102 (Ceylon) Squadron

Tentate et perficite (Attempt and Achieve)

Planes and Crews of 102 (Ceylon) Sqn.

What we have on this page is a table of planes and crews. Some of these planes/crews were shot down, but NOT all of them.

Some of them are just odd crews that we have come across on ORB's, book's or have even one's we have been told about by the people who actually flew in them.

Our hope is that by listing them all here loved ones of some of these men might actually be able to find the person they are looking for.

If we have a lot of info on different members of the crew then quite often you will see a link to one or more of the crew members pages, they will be blue and underlined.

This page is going to grow and grow.. so do please keep having a look back and don't forget to REFRESH the page!!

 

PLANE NO AND CODE CREW DATE(S) MISSION(S)
Whitley N1383 DY- H

F/O Owen Gerard Horrigan - Pilot - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Vicent Barr - Pilot - POW
Sgt Norman Haithwaite - WOp - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
AC2 Cyril Cecil Whitley - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Francis Hayes - Obs - (C.W.G.C.)


26/04/1940 Aalborg
Whitley N1489

Sgt. Norman Kelvin Bott - Pilot - Age 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O. Alexander William Fletcher - 2nd Pilot - Age 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Charles William Cavey Fleming Harrison - Age 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Alan Steel - WOp - Age ? - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Len G. Smalley - AG - Inj

Chris Goss's Book has a great photo of Norman on page.

28/08/1940 Cross Country to the Isle of Man

P5082 DY-L

 

Flt/L Richard A. Barnwell - Aged 24
Sgt. Harry E. Danks - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Frederick J. Abrahams - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Thomas Henry Pegram - (C.W.G.C. Page)
Sgt. Maurice Rose - (C.W.G.C.)

 

28/10/1940

 

Bremen

 

Whitley Z6489

Sgt. John Chapman - Pilot - Age 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Franklin James - 2nd Pilot - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Raymond Woodrow Dawson - Obs - Age 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. James Hall - AG - Age 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Matthew Bailey Tunnah - AG - Age 30 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Kenneth Ridd Winter - WOp - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

13/06/1941 Schwerte
Whitley Z6510

F/O Stanley Victor Alderton - P - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Kenneth Percy Glassborow - P - Aged - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ivor Peter Hunter - P - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Conrad Thomas Frederick Baldwin - Obs - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Arthur Charles Fletcher - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James (Jimmy) Robert Fraser - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)

14/06/1941 Schwerte

Whitley - Z6576

S/L Eric A. Verdon-Roe - Pilot - Aged 26 - (CWGC)
P/O William Larry Rees Aged 21 - (CWGC )
Sgt Anthony Russell Holmes - Obs - (CWGC)
Sgt William A. McGinley - WOp - Aged 20 - (CWGC)
Sgt Leslie Netherclift - AG - Aged 25 - (CWGC )

26/07/1941 Hannover
Whitley V Z6829

Sgt Gerald Keith Powell - Pilot - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt F W Penn - POW
P/O Wada W Bell-Towers - RAAF - Obs - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt L. Edward (Ted) D. Lindsay - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Richard Thomas Philp - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Tom A Vermiglio - POW

Chris Goss's Book has a great photo and write up of this crash on pages 54-56.

 

14/08/1941 Hanover
Whitley Z6946

F/S Seward Terry Modeland RCAF - Pilot - Aged 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Donald Machell Bozer RCAF - 2nd Pilot - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Jackson Corwin Nixon RCAF - Aged - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Alexander Frederick Jaggers - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt L.M Bowen RCAF - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

03/09/1941 Frankfurt

Z6800

 

 

S/L James Godfrey Walker - Pilot - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Charles T R Anderson - Pilot - Aged 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Alfred Groom - Obs - Aged 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Philip Anthony Taylor - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J Williamson - AG - PoW

30/11/1941

Hamburg

 

Z6973

Sgt Wilson Gilmore Caldwell RCAF - Pilot - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Douglas Gordon Jack - RAAF - Nav - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick Edward Baldock - Obs - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt George Edward Thompson - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Walter Arthur Evans - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)

16/12/1941 Dunkirk
Whitley Z9289

Sgt Alexander Hollingworth - RAAF - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt JTC Hazeldine - Pilot - UnInj
Sgt Alexander Gibson Buchanan - RCAF - WOp - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt E A Brain - A/G UnInj
Sgt L Jackson - A/G - Inj


06/01/42 Cherbourg

W7652 DY-P

Sgt Harold E. Batchelder - PoW
Sgt Frederick (Ringer) Bell - PoW
Sgt Geoffrey R.D. Hobsbawn - PoW
Sgt Frederick L. Ringham - PoW
P/O Donald M. McRae RCAF - PoW
Sgt R.H. (Swanny) Rivers - PoW

 

17/06/1942 Essen
W7651 DY-M

W/O William Robert Davies - (R.C.A.F.) - Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Francis Garfield Peebles - 2nd Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Edward Frederic Lloyd - Nav - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ian Duncan - B/A - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O John E. Sumpton - (R.C.A.F.) - WOp - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ernest Jackson - A/G - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Harry Smith - A/G - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Daniel Hanlon - F/E - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

17/06/1942 Essen
R9530 DY-J

W/O Charles Rae Barr - (R.C.A.F.) - Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S David Conter - (R.C.A.F.) - Obs - Aged - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Charles Perriam - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John George Smith (Red) Rocks - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt David Macneil Smith - (R.C.A.F.) - A/G - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John William Brown - F/E - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

17/06/1942 Essen
W7654


F/L Kenneth Bernard Wright, Pilot, Age 20, (C.W.G.C)
F/S Illtyd Gad Ivor Lewis, F/E Age 26, (C.W.G.C)
P/O Richard Forrest Bradbury, RCAF,Obs, (C.W.G.C)
Sgt Leonard Starbuck, WoP/AG, Age 26, (C.W.G.C)
Sgt Peter John (Jack) Fernie, RCAF, AG, Age 25, (C.W.G.C)
Sgt Ernest Ralph Taxeira de Mattos, AG, Age 22, (C.W.G.C)

 

26/06/1942 Bremen
W1153 DY-H

P/O B. Vic Hunter - Pilot - PoW
Sgt R.W. Kinsey - F/E - PoW
Sgt William Eric Mander RCAF- AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Arthur Penstone - Obs - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt W.H. Golding - WOp - PoW
Sgt Jim Fryett - WOp - PoW
Sgt Joseph Kenneth Baker RCAF - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)

