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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
801 AppletonC HGroup Captain24139PilotDSO

DFC

Croix de Guerre

CBE
Fighter124 Wing1944-08-12TyphoonIbMN928GPatrolKilled Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery France
802 AppletonA SWarrant OfficerPilotFighter41Sqn
1944-12-18SpitfireXIVRM699SweepAbandoned near MunsterPoW
803 AppletonStanley ArthurFlying Officer152127Age 33BritishAir BomberRAFVRBomber Command3 OADU (Overseas Air Delivery Unit)1944-03-21HalifaxIIJP137-RAF Hurn, Dorset00;32Delivery flightSee archive report for further detailsKilledAlperton Cemetery. Plot C.C. Grave 163.
Son of Edward John and Lily Jane Appleton; husband of Lilian Mary Appleton, of Wembley, England. Epitaph 'He Lives In The Hearts Of Those Who Loved Him'.
804 AppleyardWilliam DavidPilot OfficerAUS/415716AustraliaPilotRAAFBomber Command49Sqn
1944-07-18LancasterIIIND684EA-VFiskerton2249Revigny Crashed at Granges-sur-Aube {Marne}. Probably shot down by nightfighter flown by Reinhard Kollak Killed Age 22Granges-sur-Aube

Archive Report JD684

Probable Attacker
805 AppleyardWilliam DavidFlying Officer415716AustraliaRAAF49Sqn RAF
1944-07-19RAAF Honour Roll
806 ApplinD JSergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12LancasterXKB731VR-SMiddleton St George2140CambraiCrashed near Vieux-Berquin {Nord}KilledVieux-Berguin Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
807 AppsRobert DSergeantAir Gunner (Rear)RAFVRBomber Command640Sqn
1944-11-16HalifaxIIIMZ408C8:XRAF Leconfield12:41JulichThe crew released their bomb load onto the target area at 15:30 from 14,000 feet and while over the target area the aircraft was struck by flak which damaged the port wing. Four other 640 Squadron aircraft were damaged by flak on this raid. After leaving the target area the temperature gauge on the starboard outer engine rose so the crew shut down the engine and feathered the propeller, believing it was also damaged by flak. Despite the damage the crew managed to fly back to the circuit of RAF Leconfield airfield. At 17:34 the pilot attempted to land but was forced to fly an overshoot. At around 400 feet above the ground and with the wheels down the pilot temporarily lost control due to a loss of engine power. Regaining control a forced landing was made near the airfield with the wheels down, the aircraft ran through a couple of fields before it passed over a ditch and this broke the undercarriage legs. It came to rest a short distance later with fuselage broken in two and in doing so the aircraft was badly damaged. (Aircraft Accidents In Yorkshire).SafeCorrected information submitted by 640 Squadron archivist Keven Turner - November 2017
808 AppsKSergeant1334148Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command12Sqn
1944-01-01LancasterIIIND325PM-CWickenby30BerlinBailed 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

809 ArabasJan LStarszy SzeregowiecAircraftman 2nd ClassP.704639Born 30 March (or April) 1911 in Matuszyn, Radom District (Age 33 when killed)PolandAircrafthand General DutiesMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1944-06-09RAF ChivenorDied 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 diedDied after dischargeEdinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery - Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Row Sec B Grave Joint 1460Archiwum Polish Database
810 ArbonH ESergeantBomber Command166Sqn
1944-08-12LancasterIPD260AS-NKirmington2120BraunschweigKilledHannover War Cemetery
811 ArbonH GFlying OfficerBomber Command51Sqn
1944-11-04HalifaxIIILW177MH-NSnaith1742BochumKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
812 ArbonFrederick JamesSergeant1869934Air Gunner (Mid Upper)RAFVRBomber Command51 Sqn
1944-05-01HalifaxIIIMZ593MH:ZSnaith22:12MechelenMZ593 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}KilledWevelgem Communal Cemetery Grave E.454
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Arbon, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arbon, of Peterboroug
813 ArbourJ E J GFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1944-05-12HalifaxIIILW682OW-MLinton on Ouse2211LeuvenCrashed Schendelbeke {oost-Vlaanderen}KilledGeraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report
814 ArcamoneFrankS/Sgt# 32540668USARight Waist GunnerAir Medal

Purple Heart

USAAF44th Bomber Group66th BomberSqn

1944-01-29LiberatorB-24#41-29157Bombing Frankfurt, GermanyShot down by fighters and flakKilledEpinal 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

815 ArchardTheodore EdwardFlying Officer135740Navigator1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45,RAFVRBomber Command50Sqn
1944-05-03LancasterIIIED870VN-JSkellingthorpe2158Mailly-le-CampShot down over Poivre. Crashed Poivres {Aube} KilledPoivres Churchyard

