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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
8701 WhitwellHugh ClarenceSergeant412372Age 26RNZAF149Sqn (RAF)1942-10-10KilledUnited Kingdom, Watton (St. Mary) Churchyard, Row C. Grave 65.

Son Of Bertram Francis And Janet Whitwell, Of Tapapa, Auckland, New Zealand.
8702 WhitwellPeter CoulsonFlying Officer40613Age 22DFM

RNZAF7Sqn1942-11-07KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 114.Son Of The Revd. Samuel Mapleton Whitwell And Gwendoline Whitwell, Of Ashley Green, Buckinghamshire.
8703 WhitwellHugh ClarenceSergeantNZ/412372Age 26New ZealanderWireless Op/Air GunnerRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1942-10-10StirlingIBF348OJ-PRAF Lakenheath, Suffolk1852GardeningCrashed at Great Cressingham NFKKilledWatton Churchyard (St. Mary). Row C. Grave 65
courtesy NZ Cenotaph
Born on the 14th August 1916 at Henderson. A carpenter for Mr. Troutbeck of Auckland. Enlisted on 13th April 1941 at Levin. Son of Bertram Francis and Janet Whitwell (née Melville), of Tapapa, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 248 Flying hours logged an having completed 13 operational sorties.
8704 WhitwellPeter CoulsonFlying OfficerNZ/40613Age 22New ZealanderAir GunnerDFM

RNZAFBomber Command7Sqn
1942-11-06StirlingIW7620MG-LRAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire1659GardeningSee archive report for further brief detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 114

Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire

Battle Of Britain

Born on the on 16th August 1920 at Hartlepool, County Durham, the son of the Revd. Samuel Mapleton Whitwell and Gwendoline Whitwell (née Coulson), of Ashley Green, Buckinghamshire, England. Served with the Scots Grays before emigrating in late 1938. Joined the RNZAF as air gunner on the 13th February 1940. Served with 600 Squadron on Blenheims during the Battle Of Britain
8705 WhymanOwen KendrickFlight Sergeant413294Age 27RNZAF12Sqn (RAF)1943-06-12KilledNetherlands (Holland), Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row C. Coll. Grave 18.
8706 WhymanOwen KendrickFlight SergeantNZ/413294Age 27New ZealandAir BomberRNZAFBomber Command12Sqn
1943-06-11LancasterIIIDV157PH-ZRAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire2322DusseldorfSee archive report for further detailsKilledAmsterdam New Eastern Cemetery. Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 18.

Courtesy AWMM

(Shared grave with Fl/Sgt. Stanley Joseph Marriage Aus/420691 RAAF - killed on the 15th June 1943 460 squadron Lancaster iii dv160) Born n the 19th September 1915 at Rotorua. Enlisted 10th June 1941. Air bombers badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 06th November 1942. Joined 12 squadron from 1662 Operational Training Unit on the 03rd June 1943. Son of Cuthbert Sydney and Josephine Whyman (née Malyon - born 19th March 1884 - died 02nd February 2961, age 77. Married 07th March 1911), of George Street. Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 360 flying hours logged and killed on his 01st operational sortie. Body washed up near Zandvoort on 13th June 1943.
8707 WhyteJ H FFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command207Sqn
1943-02-14LancasterIL7547EM-MLangar1914MilanoCrashed at St-Brisson FranceEvader
8708 WhyteJamesFlying Officer413954Age 25RNZAF547Sqn1943-08-15KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 198.
8709 WiblinArthur AlanPilot Officer4213966Age 21RNZAF1944-07-18KilledNew Zealand, Hukerenui Public Cemetery, 137
8710 WicksAlexander GeorgePilot Officer411486Age 28RNZAF1941-12-10KilledUnited Kingdom, Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Ward 11. Sec. P. Grave 20.

