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AC2 |
Aircraftman second class |
A/G |
Air gunner |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
A.S.P. |
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Cpl | Corporal |
E/Asst |
Engineering assistant |
Fitter E |
Fitter engines |
F/Lt | Flight Lieutenant |
F/O | Flying Officer |
F/Sgt | Flight Sergeant |
MO |
Medical Officer |
LAC |
Leading Aircraftman |
P/O | Pilot Officer |
S/Ldr | Squadron Leader |
Sgt | Sergeant |
W/C | Wing Commander |
W/O | Warrant Officer |
WO/AG |
Wireless operator/ air gunner |
WT/AG |
Wireless telegrapher/ air
gunner |
Rank | Names | Surname | Service number | Date if killed in action |
Date joined 142 squadron |
Date left 142 squadron |
Notes |
Cpl | L S |
Abbott | 568429 | Fitter II |
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A/Sgt |
Frederick Jospeh |
Abrahams |
580418 |
29/10/1940 (102 Sqn) |
A/Air Observer |
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AC2 |
? E |
Abrams |
620026 |
A.C.R. |
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A/Sgt |
William Arthur |
Adams |
564507 | 07/12/1940 (502 Sqn) | A/Air Observer | ||
A/Sgt |
W F |
Algie |
517484 |
10/05/40 (POW:
Battle
L5231) |
A/Air Observer | ||
A.S.P. |
A F |
Bailey |
366030 |
Fitter I |
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A.S.P. | A F |
Bailey |
363725 ? |
Fitter Arm. |
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AC2 |
R A |
Bailey |
620348 |
F/Mech |
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A/Sgt |
B P |
Baker |
580436 |
A/Air Observer | |||
AC1 |
D J |
Barbrook |
551271 |
WO/AG |
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AC1 |
D H |
Bareham |
569893 |
10/09/1943 (224 Sqn) | Fitter II |
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F/Sgt |
? J (probably Leonard
John) |
Barnard |
361907 |
Fitter I |
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AC2 |
Barrowman |
620655 |
F/Mech |
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LAC |
W C |
Baylis |
525127 |
F/Mech Air |
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AC2 |
T |
Beard |
622314 |
F/Rigger |
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AC2 |
D |
Beckett |
616507 |
Electrician |
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LAC |
V H |
Benfield |
550323 |
19/06/1943 | Armourer/ A/G |
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AC2 |
G |
Birks |
569641 |
Fitter II |
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AC1 |
Albert |
Bosanquet |
569572 |
06/01/1939 |
27/01/1943 to 166 Sqn |
Fitter II |
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AC2 |
J A ? |
Boxall |
617133 |
A.C.R. |
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Sgt |
James |
Brooks |
560537 |
14/05/1940 (Battle
P2333) |
14/05/1940 |
Air Observer/ W.E.M. |
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A/Sgt |
G |
Brown |
360231 ? |
A/Air Observer | |||
AC2 |
G |
Buckle |
W.E.N. |
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A/Sgt |
F |
Bury |
380448 |
A/Air Observer | |||
Cpl |
A |
Butcher |
513517 |
A.C.R. | |||
A.S.P. | Ronald Glanfield |
Carpenter |
364551 (later
49078) |
F/Armourer |
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AC2 |
L L |
Carpenter |
622421 |
F/Mech | |||
AC2 |
Arthur Ernest |
Cave |
615262 |
31/07/1941 |
31/07/1941 | W/Op ut A.C. |
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AC1 |
H |
Chant |
589333 |
Fitter II |
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A.S.P. |
F G |
Clark |
364570 ? |
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Fitter I |
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AC2 |
Myles Alban |
Coles |
638227 |
Clerk, General Duties |
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AC1 |
William Edmund Stuart |
Cooke |
551113 |
31/03/1943 (95 Sqn) |
Armourer/ A/G |
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AC2 |
R A |
Crompton |
622329 |
Armourer |
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LAC |
B J |
Croot |
537714 |
F/Rigger |
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A/Sgt |
Ernest Frank Wilton |
Curtis |
564067 |
13/06/1940 (Battle) | 13/06/1940 | Air Observer/ W.E.M. | |
Cpl |
W |
Davies |
364835 |
F.A.E. ? |
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AC2 |
Davies |
622293 |
F/Mech |
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AC2 |
F |
De Kock |
622?06 |
F/Mech | |||
A/Sgt |
E |
Deuchars |
337051 |
W.E.M. |
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AC2 |
H |
Devey |
638545 |
A.C.R. | |||
LAC |
L G |
Dodd |
321963 |
F/Rigger |
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AC2 |
S |
Dooley |
621914 |
F/Rigger | |||
AC2 |
Downey |
613712 |
A.C.R. | ||||
AC2 |
W |
Draisey |
569556 ? |
Fitter II |
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A/Sgt |
Robert McDougal |
Durham |
519773 (later 45231) |
12/08/1941 (POW) |
A/Air Observer | ||
AC2 |
A R |
Elton |
542962 |
F/Rigger | |||
Cpl |
Fifield |
342437 |
R/Aero |
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LAC |
Forrest |
329479 |
F/Rigger |
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LAC |
D |
Frier |
350229 | Electrician |
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AC2 |
L |
Frith |
617340 |
12/08/1941 (POW) | W/Op ut A.C. | ||
Cpl |
F A |
Gascoyne |
360622 ? |
C/Rigger |
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AC2 |
Leonard George |
Gillam |
551736 |
15/04/1941 (149 Sqn) | W/Op |
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Sgt |
A J |
Godsell |
316290 ? |
19/05/1940 (POW: Battle L5226) | Fitter/ Armourer ? |
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AC2 |
R |
Goodwin |
634805 ? |
A.C.R. | |||
F/Sgt |
F |
Gorman |
323804 ? |
Fitter I |
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AC1 |
G A |
Gosney | 368331 |
Fitter II |
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AC2 |
T |
Greenall |
530967 |
13/06/1940 (POW: Battle) | WOp/AC |
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AC2 |
A |
Greenwood |
633786 |
A.C.R. | |||
AC2 |
A R |
Gregory |
625614 ? |
A.C.R. | |||
AC2 |
G A D |
Greig |
568992 |
W.E.M. |
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AC2 |
D R |
Greve |
617184 ? |
Electrician | |||
AC2 |
R S |
Griffiths |
569649 |
Fitter II |
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AC1 |
R J |
Hamilton |
538202 ? |
A.C.R. | |||
AC1 |
? W |
Hamilton |
621335 ? |
Armourer |
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AC1 |
F |
Hanna |
534290 ? |
A.C.R. | |||
AC1 |
? F |
Harries |
568641 |
Fitter II |
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LAC |
Heighton |
526217 |
F/Mech | ||||
Sgt |
Hislop |
514300 ? |
Pilot/ F.Rigg |
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Cpl |
S E |
Hewett |
533150 |
F.A.E. ? | |||
AC2 |
J R |
Hicks |
616342 |
F/Rigger |
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LAC |
? W |
Hill |
531503 |
F/Rigger | |||
AC2 |
Leslie Roy |
Holmes |
622400 |
07/05/1941 (240 Sqn) | F/Mech |
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LAC |
E |
Hope |
527880 |
F/Mech |
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A/Sgt |
B A |
Hopgood |
523148 |
19/05/1940 (POW: Battle L5226) | A/Air Observer | ||
A/Sgt |
Howard |
560432 ? |
A/Air Observer | ||||
AC2 |
Hunt |
621985 |
Armourer |
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A/Sgt |
A E |
Hurrell |
550073 |
A/Air Observer; active in May 1940; 14/08/1940 Sgt Arthur Edward Hurrell 550073 commissioned P/O; 14/08/1941 F/O; 31/12/1942 transferred. to the Admin, and Spec. Duties Br (F/Lt A E Hurrell 44363) (notes from T Bowen). | |||
AC1 |
John Ronald |
Hurt |
550811 |
17/06/41 (115 Sqn) |
WOp/AC | ||
AC1 |
Percy Thomas |
Hyde |
223832 |
Armourer |
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AC2 |
Frederick Arthur |
Hurley |
32?953 |
September 1940 |
A.C.R. | ||
AC2 |
C |
Jaynes |
613526 |
A.C.R. | |||
Sgt |
Jenkins |
51?001 |
Pilot/C.P.A. |
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LAC |
W |
Jennings |
544333 |
Armourer |
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Sgt |
Tom |
Jones |
561183 |
19/05/1940 (Battle
P2538) |
19/05/1940 | Air Observer | |
Cpl |
K ? |
Keefe |
517772 |
A.C.R./? |
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Cpl |
Kemp |
599369 ? |
Clerk, General Duties | ||||
AC1 |
D |
Kenny |
5514?5 |
Armourer | |||
AC2 |
George Hammond |
Kettlewell |
551137 |
13/06/1940 (Battle) | 13/06/1940 | WOp/AC | |
Sgt |
Richard Vellonoweth Trethewey | Kitto |
563186 (later 49721) | Air Observer | |||
LAC |
Richard |
King |
304104 |
Fitter Armourer |
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LAC |
J |
Laight |
538636 |
F/Rigger |
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AC2 |
Lake |
?69608 ? |
Fitter II |
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Sgt |
S |
Lang |
561779 |
19/05/1940 (POW:
Battle
K7696) |
Air Observer | ||
LAC |
R |
Leach |
527732 |
F.Mech/ A.G. |
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A/Sgt |
Thomas William |
Little |
522543 |
10/03/1941 (144 Sqn) | A/Air Observer | ||
AC2 |
H |
Long |
615961 |
19/05/1940 (POW: Battle K7696) | W/Op |
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AC2 |
L S |
Lees |
569702 ? |
W.E.M. |
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LAC |
Douglas Alfred |
Maclean |
525672 |
18/06/1941 | 18/06/1941 | F.Mech/ A.G. | |
AC2 |
A G |
Maddicot |
620982 ? |
A.C.R. |
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F/Sgt |
J E |
Mail |
346608 |
A.C.R. |
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AC2 |
Harold Emmanuel |
Masters |
612668 |
04/08/1940 | 04/08/1940 | W/Op | |
AC2 |
Masters |
613539 |
Electrician |
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LAC |
Stanley |
McRitchie |
528421 |
F.Rigg/ A.G. | |||
AC1 |
R |
Miller |
528724 |
E. Assistant |
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AC2 |
J E |
Milne |
612809 |
Armourer |
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AC2 |
Morgan |
616146 |
Electrician |
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AC2 |
B |
Morgan |
621409 |
Electrician |
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AC1 |
W R ? |
Morgan |
534128 |
F. Rigger |
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Sgt |
W O |
Morgan |
563209 |
Air Observer | |||
AC2 |
H |
Morris |
614000 |
10/05/40 (POW Battle L5231) | W/Op | ||
AC1 |
Morrison |
529246 |
Armourer |
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AC1 |
J |
Mode |
523762 ? |
Armourer |
|||
AC2 |
T |
McGrath |
620795 |
Electrician |
|||
LAC |
R |
Nicholls |
527026 ? |
F. Rigger |
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AC2 |
Nicholls |
A.C.R. | |||||
AC1 |
Ronald Harold |
Nugent |
337353 |
14/05/1940 (Battle P2333) | 14/05/1940 | WOp/AC | |
AC1 |
W P |
Osborne |
524465 |
Armourer | |||
AC1 |
R W |
Ottoway |
569301 |
Armourer | |||
AC1 |
C |
Pain |
569152 |
Fitter II |
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A.S.P. ? |
Frank Leslie |
Parrott |
359815 |
29/03/1944 | F.A.E. ? | ||
AC1 |
Parsons |
337208 ? |
A.C.R./E.P. ? |
||||
AC2 |
R |
Pearce |
617710 ? |
W/Op | |||
AC2 |
Peers |
669453 |
Fitter II |
||||
AC2 |
J C |
Peden |
546983 ? |
Armourer |
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AC1 |
Percival |
543021 |
Armourer | ||||
AC1 |
G |
Perry |
532801 ? |
F. Rigger | |||
Cpl |
? O |
Peters |
569212 |
Fitter Armourer |
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AC2 |
P |
Pounds |
616372 ? |
W/Op | |||
AC1 |
T |
Pring |
3692?3 |
Fitter II |
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Cpl |
J |
Pritchard |
563505 |
Electrician |
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AC1 |
A |
Quick |
Fitter II | ||||
AC2 |
Randall |
626795 ? |
A.C.R. |
||||
AC1 |
C |
Ra??er |
563763 ? |
Fitter II | |||
Sgt |
Leslie Alfred |
Raper |
516071 |
07/04/1940 | 07/04/1940 | Air Observer | |
AC2 |
? E |
Redman |
569463 ? |
Fitter II | |||
AC1 |
Gordon James (probably) |
Richards |
536450 |
09/05/1938 |
02/08/40 |
F. Mechanic |
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LAC |
J R ? |
Roberts |
628533 ? |
F. Rigger | |||
LAC |
B J |
Rowe |
536699 |
WOp/AC | |||
Sgt |
Thomas Henry |
Rudd |
565423 (later 49052) |
Air Observer | |||
LAC |
? C |
Robinson |
34194? |
Electrician |
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AC1 |
? R |
Senior |
569232 ? |
Fitter II | |||
Cpl |
Charles Edward |
Simmens |
509371 |
W.E.M. |
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AC2 |
Gwladgwyn John | Sharp |
542001 |
20/01/1942 |
20/01/1942 |
W/Op | |
Cpl |
S |
Sharples |
363408 ? |
Fitter I | |||
AC2 |
T F |
Smith |
626799 |
A.C.R. | |||
LAC |
John Douglas |
Southall |
568197 |
Fitter II | |||
A.S.P. |
W C F |
Spackman |
366219 |
William George Francis
Spackman was a Class F Reservist, later promoted to F/O,
Technical Branch, Engineers; no 47340 |
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Cpl |
Sprack |
562884 |
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Sgt |
Arthur Naylan |
Spear |
561369 (later 44361) | 22/02/1945 (299 Sqn) | Pilot/O.S. & A.WAr? |
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AC1 |
W C |
Spear |
530057 ? |
F. Mech |
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Cpl |
R |
Stokes |
512190 |
Armourer |
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AC1 |
J E R |
Sutton |
306196 ? |
Fitter II |
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AC2 |
L T |
Scott-Cartledge |
618364 ? |
Inst. RAR |
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AC2 |
G |
Scott |
615824 |
Inst. RAR | |||
LAC |
Smith |
18190 |
T. Repairer ? |
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AC2 |
T H |
Soar |
268806 |
Electrician |
|||
AC1 |
A E F |
Theobald |
533396 |
F. Mechanic | |||
AC2 |
L C W |
Thomas |
623641 |
Clerk General Duties |
|||
LAC |
F |
Thompson |
538817 |
F. Rigger |
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AC2 |
Henry |
Todd |
539637 |
14/05/1940 (Battle L5517) | 14/05/1940 | WOp/AC | |
LAC |
A |
Tomes |
519672 |
F. Rigger | |||
Sgt |
Herbert Frank |
Trescothic |
563511 |
14/05/1940 (Battle L5517) | 14/05/1940 | Air Observer | |
AC2 |
A L |
Trotman |
617441 |
W/Op | |||
AC2 |
Kenneth Percy |
Turrell |
531188 |
09/05/1940 (22 Sqn) | |
WOp/AC | |
Sgt |
Thomas Reginald |
Tweed |
563029 |
15/09/1940 (56 Sqn) | |
Pilot/ F.A.E. |
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AC2 |
L |
Thorn |
261825 |
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AC2 |
R J |
Utteridge |
536916 |
13/06/1940 (POW: Battle) | WOp/AC | ||
A.S.P. |
W R |
Warren |
561406 |
F.A.E. |
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AC1 |
H W |
Wells |
568985 |
Fitter II | |||
Cpl |
Albert |
Wickson |
561222 |
By 1935 |
Noted as
F.A.E. in 1938. Joined the RAF in 1927; joined 142 Sqn in
Egypt in 1935, with 142 Sqn throughout Battle of France,
escaped to UK via Brest and remained with 142 Sqn at
Eastchurch and Binbrook; later posted to Goderich, Ontario
for 3 years before India 1944-48. Commissioned at the end of
the war. Movements from family. |
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LAC |
Clifford Edgar |
Wilburn |
534269 |
07/04/1940 | 07/04/1940 | WOp/AC | |
LAC |
F J |
Wilcox |
539082 |
F. Mechanic | |||
LAC |
W J |
Williams |
531960 ? |
F. Assistant ? |
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Cpl |
C S |
Willis |
565440 |
F.A.E. | |||
W/O |
E R |
Woof |
329549 |
M. Rigg (Eng) |
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F/Sgt |
W J |
Worth |
335324 |
Fitter I | |||
AC2 |
R J |
Wood |
570823 ? |
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LAC |
L O |
Young |
535398 |
F. Mechanic |
Rank | Names | Surname | Service number | Date if killed in action |
Date joined 142 squadron |
Date left 142 squadron |
Comment |
Sgt | Dennis | Alford | 1430574 | 03/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 03/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | C | Allen | 1377503 | 25/09/1942 | WO/AG; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew. | ||
Sgt |
R |
Allen |
27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
P/O | Trevor Windsor | Allen | NZ413007 | - | 28/08/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | A G | Alton | 1383347 | - | 12/10/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Arnold Herbert | Amlin | R77970 | 27/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 27/08/1942 | Air Bomber |
Sgt | D | Anderson | 1348548 | 15/08/1942 | 14/09/1942 | Air bomber | |
Sgt | G N R | Anderson | 1376848 | - | 24/12/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | James | Anderson | R84389 | 05/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 05/08/1942 | Air Bomber |
F/Sgt |
G |
Ashplant |
12/01/1943 |
Pilot; 12/01/1943 posted in from 16 OTU to UK
echelon: presumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
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Sgt | Joseph | Atkinson | 810060 | 07/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 07/11/1942 | Navigator |
F/Sgt |
Laurence Henry |
Avery |
1377619 |
- |
24/12/1942 |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | B P | Baker | 580436 | - | 20/09/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | Frederick Walter | Baker | 1390119 | 04/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 04/09/1942 | Air Bomber |
Sgt | Ronald Valentine | Baker | 1286156 | 07/02/1943 | 09/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | R W | Baldock | 1005484 | - | 21/06/1941 | 22/08/1941 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Henry John | Balkwill | 1391203 | 04/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 04/09/1942 | Observer |
W/C | T W | Bamford | 39295 | - | 01/11/1942 | Commanding Officer; 12/1942 to
North Africa with 142 Sqn. |
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Sgt | Edward William | Banks | 777836 | 13/05/1943 | 17/08/1942 | 18/09/1942 | Air bomber |
S/Ldr | Donald Beausire | Barnard DFC | 40352 | - | 27/03/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | Kenneth William | Barnfield | 902522 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Ronald Harry Joseph | Barrie | 967059 | 25/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 25/03/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J C | Bartlett | A406801 | - | 17/10/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew. | |
Sgt | Edward Henry | Bastow | 06/10/1942 | 03/05/1942 | 06/10/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Malcolm | Baxter | 1266661 | 12/06/1943 | 09/04/1942 | 13/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Walter | Beaver-Jones | R60255 | - | 24/10/1941 | WT/AG | |
Sgt | D | Beckett | 1100960 | - | 22/07/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Ronald Ernest Edward | Bedford | 1331222 | 30/07/1942 | 21/07/1942 | 30/07/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | James | Bellinger | 1285151 | 27/08/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 27/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Jack William Augustus | Bennett | 1381048 | 16/09/1942 | 10/09/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | James | Bennie | 1552113 | 06/10/1942 | 23/09/1942 | 06/10/1942 | Bomb aimer |
P/O | William Thomas | Bent DFM | J15845 & R83055 | 09/11/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 09/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | David | Berger | 1257361 | 22/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 22/07/1942 | Observer |
P/O | J P | Berry | R78992 & J15759 | - | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Pilot; 12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. |
W/C | Stanley Sinclair | Bertram DFC | 34078 | - | 16/11/1941 | 27/04/1942 | C.O. |
Sgt | J W | Betty | R92610 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
P/O | Byron Stanley | Biden | R61796 | 27/08/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 27/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Kenneth Stanley | Biggs | 1308284 | 13/06/1944 | 20/10/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew. | |
Sgt | Leslie John | Billen | 1378767 | 21/09/1944 | 05/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/O |
Wallis Bernard |
Bilton |
77780 |
- |
20/07/1941 | Pilot; first solo 07/05/1941. |
|
Sgt | S | Blakeley | 1112326 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Ronald Bennet | Blatchley | 1260143 | 07/04/1942 | 28/08/1941 | 07/04/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | P | Bond | 1203877 | - | 21/08/1942 | Observer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew. | |
S/Ldr | J F H | Booth | 37958 | - | 01/09/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | R J | Booth | R128154 | - | 25/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Norman | Borrows | 1055841 | 25/11/1941 | 04/11/1941 | 25/11/1941 | |
Sgt | Kenneth Oswald | Bower | 778625 | 10/09/1942 | 17/08/1942 | 10/09/1942 | Air Bomber |
Sgt | Brian John Waldron | Boyle | 1188342 | 24/10/1942 | 30/09/1942 | 24/10/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | John | Bradley | 1199392 | 09/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 09/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Douglas James | Bradshaw | 119905 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | J A W | Brailsford | 1205849 | - | 19/12/1941 | 12/05/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | C | Brameld | 1425918 | - | 02/10/1942 | Navigator; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew. | |
W/O | Alan Charles | Bray DFC | NZ402846 | - | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Pilot; 28/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. |
Sgt | Collin Michael Anthony Bawden | Brett | 1168185 | 25/11/1941 | 16/08/1941 | 25/11/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | J R | Brind | 1107248 | 03/05/1942 | 29/11/1942 | Bomb aimer | |
F/O | "Ron" William Ronald | Brooks DFC | 111529 | - | 04/04/1942 | 17/03/1943 | Pilot; 19/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. |
Sgt |
W S |
Brooks |
31/07/1941 |
31/07/1941 |
Observer |
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F/Sgt | Frederick William | Brown | 564057 | Pilot | |||
P/O | Douglas Jack | Browne | 88436 | 18/03/1942 | 10/05/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | R J |
Brummell | A405825 | - | 18/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | C A | Bryant | 1281461 | - | 15/10/1942 | 20/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | N T | Bryne | A403685 | - | 21/08/1942 | WO/AG; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | A E | Buckell | 759288 | - | 17/05/1942 | 16/09/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | George William | Bull | 60794 | 30/09/1941 | 29/01/1941 | 30/09/1941 | |
Sgt | William | Bullen | 983356 | 10/03/1943 | 23/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | Ian Campbell | Burke | 60072 | 20/09/1941 | Pilot | ||
Sgt | "Reg" Robert | Bush | 635036 | 27/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Rear gunner |
F/Sgt | G | Butcher | 754496 | - | 07/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Jesse | Butterworth | 1378565 | 30/11/1941 | 20/08/1941 | 30/11/1941 | A/G |
Sgt | Nial Thurlow | Byrne | A403685 | 23/09/1942 | 23/09/1942 | WO/AG | |
F/Sgt | A | Calcutt | 523422 | - | 01/07/1941 | A/G | |
F/Sgt | Fred Irving | Calcutt | 50437 | 13/07/1943 | 07/09/1941 | A/G | |
F/Sgt | William Fleming | Caldow DFM | 1053453 | - | 24/06/1941 | 21/04/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | C M | Campbell | A402436 | - | 16/08/1941 | A/G | |
P/O | K S | Campbell | A404371 | - | 20/08/1941 | 30/09/1941 | Observer |
F/Lt | Eric Frank Knowles | Campling DFC | 42049 | 08/04/1944 | 07/07/1941 | 06/06/1942 | Pilot |
F/Lt | Peter Thorne | Candler MiD | 77270 | 30/05/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 30/05/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | C S | Carey | - | 13/05/1942 | Observer | ||
F/Lt | P E A | Carr | 33452 | - | 03/10/1941 | Pilot | |
F/Sgt | Noel Ernest Robertson | Carrel | NZ403941 | 27/07/1942 | 21/08/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R J | Carson | A403499 | - | 25/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Alexander | Carstairs | 1056065 | 20/09/1941 | 20/08/1941 | 20/09/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | R G | Carter | R69650 | 07/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | Wallace | Carter | 1071349 | 03/04/1943 | 27/10/1942 | Bomb aimer; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
F/O | C S S | Cary | 115701 | - | Observer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew. | ||
P/O | Bertram Victor | Caskie | (Can)125447 & 1251150 | - | 25/08/1941 |
16/11/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Arthur Ernest | Cave | 615262 | 31/07/1941 | WO/AG | ||
Sgt |
N A |
Cawthra |
10/01/1943 |
Navigator; 10/01/1943 posted in from 27 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | S | Chadwick | 1061452 | - | 04/04/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | George Henry | Chaffey | J7473 | 31/05/1942 | 29/04/1942 | 31/05/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | R F | Chandler | 126720 | - | 28/08/1942 | 11/09/1942 | A/G gunnery leader |
Sgt | Norman L | Child | 1311066 | - | 03/08/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew. | |
P/O | R I L | Chisholm | 117927 | - | 25/09/1942 | Pilot; 24/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | Albert Morris | Clarke | 1026143 | 16/09/1942 | 10/09/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt |
J C |
Clarke |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Leslie Roland | Clarke | 1166504 | 03/09/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 17/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Patrick Brian Neil | Cleburne | 911382 | 28/06/1941 | 12/02/1941 | 28/06/1941 | WO/AG |
P/O | Daniel Joseph | Clifford | NZ401753 | 18/01/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | E W | Coates | 12/05/1942 | A/G | |||
P/O | J C | Cogill | 123932 | - | 25/09/1942 | WO/AG; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew. | |
Sgt | M | Cohen | 755705 | 22/08/1941 | 1st WO/AG | ||
F/Sgt | Robert John Levi | Cole | R106214 | 16/10/1942 | 06/10/1942 | 16/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Noel Briggs | Collins | 1453186 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | Air Bomber |
Sgt | A H | Collison | 1382550 | - | 27/07/1942 | A/G | |
P/O | C E | Colvin | 120257 | - | 25/09/1942 | Navigator; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew. | |
Sgt | F S | Conway | 1477110 | - | 15/08/1942 | 05/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | C G | Cook | 1333959 | - | 02/10/1942 | Pilot; 26/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
A/S/Ldr | Arthur Alan | Cookson | 40894 | 04/07/1943 | 15/12/1942 | Pilot; from 30 OTU; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | F J D | Cooney | NZ403951 | - | 21/08/1941 | 03/12/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | George Leslie | Cooper | 1285428 | 27/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 27/07/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | L A | Cooper | R69957 | - | 18/10/1941 | 18/06/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Archiabld McKay | Cormack | 1123977 | 13/03/1943 | 20/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt |
J |
Coughlan |
27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
W/O | Robert Leith | Cox | R72605 | 02/06/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 02/06/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | E P | Coyle | 1162911 | - | 24/12/1942 | 08/01/1943 |
WO/AG; 08/01/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. |
Sgt | G | Crabtree | R65154 | - | 02/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | Observer |
F/O | Stanley Bryan | Critchison | 100549 | 09/07/1942 | 23/10/1941 | 09/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Rowland Henry | Crystal | 1322496 | 25/04/1944 | 10/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/Sgt | Reginald Harley | Culp | R75722 | 05/09/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 05/09/1942 | A/G |
F/Sgt | David Alexander | Cumberland DFM | R58307 | - | 09/07/1941 | 20/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Eric Gordon | Cunliffe | 1323410 | 27/10/1943 | 10/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/Sgt |
R E |
Currie |
10/01/1943 |
Pilot; 10/01/1943 posted in from 27 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt |
E J |
Cutter |
12/01/1943 |
W/Op; 12/01/1943 posted in from 16 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
P/O | H W | Dale | J5314 | - | 18/10/1941 | 07/09/1942 | Observer |
P/O | D G or B G | Danslow | 126040 | - | 05/10/1942 | Navigator; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Frederick Walter | Darley | 954705 | 16/09/1942 | 10/09/1942 | 16/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | H W | Darn | 1199522 | - | 21/08/1941 | 22/07/1942 | Rear gunner (WT/AG) |
Sgt | G S | Davenport | 1177870 | - | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 | Bomb aimer; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry crew. |
Sgt | W C | Davies DFM | 550992 | - | 10/06/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Wilfred | Davis | 1199530 | 16/09/1942 | 07/05/1942 | 16/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J E | Dawes | 755310 | 11/09/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator | |
Sgt | Norman Wilfred | Dawkins | 928730 | 22/07/1942 | 28/08/1941 | 22/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | J G or G | Dawson | 1097962 | 05/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Bomb aimer | |
Sgt | W G | Dawson | 945803 | - | 07/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Frank W | Day | 999010 | - | 25/08/1941 |
08/11/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | W T | Dean | 755037 | 13/11/1941 | WO/AG | ||
Sgt | Chas | Delaney | R55311 | - | 04/04/1942 | 12/03/1943 | Rear gunner; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew. |
Sgt | R | Delaroche | R77111 | - | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 | WO/AG; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew. |
F/Sgt | F P | Denman | 746772 | - | 27/11/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew. | |
Sgt | Charles Lionel | Dennes | NZ401458 | - | 29/01/1941 | 08/11/1941 | A/G |
P/O |
D G |
Denslow |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Joseph Omer Leopold | Desroches | J15820 & R56154 | 15/04/1943 | 28/08/1941 | Observer | |
F/Sgt | H L or M L |
Dewing | 656423 | - | 15/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | A | Diggins | 1253849 | 12/10/1942 | A/G | ||
P/O | P H S | Dilley | 106533 | - | 18/10/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | Leslie Arthur | Ding | 1380408 | 30/07/1944 | 24/08/1942 | Observer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew. | |
Sgt | Michael Ralph | Dixon | R99543 | 11/04/1943 | 18/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/Lt | Peter Edward | Dodson DFC | 40518 | - | 27/10/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | R J | Dolan | 1386154 | - | 21/08/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; 02/09/1942 posted out BUT remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Rupert Oscar | Dowling | 549736 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | A/G | |
F/O | D J | Drake DFM |
