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#	Name*	First Names	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
751	Clements	Clement Frederick	Flight Sergeant	NZ/414592	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	57 Operational Training Unit (9 Group)	1943-07-07	Spitfire	I	R6813	-		RAF Eshott, Northumberland	1100	Training	See archive report for detailed information	Killed	Harrogate Cemetery (Stonefall). Section 21E. Grave 7072			Born on the 08th August 1921 in Kaitangata. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training on the 17th August 1941. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on the 08th November 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 08th January 1942. Awarded pilot badge and promoted to sergeant on the 05th June 1942. Served 6 months as staff pilot with No. 6 Bomber and Gunnery School. Embarked for England on the 09th March 1943 from New York. Joined 57 Operational Training Unit on the 31st May 1943. An experienced pilot with 466 flying hours logged, with 24 on the Spitfire. Son of Harold and Sophia Clements (née Pennell), of Kaitangata, Otago, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
752	Cleveland	A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-07-25	Stirling	III	EE892	AA-F		Mepal	2239	Essen	Crashed off Southwold SFK	KIlled	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
753	Cleveland	Jack McGifford	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/411371	Age 29	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	616Sqn	1944-06-12	Spitfire	VII	MB768	YQ-X	2 x Me109	RAF Culmhead, Somerset	PM	Rodeo 169	See archive report - Abandoned over English Channel	Rescued safe		Courtesy Airforce Museum New Zealand		Died 01st February 1970, age 56. Son of Oswald Hugh Cleland (died 03rd January 1953) and Ivy Ethel Cleland (née Gibbs - died 18th September 1977). Brother of Marie Annie McKnight, Ronald Joseph Cleland, Oswald Douglas Cleland, Ian Cleland, and Margaret Cleland of 62 Nelson St., Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. Husband of Isabel.	Read Archive Report
754	Clezy	W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1942-03-12	Wellington	III	X3588	AA-		Feltwell		Kiel	?	Killed	Runnymede
755	Clifford	D J	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	142Sqn	1942-01-17	Wellington	IV	Z1330	QT-B		Grimsby	1740	Bremen	Believed crashed in sea off Bridlington	Killed
756	Clifford	Noel Anthony John	Sergeant	NZ/402166	Age 23	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Fighter Command	256Sqn	1941-08-27	Defiant	I	N1745	JT-O		RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire		Training	See archive report for brief details	Killed	Lytham St. Anne's Cemetery (Park) Sec. D. R.C. Grave 514.			Read Archive Report
757	Clift	John Edgar	Flight Sergeant	NZ/422690	Age 21	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-05-01	Lancaster	III	ND901	MG-B		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2245	Chambly, France	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Nointel Communal Cemetery. Collective grave	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 13th September 1922 in Cambridge England. Guildford and Godalming County School but left for New Zealand when aged 17. Worked as a farm hand for Glentui Station at Waipawa prior to service. Enlisted at Rotorual on the 18th April 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 29th May 1942. Air gunners badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 19th March 1943. Embarked for England on the 08th April 1943. Further training with 11 Operational Training Unit joining on the 05th May 1943 flying on the Wellington. Then to 1665 Heavy Conversion Operational Training Unit joining on the 29th July 1943 flying on the Stirling. Joined 75 squadron on the 29th August 1943 where he flew 14 operational sorties. Posted to 7 PFF squadron on the 12th January 1944 where he flew a further 7 operational sorties. Awarded his PFF badge. Son of Major Edgar Clift and of Margaret Annie Clift (Nee Pick). of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 386 flying hours logged and on his 29th operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