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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
816 ArchardL TSergeantBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1944-06-25HalifaxIIIME753DY-MPocklington749MontorqueilCrashed at Fontaine l'Etalon {Pas-de-Calais} Collided with 77Sqn Halifax III LL549 KN-NKilledFontaine l'Etalon Churchyard
817 ArchayK EFlying OfficerRAAFBomber Command463Sqn RAAF
1944-05-21LancasterIME580JO-QWaddington2240DuisburgCrashed RanderathKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
818 ArchayKenneth EdgarFlying Officer426941AustraliaRAAF463Sqn RAAF
1944-05-22RAAF Honour Roll
819 ArcherRaymond LeonardFlying Officer 124689 (Age )UKPilotRAFBomber Command305Sqn (Polish)
1944-05-01RAF Lasham. Location : Belgium. , Zaventem Communal Cemetery - Zaventem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Joint grave 1Husband of Catherine Archer
820 ArcherAustin WilliamFlight Sergeant1029029NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command9Sqn
1944-01-27LancasterILL745WS-MRAF Bardney, Lincolnshire1715Berlin See archive report for further information KilledDurnbach War Cemetery. Coll grave 6.C.25 Read Archive Report
821 ArcherR WFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command550Sqn
1944-07-28LancasterIIILM455BQ-TNorth Killingholme2127StuttgartCrashed at Blamont {Meurthe-et-Moselle}KilledBlamont Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database
822 ArcherJ TSergeantBomber Command10Sqn
1944-06-02HalifaxIIILV882ZA-DMelbourne2236TrappesCrashed near Hermeray {Yvelines}KilledSt-Desir War Cemetery
823 ArcherAlbert John OwenSergeant12111681921Wireless OperatorRAFVRBomber Command207Sqn
1944-01-30LancasterIED758EM-VSpilsby1720BerlinHit 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.KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 224The 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
824 ArcherK ASergeantBomber Command49Sqn
1944-02-19LancasterIIIND516EA-NFiskerton2359LeipzigCrashed near BergKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
825 ArcherJ DSergeantBomber Command50Sqn
1944-06-24LancasterIIIJA899VN-DSkellingthorpe2243ProuvilleCrashed at Ribeaucour {Somme}KilledFransu Churchyard
826 ArcherJ WSergeantBomber Command578Sqn
1944-11-09HalifaxIIILL584LK-EBurn1549GelsenkirchenAbandonedPoW
827 ArcherASergeantBomber Command619Sqn
1944-09-11LancasterILM191PG-ODunholme Lodge2048DarmstadtCrashed at Hausen vor der HoheKilledDurnbach War Cemetery
828 ArcherElwood WSergeantAir Gunner (Rear)Bomber Command434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF
1944-08-07HalifaxIIILW176WL:JCroft20:32la Hogue Strong PointOn take off the aircraft swung out of control and hit another Squadron aircraft LK799 WL:E before crashing through a brick wall. No injuries reported.Uninjured
829 ArcherFredPilot Officer137602NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command9 Sqn
1943-06-12LancasterIIIED558WS:NBardney22:43BochumED558 was claimed by Hptm. Manfred Meurer, his 40th Abschuss, from 3./NJG1 over Braamt, 3 km north of Zeddam at 6.200 m at 01:14 hrs. Victory confirmed on the 19th December 1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten)PoW No. 1487, Stalag Luft 3
830 ArchibaldJ SFlight SergeantR253890CanadianAir Gunner (Rear)RCAFBomber Command434Sqn (Bluenose), RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIILK796WL:SRAF Croft21:55KielThe aircraft was hit by heavy flak approx. 5 mls short of the target. two tanks were holed, and petrol was exhausted 28 mls ENE of Scarborough. The aircraft ditched and two of the crew slightly injured . All were saved after 13hrs in the dinghy.SafeParadie Archive Database
831 ArchibaldJamesFlying OfficerNZ/42786Age 29New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command576Sqn
1944-07-28LancasterIIIPB253UL-A2RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire2118StuttgartCrashed at ChaumouseyInjured - PoW
Courtesy Relatives
Born on the 20th May 1915 at Hailton. After being released as a PoW he married his fiancee, Post war returned to New Zealand. Awarded a masters degree in history becoming a school teacher. He taught in Auckland and Marton where he was a founder staff member of Rangitikei College. He ultimately became deputy principle of Te Kuiti High School. Died 27th September 1975, age 59.
832 ArchibaldKFlight SergeantBomber Command582Sqn
1944-08-12LancasterIIIND9696O-FLittle Staughton2205RusselheimKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
833 ArchibaldAlan GreevesFlying Officer409643AustraliaRAAF53Sqn RAF
1944-02-05RAAF Honour Roll
834 ArchibaldDavid B 1st LtO-803926USAPilotUSAAF358th Fighter Group368th Fighter Squadron
1944-12-18P-51 Mustang5 Luftwaffe destroyedSource: afhra.maxwell.af.mil
ETO (European Theatre)
835 ArctBohdan StanisławSquadron LeaderP-109027.05.1914 WarszawaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)
PAFFighter Command316Sqn Polish
1944-09-06MustangIIIFB351SZ-BRAF Coltishall, NorfolkRamrod 1260See archive report for further detailsPoW - Stalag Luft BarthNone - survived the war - passed away 11th May 1973 Siedlce, PolandArchiwum Polish Database
836 ArcusL DSergeantBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-07-20LancasterILM119PO-EWaddington2318CourtraiCrashed at Kaaskeke {West-Vlaanderen}KilledKaaskerke Communal Cemetery
837 ArdingRichard GeoffreyWarrant Officer9044171919RAFVRCoastal Command172Sqn
1944-01-30WellingtonXIVHF2791-?RAF Chivenor ’Percussion’ patrol. Hit by flak from U-608MissingRunnymede Memorial Panel 213.Son of Thomas and Edith Arding; Husband of Madge Arding, Of Cheriton, Kent
838 ArdisD CFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-09-24LancasterIIILM636PO-UWaddington1723CalaisCrashed target areaKilledCalais Canadian War Cemetery
839 ArdisBeverley Donn (Joe)Flying OfficerJ/26495CanadianAir GunnerDFC
RCAFBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1944-04-21HalifaxIIJP113NA-AMiddleton St. George01:20LensDamaged by nightfighter, crash landed at Attleborough NorfolkInjuredDied 6 May 1997 - Dallas, Texas Accident report
840 ArdisDavid CorryFlight Sergeant418242AustraliaRAAF467Sqn RAAF
1944-09-24RAAF Honour Roll
841 ArelLuther J 1st LtO-686799USAPilotUSAAF78th Fighter Group84th Fighter Squadron
1944-06-10P-47 Thunderbolt1 Luftwaffe destroyedSource: afhra.maxwell.af.mil
ETO (European Theatre)
842 ArgentEdward JPilot OfficerBomber Command9Sqn
1944-01-14LancasterIIIED721WS-SBardney1642BraunschweigCrashed at BartolfeldeKilledHannover War Cemetery
843 ArgentEdward JamesPilot Officer1566471924PilotRAFVRBomber Command9Sqn
1943-12-20LancasterIIIED700WS-OBardney1702FrankfurtShortly after bombing the primary target, the Lancaster was attacked by a night- fighter, who fire killed Sgt. Knox, RCAF. Considerable damage was inflicted and later the crew were obliged to ditch at 2322 hours out of fuel and roughly 15 miles N of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and within 4 miles of the shore. The survivors were picked up by an ASR launch after spending 4 hours in their dinghy and taken into Great YarmouthRescued, Killed in action 15 Jan 1944 9 Sqn, Lancaster III, ED721
844 ArgumentGodfrey AddisonFlight LieutenantJ/15764Age 23CanadianPilotRCAFFighter Command33Sqn
1944-09-17SpitfireIXNH318SR-?B.35 Merville10:20Dive BombingSee Archive Report for detailsKilledSchoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.D.14
Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 28th August 1921 on Toronto. Educated at Humberside Collegiate Institute. A student teacher prior to service. Enlisted on the 15th August 1940. Wings awarded on the 16th May 1941 at Dunniville and promoted to sergeant. Further training with 59 Operational Training Unit. Nearly completed two operational tours.