47872 | - | 18/08/1942 | 06/12/1942 | Posted to 156 Sqn. |
Sgt | Percy Walter | Duckers | 552182 | - | 08/11/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | J S | Duckworth | 1051579 | - | 16/08/1941 | 01/12/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | Victor Reginald | Dufton | 920226 | 07/04/1942 | 22/07/1941 | 07/04/1942 | Observer |
P/O | E A | Duplex | 400142 | - | 07/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | Pilot |
F/Lt |
Robert McDougal | Durham |
- |
12/08/1941 |
Observer |
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F/O | H L | Dyke | 119778 & 128136 | - | 16/09/1942 | Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew. | |
Sgt | W J | Earle | 1293866 | - | 20/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | Samuel Henry | Ebsary | 798510 or 798570 | - | 27/08/1942 | WO/AG | |
P/O | George Hammond | Edgett | J9417 | 06/10/1942 | 16/09/1942 | 06/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | James Oswald | Edmonds | 1163120 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | WO/AG | |
P/O | A G | Edwards | 118896 | - | 15/08/1942 | 20/11/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | E T | Edwards | Observer | ||||
Sgt | J | Edwards | 1317475 | 17/08/1942 | Air bomber; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew. | ||
Sgt | Reginald George | Edwards | 1379731 | 11/04/1943 | 18/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/O |
J G |
Eldridge |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Arthur | Elliott | 1355099 | - | 09/04/1942 | 25/11/1942 | WO/AG |
F/O | Peter Campbell | Elliott | 42401 | 01/03/1943 | 03/09/1942 | 09/09/1942 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | A W | Ellis | 25/05/1942 | 02/06/1942 | Pilot | ||
Sgt | J | Ellis | 1381040 | 02/10/1942 | Bomb aimer; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew. | ||
Sgt |
R W |
Ellis |
27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | A E | Elphick | 650465 | - | 09/07/1941 | 02/06/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | G | Emerson | NZ402174 | - | 25/10/1941 | 18/07/1942 | Pilot |
P/O |
Joseph Edward Hector | Emond | J15265 & R54038 | 10/07/1942 | 21/06/1941 | 10/07/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Herbert Carl | Empey | R82867 | 28/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 28/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Jack | Entwistle | 642811 | 25/10/1942 | 30/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | A/G |
F/O | Jack | Etchells | 113395 | - | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | ||
Sgt | Leslie William | Evans | 1386074 | - |
17/10/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | M | Evans | 1013275 | - | 02/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | A/G |
Sgt | Richard Arthur | Evans | 920056 | 22/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 22/07/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Ronald Granville | Evison | 1214198 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Harry Morton | Exley | 1152143 | 25/11/1941 | 16/08/1941 | 25/11/1941 | 1st WO/AG |
F/O | S A or J A | Fawdon | 118853 or 118553 | - | 30/11/1942 | 28/12/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | W G | Fennell | 1189225 | - | 28/09/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew. | |
F/Sgt | John Outerson William Kenneth | Ferris | 77931 | 29/09/1941 | 29/09/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | A | Fijal | R117039 | - | 05/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | William Scott | Findlay | J15423 & R54037 | 27/07/1942 | 08/07/1941 | 27/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Joseph Arthur | Firth | R97647 & poss R106724 | 13/07/1943 | 09/11/1942 | A/G; 24/12/1942 to 08/01/1943 with 150 Sqn; remained in UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
F/Sgt | Alan Kilshaw | Fish | 1061133 | 28/08/1942 | 25/03/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Fred | Fishwick | 949960 | 30/11/1941 | 09/07/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | K | Fishwick | 999568 | 17/08/1942 | WO/AG | ||
F/O | F H | Fitten or Fitton | - | 22/12/1942 | 13/01/1943 |
Gunnery Leader; from 12 Sqn; 13/01/1943 posted to Elsham
Wolds. |
|
S/Ldr | Charles Neil | Fleming | 34193 | - | 02/09/1941 | Pilot | |
F/Sgt | Dickenson | Fletcher | R64470 | 28/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 28/08/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J B | Fletcher | 1015609 | 07/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | James | Forrest | 1060749 | 21/10/1941 | 22/07/1941 | 21/10/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | Brian Henry | Forster | 932391 | 26/03/1942 | 29/09/1941 | 26/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R | Forster | 1053891 | - | 02/07/1941 | 16/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Richard Henry | Foster | 1332676 | 30/07/1942 | 21/07/1942 | 30/07/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | John Elston |
Fox | 1006355 & 177086 |
10/07/1944 |
03/03/1942 | Observer | |
Sgt | J H | France | 1028524 | - | 25/09/1942 | Air bomber; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew. | |
Sgt | Chipman Cameron Dawson | Fraser | R76371 | 02/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 03/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Stan N | Freestone | 1382015 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt |
L |
Frith |
- |
12/08/1941 |
WO/AG |
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Sgt | H L | Fyfe | A40016 | - | 23/06/1941 | 02/11/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | John Frederick | Gauley | R96514 or R69514 | 21/10/1941 | 24/06/1941 | 21/10/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | K E | Gaunt | 1269483 | - | 15/09/1942 | 21/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | G R | Ghent | R93207 | - | 27/10/1942 | 07/01/1943 |
Navigator; 07/01/1943 posted to Lyneham. |
P/O | John Raymond | Gibbon | 61312 | - | 03/07/1941 | 12/08/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | Henry Jackson | Gibson | 650860 | - | 08/11/1941 | WO/AG |
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S/Ldr | G H N | Gibson DFC | 37166 | - | 18/08/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Ernest Alfred | Giles | 1285035 | 10/09/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 10/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | W J | Giles | - | 13/09/1941 | Pilot | ||
P/O | Wilfred Alan | Gill | 133034 or 1057225 | - | 04/04/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | Alexander | Gilmour | 1060748 | 30/11/1941 | 22/07/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | W | Gilroy | 1308640 | - | 25/10/1941 | 18/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | John | Glaves | 655483 | 09/09/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 17/08/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | R E | Glensor | NZ403442 | - | 22/07/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | J | Glover | 1528101 | - | 27/10/1942 | A/G; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | J B | Glover | 1064690 | - | 21/08/1942 | Air bomber; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Robert Bell | Glover | R68596 or R68696 | 18/01/1942 | 18/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | William John | Godly | 1310251 | 23/09/1942 | 24/07/1942 | 23/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J S | Goodman | 1064465 | - | 15/08/1942 | 15/09/1942 | A/G; 23/01/1943 posted from Elsham non-effective strength to 142 Sqn UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/O | J A | Goring | J3765 | - | 10/07/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Observer |
F/Lt |
Alexander Douglas | Gosman |
- |
12/08/1942 |
Pilot |
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P/O | Haydn William | Goule | 46342 | 27/01/1944 | 24/10/1941 | 12/10/1942 | Pilot |
W/O | J D | Gray | 1367143 | - | 23/09/1942 | 04/11/1942 | Pilot |
W/O | R | Gray | 754401 | - | 07/11/1942 | Pilot; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | W G | Greaves | 1393795 | - | 20/11/1942 | ||
Sgt | Bert | Green | Pilot | ||||
Sgt | Stanley Maurice | Green | 550338 | 31/05/1942 | 06/10/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | H J | Green DFM | 1262819 | 25/10/1941 | 18/09/1942 | Pilot | |
W/O | G R E | Gregory | 621818 | - | 20/11/1942 | Pilot | |
P/O | Walter Ewart | Gregory | 115239 | 30/05/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 30/05/1942 | Observer |
P/O |
D I |
Griffiths |
27/01/1943 |
Remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | John Howard | Griffiths | 1337841 | 24/05/1943 | 24/12/1942 | 08/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 08/01/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. |
P/O | J | Gronow | 46209 | - | 08/10/1941 | 05/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Eric Charles | Groves | 1375174 | 25/03/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 25/03/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Charles Eric | Hagan | 1109208 | 03/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 03/09/1942 | A/G |
P/O | F H | Hall | - | 19/05/1942 | Observer | ||
Sgt | George | Hall | R78889 | 05/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 05/08/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | John Hubert | Hall | J4114 | - | 20/06/1941 | 28/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Peter Thomas Leeds | Hallett | A400276 | 05/11/1943 | 28/08/1941 | Pilot | |
F/Lt | Hambry | - | 16/11/1942 | ||||
Sgt | A B | Hamilton | 995060 | - | 18/10/1941 | 18/09/1942 | WT/AG |
P/O | J W | Hankin | 126446 | - | 22/11/1942 | 24/12/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | G | Harboard | 1333003 | - | 25/11/1942 | Pilot; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Douglas Ernest James | Hardy | 1212995 | 21/09/1943 | 17/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/Sgt | Alan | Harker | 754105 | 28/08/1942 | 16/08/1941 | 28/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | William Lusk "Jock" | Harper | 1310507 | 27/07/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 27/07/1942 | WO/AG |
S/Ldr | J D | Harris | 37340 or 37320 | - | 15/10/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | C M | Harrison | 1256606 | 19/12/1941 | 02/06/1942 | A/G | |
F/Sgt | John Edward | Harritt | 957746 | - | 28/03/1942 | Observer | |
F/Sgt | Thomas Henderson | Harrower | 755701 | 30/09/1941 | 30/09/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Sidney Albert | Hart | 1252027 | 08/11/1941 | 09/07/1941 | 08/11/1941 | Pilot |
P/O | Robert Edwards | Harvey | 119204 | 12/08/1944 | 15/08/1942 | Air bomber; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew. | |
Sgt | J S | Hathaway | 990190 | - | 21/06/1941 | ||
Sgt |
Thomas Stanley | Hathaway |
31/07/1941 |
31/07/1941 |
A/G |
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Sgt | J G | Hayden | 1041906 | - | 16/09/1942 | 23/03/1943 | Air bomber; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew. |
P/O | E S | Hayes | 24/10/1941 | 26/05/1942 | WT/AG | ||
Sgt | John Cyril | Hazelgrove | 1283370 | 14/07/1942 | 03/04/1942 | 14/07/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Martin Gasson | Healy or Healey | 122318 & 918833 |
- | 25/08/1941 |
23/12/1942 | WO/AG & Sqn signals officer |
Sgt | Harold Edgar | Heath | R104669 or R104769 | 03/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 03/09/1942 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | J C | Heddon | NZ404360 | - | 24/08/1942 | 13/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Martin Randolf | Hehir | A408579 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | A/G |
F/Sgt | C D | Henden | 747961 | - | 03/12/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | Barry Martin Smythe | Henderson | 743055 | 26/03/1942 | 01/10/1941 | 26/03/1942 | WO/AG |
F/Sgt | R R | Henderson | 953388 | - | 25/10/1941 | 27/08/1942 | WT/AG |
P/O | E J | Henley | 120540 | - | 30/09/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew. | |
Sgt | Arthur V | Henshaw | 1166769 | - | 03/05/1942 | Pilot | |
P/O | Leonard | Hewitt | 130331 & 1006796 | - | 29/09/1941 | 05/10/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | S T | Hewitt | 19/05/1942 | 22/07/1942 | Observer | ||
Sgt | Hiddlestone | 656250 | - | 16/11/1942 | Bomb aimer | ||
Sgt | William Charles | Higgs | 1335138 | 24/11/1943 | 10/10/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew. | |
Sgt | Cyril Sidney Herbert | Hill | 1319144 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Ernest | Hill | 1356019 | 23/02/1943 | 11/09/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew. | |
Sgt | Herbert Berkeley | Hill | 1425545 | 03/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 03/09/1942 | Air bomber |
Sgt | James Benona Harvey | Hill | R62261 | 18/01/1942 | 18/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Richard Francis | Hill | 656834 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | V P B | Hill | J16255 & R103165 | - | 29/08/1942 | Observer; 12/1942 to North Africa
in Berry crew. |
|
Sgt |
W |
Hindson |
10/01/1943 |
A/G; 10/01/1943 posted in from 27 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Edmond Anthony | Hinke | R101822 | - | 25/09/1942 | A/G; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew. | |
Sgt | Terence Frederick | Hockley | 655423 | 13/03/1943 | 20/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R E | Holgate | 747974 | - | 31/10/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Lloyd Ellison | Holland | R60261 | 16/09/1942 | 07/05/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt |
K S |
Holman |
- |
12/08/1942 |
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F/O | F J | Holmes | 78451 | - | Observer | ||
Sgt | F W | Holmes | 1202849 | 09/11/1942 | WO/AG; 24/12/1942 to 08/01/1943 with 150 Sqn; returned to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | ||
Sgt | J C | Holmes | 1110711 | - | 24/08/1942 | Observer; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | George Camps | Hooper | J16717 & R80311 | 30/07/1942 | 07/05/1942 | 30/07/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | Percival Gerald | Hopkins | 111241 | 28/08/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 30/04/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Earle Edwin | Hopper | R60349 | 05/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 05/08/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Frank Bernard | Hough | 1074122 | 25/10/1942 | 25/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | Bomb aimer |
F/Sgt | Lawrence Hugh | Houghton | 964956 | - | 03/07/1941 | 28/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | John | Howarth DFM | 548744 | 31/03/1944 | 25/10/1941 | 18/09/1942 | Rear gunner |
Sgt | Robert | Howat | 1109278 | 28/08/1942 | 25/03/1942 | 28/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | William Ernest | Hudson | 1165321 | 10/07/1942 | 03/07/1941 | 10/07/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Arthur Gordon | Huggett | NZ403605 | 06/02/1942 | 10/10/1941 | 06/02/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | George Percival | Hughes | 1153459 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | WO/AG | |
F/Lt | K | Humby | 81059 | - | 28/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Edward Samuel | Hunt | 1184062 | 14/07/1942 | 14/03/1942 | 14/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Francis Geoffrey | Huntley | 1165241 | 07/04/1942 | 21/07/1941 | 07/04/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Gilbert Cecil | Hyde | 1114941 | 10/09/1942 | 17/08/1942 | 10/09/1942 | Observer |
F/O | Ross Baxter | Ingalls DFC | J4771 | - | 08/10/1941 | 30/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Stuart Laban | Innes | R76578 | 30/11/1941 | 25/10/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | George William | Jackson | 1263933 | 29/01/1943 | 17/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | James | Jackson | NZ401518 | - | 29/01/1941 | 12/08/1941 | A/G |
F/O | Maurice | Jacoby | 79375 | 30/09/1941 | June 1940 |
30/09/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | Cyril | Jakins | 933166 | 25/11/1941 | 09/07/1941 | 25/11/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | H M | James | 1381761 | - | 29/08/1941 | 16/09/1942 | |
Sgt | A H | Jarman | 1315800 | - | 05/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt |
A |
Jeffrey |
12/01/1943 |
A/G; 12/01/1943 posted in from 16 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
F/O | V J | Jehan | - | 08/05/1942 | 29/10/1942 | A/G | |
Sgt | Alfred | Jelly | 1309716 | 26/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 26/03/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Albrecht Maxwell | Jensen | A406567 | 23/02/1943 | 11/09/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | George Charlton | Jobling | 1054474 | 21/02/1942 | 10/08/1941 | 03/12/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | A S | Johnson | 1258110 | - | 03/08/1942 | 12/03/1943 | WO/AG; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew. |
P/O | Melvin Florin | Johnson | J7901 | 28/08/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | H R | Johnston or Johnstone DFM | NZ412236 | - | 20/10/1942 | Navigator; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Johnstone | 920255 | 29/01/1941 | 05/07/1941 | Pilot | ||
F/Sgt | H | Johnstone DFM | 617247 | - | 09/11/1942 | Assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
P/O | A J G | Jones | 60791 | - | 02/10/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | John Graham | Jones | 20/09/1941 | WO/AG | |||
W/O | J N W or N N W | Jones | 580742 | - | 07/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | Jones | 29/01/1941 | |||||
Sgt | G or C | Joseph | 912126 or 912326 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Albert | Jowers | A411788 | 23/02/1943 | 11/09/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew. | |
Sgt | Tomas Augusta | Julian | R98230 | - | 15/08/1942 | Pilot; 23/01/1943 posted from Elsham non-effective strength to 142 Sqn UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
S/Ldr | Keith Walter | Kaufmann DFC | 39464 | - | 04/05/1942 | Pilot | |
Sgt | J P | Kavanagh | R98712 | 15/08/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
P/O | Charles William | Keddy | J16681 & R90430 | 28/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Orme R | Kedgley | 1264506 | 26/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 26/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | K E N | Kellar | - | 13/05/1942 | A/G | ||
F/Lt | G M | Kelly | 41186 | - | Pilot | ||
F/Sgt | Isaac | Kennedy | NZ403012 | 09/11/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 09/11/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Ronald John | Kennedy | 749424 | 18/01/1942 | 18/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | WT/AG |
P/O | William Jospeh | Kennedy | A402362 | 07/05/1942 | 10/07/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Albert William | Kerrisk | NZ401499 | 20/01/1942 | 29/01/1941 | 20/01/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | E B | Key | R65502 | - | 09/07/1941 | 05/08/1942 | A/G |
P/O | Chander Parkash | Khosla | 31/08/1941 | 21/07/1941 | 21/08/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | J | Killin | R91446 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | William | Kinniburgh | 656290 | 11/04/1943 | 18/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
W/C | Rex Laughton | Kippenberger | 29016 | - | 29/06/1941 | 16/11/1941 | CO |
P/O |
L H |
Kirwan |
12/01/1943 |
Navigator; 12/01/1943 posted in from 16 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
F/Sgt | R V T | Kitto DFM | 563186 | - | Observer | ||
F/O | Henry | Knapp | 47850 | 25/11/1942 | 14/10/1942 | 25/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | David Maxwell | Laing | 1003165 | 07/04/1942 | 21/07/1941 | 07/04/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Ian Craigie | Lamont | R84347 | 05/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 05/09/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | W S | Landry | R124739 | - | 24/12/1942 | 08/01/1943 |
A/G; 08/01/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. |
Sgt | Francis Henry | Lang | J17144 & R59541 | 13/06/1944 | 09/07/1941 | 17/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Frederick Albert | Larsen | R92671 | 06/01/1944 | 15/08/1942 | 26/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | George Thomas | Leather | 1167454 | 29/03/1942 | 09/07/1941 | 29/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R A | Leavers | 1387970 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator |
P/O | William Ernest | Leddiman | 128586 | 13/07/1943 | 09/11/1942 | Air bomber; 24/12/1942 to 08/01/1943 with 150 Sqn; returned to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | John Hamilton |
Leiper | 1551280 | - | 17/10/1942 | Air bomber; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew. | |
Sgt | Andrew | Lennox | R77507 | 25/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 25/03/1942 | Observer |
P/O | A H | Lerner | J11233 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | Harry George | Lester | 1289840 | 16/10/1942 | 06/10/1942 | 16/10/1942 | WO/AG |
W/O |
H F |
Lewis |
27/01/1943 |
Naviagator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | William Joseph | Lewis | 1163279 | 30/11/1941 | 03/07/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | K W | Light | A402447 | - | 16/08/1941 | 25/11/1941 | A/G |
Sgt | Richard | Lind | 1271095 | 23/09/1942 | 25/05/1942 | 23/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | J | Lindsay | 1370390 | 05/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G | |
Sgt | J | Linton-Smith | A411153 | - | 17/10/1942 | Navigator; 06/11/1942 1st op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew. | |
Sgt | Trevor Gordon | Lister | 914307 | 20/09/1941 | Observer | ||
Sgt | F W R | Litson | 903438 | - | 14/10/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | Robert Arthur | Lomax | 69454 | 28/06/1941 | 12/02/1941 | 28/06/1941 | Pilot |
F/O |
R A |
Lord |
27/01/1943 |
Remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Claude Lorraine | Love | R83249 | 05/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 05/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Horace Godfrey | Lovell | 1376510 | - | 17/10/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew. | |
Sgt | Noel Alexander | Lowden | 1330594 | 30/05/1942 | 25/03/1942 | 30/05/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Ian David | Lowther | 1113437 | 27/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 27/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | John Harold | Lucking | 1254971 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Bernard Edwin Bentley | Luckman | 1304714 | 27/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 27/07/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J B | Lundy | 996841 | - | 03/07/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Thomas Henry | Luscombe | 1176665 or 1170005 | 03/04/1943 | 24/12/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O |
D L |
MacDonald or McDonald | 27/09/1940 |
2nd pilot to F/Lt P E Dodson. |
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Sgt |
J L |
MacDonald or McDonald |
1119868 |
24/08/1942 |
A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew. | ||
Sgt | Ian Currie | MacKeand | 1341681 | 31/05/1942 | 29/04/1942 | 31/05/1942 | A/G |
Sgt |
Mackenzie-Ross | A405462 |
- |
11/09/1942 |
WO/AG; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | ||
Sgt | Vincent J | Mackey | 1309276 | 28/08/1942 | 25/03/1942 | 28/08/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | David John | MacKintosh | 751713 | 20/09/1941 | WO/AG | ||
F/Sgt | Charles Grant | MacLennan | R65421 | 16/10/1942 | 06/10/1942 | 16/10/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | James | MacMurdie | 901265 | 10/06/1942 | 08/10/1941 | ||
Sgt | W A | Magee | R92157 | - | 05/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | E F | Maher | A404448 | - | 21/08/1941 | 03/12/1941 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Lawrence William | Mallon | 1029624 | 30/05/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 30/05/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Roy Albert | Mansell | 951088 | 26/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 26/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | I L | Mantell | 1169113 | - | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 | WO/AG; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry crew. |
Sgt | J | Manual or Manuel | 1087197 | - | 02/10/1942 | A/G; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew. | |
Sgt |
B |
Marion |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | L P | Marneweck | 778875 | - | 17/08/1942 | A/G; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Frank Ronald | Marples | 1378821 | 23/02/1943 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew. |
F/Sgt | Jack Hubert Edward | Marriott | 1186031 | 16/09/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 16/09/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | S N | Marsh | 1271170 | 24/12/1942 | 08/01/1943 |
Navigator; 08/01/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. | |
Sgt | J McE | Marshall | 653980 | - | 22/08/1941 | 2nd WO/AG | |
Sgt | Bernard | Martin | 656129 | 29/01/1943 | 17/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | Thomas Victor | Maunders | 48745 | 14/07/1942 | 19/05/1942 | 14/07/1942 | Observer |
W/C | Maw | 12/02/1941 | 11/04/1941 | Pilot | |||
P/O | J | May | 134655 & 1101598 | - | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 | Observer; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew. |
Sgt | Frederick Ethelbert William | Mayhew | 171740 & 1281402 | 17/05/1944 | 24/12/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/Sgt | George Henry | Mays | 963891 | 07/04/1942 | 29/01/1941 | 07/04/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Jospeh Morgan | McAleavey | R69119 & J15435 | 31/05/1942 | 29/04/1942 | 31/05/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Joseph Porter | McCarthy | J15104 (ex R69747) | - | 11/05/1941 | 13/05/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | D M or D J | McCormick | J4526 | - | 09/07/1941 | 25/11/1942 | Observer |
F/Sgt | T E | McCormick | 550032 | - | 02/06/1942 | 27/08/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Donald Patrick | McDonald | J6711 | 02/06/1942 | 19/12/1941 | 02/06/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | F H | McDonald | A400206 | - | 03/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | Duncan Black | McFarlane | 1116899 | 11/06/1944 | 21/07/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | Robert Kenneth | McGrath | R59361 | 22/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 22/07/1942 | A/G |
P/O | Stanley | McHugh | 118168 | 10/09/1942 | 17/08/1942 | 10/09/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Hugh James | McHutchison | 1255402 | 29/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 29/03/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | T D | McKeown or McEown | R90431 | - | 21/08/1942 | 16/09/1942 | A/G |
F/O | Robert Alexander | McKinna | 69440 | 23/09/1943 | 08/09/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | D H | McKinnon | R73014 | - | 16/08/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt |
J |
McLaughlin |
27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Kenneth | McLennan | 1368804 | 30/07/1942 | 21/07/1942 | 30/07/1942 | Pilot |
F/Lt | William St Clair | McNeilly DFC | 43462 | 06/02/1942 | 23/06/1941 | 06/02/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | John Sim | McPhee | 1499160 | 17/09/1944 | 18/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Horace Edward | Meadows | 924132 | 28/06/1941 | 29/01/1941 | 28/06/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | Robert Charles | Mellings | 1356712 | 18/01/1942 | 18/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Cecil Ward Chandos | Micklethwaite | 990186 | 06/02/1942 | 23/06/1941 | 06/02/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | G A | Middleston | 656250 | - | 09/10/1942 | Bomb aimer; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
P/O | George Kildea Traynor | Milne | 100554 | 06/02/1942 | 09/10/1941 | 06/02/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Percy | Milnes | 1007366 | 27/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 27/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | W E | Moore | NF798676 | - | 21/08/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew. | |
Sgt | C P | Moore or Moores | 619449 | - | 17/05/1942 | 13/10/1942 | A/G |
F/O | P L O | Morris | 85946 | - | 01/10/1942 | Observer | |
Sgt | Douglas Wallace | Moss | 937092 | 26/07/1942 | 26/07/1942 | ||
Sgt |
P |
Murdoch |
27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
F/O | D H | Murphy or Murray | 76922 | - | 24/06/1941 | 23/05/1942 | Gunnery leader |
Sgt | Gerald Patrick | Murray | 1058530 | 29/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 29/03/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Rueben Howard | Neade | 655072 | 25/10/1942 | 30/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | Navigator |
F/Lt | Neilson | 16/10/1942 | 30/10/1942 | Pilot | |||
P/O | J A |
Neilson | 27/09/1940 |
20/07/1941 | Pilot; posted to 23 OTU. |
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F/Lt | R F | Neuss | 116421 | - | 30/10/1942 | Navigation officer; 12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | Victor Henry |
New | 1375166 | - |
18/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | G H | Newsome | J10357 | - | 16/09/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
F/Sgt | Ken | Nicholls | 1164963 | - | 03/05/1942 | 06/10/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Mervyn Barnaby | Noble | 777884 | 29/06/1943 | 24/08/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Air bomber |
Sgt | Morris John | Norgate | 1380915 | 07/02/1943 | 09/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | William James | North | R123004 | 05/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 05/09/1942 | Rear gunner |
Sgt | P J or F J | Nugent | A404256 | - | 21/08/1941 | 03/12/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | Henry | Nykerk | 910572 | 28/06/1941 | 12/02/1941 | 28/06/1941 | WO/AG |
F/Lt | H L | Oakley | 36204 | - | 03/12/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | Harold Alfred | Oates | 1315757 | 30/07/1942 | 21/07/1942 | 30/07/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Herbert John | O'Brien | 1262819 | - | Pilot | ||
Sgt | Micheal Thomas | O'Brien | 650852 | 20/01/1942 | 20/01/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Stanley James | Oertel | 1165262 | 27/07/1942 | 16/08/1941 | 27/07/1942 | 1st WO/AG |
P/O | William James | Olde | 134657 & 1206306 | 19/03/1943 | 09/04/1942 | 26/01/1943 |
Observer; remained with UK echelon; 26/01/1943 posted to 109 Sqn. |
F/O | James Wolstenholme | Oldham | 1053632 | 30/07/1944 | 04/04/1942 | 12/03/1943 | Observer; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew. |
S/Ldr | C L | Ollson | 37635 | - | 27/04/1942 | Pilot | |
S/Ldr | A B | Olney | - | 23/09/1941 | Pilot | ||
