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1 BelbinH.S.F/LC38077CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
2 BellW.J.F/LC8554CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
3 BeltonFrederick Keith(H)F/L
(H)S/L
(H)W/C
MiD
UKC965CHP - Church of England111Sqn (RCAF)
111Sqn (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
RCAF
HQ Western Air Command (RCAF)
RCAF
X
X
X
X
X
X
1 Feb 1939 - Enlisted in the RCAF Aux - Vancouver, British Columbia
3 Sep 1939 - First chaplain to be mobilized
Nov 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
9 March 1945 - Repatriated to Canada
20 March 1945 - Vancouver, British Columbia
28 Dec 1945 - Retired from the RCAF
- Mention in Despatches - Overseas - Award effective 14 June 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1395/45 dated 31 August 1945.
- Deceased on 19 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
4 BinningR.D.F/LC5740CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
5 BlewettJ.F/LC20294CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
6 BooneA.A.F/LC6722CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
7 BraineR.W.G.F/OC14962CHP422Sqn Last OpUnited Church United ChurchX - Coastal Command - Jul 01 - Deceased -
8 BrownleeP.J.F/LC20296CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
9 BurchillJ.T.F/LC24871CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
10 CaulfieldA.E.L.F/LC8514CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
11 ChappelN.T.F/LC7997CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
12 ChurchA.C.P/OJ47694NAVRCAFXOct 44 -
13 ChurchB.G.F/OC7117AERCAFN/AOct 44 -
14 ChurchC.B.G.F/LC5416MORCAFN/AOct 44 -
15 ChurchC.H.F/OC4370LIRCAFN/AOct 44 -
16 ChurchD.F.AC2
LAC
Sgt
F/Sgt
WO2
P/O
F/O
R
J
X
35959
WAG
PLT
RCAF
1ITS (RCAF)
10EFTS (RCAF)
1SFTS (RCAF)
14Sqn (RCAF)
126Sqn (RCAF)
130Sqn RCAF
RCAF Goose Bay
61OTU
83GSU
401Sqn
6 (RCAF) Group HQ
RCAF
RCAF Photos
RCAF Photos
N/A
N/A
X
X
X
X
Hurricane
X
Spitfire
X
Spitfire
X
X
X
X
09 Sep 40 - Joined the RCAF
30 Dec 40 - Toronto - ON
28 Jan 41 - Mount Hope
11 Oct 41 - Camp Borden - ON
24 Jan 42 - RCAF Rockcliffe - ON
15 May 42 - RCAF Dartmouth - NS
11 May 43 - RCAF Bagotville - QC
26 Oct 43 - NFLD
09 May 44 -
18 Jul 44 -
04 Aug 44 -
11 May 45 -
27 Sep 45 - Released from the RCAF -
DND 65-73 (WO2D.F. Church with 130 (RCAF)Sqn at RCAF Stn Bagotville) -
17 ChurchH.N.M.F/OC20324Special OpsRCAFN/AOct 44 -
18 ChurchH.W.F/OJ40924NAVRCAFXOct 44 -
19 ChurchJ.A.P/OJ48541AGRCAFXOct 44 -
20 ChurchJ.I.R.F/OH37231RCAFN/AOct 44 -
21 ChurchR.C.F/OC20768ADMRCAFN/AOct 44 -
22 ChurchRobert DouglasP/O
F/O
F/L
DFC
J3266OBS
PLT
RCAF
1ITS (RCAF)
1AOS (RCAF)
1B&GS (RCAF)
1ANS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
148Sqn (RAF)
RCAF
13EFTS (RCAF)
2SFTS (RCAF)
1 FIS (RCAF)
2 SF TS (RCAF)
Air Liaison Mission (RCAF)
RCAF
RCAF
X
X
Anson
Battle
Anson
X
Wellington
X
Finch
Harvard & Yale
Harvard
Harvard & Yale
X
X
X
4 June 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF
24 June 1940
19 July 1940
13 Oct 1940
24 Nov 1940
21 Jan 1941 - UK
1941
19 Sep 1942 - Repatriated to Canada
7 Nov 1942 - Remustered to Pilot
23 Jan 1943
28 May 1943 - Flying Instructor Course
22 July 1943 - Flying Instructor
28 June 1944 - Southeast Asia
4 Dec 1944 - Repatriated to Canada
1 Feb 1945 - Released from the RCAF
Distinguished Flying Cross - No.148 Squadron - Award effective 27 May 1942 as per London Gazette dated 2 June 1942 and AFRO 880-881/42 dated 12 June 1942.
Died in Toronto, 12 March 1998
(Information courtesy of Francois Dutil)
23 ChurchR.E.F/LJ5326PLT418SqnMosquito-1945
24 ChurchR.M.NSPC46068NRSRCAF - Women's DivisionN/AOct 44 -
25 ChurchR.W.F/OJ22858PLTRCAFXOct 44 -
26 ChurchT.G.F/LC5398ARM RCAFN/AOct 44 -
27 ChurchW.R.P/OJ39468PLTRCAFXOct 44 -
28 ClarkeC.F/LC8513CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
29 ClarkeD.R.L.F/LC14598CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
30 CockramW.E.H A/CC1701CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
31 ColemanH.R.H F/LC6770CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
32 ComfortJ.H F/LC35253CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
33 CondonR.P.H F/LC44721CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
34 CooperJ.P.H F/LC8450CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
35 CornettA.D.H F/L
OBE

C5587CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
36 CorscaddenG.H.H F/LC44725CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
37 Cowper-SmithG.A.H F/LC27934CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
38 CreesN.J.H F/LC8269CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
39 DanielW.C.H F/LC11519CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
40 DavidsonR.H.N.H F/LC23917CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
41 DaviesM.C.H W/CC2766CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
42 DavisW.W.H F/LC5235CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
43 DeanC.C.H F/LC11823CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
44 DodgsonH.S.H F/LC12918CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
45 DoxseeF.A.C.H F/LC5880CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
46 DunlopW.S.H S/LC1810CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
47 EllisP.R.H F/LC20297CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
48 EsteyN.R.H F/LC11520CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
49 FarisD.K.H F/LC29257CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
50 FloydT.H.H F/LC10034CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
51 ForbesJ.A.H F/LC7376CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
52 ForrestA.C.H F/LC47190CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
53 FrenchA.C.H F/LC8004CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
54 GilbertE.W.S.H F/LC22597CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
55 GilmourS.M.H F/LC13157CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
56 GodkinN.J.H F/LC11884CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
57 GrantG.M.H S/LC3457CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
58 GreenfieldW.G.H F/LC28808CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
59 GriffithsW.P.H F/LC4403CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
60 HadleyI.R.H F/LC4323CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
61 HammondJames WalterP/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
DFC
USAJ10645PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
19EFTS (RCAF)
2SFTS (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
8SFTS (RCAF)
13SFTS (RCAF)
10EFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
1533BATF (RAF)
23OTU (RAF)
1569HCU (RCAF)
434Sqn (RCAF)
82OTU (RAF)
RCAF
2AC HQ (RCAF)
7B&GS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
Dalton School (RCAF)
1659HCU (RCAF)
RCAF
2AC HQ (RCAF)
RCAF
X
X
Moth
Harvard
Harvard & Anson
Harvard & Anson
Harvard & Anson
Cornell
X
Oxford
Oxford
Wellington
Halifax
Halifax
Wellington
X
X
Anson
X
Halifax
Halifax
X
X
X
10 July 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Winnipeg, Manitoba
20 Aug 1941 - Regina, Saskatchewan
24 Sep 1941 - Virden, Manitoba
21 Nov 1941 - Uplands, Ontario
29 March 1942 - Flying Instructor Course - Trenton, Ontario
19 May 1942 - Flying Instructor - Moncton, New Brunswick
4 Dec 1942 - Flying Instructor - St. Hubert, Quebec
12 Jan 1943 - Flying Instructor -Pendleton, Ontario
17 March 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
31 May 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
June 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
20 July 1943 - RAF Pershore, Worcestershire
20 Oct 1943 - RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire
30 Nov 1944 - RAF Croft, Yorkshire
12 Sep 1944 - Instructor - RAF Ossington, Nottinghamshire
Jan 1945 - Repatriated to Canada
2 Feb 1945 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
14 March 1945 - Paulson, Manitoba
May 1945 - Bournemouth, UK
9 May 1945 - RAF Dalton, North Yorkshire
6 July 1945 - Instructor - RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire
28 Aug 1945 - Repatriated to Canada
5 Sep 1945 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
13 Oct 1945 - Retired from the RCAF
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.434 Squadron - Award effective 4 November 1944 as per London Gazette dated 14 November 1944 and AFRO 239/45 dated 9 February 1945.
Deceased on 5 September 1960, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
62 HarbackF.R.H F/LC24872CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
63 HardingC.L.H F/LC37371CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
64 HarstonE.H S/LC1812CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
65 HattonN.H S/LC6771CHP425SqnUnited Church01 Jun 46 - X -
66 HavilandD.T.A.H F/LC13377CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
67 HendersonF.S.H F/LC12664CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
68 HenstockR.C.H F/LC21102CHPRCAFChurch of EnglandOct 44 -
69 HigginsA.I.H
F/L
C3944CHPRCAFUnited ChurchOct 44 -
70 HockinJ.A.H F/LC8699CHPRCAFUnited Church15 Oct 44 -
71 HowellL.C.H F/LC37373CHPRCAFChurch of England16 Oct 44 -
72 IrvingW.P.H F/LJ10320CHPRCAFUnited Church16 Oct 44 -
73 JacksonA.J.H F/LC9042CHPRCAFChurch of England16 Oct 44 -
74 JamesJ.H.H F/LC26896CHPRCAFChurch of England16 Oct 44 -
75 JenningsW.B.H W/CC6883CHPRCAFChurch of England16 Oct 44 -
76 JohnsonV.H.H F/LC13559CHPRCAFUnited Church17 Oct 44 -
77 JolleyJ.H F/LC3415CHPRCAFChurch of England17 Oct 44 -
78 JonesT.D.H F/LC21494CHPRCAFChurch of England17 Oct 44 -
79 KentJohn AlexanderP/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
W/C
-------
W/C
G/C
DFC & Bar

AFC

Virtuti Militari 5th cl. (Poland)
Canadian in RAF37106PLTRAF
9FTS (RAF)
19Sqn (RAF)
RAE
1PDU (RAF)
7OTU (RAF)
303Sqn (RAF)
92Sqn (RAF)
53OTU (RAF)
1Polish Wing (RAF)
Kenley Wing (RAF)
53OTU (RAF)
Special Duty List
Air Ministry Unit
Station Church Fenton (RAF)
HQ Fighter Command (RAF)
17Sector (RAF)
234Wing (RAF)
7FIS (RAF)
3(P)AFU (RAF)
-------------------
Air HQ BAFO (RAF)
HQ CCG/BE
RAE (RAF)
Station Odiham (RAF)
Station Tangmere (RAF)
Station Newton (RAF)
RAF
X
Fury & Tudor
Gauntlet
Fairey P4
Blenheim & Lockheed
Master & Spitfire
Hurricane
Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire
X
X
X
X
Hurricane
Hurricane
Master & Oxford
Oxford
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X
X
DH108 & Avro 707
Meteor
Meteor
X
X
15 Mar 1935 - Enlisted in the RAF - United Kingdom
30 May 1935 - RAF Thornaby, Yorkshire
29 Feb 1936 - RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
19 Oct 1937 - Test Pilot - Farnborough, Hampshire
13 May 1940 - RAF Heston, Middlesex
15 July 1940 - RAF Hawarden, lintshire
27 July 1940 - RAF Northolt, London
17 Oct 1940 - Sqn Commanding Officer - RAF Biggin Hill, London
5 March 1941 - Chief Flying Instructor - RAF Llandow, Wales
6 June 1941 - Wing Commander Flying - RAF Northolt, London
31 July 1941 - Wing Commander Flying - RAF Kenley, London
2 Oct 1941 - Chief Flying Instructor - RAF Llandow, Wales
5 Jan 1942 - Lecture tour of Canada and the US
22 June 1942 - (DDTG)
30 June 1942 - Station Commander - RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire
15 Sep 1942 - RAF Bentley Priory, Middlesex
27 Dec 1942 - Commanding Officer - RAF Benghazi, Lybya
5 Aug 1943 - RAF Almaza, Egypt
19 Apr 1944 - Flying Instructor Course - RAF Upavon, Wiltshire
5 July 1944 - Commanding Officer - RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire
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June 1945 - Bad Eilsen, Germany
Nov 1946 - AdC to British CiC - Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
1948 - Chief Test Pilot - Farnborough, Hampshire
Aug 1952 - Station Commander - RAF Odiham, Hampshire
1954 - Station Commander - RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
1956 - Station Commander - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
1 Dec 1956 - Retired from the RAF

(Photo: 28 April 1942 - At left, W/C J.A. Kent DFC & Bar AFC, from Winnipeg, Man. chatting air tactics with W/C N.W. Timmerman DSO DFC, from Kingston,Ont.)
- Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross - Kenley Wing awarded as per London Gazette dated 21 October 1941.
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.303 Squadron - awarded as per London Gazette dated 25 October 1940.
- Air Force Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 2 January 1939.
- Virtuti Militare, 5th Class - awarded as per London Gazette dated 16 January 1941.
Known as 'Kentowski' by Polish 303 pilots during Battle of Britain.
- Deceased on 7 October 1985, in Woking, Surrey, UK.
(Aircrew Remembered is in close contact with John Kent's daughter.)
(Information amended and completed courtesy of Francois Dutil)
80 KnoxN.D.H F/LC24873CHPRCAFChurch of England18 Oct 44 -
81 LancasterT.R.H F/LC8270CHPRCAFChurch of England18 Oct 44 -
82 LatimerR.R.H F/LC10912CHPRCAFChurch of England19 Oct 44 -
83 LautenschlagerE.C.H F/LC9375CHPRCAFUnited Church19 Oct 44 -
84 LawrenceA.G.AC2
LAC
P/O
F/O
F/L
A/S/L
F/L
A/S/L
-------
F/L
S/L
W/C
DFC

AFC

R
J
------
RCAF
X
6409
--------
X
PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
14EFTS (RCAF)
4SFTS (RCAF)
54OTU
406Sqn (RCAF)
410Sqn
9 Group
8OTU (RCAF)
RCAF
RCAF Photos
RCAF Photos
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RCAF Post War
N/A
N/A
X
X
X
Beaufighter
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
1940 - Joined the RCAF -
X - Regina - SK
X - Winnipeg - MB
X - Saskatoon -- SK
X - RAF Church Fenton -
15 Feb 42 - 17 Jun 43 -
17 Jun 42 - 11 Sep 43 -
X -
X - RCAF Stn Greenwood - NS
02 Nov 45 - Released from the RCAF -
PL 24132 (in flying gear) & PL 58067 (portrait done on 05 Jun 53)
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01 Oct 46 - Rejoined the RCAF -
85 LeggeA.E.E.H F/LC6303CHPRCAFChurch of England19 Oct 44 -
86 LestrangeT.V.H F/LC5741CHPRCAFChurch of England19 Oct 44 -
87 LightE.S.H F/LC20091CHPRCAFChurch of England23 Oct 44 -
88 LightbournG.D.H W/CC1871CHPRCAFChurch of England23 Oct 44 -
89 LittlewoodA.J.T.H F/LC4684CHPRCAFUnited Church23 Oct 44 -
90 LloydA.D.H S/LC2443CHPRCAFUnited Church23 Oct 44 -
91 LoveR.K.H F/LC8556CHPRCAFUnited Church23 Oct 44 -
92 MacDonaldJohn Kennedy FrancisP/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
W/C
G/C
-------
W/C
G/C
A/C
DFC
C890PLTRCAF
CFS (RCAF)
1SFTS (RCAF)
10Sqn (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
8Sqn (RCAF)
149Sqn (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
23OTU (RAF)
1659HCU (RAF)
432Sqn (RCAF)
432Sqn (RCAF)
RCAF
432Sqn (RCAF)
Station East Moor (RCAF)
Station Middleton St.George (RCAF)
RCAF
----------------------
HQ 2 Air Command (RCAF)
Staff College (RCAF)
HQ North West Air Command (RCAF)
Station Sea Island (RCAF)
HQ North West Air Command (RCAF)
HQ Air Transport Command (RCAF)
Station Lachine (RCAF)
426Sqn (RCAF)
HQ 1 Air Division (RCAF)
AFHQ (RCAF)
1OTU (RCAF)
3(F)Wing (RCAF)
AFHQ (RCAF)
HQ Training Command (RCAF)
HQ Maritime Command (RCAF)
RCAF
X
Finch
Yale
Wapiti
Moth & Crane
Delta & Bolinbroke
Beaufort
X
Oxford
Wellington
Halifax
Halifax
Halifax NP687
X
Halifax
X
X
X
----------------------
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
North Star
X
X
Sabre
Sabre
X
X
X
X
7 Nov 1938 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Halifax, Nova Scotia
1939 - Trenton, Ontario
1939 - Camp Borden, Ontario
Nov 1939 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Feb 1940 - Trenton, Ontario
May 1940 - Moncton, New Brunswick
Dec 1942 - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
June 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
1 Oct 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
1 Jan 1944 - RAF Pershore, Worcestershire
28 Feb 1944 - RAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire
31 May 1944 - Commanding Officer - RAF East Moor, Torkshire
26 July 1944 - Shot down by a Ju88 night fighter - Evaded capture
20 Aug 1944 - Returned safe to the UK
Sep 1944 - Returned to 432 Sqn as Commanding Officer
Feb 1945 - Base Operations Officer
March 1945 - Base Commander
July 1945 - Repatriated to Canada
----------------------
Nov 1945 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 1947 - Toronto, Ontario
Sep 1947 - Edmonton, Alberta
May 1949 - Sea Island, British Colombia
July 1949 - Edmonton, Alberta
July 1950 - Rockcliffe, Ontario
March 1951 - Station Commander - Lachine, Quebec
1 June 1951 - Commanding Officer - Trenton, Ontario
29 Aug 1952- Lachine, Quebec
Dec 1952 - Ottawa, Ontario
Feb 1956 - Chantham, New Brunswick
April 1956 - Zweibrucken, Germany
July 1960 - Ottawa, Ontario
Jan 1966 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jan 1967 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
5 Jan 1970 - Retired from the RCAF
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.6 Group (now No.432 Squadron) - Award effective 19 January 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 471/45 dated 16 March 1945.
Deceased on 14 January 1986 , in Antigonish Nova Scotia.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
93 MacIntoshD.M.H F/LC24874CHPRCAFUnited Church26 Oct 44 -
94 MacintoshM.C.P.H F/LC7828CHPRCAFUnited Church28 Oct 44 -
95 MacIverA.R.H F/LC9041CHPRCAFUnited Church26 Oct 44 -
96 MacKayI.H F/LC20111CHPRCAFUnited Church26 Oct 44 -
97 MacKenzieAndrew RobertSgt
F/Sgt
WO2
P/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
-------
S/L
W/C
DFC
R
J
------
No.
54988
10976
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X
PLTRCAF
1ITS (RCAF)
4 EFTS (RCAF)
31SFTS (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
11SFTS (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
16SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
421Sqn (RCAF)
403Sqn (RCAF)
RCAF
133Sqn (RCAF)
135Sqn (RCAF)
-----------------
RCAF
RCAF Aux
RCAF
441Sqn (RCAF)
441Sqn (RCAF)
51st FIW (USAF)
51st FIW (USAF)
RCAF
RCAF
NORAD (RCAF)
RCAF Rockliffe
RCAF
X
X
Moth
Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
X
Spitfire
Spitfire
X
Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk
-----------------
X
X
X
Sabre
Sabre
Sabre
Sabre
X
X
X
X
X
6 June 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF
24 June 1940
21 July 1940
6 Oct 1940
8 Jan 1941 - Flying Instructor Course
10 Apr 1941 - Instructor
30 July 1941 - Instructor
24 April 1942 - Instructor
18 Feb 1943 - UK
10 Aug 10 Aug 1943
16 May 1944
Repatriated to Canada
11 Dec 1944
29 Jan 1945
-----------------
1 Oct 1945 - Transferred to the Reserve List
3 April 1946
Oct 1946 - Transferred to regular RCAF
1 March 1951 - Commanding Officer
1 March 1952 - CO - North Luffenham UK
Nov 1952 - Korea
4 Dec 1952 - Shot down by friendly fire
POW in China
Dec 1954 - Repatriated to Canada
? - Intelligence
? - Admin O
1967 - Retired from the RCAF

(Photo: 18 October 1943 - 421 RCAFSqn - Packing their bags preparatory to moving into winter quarters are F/L John Sherlock of Calgary, Alta. (Left) and FO Andrew R. MacKenzie of Montreal, in front of their tent at an advanced RCAF airfield in England.)
Distinguished Flying Cross - No.421 Squadron - Award effective 15 January 1944 as per London Gazette dated 25 January 1944 and AFRO 410/44 dated 25 February 1944.
Died in Kempville, Ontario, 21 September 2009
(Information courtesy of Francois Dutil)
98 MacPhersonA.G.H F/LC8552CHPRCAFUnited Church28 Oct 44 -
99 MacPhersonF.E..H F/LC9949CHPRCAFUnited Church27 Oct 44 -
100 MaloneyA.A.H F/LC6884CHPRCAFChurch of England28 Oct 44 -
101 ManwaringR.H F/LC36023CHPRCAFChurch of England28 Oct 44 -
102 MartinH.D.H F/LC5236CHPRCAFChurch of England28 Oct 44 -
103 McDonaldH.S.H F/LC3456CHPRCAFUnited Church28 Oct 44 -
104 WoodwardVernon Crompton 'Woody'P/O
F/L
W/C
DFC & Bar
RAF
CAN
RAF41092PLTRAF
CFS
6 FTS
33Sqn
20SFTS
Rhodesia Tng HQ
213Sqn
E. Med HQ
HQ Middle East
------------------------
ME CommSqn
VITRE - UK
CFE
19Sqn
Fighter Cmd HQ
3 AWSqn
CFE
122 Wing
69Sqn & 39Sqn
Ministry of Aviation
RAF
RCAF Photos
X
Tiger Moth
Fury & Hart
Gladiator / Hurricane
X
X
Hurricane
X
X
---------------------------
Various
X
X
Hornet
X
X
X
X
Canberra
X
X
X
1938 - Joined the RAF - fm Victoria - BC
27 Jun 38 - 20 Aug 38 - Perth - Scotland -
05 Sep 38 - 15 Apr 39 - RAF Little Rissington -
20 May 39 - 11 Sep 41 -
18 Oct 41 - 15 Jun 42 - Rhodesia - Flying Instructor -
15 Jun 42 - 01 Jan 43 -
01 Jan 43 - 27 Aug 43 -
04 Sep 43 - 16 Dec 43 - Haifa - RAF Staff College also -
16 Dec 43 - 20 Feb 45 - Remained in the RAF Post War
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20 Feb 45 - 11 Dec 46 -
11 Dec 46 - 14 Jan 47 -
14 Jan 47 - 19 Aug 48 - Administration Officer -
19 Aug 48 - 25 Sep 50 - RAF Church Fenton - CO
25 Sep 50 - 23 Oct 55 - Staff Duties -
23 Oct 55 - 25 Jun 56 -
25 Jun 56 - 06 Aug 56 -
06 Aug 56 - 01 Jul 58 -
01 Jul 58 - 12 Oct 59 - RAF Germany & Malta -
12 Oct 59 - 31 Jan 63 -
31 Jan 63 - Retired fm the RAF
- PL 19348 (On a Jeep in the Western Desert in 1943) -
"Woody" Vernon Crompton Woodward DFC and Bar RAF (22 December 1916 – 26 May 2000) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force during World War II. With 18 and 4 shared destroyed, 2 unconfirmed destroyed, 3 probables, and 11 damaged, Woodward tied Henry Wallace McLeod as Canada's second highest scoring pilot of the war.

Woodward with his Hurricane at Fuqa, Egypt
105 BenzieJohn 'Jack'P/O

KIARAF
CAN
42185PLTPPCLI
RAF
242Sqn
Last Op - 242Sqn
N/A
X
Hurricane
Hurricane
1936 - 1939 -
1939 - Joined the RAF -
X - 07 Sep 40 - MIA ? -
07 Sep 40 - KIA- Body found in the Thames in 1976?
Pilot Officer John ‘Jack’ Benzie disappeared during heavy fighting over the east of London 80 years ago on September 7. His remains went missing for decades – until two metal detectorists stumbled across parts of the aircraft wreckage at Blackacre in Theydon Bois, Essex, while looking for Roman coins. Benzie, from Winnipeg, was born on March 14 1915 and educated at St John’s Technical School. He served in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry for three years prior to joining the RAF on a short service commission and came to England on March 16 1939 on the RMS Aurania. “He was trained by experienced instructors, men like John Betty, who had hundreds of hours in their logbook. “The training was thorough but, in the words of Tom Neil, his near contemporary at Montrose, still harked back to the last war. “He got his wings at Montrose in December 1939 and was commissioned as Pilot Officer. “After further training on Hurricanes he was posted to 242 Squadron at Church Fenton.” The squadron moved to France after the German invasion and he was shot down and baled out near Dunkirk on May 23. After recovering from his wounds, he re-joined the squadron on July 11, right at the start of the Battle of Britain, already a battle-scarred veteran. Benzie took off in Hurricane P2962 on September 7 and never returned from a combat over the Thames Estuary. He was reported missing “but believed to have lost his life”. A cable to his parents John and Agnes Benzie from Winnipeg on September 9 was confirmed by a letter written two days later. “An uncontrolled Hurricane which crashes into the ground from a great height makes a deep crater and at the time, investigating such crashes was not a high priority so Benzie was commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. “It was not until 1976 that an aircraft archaeology group found the wreck of a Hurricane and the remains of the pilot at a depth of 18 feet underground. “The location, Theydon Bois, Essex, fitted Benzie’s last known position.” “No conclusive evidence to identify the aircraft or the pilot could be found to meet their criteria,” “Almost certainly, they are the remains of Pilot Officer John Benzie. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 5."

Hurricane P2962 failed to return after combat ober the Thames Estuary. Suspected crash site and remains found post war but not positively identified. Runnymede Age 25
106 ChurchJ.M.F/SgtKIAR114617AG156Sqn Last Op - 156SqnLancaster Lancaster EB822X - 30 Jul 43 - Ref F/Sgt J.M. Church (**B) 30 Jul 43 - KIA - Brother of M.G. Church
107 Church<.G.WO2KIAR114615NAV408Sqn Last Op - 408SqnX XX - 03 Apr 43 - Ref E.A. Sirett (**B) 03 Aug 43 - KIA - Brother of J.M. Church
108 CorbettGeorge HenryP/O


KIA Aged 21RAF
CAN
RAF81366PLT66Sqn
Last Op - 66Sqn
Spitfire
Spitfire
X - 08 Oct 40 (**B)
08 Oct 40 - KIA - Battle of Britain


Wounded 1940-09-09 at 18:00hrs. Baled out of Spitfire I (N3049) over East Grinstead after being shot down by a Bf 109. Killed 1940-10-08 at 09:30hrs. Spitfire I (R6779) was shot down by a Bf 109 near Chatham, crashed at Bayfors Marshes. Upchurch St Mary Churchyard England
br>Born November 4, 1919 Saskatchewan Canada. On a family holiday to England he applied to the de Havilland Aircraft Company’s Aeronautical Technical School at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Joined RAFVR in November 1937. Training at No. 9 Advanced Flying Training School, posted to No. 7OTU at Hawarden, Cheshire, on July 7, 1940 on Spitfires. July 26 reported to 66Sqn at Coltishall, Norfolk. First true combat experience on September 9, 1940, and it was not a pleasant experience. Dodging often heavy rain showers, Pilot Officer Corbett was part of a group attacking German bombers, escorted by enemy fighters, intent on attacking London. After already damaging a Messerschmitt 109, he was positioning his aircraft for a rear attack on a bomber when he was bounced by three German fighters. With the cockpit filling with smoke and the controls jammed, he found himself in a severely damaged, uncontrolled aircraft plummeting toward the ground in a tight spiral dive. At 12,000 feet (3,658 metres), he bailed out, suffering a slight injury in the process. September 27 intercepted German bombers attacking London. In the midst of heavy British defensive fire from anti-aircraft guns below, he got a quick burst into one bomber before breaking off the attack and leaving the damaged enemy aircraft to other RAF fighters. He then selected a lone Junkers 88 as his next target, closed to within yards of the German aircraft, and opened fired. The enemy aircraft fell away, its port engine burning fiercely, but the smoke was so thick that Corbett had to break off the attack. His Spitfire was damaged by friendly fire when an artillery shell burst nearby, destroying one elevator and riddling the fuselage and starboard wing with shrapnel. He skillfully executed a forced landing in the London district of Orpington, emerging from his damaged but repairable Spitfire with a new-found respect for anti-aircraft gunners and a Junkers 88 claimed as destroyed. On October 8, 1940, Pilot Officer Corbett, wearing a new watch sent by his parents as a 21st birthday gift, was climbing with his squadron to intercept yet another formation of German raiders when they were surprised by a large number of Messerschmitt 109s. In a slashing attack, Corbett and one other 66 Squadron pilot were shot down near Bayford Marches, Upchurch; neither pilot survived. The Reverend William Joseph Wright was at his church, St. Margaret of Antioch, and witnessed the dogfight. When Corbett’s aircraft crashed, the clergyman ran to the site, hoping to provide assistance. But “…it was clear, due to the bullet damage around the cockpit, that the pilot had been killed instantly before the crash. I offered prayers and a blessing, and stayed until the body was recovered. The pilot’s own parachute was used as a shroud.” Back in Canada, in a cruel twist of fate, his mother, Mabel, received a letter from her son days after being officially informed that he had been killed. Corbett wrote, “Having got out OK, my confidence has tremendously increased and I want you to be confident also. We’re seeing plenty of action here every day and I’ll be back in the fight tomorrow. The Jerries are a long way from getting supremacy in the air, and until they get it, there’ll be no invasion.”

Our heroes of the Battle of Britain clearly understood what they were fighting and sacrificing for.
109 ButtreyJohn WilliamSgt
F/Sgt
WO2

KIA
Age 21
R123964OBS
NAV
RCAF
7ITS (RCAF)
7B&GS (RCAF)
3AOS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
10 (O)AFU (RAF)
28OTU (RAF)
1662 CU (RAF)
PDC (RCAF)
RCAF
1ANS (RCAF)
4 AGTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
7 (O)AFU (RAF)
24OTU (RAF)
1664HCU (RCAF)
1664HCU (RCAF) Last Op
X
X
Battle
Anson
X
Anson
Wellington
Halifax
X
X
Anson
Anson
X
Anson
Wellington
Halifax
Halifax NA612
19 Aug 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF
11 Oct 1941
4 Jan 1942
29 March 1942
1 Sep 1942 - UK
13 Sep 1942
29 Sep 1942
20 March 1943
14 May 1943 - Failed training, lost Nav rating
8 Aug 1943 - Repatriated to Canada
7 Oct 1943 - Refresher Nav training
19 Jan 1944
3 Apr 1944 - UK
20 June 1944
22 Aug 1944
15 Dec 1944
4 March 1945 - Shot down by enemy night fighter
Commemorated Pulverbatch (St. Edith) Churchyard, South of church. United Kingdom.
Son of William and Susan Pearl Buttrey; Husband of Florence Evelyn Buttrey, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
110 JonesCyril JohnSgt
F/Sgt
P/O
F/O

KIA
Age 21
R
J
171906
88066
PLTRCAF
3MD (RCAF)
4ITS (RCAF)
5EFTS (RCAF)
12SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
1514BATF (RCAF)
18OTU (RAF)
1656HCU & 1LFS (RAF)
550Sqn (RAF)
550Sqn (RAF) Last Op
X
X
X
Cornell
Crane
X
Oxford
Oxford
Welliongton
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster PA995
3 July 1942 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Edmonton, Alberta
28 Sep 1942 - Edmonton, Alberta
10 Jan 1943 - Edmonton, Alberta
21 March 1943 - High River, Alberta
16 May 1943 - Brandon, Manitoba
17 Oct 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
1 Feb 1944 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
28 March 1944 - RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
9 May 1944 - RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
30 July 1944 - RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire
15 Oct 1944 - RAF North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire
7 March 1945 - Shot down by night fighter over Germany

(Photo: crew of PA995)
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 279. United Kingdom.
Son of Edward John and Nellie (nee Stone) Jones, of Irma, Alberta, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
111 MosleyWilliam BertramSgt
P/O
F/O

KIA
Age 21
UKR
J
63684
15368
RO409Sqn RCAFBeaufighter X8192Killed mid air collision with Beaufighter EL184 of 409Sqn RCAFCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 29. United Kingdom. Son Of Matthias And Leila Mosley; Husband Of Susannah Mosley, Of Lenton, Nottinghamshire.
112 GudgeonAlan HarrySgt
F/Sgt
KIA
Age 22
R55316AGRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
4EFTS (RCAF)
1MD (RCAF)
1B&GS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
54OTU (RAF)
151Sqn (RAF)
410Sqn (RCAF)
218Sqn (RAF)
218Sqn (RAF) Last Op
X
X
Finch
X
Battle
X
Blenheim
Defiant
Defiant
Stirling
Stirling N6078
20 June 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Quebec City
30 June 1940 - Regina, Saskatchewan
30 Aug 1940 - Windsor Mills, Quebec
5 Nov 1940 - Failed Pilot training, remustered to Air Gunner
12 Nov 1940 - Jarvis, Ontario
2 March 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
15 March 1941 - Church Fenton, Yorkshire
26 May 1941 - RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
9 Apr 1942 - RAF Ayr, Scotland
20 May 1942 - RAF Marham, Norfolk
23 June 1942 - Shot down over the North Sea by a night fighter
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 104. United Kingdom.
Son of Major Stephen Edward and Daisy Alice (nee Hoskins) Gudgeon, ff Shawinigan Falls, Province of Quebec, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
113 CharlandRobert AlbertPte
P/O
F/O

KIA
Age 26
B
J
528747
29054
INF
PLT
Algonquin Regiment
RCAF
3ITS (RCAF)
4EFTS (RCAF)
5SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
30OTU (RAF)
1667HCU (RAF)
626Sqn (RAF)
626Sqn (RAF) Last Op
X
X
X
Moth
Anson
X
Oxford
Wellington
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster LM596
22 Nov 1940 - Enlisted in the Canadian Army
27 Feb 1942 - Transferred to the RCAF
12 Oct 1942 - Victoriaville, Quebec
25 Jan 1943 - Windsor Mills, Quebec
19 Apr 1943 - Brantford, Ontario
20 Oct 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
28 Dec 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
28 March 1944 - RAF Hixon, Staffordshire
14 July 1944 - RAF Sandtoft, North Lincolnshire
28 Sep 1944 - RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
15 Oct 1944 - Hit by Flak and exploded in mid air
Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 25. C. 1-4. Germany.
Son of Albert Louis and Florence Mary (nee Connelly) Charland, of Falconbridge, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
114 ColdreyGeorge EdwinP/O
F/O
F/L
S/L

KIA
Age 26
J4820PLTRCAF
1ITS (RCAF)
9EFTS (RCAF)
5SFTS (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
11SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
1533BATF (RAF)
22OTU (RAF)
405Sqn (RCAF)
405Sqn (RCAF) Last Op
X
X
Finch
Anson
Finch & Crane
Anson & Crane
X
Oxford
Oxford
Wellingotn
Lancaster
Lancaster ND507
21 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Ottawa, Ontario
8 Nov 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
8 Dec 1940 - St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Feb 1941 - Brantford, Ontario
26 May 1941 - Flying Instructor Course - Trenton, Ontario
21 July 1941 - Flying Instructor - Yorkton, Saskatchewan
20 March 1944 - Bournemouth, UK
22 June 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
27 July 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
24 Aug 1943 RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire
9 Oct 1943 - RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire
3 June 1944 - Shot down by a night fighter
Commemorated at La Boissiere-Ecole Communal Cemetery, France.
Son of Henry Edwin and Mary Cowan (nee White) Coldrey, of Carlington. Ontario, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
115 McNeillAndrewP/O
F/O

KIA
Age 26
J25785PLTRCAF
1MD (RCAF)
1ITS (RCAF)
9EFTS (RCAF)
6SFTS (RCAF)
1GRS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
18(P)AFU (RAF)
1513BATF (RAF)
30OTU (RAF)
1667HCU (RAF)
166Sqn (RAF)
166Sqn (RAF) Last Op
X
X
X
Moth
Harvard
Anson
X
Oxford
Oxford
Wellington
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster PD224
25 Feb 1942 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Toronto, Ontario
16 March 1942 - Toronto, Ontario
19 July 1942 - Toronto, Ontario
11 Oct 1942 - St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jan 1943 - Dunnville, Ontario
8 May 1943 - Summerside, Prince Edward Island
17 Oct 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
30 Nov 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire
25 Jan 1944 - RAF Honington, Suffolk
28 March 1944 - RAF Hixon, Staffordshire
16 June 1944 - RAF Sandtoft, South Yorkshire
10 Aug 1944 - RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire
14 Oct 1944 - Shot down over Germany
Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 29. D. 13. Germany.
Son of Hugh and Margaret (Nee Carter) McNeill, of Toronto, Ontario.
Husband of Barbara (Nee Harrison) McNeill, of Toronto, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
116 PaigeErnest FranklynP/O
F/O

DFC
KIA
Age 27
J6007PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
6EFTS (RCAF)
4SFTS (RCAF)
31GRS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
1 (C)OTU (RAF)
407Sqn (RCAF)
407Sqn (RCAF)
RCAF
407Sqn (RCAF)
1509 BATF (RAF)
422Sqn (RCAF)
422Sqn (RCAF) Last Op
X
X
Moth
Anson & Crane
Anson
X
Hudson
Hudson
Hudson RR-H
X
Hudson
Oxford
Sunderland
Sunderland DD846
12 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF
11 Dec 1940
16 Jan 1941
17 March 1941
14 July 1941
21 Oct 1941 - UK
9 Dec 1941
3 March 1942
5 May 1942 - Hit by naval flak during low level attack
5 May 1942 - Hospitalized for flak wound
4 Sep 1942 - Returned to duty
27 Sep 1942
13 Oct 1942
25 May 1943 - Crashed at sea on RTB

(Photo: 407Sqn Hudson HH-R in flight over the UK)
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.407 Squadron - Award effective 1 June 1942 as per London Gazette dated 5 June 1942 and AFRO 916/42 dated 19 June 1942.
Commemorated Irvinestown Church of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 21. United Kingdom.
Son of Ernest Bertram and Elva Estella (nee Turner) Paige, of Bridgeport, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
117 TwiggJohn DespardP/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
W/C

KIA
Age 28
C167PLTRMC
RCAF
Camp Borden (RCAF)
Station Ottawa (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
5Sqn (RCAF)
8Sqn (RCAF)
ANRS (RCAF)
1ANS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
413Sqn (RCAF)
22OTU (RAF)
408Sqn (RCAF)
408Sqn (RCAF) Last Op
X
X
Moth & Siskin
Fairchild & Moth
Crane
Stranraer
Bolinbroke & Vedette
Anson
Anson
X
Catalina
Wellington
Hampden
Hampden AE197
1931 - Degree in Engineering
13 June 1935 - Commissionned in RCAF
2 July 1935 - Flying Training
1 June 1936 - Seaplane Training
25 Oct 1938 - Flying Instructor Course
28 Aug 1939
17 Oct 1939
30 Apr 1940 - Navigation Instructor
12 Nov 1940 - OC Flying Squadron
2 Nov 1941 - UK
15 Nov 1941 - Commanding Officer
30 March 1942
18 May 1942 - Commanding Officer
28 Aug 1942 - Shot down by a night fighter
Commemorated Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Row 1. Grave 18. Belgium.
Son of Harold Despard and Marguerite Jean (nee Little) Twigg, of Victoria B.C.; Husband of Amy Mildred (nee Church) Twigg, of Ottawa, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
118 MageeJohn GillespieP/O
KIFA
Age 19
USAJ5823PLTRCAF
1ITS (RCAF)
9EFTS (RCAF)
2SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
53OTU (RAF)
412Sqn (RCAF)
412Sqn (RCAF) Last Flight
X
X
Finch
Harvard & Yale
X
Master & Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire AD291
10 Oct 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF
23 Dec 1940
27 Jan 1941
8 Apr 1941
July 1941 - UK
Aug 1941
23 Sep 1941
11 Dec 1941 - Crashed after mid air collision
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 33. United Kingdom.
Son of John Gillespie Magee and Faith Sunshine (nee Backhouse) Magee, of Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

NOTE: Magee's poem "High Flight" found particular fame when the President of the U.S.A., Ronald Reagan, used lines from it in his address to the American people following the January 1986 space shuttle "Challenger" disaster.
119 GraingerFrank HerbertP/O
F/O

KIFA
Age 20
J12769PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
18EFTS (RCAF)
15SFTS (RCAF)
1GRS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
422Sqn (RCAF)
131 (C)OTU (RAF)
131 (C)OTU (RAF) Last Op
X
X
Moth
Crane
Anson
X
Catalina
Catalina
Catalina AH551
26 Aug 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF
10 Nov 1941
3 Jan 1942
29 March 1942
15 Aug 1942
7 Dec 1942 - UK
17 Dec 1942
12 Oct 1943 - Instructor
16 Oct 1943 - Killed in crash during training flight

(Photo: 6 April 1943 - Pilot Officer Frank Grainger left, with Flying Officer W.Y. "Bill" Martin)
Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 27. United Kingdom.
Son of Herbert and Amy Alice (née Partridge) Grainger; husband of Joyce Emily (née Bellinden) and Grainger, of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Richard, Neil, Christine and Emily.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
120 MacFadyenIan LachlanP/O
F/O

KIFA
Age 21
J36483PLTRCAF
2MD (RCAF)
2ITS (RCAF)
2EFTS (RCAF)
9SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
6(P)AFU (RAF)
1516BATF (RAF)
SPTU (RAF)
1(O)AFU (RAF)
1(O)AFU (RAF) Last Flight
X
X
X
Moth
Anson
X
Anson & Oxford
Oxford
Anson
Anson
Anson LV153
17 Aug 1942 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Winnnipeg, Manitoba
9 Nov 1942 - Brandon, Manitoba
24 Jan 1943 - Regina, Saskatchewan
18 April 1943 - Fort William, Ontario
13 June 1943 - Summerside, Prince Edward Island
10 Nov 1943 - Bournemouth, UK
28 March 1944 - RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
2 May 1944 - RAF Pershore, Worcestershire
13 June 1944 - RAF Cark, Cumbria
16 Aug 1944 - Staff Pilot - RAF Wigtown, Wigtownshire
6 March 1945 - Crashed in mountainside during night training flight
Commemorated Tamlaght Finlagan Church of Ireland Churchyard, Plot W. Grave 1. United Kingdom.
Son of Alexander Marc and Catherine (nee Matheson) MacFadyen, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
121 GilsonArnold IrwinSgt
WO2
P/O
F/O
KIFA
Age 22
R
J
67089
12698
PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
12EFTS (RCAF)
4SFTS (RCAF)
CFS (RCAF)
2SFTS (RCAF)
1OTU (RCAF)
1OTU (RCAF) Last Flight
X
X
Finch
Harvard
Moth & Harvard
Harvard
Hurricane
Hurricane 5444
12 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF
31 Aug 1940
12 Oct 1940
10 Dec 1942
3 March 1943 - Flying Instructor Cpourse
30 Apr 1942 - Flying Instructor
19 Nov 1942
16 Feb 1943 - Killed in mid air collision
Commemorated Iroquois United Church Cemetery, Canada.
Son of Milton Henry and Edith Maude (nee Strader) Gilson, of Iroquois, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
122 BrownGilbert FrederickSgt
F/Sgt
P/O

KIFA
Age 23
R
J
100963
16416
PLTRCAF
1MD (RCAF)
1ITS (RCAF)
10EFTS (RCAF)
6SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
5(P)AFU (RAF)
61OTU (RAF)
411Sqn (RCAF)
411Sqn (RCAF) Last Flight
X
X
X
Moth
Harvard
X
Master
Master & Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire R6897
17 Apr 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Toronto, Ontario
5 June 1941 - Toronto, Ontario
9 Aug 1941 - Toronto, Ontario
14 Sep 1941 - Hamilton, Ontario
8 Nov 1941 - Dunnville, Ontario
29 March 1942 - Bournemouth, UK
12 May 1942 - RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
2 June 1942 - RAF Rednal, Shropshire
25 Aug 1942 - RAF Digby, Lincolnshire
28 Jan 1943 - Crashed after mid air collision with Spitfire AB847
- Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 30. United Kingdom.
- Son of Gilbert Walter and Lillian Elizabeth (nee Tibbins) Brown, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
- Husband of Mary Elsie May Brown (nee Westhead), of Toronto, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
123 MooreHarold EdwinSgt
KIFA
Age 23
R70734PLTRCAF
1MD (RCAF)
1ITS (RCAF)
14EFTS (RCAF)
2SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
19OTU (RAF)
102Sqn (RAF)
102Sqn (RAF) Last Flight
X
X
X
Moth
Harvard & Yale
X
Whitley
Whitley
Whitley Z6870
12 Sep 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Regina, Saskatchewan
15 Sep 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
14 Nov 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
21 Dec 1940 - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
10 Feb 1941 - Uplands, Ontario
31 May 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
6 June 1941 - RAF Kinloss, Scotland
12 Aug 1941 - RAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire
11 Sep 1941 - Stalled and crashed at home base
Commemorated Topcliffe Church Cemetery, Grave 6. United Kingdom.
Son of Sidney Thomas and Elsie Amy (nee Finch) Moore, of Lawson, Saskatchewan. Husband of Eva Rosetta Caroline (nee Smith) Moore.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
124 NorrisKenneth AllanP/O
F/O

KIFA
Age 23
USAJ22872PLTRCAF
3ITS (RCAF)
11EFTS (RCAF)
13SFTS (RCAF)
1GRS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
3 (P)AFU (RAF)
1539 BATF (RAF)
7 (C)OTU (RAF)
7 (C)OTU (RAF) Last Flight
X
X
Finch
Anson
X
X
Oxford
Oxford
Wellington
Wellington W5647
9 Dec 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF
12 Apr 1942
19 July 1942
27 Sep 1942
30 Jan 1943
23 May 1943 - UK
16 June 1943
13 July 1943
3 Aug 1943
17 Sep 1943 - Crashed into high ground on RTB
Commemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 16. Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Son of Clyde Roy and Clara (nee Armstead) Norris, of Corpus Christie, Texas, U.S.A.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
125 RasmussenSvend AageLAC
KIFA
Age 23
DanemarkR179380Pupil PilotRCAF
5ITS (RCAF)
13EFTS (RCAF)
13SFTS (RCAF)
13SFTS (RCAF) Last Flight
X
X
Finch
Harvard
Harvard FS662
16 July 1942 - Enlisted in the RCAF
9 Nov 1942 - Belleville, Ontario
21 Feb 1943 - St. Eugene, Ontario
16 May 1943 - St. Hubert, Quebec
17 Aug 1943 - Blacked out & crashed coming out of dive
Commemorated Brigham United Church Cemetery, Quebec, Canada
Son of Bartholin and Anna (nee Jensen) Rasmussen, of Brigham, Quebec.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
126 MorrisArthur JohnSgt
F/Sgt
P/O
F/O

AFM
KIFA
Age 25
R
J
58826
10949
PLTRCAF
2EFTS (RCAF)
1SFTS (RCAF)
RCAF Trenton
6SFTS (RCAF)
12SFTS (RCAF)
55OTU (RAF)
55OTU (RAF)
164Sqn (RAF)
402Sqn (RCAF)
402Sqn (RCAF) Last Op
X
Moth
Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
Anson
Hurricane
Hurricane W7074
Hurricane
Spitfire
Spitfire AA880
9 May 1940 - Enlisted in RCAF
21 June 1940
18 Aug 1940
27 Nov 1940
20 Jan 1941 - Instructor
21 Nov 1941 - Instructor
26 Jan 1943 - UK
13 Feb 1943 - Injured in dead stick landing
30 March 1943
16 Apr 1943
21 March 1944 - Mid air with another Spitfire
- Air Force Medal - No.12SFTS - Award effective 1 January 1943 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 55/43 dated 15 January 1943.
Son of David and Sarah Whitefield Morris, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Commemorated at Scopwick church burial ground, Row 5. Grave 32. Lincolnshire, UK
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
127 DavidsonCharles PeersP/O
F/O