26/07/1942 Hamburg
W1142 DY-A

Sgt J.M. MacD Wilson - Pilot - PoW
Sgt Joseph Stanley Higgin - F/E - PoW
P/O William Henry Baber - Obs - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt W.G. Wilcox RCAF - A/G - Inj
Sgt Gwilyn Mieron Jones - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J.B. Downes RCAF - A/G - PoW
Sgt J.W. Vine - A/G - PoW

26/07/1942 Hamburg
R9495 DY-L

F/S Reginald Seymour Tadman DFM - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Frank Arthur Frost - Obs - Aged 33 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Arthur Stanley Charles Ellis - A/G - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Noel Clive Hain - R.A.A.F. - Wop - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Stanley Raymond Lupton - R.C.A.F. - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Colville - FE - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Gordon McKinnon - R.C.A.F. - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)

 

05/08/1942 Bocham
DT539 DY

Sgt Donald Thomas Marler - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Frederick Wilson Read - R.C.A.F. - 2nd Pilot - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Herbert Zealand - Nav - Aged 33 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Morris Kolesky Callan - R.C.A.F. - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Sidney Broome - AG - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Albert Moir - AG - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Peter Richardson - FE - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Edwin Herbert Kingsland - R.C.A.F. - Obs - (C.W.G.C.)

 

09/11/1942 Hamburg
W7916 DY-L

S.L John Greet Gordon Walkington - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
W/C J.R.A. Embling (P2) Evd
Sgt John Law - F/E - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O A.R. Haines RCAF Evd
Sgt R.C.A. Douglas PoW
F/S L.C. Fantini PoW
Sgt H. Johnson PoW
Sgt Laurence Clifford Molloy - AG - (C.W.G.C.)

 

03/12/1942 Frankfurt
W7913 DY-C

Fl/Sgt. Harry Morrissy - Pilot - D.F.M. - R.C.A.F. Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Robert Francis Hughes Kenyon - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Martin Beart Albrecht - F/E - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O. Donald Edward Pike - BA - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Erlin Leslie Ross Brown - Obs - Aged 30 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. George Allen Robson - WOp - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John William Taylor - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Thomas McCallum - AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

03/12/1942 Frankfurt
W7884 DY-H

Sgt H.A.E. Charman PoW
Sgt E.N. Neilson PoW
P/O D.W. McKim - RCAF PoW
Sgt F.S. May RCAF PoW
Sgt G.E. Nutter PoW
Sgt Cyril John Pope - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Theodore Ian Mardon Edwards - RCAF - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

03/12/1942 Frankfurt
W7925 DY-S

Sgt Brian John Ketchell - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Gordon Carruthers Haig RCAF - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Clarence Ames Massey RCAF - B/A - - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Charles Parry - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Neville Hopwood - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick Ernest Arthur Box - A/G - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Cyril George Adnams - F/E - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

08/12/1942 Gardening
W7879 DY-0

F/S Harold Edward Richard Saunders - Pilot - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Brian Hill - 2nd Pilot UnInj
F/O Henry Farquharson-Ley - Nav - Aged 22- (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Trevor Charles Coles - FE - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Henry Edwin Amos - BA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frank Cooper - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Michael Norman Reilly - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Alvah W. Flansburgh-Washbourne RNZAF - WOp - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

11/02/1943 Wilhelshaven
HR669 DY–E

Sgt. Michael Gerrard Gibbons - Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Louis John Langham - (Nav. B/A) - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Leonard James Dowdall - WOp - Aged 35 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Dennis Stanley Richings - AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John William Hunt - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Thomas Edward Russell - F/E - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Leslie Wilson –2nd Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Henry Easton Bradshaw - ? - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

26/02/1943

 

Koln (Cologne)

 

JB836

F/O Anthony Drew Ashby Barnes - Pilot Age 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Arthur Leonard Thurlow - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Edwin Harold Beeton WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Stephen Lowdell - FE - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Victor Norman Elkins - AG - Age 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Patrick Quinlivan - AG - Age 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Gerald Cecil Felsenstein - BA Age 21 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

12/03/1943 Essen
DT799

Sgt Harold Cedric Alan Newland - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert William Floyd - Nav - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Cyril Saddington Jones - F/E - PoW
Sgt Dennis James Druett - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Martin Harvey Christie Crow - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Albert Edward Beaven - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Davidson Haigh - B/A - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

12/03/1943 Essen
DT739 DY-P

Sgt Edward William Leon Charlebois - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt B.A. Horne - Nav - PoW
Sgt W.S. Hedges - WOp - PoW
Sgt H.R. Kemp - F/E - PoW
Sgt H.F. Powers - A/G - PoW
Sgt Ernest Arthur Hughes - A/Gs - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt A.D. Williams - B/A - PoW

 

12/03/1943 Essen
JB848 DY-G

F/S. Wilfrid (Bill) P Comrie - Pilot - Aged 27 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Douglas W F Harper - Nav - Aged 22 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Frank W Dorrington - WOp - Aged 23 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O William H Jenkins - B/A - Aged 34 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. William .J. McGraith - F/E - Aged 23 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John King - A/G - Aged 21 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Myles C C Squiers - A/G - Aged 20 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)

 

29/03/1943

Crashed avoiding an a/c from Melbourne

Berlin
HR663 DY-T

S/L Wally I. Lashbrook - Pilot - DFC DFM Evd
F/S D.C. 'Nippy' Knight - F/E - PoW
F/O Kenneth J. Bolton - Nav - Evd
F/O Alfred (Alfie) Martin - B/A - DFC Evd
Sgt W.Robert Laws - WOp - Evd
W/O Lawrence Irving Neill - AG - PoW
F/O George Williams GM - AG - KIA Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

16/04/1943 Pilsen
HR667 DY-U

Sqn Ldr John Bernard Flowerdew - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Donald Edward Grant - Nav - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Peter Edward Tiller - F/E - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John George Stanley Dutton - WOp - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt George Rose - A/G - C.W.G.C.)
F/S Kenneth Howard Buck - (R.C.A.F.) - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Harald George Raymond Chiverton - B/A - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)


05/05/1943 Dortmund
JB799 DY-E

P/O Murray Quinn Moffatt - R.C.A.F. - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O John Darty Erzinger - R.C.A.F. - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Cecil Herbert Hurle - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Garfield Davies - AG - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William James Holman - AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Charles Gerard Gowen - R.C.A.F. - FE - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Donald Francis Moon - BA - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

12/05/1943 Duisburg
JD112 DY-H

F/S A McA Sargent - Pilot - POW
Sgt Arnold Campbell - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt M Galloway - WOp - POW
Sgt C R Webb - F/E - POW
Sgt Hugh Donald Newbery - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Colin Smith - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O James Rudolph Bullock - BA - Aged 33 - (C.W.G.C.)