S/Ldr | Charles Lealand | Olsson | RCAF 37635 | - | 27/07/1942 | Pilot | |
Sgt | J | Osmond | 1257262 | - | 24/10/1941 | 30/04/1942 | Pilot |
F/O | Alfred Henry | Paget | 103051 | 27/08/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 27/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Thomas Edwards | Parker | R59119 | 21/10/1941 | 24/06/1941 | 21/10/1941 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | John | Parkin | 630839 | 30/09/1941 | 30/09/1941 | WO/AG | |
P/O | Kenneth Archibald | Parslow | 111998 & 744900 | 20/01/1942 | 20/01/1942 | Observer | |
Sgt | Rene Laughton | Partington | 1198786 | 06/10/1942 | 03/05/1942 | 06/10/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Raymond Armand | Patenaude | R135770 | 16/10/1942 | 06/10/1942 | 16/10/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | James | Paterson | R80866 | 28/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 28/08/1942 | WO/AG or Observer |
Sgt | A M | Paton | R93174 | - | 23/09/1942 | 13/10/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | James Muir | Pattison | 1062768 | 30/09/1941 | 10/08/1941 | 30/09/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | H E or H W | Peake | 139484 | - | 21/08/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Kenneth Gard | Pearce | A416228 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Robert Charles | Pearce | R80774 | 05/08/1942 | 11/06/1942 | 05/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Robert E | Pearce | - | 29/09/1941 | WO/AG | ||
F/Sgt | William Alfred | Penney | R65152 | 27/07/1942 | 08/07/1941 | 27/07/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | D C or D J | Pennycock or Pennycook | 1552510 | - | 13/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Air bomber |
Sgt | G S | Penrith | 1014896 | - | 04/04/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Robert Finlay | Peterson | A412655 | 23/02/1943 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 |
Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew. |
Sgt | A G | Pettitt | 1260433 | - | 09/04/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Ernest Joseph | Pettitt | 1194046 | - | 01/09/1941 | 28/03/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Edwin Leslie | Phillips | 751196 | 21/10/1941 | 21/10/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | Lloyd Lawson | Phillips | 1325179 | 06/02/1942 | 23/06/1941 | 06/02/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Wilfred Clarence | Picher | R77269 | 29/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 29/03/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | "Roger" Joseph Eugene Roger | Pichette DFM | J15846 & R55241 | - | 24/06/1941 | 12/10/1942 | Air gunner |
P/O | G K | Pickering | 119353 | - | 24/08/1942 | Air bomber; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew. | |
P/O | Astley Cleveland | Pickett | 45434 | 18/01/1942 | 18/10/1941 | 18/01/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Morris Leslie | Pierpoint | 755786 | 16/09/1942 | 20/11/1941 | Observer | |
Sgt | William Melville | Pipher | R78467 | 26/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 26/03/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | G | Pirie | - | 19/05/1942 | 25/05/1942 | Observer | |
F/Sgt | P R | Pounds | 616572 | - | 03/12/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | G T or K | Powell | 1377267 | - | 22/11/1942 | 24/12/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Kenneth | Powell | 123965 | 07/02/1943 | 09/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | J A | Prescott | 1333988 | - | 05/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Herbert Leslie | Price | 1071870 | 26/03/1942 | 26/03/1942 | ||
Sgt | H J | Pringle | 905815 | 27/09/1940 |
13/11/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Geoffrey Ernest | Probert | 642647 | 06/02/1942 | 06/02/1942 | ||
F/Sgt | A | Purdon | 630562 | - | 25/04/1942 | 18/09/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Franklyn Richard Samuel | Pye | J8440 | 27/08/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 27/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt |
W H |
Pym |
27/01/1943 |
A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
P/O | Walter Lewis | Quinn | J15447 | 28/08/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Arthur Henry | Radbourne | 1385949 | 03/04/1943 | 09/11/1942 | Pilot; 24/12/1942 to 08/01/1943 with 150 Sqn |
|
Sgt | W P S | Rae | 1059610 | - | 21/08/1942 | 16/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Thomas Watkins | Rayment | 1258093 | 16/06/1942 | 24/10/1941 | Rear gunner | |
Sgt | L R | Read | 22/09/1941 | A/G | |||
Sgt | Kenneth Harry | Reddish | 1177700 | 10/09/1942 | 17/08/1942 | 10/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Alwyne Edward | Rees | 1018355 | 28/08/1942 | 25/05/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt |
A |
Reid |
27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Percy Thomas | Relf | 513099 | 28/06/1941 | 12/02/1941 | 28/06/1941 | A/G |
F/Sgt | Kenneth Charles | Rendel | 549839 | 11/09/1941 | 09/07/1941 | 11/09/1941 | WO/AG |
WO1 | F | Renkiewicz | R84125 | 16/11/1942 | |||
Sgt | Gerald Thomas | Reyburn | R128898 or R126898 | 25/10/1942 | 25/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | James Augustus | Rich | 741105 | 06/11/1941 | 27/09/1941 | Pilot | |
Sgt | R S | Rich | 1200365 | 20/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
F/Sgt | James Patrick "Paddy" | Richardson | R58721 | 14/07/1942 | 10/10/1941 | 14/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | J W | Ridley | 565948 | - | 05/05/1941 | ||
Sgt | Thomas | Rooney | 999574 | 28/08/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 28/08/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Horace Robert | Ross | R102337 | 03/09/1943 | 02/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 02/09/1942 posted out BUT remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Alexander | Roy | R84376 | 05/09/1942 | 15/08/1942 | 05/09/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Reg W | Rush | 745976 or 745796 | - | 19/12/1941 | 29/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | R M | Rushbridge | 1312661 | - | 15/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Air bomber; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | E W | Salmon | A403958 | - | 17/08/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew. | |
Sgt | F | Salvage | 1125285 | - | 15/08/1942 | 27/01/1943 | A/G; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | J | Sandilands | 1057969 | - | 02/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
P/O | Anthony Henry Gauvain | Sandon | 116089 & 656727 | 16/09/1942 | 10/09/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Pilot |
S/Ldr | Patrick Percival Wlikinson | Sands | 43635 | - | 13/08/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | John Stanley | Saunders | 963858 | 30/11/1941 | 07/07/1941 | 30/11/1941 | WO/AG |
Sgt |
L |
Saunders |
31/07/1941 |
31/07/1941 |
A/G |
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Sgt | Claude Bernard or Besnard | Sautelle | A414390 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | F | Sayles | 648189 | 25/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | A | Scanlan | 11/05/1942 | 27/05/1942 | A/G | ||
Sgt | William | Scarlett DFM | 1027850 | 04/07/1943 | 20/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | James Henry | Scorer | 1113760 | 25/08/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 17/08/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | John Grant | Scott | J4112 | 20/01/1942 | 20/06/1941 | 20/01/1942 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | Leslie Arthur | Seamark | 1179274 | 23/09/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 23/09/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Harold | Selby | 1177132 | 26/03/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 26/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Bartlett Parker | Shaddick DFM | A406682 | 24/10/1942 | 25/09/1942 | 24/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Gwladgwyn John | Sharp | 542001 | 20/01/1942 | 16/07/1941 | 20/01/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Robert Thomas Cartmel | Sharp | 1530450 | 29/01/1943 | 17/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | B E | Shaver | R74268 | - | 24/08/1942 | WO/AG; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew. | |
Sgt | Leonard Walter | Shearing | 1160566 | 21/10/1941 | 24/06/1941 | 21/10/1941 | WO/AG |
Sgt | S J | Shippen | 987144 | 21/08/1942 | 27/01/1943 | WO/AG; 02/09/1942 posted out BUT remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Joseph | Short | 1043825 | 29/04/1943 | 18/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Air bomber; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Albert George | Shorten | R102169 | 13/03/1943 | 20/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Jackie S |
Simmonds | A401857 | 11/06/1945 | 18/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
W/C | Donald Geoffrey | Simmons | 36077 | 17/03/1945 | 27/04/1942 | 11/11/1942 | C.O. |
Sgt | Archibald | Sinclair | 09/11/1942 | 09/11/1942 | WO/AG | ||
Sgt | R D or R S |
Singleton | 1097979 | - | 15/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Observer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | John Charles | Skelton | 1378783 | 10/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 10/07/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Thomas | Sleeman | 1054129 | 02/06/1942 | 03/03/1942 | 02/06/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | M W | Sloan | 1365309 | - | 20/08/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew. | |
Sgt |
W B H |
Smalley |
12/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 12/01/1943 posted in from 16 OTU; | |||
F/O | D J | Smallwood | 108035 | - | 22/09/1941 | 12/10/1942 | A/G |
P/O | Aubrey Arthur | Smith | 143198 | 09/11/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 09/11/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Austin | Smith | 1108635 or 1108685 | 02/06/1942 | 19/12/1941 | 02/06/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | C A | Smith | 656446 | - | 25/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
F/O | D | Smith | Pilot | ||||
F/Sgt | David J | Smith | 751552 | - | 20/09/1941 | 18/09/1942 | WO/AG |
F/O | Gavin Strang | Smith | 108543 or 108439 | 17/06/1944 | 17/08/1942 | 30/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Kenneth William | Smith | 573395 | 29/03/1942 | 29/03/1942 | A/G | |
Sgt | R G | Smith | 20/11/1942 | ||||
F/Sgt | James William | Smyth | R80105 | 31/05/1942 | 29/04/1942 | 31/05/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | J C | Southey | 778883 | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
A/G; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew. | |
Sgt | J | Sparks | 1377991 | - | 25/08/1941 | 14/07/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | J S | Spence | 1055981 | - | 09/07/1941 | 02/06/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | "Ted" E F | Spicer | 1164366 | - | 16/08/1941 | ||
P/O | Noel Geffrey | Sprake | 109943 | 26/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 26/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Richard Frances | Stainforth | 1266085 | 30/07/1942 | 21/07/1942 | 30/07/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | William Thomas | Stanley | 1280974 | 02/06/1942 | 19/12/1941 | 02/06/1942 | |
F/Sgt | Percy Henderson | Stewart DFM | NZ403613 | - | 16/08/1941 | Observer; officer i/c ground
party to North Africa on HMS Adventure 12/1942. |
|
Sgt | L H | Stift | 645697 | - | 28/09/1942 | 13/10/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Herbert Sidney | Stock | 1381702 | 10/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 10/07/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | Jack | Stock | 1021498 | 03/04/1943 | 27/10/1942 | WO/AG; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
F/O | John Gifford | Stower | 107520 | 31/03/1944 | 21/08/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | James Octon | Straffen | 995426 | 27/07/1942 | 15/08/1941 | 27/07/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | Alastair Fulton | Struthers | 87651 | 28/06/1941 | 12/02/1941 | 28/06/1941 | Observer |
Sgt | Charles Barry | Sullivan | A408713 | 07/02/1943 | 09/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
F/Sgt | Frank | Sumner | 327457 | 30/11/1941 | 30/11/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt |
M B |
Sutherland |
10/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 10/01/1943 posted in from 27 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Victor Ronald | Sutton | 528254 | 31/07/1941 | 10/06/1941 | ||
Sgt | Edward Sextus | Swingler | 1180160 | 20/01/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 20/01/1942 | Pilot |
F/Sgt | A | Szmaites | - | 11/05/1942 | 27/05/1942 | A/G | |
Sgt | G | Tait | 972022 | - | 25/10/1941 | 24/04/1942 | A/G |
F/Sgt | T W | Tait | 654349 | - | 27/09/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | John Frederick Russell | Tate | 1378784 | 19/07/1944 | 21/08/1941 | 18/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Arthur Richard | Taylor | 1383496 | 25/10/1942 | 11/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Lawrence Ernest | Taylor | 1181905 | 07/04/1942 | 22/07/1941 | 07/04/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R S | Taylor | NF798643 | - | 24/08/1942 | 13/10/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | W | Taylor | 1332556 | 05/10/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | Leslie Mellor | Tetley | 545586 | 28/08/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 28/08/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Bryan Robert | Thomas | 1051799 | 21/10/1941 | 24/06/1941 | 21/10/1941 | WO/AG |
P/O | George David Ronald | Thompson | 109082 | 09/11/1942 | 12/10/1942 | 09/11/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | George Comrie | Thomson | A405436 | 16/09/1942 | 10/09/1942 | 16/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Frederick William | Thornton | 1181849 | 30/05/1942 | 13/05/1942 | 30/05/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Howard Frederick | Thurston | R104208 | 03/08/1943 | 05/10/1942 | A/G; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
F/Sgt | A R | Tidder | 745902 | - | 28/03/1942 | WO/AG | |
P/O | John Nigel | Tillard | 115124 | 26/03/1942 | 23/06/1941 | 26/03/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | W T | Timperley | 657329 | - | 22/11/1942 | 24/12/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Dennis Leslie Frederick | Toombs or Toombes | 1204587 | - | 25/03/1942 | 27/08/1942 | Pilot |
F/O | J A | Tooth | 108824 | - | 05/05/1942 | A/G; 12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn. | |
Sgt | Norman Bernard | Touzel | 1065616 & 146093 | 25/06/1943 | 24/12/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Tom Gordon Prentis | Townsend | 1051659 | 03/06/1942 | 02/07/1941 | 03/12/1941 | WO/AG |
Sgt | Terence Bryce | Treble | Rhod 778839 | 09/09/1942 | 24/08/1942 | 09/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Alfred | Trewin | 1220162 | 23/09/1942 | 23/09/1942 | A/G | |
F/Sgt | A L | Trotman | 617441 | - | 10/03/1942 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Eric | Tupholme | 1107786 | 27/08/1942 | 20/08/1942 | 27/08/1942 | Air Bomber/ Observer |
F/Sgt | Donald | Udell | R68267 | 16/09/1942 | 07/05/1942 | 16/09/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Alexander | Urquhart | 1343357 | 11/04/1943 |
18/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Pilot; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | Ronald | Vandersteen | 1377265 | 22/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 22/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Leonard George | Vaughan | 1381736 | 13/03/1943 | 20/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | Henry Alexander Vincent | Vidler | 740176 | 31/07/1941 | Pilot | ||
Sgt | G P | Wadsworth | 1280515 | - | 24/10/1941 | 28/03/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | G F | Wake | 564484 | - | 05/05/1941 | ||
Sgt | C E | Waldie | A400243 | 18/01/1943 |
04/12/1942 | 18/01/1943 |
A/G; from 150 Sqn; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew. |
Sgt | William Spence | Walker | 1237274 | 16/10/1942 | 06/10/1942 | 16/10/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Albert William | Waller | 1330646 | 28/08/1942 | 25/03/1942 | 28/08/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Stanley William | Walliter | 1153790 | 27/07/1942 | 24/10/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | Ralph Stanley | Wallwork | A400360 | 24/07/1941 | 23/06/1941 | A/G | |
P/O | Bertram Noel | Ward | 110864 | 26/07/1942 | 09/04/1942 | 26/07/1942 | Observer |
Sgt | J | Ward | R90203 | 02/10/1942 | WO/AG; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew. | ||
Sgt | Maurice Victor | Ward | 1377166 | 26/03/1942 | 02/11/1941 | 26/03/1942 | |
F/Sgt | Norman John | Warfield DFM | 1256278 | 24/12/1943 | 28/08/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Eric | Watcham | 656472 | 25/10/1942 | 25/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | Navigator |
F/O | Ronald | Waters DFC | 45437 | - | 18/10/1941 | 30/08/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | George Samuel | Watson | 1023590 | 31/05/1942 | 29/04/1942 | 31/05/1942 | Air Bomber |
P/O | Thomas Moore | Watt | J10022 | - | 11/09/1942 | 20/11/1942 | A/G; completed a tour in Defiants before
joining 142 Sqn; 20-21/11/1942 POW from Wellington BK536,
which was abandoned with engine failure 30km east of Paris;
at Stalag Luft III Sagan, in Poland, he was involved in
planning and organising the "Great Escape" and was one of
the 124 who did not make it through the tunnel before the
escape was discovered; in January 1945 he escaped and
reached the American lines. After the war he became a
naturalized Canadian citizen. |
Sgt | Roy | Webster | 1091141 | - |
23/09/1942 | 13/10/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | J | Webster | 1053090 | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 | A/G; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry crew. | |
Sgt | F | Weeks | 112090 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | F C | Weighill | R87391 | - | 20/08/1942 | 27/08/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | F L or F W |
Welford | NZ414566 | - | 24/12/1942 | 08/01/1943 |
Pilot; 08/01/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. |
Sgt | A L | Weller | R92228 | 15/08/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
WO/AG; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
P/O | Donald Coburn | West | R64968 & J16716 | 27/07/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | F H S? |
West | 28/02/1941? |
29/01/1941 | |||
Sgt | Horace James | Whale | 952261 | 29/03/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 29/03/1942 | WT/AG |
Sgt | John Willard | Whear | R68698 | 16/09/1942 | 07/05/1942 | 16/09/1942 | WO/AG |
P/O | R S | Wheaton | 69498 | - | 10/11/1942 | Pilot; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
Sgt | David John | White | 1166180 | 25/03/1942 | 10/08/1941 | 25/03/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | W J | Whitewood | 134656 & 1266086 | - | 17/08/1942 | Observer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew. | |
Sgt | L T | Whitington | R94641 | - | 02/10/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Bomb aimer |
Sgt | H N or H M | Whitmore | 1535794 | - | 22/11/1942 | 24/12/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Thomas Victor Stone | Wiggins | R64757 | - | 21/07/1941 | 08/11/1941 | Pilot |
Sgt | H E J | Wilkinson | R79192 | - | 21/08/1942 | 16/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt |
C H |
Williams |
10/01/1943 |
W/Op; 10/01/1943 posted in from 27 OTU to UK echelon: assumed to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |||
Sgt | Harold Edward | Williams | 1237135 | 11/04/1943 | 18/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Bomb aimer; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Sgt | J A | Williams | 22/09/1941 | WO/AG | |||
P/O | K | Williams | 12156 | - | 22/11/1942 | 24/12/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | L R | Williams | A402429 | - | 07/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | Pilot |
P/O | Brian Albert | Willis | A402269 | 23/02/1942 | 03/07/1941 | 22/08/1941 | 2nd Pilot |
P/O | Wingfield | Pilot | |||||
F/O | A J | Wingood | 116081 & 1382598 | - | 11/09/1942 | 16/11/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | R H | Winter | 1310525 | 18/10/1941 | 18/09/1942 | WT/AG | |
Sgt | R | Wish | 1376482 | - | 03/07/1941 | 02/09/1941 | A/G |
Sgt | Thomas | Woodhouse | A403846 | 08/11/1942 | 17/10/1942 | 08/11/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | H J | Woods | 746994 | - | 03/12/1941 | A/G | |
Sgt | J | Woods | 658056 | 27/10/1942 | Pilot; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | ||
P/O | Peter Frederick | Woolland DFM | 130313 & 929753 | - | 13/09/1941 | 14/10/1942 | Pilot |
Sgt | Edwin Cuthbert | Woollard | 1376622 | 25/10/1942 | 25/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | WO/AG |
Sgt | W T | Wright | 985642 | - | 08/07/1941 | WO/AG | |
Sgt | Raymond Johnston | Wright DFM | NZ415049 | 26/10/1943 | 20/10/1942 | Pilot; assumed remained with UK echelon and to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. | |
P/O | Eric John Robert | Yates | NZ403787 | 27/07/1942 | 25/10/1941 | 27/07/1942 | Navigator |
Sgt | I F W | Young | 773771 | - | 17/08/1942 | 18/09/1942 | A/G |
Sgt | Joseph Harvey | Young | 1368840 | 25/10/1942 | 30/09/1942 | 25/10/1942 | Pilot |
P/O | Leslie | Young | 125603 | 30/03/1943 | 09/11/1942 | 27/01/1943 |
Navigator; 24/12/1942 to 08/01/1943 with 150 Sqn; remained with UK echelon: to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943. |
Rank | Names | Surname | Service number | Date joined 142 squadron |
Date left 142 squadron |
Comment |
Sgt |
T W |
Ainsworth |
1670842 |
15/11/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Stinson; 17-18/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 10/09/1944 tour expired; | |
F/Sgt |
Eric Alwyn |
Allcorn |
A429274 |
10/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
RAAF; A/G to F/Sgt Pennefather trained at OTU in the UK; 24-25/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 24/3/44); 23/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt | C J |
Allen | 1377503 | 25/09/1942 | W/Op; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew; | |
F/Sgt |
K A E |
Allen |
27/09/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Navigator: posted from 37 Sqn without crew 27/09/1943 but already flying as navigator to S/Ldr Winyard-Wright on 09-10/09/1943; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
P/O | T W or W T | Allen | NZ413007 | 28/08/1942 | 02/08/1943 |
Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn; completed 2 tours with his crew in Africa;
02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
Osmund William St.Clair |
Alleyne |
1393814 |
08/07/1943 |
06/08/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Wiltshire; 14-15/07/1943 first op; 05-06/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Cap Peloro beaches near Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
R |
Allison |
1675167 |
12/01/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Dean; didn't start flying ops until 28-29/06/1944, with F/Sgt Dean (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn (F/Sgt Allison). |
F/Sgt |
John Cunningham |
Anderson |
A410439 |
12/08/1943 |
05/03/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt Harkness; 19-20/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 4/11/43); 05/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
P/O |
John Wilson |
Anderson |
A405990 |
24/10/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 11-12/11/1943
first op with own crew; (service no. noted 11/11/43);
21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington ME873 on return from
ops, Genoa; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
V |
Ansell |
575036 |
24/03/1944 |
25/05/1944 |
Pilot; 28-29/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 03-04/04/1944 first op with own crew; 18/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944, departing 25/05/1944. |
Sgt |
J H |
Appleton |
12/08/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Pilot; 19-20/08/1943 first op with own crew; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
Robert Noel |
Archer |
1585467 |
08/09/1943 |
01/05/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Wright;
25/05/1943 21 OTU Moreton-in-Marsh; 06/09/1943 142 Sqn;
13-14/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44);
01/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour; 13/07/1944 SPTU
Cark (navigation instructor); 16/12/1944 Empire Air
Navigation School, Shawbury; 25/06/1945 RAF Penhros;
26/11/1945 Missing Research & Enquiry Service in Europe
until 12/12/1949 RAF Middleton-St-George; taught in various
training schools through the 1950s; 12/01/1962 British
Liaison Mission to the Soviet Forces in Berlin; promoted to
Wing Commander in 1965 and retired in 1977. |
/O |
H or N |
Archer-Crump |
01/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Navigator to F/Lt O'Doire;
01/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of
tour. |
|
P/O |
A |
Archibald |
181028 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Sharpe; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of P/O Sharpe's crew. |
Sgt |
G P |
Armstrong |
R147239 ? |
23/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to Sgt Oullette; 12-13/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 12/11/1943); 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HE929 on ops, Turin and buried in Florence War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
J |
Armstrong |
1494108 |
18/07/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Bryant but on arrival noted as Sgt J G Gibson (sic); 10-11/10/1943 first op noted as Sgt J Armstrong; 24-25/11/1943 ditched in Wellington HZ305 near Bastia/ Borgo, Corsica on ops, Turin: whole crew picked up safely, returning on 02/12/1943; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
Thomas |
Armstrong |
1342953 |
21/05/1943 |
07/07/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Cox; 03-04/06/1943 first op; 06-07/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE760) on ops, Palermo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
A |
Ash |
926879 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to F/O Priestley; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Priestley's crew. |
F/Sgt |
John Arnold |
Ashwell |
A413938 |
09/11/1943 |
28/08/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 28-29/11/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 1/12/43); 07-08/06/1944 combat with a night fighter on ops, Orvieto; 08/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
Reginald Herbert |
Asplin |
1300028 |
05/03/1944 |
05/05/1944 |
A/G to Lt Cathrine trained
at Middle East OTU; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted
29/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington -O on return
from ops, Genoa; 05/05/1944 drowned when Lt Cathrine hit a
cable stretched over the sea when practicing mine dropping
and crashed in the sea. He is buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
H M |
Atherton |
1522559 |
08/03/1944 |
21/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to 2/Lt Kelly trained at OTU in the Middle East; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20-21/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP245 on ops, St. Valentin and buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. |
Sgt |
A |
Atkins |
03/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Jamieson; 08-09/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
Henry Christopher |
Avenell |
A414302 |
03/09/1943 |
08/01/1944 |
RAAF; navigator to F/Sgt Harrison; 08-09/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 24/11/43); 08/01/1944 posted to 1 BPD. |
P/O |
Nelson |
Avery |
134019 | 02/06/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
W/Op to F/O Evans; 06-07/06/1943 first op; 13-14/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
William Sidney |
Backway |
1587191 |
02/06/1943 |
30/08/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Prentice; 10-11/06/1943 first op; 29-30/08/1943 missing in Wellington HE951 on ops, Torre Annunziata and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J G or T |
Bagley |
14/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Walkden; 31/05/1943 first noted op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
H |
Bailey |
1452686 |
05/03/1944 |
W/Op to Lt Cathrine trained at Middle East OTU; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 29/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington -O on return from ops, Genoa; | |
Sgt |
K |
Baines |
985816 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Cookson; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Cookson's crew. |
F/Lt |
D F or J |
Balfour |
61473 |
10/09/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Lt Woodroffe; 11-12/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44 when flying with F/Sgt Harrison); 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
Henry Darlow |
Ballantine |
A418331 |
15/11/1943 |
23/05/1944 |
RAAF; trained at 2 AOS, 3 BAGS; 08/06/1943 21 OTU; 29/09/1943 311 FTU; 12/11/1943 posted 142 Sqn; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Carson; (service no. noted 18/1/44 flying with F/Sgt Campion A418336 sic); 23/05/1944 W/O Carson and crew posted out en route to OTU for further training; RAAF personnel file shows 15/10/1944 37 Sqn; 16/12/1944 70 Sqn; 29/01/1945 104 Sqn; 01/03/1945 40 Sqn until 28/05/1945. |
W/C | T W | Bamford | 39295 | 01/11/1942 | 16/05/1943 |
Commanding Officer; 12/1942 to North
Africa with 142 Sqn; presumably relieved by W/C Gibbes by
April 1943; 16/05/1943 posted to HQ Strategical Air Force. |
F/O |
H J |
Bancroft |
J15914 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
A/G to F/Lt King (who
appears to have been hospitalised before flying any ops);
(service no. noted 3/4/44 when flying with F/Lt Anderson);
16-17/06/1944 first op with F/Lt King; 15/08/1944 left for 3
BPD (F/Lt Bancroft). |
P/O |
Dick Meldrum Alfred |
Banton |
127256 |
30/03/1943 |
16/05/1943 |
Pilot; 30/03/1943 arrived
with crew; 01/04/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 05/04/1943
first op with own crew; 15-16/05/1943 missing flying a
Wellington on ops, Trapani and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial. |
Sgt |
J |
Barber |
1880431 |
22/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Slade arrived from UK with operational experience; 01-02/05/1944 first op; 09-10/06/1944 ditched Wellington in LP125 en route to target, Trieste and whole crew picked up by ASR Walrus; 31/08/1944 tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
W/O |
F possibly Frank Maxwell |
Barkla |
A408950 query A407924 |
01/10/1944 |
RAAF; navigator, possibly to F/Sgt MacDonald (lost 07-08/08/1944); 21-22/08/1944 first noted flying with Capt E MacDonald; 17/09/1944 rest of Capt MacDonald's crew tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. | |
Sgt |
R A W |
Barnes |
