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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	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
7401	Howes	C M	Flight Lieutenant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-08-25	Halifax	III	MZ311	EY-	Breighton	2036	Gardening	Crashed at Cheltenham	Killed	Blaenavon Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7402	Howes	A J	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Lancaster	II	DS681	OW-	Linton on Ouse	2132	Peenemunde	Crashed S of Greifswald	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
7403	Howey	Edward Clayton	Flight Sergeant	J/88603	Age 26	Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-02-25	Halifax	V	LK705	SE-X	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	2027	Gardening	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark. Collective grave A.8.24-25		Paradie Archive Database	Son of James and Mary Howey, husband of Jean Howey, of Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada	Read Archive Report
7404	Howie	Wilfred Herbert	Sergeant	J/92950	Age 19	Canada	Air/Gnr	RCAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-08-27	Lancaster	I	ME592	SR-D	RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire	2125	Stettin	See archive report - Information courtesy John Jones	Killed	Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery, Sweden. Sp. Mem. Sec. XV. 71.	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Son of Herbert (died 21st November 1969, age 75) and Maud Howie (nee Finlayson - died 29th November 1971, age 73. Both parents buried Saint Mary's Anglican Cemetery, Nova Scotia) of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.	Read Archive Report
7405	Howitson	G A	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-11-22	Halifax	II	LW231	VR-F	Middleton St George	1633	Berlin	Crashed near Diever Holland	Killed	Diever General		Paradie Archive Database
7406	Howland	Edward Lane	Flying Officer	1068542	Age 27	USA	Pilot	USAAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-04-22	Halifax	III	LV963	AL-V	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	2247	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	PoW Camp: Dulag / Gross Tychow	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
7407	Howle	J O L	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-02-03	Halifax	III	LW378	KW-A			Training	Crashed at Crayke	Injured			Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
7408	Howlett	Wilfred	WO1	R/113408	Age 22	Canadian	Passenger	RCAF	Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron	10Sqn (RCAF)	1943-10-19	B-24 Liberator		3701	H	Gander, Newfoundland	2216	Transport	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	St. Donat Roman Catholic Cemetery Collective Grave Lot GE 34			Son of Henry William and Denelda Howlett of Galahad, Alberta	Read Archive Report
7409	Howsan	M A G	Flight Sergeant					RAAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-04-01	Wellington	II	Z8527	LQ-L	Pocklington	107	Poissy	Crashed at Marly-le-Roi	Killed	les Gonards Communal France
7410	Howsan	Moheddeen Abdull Ghias	Flight Sergeant	404247		Australia		RAAF		405Sqn RCAF	1942-04-01												RAAF Honour Roll
7411	Howson	H	Sergeant						Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK697	AL-D	Leeming	.0005.	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
7412	Howson	Ralph King	Pilot Officer	C8093	7th May 1916, Ontario	Canadian	Signals Officer	RCAF	Coastal Command	407 Sqn RCAF	1942-05-15	Hudson	V	AM864	RR:R	Bircham Newton	20:21	Strike Mission	Part of a strike force from 320 Sqn (9 aircraft) and 407 Sqn (12 aircraft) which was sortied to attack an east-bound convoy of German ships off the Dutch Frisian Islands. Crash-landed 1/2 mile north of Woodhall Spa near Coningsby on the return from the strike.	Killed	Great Bircham (St. Mary) Churchyard Plot 1.Row 3. Grave 14			Son of Thomas Albert and Gertrude (née King) Howson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7413	Hoxford	Fred Carson	Sergeant	R219997	3rd March 1925, Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	103 Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND411	PM:J	Elsham Wolds	22:08	Mailly-le-Camp	Hit by 1-4/gem Flak Abt 593. Crashed Beauchert at 01:05. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Beauchery-St-Martin Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave 1-3.		