758	Clift (Barker)	Nenneth (Thomas Edward)	Pilot Officer	NZ/404336	Age 27	New Zealand (Australian)	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	245Sqn	1943-06-19	Typhoon	Ib	DN293	MR-C		RAF Selsey, Sussex	1900	Air test	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Chichester Cemetery. Square 42. R.C. Plot. Grave 53	Courtesy AWMM		Real name: Thomas Edward Barker Born on the 07th January 1916 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Moved to New Zealand in 1937. Worked as a motor metal worker for W. Monteith and Sons in Auckland prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 24th November1940. Initial training with No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 27th December 1940. Embarked for Canada on the27th February 1941 training with No. 8 Service Flying Training School commencing on the 20th March 1941. Awarded pilots badge on the14th June 1941 and promoted to sergeant. Embarked for England on the 20th June 1941. Joined 52 Operational Training Unit on the 14th July 1941 flying the Hurricane. Then 43 squadron on the 02nd November 1941, joining No. 4 Air Delivery Flight December 1941. Finally joining 245 squadron on the 17th March 1942. Commissioned on the 03rd March 1943. Son of Thomas Claude and Florence Barker (nee Ham), of Bondi North, New South Wales, Australia. A total of 552 flying hours logged with 103 on the Typhoon.	Read Archive Report
759	Clifton-Mogg	W S	Warrant Officer	NZ417267					RNZAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1943-05-23	Stirling	III	BF528	BU-L2		Chedburgh	2335	Dortmund	Crashed near Monchengladbach	PoW
760	Climie		Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-09-28	Wellington	Ic	R1177	AA-		Feltwell	1920	Frankfurt	Abandoned near Sible Hedingham ESSEX
761	Climo	Frederick Walter Percival	Flight Sergeant	NZ/4210148	Age 22	New Zealand	W/op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	ND756	AA-M		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2200	Stuttgart	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Millery Communal Cemetery. Grave 2			Burial Site Attacker Attacker Operational Record Son of Frederick Linton Climo and Alice Mary Climo, of Timaru, New Zealand and husband of Margaret Eva Climo (née Ireland), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. Understood to be on his 3rd operation.	Read Archive Report
762	Clinch	Kenneth	Sergeant	1288144			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-27	Lancaster	III	ND908	AA-M		RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	.0048.	Aachen	Crashed Poelkapelle {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Wevelgem Communal Cemetery. Collective grave E. 473-474			Read Archive Report
763	Clothier	H G	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	10Sqn	1942-05-24	Halifax	II	W7666	ZA-J				Air Test	Crashed at Leeming
764	Clothier	H G	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1942-06-01	Halifax	II	W1143	EY-F		Leeming		Essen	Crashed at Haringvliet	Killed	Crooswijk General (Rotterdam)
765	Clough	D	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	ND919	AA-D		Mepal	2256	Leuven	Exploded & crashed Castle Elderschans	Killed	Aardenburg General Cemetery
766	Clouston	John Greville	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/40218	Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	165Sqn	1944-06-06	Spitfire	IX	MK589	SK-G		RAF Predannack, Cornwall	2000	Rodeo	See archive report for further brief details	Killed 1944-06-21	Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery. Plot L. Row D. Grave 20.	Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire		Sq/Ldr. John Greville Clouston. Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery. Plot L. Row D. Grave 20. Born on the 08th January 1919 at Wellington. Worked as a clerk for Murray Roberts and Company of Wellington before service. Served in the NZ territorial army for 18 months before enlisting on the 15th January 1940 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge on the 10th June 1940 and promoted to sergeant on the 27th July 1940. Embarked for England on the 11th August 1940. Joined 57 Operational Training Unit for training on the Spitfire on the 01st November 1940, Joined 258 squadron flying the Hurricane on the 02nd December 1940 where he carried out 146 operational sorties. Commissioned on the 08th May 1941. Attached to 403 squadron RCAF flying the Spitfire - numerous operations carried out. Joined 111 squadron on the 12th November 1941 carrying out 8 operational sorties. On the 08th March joined 486 squadron flying the Hurricane and Typhoon carrying out 63 operations . On the 19th January he was appointed Sector Gunnery Officer and instructor at Biggin Hill. Then after joining 41 squadron on the 08th November 1943 he carried out at least 11 operations. On the 05th December he was attached to Fighter Leader School flying the Spitfire, a further 55 operations carried out with 165 squadron which he joined on the 13th January 1944. Son of Allan Wilson Clouston and Violet Lizzie Clouston (nee Greville), of Wellington. Husband of Joyce Eileen Clouston (nee Wilson - later Whitta) and father of Anne Elizabeth and Susan Greville of Karon, Wellington, New Zealand.	Archive Report