KIFA
Age 27
J3113NAVRCAF
1MD (RCAF)
1ITS (RCAF)
1AOS (RCAF)
1B&GS (RCAF)
1ANS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
240Sqn (RAF)
240Sqn (RAF) Last Flight
X
X
X
Anson
Battle
Anson
X
Catalina
Catalina AM265
Enlisted in the RCAF - 9 May 1940 - Vancouver, British Columbia
14 May 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
27 May 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
24 June 1940 - Malton, Ontario
16 Sep 1940 - Jarvis, Ontario
28 Nov 1940 - Trenton, Ontario
Jan 1941 - RAF Uxbridge, London
8 Jan 1941 - RAF Stranraer, Scotland
21 March 1941 - Perished in mountainside crash in poor visibility
Commemorated Irvinestown Church of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 6. United Kingdom.
Son of Dr. Campbell and Mary (nee Motherwell) Davidson, of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
128 AdamsH.K.SgtKilledR136079PLT61OTU
Last Op - 61OTU
Spitfire
Spitfire X4852
X - 20 Jan 43 (**B)
20 Jan 43 - Killed - 2 miles E of Church Stretton, UK
129 BrownJ.G.F/L
S/L
KilledC6243CHPRCAF
Last Op - RCAF
United Church
N/A
X - 27 Nov 44 -
27 Nov 44 - Killed in a V2 attack at Antwerp - Belgium
130 BrownMarvin KitchenerF/O

KilledKincardine, OntarioRAF
CAN
42101PLT85Sqn

242Sqn

85Sqn
Last Op - 242Sqn
Hurricane
Hurricane
Hurricane N2476
X - 05 May 40 - France -
X - 21 Feb 41 -
21 Feb 41 - Killed - Crash - Grange Farm - Alderton - UK
Battle of Britain pilot
Born Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. RAF March 1939. Posted to 242Sqn at Church Fenton on 6th November. To France on 16th May 1940 attached to 85Sqn. Two days later, in combat with Me110's of I/ZG76 near Le Cateau, he was shot down in Hurricane N2320 LE-H with bullet wounds in the right leg. Evacuated to England, rejoined 242 on 13th July underSqn Ldr Douglas Bader. On a local flight in Hurricane N2476 on 21st February 1941 he crashed at Grange Farm, Alderton, Suffolk and was killed. Buried Ipswich New Age Cemetery England
131 CailJohn LorneLACKilledNew RichmondR55907PLT9SFTS (RCAF)
Last Op - 9SFTS
X
Harvard
Harvard 2860
X
X - 01 Sep 41 - RCAF Summerside - PEI
01 Sep 41 - Killed - aircraft swerved on take off and hit a crash tender -
Son of John and Jennie Cail, of New Richmond.
Commemorated New Richmond (St. Andrews) United Church Cemetery, Sec. 3. Plot 1.
132 ChurchH.W.F/LKilledJ5977PLT36OTU (RCAF) Last Op - 36OTUOxford OxfordX - 18 Jan 44 - Ref F/L L.J. O'Connell (**B) 18 Jan 44 - Killed
133 ClementsLaurence AlleynePilot Officer

Killed 1939-11-29 Age 22C/1008Commemorated Nashwaaksis (St. Johns Stone Church) Cemetery, West Side. Canada. Son of Frederick William M. Clements and Mabel Clements. Of North Devon.
134 RaymondGerald RobertLeading AircraftmanKilled 1940-08-16 Age 2922015ACommemorated Bloomfield Station (Christ Church) Cemetery, Canada. Son Of Kenneth And Annie Kathleen Raymond, Of Norton Station.
135 HowardHollis EugeneLeading AircraftmanKilled 1940-11-17 Age 211065Commemorated Aylesford (United Church) Cemetery, Lot 19. Canada. Son Of Roland H. Howard And Florence L. Howard, Of Aylesford.
136 DickieCharles RichardLeading AircraftmanKilled 1940-12-21 Age 18R/65473Commemorated Canning Trinity United Church Cemetery, Lot 8. Canada. Son Of David M. Dickie And Nina A. Dickie, Of Canning.
137 ReynoldsJoseph BenedictFlight LieutenantKilled 1941-02-18 Age 27C/9321Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 2. Grave 35. United Kingdom. Son Of Martin T. Reynolds And Catherine Reynolds, Of Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan, Canada. B.A.
138 HendersonCharles PaulFlight LieutenantKilled 1941-03-25 Age 21C/1173401SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 2. Grave 37. United Kingdom. Son Of Capt. Charles Ernest Henderson And Mary Justine Henderson, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
139 OwenJames ErnestLeading AircraftmanKilled 1941-04-14 Age 20R/54870402SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 2. Grave 38. United Kingdom. Son Of Thomas And Annie M. Owen, Of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
140 HydeGeorge Gordon 'Kewp'F/O
Flight Lieutenant


Portrait by Eric Kennington
Killed 1941-05-17 Age 27QuebecC/948PLT1Sqn RCAF
402Sqn RCAF
112Sqn
Hurricane P2971
31 Aug 40 - Wounded -
Killed later - 17/05/1941
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 2. Grave 39. United Kingdom. Son Of George Gordon Hyde, K.C., And Lilian B. Hyde, Of Montreal, Province Of Quebec, Canada.

Born in Montréal in 1914. Educated at Westmount High School and Trinity College. Joined the RCAF in 1938. Posted to 1Sqn RCAF—later this unit would be renamed in the 400-series RCAF numbers as 401Sqn RCAF. Joined other squadrons of the RAF in June 1940 as the only RCAF squadron yet deployed in the war. At the end of August, he was shot down by Luftwaffe fighters over Staplehurst, England. Parachuted to safety, but was injured and burned. After recovery, transferred to the new 112Sqn RCAF (soon to become 2 and then finally 402Sqn RCAF) at RAF Digby. 112 had arrived with Lysanders, but since they were at a distinct disadvantage in aerial battle, they were relegated to coastal duties until December of 1940 when the unit converted to Hurricanes and started calling themselves 2Sqn RCAF. On 17 May 1941, Hyde took part in a flying display at the small town of Metheringham. The digital archive for RAF Digby remembers the event: “402 Squadron (sic) Flight Lieutenant George Hyde gave an outstanding and long remembered display of aerobatics over Metheringham.” Following the display, which was part of Metheringham’s War Weapons Week, Hyde crashed and was killed on his way home to Digby.

Shot down 31 August 1940 at 09:15hrs by Bf 109s. Baled out of Hurricane I (P2971) over Cranbrook, suffering burns. Killed in a flying accident 17 May 1941 Scopwick Church Burial Ground Age 27
141 LewisEdward JohnLeading AircraftmanKilled 1941-06-07 Age 25R/53031401SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 2. Grave 40. United Kingdom. Son Of Edward And Maud Lewis, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
142 RoblinJacob RoyLeading AircraftmanKilled 1941-06-13 Age 30R/67088Commemorated Adolphustown United Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of Byam A. Roblin And Helen Roblin, Of Belleville.
143 BlairSaxby Winburn LaurieLeading Aircraftman
Killed 1941-06-16 Age 28R/64875Accounting11SFTS (RCAF)
Last Op - 11SFTS
Harvard
Harvard 3821
X - 16 Jun 41 -
16 Jun 41 - Killed in a night flying accident -
Commemorated Inverness (St. Matthews) United Church Cemetery, Family Plot. Canada. Son of Winburn Laurie and Georgina Blair, of Inverness.
144 KiddWilliam FranklinAircraftman 1st ClassKilled 1941-07-03 Age 21R/63958401SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 40. United Kingdom. Son Of William And Maud Kidd, Of Franktown, Ontario, Canada.
145 BerkeyEdward RoySergeantKilled 1941-07-09 AgeR/57931144Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Dilsen Churchyard, Rear of church, middle left. Belgium.
146 MurrayRobert MathesonSergeantKilled 1941-07-29 AgeR/ 68488411SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 39. United Kingdom.
147 SmithRaymond GeorgeSergeantKilled 1941-08-02 AgeR/68180142Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 38. United Kingdom.
148 DetlorPerry ByardPilot OfficerKilled 1941-08-21 AgeJ. 3763102Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Topcliffe Church Cemetery, Grave 4. United Kingdom.
149 RoyanThomas ScottSergeantKilled 1941-08-27 Age 21R/6000222Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Old Church Cemetery, Isles of Scilly, North square plot. United Kingdom. Son Of James William And Agnes Royan, Of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
150 SwitzerAlexander FrederickLeading AircraftmanKilled 1941-08-27 Age 27R/95519Commemorated Pembroke (Wesley) United Church Cemetery, Plot 297. Canada. Son Of Philip A. Switzer And Isabel Switzer Of Pembroke.
151 HughesWilliam RobertPilot OfficerKilled 1941-08-31 Age 25J/5483PLT412Sqn RCAF
SpitfireIn collision with a Hampden piloted by Pilot Officer Patrick Owen of 44Sqn - both aircraft crashed to the ground and all aircrew were killed.Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 37. United Kingdom. Son Of William James Hughes And Mabel Vaughan Hughes, Of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
152 PetersenNorman BredsgaardWing CommanderKilled 1941-09-02 Age 28C/170409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 36. United Kingdom. Son Of James And Meta Petersen. B.Sc. (University Of Manitoba).
153 CailJohn LorneLeading AircraftmanKilled 1941-09-11 Age 28R/55907Commemorated New Richmond (St. Andrews) United Church Cemetery, Sec. 3. Plot 1. Canada. Son of John and Jennie Cail, of New Richmond.
154 KibbeDonald KyleSergeantKilled 1941-09-30 Age 23R/56344102Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Topcliffe Church Cemetery, Grave 7. United Kingdom. Son Of Lt.-Col. Kyle Albert Kibbe And Elizabeth Marie Kibbe, Of Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
155 WatsonFrederick StanleyFlight LieutenantKilled 1941-10-11 AgeC/1372409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 35. United Kingdom.
156 FindleyWilliam JamesAircraftman 2nd ClassKilled 1941-10-28 Age 42R/135526Commemorated Richmond (St. Pauls) United Church Cemetery, Plot 5. Sec. A. Lot 5. Canada. Son Of James And Mary Alice Findley, Of Richmond.
157 MorehouseIra BertramAircraftman 2nd ClassKilled 1941-10-30 Age 23R/124551Commemorated Little River (United Baptist) Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of Bernard And Lois E. Morehouse, Of Little River.
158 RitchieNorman AllanSergeantKilled 1941-11-22 Age 23R/76589Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 34. United Kingdom. Son Of Allan Isaac And Marguerite Blanche Ritchie, Of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
159 BarbeauNorman WilliamSergeantKilled 1941-12-07 Age 20R/88806Commemorated Minchinhampton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, N.W. of church. United Kingdom. Husband of Florence Marguerite Louise Barbeau of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
160 WellingsFrank RichardPilot OfficerKilled 1941-12-14 Age 28J/4890209SqnCommemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 60. United Kingdom. Son Of I. E. And Edith Wellings, Of Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire. B.Sc. (Hons.).
161 OwenRoger PiersonSergeantKilled 1941-12-18 AgeR/77460Commemorated Minchinhampton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, N.W. of church. United Kingdom.
162 PayneHoward VictorSergeantKilled 1942-01-09 Age 23R/8386892Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 32. United Kingdom. Son Of Silas L. Payne And Ethel G. Payne, Of Hunstville, Ontario, Canada.
163 TurnerJohn BlackwellSergeantKilled 1942-01-16 Age 20R/60962104Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Topcliffe Church Cemetery, Grave 10. United Kingdom. Son Of John And Alice Mary Turner, Of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Kings Scout.
164 MurrayAlexander IanFlight SergeantKilled 1942-01-19 AgeR/69654409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 31. United Kingdom. Son Of Alexander Archibald And Gwendoline Rosa May Murray, Of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
165 JohnstonJohn Harvey AlexanderSergeantKilled 1942-01-26 Age 22R/96082Commemorated Hainsville United Church Cemetery, Lot 18. Grave 1. Canada. Son Of J. Harvey Johnston And Pansy B. Johnston, Of Brinston.
166 TaylorWilliam Edward George (Billy)SergeantKilled 1942-02-06 Age 21R/80890Commemorated Hillsborough (St. Malachi) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 401. United Kingdom. Son Of Edward George And Margaret Edith Taylor, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
167 CassidyBernard HughSergeantKilled 1942-02-06 Age 24R/78841Commemorated Woodchester (Church Of The Annunciation) Churchyard, Sec. E. Grave 61. United Kingdom. Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Hugh J. Cassidy, And Stepson Of Norah Cassidy, Of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
168 LucasJohn RobertFlight SergeantKilled 1942-02-18 Age 24R/78281153Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Ballyhalbert (St. Andrew) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 3. United Kingdom. Son Of John And Caroline Lucas, Of Toronto, Ontario Canada.
169 MurchieRobert McconnellPilot OfficerKilled 1942-02-28 Age 20J/5132409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 30. United Kingdom. Son Of Robert Welch Murchie And Ethel Bertha Mcconnell Murchie, Of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
170 St. HilaireRene Joseph Auguste GerardAircraftman 1st ClassKilled 1942-03-05 Age 23R/104575409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 28. United Kingdom. Son Of Napoleon And Anne-Marie St. Hilaire, Of Montreal, Province Of Quebec, Canada.
171 HanburyBruce AlexanderSquadron Leader
Killed 1942-03-27 Age 31VancouverC/1329Pilot409Sqn RCAF
Beaufighter T3142 Spun out of control during demonstration/training flight CREW: F/Sgt John Dickson, PO Philip Sweet,Sqn Ldr Bruce Hanbury
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 37. United Kingdom. Son of Mr and Mrs John Hanbury of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Nancy
172 SweetPhilip MarcusPilot Officer
Killed 1942-03-27 Age 21Huron, South Dakota USAJ/6191409Sqn RCAF
Beaufighter T3142 Aircraft spun whist on a demonstration/training flight. See Bruce Hanbury. CREW: F/Sgt John Dickson, PO Philip Sweet,Sqn Ldr Bruce Hanbury
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 40. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles And Georgia Sweet, Of Huron, South Dakota, U.S.A.
173 DicksonJohn WilliamFlight Sergeant
Killed 1942-03-27 Age 33TorontoR/355A409Sqn RCAF
Beaufighter T3142 Aircraft spun during demonstration/training. See Bruce Hanbury CREW: F/Sgt John Dickson, PO Philip Sweet,Sqn Ldr Bruce Hanbury
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 3. Grave 27. United Kingdom. Son Of John W. Dickson, And Of Alice Mills Dickson, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
174 GouldGeorge StanleyFlight SergeantKilled 1942-04-10 AgeR/ 71707412SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 39. United Kingdom.
175 ShefflerLew WallaceFlight SergeantKilled 1942-04-14 Age 24R/83056Commemorated Stoke-Upon-Tern (St. Peter) Church Cemetery, Row H. Grave 249. United Kingdom. Son Of H. R. Sheffler And Ada I. Sheffler, Of Beckley, West Virginia, U.S.A.
176 ConstabarisJamesFlight Lieutenant

