
750	Barnes	S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Lancaster	II	DS674	OW-	Linton on Ouse	2127	Peenemunde	?	Killed	Runnymede