767	Clouston	Warwick Ashling	Sergeant	NZ/402452	Born on the 05th June 1921	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	616Sqn	1942-06-20	Spitfire	Vb	AD559	YQ-?		RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire	1815	Air test	See archive report for further information	Killed	Scottow Cemetery, Norfolk, Grave 269.			Read Archive Report
768	Clow	E	Flying Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-03-24	Halifax	II	HR665	NF-L		Tempsford		SOE	Ditched in Ijsselmeer	PoW
769	Clow	E	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-03-27	Whitley	V	Z9481	MH-V		Dishforth	2029	St-Nazaire	Crashed Conistone Moor YORKS
770	Clubb	S J	Flying Officer	NZ414593					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-12	Stirling	III	BK721	AA-Z		Newmarket	.0037.	Duisburg	Crashed on take off	Killed	Newmarket
771	Coates	D D	Sergeant	NZ421318					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-25	Stirling	I	BK602	AA-R		Newmarket	.0006.	Dusseldorf	Crashed in sea French/Belgian coast	Killed	Oostende New
772	Coates	Alan Edward	Pilot Officer	NZ/40643	15 November 1911 at St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealander	1st Pilot	MiD	RNZAF	Coastal Command	502 Sqn	1942-09-15	Whitley	V	Z9365	YG-A		RAF St. Eval, Cornwall	13.05	Anti-Submarine Patrol	Shot down and ditched 150 miles west of Brest	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial - Panel 115	Courtesy Archives		Read Archive Report
773	Coates	Kenneth John	Pilot Officer	168679	Age 20	British	Pilot		RAFVR	2nd Tactical Air Force	487Sqn RNZAF	1943-12-04	Mosquito	FB.VI	HX864	EG-E		RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk	1210	Rail and Transport	See archive report for detailed information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 131			Born in March 1923 in Pelsall. Awarded commission on the 13th October 1943. Son of Frederick Josiah and Edith May Coates, of 52 Old Town Lane, Pellsall, Staffordshire, England. On the 25th November 2015 his medals, sweetheart broach and letters were sold for £400 by auctioneers Noonans of Mayfair, London.	Read Archive Report
774	Cobb	Cyril Thomas	Flight Sergeant	NZ/412315	Age 30	New Zealand	W/Op/Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-04-20	Stirling	III	BF506	AA-P		RAF Newmarket, Suffolk	2205	Heinkel Factory at Rostock	See Archive report for further details. Shot down by Ofw. Rudolf Mangelsdorf 12./NJG3 crashed at B̦balle, Denmark	Killed	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave A. 9. 6			Born on the 07th May 1912 at Thames. A Mercer's assistant for E.V. Slyfield in Paeroa prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 13th April 1941 as an air gunner. Embarked for Canadian the 26th May 1941. Trained at No. 8 Bomber Gunnery School 21st November 1941. Air Gunner badge awarded on the 22nd December and promoted to sergeant. Re-mustered as W/Op. air gunner. Embarked for England on the 07th January 1942. Further training with No. 9 Observer Advanced Flying Unit 01st May 1942. Attached to No. 11 Operational Training Unit flying on the Wellington 27th May 1942. 1665 Operational Training Unit 25th August flying the Sterling. Joined 90 squadron on the 22nd September 1942 carrying out 2 operational sorties. Assigned to 75 squadron 29th January 1943 carrying out 8 operational sorties. Son of Fred and Mary Cobb (née Delamore), of Bird-In-Hand, Thames, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
775	Cobcroft	Brian	Flight Lieutenant			New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Transport Command	48Sqn RAF	1944-08-21	Dakota	III	KG421	I2-		RAF Down Ampney		Resupply Polish troops closing the Falaise Gap	Hit by dense light flak at 300 feet. Crash landed just inside allied lines with 1 engine out and flight controls shot out.	Slight injuries			Accident report
776	Coburn	Alexander Bridges	Sergeant	NZ/414594	26 July 1915 at Hairini, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	New Zealander	2nd Pilot		RNZAF	Coastal Command	502 Sqn	1942-09-15	Whitley	V	Z9365	YG-A		RAF St. Eval, Cornwall	13.05	Anti-Submarine Patrol	Shot down and ditched 150 miles west of Brest	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial - Panel 117	Courtesy Archives		Read Archive Report
777	Cochrane	A W G	Squadron Leader						RNZAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-11-02	Lancaster	III	PB486	GT-		Upwood	1655	Dusseldorf	Crashed on take off
778	Cocks	S G	Flight Sergeant	NZ404623					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1943-05-12	Stirling	III	BK721	AA-Z		Newmarket	.0037.	Duisburg	Crashed on take off	Injured
779	Coe	Arthur John	Sergeant	NZ/404530			Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	25 Operational Training Unit	1941-11-09	Wellington	IC	W2783	PP-Q		RAF Finningley, Yorkshire	2115	Training exercise	See archive report for further details	Injured - Killed later see Mosquito SZ990	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. Plot 7. Row BB. Grave 11			Read Archive Report coex
780	Coe	Arthur John	Sergeant	NZ/404530			Navigator		RNZAF	Fighter Command	487Sqn RNZAF	1945-04-06	Mosquito	FB.VI.	SZ990	EG-E		Rosières-en-Santerre	2203	Intruder	See archive report for further details	Killed	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. Plot 7. Row BB. Grave 11			Read Archive Report coex
781	Coedy	H J W	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	III	ND752	AA-O		Mepal	2330	Homberg	Crashed at Udenhout {Noord-Brabant}	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
782	Cohen	S	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command		1944-05-28	Lancaster	I	LM108	GI-N		Mildenhall	1845	Angers		PoW
783	Coldham	Geoffrey Thomas	Pilot Officer	NZ/412657	Age 21	New Zealander	Pilot (Inst)		RNZAF	Training Command	1 Elementary Flying Training School (ATS)	1942-06-11	Tiger Moth	II	NZ769	-		RNZAF Taieri, New Zealand	1040	Emergency Precautions Scheme Co-operation	See archive report for further details	Killed	Waikaraka Cemetery. Extn. 1, Grave 229A	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 24th October 1921 in Auckland. Educated at Mt. Albert Grammar School and Auckland University College. A survey cadet for E.V Blake Survey and Civil Engineers in Auckland. Enlisted in Levin as a pilot under training on the 04th May 1941. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 15th June 1941. No. 2 Flying Training School on the 26th July 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 06th September 1941 and commissioned on the 18th October 1941.With Flying Instructor School on the 17th November 1941. As instructor with No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School on the 12th January 1942. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School as instructor on the 09th February flying the Tiger Moth. Son of George Stewart Coldham (died 08July 1972, age 79), and of Hilda Dorothy Coldham (née Bicker - died 21st October 1971, age 76), brother of Richard, Madeline and Raymond of 4 Tawera Road, Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report
784	Cole	G F	Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-10-15	Wellington	Ic	W5663	AA-		Feltwell		Koln	Crashed near Dusseldorf	PoW
785	Cole		Sergeant							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-03-18	Wellington	Ic	T2736	AA-		Feltwell	1950	Kiel	Crashed near Ryhill
786	Coleman	William Harcourt	Flying Officer	NZ/2526			Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	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 69. Row A. Grave 21			Read Archive Report
787	Coles	Thomas Edward	Sergeant	NZ/40161	Age 28	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF 11 OTU	1942-09-06 - 1942-28-06	Wellington	III - IC	BJ765 - X3173	AA-L KY-M		RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk - RAF Bassingbourn	0105 - 0410	Duisburg - Training	See archive report for further details	Killed - survived earlier incident	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 16.F.11	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 09th July 1914 at Wellington. Worked as a warehouseman for Joseh Lucas at Auckland. Enlisted on the 12th January 1940. Initial training at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 01st March 1940. Embarked for Canada on the 18th June 1941. Awarded air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant 16th March 1942. Embarked for England on the 01st April 1942. After serving with various units joined 11 Operational Training Unit on the 28th April 1942. Slightly injured in aircraft crash when Wellington IC X3173 stalled and came down near Ashwell, Hertfordshire on the 29th June 1942 (3 crew killed). Joined 75 squadron on the 12th August 1942. Son of Thomas (died 22nd April 1961, age 85) and Margaret Ann Joseph Coles (née De Freitas - died 25th May 1955 - both buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson), of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 66 flying hours logged and on his 02nd operational sortie.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
788	Collender	R G	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-09-12	Lancaster	II	LL731	JI-U		Mildenhall	1844	Frankfurt	Crashed at Kordel	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
