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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	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
751	Anstee	J	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-05	Lancaster	III	JB720	OF-S	Bourn	2346	Stettin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
752	Anstey	William Stanley	Sergeant		1577912			W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	2nd Tactical Air Force	226Sqn	1944-08-17	Mitchell	II	FW127	MQ-W	Gilze-Rijen, Holland	1616	Abbeville	See archive report for further details	Killed	Touffreville-La-Corbeline Churchyard			Read Archive Report
753	Anstey	William James	Sergeant		1652768	1924		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	158 Sqn	1944-04-10	Halifax	III	MZ542	NP-Z	Lissett	20:51	Tergnier Rail Installations	Claim by Uffz Leopold Weinberger 7/NJG4 - Rouvroy: 3,400m at 00:08. (Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 (April 1944 - May 1945) - Dr Theo E.W. Boiten & Roderick J. Mackenzie). Crashed Catillon Valley near Loeuilly 11km South of Amiens.	Killed	Poix-de-Picardie Churchyard Row B Collective Grave 20-24			Son of Thomas William and Lizzie Mary Anstey, of Pontycymmer, Glamorgan
754	Anstey	Frederick William	Sergeant		116993		Australia			RAAF		530Sqn Bombardment USAAF	1944-10-29												RAAF Honour Roll
755	Anthonsen	Kåre Bergithon	2nd Lieutenant				Norway	Pilot		RNoAF	Fighter	331Sqn Norwegian	1944-06-11	Spitfire	IX	MJ834	S			Patrol	Abandoned near St Martin	Killed	Harstad, Troms, Norway	Harstad Gravlund. Norway		He was killed whilst flying in Spitfire IX, MJ834 'S' of No 331 Sqn, which he abandoned near St Martin after being hit by ground fire whilst attacking tanks but his parachute became entangled in the tail of the aircraft. June 11, 1944 (25) Quinéville, Manche, Normandie, France Son of Harald Alfred Anthonsen and Ågoth Marie Anthonsen	Wikipedia In Norwegian
756	Anthony	Henry Roy	Pilot Officer		176446					RAFVR	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-07-14	Lancaster	I	ME773	PM-U	Elsham Wolds	2128	Revigny	Crashed at Magny-Fouchard	Killed Age 21	Magny-Fouchard
757	Anthony	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-05-09	Lancaster	III	ND851	ZN-H	Metheringham	2225	Gennevilliers	Exploded & crashed Chateau les Rufflets	Killed	Evreaux Communal Cemetery
758	Anthony	Ernest Alfred	Sergeant		1196006	Age 20		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	III	ND710	PH-L	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	1832	Berlin	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Collective grave 5.G.3-5.			Son of Ernest and Doris Anthony, of Yardley Wood, Birmingham, England	Read Archive Report
759	Anthony	W Y	Sergeant		1566046						Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	HK570	JI-P	RAF Waterbeach	2313	Homberg	Crashed off Dutch coast	Killed	Runnymede
760	Anthony	C R	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-11-02	Lancaster	III	NE115	UL-B2	Fiskerton	1600	Dusseldorf		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
761	Anthony	Ronald David	Flight Sergeant		422529		Australia			RAAF		179Sqn RAF	1944-01-17												RAAF Honour Roll
762	Antonio	R	Private							FFAF	Bomber Command	347Sqn Free French	1944-12-28	Halifax	III	NA174	L8-	Elvington			Exploded	Killed
763	Antwis	P W N	Sergeant								Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-08-13	Lancaster	I	PD237	VN-D	Skellingthorpe	1624	Bordeaux	Abandoned	Evader
764	Anwyl	Paul Illtyd	Sergeant		442319		Australia			RAAF		2 OTU Mildura	1944-07-03												RAAF Honour Roll
765	Apitz	Kenneth John Nielsen	Flight Sergeant		422370		Australia			RAAF		59Sqn RAF	1944-06-19												RAAF Honour Roll
766	Aplin	J H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	DS850	QO-M	East Moor	1703	Braunschweig	Crashed near Nordhorn	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
767	Apostilides	J G	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-04-24	Lancaster	III	ND638	PM-	Elsham Wolds	2146	Karlsruhe		PoW