06/09/1943 |
17/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Kelly posted from 331 (Canadian) Wing on 06/09/1943; 17/09/1943 admitted to 31 MFH (field hospital?); 27/09/1943 posted out to 2 BPD. | |
F/O |
J |
Barnett |
17/08/1943 |
20/01/1944 |
Pilot; 21-22/08/1943 first
op with own crew; 14/01/1944 tour expired; 20/01/1944 posted
to 205 Group for operations duties. |
|
Sgt | Jocelyn Coyte | Bartlett | A406801 | 17/10/1942 | Canadian A/G in RAAF; 18/12/1942 to
North Africa in Evans crew; |
|
Sgt |
Stafford Alfonzo |
Barton |
1213198 | 17/06/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Wallani; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed flying with Sgt Betts in Wellington HF694 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
W J |
Barton or Borton |
12/11/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Bashford; 28-29/11/1943 first
op; 24-25/02/1944 injured when HE815 crashed north of Avino,
Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and hospitalised; |
||
F/Sgt |
Percival Valentine |
Bashford |
A414881 |
12/11/1943 |
25/02/1944 |
RAAF; pilot;13/09/1942 3 SFTS; 20/04/1943 15 (P)AFU; 08/06/1943 21 OTU; 29/09/1943 31 FTU; 08/11/1943 posted 142 Sqn; 28-29/11/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 1/12/43 & 15/1/44); 24-25/02/1944 killed when HE815 crashed north of Avino, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
C W V |
Bass |
1806756 |
04/12/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Leftwich; 16-17/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 01-02/06/1944 had a running fight with Bf110 night fighters, shooting down one which was seen to explode, on ops, Szolnok;26/06/1944 commissioned; 30/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (P/O Bass). |
Sgt |
H |
Bassnet |
06/09/1943 |
27/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Kelly posted from 331 (Canadian) Wing on 06/09/1943; 27/09/1943 posted to 37 Sqn. | |
F/O |
L E |
Batcheller or Bachelder |
J20040 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 27/05/1944 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to F/Lt Wiseman; 01/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 1/3/44); 16-17/04/1944 lost crew when Wellington LN503 failed to return from on ops, Budapest; 10/05/1944 posted out having been in hospital for more than 4 weeks (F/O Batchelder sic), actually leaving on 27/05/1944. |
Sgt |
H |
Bates |
1119534 |
26/06/1944 |
A/G (arrived without crew); 01-02/07/1944
first op, flying with F/Sgt Dean; |
|
Sgt |
H |
Bean |
25/07/1943 |
W/Op to W/O Cooling; 31/03/1943 first op; 25/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
E F |
Beck |
1819951 |
17/11/1943 |
19/07/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Morton; 02-03/12/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 09/07/1944 tour expired; 19/07/1944 W/O Morton and crew posted to Liberator conversion unit as instructors. |
Sgt |
F or L F |
Beecher |
12/08/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Appleton; 19-20/08/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
G |
Bell |
1520982 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Sharpe; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of P/O Sharpe's crew. |
Sgt |
R W |
Bell |
09/07/1943 |
06/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Reed (who went missing 14/07/1943); 06/09/1943 posted to 331 (Canadian) Wing. | |
Sgt |
J D P |
Belanger or Bellanger |
R185359 |
08/09/1943 |
RCAF; A/G to F/Sgt Wright; 13-14/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 11/11/1943); 01/05/1944 awaiting a medical board when the rest of P/O Wright's crew was posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
M |
Bennett |
03/09/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Harrison; 08-09/09/1943 first
op; |
||
P/O | J P | Berry | R78992 & J15759 | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Pilot; 12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
R D |
Berry |
27/06/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Hingley; 04-05/07/1943
first op; |
||
F/Sgt |
E |
Berwick |
1218149 |
10/06/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Fairclough; 16-17/06/1944 flying as 2nd W/Op to W/O Morton (service no. noted); 26-27/06/1944 first op with own crew; 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington HE293 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
Clifford |
Best |
1399592 |
22/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Slade arrived from UK with operational experience; 01-02/05/1944 first op; 09-10/06/1944 ditched in Wellington LP125 en route to target, Trieste and whole crew picked up by ASR Walrus; 31/08/1944 tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
Douglas Henry |
Betts |
1318481 | 02/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Pilot; 10-11/09/1943 first op with own crew; 24-25/11/1943 killed flying Wellington HF694 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
Richard William James |
Bickell |
974952 |
30/04/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Lock; 23/04/1943 first op; 29-30/04/1943 killed when Wellington HZ102 crashed on take off at Blida and buried at El Alia Cemetery, Tunisia. | |
Sgt | Kenneth Stanley | Biggs | 1308284 | 20/10/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands
crew; 13/06/1944 missing serving with 100 Sqn (no further
details) (W/O K S Biggs). |
|
F/Sgt |
Ralph Trenham |
Bilsby |
A415222 | 10/07/1943 |
23/07/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 26/01/1943 14
(P)AFU; 30/03/1943 21 OTU; 25/05/1943 311 FTU; 11/06/1943
310 FTU; 24/06/1943 posted to 142 Sqn; 15-16/07/1943 first
op with own crew; 22-23/07/1943 killed flying Wellington
HZ353 on ops, Naples and buried in the Cassino War Cemetery
(F/Sgt R T Bilsby RAAF). |
Sgt |
Binks |
09/07/1943 |
Navigator to P/O Reed (who went missing 14/07/1943); | |||
Sgt |
C |
Bird |
1497569 |
14/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Comerford; 21/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Comerford's crew. |
F/Sgt |
R G |
Blackett |
NZ424413 |
21/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
RNZAF; pilot; 24-25/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 26/03/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20/05/1944 to Group HQ for interview re transfer to 614 Sqn target marking force; 07/08/1944 commissioned; 13/09/1944 tour expired: to 3 BPD (P/O Blackett). |
F/Sgt |
John Stuart |
Boden |
A426013 |
11/11/1943 |
17/04/1944 |
RAAF; 10/10/1942 5 AOS Winnipeg; 4 (O)AFU; 06/07/1943 21 OTU; 05/10/1943 311 FTU; 09/11/1943 posted 142 Sqn; navigator to Sgt A Smith; 24-25/11/1943 lost pilot when Wellington LN566 failed to return from ops, Turin; 15/01/1944 flying with F/Sgt Turley; (service no. noted 15/1/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington JA127 on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
Sgt |
Brian Ottoway |
Bole |
A412076 | 26/07/1943 | 07/02/1944 | RAAF; Sgt B O Bowell sic;
A/G to Sgt Flitcroft allotted to A flight; 03-04/08/1943
first op; 23-24/09/1943 in Wellington HE972 which ditched
off Cap Bon on ops, Pisa: crew picked up by a tank landing
craft and landed at Syracuse in Sicily, returning on
27/09/1943; (service no. noted 10/11/43 A422076 sic);
07/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. Name and
service no. from Australian archives. |
Sgt | P | Bond | 1203877 | 21/08/1942 | Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew; | |
Sgt |
A |
Bone |
1395162 |
14/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Comerford; 21/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Comerford's crew. |
S/Ldr | J F H | Booth | 37958 | 01/09/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn; |
|
Sgt |
Gordon |
Bowering |
1439758 | 17/06/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Wallani; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed flying with Sgt Oullette in Wellington HE929 on ops, Turin and buried in Florence War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
Cyril Thomas |
Bowman |
1291113 | 02/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Betts; 10-11/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HF694 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
A M |
Bowney |
14/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Walkden; 31/05/1943 first noted op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
R E |
Bramble |
1397119 |
01/03/1944 |
14/06/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Budgett; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 13-14/06/1944 POW from Wellington LN700 on ops, Munich. |
Sgt | C | Brameld | 1425918 | 02/10/1942 | Navigator; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew; | |
W/O | Alan Charles | Bray DFC | NZ402846 | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Pilot; 28/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
F/Sgt |
R |
Briscoe |
1312829 |
22/04/1944 |
10/09/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Slade arrived from UK with
operational experience; 01-02/05/1944 first op;
09-10/06/1944 ditched in Wellington LP125 en route to
target, Trieste and whole crew picked up by ASR Walrus;
31/08/1944 tour expired; 10/09/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
F/Sgt |
W L |
Brocherie |
NZ429297 |
21/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
RNZAF; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Blackett; 26/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20/05/1944 to Group HQ for interview re transfer to 614 Sqn target marking force; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
George Stuart |
Brodie |
1577278 | 05/07/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Harbottle; 12/03/1943 first op; became part of Sgt Smith's crew after Sgt Harbottle hospitalised 23/04/1943; 04-05/07/1943 missing in Wellington HZ474 on ops, Catania and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
P/O |
C |
Brooke or Brookes or Brooks |
158767 |
10/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Buhr; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 08/08/1944 appointed officer i/c airmen's mess; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with F/O Buhr's crew. |
F/O | "Ron" William Ronald | Brooks DFC | 111529 | 04/04/1942 | 17/03/1943 |
Pilot; 19/12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn; 17/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
F/Sgt |
Geoffrey Joseph |
Brown |
A420455 |
27/05/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 25-26/09/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 10/11/43 & 26/3/44 BUT A409379 sic 18/1/44); 12/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
C |
Bryant |
1651901 |
07/05/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Palmer trained at OTU in Middle East; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
F/Sgt |
Stanley Leonard |
Bryant |
A409379 |
01/10/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 10-11/10/1943 first op with own crew; 24-25/11/1943 ditched Wellington HZ305 near Bastia/ Borgo, Corsica on ops, Turin: whole crew picked up safely, returning on 02/12/1943; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 27/06/1944 tour expired; 01/07/1944 commissioned; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (P/O Bryant). |
Sgt |
Bayne |
Buckley |
R136372 | 10/07/1943 |
23/07/1943 |
RCAF; navigator to F/Sgt Bilsby; 15-16/07/1943 first op; 22-23/07/1943 killed in Wellington HZ353 on ops, Naples and buried in the Cassino War Cemetery (F/Sgt B Buckley RCAF). |
Sgt |
R A |
Budgett |
1559089 |
01/03/1944 |
14/06/1944 |
Pilot; 11/03/1944 first op
with own crew; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 13-14/06/1944
killed having baled out of Wellington LN700 on ops, Munich.
After the war, on the assumption that the pilot's
unidentified remains were of an American airman, the grave
was moved to the US cemetery at St. Avoid in France. Later
he was identified and F/Sgt Budgett was reinterred in the
Choloy War Cemetery, 28 km W of Nancy, France. |
F/O |
H J |
Buhr |
J27536 |
10/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
RCAF; pilot; arrived with
crew as reinforcements; 13-14/07/1944 first op as 2nd pilot
(service no. noted); 24-25/07/1944 first op with own crew;
09-10/08/1944 attacked by a night fighter on ops, Ploesti;
20-21/08/1944 crashed Wellington LP213 on take off for ops
(burst tyre); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
F |
Bullard |
1890216 |
11/07/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Marsh; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LN857 or LP540 on ops, Ploesti and buried at Bucharest. |
Sgt |
W A |
Burge |
657253 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
Navigator to 2/Lt Wallace trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 17/07/1944 tour expired; 15/08/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
R W |
Burgess |
1700063 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 17/04/1944 |
W/Op to F/Lt Wiseman; 01/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington LN503 on ops, Budapest and buried in Belgrade War Cemetery. |
P/O |
Leonard Henry |
Burn |
132397 | 02/06/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Evans; 06-07/06/1943 first op; 13-14/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
R P |
Burridge |
1396035 |
10/03/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Pennefather trained at OTU in the UK; 24-25/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 23/08/1944 tour expired; | |
F/O |
H W G |
Burton |
11/07/1943 |
16/11/1943 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Kilburn; 5/1943 posted from 429 Sqn via brief ferry training at Moreton-in-Marsh, arriving Blida with Wellington DF551 14/06/1943; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 09-10/09/1943 ditched in Wellington DF551 -E off Cap Bon on return from ops to Grossetto and picked up by a hospital ship after 24 hours in the dinghy, returning on 14/09/1943 but then awaiting disposal as F/Sgt Kilburn had suffered head injuries; may have resumed ops with F/Sgt Kilburn; 07/10/1943 F/Sgt Kilburn and rest of crew posted out on completion of tour and 09/10/1943 became navigator to F/Lt Lee; 16/11/1943 posted out on completion of his second tour. | |
Sgt |
Adrian James |
Burwell |
R95646 | 15/03/1943 | 11/04/1943 |
RCAF; A/G to Sgt Lay;
21/03/1943 first op; 10-11/04/1943 killed in Wellington
HF800 QT-O on ops, Decimomannu airfield and buried in
Cagliari Cemetery, Sardinia (Sgt A J Burwell RCAF). |
Sgt |
R A |
Bushell |
25/10/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt R K Jones; 06/09/1944 tour expired; | ||
Sgt |
J |
Bussey |
1387075 |
29/03/1944 |
22/04/1944 |
Bomb aimer to P/O McKinley; 10-11/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/04/1944 survived when Wellington LN848 of 142 Sqn failed to return from on ops, Genoa, but not clear whether he evaded capture. |
Sgt |
W E |
Butcher |
1515416 |
08/09/1943 |
01/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Wright; 13-14/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 01/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
M W |
Byles-Barford |
02/12/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Caton; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 11-12/08/1943 ditched in Wellington HE437 off Cap Bon on return from Messina and spent 4 days and nights in a dinghy before being rescued and re-joined the squadron on 19/08/1943; 01-02/12/1943 missing in Wellington JA137 on ops, Italy and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | ||
Sgt |
C or G |
Cadman |
23/06/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
Pilot; 26-27/06/1943 first
op as 2nd pilot; 22-23/07/1943 flying as 2nd pilot;
02-03/08/1943 first op with own crew; 12/02/1944 posted out
on completion of tour (P/O G Cadman). |
|
Sgt |
Jeffrey William |
Campbell |
A413959 | 15/03/1943 | 11/04/1943 |
RAAF; 26/10/1942 10 (O)ADU;
08/12/1942 Moreton-in-Marsh (presume 21 OTU); 11/03/1943 1
OADU; navigator to Sgt Lay; 21/03/1943 first op;
10-11/04/1943 killed in Wellington HF800 QT-O on ops,
Decimomannu airfield and buried in Cagliari Cemetery,
Sardinia (Sgt J W Campbell RAAF). |
Sgt |
F |
Campion |
1206769 |
18/07/1944 |
Pilot; 08-09/10/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 17/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Campion). | |
W/O |
B |
Caplan |
Navigator; 17/04/1943 first op; |
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F/Sgt |
C or G |
Carrod |
1392822 |
27/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Brown; 25-26/09/1943 first op; 12/05/1944 tour expired; 24/05/1944 commissioned; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
R V |
Carson |
15/11/1943 |
23/05/1944 |
Pilot; appears not to have
flown ops; 23/05/1944 W/O Carson and crew posted out en
route to OTU for further training. |
|
Sgt |
Kenneth Ross |
Carter |
933794 | 17/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Wade; 23-24/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN466 on ops, Turin and buried in Milan. |
F/O | C S S | Cary | 115701 | Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew; | ||
F/Sgt |
P |
Cashin |
968964 |
14/07/1944 |
Navigator to F/Lt Garland; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington MF120 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. | |
F/O |
H H or H M | Cassey | 04/09/1943 | 01/03/1944 | A/G to F/O Clarke; 09-10/09/1943 flying with S/Ldr Winyard-Wright; 01/03/1944 posted to 330 Wing for ferrying duties, possibly on completion of tour with Sgt Cadman's crew. | |
Sgt |
V |
Catherall |
1576791 |
17/11/1943 |
19/07/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Morton; 02-03/12/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 09/07/1944 tour expired; 19/07/1944 W/O Morton and crew posted to Liberator conversion unit as instructors. |
Lt |
E N |
Cathrine |
42878V |
05/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
SAAF; pilot trained at
Middle East OTU; 15-16/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot;
(service no. noted 15/3/44); 22/03/1944 first op with own
crew; 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington -O on return
from ops, Genoa; 05/05/1944 slightly injured when he hit a
cable stretched over the sea when practicing mine dropping
and crashed in the sea; 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington
LN972 on ops, Ploesti and news reached the squadron that the
whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944. |
P/O |
Ernest Bernard |
Caton |
1292145 | 02/12/1943 |
Pilot; 08-09/07/1943 first
op as 2nd pilot; 13-14/07/1943 first op with own crew;
11-12/08/1943 ditched Wellington HE437 off Cap Bon on return
from Messina; spent 4 days and nights in a dinghy before
being rescued and re-joined the squadron on 19/08/1943;
01-02/12/1943 killed flying Wellington JA137 on ops, Italy
and buried Catania, Sicily. |
|
Sgt |
R K |
Chambers |
A413529 |
03/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Harrison; 08-09/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 24/11/43); 24/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (W/O Chambers). |
Sgt |
W |
Chambers |
1583166 |
11/07/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Marsh; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LN857 or LP540 on ops, Ploesti and buried at Bucharest. |
Sgt |
J A M |
Champagne |
R124214 |
01/10/1943 |
RCAF; A/G to F/Sgt Bryant; 10-11/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 ditched in Wellington HZ305 near Bastia/ Borgo, Corsica on ops, Turin: whole crew picked up safely, returning on 02/12/1943; (service no. noted 4/11/43); | |
Sgt |
J |
Chapman |
1825608 |
29/03/1944 |
22/04/1944 |
A/G to P/O McKinley; 10-11/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/04/1944 POW from Wellington LN848 of 142 Sqn on ops, Genoa, being captured at Mt Olivia. |
F/Sgt |
Colin Glanville |
Charman |
A10054 |
04/12/1943 |
13/09/1944 |
Pilot; 18-19/01/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 18/1/44); 24-25/02/1944 baled out of Wellington HE584 over Corsica, returning from ops to Steyr: unhurt; 28-29/04/1944 crash landed Wellington LP113 after it was attacked by a Ju88 night fighter on ops, San Stefano; 22/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (W/O Charman). |
Sgt |
J A |
Chattaway |
17/07/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Sharples; 26-27/07/1943 first op; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
J |
Cherry |
1587310 | 14/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Davidson; 09-10/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt | Norman L | Child | 1311066 | 03/08/1942 | W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew; | |
P/O | R I L | Chisholm | 117927 | 25/09/1942 | Pilot; 24/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; | |
Sgt |
J A |
Christie |
30/03/1943 |
13/08/1943 |
Pilot; 26/01/1942 15 EFTS;
to Canada; 27/03/1942 35 EFTS; 24/05/1942 38 EFTS; returned
to UK; 30/10/1942 3 (P)AFU; 05/01/1943 21 OTU; 22/03/1943
1446 FTU; 29/03/1943 to Middle East; 30/03/1943 arrived with
crew at 142 Sqn; 05/04/1943 first op with own crew;
13/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour, arriving
07/10/1943; 23/10/1943 84 OTU as instructor; 28/05/1945 1653
HCU; 24/08/1945 242 Sqn Transport Command; 28/11/1945 to
26/02/1946 46 Sqn. |
|
Sgt |
Frederick Charles |
Churcher |
1314803 | 02/02/1944 |
25/02/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Koetsveldt; 18-19/02/1944 first op; 24-25/02/1944 killed when Wellington HF537 crashed at Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
F/O |
F M |
Churchouse |
08/03/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Venning; first op 12/03/1943; 06-07/05/1943 rescued and taken to Phillippeville after Wellington DF552 forcelanded on a beach in bad weather returning from ops on Trapani; 14/07/1943 retained on squadron when Sgt Venning's crew completed tour, to replace F/Lt Stewart as Bombing Leader, which he became on 12/08/1943; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour (F/Lt Churchouse). | |
Sgt |
Horace Alfred |
Clark |
1295124 | 10/03/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Smith; 20/03/1943 first op; 09/10/1943 became W/Op to F/Lt Lee; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN566 flying with F/Sgt Tyas on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
F G |
Clarke |
16/07/1943 |
A/G; posted from 150 Sqn; to form new crew for Sgt Smith; 16-17/07/1943 first op with Sgt Smith; | ||
F/O |
Lindsay James |
Clarke |
A412948 |
04/09/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 11-12/09/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 11/11/43); 04/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
J |
Cleary |
1684733 |
18/08/1944 |
03/09/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Farley; 25/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 02-03/09/1944 missing in Wellington MF631 on ops, Ferrara and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
A |
Cleghorn |
05/12/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Wray; 20-21/01/1944 first op; 07-08/05/1944 lost crew when Wellington MF198 failed to return from on ops, Bucharest; | ||
Sgt |
W R |
Clifton |
1387613 |
08/03/1944 |
21/08/1944 |
W/Op to 2/Lt Kelly trained at OTU in the Middle East; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20-21/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP245 on ops, St. Valentin and buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. |
F/Sgt |
Sidney Maynard |
Close |
A416413 | 08/09/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 15/03/1943 15
(P)AFU; 11/05/1943 21 OTU; 22/07/1943 311 FTU; 11/08/1943 1
OADU; 08/09/1943 posted to 142 Sqn; allocated to A flight
142 Sqn; 13-14/09/1943 first op with own crew; 20-21/10/1943
killed flying Wellington LN350 on ops, Furbara airfield and
buried in Rome War Cemetery (F/Sgt S M Close RAAF). |
Sgt |
V |
Clyne |
1382537 |
09/07/1943 |
02/07/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Reed (who went missing
14/07/1943); 04/09/1943 became spare on posting out of Pilet
crew on completion of their tour; 09-10/09/1943 flying with
S/Ldr Winyard-Wright; (service no. noted 21-22/05/1944
flying with F/Sgt Davidson); 02/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD,
presumably tour expired. |
Sgt |
C |
Cockrane |
1852449 |
08/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G; 08/07/1944 arrived from 104 Sqn; 14-15/07/1944 first op, flying with Sgt Palmer (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn (F/Sgt Cockram sic). |
P/O | J C | Cogill | 123932 | 25/09/1942 | 15/08/1943 |
W/Op; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew; 15/08/1943 posted to UK, presumably on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
G |
Coldridge |
12/11/1943 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Bashford; 28-29/11/1943
first op; 24-25/02/1944 injured when HE815 crashed north of
Avino, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and hospitalised;
16/03/1944 returned to 142 Sqn; |
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P/O |
J |
Collier |
156410 |
14/04/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Lt MacDonald; 15-16/04/1944
first op with Sgt Budgett (service no. noted); 01-02/05/1944
first op with own crew; 17/09/1944 tour expired;
18/09/1944 to 614 Sqn to commence second tour. |
P/O | C E | Colvin | 120257 | 25/09/1942 | Navigator; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew; | |
Sgt |
H V |
Combly |
1892157 |
04/12/1943 |
01/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt O'Malley; (service no. noted 28/3/44 when flying with Sgt Budgett); 22/08/1944 on W/O Charman's crew when their tour expired; 28/08/1944 flying with W/O Stinson; 10/09/1944 tour expired on W/O Stinson's crew; 14-15/09/1944 flying with F/O Mason; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
F/Sgt |
Brian John |
Comerford |
A424976 |
14/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; arrived with crew from 178 Sqn to continue their tour; 21/09/1944 first op with own crew (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt | C G | Cook | 1333959 | 02/10/1942 | Pilot; 26/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; | |
Sgt |
John Christopher Frederick |
Cook |
1271985 | 31/03/1943 |
18/04/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Staight; 04/04/1943 first op; 17-18/04/1943 missing in Wellington DF696 on ops, Tunis and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
P |
Cooke |
09/03/1944 |
Pilot trained at OTU in the
UK; 19/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 22/03/1944 first op
with own crew; 07/08/1944 commissioned; 11/09/1944 tour
expired (P/O Cooke); |
||
Sgt |
N |
Cookson |
988262 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; 31/08/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 09-10/09/1944 first op with own crew; 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with crew. |
W/O |
R D |
Cooling |
25/07/1943 |
Pilot; first op 30/03/1943; 25/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
F/O |
C |
Cooper |
22/07/1943 |
W/Op to S/Ldr Matthewman; 14/04/1943 first op; 22/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
R |
Cope |
1459459 |
10/03/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Pennefather trained at OTU in the UK; 24-25/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 23/08/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
A E |
Cornford |
15/07/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Navigator to F/O Price; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
R W |
Coulston |
26/03/1943 |
02/08/1943 |
Pilot; 26/03/1943 4 crews
arrived by boat having lost their kit when their ship was
torpedoed; 05/04/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 09/04/1943
first op with own crew; 02/08/1943 posted to England having
completed tour. |
|
W/O |
A G W |
Coulthard |
1319284 |
01/05/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
Pilot; 04-05/05/1944 first
op as 2nd pilot; 06-07/05/1944 first op with own crew;
10/07/1944 commissioned; 02/09/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944
to 3 BPD (P/O Coulthard). Believed to have crewed up at 21
OTU before going to the Mediterranean. Alan George
Weall Coulthard's Wikipedia
page. |
Sgt |
Bernard Daniel Charles |
Cox |
1331831 |
21/05/1943 |
07/07/1943 |
Pilot; 03-04/06/1943 first op with own crew; 06-07/07/1943 missing flying Wellington QT-N (probably HE760) on ops, Palermo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
Herbert |
Cox |
1026391 | 05/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Harbottle; 12/03/1943 first op; became part of Sgt Smith's crew after Sgt Harbottle hospitalised 23/04/1943; 04-05/07/1943 missing in Wellington HZ474 on ops, Catania and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
M |
Cox |
1588129 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Gregory; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Gregory's crew. |
S/Ldr |
Arthur Percival |
Craigie |
76476 | 21/06/1943 |
05/07/1943 |
Pilot; attached from 330
Wing 'for a few sorties'; 26/06/1943 first op (with Sgt
Smith's crew); sometimes piloted Sgt Smith's crew;
04-05/07/1943 missing flying Wellington HZ474 with Sgt
Smith's crew on ops, Catania and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial (S/Ldr A P Craigie DFC). |
W/O |
John Joseph |
Craner |
A403791 | 08/09/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
24/05/1942 slightly injured in Blenheim BA342 which ditched on take off from Gibraltar while in transit to Port Said; W/Op to F/Sgt Close; 13-14/09/1943 first op; 20-21/10/1943 killed in Wellington LN350 on ops, Furbara airfield and buried in Rome War Cemetery (W/O J J Cramer sic RAAF). |
Sgt |
C W |
Crawshaw |
1601057 |
17/11/1943 |
19/07/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Morton; 02-03/12/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 09/07/1944 tour expired; 19/07/1944 W/O Morton and crew posted to Liberator conversion unit as instructors. |
Sgt |
G P |
Crockett |
30/03/1943 |
13/08/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Christie; 05/04/1943 first op; 13/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
A |
Crowley |
1671274 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Mason; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Mason's crew. |
Sgt |
James Frederick |
Croxall |
1323586 | 05/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Harbottle; 12/03/1943 first op; became part of Sgt Smith's crew after Sgt Harbottle hospitalised 23/04/1943; 04-05/07/1943 missing in Wellington HZ474 on ops, Catania and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
Cuncliffe |
14/09/1944 |
Probably on F/Sgt MacDonald's crew (MacDonald lost 07-08/08/1944); 14/09/1944 left for 37 Sqn (see also Cuncliffe, Innes, Keith, Wallace). | |||
Sgt |
D W T |
Cuthbert |
16/07/1943 |
Navigator; posted from 150 Sqn; to form new
crew for Sgt Smith; 16-17/07/1943 first op with Sgt Smith; |
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Sgt |
E |
Dabbs |
1281470 |
09/03/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Cooke trained at OTU in the UK; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 11/09/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
F E |
Dalby |
1580192 |
07/05/1944 |