Paradie Archive Database	Lancaster ND411, piloted by Pilot Officer J. E. Holden, was shot down and crashed over Beauchery-St-Martin, whilst on a bombing raid to the German military base at Mailly-Le-Camp, on 3-4 May 1944. All the crew were killed. The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook states: ‘Late on 3 May 1944, 346 Lancasters of 1 and 5 Groups along with pathfinder Mosquitoes attacked the large German military base at Mailly-Le-Camp. The control of this raid in the target area failed to operate according to plan. The initial low level markers were accurate and well backed up by Lancaster marker aircraft. The Marker leader (Wing Commander G. L. Cheshire) ordered the main force to come in and bomb but the main force Controller (Wing Commander L. C. Deane) could not transmit the order to do so to the waiting Lancasters because his VHF set was being drowned by an American Forces Broadcast and his transmitter was wrongly tuned. German fighters arrived during the delay and bomber casualties were heavy. The main attack eventually started when Deputy Controller (Squadron Leader E. N. M. Sparks) took over. Approximately 1500 tons of bombs were dropped with great accuracy. 114 barrack buildings, 47 transport sheds and some ammunition buildings in the camp were hit; 102 vehicles including 37 tanks were destroyed 218 German soldiers were killed and 156 were injured. Most of the casualties were Panzer NCO’s. There were no French casualties but some were killed when Lancaster ND411 was shot down and crashed on their house.’ This aircraft was homeward after the raid but North of its tracked course. There has been some dispute over French soldier deaths held in the barracks. The Australian Government publication, Invasion to Victory April 1944 to May 1945, states: ‘The people of Beauchery-St-Martin, a little village to the South East of Paris, also had good reason to remember the night of 4-5 May 1944. Rachel De Boisgelin, the American born wife of a local landowner, was woken up by the noise: “Many of us living near were awakened by a tremendous roar of motors, by firing and then the sky was lighted up for miles around by explosions. But at that time the Germans were masters here and anyone who stepped out of a house before five in the morning risked being shot. By the noise and the glow in the sky, when the planes came down the Germans knew what had happened and they were looking at everything before anyone else. It gives me grief to tell these painful details but the planes caught fire which made identification of those who were in them extremely difficult” RAAF Flight Sergeant Clifford Gay was in one of the planes, Lancaster ND411 of 103 Squadron. Two Lancasters came down very near to each other and of the 15 crew only one survived. The remains of the others were placed in five coffins and were buried by the villagers in a collective grave in the Beauchery Communal Cemetery.’ A local teacher, Simone Rustang wrote to the sister of Sergeant James Moore, the flight engineer in ND411: ‘Never has our village seen such a big crowd - 1800 to 2000 people. At that lovely time of the year there were plenty of lilacs and lilies of the valley also tulips and rarer flowers. The five coffins disappeared under the tulips and whilst they were all being taken to their last resting place in this peaceful corner of the cemetery where the grass often grows, we were thinking of their families who might be thinking of them alive somewhere in Europe.’
7414	Hoy	J C	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-01-28	Halifax	III	HX331	NP-L	Lissett	.0035.	Berlin	Crashed on take off				Paradie Archive Database
7415	Hoyle	Frank Henry	Pilot Officer	162611	Age ?		Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-12-29	Lancaster	II	DS718	EQ-R	Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire	1722	Berlin	See archive report for further information	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Collective Grave Ref. 27 C. 1-12			Read Archive Report Attacker
7416	Hoyle	F H	Sergeant						Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-07-09	Halifax	II	JB959	EQ-L	Leeming	2244	Gelsenkirchen	Crashed on take off
7417	Hoyle	J I	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	VII	LW209	OW-Y	Linton on Ouse	246	Duisburg		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
7418	Hoyt	Gordon Ray	Sergeant	J/51021			Observer	RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-01-21	Wellington	III	X3873	ZL-R	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	1702	Gardening	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 187		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