768	Appel	Edward Walter	Captain	Flight Lieutenant	O-745854	1917	American	Co-Pilot	DFC	USAAF	8th Air Force	566th Bomber Squadron (389th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-09-05	B-24	J	42-50511	RR:F	Hethel (Station #114), Norfolk, England		Karlsruhe (Mission #605), Germany	See Archive report for details	Evader					Archive Report
769	Apperley	P S G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	LM226	PO-H	Waddington	1903	Stuttgart	Crashed at Muhlhausen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
770	Apple Jr.	Odis Lee “Sonny”	Staff Sergeant		18184135	15th August 1923	American	Radio Operator		USAAF	8th Air Force	579th Bomber Squadron (392nd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-09-13	B-24 Envy of ‘em All	H	42-50279	GC:-J	Wendling (Station #118), Norfolk, England		Schwäbisch Hall airfield (Mission #628), Germany	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Repatriated and buried at the Sweetwater Cemetery Nolan County, Texas				Archive Report
771	Appleby	E E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-01-28	Lancaster	I	ED610	LS-C	Mildenhall	.0010.	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
772	Appleby	Robert Reginald George	Flight Lieutenant		1208968	1917		Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-01-05	Halifax	II	JP123	TL-F	Graveley	2359	Stettin	The aircraft was last heard by another aircraft on W/T. On three engines and maintaining height, 5505N 0320E. Shot down by flak North West of the target at 20,000 feet. The crew were initially buried in Torgelow Cemetery (35 squadron research group)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Grave 21			Flt Lt Appleby was awarded the DFC whilst serving with 35 Sqn. Gazetted 8 Oct 1943. DFC Citation: 'Plt Off Appleby is a captain of great merit. He has completed many sorties and has executed his tasks with a determination which has won high praise. One night in August, 1943, he took part in an operation against Berlin and accomplished his task with great skill and coolness. Pilot Officer Appleby has invariably displayed great courage and devotion to duty' Son of Robert Wylie Appleby and Mary Appleby; husband of Kathleen May Appleby, of South Hetton, Durham
773	Appleby	Charles William	Sergeant								Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-12-08	Halifax	III	LW637	MP-B	Holme on Spalding Moor		Russelheim		Killed
774	Appledore	Frank Harold	Flight Sergeant		416480		Australia			RAAF		6 OTU Nowra	1944-01-17												RAAF Honour Roll
775	Applegarth	T A	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM580	DX-L	East Kirkby	2307	Wesseling	Crashed at As-en-Campine {Limburg}	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
776	Applegarth	K	Sergeant								Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	ME740	AR-E	Binbrook	2146	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Mariguy-le-Grand {Marne}	Killed	Marigny-le-Grand churchyard
777	Appleton	Roy Henry	Sergeant		1724254			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	1660HCU	1944-01-31	Stirling	III	EF232	YW-J	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire	2132	Training	See archive report for details	Killed	St. Peter-In-Thanet Churchyard. Row 46. Grave 66			Read Archive Report
778	Appleton	C H	Group Captain		24139			Pilot	DSO DFC Croix de Guerre CBE		Fighter	124 Wing	1944-08-12	Typhoon	Ib	MN928	G			Patrol		Killed	Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery France
779	Appleton	A S	Warrant Officer					Pilot			Fighter	41Sqn	1944-12-18	Spitfire	XIV	RM699				Sweep	Abandoned near Munster	PoW
780	Appleyard	William David	Pilot Officer		AUS/415716		Australia	Pilot		RAAF	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	ND684	EA-V	Fiskerton	2249	Revigny	Crashed at Granges-sur-Aube {Marne}. Probably shot down by nightfighter flown by Reinhard Kollak	Killed Age 22	Granges-sur-Aube			Archive Report JD684 Probable Attacker
781	Appleyard	William David	Flying Officer		415716		Australia			RAAF		49Sqn RAF	1944-07-19												RAAF Honour Roll
782	Applin	D J	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	X	KB731	VR-S	Middleton St George	2140	Cambrai	Crashed near Vieux-Berquin {Nord}	Killed	Vieux-Berguin Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