22/07/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Galloway trained at OTU in Middle East; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/07/1944 missing in Wellington LN808 on ops, Pardubice and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
G J or G T |
D'Assonville |
1685982 |
16/03/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Jones; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 06/09/1944 tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt | G S | Davenport | 1177870 | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry crew; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
F/Sgt |
R |
Davidson |
1181864 |
14/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Pilot; 15-16/04/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 09-10/05/1944 first op with own crew; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired (W/O Davidson). |
F/Sgt |
Frederick Maurice |
Davies |
A428672 |
05/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 05/09/1944 posted from 178 Sqn with crew; 10-11/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 14-15/09/1944 first op with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn with crew. |
F/Sgt |
G S or T G |
Davis |
923999 |
10/03/1943 |
10/05/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Smith; 20/03/1943 first op; 09-10/05/1943 had difficulty abandoning Wellington QT-X near Mountcalm returning from ops, Palermo and broke both legs: admitted to hospital; |
Sgt |
D W |
Davis |
16/07/1943 |
W/Op; posted from 150 Sqn; to form new crew for Sgt Smith; 16-17/07/1943 first op with Sgt Smith; | ||
Sgt |
W |
Davis |
1567176 |
14/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Comerford; 21/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Comerford's crew. |
F/Sgt |
E |
Dawson |
R175019 |
10/06/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
RCAF; navigator to Sgt Fairclough; 26-27/06/1944 first op (service no. noted & 29/6/44); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington HE293 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
F/Lt |
P |
Dawson |
68808 |
06/09/1944 |
16/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived as deputy flight commander but amended to operational duties pending posting instructions for F/Lt Morton; 09-10/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 26/09/1944 first op with own crew; 16/10/1944 to 3 BPD, tour-expired (deputy acting flight commander, A flight). |
Sgt |
D J H or J D H |
Dean |
1436396 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to 2/Lt Wallace trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 17/07/1944 tour expired; 15/08/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
F/Sgt |
Raymond George |
Dean |
A415513 |
12/01/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 28-29/04/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 26-27/05/1944 first op with own crew; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired (W/O Dean). |
P/O |
A |
Deardon |
173942 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O A Smith; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Smith's crew. |
Sgt | Chas E |
Delaney | R55311 | 04/04/1942 | 12/03/1943 | A/G; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew; |
Sgt | R | Delaroche | R77111 | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
W/Op; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
P/O |
R J |
Demers |
26/06/1943 |
06/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/O Kirley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; 06/09/1943 posted to 331 (Canadian) Wing (424 Sqn: see Kirley); 01/10/1943 crew completed tour; | |
F/Sgt | F P | Denham or Denman | 746772 | 27/11/1942 | 28/05/1943 |
W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Sands crew; 28/05/1943 posted to UK, presumably having completed his tour. |
Sgt | Leslie Arthur | Ding | 1380408 | 24/08/1942 | Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in
Etchells crew; 30/07/1944 killed in Lancaster LL733 of 514
Sqn on ops, Caen (W/O L A Ding). |
|
P/O |
R |
Dix |
162261 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Priestley; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Priestley's crew. |
F/O |
F |
Dodgson |
151773 |
21/03/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Blackett; 26/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20/05/1944 to Group HQ for interview re transfer to 614 Sqn target marking force; 22/06/1944 started compiling form 541 for operations record book; 06/09/1944 probably tour expired in F/O K Jones' crew; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
J W |
Dolman |
1678430 |
24/10/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
A/G to P/O Anderson; 11-12/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington ME873 on return from ops, Genoa; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
N |
Dorling |
1323192 |
07/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Morrison; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted & 24-25/5/44); | |
Sgt |
T |
Donelan |
1107811 |
07/05/1944 |
22/07/1944 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Galloway trained at OTU in Middle East; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/07/1944 missing in Wellington LN808 on ops, Pardubice and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J |
Dorman |
26/03/1943 |
02/08/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Coulston; 09/04/1943 first op; 02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. | |
Sgt |
E |
Dorset or Dorsett |
1353491 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Holbrook; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of Sgt Holbrook's crew. |
Sgt |
R |
Douglas |
R178651 | RCAF; A/G to Sgt Campion; 08-09/10/1943 first
op; (service no. noted 07/02/1944); |
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Sgt |
J or R |
Duncan |
26/07/1943 |
07/02/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Flitcroft allotted to A flight; 03-04/08/1943 first op; 07/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
W J |
Duncan |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
Sgt |
J |
Dunling |
29/08/1944 |
07/09/1944 |
Pilot; 07/09/1944 posted to
40 Squadron and the members of his crew (not named, so
unidentified) posted to 104 Squadron. No ops. |
|
Sgt |
A |
Dunning |
1302862 |
24/03/1944 |
25/05/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Ansell; 03-04/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 18/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944, departing 25/05/1944. |
F/O | H L | Dyke | 119778 & 128136 | 16/09/1942 | 02/08/1943 |
Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew; completed 2 tours in Africa; 02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
S |
Dyson |
11/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer (arrived without crew); |
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F/Sgt |
Roger Leigh |
Eaton |
A410471 | 08/07/1943 |
06/08/1943 |
RAAF; 13/04/1943 21 OTU;
10/06/1943 311 FTU; 06/07/1943 1 OADU; A/G to Sgt Wiltshire;
14-15/07/1943 first op; 05-06/08/1943 missing Wellington
HF763 on ops, Cap Peloro beaches near Messina and
commemorated on the Malta Memorial (F/Sgt R L Eaton RAAF). |
Sgt |
S |
Eaves |
1580318 |
07/05/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Palmer trained at OTU in Middle East; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
F/O |
D |
Edington |
147512 |
01/05/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
W/Op to W/O Coulthard; 06-07/05/1944 first op; 02/09/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
David Vincent |
Edye |
1385460 |
30/04/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Lock; 23/04/1943 first op; 29-30/04/1943 killed when Wellington HZ102 crashed on take off at Blida and buried at El Alia Cemetery, Tunisia. | |
Sgt | J | Edwards | 1317475 | 17/08/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew; | |
Sgt |
T |
Egan |
1798721 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to F/O A Smith; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Smith's crew. |
Sgt |
William Kenneth |
Elderson |
1067545 |
17/07/1943 |
07/08/1943 |
W/Op to S/Ldr Thompson; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 06-07/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
F G |
Elford |
26/03/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Coulston; 09/04/1943 first op; 24/05/1943 admitted to hospital; 02/08/1943 not mentioned when Sgt Coulston and 2 of his crew posted to England having completed tour. | ||
Sgt | J | Ellis | 1381040 | 02/10/1942 | Bomb aimer; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew; | |
Sgt |
Robert Ralph |
Elsdon-Howard |
1578246 |
08/07/1943 | 06/08/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Wiltshire; 14-15/07/1943 first op; 05-06/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Cap Peloro beaches near Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/Sgt |
J H |
Emmot or Emmott |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
Sgt |
E |
Ert |
W/Op to Sgt Rosser; 14/04/1943 first op;
possibly flying as A/G to Sgt Betts 10-11/09/1943; |
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F/O | Jack | Etchells | 113395 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; | ||
Sgt |
E |
Evans |
20/03/1943 |
29/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Pleydell; 22/03/1943 first
op; 20-21/06/1943 on crew of Wellington HZ311 which ditched
off Cap Bone and rescued from dinghy the following day;
29/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
Sgt |
Gruffydd James |
Evans |
1321897 | 30/03/1943 |
16/05/1943 |
Navigator to P/O Banton; 05/04/1943 first op; 15-16/05/1943 missing in a Wellington on ops, Trapani and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
I |
Evans |
1678545 |
07/05/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Palmer trained at OTU in Middle East; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); | |
F/O |
Ioan Douglas Crocker |
Evans |
119886 | 02/06/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Pilot; 03-04/06/1943 first
op as 2nd pilot; 06-07/06/1943 first op with own crew;
13-14/07/1943 missing flying Wellington QT-N (probably
HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial. |
Sgt | Leslie William | Evans | 1386074 | 17/10/1942 | 28/05/1943 |
Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn; 28/05/1943 posted to UK, presumably having
completed his tour. |
Sgt |
R |
Evans |
1233044 |
14/04/1944 |
W/Op to Lt MacDonald; 01-02/05/1944 first op (service no. noted & 5/5/44); 17/09/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
Francis John |
Everett |
1315675 | 12/11/1943 |
25/02/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Bashford; 28-29/11/1943 first op; 24-25/02/1944 killed when HE815 crashed north of Avino, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
William Arnot |
Ewart |
1369852 | 18/07/1943 |
17/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Kidson;
28-29/07/1943 first op; 16-17/08/1943 missing in Wellington
HE266 on ops, Viterbo and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial. He was a Scottish-Argentinian volunteer from
Buenos Aires. |
Sgt |
B |
Fairbrother |
26/03/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Wallace; 05/04/1943 first op; | ||
Sgt |
K A |
Fairclough |
1339199 |
10/06/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
Pilot; 16-17/06/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 26-27/06/1944 first op with own crew; 13-14/07/1944 killed flying Wellington HE293 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
D |
Farley |
1603059 |
18/08/1944 |
03/09/1944 |
Pilot; 20-21/08/1944 first
op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 25/08/1944 first op
with own crew; 02-03/09/1944 missing flying Wellington MF631
on ops, Ferrara and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt | W G | Fennell | 1189225 | 28/09/1942 | 02/08/1943 |
W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew; completed 2 tours in Africa; 02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. |
F/Lt |
J |
Fenwick-Webb |
22/07/1943 |
A/G to S/Ldr Matthewman; 14/04/1943 first op; 22/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
J |
Ferguson |
1523517 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Holbrook; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of Sgt Holbrook's crew. |
F/O |
G |
Fisher |
NZ412605 |
04/09/1943 |
17/04/1943 |
RNZAF; bomb aimer to F/O Clarke; 11-12/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 11/11/43); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington LN503 flying with F/Lt Wiseman on ops, Budapest and buried in Belgrade War Cemetery. |
F/Sgt |
James Wharton Severn |
Fisher |
A422477 |
04/12/1943 |
16/03/1944 |
RAAF; 27/05/1943 4 (O)AFU; 06/07/1943 21 OTU; navigator to F/Sgt O'Malley; 08/02/1944 first op; (service no. noted 8/2/44); 15-16/03/1944 killed when Wellington HF764 crashed into hills on return from ops, Sofia and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
F/Sgt |
F |
Fishpool |
1483120 |
13/05/1944 |
25/07/1944 |
Navigator; 13/05/1944 posted from 614 Sqn where he had operational experience; first op with F/Sgt Charman (service no. noted); 29/05/1944 commissioned; 17/07/1944 tour expired; 25/07/1944 left for 3 BPD (P/O Fishpool). |
P/O |
A G |
Fletcher |
26/03/1943 |
07/04/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Radford; 01/04/1943 first
op; 15/08/1943 remained on the squadron as navigation
officer when the rest of his crew were posted to UK on
completion of tour. 03/12/1943 awarded DFC (F/Lt A G
Fletcher), still navigation officer; 07/04/1944 posted to
330 Wing as Wing Navigation Officer. |
|
F/O |
E or R E |
Fletcher |
26/06/1943 |
06/09/1943 |
RCAF; ex 22 OTU 40 course and 311 FTU;
navigator to F/O Kirley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; 06/09/1943
posted to 331 (Canadian) Wing (424 Sqn: see Kirley);
01/10/1943 crew completed tour; |
|
Sgt |
Kelvin Lance |
Flitcroft |
A413483 |
26/07/1943 |
07/02/1944 |
RAAF; pilot allotted to A flight; 03-04/08/1943 first op with own crew; 05-06/09/1943 crashed Wellington "Y" on take off for ops (crew unhurt); 23-24/09/1943 ditched Wellington HE972 off Cap Bon on ops, Pisa: crew picked up by a tank landing craft and landed at Syracuse in Sicily, returning on 27/09/1943; (service no. noted 10/11/43); 07/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
C or R |
Forrest |
1586560 |
14/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Davidson; 09-10/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
I F |
Forrest |
771610 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; 31/08/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 09-10/09/1944 first op with own crew; 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
F |
Foster |
19/06/1943 |
22/10/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Moran; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 22/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
R C |
Foster |
02/02/1944 |
A/G to F/O Koetsveldt; 18-19/02/1944 first
op; 24-25/02/1944 injured when Wellington HF537 crashed at
Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr: sole
survivor of the crew; |
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Sgt |
J H |
France |
1028824 |
25/09/1942 |
Bomb aimer; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew; | |
Sgt |
J |
Frankland |
1303406 |
02/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Small; 05-06/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 1/4/44); | |
Sgt |
R |
Franklin |
1802821 |
08/03/1944 |
28/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to 2/Lt Kookemoer trained at OTU in the Middle East; 18-19/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 10/4/44); 10/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
W |
Fry |
1452093 |
21/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Blackett; 26/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20/05/1944 to Group HQ for interview re transfer to 614 Sqn target marking force; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
H J |
Fuller |
902944 |
17/11/1943 |
19/07/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Morton; 02-03/12/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 09/07/1944 tour expired; 19/07/1944 W/O Morton and crew posted to Liberator conversion unit as instructors. |
Sgt |
J D |
Gallagher |
1522873 |
03/04/1944 |
30/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Keen; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted & 3/5/44); 29-30/05/1944 POW from Wellington LN318 on ops, Feuersbrunn airfield. |
F/Sgt |
Reginald Edward |
Gallagher |
A410651 |
04/12/1943 |
13/09/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt Charman; 18-19/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 18/1/44); 24-25/02/1944 baled out of Wellington HE584 over Corsica, returning from ops to Steyr: unhurt; (service no. noted 29/3/44); 22/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (W/O Gallagher). |
P/O |
E N |
Galloway |
159395 |
07/05/1944 |
22/07/1944 |
Pilot trained at OTU in
Middle East: allocated to B flight; 09/05/1944 first op as
2nd pilot (service no. noted); 18-19/05/1944 first op with
own crew; 21-22/07/1944 missing flying Wellington LN808 on
ops, Pardubice and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
Matthew Henderson |
Galt |
1073260 |
21/05/1943 |
07/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Cox; 03-04/06/1943 first op; 06-07/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE760) on ops, Palermo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
W J |
Gammedge |
15/11/1943 |
23/05/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Carson; 23/05/1944 W/O Carson and crew posted out en route to OTU for further training. | |
Sgt |
R A |
Gardner |
05/12/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Wray; 20-21/01/1944 first op; 07-08/05/1944 lost crew when Wellington MF198 failed to return from on ops, Bucharest; | ||
F/Lt |
S |
Garland |
J16203 |
12/05/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
RCAF; pilot; 23/04/1944
posted to 142 Sqn as deputy flight commander but not yet
available; 12/05/1944 arrived ex 205 Group HQ; 22-23/05/1944
first op with own crew (service no. noted); 15/06 to
08/07/1944 to Cairo on a junior commanders course;
13-14/07/1944 killed flying Wellington MF120 on ops, Milan
and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
J |
Garrat |
10/03/1943 |
14/08/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Smith; 20/03/1943 first op;
14/08/1943 posted to 150 Sqn. |
|
Sgt |
G |
Gauld |
1672007 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Gregory; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Gregory's crew. |
Sgt |
H |
Gee |
20/03/1943 |
29/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Pleydell; 22/03/1943 first op; 20-21/06/1943 on crew of Wellington HZ311 which ditched off Cap Bone and rescued from dinghy the following day; 29/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
W/C |
Augustus Rodney |
Gibbes DFC |
267505 | 17/08/1943 |
Arrived by April 1943; 16/05/1943 appointed Officer Commanding 142 Sqn; 16-17/08/1943 missing flying Wellington HE266 on ops with F/O Kidson's crew, Viterbo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (W/C A R Gibbes RAAF DFC). | |
P/O | Wilfred Alan | Gill | 133034 or 1057225 | 04/04/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; | |
Sgt |
W |
Gill |
1673105 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O A Smith; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Smith's crew. |
Sgt |
Albert Clive |
Glenwright |
A410323 |
17/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RAAF; 4 AOS; 22/06/1943 21 OTU; 30/09 to 08/10/1943 311 FTU; bomb aimer to Sgt Wade; 23-24/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN466 on ops, Turin and buried in Milan. |
Sgt |
D |
Glover |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Rosser; 14/04/1943 first op; | |||
F/Sgt |
N A |
Good |
NZ428104 |
08/09/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
RNZAF; bomb aimer to F/O Richer; 17-18/09/1944 killed on first op in Wellington MF249 on ops, Brescia and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (service no. noted). |
Sgt |
J P J |
Gough |
1492499 | Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 08/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Lt Van der Westhuizen trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; 15-16/03/1944 baled out of Wellington LP119 on return from ops, Sofia; (service no. noted 10/4/44); 13/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944; 18/05/1944 posting cancelled (Ansell crew substituted); 07-08/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP233 on ops, Szombathely airfield and buried at Budapest. |
Sgt |
J |
Graham |
1520558 |
05/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Lt Cathrine trained at Middle East OTU; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 29/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington -O on return from ops, Genoa; 05/05/1944 unhurt when Lt Catherine hit a cable stretched over the sea when practicing mine dropping and crashed in the sea; 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington LN972 on ops, Ploesti and news reached the squadron that the whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944. |
F/Lt |
Grant DFM |
08/09/1944 |
03/10/1944 |
Arrived as Squadron Gunnery Leader; 03/10/1944 to BPD pending medical board and posting. | ||
Sgt |
R A |
Graves |
1230875 |
04/09/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Clarke; 11-12/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 04/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
C R or R |
Green |
1336319 |
02/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Small; 05-06/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 1/4/44); | |
Sgt |
R |
Green |
1890799 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Priestley; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Priestley's crew. |
Sgt |
H J |
Greenslade |
15/11/1943 |
23/05/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Carson; 23/05/1944 W/O Carson and crew posted out en route to OTU for further training. | |
F/O |
J D |
Gregory |
NZ405773 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
RNZAF; pilot; 09-10/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 14-15/09/1944 first op with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn with crew. |
P/O |
J |
Grieve |
144168 |
19/04/1944 |
02/09/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Morton on second tour;
29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/08/1944
appointed temporary Squadron adjutant while F/Lt Chilver on
leave (F/O Grieve); 18/08/1944 tour expired; 02/09/1944 to 3
BPD en route for England. |
Sgt |
O G |
Griffiths |
1338380 |
05/12/1943 |
08/05/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Wray; 20-21/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 07-08/05/1944 killed in Wellington MF198 on ops, Bucharest and buried Bucharest War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
W |
Grisedale |
1022033 |
19/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Hill; 02-03/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 2/4/44); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP189 on ops, Ploesti and buried in Sofia War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
R A |
Gristwood |
1586755 |
04/09/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Clarke; 11-12/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 04/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
H |
Gunn |
1560382 |
05/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Davies; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Davies' crew. |
Sgt |
B |
Hadlow |
1288051 |
29/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Webster; 10-11/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Webster's crew. |
Sgt |
J |
Hall |
03/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Jamieson; 08-09/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
R |
Hall |
1866016 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Holbrook; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of Sgt Holbrook's crew. |
Sgt |
Brian Thomas |
Halligan |
A434208 |
03/04/1944 |
30/05/1944 |
RAAF; A/G to F/O Keen; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 06-07/05/1944 slightly injured when Wellington LN857 was hit by flak on ops, Bucharest; 29-30/05/1944 POW from Wellington LN318 on ops, Feuersbrunn airfield. |
Sgt |
W |
Hamlett |
26/03/1943 |
24/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Holmes; 11/04/1943 first op; formed Sgt Lock's new crew; 24/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
W H L |
Harbottle |
23/04/1943 |
Pilot; first op as second
pilot 03/03/1943, with own crew 12/03/1943; 23/04/1943
hospitalised with wounds to leg and stomach incurred in
attack on Bizerte docks. |
||
Sgt |
B A |
Hargreaves |
08/03/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Venning; first op 12/03/1943;
06-07/05/1943 rescued and taken to Phillippeville after
Wellington DF552 forcelanded on a beach in bad weather
returning from ops on Trapani; posted out on completion of
tour. |
|
F/Sgt |
D R |
Harkness |
NZ411400 |
12/08/1943 |
05/03/1944 |
RNZAF; pilot; 19-20/08/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 4/11/43); 05/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
W |
Harper |
1352813 |
08/09/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
A/G to F/O Richer; 17-18/09/1944 killed on first op in Wellington MF249 on ops, Brescia and buried in Padua War Cemetery (service no. noted). |
Sgt |
K A or M A or M G |
Harris |
1580175 |
16/03/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Jones; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 06/09/1944 tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
F/Sgt |
A R |
Harrison |
NZ415317 |
03/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RNZAF; pilot; 08-09/09/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 24/11/43); 24/06/1944 tour expired (P/O Harrison); 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD. |
P/O |
D S W |
Harrison |
19/06/1943 |
22/10/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Moran; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 22/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
F |
Harrison |
1584164 |
08/09/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Richer; 17-18/09/1944 killed on first op in Wellington MF249 on ops, Brescia and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (service no. noted). |
Sgt |
S B |
Harrop-Lomas |
12/08/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Appleton; 19-20/08/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
A F |
Hart |
1330287 |
24/10/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Anderson; 11-12/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington ME873 on return from ops, Genoa; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
H |
Hartley |
1459096 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Gregory; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Gregory's crew. |
P/O | Robert Edwards | Harvey | 119204 | 15/08/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa
in Sands crew; killed 12/08/1944 and buried Harrogate
(circumstances unclear). |
|
Sgt | J G | Hayden | 1041906 | 16/09/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
F/Sgt |
Thomas Joseph |
Hayes |
A425934 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/O Mason; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Mason's crew. |
Sgt |
W |
Haynes |
23/06/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Cadman; 02-03/08/1943 first op; 12/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour (P/O W Haynes). | |
P/O |
G M or R G |
Heath |
19/06/1943 |
31/10/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Moran; 24-25/06/1943 first
op; 22/10/1943 in hospital when crew posted out on
completion of tour; 31/10/1943 posted out on completion of
tour. |
|
F/Sgt |
Allan Frank |
Hehir |
A415423 |
01/10/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt Bryant; 10-11/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 ditched Wellington HZ305 near Bastia/ Borgo, Corsica on ops, Turin: whole crew picked up safely, returning on 02/12/1943; (service no. noted 4 & 24/11/43); 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD, on completion of tour (W/O Hehir). |
P/O |
R |
Hems |
17/08/1943 |
by 12/02/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Barnett; 21-22/08/1943 first op; 14/01/1944 tour expired; 12/02/1944 had been posted to 330 Wing for ferrying duties. | |
Sgt |
D J |
Henderson |
10/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Tyas; 18-19/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 lost crew when Wellington LN566 failed to return from ops, Turin; | ||
P/O | E J | Henley | 120540 | 30/09/1942 | 02/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen crew; completed 2 tours in Africa; 02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
Henry Ronald |
Henley |
1335814 | 31/03/1943 |
18/04/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Staight; 04/04/1943 first op; 17-18/04/1943 killed in Wellington DF696 on ops, Tunis; his body was recovered from the sea and he is buried in Bone War Cemetery at Annaba in Algeria. |
Sgt | William Charles | Higgs | 1335138 | 10/10/1942 | 02/08/1943 |
A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Allen
crew; completed 2 tours in Africa; 02/08/1943 posted to
England having completed tour; 24/11/1943 missing in
Lancaster JB182 of 405 Sqn on ops, Berlin. |
Sgt |
W |
Higgs |
1812499 |
07/05/1944 |
A/G to P/O Morrison; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted & 24-25/5/44); | |
Sgt | Ernest | Hill | 1356019 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 |
A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew; 22-23/02/1943 missing in Wellington DF691 on ops, Bizerte. |
F/Sgt |
Charles Gilford |
Hill |
A418123 |
19/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 24/03/1944
first op as 2nd pilot; (service no. noted 28/3/44);
02-03/04/1944 first op with own crew; 09-10/08/1944 killed
flying Wellington LP189 on ops, Ploesti and buried in Sofia
War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
H |
Hill |
17/06/1943 |
30/10/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Wallani; 24-25/06/1943 first
op; 30/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
Sgt |
L |
Hill |
1284761 |
02/08/1943 |
13/09/1944 |
W/Op to F/Lt Kelly; 05-06/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44 flying with F/Sgt Wray); 31/08/1944 probably tour expired (F/Sgt Morgan crew) (W/O L Hill); 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD, tour expired (W/O Hill). |
P/O | V P B | Hill | J16255 & R103165 | 29/08/1942 | Navigator; 12/1942 to North Africa in
Berry crew; 28/01 to 10/02/1943 hospitalised and temporarily
replaced on Berry crew by F/Lt Stewart; |
|
Sgt |
Arnold |
Hillam |
1029432 | 01/06/1943 |
17/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Hutchings; 01/06/1943 first op; 16-17/07/1943 killed in Wellington HE600 on ops, Naples and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/O |
J L |
Hillcoat |
J18003 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 13/07/1944 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to F/Lt King (who appears to
have been hospitalised before flying any ops); (service no.
noted 11/4/44 when flying with S/Ldr Langton); 16-17/06/1944
didn't fly on F/Lt King's first op; 21/06/1944
temporary wing adjutant; 13/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
G |
Hingley |
27/06/1943 |
Pilot; 04-05/07/1943 first
op with own crew; |
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Sgt | Edmond Anthony | Hinke | R101822 | 25/09/1942 | A/G; 24/12/1942 to North Africa in Chisholm crew; | |
Sgt |
C R |
Hitchcock |
975717 |
08/09/1943 |
17/04/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Long; 16-17/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 2/4/44 flying with F/Sgt Hill); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington JA127 flying with F/Sgt Turley on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
Sgt |
W |
Hitchcock |
1807974 |
05/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Davies; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Davies' crew. |
Sgt |
Charles Richard Carlton |
Hoddinott |
940008 | 04/12/1943 |
16/03/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt O'Malley; 08/02/1944 first op; 15-16/03/1944 killed when Wellington HF764 crashed into hills on return from ops, Sofia and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
K J |
Hodgetts |
1818824 |
27/05/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Brown; 25-26/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 12/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
D A |
Holbrook |
1587378 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Pilot; 31/08/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 first op with own crew; 17/09/1944 emergency landing when fabric stripped from wing on take off for ops; 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
H |
Holloway |
03/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Jamieson; 08-09/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
E |
Holmes |
26/03/1943 |
Pilot; 26/03/1943 4 crews
arrived by boat having lost their kit when their ship was
torpedoed; first op 11/04/1943; 24/09/1943 3 members of Sgt
Holmes' crew were posted out on completion of tour, the 4th
having already gone - all having joined other pilot's crews;
|
||
Sgt |
W |
Holmes |
25/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to W/O Cooling; 31/03/1943 first op; 25/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
A |
Horsley |
943207 |
08/03/1944 |
28/08/1944 |
A/G to 2/Lt Kookemoer trained at OTU in the Middle East; 18-19/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 10/4/44); 10/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
Frank Charles |
Horspool |
02/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Jones; 17/04/1943 first op; 02/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
F/Sgt |
Ivor Francis |
Horton |
A405856 |
09/11/1943 |
28/08/1944 |
RAAF (born Hamburg, Germany); 06/04/1943 1 (O)AFU; 04/05/1943 15 OTU; 08/08/1943 21 OTU; 08/11/1943 posted 142 Sqn; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Ashwell; 28-29/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 1/12/43); 08/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
Godfrey Denzil V |
Howard |
A427327 |
02/02/1944 |
25/02/1944 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to F/O
Koetsveldt; 18-19/02/1944 first op; (service no. noted
18/2/44); 24-25/02/1944 killed when Wellington HF537 crashed
at Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and
buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
P/O |
Bruce Kinsella |
Howarth |
A409308 |
30/03/1943 |
09/02/1944 |
RAAF; didn't attend OTU but
went direct to 44 OADU then 142 Sqn; A/G to Sgt Christie;
05/04/1943 first op; 13/08/1943 remained on squadron as
gunnery leader when rest of crew posted to UK on completion
of tour (F/Lt B K Howarth); (service no. noted 28/11/43
flying with W/C Leggate); 03/12/1943 awarded DFC, still
gunnery leader; 09/02/1944 posted out (F/Lt B K Howarth
DFC); served with 23 Sqn & 21 Sqn in Australia, 1945. |
Sgt |
H |
Howell |
1317153 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/O A Smith; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Smith's crew. |
Sgt |
N F |
Hudson |
1386581 |
08/03/1944 |
W/Op to 2/Lt Kookemoer trained at OTU in the Middle East; 18-19/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 10/4/44); | |
W/O |
D |
Humphries |
01/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/Lt O'Doire; 01/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. 03/12/1943 awarded DFC (P/O D Humphries). | |
F/O |
G |
Hunter |
01/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Lt O'Doire; 01/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. 03/12/1943 awarded DFC (F/Lt G Hunter). | |
Sgt |
Horace Peter |
Hurnell |
1319781 | 02/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Betts; 10-11/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HF694 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
Richard John |
Hutchings |
1317760 | 01/06/1943 |
17/07/1943 |
Pilot; 01/06/1943 first op
with own crew; 16-17/07/1943 killed flying Wellington HE600
on ops, Naples and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
W/O |
A or H |
Hutchinson |
1056459 |
19/04/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Morton on second tour; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted & initial 3/5/44); 18/08/1944 tour expired; | |
P/O |
Hutchinson |
J86176 |
18/07/1944 |
RCAF; 22-23/06/1944 first noted flying as navigator to P/O Harrison; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD with P/O Harrison. | ||
Sgt |
W H |
Hutchinson |
R127914 |
02/08/1943 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to F/Lt Kelly; 05-06/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 24/11/43 when flying with F/Sgt Campion); | |
Sgt |
Innes |
14/09/1944 |
Probably on F/Sgt MacDonald's crew (MacDonald lost 07-08/08/1944); 14/09/1944 left for 37 Sqn (see also Cuncliffe, Innes, Keith, Wallace). | |||
P/O |
S |
Jackson |
30/03/1943 |
23/06/1943 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Banton; 05/04/1943 first
op; 16/05/1943 rest of regular crew lost; 23/06/1943 posted
to BPO Algiers pending medical board. |
|
F/Sgt |
R |
Jacob |
934164 |
25/06/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
W/Op from 205 Group (arrived without crew); 01-02/07/1944 first op, flying with W/O Davidson; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
A |
James |
1289592 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Cookson; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Cookson's crew. |
F/Sgt |
Fred Edmond |
James |
A406870 | 11/11/1943 |
17/04/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to Sgt A Smith; 24-25/11/1943 lost pilot when Wellington LN566 failed to return from ops, Turin; 15/01/1944 flying with F/Sgt Turley; (service no. noted 1/3 & 3/4/44: W/O F James); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington JA127 on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
Sgt |
A W |
Jameson |
03/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Pilot; 06-07/06/1943 first op as 2nd pilot;
08-09/06/1943 first op with own crew; 14/09/1943 posted out
on completion of tour. 03/12/1943 awarded DFM. |
|
Sgt |
J |
Jarvis |
591921 |
24/03/1944 |
25/05/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Ansell; 03-04/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 18/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944, departing 25/05/1944. |
F/O |
W E |
Jay |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
Sgt |
K L |
Jeffries |
08/03/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Venning; 20/03/1943 first op; 06-07/05/1943 rescued and taken to Phillippeville after Wellington DF552 forcelanded on a beach in bad weather returning from ops on Trapani; posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
Alexander James |
Jennings |
A414040 |
12/08/1943 |
05/03/1944 |
RAAF; 16/09/1942 21 OTU; 16/03/1943 6 AOS; 27/04/1943 21 OTU; 22/07/1943 311 FTU; 03/08/1943 1 OADU; 11/08/1943 posted 142 Sqn; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Harkness; 19-20/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 4/11/43); 05/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
S |
Jennison |
26/03/1943 | 15/08/1943 |
A/G to F/O Radford; 01/04/1943 first op; 15/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. | |
Sgt | Albrecht Maxwell | Jensen | A406567 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn; 22-23/02/1943 missing flying Wellington DF691 on
ops, Bizerte. |
Sgt | A S | Johnson | 1258110 | 03/08/1942 | 12/03/1943 | Bomb aimer; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in Brooks crew; |
Sgt |
C or J |
Johnson or Johnston or
Johnstone |
17/08/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Barnett; 14/01/1944 tour expired;
12/02/1944 posted out (Sgt G Johnston). |
|
F/O |
J M |
Johnstone |
28/06/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Lee; 02-03/07/1943 first op; 09/10/1943 left crew when posted non-effective sick, returning 31/10/1943; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
A W E |
Jones |
02/09/1943 |
Pilot; 12/04/1943 first op as 2nd pilot;
17/04/1943 first op with own crew; 13-14/07/1943
crash-landed Wellington HE629 near Cap Bon on return from
Messina; 02/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
||
Sgt |
Geoffrey Wolfe |
Jones |
1500254 | 02/12/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Caton; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 11-12/08/1943 ditched in Wellington HE437 off Cap Bon on return from Messina; spent 4 days and nights in a dinghy before being rescued and re-joined the squadron on 19/08/1943; 01-02/12/1943 missing in Wellington JA137 on ops, Italy and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
H I or H L |
Jones |
658842 |
24/10/1943 |
Bomb aimer to P/O Anderson; 11-12/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington ME873 on return from ops, Genoa; | |
Sgt |
J |
Jones |
1174079 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Forrest; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Forrest's crew. |
Sgt |
K F |
Jones |
04/09/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Pilet; 14/04/1943 first op; 04/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
F/O |
K L |
Jones |
151763 | 16/03/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Pilot; 23/07/1943 Little Rissington; 20/10/1943 to 30/01/1944 21 OTU; 08/02/1944 Portreath to Mediterranean via Rabat, Maison Blanche, Blida, Foggia, arriving Amendola 16/03/1944; 19/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 23/03/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. 151763 F/O K L Jones sic noted 26/3/44 BUT confused with 124731 F/O W Jones from 29/03 until 10/04/1944); 17/04/1944 crash landed Wellington HZ135 at Amendola on return from ops, Budapest; 06/09/1944 tour expired; 01/10/1944 to BPD; 08/10-29/12/1944 Parachute Training School, Gioia; 08/01-20/06/1945 MED-ME Communication Squadron, Marcianise. Movements excluding 142 Sqn from family. |
F/Sgt |
Richard Kenneth |
Jones |
A420496 |
25/10/1943 |
RAAF; pilot;
07/08-21/10/1943 trained at 21 OTU and 311 FTU
Moreton-in-Marsh (ref. Sgt M L Laws log book); 23/10/1943
ferried Wellington HE851 to Mediterranean then joined 142
Sqn; 12/11/1943 crashed a Wellington into 2 parked
Wellingtons, without serious injury to the crew; crew seems
to have broken up; 07/02/1944 first op as 2nd pilot;
12-13/04/1944 flying as pilot to F/O K L Jones' crew but no
further ops that month; |
|
Sgt |
S L |
Jones |
23/06/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Cadman; 02-03/08/1943 first op; 12/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/O |
W C or W G |
Jones |
124731 |
10/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
Navigator to F/Lt Woodroffe; 11-12/09/1943 first op; 15-16/03/1944 baled out of Wellington LP119 on return from ops, Sofia; (service no. noted 10/4/44 when flying with F/Sgt Harrison); 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (F/Lt Jones). |
Sgt |
H |
Jong |
1484504 |
09/11/1943 |
12/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Ashwell; 28-29/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 05/05/1944 unhurt when Lt Cathrine hit a cable stretched over the sea when practicing mine dropping and crashed in the sea; 12/10/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt H Jong). |
Sgt | Albert | Jowers | A411788 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 | RAAF; W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew; 22-23/02/1943 missing in Wellington DF691 on ops, Bizerte. |
F/Lt |
Herbert Bruce |
Keen |
A422570 |
03/04/1944 |
30/05/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 29/06/1943 3
(P)AFU; 31/08/1943 21 OTU; 12/03/1944 311 FTU; 11-12/04/1944
first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 29-30/04/1944
first op with own crew; 29-30/05/1944 POW from Wellington
LN318 on ops, Feuersbrunn airfield. |
Sgt |
J |
Keighley |
17/07/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Sharples; 26-27/07/1943 first op; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/O |
F N |
Keil |
J9522 |
18/07/1944 |
RCAF; navigator; 01/02/1944 flying with W/C Leggate; 31/03/1944 travelled to Brindisi; 05/04/1944 replaced Sgt Morgan at 334 Wing and flew to Brindisi; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (F/Lt Keil). | |
Sgt |
G |
Keith |
1102715 |
14/09/1944 |
A/G, possibly to F/Sgt MacDonald (lost 07-08/08/1944); 13-14/08/1944 first noted flying with S/Ldr Langton; 14/09/1944 left for 37 Sqn (see also Cuncliffe, Innes, Wallace). | |
Sgt |
D |
Kelly |
06/09/1943 |
27/09/1943 |
Pilot; 06/09/1943 posted
from 331 (Canadian) Wing with crew; 27/09/1943 posted to 37
Sqn. |
|
F/Lt |
G M |
Kelly |
02/08/1943 |
02/03/1944 |
Pilot; 05-06/08/1943 first
op with own crew; 02/03/1944 posted out on completion of his
3rd tour (F/Lt M Kelly sic). |
|
2/Lt |
K A |
Kelly |
328831V |
08/03/1944 |
21/08/1944 |
SAAF; pilot trained at OTU
in the Middle East; 15-16/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot;
(service no. noted 15/3/44); 23/03/1944 first op with own
crew; 09-10/08/1944 attacked by a night fighter on ops,
Ploesti; 20-21/08/1944 killed flying Wellington LP245 on
ops, St. Valentin and buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery,
Austria. |
F/Sgt |
Peter |
Kennedy |
A410672 |
12/11/1943 |
25/02/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt Bashford; 28-29/11/1943 first op; 24-25/02/1944 killed when HE815 crashed north of Avino, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
F/Lt |
J B |
Kenny |
160130 |
12/05/1944 |
16/10/1944 |
12/05/1944 attached from 205 Group HQ; bomb
aimer to F/Lt Garland; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no.
noted); 28/06/1944 to Group HQ then Belah on a bombing
leaders course, returning 24/08/1944; 16/10/1944 to 3 BPD,
tour-expired. |
Sgt |
J L |
Keppel |
06/09/1943 |
17/09/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Kelly posted from 331
(Canadian) Wing on 06/09/1943; 17/09/1943 admitted to 31 MFH
(field hospital?); 27/09/1943 posted out to 2 BPD. |
|
Sgt |
H H |
Kiehl |
1272451 |
11/08/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Lock;
23/04/1943 first op; probably the W/Op injured 29-30/04/1943
when Wellington HZ102 crashed on take off at Blida (not
named in ORB); 06-07/06/1943 flying with Sgt Lock again;
11/08/1943 posted to UK. |
|
F/O |
A B |
Kidson |
18/07/1943 |
Pilot; 28-29/07/1943 first
op with own crew; 16-17/08/1943 lost his crew when W/C
Gibbes piloted them on ops to Viterbo and failed to return;
|
||
F/Sgt |
B R |
Kilburn |
11/07/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Pilot; 5/1943 posted from
429 Sqn via brief ferry training at Moreton-in-Marsh,
arriving Blida with Wellington DF551 14/06/1943;
13-14/07/1943 first op with own crew; 09-10/09/1943 ditched
in Wellington DF551 -E off Cap Bon on return from ops to
Grossetto and picked up by a hospital ship after 24 hours in
the dinghy, returning on 14/09/1943 but sent to 18 CCS with
head injuries sustained in the crash and his crew were
awaiting disposal. |
|
Sgt |
R D C |
Kimmings |
06/09/1943 |
27/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Kelly posted from 331 (Canadian) Wing on 06/09/1943; 27/09/1943 posted to 37 Sqn. | |
F/Lt |
J B G |
King |
98605 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 03/10/1944 |
Pilot; appears to have been
hospitalised before flying any ops; 10/06/1944 returned to
the squadron from hospital; 16-17/06/1944 first op with own
crew (service no. noted); 19/09/1944 left for medical board
examination in Naples (S/Ldr King); 03/10/1944 to BPD
pending medical board and posting. |
Sgt |
W |
Kirkland |
2211818 |
10/06/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Fairclough; 26-27/06/1944 first op (service no. noted); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington HE293 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
F/O |
S A |
Kirley |
26/06/1943 |
06/09/1943 |
RCAF; pilot; ex 22
OTU 40 course and 311 FTU; 30/06/1943 crashed
Wellington HZ528 on take off for Cagliari; 04-05/07/1943
first successful op with own crew; 06/09/1943 posted to 331
(Canadian) Wing (424 Sqn); 01/10/1943 screened after
completing tour and 20/10/1943 returned to UK; assigned to
23 OTU and 01/03/1944 completed a four week instructors
course at Lulsgate Bottom; 04/04/1944 to 24 OTU as an
instructor; September 1944 promoted to F/Lt; December 1944
repatriated to Canada and demobbed in March 1945 (movements
from family friend Patrick Dennis). F/Lt Simon Austin Kirley
RCAF. |
|
Sgt |
Jack Frederick |
Knapp |
A415664 |
17/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RAAF; 18/05/1943 9 (O)AFU; 22/06/1943 21 OTU; 15/10/1943 posted to 142 Sqn; W/Op to Sgt Wade; 23-24/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN466 on ops, Turin and buried in Milan. |
Sgt |
William Robson |
Knight |
659065 | 10/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Tyas; 18-19/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN566 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
F/O |
Norman Henry |
Koetsveldt |
A12517 |
02/02/1944 |
04/03/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 02/06/1943 20 (P)AFU; 17/08/1943 21 OTU; 01/12/1943 311 FTU; 17-18/02/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 18-19/02/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 18/2/44); 24-25/02/1944 injured when Wellington HF537 crashed at Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr; 04/03/1944 died of his injuries and later buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
2/Lt |
J J |
Koekemoer or Kookemoer |
328646V |
08/03/1944 |
28/08/1944 |
SAAF; pilot trained at OTU
in the Middle East; 11/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot;
(service no. noted 11 & 15/3/44); 18-19/03/1944 first op
with own crew; 10/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
F/Sgt |
W |
Laidlaw |
22/07/1943 |
Navigator to S/Ldr Matthewman; 14/04/1943 first op; 22/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
Thomas Paterson |
Laird |
A415337 | 10/07/1943 |
23/07/1943 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Bilsby; 15-16/07/1943 first op; 22-23/07/1943 killed in Wellington HZ353 on ops, Naples and buried in the Cassino War Cemetery (F/Sgt T P Laird RAAF). |
S/Ldr |
H |
Langton DFC |
113396 |
02/01/1944 |
12/09/1944 |
Posted from 231 Wing to command B flight;
18-19/03/1944 first op with 2/Lt Kookemoer's crew; (service
no. & initials noted 11/4/44); 24/08/1944 accepted
command of 37 Sqn; 12/09/1944 departed. |
Sgt |
William Joseph |
Larcombe |
A16724 |
15/03/1943 | 11/04/1943 |
RAAF; 06/12/1942 21 OTU;
11/03/1943 1 OADU; Bomb aimer to Sgt Lay; 21/03/1943 first
op; 10-11/04/1943 killed in Wellington HF800 QT-O on ops,
Decimomannu airfield and buried in Cagliari Cemetery,
Sardinia (Sgt W J Larcombe RAAF). |
Sgt |
Maurice Frederick |
Lay |
A401974 | 15/03/1943 |
11/04/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 15/03/1943
arrived by air with crew; 20/03/1943 first op as 2nd pilot;
21/03/1943 first op with own crew; 10-11/04/1943 killed
flying Wellington HF800 QT-O on ops, Decimomannu airfield
and buried in Cagliari Cemetery, Sardinia (Sgt M F Lay
RAAF). |
Sgt |
Eric Walter |
Lawrence |
1392140 | 16/07/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Turley; 28-29/07/1943 first op; 08-09/08/1943 baled out of Wellington HE586 returning from ops, Messina beaches; 12/10/1943 posted in as spare (probably posted out 09/08/1943: see Turley); 23-24/10/1943 first op with Sgt Wade after P/O Potts was killed; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN466 on ops, Turin and buried in Milan. |
F/Sgt |
Mervyn Lloyd |
Laws |
A410678 |
25/10/1943 |
28/08/1944 |
W/Op; 07/08-21/10/1943 trained at 21 OTU and 311 FTU Moreton-in-Marsh in F/Sgt R K Jones' crew; did 6 ops from 15-16/04/1944 with Sgt Scholefield's crew (service no. noted) before switching to Lt Koekemoer's crew 06/05/1944; 10/08/1944 probably tour expired with Lt Koekemoer's crew; 28/08/1944 probably to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
B |
Laywood |
23/06/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Cadman; 02-03/08/1943 first op; 12/02/1944 not mentioned when Sgt Cadman and crew posted out on completion of tour; 01/03/1944 posted to 330 Wing for ferrying duties, probably having compled tour with Sgt Cadman's crew. | |
Sgt |
J A |
Le Boldus |
R155568 |
10/09/1943 |
RCAF; A/G to F/Sgt Tyas; 18-19/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN566 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. | |
F/Sgt |
Jean Paul Denis |
Leclerc |
R55431 |
16/05/1943 |
15-16/05/1943 missing in a
Wellington on ops, Trapani and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial: assumed to have taken P/O S Jackson's place as
bomb aimer (F/Sgt J P D Leclerc RCAF). |
|
F/O |
H Lincoln |
Lee |
28/06/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
Pilot; 02-03/07/1943 first
op with own crew; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of
tour (F/Lt H Lee). |
|
Sgt |
H |
Lees |
17/08/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
A/G to F/O Barnett; 14/01/1944 tour expired; 12/02/1944 posted out. | |
F/Sgt |
Robert John |
Leftwich |
A414577 |
04/12/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 16-17/01/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 16/1/44 & 28/3/44); 01-02/06/1944 had a running fight with Bf110 night fighters and one was shot down on ops, Szolnok; 30/06/1944 tour expired; 16/07/1944 commissioned; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (P/O Leftwich). |
W/C |
A C |
Leggate |
16/10/1943 |
25/02/1944 |
OC 142 Sqn from 16/10/1943; 25/02/1944 posted
to Tunis Base Area. |
|
Sgt |
B |
Leighton |
26/03/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Wallace; 09/04/1943 first op; |
||
Sgt | John Hamilton |
Leiper | 1551280 | 17/10/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew; | |
Sgt |
A |
Leslie-Smith |
1384992 |
14/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Comerford; 19/09/1944 first op, with F/Lt Gregory (service no. noted); 21/09/1944 first op with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Comerford's crew. |
Sgt |
H K |
L'Estrange |
1802373 |
07/05/1944 |
22/07/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Galloway trained at OTU in Middle East; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/07/1944 missing in Wellington LN808 on ops, Pardubice and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/O |
J |
Lewis |
145852 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 12/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/Lt King (who appears to have been hospitalised before flying any ops); (service no. noted 28/3/44 when flying with F/Sgt Harrison); 07/04/1944 became Squadron Navigation Officer; compiled squadron Operations Record Book from June 1944 (F/Lt J Lewis); 16-17/06/1944 first op with F/Lt King; 15/09/1944 tour expired; 12/10/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
J B |
Lewis |
02/09/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Jones; 17/04/1943 first op; 02/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
F/Lt |
R |
Lewis |
120086 |
16/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Pearce; 22/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with P/O Pearce's crew. |
Sgt |
T A |
Lewis |
16/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer; posted from 150 Sqn; to form new crew for Sgt Smith; 16-17/07/1943 first op with Sgt Smith; | ||
Sgt | John | Linton-Smith | A411153 | 17/10/1942 | Navigator; 01/01/1941 2 AOS Canada;
24/11/1941 5 BAGS; 05/01/1942 1 ANS; 06/06/1942 9 (O)AFU;
21/07/1942 27 OTU; 17/10/1942 142 Sqn; 09/12/1942 attached 1
OADU; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew; 5 ops from
UK and 25 ops total to complete tour; 02/08/1943 81 OTU;
30/09/1943 until 02/1944 27 OTU; 08/06/1944 GRS; 11/10/1944
1 OTU; 26/11/1944 until 23/01/1945 7 OTU. |
|
Sgt |
P E |
Litalien |
R184100 |
08/09/1943 |
01/05/1944 |
RCAF; A/G to F/O Long; 16-17/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 11/11/1943); joined P/O Wright's crew and completed tour with them; 01/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour BUT flying with F/O Long on 16-17/07/1944 and crew then tour expired; |
F/O |
K V |
Livesay |
152442 |
09/03/1944 |
12/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Cooke trained at OTU in the UK; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 11/09/1944 tour expired; 12/10/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Lt K Livesay). |
Sgt |
F |
Livsey |
26/03/1943 |
15/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Radford; 01/04/1943 first op; 15/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
C H |
Lock |
24/09/1943 |
Pilot; 17/04/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 23/04/1943 first op with own crew; 29/04/1943 injured when Wellington HZ102 crashed on take off at Blida; 31/05-01/06/1943 flying as 2nd pilot; 24/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. 03/12/1943 awarded DFM. | ||
Sgt |
Frederick |
Long |
1530449 | 29/03/1943 |
10/04/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Sherwood; 01/04/1943 first op; 09-10/04/1943 killed in Wellington QT-C (probably DF561) on ops, Enfedaville and commemorated in Massicault cemetery, Tunisia. |
F/O |
J A |
Long |
120971 |
08/09/1943 |
25/07/1944 |
Pilot; 16-17/09/1943 first
op with own crew; (service no. noted 9/5/44); 25/05/1944
promoted F/Lt; 18/07/1944 tour expired; 25/07/1944 left for
3 BPD. |
Sgt | Horace Godfrey | Lovell | 1376510 | 17/10/1942 | W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Evans crew; | |
Sgt |
G |
Lowe |
1587516 |
29/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Webster; 10-11/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Webster's crew. |
Sgt |
Cecil Fred |
Lumby |
A412462 |
26/07/1943 |
07/02/1944 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to Sgt Flitcroft allotted to A flight; 03-04/08/1943 first op; 23-24/09/1943 in Wellington HE972 which ditched off Cap Bon on ops, Pisa: crew picked up by a tank landing craft and landed at Syracuse in Sicily, returning on 27/09/1943; (service no. noted 10/11/43); 07/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
P/O |
H |
Lydon-Adams |
175110 |
18/08/1944 |
03/09/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Farley; 22-23/08/1944 first noted flying with Capt MacDonald (service no. noted); 25/08/1944 first op with own crew; 02-03/09/1944 missing in Wellington MF631 on ops, Ferrara and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
H |
Lynch |
1365077 |
10/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to F/O Buhr; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with F/O Buhr's crew. |
Sgt |
J or T |
Lynch |
543480 |
14/04/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Davidson; 09-10/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
T |
Lynch |
20/03/1943 |
29/07/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Pleydell; 01/04/1943 first op; 20-21/06/1943 on crew of Wellington HZ311 which ditched off Cap Bone and rescued from dinghy the following day; 29/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Lt |
E M |
MacDonald |
205961V |
14/04/1944 |
SAAF; pilot; 15-16/04/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 01-02/05/1944 first op with own crew; 17/09/1944 tour expired (Capt MacDonald) and took command of B flight with effect from 01/09/1944; 23/09/1944 promoted Major with effect from 01/09/1944; 20/10/1944 joined Wing mess when 142 Sqn mess closed; | |
Sgt |
J L |
MacDonald or McDonald |
1119868 |
24/08/1942 |
A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew; | |
F/Sgt |
W |
MacDonald |
R225075 |
10/08/1944 |
RCAF; pilot; 07-08/08/1944 first noted flying as 2nd pilot to F/Lt King; 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington LN972 on ops, Ploesti while flying as 2nd pilot to Lt Cathrine; news reached the squadron that the whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944. | |
Sgt |
G R |
MacKnight |
1520566 |
10/03/1944 |
26/06/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Scholefield trained at OTU in the UK; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 25-26/06/1944 killed in Wellington LN748 on ops, Budapest and buried there. |
W/C |
A G C |
MacLean |
40406 or 40456 |
29/03/1944 |
28/10/1944 |
OC 142 Sqn from 29/03/1944; 07-08/05/1944
first op as 2nd pilot; 20/10/1944 joined Wing mess when 142
Sqn mess closed; 28/10/1944 left on posting to MED ME
Communication Squadron. |
P/O |
C M |
Mair |
J22694 |
23/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RCAF; navigator to Sgt Oullette; 12-13/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 12/11/1943); 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HE929 on ops, Turin and buried in Florence War Cemetery. |
Lt |
C |
Malcomess |
337787V |
14/04/1944 |
17/07/1944 |
SAAF; navigator to Lt MacDonald;
15-16/04/1944 first op as 2nd navigator (service no. noted);
01-02/05/1944 first op with own crew; 17/07/1944 posted to
150 Sqn. |
Sgt | I L | Mantell | 1169113 | 13/05/1942 | W/Op; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry
crew; 04/04/1943 flying with Sgt Smith; |
|
Sgt | J | Manual or Manuel | 1087197 | 02/10/1942 | A/G; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew; | |
Sgt | Frank Ronald | Marples | 1378821 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew; 22-23/02/1943 missing in Wellington DF691 on ops, Bizerte. |
Sgt |
M J or M T |
Marsh |
12/08/1943 |
05/03/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Harkness; 19-20/08/1943 first op; 05/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
R |
Marsh |
R168243 |
11/07/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
RCAF; pilot; 14-15/07/1944
first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 24-25/07/1944
first op with own crew; 09-10/08/1944 killed flying
Wellington LN857 or LP540 on ops, Ploesti and buried at
Bucharest. |
Sgt |
Walter William |
Marsh |
1319198 |
17/07/1943 | 07/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to S/Ldr Thompson; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 06-07/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/Sgt |
J |
Marshall |
1075153 |
25/06/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
W/Op from 205 Group (arrived without crew); 10-11/07/1944 first op, flying with F/Sgt Dean; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired (P/O Marshall). |
P/O |
F |
Mason |
Navigator to Sgt Rosser; 14/04/1943 first op; | |||
F/O |
G F |
Mason |
137449 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Pilot; 10-11/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 14-15/09/1944 first op with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
D |
Matthews |
983449 |
07/05/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Morrison; 18-19/05/1944
first op (service no. noted & 24-25/5/44); |
|
S/Ldr |
L |
Matthewman |
22/07/1943 |
Pilot; 14/04/1943 first op; 22/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
Douglas Michael |
Maughan-Taylor |
700731 |
14/07/1944 | A/G to F/Lt Garland; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington MF120 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. | |
P/O | J | May | 134655 & 1101598 | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
Navigator; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew; 30/01/1943 became deputy navigation officer; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
J H |
Maydew |
1612117 |
16/03/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Jones; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
F/O |
J L |
Mayfield |
135474 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 12/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/Lt King (who appears to have been
hospitalised before flying any ops); (service no. noted
11/4/44 when flying with S/Ldr Langton); 16-17/06/1944 first
op with F/Lt King; 21/07/1944 promoted F/Lt and became
Signals Leader; 15/09/1944 tour expired; 12/10/1944 to 3
BPD. |
Sgt |
C |
McArdle |
27/06/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Hingley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; | ||
Sgt |
F J A |
McCambridge |
1567511 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 08/08/1944 |
A/G to Lt Van der Westhuizen trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; 15-16/03/1944 baled out of Wellington LP119 on return from ops, Sofia; (service no. noted 10/4/44); 13/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944; 18/05/1944 posting cancelled (Ansell crew substituted); 07-08/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP233 on ops, Szombathely airfield and buried at Budapest. |
Sgt |
J |
McDonald |
1112791 |
13/09/1944 |
RCAF; W/Op to Sgt Campion; 08-09/10/1943
first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD,
tour-expired. |
|
Sgt |
W |
McGrath |
A424205 |
01/05/1944 |
12/10/1944 |
RAAF A424205; Nav B (navigator/ bomb aimer); 07/07/1943 arrived UK; 05/10/1943 3 OAFU; 05/11/1943 21 OTU when he joined W/O Coulthard's crew; 17/04/1944 to Mediterranean; 01/05/1944 142 Sqn in Italy; 06-07/05/1944 first op (s/n A414205 sic); 26/08/1944 commissioned; 05/10/1944 posted out on completing tour; 22/02/1945 repatriated to Australia. Movements from personnel file. F/O William Clement McGrath RAAF. |
Sgt |
J C W |
McGregor |
1343702 |
11/11/1943 |
24/07/1944 |
A/G to Sgt A Smith;
24-25/11/1943 lost pilot when Wellington LN566 failed to
return from ops, Turin; (service no. noted 28/3/44 when
flying with W/O Bryant); 24/07/1944 accidentally killed at
Sorrento rest camp. |
Sgt |
J |
McIntyre |
26/03/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Coulston; 09/04/1943 first op; 02/08/1943 posted to England having completed tour. | ||
Sgt |
F O |
McKay |
04/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Pilet; 14/04/1943 first op; 04/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
R |
McKay |
1685636 |
15/11/1943 |
10/08/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Stinson; 17-18/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington LN972 on ops, Ploesti and news reached the squadron that the whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944. 01/10/1944 visited the squadron on his way back to England via BPD. |
Sgt |
W |
McKay |
30/03/1943 | 13/08/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Christie; 05/04/1943 first op; 13/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. | |
P/O |
W |
McKinley |
J85011 |
29/03/1944 |
11/04/1944 |
RCAF; pilot; 03-04/04/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 10-11/04/1944 first op with own crew; 21-22/04/1944 POW from Wellington LN848 of 142 Sqn on ops, Genoa, being captured at Cassino. |
Sgt |
E J |
McLauchlan or McLaughlan | 658827 |
27/05/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Brown; 25-26/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 12/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
P/O |
Douglas Haig |
McLauchlan |
02/06/1943 |
30/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Prentice;
10-11/06/1943 first op; 29-30/08/1943 missing in Wellington
HE951 on ops, Torre Annunziata and commemorated on the Malta
Memorial (F/O D H McLauchlan). He was named after his great
uncle Douglas Haig McLauchlan. |
|
Sgt |
J |
McNab |
1573629 |
17/07/1943 | A/G to S/Ldr Thompson; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 06-07/08/1943 not flying when S/Ldr Thompson and crew went missing flying Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches; later flying with F/O Clarke; (service no. noted 26/3/44); | |
Sgt |
D |
McNaughton |
26/06/1943 |
RCAF; ex 22 OTU 40 course and 311 FTU; bomb
aimer to F/O Kirley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; believed to
have been hospitalized in Tunis in July 1943 and left the
crew; |
||
Sgt |
Neville James |
Meen |
1443704 | 18/07/1943 |
17/08/1943 |
Navigator to F/O Kidson; 28-29/07/1943 first op; 16-17/08/1943 missing in Wellington HE266 on ops, Viterbo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
M F |
Middleton |
1432162 |
08/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Wright; 13-14/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 01/05/1944 still in hospital when the rest of P/O Wright's crew was posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/O |
G E G |
Millard |
129605 |
24/10/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Anderson; 11-12/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington ME873 on return from ops, Genoa; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
G |
Milton |
1802106 |
07/05/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Morrison; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted & 24-25/5/44); | |
Lt |
P J |
Mockford |
542508V |
08/03/1944 |
21/08/1944 |
SAAF; navigator to 2/Lt Kelly trained at OTU in the Middle East; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 23/3/44); 20-21/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP245 on ops, St. Valentin and buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. |
F/O |
Francis Arthur Desmond | Montague |
J27648 or J27468 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 17/04/1944 |
RCAF; navigator to F/Lt
Wiseman; 01/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 1 &
28/3/44); 16-17/04/1944 POW from Wellington LN503 of 142 Sqn
on ops, Budapest. |
Sgt | W E | Moore | 798676 | 21/08/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew; | |
Sgt |
W J or W M |
Moore |
A425027 sic |
26/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Flitcroft allotted to A
flight; 03-04/08/1943 first op; 23-24/09/1943 in Wellington
HE972 which ditched off Cap Bon on ops, Pisa: crew picked up
by a tank landing craft and landed at Syracuse in Sicily,
returning on 27/09/1943; 26/11/1943 posted back to 142 Sqn
(not clear whether he was away for the whole 2 months) but
unfit for flying for 3 months; (service no. noted 12/11/1943
A425027 sic appears incorrect); |
|
Sgt |
L E |
Moran |
19/06/1943 |
22/10/1943 |
Pilot; 24-25/06/1943 first
op with own crew; 22/10/1943 posted out on completion of
tour; 77 OTU December 1943 to March 1944; 33 FIS March to
April 1944; 77 OTU May 1944 to April 1945; 107 MU July to
October 1945; flying instructor at 609 Sqn in Yorkshire in
1947; commanded 70 Squadron at Nicosia Cyprus and was OC 242
flying Argosy aircraft with Transport Command. Retired from
RAF in 1964. |
|
Sgt |
C B |
Morgan |
1412375 |
01/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
Pilot; 11/03/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 31/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Morgan). |
Sgt |
H J |
Morgan |
NZ415775 |
02/08/1943 |
09/05/1944 |
RNZAF; navigator to F/Lt Kelly; 05-06/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 10/11/43 when navigator to F/Sgt Flitcroft & 24/11/43); 11/02/1944 sent for 2 weeks special duties at Troop Carrier Command; 02/04/1944 142 Sqn requested a replacement for him; 09/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour (F/Sgt Morgan). |
F/O |
M |
Morgan |
121508 |
10/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
A/G to F/Lt Woodroffe; 11-12/09/1943 first op; 10/05/1944 posted out having been in hospital for more than 4 weeks (F/Lt Morgan), but flying again with Sgt Dean 28-29/05/1944 and F/Lt Morgan in June; (10-11/06/1944 service no noted); 11/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (F/Lt Morgan). |
P/O |
M H |
Morgan |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
P/O |
J P |
Morrison |
159397 |
07/05/1944 |
Pilot trained at OTU in
Middle East: allocated to B flight; 09/05/1944 first op as
2nd pilot (service no. noted); 18-19/05/1944 first op with
own crew; |
|
Sgt |
James Butler |
Morton |
1322416 | 12/01/1944 |
16/03/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Dean; 11/03/1944 first op with Sgt Morgan; 15-16/03/1944 killed when Wellington HF764 crashed into hills on return from ops, Sofia and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
F/O |
H |
Morton |
129220 |
19/04/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew
for a second tour; 23-24/04/1944 first op as 2nd pilot;
29-30/04/1944 first op with own crew (service no. noted);
13/07/1944 promoted F/Lt and became deputy commander B
flight; 18/08/1944 tour expired; 27/08/1944 attached Group
HQ pending posting as their operations officer; 13/09/1944
to Group HQ. |
F/Sgt |
Walter Cameron |
Morton |
A414499 |
17/11/1943 |
19/07/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 02-03/12/1943
first op with own crew; (service no. noted 2/12/43);
09/07/1944 tour expired; 19/07/1944 W/O Morton and crew
posted to Liberator conversion unit as instructors. |
Sgt |
J |
Morvell |
01/06/1943 |
06/10/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Pearce; 19-20/06/1943 first op;
06/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. See below. |
|
F/Sgt |
J |
Morvell |
1078561 |
16/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Pearce, returning for second tour; 22/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with P/O Pearce's crew. |
Sgt |
W |
Moss |
1507483 |
04/12/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Leftwich; 16-17/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 30/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
R or I G |
Murdoch |
02/09/1943 |
09/05/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Small; 05-06/09/1943 first
op; 09/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
P/O |
C |
Murgatroyd |
25/07/1943 |
Navigator to W/O Cooling; 31/03/1943 first op; 25/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
D |
Murphy |
1567885 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Forrest; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Forrest's crew. |
Sgt |
T P |
Murphy |
02/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Small; 05-06/09/1943 first op; | ||
F/Sgt |
J |
Nall |
1456660 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer; 26-27/05/1944 first noted flying with Sgt Dean; 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. | |
Sgt |
J E |
Nannery |
1710064 |
21/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Blackett; 26/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 20/05/1944 to Group HQ for interview re transfer to 614 Sqn target marking force; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
N |
Nash |
1605434 |
08/09/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Richer; 17-18/09/1944 killed on first op in Wellington MF249 on ops, Brescia and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (service no. noted). |
Sgt |
R |
Needham |
1385415 |
27/09/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Campion; 08-09/10/1943
first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 03/08/1944
commissioned; 27/09/1944 to BPD, presumably tour expired
(possibly 30 or more ops, as squadron disbanding). |
|
Sgt |
D |
Nelson |
1344137 |
10/03/1944 |
26/06/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Scholefield trained at OTU in the UK; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 25-26/06/1944 killed flying Wellington LN748 on ops, Budapest and buried there. |
Sgt |
W A or W E |
Nesbitt |
11/07/1943 |
07/10/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Kilburn; 5/1943 posted from 429 Sqn via brief ferry training at Moreton-in-Marsh, arriving Blida with Wellington DF551 14/06/1943; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 09-10/09/1943 ditched in Wellington DF551 -E off Cap Bon on return from ops to Grossetto and picked up by a hospital ship after 24 hours in the dinghy, returning on 14/09/1943 but then awaiting disposal as F/Sgt Kilburn had suffered head injuries; resumed ops with F/Sgt Kilburn; 07/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Lt | R F | Neuss | 116421 | 30/10/1942 | Navigation officer; 12/1942 to North
Africa with 142 Sqn; 30/01/1943 took over position of
Adjutant from F/O Tooth; |
|
Sgt |
J |
Norman |
2209486 |
09/11/1943 |
28/08/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Ashwell; 28-29/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 07-08/06/1944 engaged a Bf109 night fighter on ops, Orvieto; 08/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
R |
North |
623995 |
24/03/1944 |
25/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Ansell; 03-04/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 18/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944, departing 25/05/1944. |
F/Lt |
E F J |
O'Doire AFC DFC |
01/06/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
Pilot; 01/06/1943 first op with own crew; 18/06/1943 became 'B' Flight commander (F/Lt E O'Doire DFC); 16/08/1943 took command of 142 Sqn when W/C Gibbes was killed; 14/09/1943 not mentioned when his crew was posted out on completion of their tour; 16/10/1943 handed over command to W/C Leggate; 21/10/1943 posted to UK. 03/12/1943 awarded bar to DFC. | |
Sgt |
P M |
O'Donnell |
1046453 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 08/08/1944 |
W/Op to Lt Van der Westhuizen trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; 15-16/03/1944 baled out of Wellington LP119 on return from ops, Sofia; (service no. noted 10/4/44); 13/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944; 18/05/1944 posting cancelled (Ansell crew substituted); 07-08/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP233 on ops, Szombathely airfield and buried at Budapest. |
F/Sgt |
O'Brien |
13/07/1944 |
11/08/1944 |
Pilot; posted from 614 Sqn with crew (but
they aren't named and don't appear to have flown ops on 142
Sqn); 05/08/1944 commissioned; 11/08/1944 posted to 148 Sqn. |
||
Sgt |
John Francis |
O'Farrell |
1816377 |
16/03/1944 |
06/10/1944 |
16/10/1943 to 02/12/1943
flying at 21 OTU; 20/01/1944 311 FTU; 01/03/1944 transit
flight to North Africa; A/G to F/O Jones; 23/03/1944 first
op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 06/10/1944 left squadron. |
F/Sgt |
Peter Francis |
O'Loghlen |
A412664 |
07/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Pilet; 14/04/1943 first op; 06-07/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches and commemorated on the Malta Memorial: may have taken the place of Sgt McNab as air gunner (F/Sgt P F O'Loghlen RAAF). | |
F/O | James Wolstenholme | Oldham | 1053632 | 04/04/1942 | 12/03/1943 |
Navigator; 19/12/1942 to North Africa in
Brooks crew; 30/07/1944 killed in Lancaster NE121 of 97 Sqn
on ops, Cahagnes (F/O J W Oldham DFM). |
F/Sgt |
Roy William |
O'Malley |
A35255 |
04/12/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 08/02/1944
first op with own crew; (service no. noted 8/2/44);
15-16/03/1944 slightly injured when Wellington HF764 crashed
into hills on return from ops, Sofia; |
|
Sgt |
Donald Campbell |
Orr |
A420494 |
09/07/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
A/G to P/O Reed (who went missing 14/07/1943); 21/11/1943 Sgt D C Orr A/G posted to 142 Sqn without a crew; (service no. noted 10/11/43 when A/G to Sgt D Betts); 24/06/1944 possibly part of P/O Harrison's crew when tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD with P/O Harrison's crew. |
Sgt |
S P |
Oullette |
R124449 |
23/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RCAF; pilot; 12-13/11/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 12/11/1943); 24-25/11/1943 killed flying Wellington HE929 on ops, Turin and buried in Florence War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
R |
Padgett |
1684312 |
08/05/1944 |
W/Op first noted 05-06/05/1944 flying with F/Sgt Wray - possibly W/Op to Sgt Stunt who arrived 14/04/1944 and was killed 17/04/1944; 07-08/05/1944 killed flying with F/Sgt Wray in Wellington MF198 on ops, Bucharest and buried Bucharest War Cemetery. | |
Sgt |
S G |
Palmer |
1601280 |
07/05/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Pilot trained at OTU in Middle East: allocated to B flight; 22-23/05/1944 first op with own crew (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
R W L |
Pantling |
26/03/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Coulston; 09/04/1943 first op; 02/08/1943 not mentioned when Sgt Coulston and 2 of his crew posted to England having completed tour. | ||
Sgt |
J D or W J |
Park or Parker |
R168492 |
01/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
RCAF; navigator to Sgt Morgan; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 11, 15 & 26/3/44 Sgt J Park sic); 31/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Park). |
Sgt |
J |
Parker |
1337900 |
29/03/1944 |
22/04/1944 |
W/Op to P/O McKinley; 10-11/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/04/1944 POW from Wellington LN848 of 142 Sqn on ops, Genoa. |
F/Sgt |
J D |
Parnaby |
1600473 |
04/12/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Leftwich; 16-17/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 30/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD. |
F/O |
H F |
Parry |
105153 |
10/09/1943 |
05/07/1944 |
W/Op to F/Lt Woodroffe; 11-12/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 16/4/44); 11/06/1944 tour expired; 05/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (noted on 18/07/1944) (F/Lt Parry). |
Sgt |
D A |
Paske |
1319709 |
01/03/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Morgan; (service no. noted 26/3/44); | |
Sgt |
Kenneth Edward |
Payne |
1389804 | 02/12/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Caton; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 11-12/08/1943 ditched in Wellington HE437 off Cap Bon on return from Messina; spent 4 days and nights in a dinghy before being rescued and re-joined the squadron on 19/08/1943; 01-02/12/1943 missing in Wellington JA137 on ops, Italy and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
C |
Pearce |
01/06/1943 |
06/10/1943 |
Pilot; 14-15/06/1943 first op as 2nd pilot;
19-20/06/1943 first op with own crew; 06/10/1943 posted out
on completion of tour. See below. |
|
P/O |
C |
Pearce |
172913 |
16/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
See above. Pilot; returned with crew for second tour; 20-21/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 22/09/1944 first op with own crew; 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with crew. |
F/Sgt |
James Lionel |
Pennefather |
A425742 |
10/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
RAAF; pilot trained at OTU in the UK; 15-16/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 24-25/03/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 24/3/44); 23/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
Manuel Treharne |
Perkins |
1418624 | 08/07/1943 |
06/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Wiltshire; 14-15/07/1943 first op; 05-06/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Cap Peloro beaches near Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
R A |
Perkins |
1446718 |
15/11/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Stinson; 17-18/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 10/09/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
S |
Perry |
11/07/1943 |
A/G (arrived without crew); |
||
Sgt |
E |
Peters |
01/06/1943 |
06/10/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Pearce; 19-20/06/1943 first op;
06/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. See below. |
|
F/Sgt |
E |
Peters |
1810336 |
16/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to P/O Pearce, returning for second tour; 22/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with P/O Pearce's crew. |
F/Lt |
P |
Peters |
01/04/1943 |
18/06/1943 |
Pilot; 01/04/1943 arrived
with crew; first op with own crew 05/04/1943; 'B' Flight
commander; 18/06/1943 posted to base area depot Tunis on
completion of tour. |
|
Sgt | Robert Finlay | Peterson | A412655 | 11/09/1942 | 23/02/1943 | Navigator; 23/06/1942 27 OTU; 11/09/1942 142 Sqn; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Jensen crew; 22-23/02/1943 missing in Wellington DF691 on ops, Bizerte. |
Sgt |
Norman |
Philbrick |
01/06/1943 |
17/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Hutchings; 01/06/1943 first op; 16-17/07/1943 killed in Wellington HE600 on ops, Naples and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
R H |
Phillips |
30/03/1943 |
13/08/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Christie; 05/04/1943 first op; 13/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
Ivor John |
Phipps |
1023516 | 02/12/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Caton; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 11-12/08/1943 ditched in Wellington HE437 off Cap Bon on return from Messina; spent 4 days and nights in a dinghy before being rescued and re-joined the squadron on 19/08/1943; 01-02/12/1943 missing in Wellington JA137 on ops, Italy and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
P/O | G K | Pickering | 119353 | 24/08/1942 | Bomb aimer; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew; | |
Sgt |
William Henry | Pilet |
NZ414338 | 04/09/1943 |
Pilot; 14/04/1943 first op
with own crew; 04/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour
(F/Sgt Pilet). 03/12/1943 awarded DFC (P/O W H Pilet). He
later instructed at 11 OTU (ref. family). |
|
Sgt |
W |
Pina |
23/10/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Oullette; 12-13/11/1943 first op;
24-25/11/1943 lost crew when Wellington HE929 lost on ops,
Turin; |
||
F/Sgt |
William George |
Pipe |
11/07/1943 |
07/10/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Kilburn; 5/1943 posted from 429 Sqn via brief ferry training at Moreton-in-Marsh, arriving Blida with Wellington DF551 14/06/1943; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 09-10/09/1943 ditched in Wellington DF551 -E off Cap Bon on return from ops to Grossetto and picked up by a hospital ship after 24 hours in the dinghy, returning on 14/09/1943 but then awaiting disposal as F/Sgt Kilburn had suffered head injuries; resumed ops with F/Sgt Kilburn; 07/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/O |
D O |
Piper |
28/06/1943 |
08/11/1943 |
A/G to F/O Lee; 02-03/07/1943 first op;
09/10/1943 left crew when posted non-effective sick;
08/11/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
P/O |
Peter John |
Playfair |
138476 |
16/07/1943 |
07/08/1943 |
Navigator to S/Ldr Thompson; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 06-07/08/1943 missing in Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
H |
Pleydell |
20/03/1943 |
29/07/1943 |
Pilot; 20/03/1943 arrived by air with crew; 21/03/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 31/03/1943 first op with own crew; 20-21/06/1943 ditched Wellington HZ311 off Cap Bone: whole crew rescued from dinghy the following day; 29/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
K |
Plows |
1405726 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to F/O Gregory; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Gregory's crew. |
Sgt |
R J |
Pollard |
16/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Turley; 28-29/07/1943 first op; 08-09/08/1943 baled out of Wellington HE586 returning from ops, Messina beaches; probably posted out 09/08/1943: see Turley. | ||
Sgt |
G |
Pond |
R190274 or R190277 |
19/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
RCAF; A/G to F/Sgt Hill; 02-03/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 2/4/44); 11-12/05/1944 temporarily blinded when Wellington LP117 was struck by lightning on ops, San Stephano; 25-26/06/1944 flying as A/G to F/Sgt Hill again; 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP189 on ops, Ploesti and buried in Sofia War Cemetery. |
F/Sgt |
Lindsay Gordon |
Potts |
A412701 | 10/07/1943 |
23/07/1943 |
RAAF; A/G to F/Sgt Bilsby; 15-16/07/1943 first op; 22-23/07/1943 killed in Wellington HZ353 on ops, Naples and buried in the Cassino War Cemetery (F/Sgt L G Potts RAAF). |
Sgt |
James Eric |
Potts |
1333820 |
21/05/1943 |
07/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Cox; 03-04/06/1943 first op; 06-07/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE760) on ops, Palermo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
P/O |
Stanley |
Potts |
138297 | 17/10/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Wade; 20-21/10/1943 stood in for F/Sgt D R M Robins and killed in Wellington LN350 on ops, Furbara airfield and buried in Rome War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
Charles Halbert |
Pratt |
R75168 |
10/03/1943 |
07/07/1943 |
Sgt T Pratt 1388056 (in ORB sic); bomb aimer to Sgt Smith; 20/03/1943 first op; 09-10/05/1943 abandoned Wellington QT-X near Mountcalm returning from ops, Palermo and broke some ribs: admitted to hospital; 03-04/06/1943 flying with Sgt Cox; 06-07/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE760) on ops, Palermo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (W/O C H Pratt RCAF). |
Sgt |
James Charles |
Pratt |
1389072 | 18/07/1943 |
17/08/1943 |
A/G to F/O Kidson; 28-29/07/1943 first op; 16-17/08/1943 missing in Wellington HE266 on ops, Viterbo and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
James McKinley |
Prentice |
1434395 | 02/06/1943 |
30/08/1943 |
Pilot; 04-05/06/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 10-11/06/1943 first op with own crew; 29-30/08/1943 missing flying Wellington HE951 on ops, Torre Annunziata and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
E |
Press |
1390797 |
10/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Buhr; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with F/O Buhr's crew. |
F/O |
D H |
Price |
15/07/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Pilot; 15-16/07/1943 first
op as 2nd pilot; 17-18/07/1943 first op with own crew;
04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
Sgt |
H |
Price |
17/06/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Wallani; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
J |
Price |
1309738 |
25/07/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Campion; 08-09/10/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 29/05/1944 commissioned; 15/07/1944 tour expired; 25/07/1944 left for 3 BPD (P/O Price). | |
F/O |
William Lawrence |
Priestley |
A423875 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
RAAF; pilot; 01/09/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 05/09/1944 first op with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
R E J |
Pring |
04/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Pilet; 14/04/1943 first op; 04/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour (bomb aimer sic). | ||
F/Sgt |
J |
Prinsloo |
RH778947 |
19/04/1944 |
A/G to F/O Morton on second tour; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted & 3/5/44); 18/08/1944 tour expired; | |
F/Sgt |
Donald Maurice Russell |
Purdue |
A421688 |
04/12/1943 |
14/07/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt O'Malley; 08/02/1944 first op; (service no. noted 8/2/44); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington MF120 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
J B |
Quirie |
11/07/1943 |
07/10/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Kilburn; 5/1943 posted from 429 Sqn via brief ferry training at Moreton-in-Marsh, arriving Blida with Wellington DF551 14/06/1943; 13-14/07/1943 first op; 09-10/09/1943 ditched in Wellington DF551 -E off Cap Bon on return from ops to Grossetto and picked up by a hospital ship after 24 hours in the dinghy, returning on 14/09/1943 but then awaiting disposal as F/Sgt Kilburn had suffered head injuries; resumed ops with F/Sgt Kilburn; 07/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
B Eric A |
Raby |
15/03/1943 | 10/04/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Lay; 21/03/1943 first op; 10-11/04/1943 killed in Wellington HF800 QT-O on ops, Decimomannu airfield and buried in Cagliari Cemetery, Sardinia. | |
F/O |
H W |
Radford |
26/03/1943 |
15/08/1943 |
Pilot; 26/03/1943 4 crews
arrived by boat having lost their kit when their ship was
torpedoed; first op as 2nd pilot 31/03/1943; 05/04/1943
first op with own crew; 27/06/1943 became 'B' Flight deputy
commander; 15/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour. |
|
Sgt |
R |
Ranicar |
1458986 |
09/03/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Cooke trained at OTU in the UK; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 11/09/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
Cyril |
Ray |
1735326 |
30/03/1943 |
16/05/1943 |
A/G to P/O Banton; 05/04/1943 first op; 15-16/05/1943 missing in a Wellington on ops, Trapani and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J |
Redwood |
1625177 |
14/04/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Davidson; 09-10/05/1944 first
op (service no. noted); |
|
P/O |
Alan Percival |
Reed |
A409458 | 09/07/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Pilot; 11-12/07/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 13-14/07/1943 missing while flying as second pilot in Wellington QT-N (probably HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (P/O A P Reed RAAF). |
Sgt |
E |
Reilly |
1821656 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to P/O Sharpe; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of P/O Sharpe's crew. |
F/O |
D F |
Richer |
146987 |
08/09/1944 |
18/09/1944 |
Pilot; 13-14/09/1944 first
op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 17-18/09/1944 killed
flying Wellington MF249 on ops, Brescia and buried in Padua
War Cemetery. This was his first operation with his own
crew. |
Sgt |
D |
Richie |
1339665 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to P/O Sharpe; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of P/O Sharpe's crew. |
Sgt |
G E |
Ritchie |
26/06/1943 |
06/09/1943 |
RCAF; ex 22 OTU 40 course and 311 FTU; A/G to F/O Kirley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; 06/09/1943 posted to 331 (Canadian) Wing (424 Sqn: see Kirley); 01/10/1943 crew completed tour. | |
Sgt |
J |
Robertson |
26/03/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Wallace; 09/04/1943 first op; | ||
Sgt |
J C |
Robertson |
R161677 |
10/03/1944 |
26/06/1944 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to Sgt Scholefield trained at OTU in the UK; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 23/3/44); 25-26/06/1944 POW from Wellington LN748 on ops, Budapest (sole survivor). |