Son Of Norman And Caroline Wicks.
8711 WicksAlexander GeorgePilot OfficerNZ/411486Age 28New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command59 Operational Training Unit. 81 Group1941-12-10HurricaneIW9342-RAF Crosby-on-Eden, CumberlandTrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledCarlisle Cemetery (Dalston Road). Ward 11. Sec. P. Grave 20

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 08th April 1913 at Te Awamutu, North Island. A sheet metal worker for Alex Harvey and Sons, Auckland prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 02nd March 1941. Received his pilots badge and commission on the 25th April 1941. Joined 59 OTU on the 10th November 1941. Son of Norman and Caroline Wicks (née Bush) of Auckland, New Zealand. 152 flying hours logged.
8712 WiddowsonSquadron LeaderBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-07-09WellingtonL7819AN-NMildenhallCrashed at Newmarket
8713 WilcocksonWalter FrederickFlight SergeantNZ/42314Age 34New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-22StirlingIEF399AA-ORAF Newmarket, Suffolk2337MulheimShot down near Markelo HollandKilledMarkelo General Cemetery Plot 4, Row C, Grave 17.

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Son of Albert George and Mabel Maude Victoria Wilcockson, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, husband of Reno Anna Wilcockson, of Christchurch.
8714 WilcocksonWalter FrederickFlight Sergeant42314Age 34RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-23KilledNetherlands (Holland), Markelo General Cemetery, Plot 4. Row C. Grave 17.
8715 WilcoxDavid John RobertFlight Sergeant421244Air BomberRNZAFBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-09-11LancasterILM268AA:DRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire19:35GardeningSee Archive report for further detailsPoW No: 966 Camp: Stalag Luft 7None - understood to have survived the war
8716 WildeGordon GeorgeFlight Sergeant403241Age 25RNZAF221Sqn (RAF)1944-01-04KilledItaly, Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Ii. H. 39.Son Of Hans And Mary Ellen Wilde, Of Levin, Wellington, New Zealand; Husband Of Valerie Wilde, Of Khandallah, Wellington.
8717 WilderBottrell StanleySergeant413528Age 26RNZAF1942-03-14KilledUnited Kingdom, Watton (St. Mary) Churchyard, Row A. Grave 60.

Son Of Albert Henry And Dora Wilder, Of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
8718 WilderBottrell StanleySergeantNZ/413528Age 26New ZealandPilotRNZAFTraining Command17 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit. 21 Group1942-03-14Miles MasterIIDK873-RAF Watton, Norfolk410TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledWatton Churchyard (St. Mary). Row A. Grave 60

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 09th July 1915 at Christchurch. Worked as a clerk for Williamson Construction Co. in Christchurch prior to service. Enlisted on the 15th One 1941 at Levin. Trained at No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 26th July 1941. Further training at No. 1 Flying Training School joining on the 06th September 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 18th October 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 29th November 1941. Embarked for England on the 18th December 1941. Joined 17 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit in February 1942.

Son of Albert Henry (died 20th October 1953) and Dora Wilder (nee Ransey), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. A total of 165 flying hours logged.

8719 WildingNorman VaughanSergeant1836301Age 19RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-29KilledFrance, Yevres Communal Cemetery, Joint Grave.Son Of George And Elsie Wilding, Of Brockweir, Gloucestershire.
8720 WildingN VSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-28LancasterIIINE148AA-HMepal2155StuttgartCrashed at YevresKilledYevres Communal Cemetery
8721 WilesHarold CuthbertFlight Lieutenant1180Age 32RNZAF1941-10-15KilledNew Zealand, Purewa Public Cemetery, Block G, Row 4, Grave 23.Son Of Harold Oliver And Margaret Gertrude Wiles, Of Remuera, Auckland City; Husband Of Zoe Vernon Wiles.
8722 WilesHarold CuthbertFlight Lieutenant1180Age 32New ZealandPilot (Inst)RNZAFTraining CommandNo. 4 SFTS
1941-10-15OxfordIINZ1238-RNZAF Ohakea, New Zealand2145TrainingSee Archive report for further detailsKilledPurewa Public Cemetery, Block G, Row 4, Grave 23
Born on the 15th June 1909 in Auckland. Educated at Auckland Grammer. Served in the territorial army for 3 years. A reprehensible for H.O. Wiles Ltd in Auckland. Member of the New Plymouth Aero Club. 'A licence awarded on the 13th October 1933. Also of Auckland Aero Club. With Territorial Air Force training as a pilot and received his commission on the 01st March 1935. With Auckland Reconnaissance Squadron 04th September 1935. Involved in civil aircraft crash off Waiheke on the 11th January 1937. Mobilised with the squadron 04th September 1939. Posted to Ohaea on staff duties 16th November 1939. Flying Instructor School on the 04th October 1940. No. 3 Flying Training School on the as instructor on the 12th November 1940. Son of Harold Oliver (died 05th December 1964, age 80) and Margaret Gertrude Wiles (née Alfred - died 09th February 1984, age 98), of Tuhaere Street,Remuera, Auckland City; husband of Zoe Vernon Wiles.
8723 WilkesEric ArthurSergeant1575513Age 22RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1944-02-24KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 240.Son Of Charles L. And Florence G. Wilkes, Of Stoke, Warwickshire.
8724 WilkesDenis ReginaldFlying Officer427240Age 23RNZAF1944-02-15KilledUnited Kingdom, Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 14352.Son Of Gabriel Alfred And Mary Elizabeth Wilkes, Of Wellington City, New Zealand.
8725 WilkesDenis ReginaldNZ/427240Age 23New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFTraining Command51 Operational Training Unit1944-02-15BeaufighterIFR2129Not knownRAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire2012Training See archive reports for further details KilledCambridge City Cemetery. Grave 14352 Read Archive Report
Researched by Jenifer Lemaire - see page for image licence.
8726 WilkesE ASergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-02-24StirlingIIIEH948AA-QMepal1810GardeningKilledRunnymede
8727 WilkieGeorge Hardwick BurgessFlight Sergeant416674Age 22RNZAF150Sqn1943-08-05KilledMalta, Malta Memorial, Panel 12, Column 2.
8728 WilkieHugh CharlesFlight Lieutenant415397Age 21DFC
RNZAF1944-04-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 14709.Son Of Robert Hitton Wilkie And Of Marion Edith Wilkie (Nee Pemberton), Of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
8729 WilkieHugh CharlesFlight Lieutenant415297New ZealanderPilotDFC

RNZAFBomber Command1657HCU
1944-04-18StirlingIIIEJ108WRAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire22:35TrainingSee Archive report for detailsKilledCambridge City Cemetery. Grave 14709
8730 WilkieGeorge Hardwick BurgessFlight SergeantNZ/416674Age 22New ZealandAir GunnerRNZAF330 Wing. 205 Group - Middle East150Sqn
1943-08-05WellingtonXHE952JN-LKairouan West, Tunisia2000Messina, Cape PeloroSee Archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedMalta Memorial. Panel 12, Column 2

Courtesy AWMM


Born on the 14th November 1920 at Marton. Worked as a grocer for A.S. Fagg of Wellington. Son of Alexander Wilkie and of Edith Maud Wilkie (nee Pelham), of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand.

The family lost two other sons, 26 year old, Alex Anderson Wilkie killed on the 01st December 1941 serving with 6 Field Regiment in the Western Desert, 25 year old, Harry Taylor Wilkie killed on the 05th August 1942 serving with 5 Field Regiment in the Western Desert. A total of 266 flying hours logged and on his 17th operational sortie.

8731 WilkinsJack KennethSergeant416581New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command214Sqn
1943-05-23StirlingIIIBF528BU:L2RAF Chedburgh23:5Dortmund, GermanyHit by Flak of I. Zug (Unit unknown) and crashed at Wanlo/Wickrath near Mönchengladbach at 02:02hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten)KiARheinberg War Cemetery, 2.G.20Son of Thomas Owen and Mary Aileen (née Walker) Wilkins of Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand.
8732 WilkinsonJ SFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command15Sqn
1945-02-03LancasterIPD419LS-VMildenhall1604DortmundPoW
8733 WilkinsonJames StewartFlying OfficerNZ/4211042New ZealandNavigatorMiDRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-08-07LancasterIHK567AA-CRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire2202Mare de MagneSee archive report for further brief detailsEvaderNone - Survived the warMet British troops on the 14th August 1944. Shot down again on the 03/04th February 1945 whilst with 15 Squadron. Taken PoW. Awarded MiD on the 14th June 1945.
8734 WilkinsonG SFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-05StirlingIIIEE893JN-NMepal1959MannheimCrashed SchwanheimKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
8735 WilkinsonE SPilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-05StirlingIIIEE893JN-NMepal1959MannheimCrashed SchwanheimKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
8736 WilkinsonJohn AstonSergeant NZ/404626W/Op/Air/GnrDFM