783	Apps	R D	Sergeant					Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-11-16	Halifax	III	MZ408	C8-X	RAF Leconfield	1241	Julich	Overshot and crashed on landing	Safe				Corrected information submitted by 640 Squadron archivist Keven Turner - November 2017
784	Apps	K	Sergeant		1334148			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	ND325	PM-C	Wickenby	30	Berlin	Bailed out The aircraft made a forced landing with wheels down but incurred damage to right main wheel on an obstruction at Wingsbach 3km North of Taunusstein and well off its track	PoW No. 269827, Stalag 4B Muhlberg
785	Arabas	Jan L	Starszy Szeregowiec	Aircraftman 2nd Class	P.704639	Born 30 March (or April) 1911 in Matuszyn, Radom District (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Aircrafthand General Duties	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1944-06-09					RAF Chivenor			Died in Sanitorium at Southfield. Location : United Kingdom. Assigned to ground personnel of 304 Squadron. Owing to illness he was graded as Medical Category 'E' and was discharged on 25 January 1944. After treatment in the R.A.F. Hospital at Liberton wh was sent to the Sanatorium at Southfield where he died	Died after discharge	Edinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery - Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Row Sec B Grave Joint 1460		Archiwum Polish Database
786	Arbon	H E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	PD260	AS-N	Kirmington	2120	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
787	Arbon	H G	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-11-04	Halifax	III	LW177	MH-N	Snaith	1742	Bochum		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
788	Arbon	Frederick James	Sergeant		1869934			Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-05-01	Halifax	III	MZ593	MH:Z	Snaith	22:12	Mechelen	MZ593 was claimed by Hptm. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow, his 8th Abschuss, from 2./NJG1 30-50 km NW Brussels at 3.00 m at 00:25 hrs (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten) Crashed Kruipendaarde {West-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Grave E.454			Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Arbon, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arbon, of Peterboroug
789	Arbour	J E J G	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LW682	OW-M	Linton on Ouse	2211	Leuven	Crashed Schendelbeke {oost-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
790	Arcamone	Frank	S/Sgt		# 32540668		USA	Right Waist Gunner	Air Medal Purple Heart	USAAF	44th Bomber Group	66th BomberSqn	1944-01-29	Liberator	B-24	#41-29157				Bombing Frankfurt, Germany	Shot down by fighters and flak	Killed	Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France PLOT Plot B Row 5 Grave 70, 2 Place du Général de Gaulle, Illfurth France	Epinal, France		2 Place du Général de Gaulle, Illfurth France	MACR #2356
791	Archard	Theodore Edward	Flying Officer		135740			Navigator	1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45,	RAFVR	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ED870	VN-J	Skellingthorpe	2158	Mailly-le-Camp	Shot down over Poivre. Crashed Poivres {Aube}	Killed	Poivres Churchyard			Read Archive Report emergency Commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 2 January 1943. He served during the Second World War as a Navigator with 50 Squadron, joining with his crew directly from Number 5 Lancaster Finishing School on 24 March 1944. He flew his first operational sortie on 25-26 March 1944, bombing the rail marshalling yards at Aulnoye, and then followed this up with a baptism of fire on the Nuremberg raid of 30-31 March. The Nuremberg Raid by Martin Middlebrook is dedicated to Archard, and states: ‘The operation was nearly over. By 0715 only two aircraft remained in the air. it had been a most difficult night for Sergeant Handley of 50 Squadron and his inexperienced crew on only their second operation. Handley had wandered around for some time in bad weather looking for a place to land and he finally found safety at Winthorpe, near Newark. The tired pilot made a bad landing and ran off the end of the runway. The Lancaster tipped