Killed 1942-05-23 Age 27C/1087Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 1. United Kingdom. Son Of Alexander And Helen Constabaris, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. B.A., L.L.B.
177 SlauenwhiteMervyn AlvaLeading AircraftmanKilled 1942-06-07 Age 19R/124898Commemorated Chelsea (Maple Grove) United Baptist Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of William And Emma Amelia Slauenwhite, Of Lower Chelsea.
178 McCagheyHarold AbrahamFlight LieutenantKilled 1942-06-09 Age 38C/2076Commemorated Ancaster (Bethesda United Church) Cemetery, Shaver Family Plot. Canada. Son Of William J. Mccaghey And Jean Mccaghey, Of Belfast, Northern Ireland; Husband Of Elva M. Mccaghey, Of Ancaster.
179 CoxHarry KennySergeantKilled 1942-07-02 Age 19R/95453Commemorated Union Point United Church Cemetery, Family Plot. Canada. Son Of James Klyne Cox And Anne Cornelia Cox, Of Union Point.

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180 FreysteinsonHarry Theodore FranklinFlight SergeantKilled 1942-07-29 Age 20R/7088157Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Joint Grave 15. E. 4-5. Germany. Son Of John And Sarah Freysteinson, Of Church Bridge, Saskatchewan, Canada.
181 GibsonWilliam DerryFlying OfficerKilled 1942-09-19 Age 21J/6679409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 38. United Kingdom. Son Of The Revd. Henry Gibson And Lydia Gaskell Gibson, Of Lenore, Manitoba, Canada. Y.M.C.A. Leader.
182 KerkhoffBruce AlfredSergeantKilled 1942-09-23 Age 24R/102756245Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Kemble Church Cemetery, Sec. Z. Row E. Grave 21. United Kingdom. Son Of Edwin And Lydia Kerkhoff, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
183 FryWilliam BenjaminFlight SergeantKilled 1942-09-26 Age 22R/98031504Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 8. United Kingdom. Son Of William Benjamin And Bessie Johnston Fry, Of San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.; Husband Of Mildred Harris Fry.

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184 PouporeWilliam MarshallFlying OfficerKilled 1942-10-06 Age 20J/8952418SqnCommemorated Bradwell-Near-The-Sea (St. Thomas The Apostle) Church Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son Of William Edmund And Margaret Enid Poupore, Of Sidney, British Columbia. Canada.
185 CartwrightGeorge StevensonFlying OfficerKilled 1942-11-09 Age 34J/11102425SqnCommemorated Dishforth Cemetery, Grave 35. United Kingdom. Son Of Brigadier General George Strachan Cartwright, C.B., C.M.G., Officier De La Legion Dhonneur, And Of Kate Mary Cartwright (Nee Stevenson), Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rhodes Scholar, Christ Church (Oxon), B.A. (University Of Toronto), B.A., B.Litt. (Oxon) Christ Church College.
186 BeaudryJoseph Victor RaoulCpl



Killed 1942-11-29 Age 26Aylmer, QuebecR74134AE Mech405Sqn
Last Op - 405Sqn
N/A
Halifax DT576 LQ-U
X - 29 Nov 42 -
29 Nov 42 - Killed - See M.J. Stanley -
Commemorated Dishforth Cemetery, Grave 41. United Kingdom. Son Of N. Edward And Alida Beaudry, Of Aylmer, Province Of Quebec, Canada.

"It was the worst non-operational loss in Yorkshire in the whole of the War".... Corporal Beaudry was one of fourteen RCAF airmen and one RAFVR airman who were aboard RCAF Halifax MK11 DT576 aircraft when it crashed near Melmerby, Ripon, in Yorkshire. The fifteen casualties (thirteen of whom were laid to rest in Dishforth Cemetery) were:- RCAF Warrant Officer Stephen Frederic GANNON, RCAF Sergeant Earl Lewis McGILLIVRAY, RCAF Sergeant George Robert Ian TAYLOR, RCAF Sergeant Allen Catto BRADLEY, RCAF Flight Sergeant William Stanley MILNE, RCAF Flight Sergeant Melville James STANLEY, RCAF Sergeant Orlando Delmar Conrad HAMEL, RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Wilbur ROSS, RCAF Flying Officer Benjamin Hugo ENNS, (laid to rest in Airth Parish Church Cemetery, Scotland), RCAF Pilot Officer Samuel Stewart CLARK, RCAF Sergeant Ralph Elliott MILLIKEN, RCAF Sergeant Joseph JONES, RCAF Flight Sergeant William Michael KOSTENUK, RAFVR Sergeant Francis HOOTON, (laid to rest in Standish RC Churchyard, Lancashire, England) and RCAF Corporal Joseph Victor Raoul BEAUDRY.

Served with 405Sqn based at Dishforth. Crashed on 29 November 1942, just half mile east of Melmerby, Yorkshire shortly after taking off from Topcliffe at 10:05 local time and burnt. There were two crews in the aircraft, the flight crew, plus second crew and a ground crew mechanic as passengers all 15 on board killed. Was ferrying second crew to detachment at Beaulieu.
187 WarnerKenneth EarleFlying OfficerKilled 1942-12-05 Age 26J/10238409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 36. United Kingdom. Son Of Henry Earle Warner And Cora E. Warner, Of Lexington, Oregon, U.S.A.
188 BarbourJames DouglasFlight SergeantKilled 1942-12-13 Age 22R/105324411SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 34. United Kingdom. Son Of Humphry Norman And Rita M. Barbour, Of Erin, Ontario, Canada.
189 HuttonCharles FortuneLeading AircraftmanKilled 1942-12-19 Age 29R/129339Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 33. United Kingdom. Son Of Heber C. Hutton And Clara Hutton, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
190 GreenLorne HughWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1942-12-25 Age 21R/80800Commemorated Foots Bay United Church Cemetery, Row 8. Canada. Son Of Lorne Chester Green And Sadie Jean Green, Of Mac Tier.
191 AdamsRobert MercerFlying Officer

Killed 1942-12-30 Age 20J/11950Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 19. United Kingdom. Son Of Robert Medd Adams And Seaborn Christine Adams, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
192 HareHenryWarrant Officer Class I

Killed 1942-12-31 Age 21TorontoR/78451Navigator409Sqn RCAFBeaufighter EL184Killed in mid-air collision with Beaufighter X8192 of 409Sqn RCAFCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 40. United Kingdom. Son Of Thomas And Susan Hare, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
193 BarberBernard HigsonWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1942-12-31 Age 22R/101359409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 27. United Kingdom. Son Of Alfred Higson Barber And Frances Barber, Of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
194 BrooksHarryFlying Officer
Killed 1942-12-31 Age 28Verdun, QuebecJ/15588Pilot409Sqn RCAFBeaufighter X8192X - 31 Dec 42
31 Dec 42 - Killed - See H. Hare -. Killed in mid-air collision with Beaufighter EL184 of 409Sqn RCAF
Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 31. United Kingdom. Son Of George Percy Brooks And Of Caroline Emily Brooks (Nee Bain), Of Verdun, Province Of Quebec, Canada.
195 TroutbeckGeorge RolandFlight SergeantKilled 1943-01-04 Age 29R/122717Commemorated Jarvis (Knox Presbyterian Church) Cemetery, Soldiers Plot. Grave 7. Canada. Son Of John E. Troutbeck And Margaret Troutbeck, Of Auckland City, New Zealand; Husband Of Patricia Troutbeck, Of Seaforth.
196 McMillanJohn AlexanderWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1943-01-21 Age 22R/100424411SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 28. United Kingdom.
197 ONeilDavidWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1943-02-20 Age 25R/92679540Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Bergen (Mollendal) Church Cemetery, D. 3. Norway.
198 CardArnold LindsayWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1943-03-15 AgeR/79452Commemorated Faughanvale (St. Canice) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 5. United Kingdom.
199 HaightBenjamin MerwinWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1943-03-19 Age 26R/90510410SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 37. United Kingdom.
200 GaronskiAlexanderLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-03-21 Age 28R/147125Commemorated Ashern United Church Cemetery, Plot 24. Canada. Son Of Anthony And Nellie Garonski, Of Eriksdale; Husband Of Elfrieda E. Garonski, Of Regina, Saskatchewan.
201 LeeRobert ThomasLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-03-27 Age 26R/137499Commemorated Ivy (Christ Church) Cemetery, Plot 42. Grave 1. Canada. Son Of William T. Lee And Queenie M. Lee, Of Utopia Husband Of Isabella L. Lee, Of Barrie.