RNZAFBomber Command217 Squadron1942-07-28BeaufortL9820Luqa, MaltaConvoy See archive report for further details PoW Escaped None - understood to have survived the war Read Archive Report
8737 WilkinsonRichard JohnFlight Sergeant15850681923NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-20LancasterIIIPA967AA:DMepal23:20HombergPA967 was claimed by Ofhr. Gerhard Wartenborger, his 1st Abschuss, from 4./NJG3 SW of Eindhoven at 5.200m at 01:09 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Crashed at around 01:00 hrs in open countryside some 4km north of Nederweert (Limburg), 4 km NE from the centre of Weert, HollandKilledJonkerbos War Cemetery Coll. grave 4.H. 2-8Son of John and Annie Wilkinson, of Kilmington, Devon
8738 WilkinsonMervynSergeantNZ/405532Age 21. Born on the 01st March 1921New Zealand Air BomberRNZAFBomber Command22 Operational Training Unit. 91 Group1942-25-05WellingtonIcAD625Not knownRAF Stratford, Warwickshire240Training See archive report for further brief details KilledStratford-Upon-Avon Cemetery. Grave 4205. Son of Frederick Wilkinson and of Elizabeth Wilkinson (née Bell), of Huntley, Auckland, New Zealand Read Archive Report
8739 WilkinsonFrederick RaymondWarrant OfficerNZ/429386Age 24New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFCoastal Command489Sqn. 18 Group1945-04-26BeaufighterTF.XRD333P6-?RAF Dallachy, Morayshire, ScotlandRoverSee archive report for detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel. Panel 285Born on the 08th May 1920 at Christchurch. A clerk prior to service with NZR. Enlisted on the 31st July 1942. Son of Frederick Schofield Wilkinson and Florence Beatrice Wilkinson, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 310 flying hours logged and completed, it is thought, 7 operational sorties.
8740 WilkinsonFrancis HenryFlight Sergeant1052897Age 28RAFVR489Sqn (RNZAF)1942-03-08KilledUnited Kingdom, South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Sec. C. Grave 323.Son Of Charles And Florence Mary Wilkinson, Nephew Of Mrs. A. A. Brown, Of Cleadon, South Shields.
8741 WilkinsonMervynSergeant405532Age 21RNZAF1942-05-25KilledUnited Kingdom, Stratford-On-Avon Cemetery, Grave 4205.

Son Of Frederick Wilkinson And Of Elizabeth Wilkinson (Nee Bell), Of Huntley, Auckland, New Zealand.
8742 WilkinsonErnest StanleyPilot Officer417138Age 25RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-06KilledGermany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 18. B. 13-15.Son Of Stanley Milton Wilkinson And Merle Jane Wilkinson, Of Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand.
8743 WilkinsonGeorge StanleyFlight Sergeant642538Age 27RAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-06KilledGermany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 18. B. 13-15.Son Of Stanley And Mary Wilkinson; Husband Of Elsie Wilkinson, Of Denton, Gravesend, Kent.
8744 WilkinsonRichard JohnFlight Sergeant1585068Age 21RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-21KilledNetherlands (Holland), Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4. H. 2-8.Son Of John And Annie Wilkinson, Of Kilmington, Devon.
8745 WilkinsonRaymond IngramFlying Officer2130Age 30RNZAF1945-04-13KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 5.

Son Of Percy Russell Wilkinson And Annie Isobel Wilkinson, Of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand; Husband Of Margery Elizabeth Wilkinson, Of Lower Hutt, Wellington.
8746 WilkinsonFrederick RaymondWarrant Officer429386Age 24RNZAF489Sqn1945-04-26KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 285.Son Of Frederick Schofield Wilkinson And Florence Beatrice Wilkinson, Of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
8747 WilksRonaldSergeant1417280Age 21RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-23KilledGermany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 21. B. 15-18.Son Of Wilfred Thomas Wilks And Jessie Wilks, Of Bryn, Port Talbot, Glamorgan.
8748 WilksRSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-09-23StirlingIIIEH936JN-WMepal1926MannheimCrashed at DirmsteinKilledRheinberg War Cemetery
8749 WillcoxAnthony DennittsFlying Officer4213315Age 23RNZAF1945-02-25KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, 8. 12.

Son Of Hugh Edward Dennitts Willcox And Agnes Frances Willcox, Of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
8750 WilliamsJ MFlight SergeantA401341RAAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-04-28StirlingIIIBF467AA-WNewmarket2038GardeningCrashed in Baltic off MakshovKilledSvino Denmark

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