onto its nose, which was smashed in, and the two inboard propellors were bent but no one was hurt. The navigator in Handley’s crew was Flying Officer Theodore Archard who was a close friend of my family and a frequent visitor to our house when I was a young boy. He was a bachelor, a very religious man and he insisted on volunteering for flying duties although he was in a reserved occupation and at thirty two, older than most aircrew. I admired him immensely and it was his death, with the remainder of Sergeant Handley’s crew in another disastrous raid at Mailly-Le-Camp five weeks after Nuremberg, that later aroused my interest in Bomber Command. The result is this book is dedicated to my friend Theo Archard.’ Between March and May 1944 Archard took part in a further 11 operational sorties including Tours, Aachen, Schweinfurt ball bearing plant, St. Medard en Jalles arms works (twice), and St Martin Du Touch - the Toulouse aircraft plant. He was killed in action when Lancaster ED870, piloted by Pilot Officer A. Handley, was shot down and crashed over Poivres, 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.’ Because of the delay Luftwaffe Night Fighters arrived in force and managed to shoot down 42 Lancasters. 50 Squadron lost four aircraft during this operation with 24 crewman losing their lives. Archard is buried alongside his crew in Poivres Churchyard, France. His medals were sent to his mother, Mrs. Maude Elizabeth Archard. Beaufort House, 16 Lansdowne Road, Worcester
792	Archard	L T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-06-25	Halifax	III	ME753	DY-M	Pocklington	749	Montorqueil	Crashed at Fontaine l'Etalon {Pas-de-Calais} Collided with 77Sqn Halifax III LL549 KN-N	Killed	Fontaine l'Etalon Churchyard
793	Archay	K E	Flying Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-05-21	Lancaster	I	ME580	JO-Q	Waddington	2240	Duisburg	Crashed Randerath	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
794	Archay	Kenneth Edgar	Flying Officer		426941		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-05-22												RAAF Honour Roll
795	Archer	Raymond Leonard		Flying Officer	124689	(Age )	UK	Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1944-05-01					RAF Lasham			. Location : Belgium.		, Zaventem Communal Cemetery - Zaventem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Joint grave 1			Husband of Catherine Archer
796	Archer	Austin William	Flight Sergeant		1029029			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1944-01-27	Lancaster	I	LL745	WS-M	RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire	1715	Berlin	See archive report for further information	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Coll grave 6.C.25			Read Archive Report
797	Archer	R W	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	LM455	BQ-T	North Killingholme	2127	Stuttgart	Crashed at Blamont {Meurthe-et-Moselle}	Killed	Blamont Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
798	Archer	J T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	10Sqn	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LV882	ZA-D	Melbourne	2236	Trappes	Crashed near Hermeray {Yvelines}	Killed	St-Desir War Cemetery
799	Archer	Albert John Owen	Sergeant		1211168	1921		Wireless Operator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-01-30	Lancaster	I	ED758	EM-V	Spilsby	1720	Berlin	Hit by 2-4/schw Flak Abt 662. Crashed North East of the Reich sports field by the shooting range Ruhleben at 20:20. Also claimed by Lt Joachim Hanss - 1/NJG5 at 20:20. Lt Hanss victory confirmed on 17 June 1944.	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 224			The remains of the rest of the crew were not located. There were a large number of British graves located in this cemetery. Unfortunately none could be identified as members of this crew. They were reinterred in Berlin 1929-1945 War Cemetery as unknowns Son of John Owen Archer and Ethel Archer; husband of Joan Kathleen Archer, of East Dereham, Norfolk
800	Archer	K A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	III	ND516	EA-N	Fiskerton	2359	Leipzig	Crashed near Berg	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery