Rolls of Honour: Non-Dutch RAF Aviators Killed With Dutch RAF Aviators

107 non-Dutch RAF aviators lost their lives whilst flying in an aircraft together with one or more collegues from The Netherlands, on operations or during training in the period and the area under consideration in this study. This number may seem high as compared to the 226 Dutch RAF aviators who lost their lives. This is explained by the fact that on most of the occasions below entire bomber crews were lost, with a single Dutch RAF aviator on board. The order presented below is chronological as to the date of death.

Killed/missing with Res 2Lt Vl Jhr. H.W. van Panhuys, 3/11/1941, North Sea near Norway coast, possibly in the Bergen area, with Blenheim Mk. IV Nr. Z6144 LA-? of RAF 235 Sqn Coastal Command:

1. Sgt. Laurence Geoffrey Hillier, Obs, RAF VR 962181, age 23 – KIA, buried Bergen (Mollendal) Church Cemetery, Norway, grave D/9

2. Sgt. Harold Alexander Cook, Ag, RAF VR 1002345, age 27 – MIA, Runnymede Panel 41

Killed with Res Sgt Vl B.M. Aarts, 12/3/1942, 9 km NNE of Port Erin, Isle of Man, GB, with Botha Mk. I Nr. L6314 of No. 3 SGR:

3. P/O. Leonard Dobson, Pilot, RAF VR 113417, age 21 – KIFA, buried Beeston and Stapleford Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, GB, grave AE/446

4. F/Sgt. Leonard Charles Storey, Pilot, RAF VR 928608, age 25 – KIFA, buried Cheshunt New Burial Ground, Hertfordshire, GB, grave H/L/38

5. P/O. John Albert Williams, Wop, RAF VR 112721, age 20 – KIFA, buried Hendon Cemetery, Middlesex, GB, grave J/2/52938

6. Ac2. William James Sidney Heap, Wop, RAF VR 1123746, age 26 – KIFA, buried Belfast Dundonald Cemetery, Ireland, grave A/2/230

Killed with 1Lt Vl Wnr W.B. Straver, 15/3/1942, RAF Grantham, 200 yd South of airfield, GB, with Oxford Mk. I Nr. AB461 of No. 12 SFTS:

7. F/Lt. Richard John Jouault DFC, Pilot, RAF 40920 – KIFA, Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, GB, grave 10/A/17

8. Sgt. Julius Lee Wyatt, USA, Pilot, RCAF R/83471 – KIFA, Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, GB, grave 10/A/19

9. F/O. Derek Reginald Oliver, Pilot, RAF VR 101091, age 30 – KIFA, burial site unknown

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

Missing with 2Lt Vl Ir A.P. Meijer, 3/3/1943, North Sea 20 km W of Texel, NL, with Stirling Mk. I Nr. EF333 LS-X from RAF 15 Sqn Bomber Command:

16. F/O. William Ian Moffat, Pilot, RAF VR 117429, age 21 - MIA

17. F/O. Ronald William Turner, Ab, RAF VR 120671, age 20 - MIA

18. Sgt. Thomas James Canveney, Ag, RAF VR 1130074, age 20 - MIA

19. Sgt. Percy John Elton, Fe, RAF VR 961061, age 21 - MIA

20. Sgt. James McGrane, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 1021081, age 22 - MIA

21. Sgt. Harold Sherrat, Ag, RAF VR 1454837, age 19 - MIA

22. F/Sgt. Orison Edwin Amos, Nav, RNZAF 411717, age 30 – MIA

Killed with Adsp Leerling Vltg Maker R. van den Bron, Matr 1kl A.W. van Egmond, Matr 2kl z/m D.J. Kooij, Matr 2kl B.E. van Opdorp and Matr 1kl MLD F. van Westenbrugge, 29/3/1943, close to RAF Morpeth, Northumberland, GB, with Botha Mk. I nrs. W5137 and W5154:

23. Lac. F.L. Beresford, Ag/UT, British - KIFA

24. Ac1. T. Rzeznikiewicz, Ag/UT, Polish - KIFA

25. S/Ldr. S.Z. Zarski, Pilot W5154, Polish - KIFA

26. P/O. G.R. Jackson, Pilot W5137, RNZAF - KIFA

All are buried at SS Mary & James Churchyard, Morpeth, GB

Killed with Matr 1kl ARO R. Heijne, 21/5/1943, North Sea 1 mile West of Buddon Ness Lighthouse, S of Arbroath, Scotland, GB, with Swordfish Mk. I Nr. W5861, unit unknown:

27. Lac. Stanley Boardman, P/JX 168146 – KIA, age 24, buried Blackley (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Lancashire, GB, grave A/390

Missing with Ltz 2kl VSD Ir P.H. Blom, 23/8/1943, Atlantic Ocean presumed, with Albemarle Mk. GT1 Nr. P1478 L5-? from RAF 297 Sqn Fighter Command:

28. W/O. Herbert Edward Curtis, Pilot, RAF 655367, age 34 - MIA

29. F/Sgt. Robert Angus Moore, Wop, RAF VR 1074933, age 23 - MIA

30. F/Sgt. Albert Edward George Nunn, Ag, RAF VR 1335020, age 21 - MIA

31. F/O. John Bruce Bowden, Nav, RCAF J/11959, age 23 – MIA

Killed with Sgt v Speciale Dienst z/m Z.W.C. Dekkers, 20/10/1943, Culworth Grounds, Oxfordshire, GB, with Wellington Mk. III Nr. Z1717 from No.12 OTU:

32. Sgt. Donald Alfred Ross Colegate, Nav, RAF VR 1389344, age 27 – KIFA, buried Banbury Southam Road Cemetery, Oxfordshire, GB, grave 11651

33. Sgt. Kenneth Joseph Gehrmann, RAAF 426871, age 20 – KIFA, buried Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave I/2/92

34. F/O. Walter David Newel, Ab, RCAF J/25079, age 22 - KIFA, buried Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave I/2/92A

35. F/Sgt. John Raymond Burton RAAF 417333, age 26 - KIFA, buried Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave I/2/92B

36. W/O. Ivan Kenealy Nicoll, Nav U/T, RAF VR 1002233, age 22 - KIFA, buried Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave I/2/92C

Graves: see the chapter on the loss of Z.W.C. Dekkers.

Killed with Res 2Lt Wnr O.G. de Jongh, 22/11/1943, near Norwell Woodhouse, S of Kneesall Lodge and Ossington, Nottinghamshire,GB, with Wellington Mk. X Nr. LN601 from No. 82 OTU

37. F/Sgt. Kenneth Ross Fallowdown, Wop/Ag, RCAF R/144200,

age 21 – KIFA, buried Ollerton Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, GB, grave Serv/1181

38. W/O2 Harold Winthrop Johnson, Pilot, RCAF R/126451,

age 30 – KIFA, buried Ollerton Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, GB, grave Serv/1183

Graves: see the chapter on the loss of O.G. de Jongh.

39. P/O. Alexander Grant, Ab, RCAF J/27696, age 33 – KIFA, buried Ollerton Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, GB, grave Serv/1207

40. F/Lt. John G. Bassington, Ag, RAF 127175 – KIFA, unknown to CWGC. Source: Chorley 7/263

41. Sgt. Robert J. Wannell, Ag, RAF VR 1321739, age 19 – KIFA, buried Fulham Palace Road Cemetery, London, GB, grave 4/E/35

Killed with Tijd Res 1Lt Vl J.R.C. Hoboken, 26/11/1943, near Gross Karben, Germany, with Lancaster Mk. III Nr. JB592 ZN-W from RAF 106 Sqn Bomber Command:

42. Sgt. Edgar William Davies, Ag, RAF VR 1420122, age 22 - KIA

43. F/O. John Crichton Graham, Ab, RAF VR 134669 - KIA

44. F/O. James Peter Julian Jenkins, Nav, RAF VR 134207, age 27 - KIA

45. Sgt. George Emile Garton Lucas DFM, Fe, RAF VR 975066 - KIA

46. F/O. Aubrey William Read, Wop, RAF VR 50611, age 23 - KIA

47. F/O. Harry George Stuffin, Ag, RAF VR 49983, age 22 – KIA

All buried Dürnbach War Cemetery, G, coll. grave 1/B/9-12 except J.C. Graham, who is buried 1/B/8. See the chapter on the loss of J.R.C. Hoboken

Killed with Res Sgt Vl H.J. Boots, Korp Vltg Telegr z/m J.G. Egter van Wissekerke and Off Zwnr 3kl H.J.P. Jansen, 15/02/1944, Buckingham Road, Gawcott, 2m SW of Buckingham, GB, with Mitchell Mk. II Nr. FL194 from RAF No. 13 OTU:

48. P/O. David Hudson, KIFA, RAF Nr. 126960, buried Eston Cemetery, GB, grave M/831

Killed with Evers & Hoffman:

49. Lt. James Smeaton, RNR, Britsh – KIFA, buried Barnhill Cemetery, Angus, GB, grave V/146

Killed with Res 2Lt Vl H.G. Holtrop, 10/6/1944, North Sea near Clacton-on-Sea, GB, with Mosquito Mk. XVII NF30 Nr. HK358 from RAF 219 Sqn Fighter Command:

50. Sgt. Christian Stuart Warming, Nav, British, RAF VR 179198, age 32 – KIA, buried Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, GB, RAF plot, grave 22/D/9

Grave: see the chapter on the loss of H.G. Holtrop.

Killed with Tijd Res 1Lt Vl Prof W.J. van Stockum, 10/6/1944, Near Entrammes, Mayenne, France, with Halifax Mk. III Nr. MZ684 ZA-B from RAF 10 Sqn Bomber Command:

51. F/O. John Ellyatt, RAF 51911, Fe, age 27 - KIA

52. P/O. Fred Beales, RCAF J/89951, Ag, age 20 - KIA

53. Sgt. Alfred Charles Perkins, RAF VR 1461925, Wop, age 22 - KIA

54. F/O. Gilbert Daniel, RAF 151788, Nav, age 22 - KIA

55. Sgt. Albert Mason, RAF VR 2211801, Ag - KIA

56. F/O. Robert Keith Marshall, RAF VR 151917, Ba, age 30 – KIA

The entire crew was buried next to each other at Cimetière de Valfleury, Laval, Mayenne, France. Graves: see the chapter on Laval Valfleury Cemetery.

Killed with Res 2Lt J.A. Walter, 6/7/1944, IJsselmeer next to Afsluitdijk, 5km SW of Kornwerderzand, NL, with Hudson FK790:

57. F/Lt. J.W. Menzies DFC, Pilot - MIA until 1998, when his body was recovered from the wreck

58. P/O. K.R. Bunney - KIA

59. Sgt. E.M. Eliot - KIA

60. Sgt. D.J. Withers - KIA

All are buried in Makkum N.H. Begraafplaats, Friesland, NL. Graves: see the chapter on the loss of J.A. Walter.

Killed or missing with Tijd Sgt Maj Vl MLD W. Hazeu, 15/7/1944, Celtic Sea near Lundy Island, Cornwall, GB, with Wellington Mk. XIV Nr. NB831 from RAF 172 Sqn Coastal Command:

61. F/Sgt. Norman Stanley Birch, RAF VR 1315909, Wop/Ag, age 21 – MIA, Runnymede Panel 215

62. F/O. Thomas John Paul Magee RCAF J/21751, Nav, age 21 – MIA, Runnymede Panel 247

63. F/Sgt. Henry Bruce McAuley RNZAF 421281, Wop/Ag, age 22 - KIA, buried Bath (Haycombe) Cem, grave 51/H/V/240

64. F/O. John Francis Waters RAAF 408542, Pilot, age 26 - KIA, buried Bath (Haycombe) Cem, grave 51/H/T/240

65. F/Sgt. Frederick Asby Wilkinson, RAF VR 1331024, Wop/Ag - MIA, Runnymede Panel 223

Killed with Tijd Res 1Lt Vl R.S. Cohen, 11/8/1944, Breux-sur-Avre, Eure, France, with Mosquito Mk. VI Nr. NT126 from RAF 613 'City of Manchester' Sqn Fighter Command:

66. F/Sgt. Peter George Deaves DFM, British, Nav, RAF VR 658425 - KIA, buried Breux-sur-Avre Communal Cemetery, grave 1, see the chapter on the loss of R.S. Cohen.

Killed with Res 2Lt Vl P.M.C. Hellegers, 11/8/1944, near Gouloux, Nièvre, France, with Halifax Mk. II Nr. NA563 C8-Y from RAF 640 Sqn Bomber Command:

67. Sgt. William Bryce, Ag, RAF 646633, age 22 - KIA

68. Sgt. William George Jeffery, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 1800571, age 22 - KIA

69. Sgt. George Henry Richold, Nav, RAF VR 1399324 - KIA

70. Sgt. Harold Ernest Smith, Ag, RAF VR 629543, age 27 - KIA

71. Sgt. Kenneth John Stewart, ab, RAF VR 1399585, age 22 - KIA

72. Sgt. Bernard Peter Wood, fe, RAF VR 1783228, age 19 – KIA

All are buried next to each other at Cimetière Civil du Pont du Sens, Nantes, France. See the chapter about that cemetery.

Killed with Res 1Lt Vl Wnr G.A.C. Overgaauw, 15/8/1944, Kompagnieberg, North of the Reemsterweg, near Deelen, Gemeente Otterlo, Gelderland, NL, with Lancaster Mk. III Nr. LM263 EM-N from RAF 207 Sqn Bomber Command:

73. F/Sgt. Anthony Leonard Brett, Nav, RAF VR 183918, age 19 - KIA

74. Sgt. Ronald Lee Coaker, Ag, RAF VR 1890818, age 19 - KIA

75. Sgt. Huntley David Shaw Mann Jack MacKay, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 56034, age 24 - KIA

76. Sgt Percy Arthur Wildsmith, fe, RAF VR 936016, age 25 - KIA

77. F/O. William Auld Swinton ba, RCAF J/25057, age 22 - KIA

78. Sgt. Alick Watt, Ag, RCAF J/89063 – KIA

Crew buried Arnhem Moscowa, NL. The two RCAF crewmembers were reburied in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, NL. W.A. Swinton, grave XV/C/7; A. Watt, grave XV/C/10. Graves: see the chapter on the loss of G.A.C. Overgaauw.

Killed with Res 1Lt Art Mr E.F.K. Michielsen, 26/8/1944, near Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, GB, with Wellington Mk. X Nr. HF517 from No. 83 OTU:

79. Sgt. John Butterfield, Ag, RAF VR 1589861, age 19 – KIFA, buried Undenominational Burial Ground, Yorkshire, GB, grave M/29

80. Sgt. Gerald Ivor Callow, Ag, RAF VR 303826, age 19 – KIFA, buried Truscott United Methodist Chapelyard, Cornwall, GB

81. Sgt. James Ernest Clarke, Wop, RAF VR 2204244, age 19 – KIFA, buried Wavertree (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Lancashire, GB, grave 702

82. F/O. John Garnet Sutherin, ab, RAF VR 160749, age 21 – KIFA, buried Cheam (St. Dunstan) Churchyard, Surrey, GB

Killed with Res 1Lt Vl C. Waardenburg, 30/8/1944, near the Canadian army vehicle park in Shackleford Heath, W of Godalming, Surrey, GB, 8m NNW from base, with Mitchell Mk. II B-25D Nr. FW268 EV-O from RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Bomber Command; aircraft from RAF 180 Sqn Bomber Command:

83. F/O. Henry George Payne, Ag, RAF 50748, age 27 – KIFA, buried at Rudgwick cemetery, Surrey, GB, grave 685, see the chapter on the loss of C. Waardenburg.

Killed with Res 2Lt Vl C.J.M. Goemans, 4/11/1944, over Düsseldorf, G, with Halifax Mk. III Nr. MZ930 C8-K from RAF 640 Sqn Bomber Command:

84. Sgt. Patrick Finnigan, Fe, RAF VR 1823313. KIA, buried Rheinberg War Cemetery, G, grave 14/A/21

85. F/Sgt. Fred Nuttall, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 1515745. KIA, buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, G, grave 8/D/14

Killed with Off Vl 3kl J.J. Buning, 3/2/1945, near Mönchengladbach Walhausen, Germany, with Lancaster Mk. I Nr. PA158 from RAF 90 Sqn Bomber Command:

86. Sgt. Ernest Edward Bemrose, Ag, KIA, British, age 20, RAF VR 1596007, collective grave 3/J/3-8, stone 3

87. F/O. Stanley Buckland Stewart Bishop, ab, KIA, Canadian, age 28, RCAF J/37721, collective grave 3/J/3-8, stone 4

88. Sgt. John George Brown, Ag, KIA, British, age 19, RAF VR 3040078, grave 3/J/2

89. F/Sgt. Alfred Henry Edwards, Wop/Ag, KIA, British, age 24, RAF VR 1391039, collective grave 3/J/3-8, stone 6

90. Sgt. Mervyn John Frederick Poole Goddard, Ag, KIA, nationality & age unknown, RAF VR 1853495, collective grave 3/J/3-8, stone 7

91. P/O. Harry Samuel Nickless, Copilot/Nav, KIA, Australian, age 29, RAAF 37050, collective grave 3/J/3-8, stone 8

All are buried next to each other at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. Graves: see the chapter on the loss of J. Buning.

Killed with Res 2Lt Vl H.M. de Bij, 14/2/1945, crash site reported as near Neuwirtshaus, Germany, with Halifax Mk. III Nr. MZ856 C8-S from RAF 640 Sqn Bomber Command:

92. Sgt. Sidney William Ede, fe/Ag, RAF VR 1880840 - KIA

93. F/Sgt. Bob Longworth, ba, RAF VR 1622238 - KIA

94. F/Sgt. Frederick Henry Riches, Nav, British, RAF VR 1460401, age 32 - KIA

95. Sgt. John Reuben Ridsdale, fe/Ag, British, RAF VR 1591283, age 20 - KIA

96. Sgt. Thomas Edward Teanby, Ag, British, RAF VR 1809870, age 23 - KIA

97. Sgt. Bernard Whitfield, Wop, British, RAF VR 2209367, age 20 - KIA

All are buried in Dürnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Germany, collective grave 5/A/7-13. Graves: see the chapter on the loss of H.M. de Bij.

Killed with Ltz 1kl MLD N. Guilonard, 21/4/1945, Nørlund Forest, Aerestrup, 15km N of Hobro, Denmark, with Liberator Mk. GR VII Nr. KH410 PQ-N from RAF 206 Sqn Bomber Command:

98. W/O. Kenneth Emery, Ag, RAF 1076591 - KIA, grave 706

99. P/O. Winsor Thomas Henry Gale, fe, RAF VR 190271, age 24 - KIA, grave 710

100. F/O. Allan James Harding, Nav, RAF VR 153317, age 28 - KIA, grave 715

101. F/Lt. Peter Stevens Leinthall Laycock, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 151105, age 24 - KIA, grave 708

102. W/O. George Charles Kenneth Long, Ag, RAF VR 1319712 - KIA, grave 712

103. F/Sgt. Frederick Ralph Orritt, Wop/mec/Ag, RAF VR 1432826, age 21 - KIA, grave 713

104. F/O. Anthony Richard Tenison Smith, Pilot, RNZAF 4214135, age 23 - KIA, grave 716

105. W/O.1 Walter William Spencer, Wop/Ag, RCAF R/110774, age 22 - KIA, grave 714

106. W/O. Thomas Keith Theaker, Ag, RCAF R/132255, age 25 - KIA, grave 711

107. P/O. George Henry Topliff, Nav, RAAF 419396, age 20 - KIA, grave 706

All are buried in Aerestrup Churchyard, prov. Slørping, Jutland, Denmark. Graves: see the chapter on the loss of N. Guilonard.

Propellor blade of Lancaster ED715 GT-J of 156 Sqn, that crashed 5/5/1943 near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, GB. All crew survived. Now on display as a Memorial at Bergen War Cemetery, Holland. Bergen 050531-2.