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This database assembles in one place information held in the several independent listings in the Rob Philips Memorial Archive. You can inspect any listing by referring to the Table of Contents. These listings were developed over a lengthy time by the Author and include the inevitable data repetition. The database brings to a single view all the entries in all the lists for each name, without requiring you to inspect each list separately. You can search on any name and discover in which of the lists he appears and additionally you can search for any term in any list. Note that because of limitations placed by our hosting service a minimum of 4 characters is normally required. However, we have enables ALL 3-character names to be found by adding 'x' to the name. Thus to find the name 'Vos', enter 'Vosx' in the search box. For 2-character names such as 'As' and 'Ot' add 'xx'.

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ABBREVIATIONS:KL = Koninklijke Landmacht = Royal Dutch Army • KLu = Koninklijke Luchtmacht = Royal Dutch Airforce • KM = Koninklijke Marine = Royal Dutch Navy • KMR = Koninklijke Marine • Reserve = Royal Navy Reserve • ML = Militaire Luchtvaart • MLD = Marine Luchtvaart Dienst • ML-KNIL = Militaire Luchtvaart KNIL or RNEIAF = Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Dutch: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) • MSD = Marine Stoomvaart Dienst • RNMFS = Royal Netherlands Military Flying School • RNNAS = Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, also RDNAS for Dutch • NEI = Netherlands East Indies; 2TAF = 2 Tactical Air Force.

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#Groep/POS*Naam/NameTussenVoorletters/InitialsDatum/DateVoorname, Sqd, etc*******WhichList*******NotesPhoto
1 KLu-NL-RAF-14A18RieterWillem Joseph Gerard Paul1942-04-23Vn: Willem Joseph Gerard Paul - Dec: - Rang: Res Sgt Vl - Sqn: 218B - Vl: Stirling Mk I W7473 HA-F - Crash site: Ingrams Field, 100 yds from Clenchwarton Primary School, Clenchwarton, Norfolk, GB Crash cause: engine failure. The aircraft aborted its mission, and tried to return to base. An elderly gentleman in Clenchwarton recalled on 29-01-2007 that the aircraft had jettisoned its bombs in The Wash, before it crashed. .
Killed with Res Sgt Vl W.J.G.P. Rieter, 23/4/1942, Clenchwarton, Ingrams Field, 100 yds South of Clenchwarton Primary School Norfolk, GB, with Stirling Mk. I Nr. W7473 HA-F from RAF 218 'Gold Coast' Sqn Bomber Command: 10. Sgt. John Hartley, Obs, RAF VR 989820, age 27 – KIA, buried Holcombe (Emmanual) Cemetery, Lancashire, GB, grave A/1003 11. Sgt. Abson Squires, fe, RAF 545944, age 23 – KIA, buried Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Yorkshire, GB, grave J/500 12. Sgt. Archibald John Thornburn, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 960871 – KIA, grave location unknown 13. Sgt. Jamie Kitchener Wendle Paul, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 1380822, age 27 – KIA, buried St. Erth Church Cemetery, Cornwall, GB, grave 3/3/3 14. Sgt. Shirley Vincent Davidge, Pilot, RAF VR 118626, age 27 – KIA, buried Cofton Hackett (St. Michael) Churchyard, Worcestershire, GB, grave A/F/11 15. Sgt. William James Cook, Ag, RAF 540952, age 28 – KIA, buried Armagh (St. Patrick's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Armagh, N-Ireland, grave A/7/140/EX
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