23/05/1943 Dortmund
JD144 DY-Q

Sgt Kenneth Robert William Sheppard - Pilot - Aged - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Albert George Tovey - Nav - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frank Gettings - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Jenkins MacDonald - A/G - Aged 35 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Matthew Henry Clack - A/G - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt C. Rushton - F/E - PoW
Sgt W.R. Cole - B/A - PoW

 

24/06/1943 Wuppertal
JD144 DY-c

Sgt James Arthur Marsden - Pilot - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O James Edgar Lewis - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robin Harold Barnes - WOp - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Thomas Arthur Hicks - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Phillip Albert George Warwick - A/G - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Stephen Robinson Ablett - F/E - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Jack Austin Perkins - B/A - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

24/06/1943 Wuppertal
BB249 DY-Z

F/S Arthur Thomas Fraser - RAAF - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt T. Stockton - Nav - POW
Sgt Willie Morse - F/E - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S John George Herbert Mansell - WOp - Aged 37 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt R. Glass - R.C.A.F. - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt H. Edwards - A/G - POW
Sgt R. Brand - B/A - POW

10/07/1943 Gelsenkirchen

JD297

W/C Henry R. Coventry - DFC - KIA - Aged 27 - (CWGC)
Sgt Geoffrey T Pine-Coffin - KIA - (CWGC)
F/L Frederick E King - DFC - KIA - Aged 21 - (CWGC)
F/O Crosby F Read - KIA - Aged 24 - (CWGC)
Sgt Walter Brown - KIA - Aged 23 - (CWGC)
Sgt William Hardy - KIA - Aged 20 - (CWGC)
F/L George F Hogg - KIA - Aged 33 - (CWGC)

 

13/07/1943 Aachen

JB894

Sgt Robert G. Amos - KIA Aged 19(CWGC)
Sgt John R G Smith - KIA Aged 22 (CWGC)
Sgt Basil P Dowthwaite - KIA Aged 34 (CWGC)
Sgt William H J Smith - KIA Aged 20 (CWGC)
Sgt John R Fradley - KIA Aged 20 (CWGC)
Sgt D.H. Brown PoW
Sgt John Raw - KIA Aged 20 (CWGC)

 

13/07/1943 Aachen
JD316 DY-K

F/L Tom Bakewell - Pilot - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Thomas Lewis Cowin (R.N.A.F.) - 2nd Pt - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O F.G. Smith - Nav - POW
P/O David Hill - B/A - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S John Henry Page - WOp - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick John Edwards - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Albert Leonard Wood - (R.C.A.F.) - A/G - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Swinton - F/E - (C.W.G.C.)

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25/071943 Hamburg
JD408 DY-R

S/L L.J.Pestridge - Pilot - PoW
P/O J.Burdon - F/E - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O A.R.Hunter DFC - RCAF - Nav - PoW
F/O Leslie Bays - BA - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S K.P.Walker - WOp - PoW
Sgt L.G.Dunn - AG - PoW
F/S Frederick Arthur Sherrington - AG - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

09/08/1943 Mannheim
W7883 DY-R

Sgt. George Stephen. Roadley - Pilot - KIA - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William George Jennings - Nav - KIA - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Chalkley - WOp - KIA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Edward Bert Woodrow - F/E - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Eric Kirk - A/G - KIA - Aged 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman George Webb - A/G - KIA - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Frank Roberts - B/A - KIA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

23/08/1943 Berlin
JD909 DY-B

Sgt. Edward Thomas Samuel Rowbottom - Pilot - Age 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Kenneth Keele - Nav - Age 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Alan Raymond Pearce WOp Age 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Fl/Sgt. Russ Lloyd Collins - R.C.A.F - AG - P.O.W.
Sgt Murton Lawrence L McClay - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Richard Harvey Day - Fe - Age 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. R.V. Wallace - BA - Evd

 

31/08/1943 Berlin
HR919 DY-O

W/O E.M. Cartwright uninj - Pilot uninj
Sgt D.J. Nicholson - Nav - inj
Sgt J.R. Fletcher - WOp - inj
Sgt A.W. Snowden - A/G - inj
Sgt H. Brown - A/G - inj
Sgt R.W. Barber - F/E - inj
Sgt E.F. Jones - B/A - KIA (no details available)

Crashed at Garrowby Hill on return

22/09/1943 Modane
HR911 DY-L

P/O Dennis William Brooks - Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O J.N. Walton - Nav - POW
Sgt Stanley Faultley - WOp - POW
F/S William (Bill) Ernest Arthur Spencer - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Kenneth (Ken) George Sewell - A/G - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ralph (Dick) Sykes - F/E - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
S/L Alfred Abels - DFC - B/A - POW

 

22/10/1943 Kassel
JD276 DY-Z

F/L Edward (Ned) S. Kelly - Pilot - POW
F/S D Crump - 2nd pilot - POW
P/O John C. Fell - Nav - POW
F/O H Johnny Wroughton - WOp - POW
Sgt Ernest (Jerry) W. Jerrum - FE - POW
Sgt D.C. Cosford - AG - POW
Sgt T.H. McCarthy - AG - POW
Sgt Richard Fowler - B/A - (C.W.G.C.)

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22/10/43 Kassel
HX158 DY-O

F/S Robert Hugh Campbell - (R.A.A.F.) - P - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Leonard Douglas Dingley - (R.C.A.F.) - N - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Clifford Healey - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Leslie George Yorke - FE - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick Thrall - AG - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Arthur George Dyson - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Critchley Arrowsmith - BA - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)


11/11/1943 Gardening
LW333 DY-K

Sgt. Walter Hughes - P - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Waterson Cottle - N - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Roy Alfred Dabnor - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Boxall - FE - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Roland Barnsley Bainbridge - AG - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt David Willington - (R.C.A.F.) - AG - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. Frederick Thomas Dunn - BA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)


22/11/1943 Berlin
LW337 DY-F

F/O George Griffiths - Pilot - POW
F/S Reg Wilson - Nav - POW
F/S Eric Arthur Church - WOp - KIA - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt. John Bremner - F/E - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt.John Bushell - A/G - POW
Sgt. Kenneth F Stanbridge - 2nd P - Aged 22 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Laurie Underwood - B/A - POW
F/S Charles Gordon Dupueis - RCAF - A/G - AgIA - (C.W.G.C.)

 

20/01/1944
Berlin
HX187 DY-H

P/O A.W. Dean Inj - Pilot - PoW
Sgt A. Whittle - 2P - PoW
Sgt Arthur Landen - F/E - Aged 36 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt S.R. Stone - Nav - PoW
Ff/O James Nelson - B/A - Aged 28 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt D.S. Veale - WOp - PoW
Sgt J.H.L.Towler - A/G - PoW
Sgt Alan Watson - A/G - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)

 

20/01/1944
Berlin
LW227 DY-X

W/O R.G. Wilding - Pilot - PoW
Sgt J.L. Corrigan - FE - PoW
Sgt R.W. Chandler - PoW - NAV
Sgt J.C. Heap - BA - PoW
Sgt T.J. Buxton - WOp - PoW
WO2 F.F. Yeager RCAF - WOp - PoW
Sgt C.H. Shepperd - AG - PoW

 

20/01/1944

 

Berlin
JN951 DY-N F/S E.Render - Pilot - PoW
Sgt George Henry Francis Gover - FE - Aged 20 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Frederick Arthur Dobson - Nav - Aged 21 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Edward A Richardson - BA - Aged 23 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick Mowbray - WOp - Aged 22 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Edward Lyons - AG - Aged 19 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Frankish - AG - Aged 19 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)

20/01/1944

 

Berlin
JD461 DY-Y

Sgt R. Compston PoW
Sgt D. Courtney PoW
Sgt E.W.B. Evans PoW
Sgt Fred Moss - BA - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt W.J.M. Eastwood PoW
Sgt Earl Smith RCAF - AG - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt D.V. Metcalfe PoW

 

20/01/1944 Berlin
JD302 DY-O

F/S R.W. Proctor Inj
Sgt T.A. Dearden UnInj
Sgt G.A. Wood UnInj
F/O James Alexander Welsh Turnbull - Aged 20 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J.C.A. Holcroft UnInj
Sgt C.A. Watson UnInj
Sgt G.B. McRitchie UnInj


20/01/1944

Crash landed near Norwich on return

Berlin
HX153 DY-U

F/O Dennis H. Phillips DFC - Pilot
Sgt J M Smith
Sgt Thomas (Tom) W. Maddock - Navigator
Sgt E. (Bill) Lemon - Wop
Sgt W. A. (Ginger) Davies - F/E
Sgt Maurice E. Didlick - A/G
Sgt G. P. (Jock) Cairns DFC - A/G
Sgt K. Michael C. Barton - B/A

20/01/44


Starboard Engine set on fire by nightfighter

Berlin
HR716 DY-P

F/O Alexander Henry Hall - Pilot - Crew Uninjured
Sgt N. Pearce – FE
F/O A.J. Painter - Nav
F/S I A Weir – BA
Sgt C G Woplin - Wop
Sgt R D Loke.- AG
Sgt R J Clarke - AG

Sadly the whole crew would loose thier lives on the 23rd April whilst minelaying

21/01/44

Crew Bailed out, crashed landed 5m N or Driffield

Berlin

HX150 DY-M

 

 

F/S Harold T.Ellis - Pilot - KIA - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C. Page)
Sgt Reginald Symcox - FE - Aged 20 - KIA - (C.W.G.C. Page)
F/O F. Joseph Payne - Nav - PoW
F/S William Millar - B/A - PoW
Sgt Stanley G. Adams - PoW
Sgt James Sydney Fraser - AG - Aged 19 - KIA - (C.W.G.C. Page)
Sgt Leonard J. Wilson - AG - KIA - (C.W.G.C. Page)

 

21/01/1944

 

Magdeburg

 

LW274 DY-R

Sgt Joseph M Smith - Aged 20 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Reginald C. Betts - Aged 23 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Alan L. Clogg RCAF - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Lawrence W. O'Neill RCAF - Aged 24 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Dougas G. Forster - Aged 20 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald W. Chadwick - Aged 19 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Taylor - Aged 20 - KIA (C.W.G.C.)

 
21/01/1944 Magdeburg
JN952 DY-L

WO2 Michael F. Headly RCAF - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Boland - Aged 22 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
WO2 E.T. Watt RCAF - Aged 20 - PoW
F/O Orvin K. Nelson RCAF - Aged 31 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J.A. White - Aged 20 - PoW
F/S Jack F. Blair RCAF - Aged 28 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ross H Stanley RCAF - Aged 19 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)

 

21/01/1944 Magdeburg
HX149 DY-J

F/S J.W. Gregory PoW
Sgt Idris Davies KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O D.C.E. Bradshaw RCAF PoW
Sgt R.J. Irvine RCAF PoW
Sgt James T. A. Mitchell - Aged 21 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Kenneth Solman Crisfield - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt D.L.F. Bellamy PoW

 

21/01/1944 Magdeburg
LW277 DY-Y

P/O E W Linsell - Pilot - PoW
Sgt D E Ward – 2nd Pilot - PoW
Sgt J R Coward – FE - PoW
P/O M J Connolly - Nav - PoW
WO2 W T Scott RCAF – BA - PoW
Sgt E/C Cullis – Wop - PoW
Sgt Leonard Douglas Hammond - AG – Aged 19 - KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/S W H Corderre RCAF - AG- PoW

 

28/01/44 Berlin
JD165 DY-S

F/S Dei Pugh - Pilot - Inj
F/O James Craig Graham - RCAF - Nav - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt A Cohen - WOp - Inj
Sgt C Williams - A/G - Inj
Sgt Alexander Addsion Burgess - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Royston Frederick Purkiss - F/E - Aged 19 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Everard Campbell - B/A - (C.W.G.C.)


28/01/1944 Berlin
HX155 DY-Q

P/O Ananda Kularatne - Pilot – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ralph Whitaker – 2nd Pilot – (C.W.G.C.)
F/S William Frederick Johnson – Nav – Aged 27 – (C.W.G.C.)
P/O William Mason Maxwell Manser RCAF – BA – (C.W.G.C.)
P/O James Arthur Downs – Wop – Aged 32 – (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Alfred James Stapleton RAAF – AG – Aged 33 – (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Jasper Mayton W. Filmer RCAF – AG – Aged 28 – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Kenneth William Sherlock – FE – Aged 22 – (C.W.G.C.)


15/02/44 Berlin
LW339 DY-F

F/L Arthur Hilton - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Richard James Paige - Nav - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt E.A. Gosling - F/E - POW
Sgt Lewis Francis Carr - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Frederick Alfred Paskell - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Arthur Dean - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
WO2 Robert Frederick Sykes - (R.C.A.F.) - B/A - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)


15/02/1944 Berlin
HX185 DY-B

F/O W B Dean - Pilot PoW
Sgt M A Clarke - FE PoW
Sgt R C Trett - Nav PoW
WO2 I M Dryden RCAF - BA PoW
Sgt A J Milner - Wop PoW
Sgt W C Loosemore - AG PoW
P/O W W Stenning - AG PoW


20/02/44 Leipzig
JW972 DY-H

F/S Kenneth George Cummings – Pilot – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
P/O O.P.J McInerey – Nav - PoW
F/S George Charles Clarke – Nav – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Frank Lingley – Wop – Aged – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Patrick Rees – AG – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Torrence – AG – Aged 20 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt L G K Giddings – F/E – PoW


20/02/44 Leipzig
LW331 DY-D

F/S Sidney John Rogers RCAF - Pilot - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
WO2 Joseph Albert Rodrigue Wilfrid Lalonde RCAF - Nav - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Joseph Metka RCAF - BA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/L Thomas Leithead - DFM - WOp - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Edward Robert Burns RCAF - MidAG - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James William Brown - RAG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt David Glanville Lloyd - FE - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

26/02/1944 Gardening
HR 978 DY-V

F/S James Garside – Pilot – KIA – (C.W.G.C)
Sgt Ronald Catlow – E - Aged 22 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
WO2 John Charles Owens – RCAF - N - Aged 28 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Richard John Roach – RCAF – BA - Aged 23 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Leslie Douglas Maynard – Wop – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Thomas Allison Smith – AG – Aged 19 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt George Walker – AG – Aged 23 – KIA – ( C.W.G.C.)


24/03/44 Laon
LW 322 DY-A

F/L P.B. Jackson – Pilot
F/S L.P. Wiseley
F/S T.H. Bolitho
Sgt J. White
Sgt R.D. Moore
Sgt D.M. Hamilton
Fg/Off K. Wakeman


17/4/44

Swung on take off, undercarriage collapsed, port outer engine caught fire.

Minelaying
HX 151 DY-M

F/O Alexander Henry Hall – Pilot – Aged 27 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Arthur Joseph Painter – N – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Christopher George Woplin – Wop – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Dennis Loke – AG – Aged 19 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt R J Clarke – AG – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Pearce – E - Aged 19 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Ivan Arnold Weir – BA - Aged 22 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)


23/04/44

Minelaying
JN948 DY-N

F/L Alexis Louis Silverman – Pilot – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Robert Johnstone Blake – N – Aged 29 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Leonard Francis Webb – Wop – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt David Band Robertson – AG – Aged 20 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Baillie Russel – AG – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Frank Collier – E – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/S J R McClelland – BA – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)


28/4/44 Aulnoye
MZ649 DY-Y

F/O A.H.S. Huyke – Pilot – PoW
F/O G.H. Godsell – N – PoW
F/O G.H. Scott – Wop – PoW
F/S L. Collins – PoW
Sgt Terrance Alexander Eburne – AG – Aged 19 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Richard Lethbridge – AG – Aged 22 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Welsh – PoW

28/05/44 Bourg Leopold
MZ659 DY-T

P/O S.W. Sambell – Pilot
Sgt A.L. Curphey – N
F/S J.M. Beecroft
Sgt G.H. Kidds
Sgt S.M. Magill
Sgt A.A. Aylmer
Sgt J.M. Craig – E

09/06/44 Minelaying
LW140 DY-M

W/O George Donaldson Jekyll – Pilot – Aged 30 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/O David Lillington – N – Aged 20 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Vincent Phillip Hillrich – N – Aged 25 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Cardwell Downs – Wop – Aged 21 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Thomas Walker Rodger – AG – Aged 29 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Thomas George Catterwell – AG – Aged 28 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Vivian Bertram Florent – E – Aged 23 – KIA – (C.W.G.C.)

 

09/06/44 Minelaying
LW226 DY-Y

W/O William Wood - Pilot - RCAF - DFC
Sgt M. Edward (Ted) Bowles - Nav
W/O A. Laurence Charman - WOp
F/S Vernon Victor Russell Leeder - A/G - RAAF
Sgt G.J. (Billy) Williams - A/G
Sgt A.B. (Geoff) White - B/A
Sgt William A. Bryan - F/E

 

   
MZ 651 DY-Z

F/S Russell Percival Singleton - R.A.A.F - Pilot - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Stephen Joseph Thomas - Nav - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Michael Frederick John McNamara - R.A.A.F - WOp - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Phillip AlanRobson - R.A.A.F - B/A - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Lishman - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John David Francis - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Herbert Richard Smith - F/E - Aged 27 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

11/06/44 Massy
Palaissaeu
MZ292 DY-C

F/S James Guthrie Wallace Kelso - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Cowan Gibson - Nav - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Thomas Ernest Hill - B/A - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman Howarth - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt David Wilfred Jennings - A/G - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Alexander Smith - F/E/ - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Batram - WOp - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.s)

 

16/06/1944 Sterkrade
MZ652 DY-Z

F/O Austin Vaughan Maxwell - R.C.A.F - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O William John Henry Rushforth - R.C.A.F - Nav - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald William Peel - B/A - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Percy Stamper - WOp - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Norman William Amstein - R.C.A.F - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Leslie William Joseph McKenna - R.C.A.F - A/G - Aged 18 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ernest Oswald Walker - F/E/ - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

16/06/1944 Sterkrade
MZ301 DY-M

S/L David Roy Fisher ('B'Fl. Co.) - Pilot - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Albert George Striowski R.C.A.F. - Nav - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Leonard Arthur Watts D.F.C. - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Gilbert Clark Buglass - B/A - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/L Ralph Edward Cook - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Peter James Northern Parker - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Kenneth Clough - F/E/ - (C.W.G.C.)

 

16/06/1944 Sterkrade
MZ642 DY-U

Sgt Adam John Mcdowell Barr - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J.F. Tweed - Nav - P.o.W.
F/S Alan Milne Duggleby R.A.A.F. - WOp - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Hubert Jack Wakeford- WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt W Chapman - A/G - P.o.W.
Sgt Fred Bowman - A/G - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Joseph Bender - F/E/ - Aged 38 - (C.W.G.C.)

A.R.S. Page

16/06/1944 Sterkrade
LW192 DY-H


F/S Eric Frederick Minshall Braddock - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Winston Alyerstone Reid - Nav - Aged 26 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald Leslie Putt - B/A - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Owen Booker - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ernest Finch Finch - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Gerald Hadfield - A/G - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Enrico “Eric” William Zaccheo - F/E/ - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)

A.R.S. Page

 

16/06/1944 Sterkrade
MZ648 DY-X

F/O Peter Bailey - Pilot
Sgt D.R. Cunningham – AG
Sgt R. Jackson - E
F/O R. Bruton – BA
F/O A. Newman – WOp
Sgt V.Taggart – AG
F/O D. King - Nav

 

24/06/44

Noyelles

Damaged by falk during daylight Op, landed at Ford.

MZ753 DY-M

S/L Guy Benjamin Treasure - Pilot - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Derek Sykes - F/E - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Sydney James Bailey - Nav - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Gordon Fraser - B/A - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert William Collins - WOp - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Leonard Thomas Archard - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Eric Boys Bland - A/G - Aged 18 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

25/06/1944 Montorguiel
MZ752 DY-K

Sqn Ldr J.O.C. Kercher – Pilot
F/O Jimmy V. Sampson – N
F/O Norman McGregor - BA
F/S J.C. Jarvis - WOp Sgt
D.A. Blyth – AG F/S
DouglaS W. Hartley – AG
Sgt Leslie D. Cooledge – E

 

25/06/1944

Montorguiel

Overshot Runway at Pocklington 11.25 hrs.

LW143 DY-O

F/S Nigel Douglas Campbell - R.A.A.F. - Pilot - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S A.D. Eagle - PoW
F/S Jack Wilson - R.C.A.F. - B/A - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Noel Albert Pardon - R.A.A.F - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt R.L.Leverington - AG - PoW
Sgt R.W.I.Joyce - AG - PoW
Sgt D.E.Leslie - F/E - PoW


28/06/1944 Blainville - sur- l'eau
LW159 DY-Q

P/O Henry Rogers - Pilot - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Leslie Clifford Potter - R.A.A.F. - Nav - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt George Edward Frost - F/E - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Robert John Messer - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S James Alexander Ligertwood - A/G - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S L. Williams - FE - PoW
W/O Robert J. Wilson - R.C.A.F. - B/A - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)


28/06/1944 Blainville - sur- l'eau
MZ644 DY-V

P/O Basil Robinson Jardine - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt D. Merrill - Nav - Escaped
Sgt B. Craydon - W/op - Escaped.
Sgt William Shepherd Whyte - A/G - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J. Waugh - A/G - Escaped
Sgt Douglas Frank Dales - F/E - KIA - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J. Reid - B/A - Escaped

 

28/06/1944 Blainville - sur- l'eau
MZ646 DY-W

Sgt Keith Robinson - Pilot - KIA - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John C. Watkins - Nav - PoW
Sgt James E. G. Woodward - B/A - KIA - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Ronald William Lucas - WOp - KIA - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William Norman Partridge - AG - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt F.J.Higman - AG - PoW
Sgt James Fingleton - KIA - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)


28/06/1944 Blainville - sur- l'eau
NA502 DY-S

P/O J.G.J. Mulvaney - R.A.A.F. - Escaped.
Sgt J.A. Miller - Escaped.
F/S James Baird Duell - R.A.A.F. - B/A - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S L.K. Whellum - PoW - R.A.A.F.
F/O G.S. Heath - R.A.A.F. - Escaped.
F/S T.W. Bastick - R.A.A.F. - Escaped.
Sgt Dennis George Brailsford Smith - F/E - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)


28/06/1944 Blainville - sur- l'eau
MZ771 DY-M

P/O A.J. Crabb – Pilot
Sgt P.C. Kansas – AG
W/O R.H. Dixon
F/S T.D. Wise
Sgt N.H.E. Gutteridge
Sgt G. Taylor
Sgt R.S. Robinson

04/07/44

Domleger

Damaged by flak in fuselage, wings and inner engine.

MZ298 DY-F

P/O Harley William E. Donald – RAAF - Pilot - Aged 22 – (CWGC)
F/S Norman Brand – RAAF - Nav - Aged 25 – (CWGC)
F/S Rex Tidswell Lathlean – RAAF - BA - Aged 24 – (CWGC)
Sgt Reginald Victor Skeates – WOp - Aged 23 – (CWGC)
F/S David Anderson Rodgers – RAAF - AG - Aged 32 – (CWGC)
Sgt Wilfred Julian Cook -F/ E - (CWGC)
F/S Robert (Bob) B. Seth - AG

23/07/44

Les Hauts Boissons


LL 552 DY-X

F/S James (Jimmy) Aubrey Page - Pilot - Aged 32
Sgt Ronald Marshall Simpson - Navigator -
Sgt Frederick Court - Bomb Aimer - Aged 39
Sgt Robert Leyland - Wireless Operator - Aged 20
Sgt John Watkinson - Flight Engineer - Aged 23
Sgt Edward Ord - Mid Upper Air Gunner - Aged 21
Sgt Robert Henry Brewer - Rear Gunner

 

24/07/44

 

Stuttgart
MZ745 DY-Z

F/L Jim Weaver – Pilot
P/O Mandy Granda – N
Sgt W. Humphreys – BA
Sgt B.G. Chute - WOp
Sgt S. Sheeran – AG
Sgt W.P. Barber – AG
Sgt W. Roberts - E

24/07/44

Stuttgart

Damaged in combat with JU88 0220 hrs. Port outer engine, aileron port rudder and elevator damaged.