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202 ChurchMaurice GordonWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1943-04-03 Age 27RR/114615Navigator408Sqn (RCAF)Halifax II JB866 EQ-TUden War Cemetery 4.G.13. Son of George and Annie Isabel Church, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
203 IrvineGerald HoldenAircraftman 2nd ClassKilled 1943-05-01 Age 19R/197759Commemorated Saanich (St. Lukes) Anglican Church Cemetery, Lot 22. Row B. Canada. Son Of Roy M. Irvine And Helen G. Irvine, Of Victoria.
204 ClarkeJames WilliamFlying Officer

Killed 1943-05-25 Age 21J/12829422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 22. United Kingdom.
205 BryersRobert BruceWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1943-05-25 Age 22R/125283422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 24. United Kingdom.
206 HoppsWilliam GeorgeSergeant

Killed 1943-05-25 Age 24R/133113422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 23. United Kingdom.
207 LoucksJohn ClarkPilot OfficerKilled 1943-06-25 Age 19J/26843Commemorated Bracebridge (St. Thomas) Anglican Church Cemetery, Plot 7. Row 1. Grave 2. Canada. Son Of Margaret Loucks, Of Bracebridge.
208 WattNorman AlexanderFlying OfficerKilled 1943-07-01 Age 21J/9174416SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 38. United Kingdom.
209 ButlandFrederick DickFlying OfficerKilled 1943-07-13 Age 21J/20423Commemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 14. United Kingdom.
210 AspinallMaurice John WilliamFlying OfficerKilled 1943-07-23 Age 22J/14046Commemorated Eglantine Church Of Ireland Cemetery, Sec. E. Grave 37. United Kingdom.
211 MackFrederick CharlesLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-07-24 Age 22R/139944Commemorated Carragana (St. Andrews Church) Cemetery, New Service Plot. Grave 1. Canada. Son Of Henry John And Elizabeth Mack, Of Mcelhanney.
212 BalduffWilliamWarrant Officer Class IIKilled 1943-07-29 Age 26R/127491416SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 36. United Kingdom.
213 ChurchJames MaysonFlight SergeantKilled 1943-07-30 AgeR/114617156Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Hamburg Cemetery, 5A. J. 15. Germany.
214 MurrayElbert AlonzoFlight LieutenantMiDKilled 1943-07-30 Age 22J/5142410SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 34. United Kingdom.
215 DobsonEverett ArchibaldLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-08-05 Age 20R/151221Commemorated New Carlisle (St. Andrews) Anglican Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of Charles And Dorothy Dobson, Of Kapuskasing, Ontario.
216 PattonCecil GeorgeLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-09-10 Age 2422023ACommemorated Gagetown (St. Johns) Church Cemetery, Lot 110. Canada. Son Of Cecil And Elizabeth Melissa Patton, Of Upper Gagetown.
217 BradleyJames ReidFlying OfficerKilled 1943-09-16 AgeJ/10044138Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Randers North Cemetery, In Front Of Church. Denmark.
218 ChabaraAlexander JamesFlight SergeantKilled 1943-09-16 Age 25R/131724Commemorated Eglantine Church Of Ireland Cemetery, Sec. E. Grave 35. United Kingdom.
219 McHardyStanley SwanstonFlight SergeantKilled 1943-09-21 Age 22R/120022Commemorated Powerscourt United Church Cemetery, Plot 14. Row 2. Grave 1. Canada. Son Of Wilbur A. Mchardy And Margaret M. Mchardy, Of Athelstan.
220 HodgsonJohn HarveySergeant

Killed 1943-10-16 Age 20R/178888Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 26. United Kingdom.
221 SprouleDavid LeighFlying Officer

Killed 1943-10-16 Age 24J/13096Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 28. United Kingdom.
222 DeschampsJoseph AndreFlight SergeantKilled 1943-10-24 Age 19R/14155086 (RAF)SqnCommemorated Limavady (St. Mary) Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Grave 4. United Kingdom.
223 RichardsSidney Albert HardieFlight SergeantKilled 1943-10-24 Age 20R/11370586 (RAF)SqnCommemorated Tamlaght Finlagan Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot W. Grave 11. United Kingdom.
224 GardnerNorman WilliamWarrant Officer Class I

Killed 1943-11-07 Age 22R/65741Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 29. United Kingdom.
225 ScottWilliam DouglasWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1943-11-11 Age 21R/122544423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 33. United Kingdom.
226 HardcastleCharles McdowallWarrant Officer Class I

Killed 1943-11-12 Age 23R/118235423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 32. United Kingdom.
227 LoweHarryPilot OfficerKilled 1943-11-27 Age 22J/2346549Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Biddulph (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Old Part. Near North Of Church Tower. United Kingdom.
228 BlairHerbert DouglasFlying Officer

Killed 1943-12-05 Age 33J/20044423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 37. United Kingdom.
229 MatthewsGrant CarmichaelLeading AircraftmanKilled 1943-12-07 Age 20R/125317Commemorated Pembroke (Wesley) United Church Cemetery, Plot 57. Plan A. Canada. Son Of Gordon And Laurel G. Matthews, Of Pembroke.
230 TurnerDarl NeilsonFlying OfficerKilled 1943-12-08 Age 22J/11583404SqnCommemorated Bergen (Mollendal) Church Cemetery, D. 11. Norway.
231 AllenJohn AllardyceFlight Lieutenant

Killed 1944-01-03 Age 23J/6643Pilot432SqnLancaster II DS739 QO-YSon of Dr. David Wesley (died 1955, age 75) and Mary Isobel (nee Allardyce - died 1968, age 84) Allen; husband of Honor Mary (nee Magee) Allen of 935 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloan Avenue, Paddington, London.. Further details: Born on the 28th December 1920. F/L Allen enlisted in Toronto in December 1940 where he did his intial training. After completion of elementary flying at No.7 EFTS, Windsor, he attended No.5 SFTS Brantford, Ontario, where he gained his wings on 4 August 1941 and soon after was commisioned as a pilot officer. Arriving in England in September, 1941 he was posted to No.17 OTU soon thereafter, before being taken on strength at No. 107 Squadron in March, 1942. Here he completed his first tour of operations flying Douglas Boston bombers out of Great Massingham, Norfolk, after which, he was back at No.17 OTU this time serving as an instructor. Posted back to operations a year later, he first underwent training on Lancasters at No.1679 Conversion Unit, East Moor, Yorkshire, before joining 432 Squadron on 12 December 1943. F/L Allen had completed six operations of his second tour when he was lost. On 15 October 1943, Epitaph: 'Triumpho Morte Tam Vit'. F/L Allen married Honor Mary Magee at the Church Of The Oratory, Kensington. They were married just 11 weeks. Honor Mary Allen never remarried anCommemorated Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 5. B. 9. Germany.
232 KirtonHarry JamesFlying OfficerKilled 1944-01-13 AgeJ/20247409SqnCommemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 33. United Kingdom.
233 ChurchHarold WilliamFlight LieutenantKilled 1944-01-18 Age 26J/5977Commemorated Prince Albert (South Hill) Cemetery, Plot 757. Canada. Son Of William Leonard And Dora Church, Of Prince Albert; Husband Of Runa May Church, Of Prince Albert.
234 DawsonFrederick EdwardFlying Officer

Killed 1944-01-23 Age 19J/25182518Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 44. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles Edward And Alyce Brock Dawson; Husband Of Marion Aileen Dawson, Of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
235 UpshallLloyd JoyceWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1944-01-23 Age 24R/127754518Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 43. United Kingdom. Son Of Neil Mclean Upshall And Hilda May Joyce Upshall, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
236 GreenFrederick GeorgeFlight Sergeant

Killed 1944-01-31 Age 31R/184005228Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 46. United Kingdom. Son Of John And Mabel Green; Husband Of Teresa Green, Of Sudbury, Ontario. Canada.
237 MatthewsRonald HepburnPilot OfficerKilled 1944-02-15 Age 20J/90023407SqnCommemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 25. United Kingdom. Son Of Arthur Russel Matthews And Leila May Matthews, Of Preston, Ontario, Canada.
238 HebentonLeslie ArthurPilot Officer

Killed 1944-02-20 Age 20J/88403422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 48. United Kingdom. Son Of Arthur And Margaret Hebenton, Of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
239 VanceGordon ElginFlying OfficerKilled 1944-04-15 Age 22J/24133290Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Eglantine Church Of Ireland Cemetery, Sec. E. Grave 41. United Kingdom. Son Of Samuel And Beatrice Emily Vance, Of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
240 WeeksDouglas Francis ChristianPilot OfficerKilled 1944-04-19 Age 22J/92325419SqnCommemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 253. United Kingdom. Son Of The Revd. Edwin Weeks And Jane Weeks, Of Christ Church Rectory, Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada.
241 WilsonJames SmithPilot Officer
Trenton Ewing NJ Church USA
Killed 1944-04-25 Age 21J/3902145 Transport GroupLiberator EW148Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF

Commemorated Trenton (Ewing) Church Cemetery, Lot 279. Sec. B. Grave 1. USA. Son Of James Bayne And Elizabeth Wilson, Of Trenton.
242 WilcoxOliver JamesLeading AircraftmanKilled 1944-05-06 Age 26R/263815Commemorated Woodslee (United Church) Cemetery, Canada. Son Of John And Beatrice Wilcox, Of Woodslee; Husband Of Mary H. Wilcox, Of Cottam.
243 MooreWilliam IrwinPilot OfficerKilled 1944-05-12 Age 25J/29302Commemorated Richmond (St. Paul'S) United Church Cemetery, Plot 1. Sec. C. Lot 6. Canada. Son Of Charles And Bernice Moore, Of Richmond.
244 McgowanThomas CampbellFlying OfficerKilled 1944-05-27 Age 25J/15874692Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Heinerscheid (Hupperdange) Churchyard, Left Side Of Church. Luxembourg. Son Of William And Sarah Mcgowan, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
245 BaillargeonPierre Elzear RodolpheFlight SergeantKilled 1944-06-19 AgeR/9694059Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Limavady (St. Mary) Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Grave 6. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles J. Baillargeon And Audette Baillargeon, Of Quebec City, Canada.
246 McLellanVaughan AlbertWarrant Officer Class IKilled 1944-06-19 Age 22R/7340659Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Tamlaght Finlagan Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot W. Grave 8. United Kingdom. Son Of Vaughan Bertram And Eleanor Woods Mclellan, Of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
247 GerringGeorge WilliamPilot OfficerKilled 1944-06-24 Age 239092559Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Tamlaght Finlagan Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot W. Grave 3. United Kingdom. Son Of David And Martha Gerring, Of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
248 WallaceWilfred ClarkWarrant Officer Class IKilled 1944-06-24 Age 24R/13495259Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Tamlaght Finlagan Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot W. Grave 4. United Kingdom. Son Of Thomas Arthur And Laura M. Wallace, Of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
249 HackFrederick NelsonFlying Officer

Killed 1944-06-26 AgeJ/29229624Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Lamastre Protestant Cemetery, Coll. Grave. France.
250 JamiesonWalter St. XavierFlying Officer

Killed 1944-06-26 Age 26Lower Montague, PEIJ/24521624Sqn (RAF) Commemorated Lamastre Protestant Cemetery, Coll. Grave. France. Son Of William David Jamieson And Matilda Jamieson, Of Lower Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
251 BullDouglas MaxwellFlight LieutenantKilled 1944-07-25 Age 24J/11295Commemorated Hamilton (Barton Stone) United Church Cemetery, Godwin Plot. Canada. Son Of Maxwell C. Bull And Gladys I. Bull, Of Hamilton; Husband Of Muriel E. Bull, Of Hamilton.
252 HembruffLeonard MorlandSergeantKilled 1944-07-29 Age 22R/184294Commemorated Killead (St. Catherine) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Sec. 25. Grave 5. United Kingdom. Son Of Harold And Olga Hembruff, Of Little Current, Ontario, Canada.
253 FraserGordonFlying OfficerKilled 1944-07-29 Age 29J/29239Commemorated Killead (St. Catherine) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Sec. 25. Grave 4. United Kingdom. Son Of William Wilson Clyde Fraser And Lilly Fraser, Of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Husband Of Audrey G. C. Fraser, Of Victoria.
254 GreenJohn HowardPilot OfficerKilled 1944-07-31 Age 19J/42932Commemorated Lowville United Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of The Revd. Burdge Freeman Green And Annie Evelyn Green, Of Delaware.
255 DevineEvan CampbellFlight Lieutenant

Killed 1944-08-12 Age 22J/5705422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 51. United Kingdom. Son Of Evan Wellington Devine And Muriel Eleize Devine; Husband Of Mary Joan Devine, Of Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
256 WilkinsonRoy ThomasFlying Officer

Killed 1944-08-12 Age 22J/28705222SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 52. United Kingdom. Son Of Thomas And Elizabeth Wilkinson, Of Toronto Ontario, Canada.
257 SlaterHarryFlying Officer
courtesy Claude Lafleur
Killed 1944-08-17 Age 28JJ/25693Air/Bmr428SqnLancaster KB751 NA-QCommemorated Varberg Church New Cemetery, Sec. C. 33. Sweden. Son Of Harry And Ellen Slater, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
258 ChurchEric RodgerFlight LieutenantKilled 1944-08-26 AgeJ/2457761SqnCommemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 244. United Kingdom.
259 DunbarLoyd Anson GrayLeading AircraftmanKilled 1944-08-28 Age 31R/277972Commemorated Port Hope Welcome United Church Cemetery, Sec. B. Range 9. Lot 240. Canada. Son Of Anson And Mabel Dunbar, Of Port Hope; Husband Of Lorraine Dunbar, Of Port Hope.
260 StrongWilliam Garnet MatthewLeading AircraftmanKilled 1944-09-06 Age 19U/202107Commemorated Mille Isles (Christ Church) Cemetery, Family Plot. Canada. Son Of Colonel Garnet M. Strong And Violet Strong, Of Montreal.
261 GreenwoodFrederick WilliamFlying Officer

Killed 1944-09-06 Age 28J/25809423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 56. United Kingdom. Son Of William And Iva Alice Greenwood; Husband Of Jessie D. Greenwood, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
262 AntoftOtto HjalmarFlying OfficerKilled 1944-09-21 Age 25Fredericksburg, Denmark 21 Feb 1919J/25114NAV190Sqn (RAF)
Last Op 190Sqn
Stirling
Stirling LJ943
X - 21 Sep 44
- 21 Sep 44 - KIA
- See W/C G.E. Harrison -
Commemorated Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4. D. 6-7. Netherlands (Holland). Son Of Otto Hugo And Asta Antoft, Of Kentville, King'S Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. M.A. Brother of Kell Antoft

Enlisted in Halifax on 5 March 1942. 5 Manning Depot, Lachine, Quebec, on 20 April 1942 and remained here until June, when he was posted to 31OTU, Debert, Nova Scotia. Initial training at 3 Initial Training School, Victoriaville, Quebec (Course 59) on 1 August 1942. 27 September 1942 posted to 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Jarvis, Ontario (Course 64) and on 23 November 1942 he is posted to No. Air Observers School, Chatham, New Brunswick. He ends training here at 19 March 1942 and is promoted from Sergeant to Pilot Officer. 20 March 1942, posted to 34OTU, Penfield Ridge, New Brunswick (Course 10). Tansferred overseas arriving in Bournemouth in July 1943. 13OTU for course No. 4, and on 21 October 1943 and was transferred to RAF Stoney Cross. 4 November 1943, to 299 Squadron, on Lockheed Venturas, but conversion to Stirlings commenced in January 1944. Posted to 1665 HCU at Woolfax Lodge; at this unit, he joined up with pilot FS R. B. Herger and the rest of his crew, before being posted to 190 Squadron. On 8 February 1944 to 190 Squadron as Flying Officer. This squadron had been reformed at RAF Station Leicester East as an airborne forces squadronfor supply-dropping missions over France in April 1944. The squadron was involved in the dropping of airborne troops behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day, and continued operating supply missions over French Occupied Territory in the following months. From 17–23 September 1944, 190 Squadron played an important part in the support mission of Operation Market Garden, suffering heavy losses. Antoft took part in these operations from the beginning of May. On 6–7 May 1944, his crew had made an unsuccessful attempt to drop containers near Montaner, in the foothills of the Pyrenees in France, for SOE. During May, the squadron practiced glider towing, container dropping, and fighter affiliation, in preparation for the coming invasion. Very few operational sorties were carried out during this time. 5 June, the crew were briefed for phase two of Operation Tonga. In the first phase of this operation, glider-borne troops from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry would attack the bridges over the Caen canal and Orne River, east of the Bénouville. Then, as part of the second phase of the operation, twenty-three Stirlings from each of the two squadrons at RAF Station Fairford (190 and 620 Squadrons) would be dropping 887 airborne troops of the 7th Parachute Battalion in an area on the north-east side of Ranville (drop zone ‘N’). These troops were to set up a defensive perimeter around the bridges.

From June to August 1944, 190Sqn involved in supply missions for the French Resistance and for the SOE, as well as missions dropping SAS groups behind enemy lines. From 14 June to 11 September 1944, Antoft took part in fourteen such missions. Most operations involved dropping containers, panniers and packages, but on several missions additional SAS paratroops were dropped over France. On 17 September 1944, Antoft flew the first of four operational missions in Operation Market Garden. On the first day of the operation, the unit carried the pathfinders of the 21st Independent Parachute Company that marked the landing zones for the first lift. At approximately 10.45 hours, twenty-five Stirlings from both 190 and 620 Squadrons took off from Fairford and set course for Arnhem. Six of the aircraft acted as pathfinders, while the remaining nineteen, including Antoft’s crew, were towing gliders that contained 130 airborne troops, seventeen jeeps, seven light and one heavy motor cycle, seventeen trailers, seven guns, and one bicycle. All except one carried out their sorties. Several aircraft were hit by flak, but the operational record also reports that the enemy flak positions were well beaten up by Allied fighters. In the following days, the unit was deeply engaged in the resupply missions. The Danish fighter pilot Flt Lt K. C. J. Pedersen took part in the operation as well; he was part of a group of eleven Spitfires from 1 Squadron who provided low-level escort to aircraft, gilders, and tugs.

At 12.10 hours. on 18 September 1944, Stirling IV (LJ943), with Antoft, took off from Fairford. The Stirling was towing a Horsa glider, carrying supplies strongly needed in Arnhem. Whilst over Holland, the aircraft was drawn into the slipstream of a Dakota. The pilot, FS Herger, took evasive action and the tow rope snapped. The Horsa, piloted by S/Sgt Newton and Sgt Douglas of No. 10 Flight, G Squadron, landed the glider safely near the village of Oude-Tonge on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee—many miles from Arnhem. The next day, 19 September, the crew flew the third sortie for Arnhem. Sixteen Stirlings took off at 13.05 hours. to drop containers and panniers in the Arnhem area. They encountered heavy flak and many aircraft returned damaged. Two aircraft failed to return. Two days later, Antoft was in the air again. In Holland, the British troops were trapped near Arnhem. The crew was briefed on a position in Oosterbeek, but, given the critical situation on the ground, no definite dropping point was fixed beforehand. Instead, the crew was to drop the load at 1,000 feet after a signal from the ground troops in that area, north-west of Arnhem. Antoft’s crew carried out the drop successfully, despite concentrated heavy and light flak throughout the run-in. At some point the aircraft (LJ943/C) was hit several times, and caught fire. The Air Gunner, WO J. C. Thomas (R.173863, RCAF) attempted to extinguish the fire, but failed—being cut off from the rest of the crew, he baled out at between 300 to 400 feet. The Flight Engineer, Sgt Hillyard, also managed to bale out, while the aircraft crashed north of a farm at Zetten. Sgt Hillyard had seen both FO MacDonell and Antoft putting on their parachutes in order to follow him out of the aircraft, but, for unknown reasons, they never left. WO Thomas and Sgt Hillyard were captured by the Germans within minutes of their landing; the rest of the crew, including Antoft, were killed in action. Initially, they were buried in the Refuge-Hill Church Cemetery in Zetten with the casualties of another Stirling loss (LJ982). The Dutch locals who were taking care of the casualties initially accounted for fifteen bodies of the eighteen crew missing. Following the liberation of the area, the bodies were reinterred at the Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem, Holland.
263 GaudinStanley DavidFlying OfficerKilled 1944-10-05 Age 30J/37642172Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 24. United Kingdom. Son Of The Revd. William Murray Gaudin, And Of Margaret J. Gaudin, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
264 LockeAubrey RandallSergeantKilled 1944-10-07 Age 42R/64897Commemorated Chambly Canton (St. Stephen'S) Church Cemetery, Canada. Son Of John Henry And Alice Anne Locke, Of Lockeport, Nova Scotia; Husband Of Winnifred Locke, Of Chambly Canton.
265 GillisMalcolm Lawrence MatthewFlight LieutenantKilled 1944-10-23 Age 26J/10624Commemorated Killead (St. Catherine) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Sec. 25. Grave 7. United Kingdom. Son Of Malcolm And Annie Bell Gillis; Husband Of Phyllis Mary Gillis, Of Yahk, British Columbia, Canada.
266 LepperHarry JoshuaWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1944-10-23 Age 29R/51509422SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 34. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles And Mabel Lepper, Of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada; Husband Of Kathleen Lepper, Of Port Arthur.
267 TurnerDougalPilot OfficerKilled 1945-01-16 Age 26C/93182434SqnCommemorated Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. grave 6. C. 14-17. Germany. Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Jack Turner; Husband Of Margaret Kathleen Turner, Of Church Stretton, Shropshire.
268 CarrJohnFlight Lieutenant

Killed 1945-02-09 Age 27J/21035298Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 63. United Kingdom. Son Of George And Norah M. Carr; Husband Of Gladys E. Carr, Of Barons, Alberta, Canada. D.C.
269 WilbeeMorleyFlying Officer

Killed 1945-02-11 AgeJ/35193423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 58. United Kingdom.
270 HailstoneTerence RamsayFlying Officer

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 20J/35173423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 60. United Kingdom. Son Of Of Charles And Elsie Jane Hailstone, Of Trepanier, British Columbia, Canada.
271 KnibbsEdward FrederickWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 20R/184884423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 64. United Kingdom. Son Of Frederick, William And Jessie Louise Knibbs, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
272 McLennanJohn AlexanderFlying Officer

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 20J/26824423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 61. United Kingdom. Son Of Donald Ewen Mclennan And Beatrice Flossie Mclennan, Of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
273 SeegerJames RobertFlying Officer

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 22J/28722423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 59. United Kingdom. Son Of James F. Seeger And Bertha C. Seeger, Of Welland, Ontario, Canada.
274 RossJohn DavidFlight Lieutenant

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 25J/12298423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 62. United Kingdom. Son Of George D. Ross And Elizabeth I. Ross, Of Elgin, Manitoba, Canada.
275 GingrichJackPilot Officer

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 38R/222058423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 66. United Kingdom. Son Of Menno And Mary Ann Gingrich Husband Of Margaret L. Gingrich, Of West Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
276 CruickshankCharles EdwardWarrant Officer Class II

Killed 1945-02-11 Age 42R/58082423SqnCommemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 65. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles And Agnes Cruickshank.
277 WhitneyAllan LloydFlying OfficerKilled 1945-02-16 Age 23J/44099Commemorated Killead (St. Catherine) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Sec. 25. Grave 8. United Kingdom. Son Of Reuben Henry And Nina May Whitney; Husband Of Sara Oneita Whitney, Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
278 GallipeauJoseph LeoFlight SergeantKilled 1945-02-26 Age 21R/195678224 (RAAF)SqnCommemorated Varberg Church New Cemetery, Sec. C. 43. Sweden. Son Of George A. And Mary A. Gallipeau, Of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.
279 PlanteArthur VincentFlying OfficerKilled 1945-03-13 AgeJ/41513433SqnCommemorated Horsens West Church Cemetery, Plot A. Grave 547. Denmark.
280 BeckerRobert Douglas AlbertPilot Officer

Killed 1945-03-14 Age 20J/94373201Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 71. United Kingdom. Son Of George Albert And Jean Lindsay Becker, Of Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, Canada.
281 WilliamsSydney ArthurSergeantKilled 1945-05-02 Age 19R/273034Commemorated Chateauguay United Church Cemetery, Lot 178. Canada. Son Of Arthur J. Williams And Ellen E. Williams, Of Chateauguay Heights.
282 FosterJohn ElwoodPilot OfficerKilled 1945-08-05 Age 32J/51497Commemorated Bracebridge (United Church) Cemetery, Plot 101. Canada. Son Of Elwood And Florence Mabel Foster, Of Bracebridge.
283 BarberBernard Higson 'Bernie'WO2


Killed Age 22Vernon BCR101359PLT409Sqn (RCAF)
Last Op - 409Sqn
Beaufighter
Beaufighter EL184
X - 31 Dec 42 - 31 Dec 42 - Killed - See H. Hare -Killed in mid-air collision with X8192 Beaufighter of 409Sqn RCAF. Commemorated Scopwick Church Lincolnshire. Son of Alfred Higson Barber and Frances Barber of Vernon BC
284 ChurchE.R.F/O F/LMIAJ24577PLT61Sqn Last Op - 61SqnX XX - 26 Aug 44 - Ref F. Kohul (**B) 26 Aug 44 - MIA - TGT = Darmstadt - Germany
285 ChurchS.A.Sgt
F/Sgt
WO2
WO1
PoWR87186PLT439Sqn (RCAF)Typhoon MN79129 Dec 1944 – Shot down by enemy fighters (10+ Bf109s and Fw190s)(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
286 ChurchT.H.L.F/O F/LPOWJ POW10062 XOBS50Sqn POWLancaster ED488 XX - 02 Feb 43 - Nightfighter - 02 Feb 43 - X - POW

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