7419	Hrehorak	Nickolas	Warrant Officer Class 2	R86111	3rd October 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian	2nd Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	103 Sqn Conversion Unit	1943-09-22	Halifax	II	W1243	PM:B	RAF Elsham Wolds		Training	Took off to practice overshooting on three-engines. While going round the circuit at 12:15 hrs, the aircraft was seen to make a flat turn to Starboard. The tail dropped and as the starboard wing stalled the bomber rolled onto its back and dived into the ground, bursting into flames on impact.	Killed	Brigg Cemetery Plot C. R.C. Grave 49			Son of John and Annie (née Semkow) Hrehorak of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
7420	Hrunkiw	W	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-11-19	Halifax	II	JD118	EY-U	Breighton	1616	Leverkusen	Crashed North Cave HUMBS				Paradie Archive Database
7421	Hrynkiw	W	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	LV813	EY-	Elvington	.0045.	Stuttgart	Crash landed Dunsford Surrey on return				Paradie Archive Database
7422	Huband	D L	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	DS686	OW-D	Linton on Ouse	1746	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7423	Hubbard	V J	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ645	PT-N	Tholthorpe	2237	Hamburg	Crashed at Estorf	Killed	Becklington War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Klaus Möller
7424	Hubbard	F	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-09-13	Wellington	III	X3308	VR-O	Topcliffe	2350	Bremen	Ditched off Southwold SUFFOLK
7425	Hubbert	J M	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1942-04-22	Wellington	III	X3759	WS-	Honington	2220	Koln	Crashed at Sapiston SUFFOLK	Killed	Honington (All Saints)		Paradie Archive Database
7426	Hubbs	F H	Flight Lieutenant	J21463				RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-05-29	Halifax	II	JB793	VR-X	Middleton St George	2252	Wuppertal	Crashed near Eupen Belgium	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
7427	Hubley	Cecil David Benjamin	Pilot Officer	J92593		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn (Moose) RCAF	1944-12-27	Lancaster	X	KB738	VR:D	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	02:57	Opladen	See archive report for further details	KiA	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.13		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
7428	Hucker	J A N	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-10-08	Lancaster	III	JA980	LQ-Z	Gransden Lodge	2315	Hannover	Crashed S of Engern	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7429	Hudema	Michael	Flight Sergeant	R/87541	23 Sep 1909	Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-10-05	Halifax	II	W7703	LQ-D	Topcliffe	1825	Aachen	Regained the south coast very low on fuel and the pilot decided to land at West Malling. First attempt to land failed- stalled and crashed while going around for second attempt. Two survivors parachuted to safety	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 33 Row B Grave 9		Paradie Archive Database	The Court of Inquiry found, in summary, that a combination of navigation errors and pilot error, probably because of the lack of confidence in the given circumstances, was the cause of the crash. The findings also recommended that the use of 'scratch crews', Sgt. Reilly volunteered to fly on this crew because the Bomb Aimer refused to fly again with the pilot, should be avoided unless in an emergency. Sgt. Reilly was of the opinion that more of the crew could have survived if the navigator had made no bones about jumping. Son of George and Mary Hudema, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
7430	Hudock	John George	Flight Lieutenant	J/15491	19 May 1918, USA	American	Observer	RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1942-07-28	Wellington	III	BJ840	GT-	Alconbury	2301	Hamburg	Presumed to have crashed in the North Sea. The last wireless message received from the aircraft was at 03:10 when it was on its return journey and was from a position calculated to have been approximately 50 miles North of the Frisian Islands.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 99.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of John and Marie P. Hudock, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
7431	Hudson	W G	Warrant Officer Class 2					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-02-02	Halifax V	II	NP757	EQ-B	Linton on Ouse	2010	Wanne-Eickel	Abandoned and crashed near North Witham				Paradie Archive Database
7432	Hudson	C H	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1945-01-12	Halifax	III	MZ805	QB-X	Skipton on Swale	1722	Gardening	Lost without trace	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