789	Collett	Henry William Amner	Sergeant	412468		New Zealand	Bomb Aimer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1942-11-16	Lancaster	I	W4326	SR-C		RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor		Training	Exploded in mid air. Crashed at Llanerfyl WALES	Killed	Tywyn Cemetery, Merioneth, Class 2. Row 6. Grave 287. United Kingdom		Accident report		CWGC
790	Collett	K P	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-04-22	Lancaster	III	LM525	AR-T		Binbrook	2254	Dusseldorf	Crashed Sythen	PoW
791	Collett	Maxwell Amner	Pilot Officer	NZ/422260	Born 25 October 1925	New Zealand	Pilot	MiD	RNZAF	Fighter Command	485Sqn RNZAF	1945-02-13	Spitfire	IX	PT856					Recce	Abandoned	Survived - aircraft SOC	None - known to have survived the war	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire		Engine failed - baled out over Holland into allied territory. 485 Squadron. Credited along with T.S.F. Kearins with the destruction of 3 midget submarines, believed to be the only midget submarines destroyed by fighter command
792	Collett	I H	Pilot Officer						RNZAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1941-10-26	Wellington	Ic	Z8946	DX-S		Feltwell	1810	Hamburg	Crashed off Romo Island Denmark	PoW
793	Collett	W I	Squadron Leader							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-08-03	Wellington	Ic	R3176	AA-		Feltwell		Horst	Crash landed Barton Mills	Killed
794	Collingwood	Ernest William Joseph	Flight Sergeant	NZ/413738			Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	JB962	EY-?		RAF Breighton	2300	Wuppertal	See archive report for further information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 198			Read Archive Report
795	Collins	Owen Eastwood	Sergeant	414961		New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	X3965	AS:L		RAF Kirmington	19:43	Bochum	Lost without trace	MiA	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 199			Son of Harold Eastwood Collins and Alice Evelyn Collins, of Tongaporutu, Taranaki, New Zealand
796	Collins	John Noel	Flying Officer	NZ/2513			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1940-05-21	Wellington	Ic	R3157	AA-H		RAF Feltwell	2120	Dinant	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 27			Read Archive Report
797	Collins		Flying Officer							Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1941-03-18	Wellington	Ic	T2736	AA-		Feltwell	1950	Kiel	Crashed near Ryhill
798	Collyns	Basil Gordon	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/391342	24th February 1913	New Zealander	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Fighter Command	19Sqn	1944-08-20	Mustang	IIIb	FB194	QV-I	7	ALG B12. Ellon, France (nicknamed 'Jerusalem')	1832	Sweep	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Villeneuve-St- Georges Old Communal Cemetery France. Grave 93			Son of Guy Shuckburgh Collyns and Jean Collyns (née Armstrong). Husband of Margaret Lucy Collyns, (née Churchward) of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. Born on the Monday, 24th February 1913 at Greymouth, Grey District. Prior to enlisting on the 19 November 1939 age 26 worked as a sheep farmer. Brother of F/O. Eric Arthur Collyns. DFC Citation: "This officer, now on his second tour of operational flying, has completed a large number of sorties. As flight commander, he has led his flight with outstanding skill and courage and has inflicted much damage on the enemy. During August, 1944, the squadron met a large force of enemy aircraft, and Flight Lieutenant Collyns displayed considerable ability and initiative by leading his flight to attack the enemy top cover, thus enabling the remainder of the squadron to engage the lower enemy formation. This officer has destroyed 7 enemy aircraft and damaged many others."	Read Archive Report
799	Collyns	Basil Gordon	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/391342	Monday, 24th February 1913	New Zealander	Pilot	Later DFC	RNZAF	Fighter	19Sqn	1944-06-22	Mustang	III	FB236	QV-?	7			Sweep	Abandoned near Quetteliou	Survived - killed later				Son of Guy Shuckburgh Collyns and Jean Collyns (née Armstrong). Husband of Margaret Lucy Collyns, (née Churchward) of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand	Read Archive Report
800	Collyns	Basil Gordon	Fl/Lt	NZ/391368	24th February 1913	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	Air Fighting Development Unit	1943-02-15	Spitfire	IIa	P8440	-		RAF Duxford			Mid air collision with Spitfire IIa P8468	Survived - killed later				Son of Guy Shuckburgh Collyns and Jean Collyns (née Armstrong). Husband of Margaret Lucy Collyns, (née Churchward) of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand	Read Archive Report