LW142 DY-N

F/L William (Bill) F. Rabbit - Pilot
F/S Basil G. Spiller – N
F/S B.G. McLean
F/S Harry W. Brabin
Sgt Charlie Hood
F/S A.J. (Sandy) Concannon
Sgt John Dermot Allen

28/07/44

Foret de Nieppe

Damaged, Landed Ashfield

NA503 DY-U

F/S James Evan McKenzie Hulme – RNZAF – Pilot – KIA - Aged 24 – (CWGC)
F/S Henry Robert Riddle – RNZAF - N – KIA - Aged 21 – (CWGC)
F/S Lester Paul Jarratt – RNZAF – BA – KIA - Aged 26 – (CWGC)
Sgt Charles Hadland Mathews – Wop – KIA - (CWGC)
F/S Murray Wilton Nielsen – RAAF – AG – KIA - Aged 22 – (CWGC)
Sgt Frank Louis Booker – AG – KIA - (CWGC)
Sgt George Alan Herbert – E – KIA - Aged 20 – (CWGC)

 

30/07/44 Normandy
LW134 DY-L

F/S R.R. Mitchell – Pilot
Sgt William McCorkindale
Sgt J.F. Latimer
F/S R.W. Scott
F/S T.L. Maguire
F/S A.F. Thornton
Sgt A. Kellard

03/08/44

Foret de Nieppe

Overshot on landing.

LW195 DY-H

F/O S.W. Sambell – Pilot – PoW
Sgt Albert Leonard Curphey – N- KIA - Aged 24 – (CWGC)
F/S J.M. Beecroft – PoW
Sgt G.H. Kidds – PoW
Sgt S.M. Magill – PoW
Sgt A.A. Aylmer – PoW
Sgt John Macdonald Craig – E – KIA - (CWGC)

The above crew is also listed on 9/6/44.

13/08/44 Braunschweig
MZ647 DY-R

F/L Philip Edward Young – RAAF - Pilot – KIA - Aged 30 – (CWGC)
F/O Kenneth Leslie Walker – 2nd P – KIA - (CWGC)
F/S George York – RAAF - BA – KIA - Aged 29 – (CWGC)
Sgt Jack Vernon Finney – Wop – KIA - Aged 21 – (CWGC)
Sgt John Grieve Gordon – RAAF - AG – KIA - Aged 32 – (CWGC)
F/S Alfred Henry Harvey – RAAF - AG – KIA - Aged 30 – (CWGC)
Sgt James Charles Doughty – E – KIA - Aged 21 – (CWGC)


13/08/44 Ruesselheim
NA504 DY-Y

F/S Lawrence William Coghlan – Pilot – KIA - Aged 29 – (CWGC)
F/O William Pedlow – N - KIA - Aged 27 – (CWGC)
Sgt Frank Sidney George Heal – BA – KIA – (CWGC)
Sgt Cyril Hiram Townsend – Wop – KIA – Aged 20 – (CWGC)
Sgt George Walter Todd – AG – KIA – Aged 27 – (CWGC)
Sgt Lawrence O’Toole – AG – KIA – Aged 22 – (CWGC)
Sgt Herbert Brown – E – KIA – Aged 39 – (CWGC)


16/08/44 Kiel
MZ694 DY-?

F/O O.C. Cronshaw - Pilot
F/O H. Norminton – BA
Sgt A. Hollingsworth N
Sgt A.H. Macaulay – Wop
F/S J.M. Fraser – AG
Sgt P.D.D. Horne – AG
F/O J.P. Oliver – E

 

03/09/44

Venlo

Damaged by flak during daylight raid, landed at Attlebridge

MZ699 DY-T

P/O Philip Henry Groves – Pilot – KIA – Aged 31 – (CWGC)
Sgt C. L. Munroe – N – PoW
Sgt A.B. Davies – B/A – PoW
W/O R.A. Paquette – Wop – PoW
Sgt F. Hooker – A/G – PoW
Sgt L. Duncan – A/G – KIA – Aged 20 – (CWGC)
Sgt C.E. Waterman – F/E PoW


12/09/44 Munster
LL555 DY-W

F/S V.G. Fitt – Pilot
Sgt Nick N. Brown – BA
F/S M. Lavadie – N
Sgt A. Miller – WOp
Sgt P. Dodd - AG
Sgt C.K.Prime - AG
Sgt Peter G. Green – E

12/09/44

Munster

Ac Damaged

MZ289 DY-J

Cap Ronald Carby Thompson - SAAF - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Gordon Sidney Reader RAAF - Nav - Aged 30 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Ian White - B/A - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
W/O Horace Leonard Locke - WOp - Aged 30 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Gordon Valentine Greening - A/G - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Granville Butterworth Gibson - A/G - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Aitchison - F/E - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)


17/09/1944 Possibly bomb disposal over north sea.
NA599 DY-Y

Sqn Ldr A.H. Jarand – Pilot
W/O J.D. Galbraith – N
P/O L.M. Carter – WOp
Sgt J. Wilson - AG
F/S J. Symes – AG
F/S C. Telfer – AG
F/L J. Kirkpatrick – E
F/O J.C. Holmes – BA

31/10/44

Cologne

Hit by another Ac's bombs but returned to Pocklington

MZ798 DY-M

Lt James Errol Begbie – SAAF - Pilot – KIA – Aged 26 – (CWGC)
F/O Harry Worden – BA – KIA – Aged 21 – (CWGC)
Sgt Cyril James Jauncey – E – KIA – Aged 22 – (CWGC)
Sgt J.P. Robinson – N
Sgt H J Griffiths – WOp
Sgt R.H. Mathews - AG
Sgt R.D. Scott – AG

02/11/44 Dusseldorf
LW141 DY-U

F/O John Redmond – Pilot – KIA – (CWGC)
F/O R.H. Lemmon – N – PoW
P/O Jacques Andre Picken – RAAF - BA – KIA – Aged 26 – (CWGC)
F/S William Wilson – WOp – KIA – Aged 30 – (CWGC)
P/O Jack Binstead – RAAF - AG – KIA – Aged 25 - (CWGC)
P/O Henry John Permain – AG – KIA - Aged 23 – (CWGC)
Sgt Frederick William Lightowler – E – KIA – Aged 21 – (CWGC)