7433	Hudson	John Henry	Flying Officer	J/23947			Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	415Sqn RCAF	1944-08-21	Halifax	III	MZ633				Transit	Mid air collision with Halifax NA609	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7434	Hudson	D H	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-09-25	Halifax	III	NA601	LK-M	Marston Moor	1511	Transit	Crashed on take off				Paradie Archive Database
7435	Hudson	H McC	Flight Lieutenant					RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	HX241	EX-P	Breighton	2223	Nurnberg	Crashed Allendorf	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7436	Hudson	Robert Henry	Sergeant	305164	Age 19	British	Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-03-15	Lancaster	II	LL637	EQ-P	RAF Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire	1918	Stuttgart	See archive report for further details	Killed	Hilsenheim Communal Cemetery Grave No. 3			Son of Walter Henry and Madeline Hudson, of Sileby, Leicestershire, England.	Read Archive Report
7437	Hudson	H J	Sergeant						Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-09-05	Halifax	II	JD410	VR-V	Middleton St George	1941	Mannheim	Broke up over target	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
7438	Hudson	G	Flight Sergeant						Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-12-20	Lancaster	II	DS716	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	1707	Frankfurt	?	PoW
7439	Hudspith	N	Sergeant	1126718					Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-05-13	Wellington	X	HE697	OW-	Dishforth	2334	Bochum	Crashed near Nederhorst den Burg Holland	Killed	Amersfoort {Oud Leusden}
7440	Hueston	E F	Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1942-07-31	Wellington	IC	HF852	?-C2	Upper Heyford	2355	Dusseldorf	Crashed at Elsendorp Holland	Killed	Groesbeek		Paradie Archive Database
7441	Huet	J J G	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1945-01-05	Halifax	III	NR178	KW-J	Tholthorpe	1624	Hannover	Crashed near Schneeren	PoW			Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
7442	Huether	H L	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1943-04-09	Lancaster	III	ED566	WS-J	Waddington	2046	Duisburg	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
7443	Huff	W D	Flight Sergeant					RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-06-15	Lancaster	III	ND343	LQ-J	Gransden Lodge	2352	Lens		Killed	Calais Canadian War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
7444	Huffman	G L	Flying Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-11-23	Lancaster	II	LL629	OW-G	Linton on Ouse	1714	Berlin	Crashed near Malton	Killed	Harrogate (Stonefall)		Paradie Archive Database
7445	Huggins	Kenneth	Sergeant	1684923			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	432 Sqn RCAF	1944-02-02	Lancaster	II	LL686	QO:F	East Moor	19:40	Training	See Archive report for details	Killed	Bradford (Bowling) Cemetery, Sec. D, Grave 150				Archive Report
7446	Hughes	Geoffrey	Cadet		1926			ATC	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-07-29	Hampden	I	AT113	EQ-A	Balderton		Air Test	Crashed at 1516 while being tested in readiness for the Saarbrücken operation, coming down in a field cropped with oats some 2 miles SE of the airfield.	Killed	Whittingham (St Bartholomew) Churchyard Row 7 Grave 26.			One of two Air Training Corps (ATC) cadets, aged 16, who ad been taken on the flight for air experience. Son of Frederick Horace and Sarah Elizabeth Hughes, of Old Whittington, Chesterfield
7447	Hughes	James	Sergeant Flight Engineer	2206716				RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-04-25	Halifax	VII	NP796	EQ-M	RAF Linton-on-Ouse	1432	Wangerooge	Collided with Halifax NP820 OW-W from 426 squadron	Missing	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 275.			Read Archive Report
7448	Hughes	Idris	Sergeant	984291	1922		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1942-07-29	Hampden	I	AT113	EQ-A	Balderton		Air Test	Crashed at 1516 while being tested in readiness for the Saarbrücken operation, coming down in a field cropped with oats some 2 miles SE of the airfield.	Killed	Moel-Y-Tryfan (Hermon) Congregational Chapelyard West of Chapel Grave A 144.			Son of William and Mary Hughes
7449	Hughes	Raymond	Sergeant	1808927			Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS831	QO:N	RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire	16:29	Berlin	See archive report for full details	Killed	Leeuwarden (Huizum) Protestant Churchyard Row 10.Grave 5				Read Archive Report Attacker
7450	Hughes	R P	Pilot Officer					RCAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1942-04-14	Halifax	II	R9492	ZA-G	Leeming	2205	Dortmund	Crashed at Greatham Moor SURREY	Killed			Paradie Archive Database