Son of Godfrey and Kathleen May Argument (Née Rook) brother of Vera, of 532 Windermere Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Ethel Josephine Argument (married on the 31sr March 1943), father of Barbara Kathleen, of 2 Almond Place, Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

Epitaph: 'Always In Our Hearts'.

845 ArkleJ N PFlight Lieutenant124908PilotFighter263Sqn
1944-11-18TyphoonIbPD566Crashed near RoermondKilledSusteren (St- Amelberga) Roman Catholic Churchyard Netherlands
846 ArklessL NFlying Officer152343Bomber Command514Sqn
1944-09-20LancasterILM277JI-FWaterbeach1448CalaisCrashed off CalaisKilledRunnymede
847 ArkseyWalter LynwoodSergeantR20536014th March 1923 in Langruth, ManitobaCanadianAir Gunner (Mid Upper)RCAFBomber Command460 (RAAF) Sqn
1944-06-10LancasterIME696AR:B2Binbrook23:13Acheres Rail FacilitiesPost war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Elancourt, two miles West of Trappes,16 miles WSW of Paris. The aircraft hit high tension wires at 01:00 and all the crew were killed.KilledViroflay New Communal Cemetery Row B Grave 22.Paradie Archive DatabaseInitially buried in Elancourt Communal Cemetery

Commissioned and promoted to Plt Off (J89952) dated 9th June 1944

Son of John 'Jack' and Maude (née Bott) Arksey of Langruth, Manitoba, Canada
848 ArlowT ASergeantBomber Command640Sqn
1944-11-04HalifaxIIIMZ409C8-CLeconfield1738BochumKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
849 ArminA MSergeantBomber Command57Sqn
1944-05-22LancasterIIINE127DX-JEast Kirkby2223BraunschweigCrashed Dorkwerd {Groningen}KilledHoogkerk {Kerkstraat} General Cemetery
850 ArmitageB HSergeantBomber Command12Sqn
1944-07-20LancasterILM106PH-HWickenby2359CourtraiKilledRunnymede

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