02/11/44 Dusseldorf
MZ772 DY-Q

F/O Anthony Carlyle Cameron – Pilot – KIA – Aged 21 – (CWGC)
F/O Robert Frederick Hudson – N – KIA – Aged 27 – (CWGC)
F/O Martin Peter Frobisher – BA – KIA – Aged 21 – (CWGC)
F/O Eric Bolton – WOp – KIA – Aged 21 – (CWGC)
Sgt Jack Madaley Wilby – AG – KIA – Aged 19 – (CWGC)
Sgt Edward Cornelius Martin Swart – AG – KIA – (CWGC)
Sgt Thomas Jones – E – KIA – Aged 19 – (CWGC)

05/11/44 Bochum
NA 1665 DY-Q

F/O E. J. Francis – Pilot
Sgt J.K. Finney – AG
P/O O.J.E. Shirley
W/O G.A. Loveday
F/S A. Shepard
Sgt Ronald F Alderton – AG
Sgt E.S. Horsham

16/11/44

Juelich

Landed at Woodbridge, 1700 hrs

NR187 DY-S

W/O E.W. Fogg – Pilot
W/O R. Williams – N
F/S W. Mathews – BA
F/S F. Seymour – WOp
Sgt R.A. Allen – AG
Sgt J.F. Hewitson – AG
Sgt S.P. Armstrong – E

21/11/44

Sterkrade

 

MZ871 DY-G

F/O E Roberts - Pilot - POW
P/O J B Lea - Nav - POW
P/O J D P Ball - Nav - POW
F/S J F Murphy - WOp - POW
Sgt James George Williams (Lofty) - A/G - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Liberty Simpson - A/G - Aged 37 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J C A Steggell - F/E - POW


24/12/1944 Mulheim
LW168 DY-O

P/O Edward Hislop - Pilot - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O C.R. Hawthorne RCAF - Nav - PoW
F/S R.C. Clements - WOp - PoW
Sgt D. Worthing - AG - PoW
Sgt J. Temple - AG - PoW
Sgt A. Coope - F/E - PoW
F/S Kevin Patrick Lindenboom - B/A - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

24/12/1944 Mulheim
MZ426 DY-D

F/L W.H. Russell – Pilot
P/O C.J. Forrester
F/O J.D. Sharpe
F/S V. Smith
Sgt R.S. Mopalee
Sgt F. Magee
Sgt D.F. Murphy

29/12/44

Koblenz

Damaged In combat

LW158 DY-P

P/O M.O. Laugham RAAF Inj
Sgt E. Davies Inj
F/S K. Knight Inj
F/S James Harvey Sheridan - B/A - Aged 35 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt S. Westwood Inj
Sgt J. Bettney Inj
Sgt J. Coleman UnInj

 

01/01/1945 Dortmund
MZ796 DY-M

F/O J.A.Bergman - Pilot - POW
F/O Charles Clifford Smith - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Elwood Leroy Stevens - RCAF - WOp - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Hugh Ashley Dunphy - RCAF - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Clifford Norman Aune - RCAF - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O James Frederick Shirley - FE - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O D.W. Dale - BA - POW

 

05/01/1945 Hannover
LL597 DY-X

F/L J.T. Jones - Pilot - POW
Sgt J.H.D. Bay - Nav - POW
Sgt William Shaw - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Harding - AG - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Robert English - AG - Aged 28 - (C.W.G.C.)
W/O Robert Jones - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Stanley James William Paul Franklin - FE - Aged 18 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S G.A.Wilson - BA - POW

 

05/01/1945 Hannover
NA602 DY-Y

Capt Ronald W. Frederick Heiden - SAAF - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S William Keeran Quill - RAAF - Nav - Aged 34 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Julien Francis Valery - RAAF - WOp - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Alfred Ivor Johns - AG - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Richard Oswald Jones - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
W/O Morris John Edward Tyler - AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Peter Morgan - FE - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O E.M. Boorman - BA - POW

 

05/01/1945 Hannover
LW179 DY-Y

S/L Arthur Henry Jarand - Pilot - Aged 33 - (C.W.G.C.)
W/O Daniel Galbraith - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O James Marshall Carter - WOp - RAAF - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S George Crooks Telfer - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Wilson - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Enoch Edward Pope - FE - Aged 37 - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Ernest Leroy Davies - BA - RCAF - (C.W.G.C.)


16/01/1945 Magdeburg
LW142 DY-N

 

F/O Ronald William Smallwood - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Wilfred Wood Russell - Nav - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Peter Derrick Hewitt - WOp/AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Miller Lennon - AG - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Walter Bonnyman Scott - AG - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt John Gallagher - FE - Aged 39 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Bernard Rees James - BA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

07/02/1945 Goch
NA175 DY-Q

P/O William Reveler Smith - Pilot - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S W A McPherson - Nav - Uninj
F/O J Crisp - WOp - Uninj
Sgt W "Ginge" Ollerton - AG - Uninj
Sgt B Peckham - AG - Inj
Sgt J G Grist - FE - Uninj
F/S A G Kingdom - BA - Inj

 

08/02/1945 Goch
RG502 DY-Q

F/O John Albert Hurley - Pilot - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Herbert Henry Briggs - Nav - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt J T Smith - WOp/AG - Aged 24 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Thomas Cooney - AG - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt K E White - AG - POW
Sgt A J E Morton - FE - POW
F/O A V Valentine - BA - POW


05/03/1945 Chemnitz
PP179 DY-A

 

F/L Royston Donald Jeff - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Vincent Joseph Sutherland - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Geoffrey Roy Grimsdell - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt George Ernest Emerson - AG - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Edwin George Hick - AG - Aged 25 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S James Gibson Fraser - FE - Aged ?? - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S William Norman Birkett - BA - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

19/03/1945 Witten
RG482 DY-D

 

F/L Stanley Bernard Dalmais - Pilot - Aged 32 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Robert Dashwood Frost - Nav - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Walter Hall Bradshaw - WOp - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Raymond Leonard Williams - FE - Aged 20 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt James Milne - BA - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

30/07/1945 Non-Op
KN742 Liberator

 

F/L Edward Arthur Robinson - Pilot - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O William Marquis - 2nd Pilot - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O Stanley Brown - Nav - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Albert Miller - WOp - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/S Ronald Kenneth Lewis - FE - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)

 

08/11/1945 Training

 

 

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