F/Sgt |
Douglas Robert McNeil |
Robins |
A420273 |
08/09/1943 |
27/05/1944 |
RAAF; 13/04/1943 10 (O)AFU; 11/05/1943 21 OTU; 22/07/1943 311 FTU; 11/08/1943 1 OADU; 08/09/1943 142 Sqn; navigator to F/Sgt Close; 13-14/09/1943 first op; 20-21/10/1943 lost crew when F/Sgt Close failed to return from ops, Furbara airfield (sick); (service no. noted 24/11/1943 flying with Sgt Sharples); 11/02/1944 sent for 2 weeks special duties at Troop Carrier Command; 24/05/1944 commissioned; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
T |
Robinson |
26/03/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Wallace; 09/04/1943 first op; | ||
Sgt |
W |
Robinson |
26/03/1943 |
24/09/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Holmes; 11/04/1943 first op;
formed Sgt Lock's new crew; 24/09/1943 posted out on
completion of tour. See below. |
|
P/O |
W |
Robinson |
179147 |
16/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to P/O Pearce, returning for second tour; 22/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with P/O Pearce's crew. |
Sgt |
A D J |
Rooke |
1331782 |
04/12/1943 |
13/09/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Charman; 18-19/01/1944 first op; 24-25/02/1944 baled out of Wellington HE584 over Corsica, returning from ops to Steyr: unhurt; (service no. noted 29/3/44); 22/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Rooke). |
Sgt |
R G |
Ross |
1272577 |
08/09/1943 |
W/Op to F/O Long; 16-17/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 9/5/44); 18/07/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
L |
Rosser |
Pilot; 14/04/1943 first op with own crew; | |||
F/O |
Vernon Temple |
Rutter |
A418182 |
02/02/1944 |
25/02/1944 |
RAAF; navigator to F/O Koetsveldt; 18-19/02/1944 first op; (service no. noted 18/2/44); 24-25/02/1944 killed when Wellington HF537 crashed at Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from ops to Steyr and buried in Bari War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
John William |
Sadler |
A410733 |
01/10/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Bryant; 10-11/10/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 ditched Wellington HZ305 near Bastia/ Borgo, Corsica on ops, Turin: whole crew picked up safely, returning on 02/12/1943; (service no. noted 4 & 24/11/43); 01/07/1944 commissioned; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (P/O Sadler). |
F/Sgt |
T |
Sadler |
22/07/1943 |
Bomb aimer to S/Ldr Matthewman; 14/04/1943
first op; 22/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
||
Sgt |
A |
Sales |
1800282 |
01/03/1944 |
14/06/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Budgett; 11/03/1944 first op; 13-14/06/1944 POW from Wellington LN700 on ops, Munich (service no. noted). |
Sgt | Edward William | Salmon | A403958 | 17/08/1942 | W/Op; 17/03/1942 25 OTU; 17/08/1942 142
Sqn; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth crew; 18/05/1943
until 17/06/1944 27 OTU; 23/08/1944 1 OTU; flew with 10 Sqn
1945. |
|
P/O |
I I |
Samuels |
05/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Harbottle; 12/03/1943 first op; became part of Sgt Smith's crew after Sgt Harbottle hospitalised 23/04/1943; 04-05/07/1943 was the sole survivor when he swam ashore after Wellington HZ474 came down in the sea near Augusta, Sicily on ops to Catania and taken POW. | ||
Sgt |
P W |
Sanderson |
29/03/1943 |
10/04/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Sherwood; 01/04/1943 first op; 09-10/04/1943 killed in Wellington QT-C (probably DF561) on ops, Enfedaville and commemorated in Massicault cemetery, Tunisia. | |
S/Ldr | Patrick Percival Wlikinson | Sands | 43635 | 13/08/1942 | Pilot; 18/12/1942 to North Africa with 142 Sqn; | |
Sgt |
J |
Scaife |
1607005 |
18/08/1944 |
03/09/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Farley; 25/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 02-03/09/1944 missing in Wellington MF631 on ops, Ferrara and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J W |
Scholefield | 1231538 |
10/03/1944 |
26/06/1944 |
Pilot trained at OTU in the
UK; 15-16/03/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 23/03/1944 first op
with own crew; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 25-26/06/1944
killed flying Wellington LN748 on ops, Budapest and buried
there. |
Sgt |
Norman Gerhard |
Schultz |
R82766 | 18/07/1943 |
17/08/1943 |
RCAF; W/Op to F/O Kidson;
28-29/07/1943 first op; 16-17/08/1943 missing flying
Wellington HE266 on ops, Viterbo and commemorated on the
Malta Memorial (WO1 N G Schultz RCAF). |
Sgt |
E W |
Scott |
01/06/1943 |
06/10/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Pearce; 19-20/06/1943 first op; 06/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
John | Scott |
1367183 | 10/07/1943 |
23/07/1943 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Bilsby; 15-16/07/1943 first op; 22-23/07/1943 killed in Wellington HZ353 on ops, Naples and buried in the Cassino War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
M R |
Scott |
1389547 |
04/12/1943 |
13/09/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Charman; 18-19/01/1944 first op; 24-25/02/1944 baled out of Wellington HE584 over Corsica, returning from ops to Steyr: unhurt; (service no. noted 29/3/44); 22/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Scott). |
Sgt |
P A |
Scott |
1154941 |
02/08/1943 |
08/05/1944 |
A/G to F/Lt Kelly; 05-06/08/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44 flying with Sgt Wray); 07-08/05/1944 killed flying with F/Sgt Wray in Wellington MF198 on ops, Bucharest and buried Bucharest War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
A |
Shallcross |
25/07/1943 |
A/G to W/O Cooling; 31/03/1943 first op; 25/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
John Munro |
Shand |
1123982 | 02/06/1943 |
30/08/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Prentice; 10-11/06/1943 first op; 29-30/08/1943 missing in Wellington HE951 on ops, Torre Annunziata and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
Dudley Arthur |
Sharp |
A410736 |
15/11/1943 |
27/09/1944 |
RAAF; navigator to F/Sgt Stinson; 17-18/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 17/1/44); 10/09/1944 tour expired; 27/09/1944 to BPD. |
P/O |
J |
Sharpe |
163119 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Pilot; 31/08/1944 first op as 2nd pilot; 05/09/1944 first op with own crew (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn with crew. |
F/Sgt |
W |
Sharples |
17/07/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
Pilot; 26-27/07/1943 first op with own crew; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt | B E | Shaver | R74268 | 24/08/1942 | W/Op; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Etchells crew; | |
Sgt |
P D |
Shearwood |
08/03/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Venning; 20/03/1943 first op; 06-07/05/1943 rescued and taken to Phillippeville after Wellington DF552 forcelanded on a beach in bad weather returning from ops on Trapani; posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
H |
Sheldon |
A/G to Sgt Rosser; 14/04/1943 first op; | |||
Sgt |
P |
Shepherd |
1393385 |
19/03/44 |
10/08/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Hill; 02-03/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 2/4/44); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP189 on ops, Ploesti and buried in Sofia War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
George Arthur |
Sherwood |
1337809 | 29/03/1943 |
10/04/1943 |
Pilot; 29/03/1943 arrived
with crew; 31/03/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 01/04/1943
first op with own crew; 09-10/04/1943 killed flying
Wellington QT-C (probably DF561) on ops, Enfedaville and
commemorated in Massicault cemetery, Tunisia. |
Sgt |
K B |
Shillito |
1509115 |
01/03/1944 |
14/06/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Budgett; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 13-14/06/1944 POW from Wellington LN700 on ops, Munich. |
Sgt |
L |
Simmons |
929553 |
29/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Webster; 10-11/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Webster's crew. |
W/O |
S D |
Simpson |
01/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
A/G to F/Lt O'Doire; 01/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
D |
Sinclair |
1817448 |
29/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Webster; 10-11/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Webster's crew. |
F/O |
J N |
Sincock |
134585 |
25/10/1943 |
08/08/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt R K Jones; (service no. noted 10/4/44 when flying with Lt Van der Westhuizien and he joined this crew); 07-08/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP233 on ops, Szombathely airfield and buried at Budapest; 08/08/1944 note that he had been the officer i/c airmen's mess. |
Sgt |
J |
Sindall |
26/03/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Holmes; 11/04/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour, apparently in Walkden crew. | |
F/Sgt |
G |
Slade |
1338027 |
22/04/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
Pilot arrived from UK with operational experience; 01-02/05/1944 first op with own crew; 09-10/06/1944 ditched Wellington LP125 en route to target, Trieste and whole crew picked up by ASR Walrus; 31/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
J |
Slater |
20/03/1943 |
29/07/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Pleydell; 22/03/1943 first op; 20-21/06/1943 on crew of Wellington HZ311 which ditched off Cap Bone and rescued from dinghy the following day; 29/07/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
T |
Slater |
654250 |
07/05/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Palmer trained at OTU in Middle East; 22-23/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
M W |
Sloan |
1365309 | 20/08/1942 | A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Gill crew; | |
Sgt |
William James |
Sloan |
1132251 |
01/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Morgan; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 31/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD (F/Sgt Sloan). |
Sgt |
G K |
Small |
169020 |
02/09/1943 |
Pilot; 05-06/09/1943 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 1/4/44: P/O G Small); | |
Sgt |
D |
Smedley |
1818481 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Forrest; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Forrest's crew. |
F/O |
A B |
Smith |
152889 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Pilot; 10-11/09/1944 first
op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 14-15/09/1944 first op
with own crew; 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt |
A |
Smith |
01/04/1943 |
08/06/1943 |
Navigator to F/Lt Peters; 05/04/1943 first op; 08/06/1943 posted to base area depot Tunis on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
Alan Duncan Johan |
Smith |
A420634 | 11/11/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington LN566 flying first op as second pilot to F/Sgt Tyas on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
G E |
Smith |
R163668 |
10/06/1944 |
14/07/1944 |
RCAF; bomb aimer to Sgt Fairclough; 26-27/06/1944 first op (service no. noted); 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington HE293 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
G |
Smith |
1622446 |
10/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Buhr; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with F/O Buhr's crew. |
Sgt |
John Walter |
Smith |
NZ416021 | 29/03/1943 | 10/04/1943 | RNZAF; A/G to Sgt Sherwood; 01/04/1943 first op; 09-10/04/1943 killed in Wellington QT-C (probably DF561) on ops, Enfedaville and commemorated in Massicault cemetery, Tunisia. |
Sgt |
K |
Smith |
1297928 or 1397928 |
14/04/1944 |
A/G to Lt MacDonald; 01-02/05/1944 first op
(service no. noted & 5 & 22/5/44); 17/09/1944 tour
expired; |
|
F/Sgt |
M C or M L |
Smith |
01/04/1943 |
08/06/1943 |
A/G to F/Lt Peters; 05/04/1943 first op; 08/06/1943 posted to base area depot Tunis on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
Peter Lewis |
Smith |
1230427 | 08/09/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Close; 13-14/09/1943 first op; 20-21/10/1943 killed in Wellington LN350 on ops, Furbara airfield and buried in Rome War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
S N |
Smith |
1576444 |
01/03/1944 |
14/06/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Budgett; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 13-14/06/1944 POW from Wellington LN700 on ops, Munich. |
Sgt |
Stephen Fraser |
Smith |
991606 | 02/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Betts; 10-11/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HF694 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
W |
Smith |
10/03/1943 |
Pilot; 10/03/1943 arrived
by air with crew; 12/03/1943 first op as 2nd pilot;
20/03/1943 first op with own crew; 09-10/05/1943 abandoned
Wellington QT-X near Mountcalm returning from ops, Palermo;
took over ex Harbottle crew; 04-05/07/1943 lost crew in
Wellington HZ474 when piloted by S/Ldr Craigie DFC;
16/07/1943 new crew posted from 150 Sqn; |
||
Sgt |
A W |
Smithers |
19/06/1943 |
22/10/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Moran; 24-25/06/1943 first op; 22/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt | J C | Southey | 778883 | 17/08/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
A/G; 28/12/1942 to North Africa in Bray crew; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
W |
Spearing |
15/07/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
W/Op to F/O Price; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/Sgt |
J |
Spencer |
569595 |
29/03/1944 |
22/04/1944 |
Navigator to P/O McKinley; 02-03/04/1944 first op as 2nd navigator (service no. noted); 10/04/1944 first op with own crew; 21-22/04/1944 evaded capture from Wellington LN848 of 142 Sqn on ops, Genoa; 30/05/1944 squadron received news that he had escaped through the battle lines. |
Sgt |
Lawrence (Laurie) Sydney |
Staight |
1216102 | 31/03/1943 |
18/04/1943 |
Pilot; 31/03/1943 arrived with crew; 04/04/1943 first op with own crew; 17-18/04/1943 missing flying Wellington DF696 on ops, Tunis and commemorated on the Malta Memorial; he had recently flown operations in 428 Squadron. |
Sgt |
R E |
Steed |
752184 |
08/03/1944 |
21/08/1944 |
A/G to 2/Lt Kelly trained at OTU in the Middle East; 23/03/1944 first op; 20-21/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP245 on ops, St. Valentin and buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. |
Sgt |
A F |
Steel |
12/08/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Appleton; 19-20/08/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
J O |
Stephens |
15/07/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
A/G to F/O Price; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
J C |
Stevens |
1394602 |
09/11/1943 |
28/08/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Ashwell; 28-29/11/1943 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 05/05/1944 unhurt when Lt Cathrine hit a cable stretched over the sea when practicing mine dropping and crashed in the sea; 08/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
F/Sgt | Percy Henderson | Stewart DFM | NZ403613 | 16/08/1941 | 12/08/1943 |
RNZAF; observer; officer i/c ground party to North Africa on HMS Adventure and HMS Totland 12/1942; 28/01/1943 volunteered to replace Sgt Hill in P/O Berry's crew; later flew with F/Lt Allen; 02/08/1943 awaiting Bombing Leader posting having completed tour; 12/08/1943 posted to UK as Bombing Leader. |
Sgt |
H H |
Strickland |
27/06/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Hingley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; | ||
F/Sgt |
G R or J |
Stinson |
NZ421787 |
15/11/1943 |
27/09/1944 |
RNZAF; pilot; 17-18/01/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 17/1/44); 10/09/1944 tour expired; 27/09/1944 to BPD. |
Sgt |
L |
Stock |
1873334 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Cookson; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Cookson's crew. |
2/Lt |
L H |
Stone |
542637V |
05/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
SAAF; navigator to Lt Cathrine trained at Middle East OTU; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 22/3/44); 21-22/04/1944 baled out of Wellington -O on return from ops, Genoa; 04-21/06/1944 temporary wing adjutant; 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington LN972 on ops, Ploesti and news reached the squadron that the whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944. |
P/O |
K J |
Strong |
16/07/1943 |
21/09/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Turley; 28-29/07/1943 first
op; 08-09/08/1943 baled out of Wellington HE586 returning
from ops, Messina beaches; 21/09/1943 posted to 40 Sqn. |
|
F/Sgt |
D F |
Stunt |
1293721 |
14/04/1944 |
17/04/1944 |
Pilot who arrived with his own crew (names not noted); 16-17/04/1944 killed on first op as 2nd pilot in Wellington JA127 on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
Sgt |
Frank Eric |
Summers |
1335486 | 10/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Tyas; 18-19/09/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed flying Wellington LN566 on ops, Turin and buried in Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
P/O |
Donald Beattie |
Surrette |
J15690 | 02/06/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
A/G to F/O Evans; 06-07/06/1943 first op; 13-14/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (F/O D B Surette RCAF). |
F/O |
J H |
Sutcliffe |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
Sgt |
R |
Sutcliffe |
2211854 |
01/03/1944 |
13/09/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Morgan; 11/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 31/08/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
C V |
Sutton |
1319658 |
10/03/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Pennefather trained at OTU in the UK; 24-25/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 23/08/1944 tour expired; | |
Sgt |
R |
Sutton |
12/08/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Appleton; 19-20/08/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
P/O |
Stanley Carter |
Sykes |
142886 | 02/06/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Navigator to F/O Evans; 06-07/06/1943 first op; 13-14/07/1943 missing in Wellington QT-N (probably HE333) on ops, Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
W |
Tarrant |
1622538 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Forrest; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Forrest's crew. |
Sgt |
E |
Taylor |
01/06/1943 |
06/10/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Pearce; 19-20/06/1943 first op; 06/10/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
F L |
Taylor |
1287784 |
09/03/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Cooke trained at OTU in the UK; 22/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 11/09/1944 tour expired; 13/09/1944 query to 3 BPD (F/Sgt R P Taylor sic). | |
Sgt |
J |
Taylor |
28/06/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
W/Op to F/O Lee; 02-03/07/1943 first op; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
R or W |
Taylor |
1430415 |
22/04/1944 |
06/09/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Slade arrived from UK with
operational experience; 01-02/05/1944 first op;
09-10/06/1944 ditched in Wellington LP125 en route to
target, Trieste and whole crew picked up by ASR Walrus;
31/08/1944 tour expired; posted to 3 BPD (F/Sgt W Taylor
sic). |
F/Sgt |
Stanley Donald |
Taylor |
A422547 |
12/01/1944 |
01/10/1944 |
RAAF; navigator to F/Sgt Dean; 26-27/05/1944 first op; (service no. noted 10/7/44); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt |
W or J |
Taylor |
1088729 |
13/07/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
W/Op; posted in as a spare from 614 Sqn; 07-08/08/1944 first op, with Lt Cathrine (Sgt J Taylor sic) (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 POW from Wellington LN972 on ops, Ploesti and news reached the squadron that the whole crew was back in Allied hands on 18/09/1944 (Sgt J Taylor sic); 01/10/1944 visited the squadron on his way back to England via BPD. |
Sgt |
S |
Thatcher |
1435329 |
Bomb aimer; first noted 22-23/05/1944 flying
wtih F/Lt Garland (service no. noted & 10/6/44); June
1944 joined F/Lt King's crew; |
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Sgt |
G R |
Thomas |
02/06/1943 |
30/08/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Prentice; 10-11/06/1943 first op; 29-30/08/1943 missing in Wellington HE951 on ops, Torre Annunziata and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
S/Ldr |
Alan Edward |
Thompson |
39048 |
16/07/1943 |
07/08/1943 |
Pilot; 17-18/07/1943 first op with own crew; officer commanding A flight; 06-07/08/1943 missing flying Wellington HF763 on ops, Messina beaches and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J |
Thompson |
1513147 |
10/03/1944 |
26/06/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Scholefield trained at OTU in the UK; 23/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 25-26/06/1944 killed in Wellington LN748 on ops, Budapest and buried there. |
Sgt |
J B |
Thompson |
17/07/1943 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Sharples; 26-27/07/1943
first op; 01/03/1944 not mentioned when F/Sgt Sharples crew
posted out on completion of tour; |
||
Sgt |
V A |
Thompson |
27/06/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Hingley; 04-05/07/1943 first op; | ||
Sgt |
L |
Thomson or Thompson |
1045062 |
29/08/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
A/G to Sgt Cookson; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with Sgt Cookson's crew. |
F/Sgt |
Robert |
Thurlow |
A426784 |
19/03/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
RAAF; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Hill; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LP189 on ops, Ploesti and buried in Sofia War Cemetery. |
F/Sgt |
Philip |
Thurston |
A409771 |
03/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
RAAF; W/Op to F/Sgt Harrison; 08-09/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 24/11/43 & 15/1/44 & 28/3/44); 24/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (P/O Thurston). |
Sgt |
W H S |
Tite |
15/11/1943 |
23/05/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Carson; 15-16/03/1944 slightly injured when Wellington HF764 crashed into hills on return from ops, Sofia; 23/05/1944 W/O Carson and crew posted out en route to OTU for further training. | |
F/Sgt |
Ernest |
Todd |
A424942 |
01/05/1944 |
03/10/1944 |
RAAF; navigator; 05/10/1943 3 (O)AFU; 23/11/1943 21 OTU; 25/03/1944 311 FTU; 13/04/1944 3 OADU; 01/05/1944 142 Sqn; navigator to W/O Coulthard; 06-07/05/1944 first op; 03/10/1944 to BPD on posting; 19/06/1945 to 25/07/1945 3 AOS. |
F/O |
William Kenneth |
Todd |
A424878 |
03/04/1944 |
30/05/1944 |
RAAF; navigator; 03/10/1943 3 (O)AFU; 23/11/1943 21 OTU; 12/03/1944 311 FTU; navigator to F/O Keen; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 29-30/05/1944 POW from Wellington LN318 on ops, Feuersbrunn airfield. |
Sgt |
R B |
Tomlin |
28/06/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Lee; 02-03/07/1943 first op; 01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
F/O | J A | Tooth | 108824 | 05/05/1942 | Gunnery leader; 12/1942 flew out to
North Africa with F/Lt Brooks; 30/01/1943 joined S/Ldr
Booth's crew as rear gunner and handed position of Adjutant
to F/Lt Neuss; |
|
Sgt |
Geoffrey Unwin |
Topp |
23/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Oullette; 12-13/11/1943 first op; 24-25/11/1943 killed in Wellington HE929 on ops, Turin and buried in Florence War Cemetery. | |
Sgt |
J S |
Tubb |
01/06/1943 |
17/07/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Hutchings; 01/06/1943 first op; 16-17/07/1943 killed in Wellington HE600 on ops, Naples and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Sgt |
K J |
Turley |
1426971 |
16/07/1943 |
17/04/1944 |
Pilot; 28-29/07/1943 first op with own crew; 08-09/08/1943 baled out of Wellington HE586 returning from ops, Messina beaches; 12/11/1943 posted back to 142 Sqn having been posted out after baling out; (service no. noted 02/04/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed flying Wellington JA127 on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
Sgt |
J |
Turner |
1682652 |
24/03/1944 |
25/05/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Ansell; 03-04/04/1944 first op; (service no. noted 3/4/44); 18/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944, departing 25/05/1944. |
F/Sgt |
Reginald Charles |
Tyas |
A411617 |
10/09/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 23/03/1943 3
(P)AFU; 18/05/1943 16 OTU; 15/08/1943 311 FTU; 06/09/1943 3
OADU; 10/09/1943 142 Sqn; allotted to B flight;
18-19/09/1943 first op with own crew; 24-25/11/1943 killed
flying Wellington LN566 on ops, Turin and buried in
Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. |
Sgt |
D A |
Underwood |
31/03/1943 |
18/04/1943 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Staight; 04/04/1943 first op; 17-18/04/1943 killed in Wellington DF696 on ops, Tunis; his body was recovered from the sea and he is buried in Bone War Cemetery at Annaba in Algeria. | |
Sgt |
W N |
Underwood |
31/03/1943 |
18/04/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Staight; 04/04/1943 first op; 17-18/04/1943 missing in Wellington DF696 on ops, Tunis and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
Lt |
J |
Van der Westhuizen |
15082V |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 08/08/1944 |
SAAF; pilot trained at OTU
in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op with own crew;
(service no. noted 2/3/44); 15-16/03/1944 baled out of
Wellington LP119 on return from ops, Sofia; 13/05/1944
posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from
30/05/1944; 18/05/1944 posting cancelled (Ansell crew
substituted); 07-08/08/1944 killed flying Wellington LP233
on ops, Szombathely airfield and buried at Budapest. |
Sgt |
H R |
Varcoe |
1319325 |
27/05/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Brown; 25-26/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 12/05/1944 tour expired; 27/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
H B R |
Venning |
08/03/1943 |
14/07/1943 |
Pilot; 08/03/1943 arrived by air with crew; 12/03/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 20/03/1943 first op with own crew; 06-07/05/1943 forcelanded Wellington DF552 on a beach in bad weather returning from ops on Trapani: crew rescued and taken to Phillippeville; posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
D |
Vincent |
1652435 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt Holbrook; 09-10/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of Sgt Holbrook's crew. |
Sgt |
James Gordon |
Wade |
A413050 |
17/10/1943 |
25/11/1943 |
RAAF; pilot; 23-24/10/1943
first op with own crew; (service no. noted 11/11/43);
24-25/11/1943 killed flying Wellington LN466 on ops, Turin
and buried in Milan. |
Sgt |
C F |
Wainwright |
1576259 |
25/10/1943 |
01/10/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt R K Jones; (service no. noted 26/3/44 flying with F/Sgt Brown); 01/10/1944 to BPD, tour expired. |
Sgt | Geoffrey Maxwell |
Waldie | A400243 | 04/12/1942 | 18/01/1943 |
A/G; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in Booth
crew; 18-19/01/1943 baled out of S/Ldr Booth's Wellington
DF732 off Bizerta after attack by Ju88. He was never found
and is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
William |
Wallace |
26/03/1943 |
Pilot; 26/03/1943 4 crews
arrived by boat having lost their kit when their ship was
torpedoed; first op as 2nd pilot 04/04/1943; first op with
own crew 09/04/1943; last op and tour completed 24/08/1943. |
||
Sgt |
R |
Wallace |
1566199 |
14/09/1944 |
W/Op, possibly to F/Sgt MacDonald (lost
07-08/08/1944); 07-08/08/1944 first noted flying with W/O
Ashwell (service no. noted); 14/09/1944 left for 37 Sqn (see
also Cuncliffe, Innes, Keith). |
|
2/Lt |
W C |
Wallace |
328393V |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
SAAF; pilot trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op with own crew; (service no. noted 2 & 3/3/44); 17/07/1944 tour expired; 15/08/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
E L |
Wallani |
17/06/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Pilot; 24-25/06/1943 first op with own crew; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour (P/O E L Wallani). | |
Sgt |
J |
Walkden |
14/09/1943 |
Pilot; 11/05/1943 first op;
14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. |
||
Sgt |
E J or E S |
Walker |
12/08/1943 |
05/03/1944 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Harkness; 19-20/08/1943
first op; 05/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
|
Sgt |
D G |
Walters |
1316294 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
W/Op to 2/Lt Wallace trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 17/07/1944 tour expired; 15/08/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
J |
Walters |
1440922 or 1440822 |
Bomb aimer; first noted 05-06/05/1944 flying with F/O Long - possibly bomb aimer to Sgt Stunt who arrived 14/04/1944 and was killed 17/04/1944; | ||
Sgt | J | Ward | R90203 | 02/10/1942 | W/Op; 26/12/1942 to North Africa in Cook crew; | |
F/O |
S C |
Ware |
151075 |
04/12/1943 |
14/07/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Leftwich; 16-17/01/1944 first op; 21/02/1944 sent to ME for bombing leaders course; (service no. noted 18/05/1944); 30/06/1944 possibly tour expired; 13-14/07/1944 killed in Wellington MF120 on ops, Milan and buried in Milan War Cemetery. |
F/O |
J |
Warner |
134365 |
08/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Mason; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 06/10/1944 appointed squadron education officer; 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/O Mason's crew. |
Sgt |
J |
Watts |
1440822 |
11/11/1943 |
10/08/1944 |
Bomb aimer to Sgt A Smith; 24-25/11/1943 lost pilot when Wellington LN566 failed to return from ops, Turin; 15/01/1944 flying with F/Sgt Turley; 18/07/1944 lost crew when F/O Long's crew became tour expired; 24-25/07/1944 first op with F/Sgt Marsh (service no. noted) and flew in that crew thereafter; 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LN857 or LP540 on ops, Ploesti and buried at Bucharest. |
Sgt |
M |
Watts |
1586107 |
11/07/1944 |
10/08/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Marsh; 24-25/07/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09-10/08/1944 killed in Wellington LN857 or LP540 on ops, Ploesti and buried at Bucharest. |
Sgt |
S |
Webb |
1579911 or 175834 |
08/09/1943 |
Navigator to F/O Long; 16-17/09/1943 first op; (service no. noted 1/4/44 when flying with P/O Small); 29/05/1944 commissioned; 18/07/1944 tour expired (service no. 175834 sic 16/7/44); | |
Sgt |
E |
Webster |
570140 |
29/07/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; 03-04/08/1944 first op as 2nd pilot (service no. noted); 10-11/08/1944 first op with own crew; 10/10/1944 to 70 Sqn with crew. |
Sgt | J | Webster | 1053090 | 13/05/1942 | 23/03/1943 |
A/G; 12/1942 to North Africa in Berry crew; 23/03/1943 left for England having completed tour. |
Sgt |
R D |
Weeks |
01/04/1943 |
08/06/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Lt Peters; 05/04/1943 first op; 08/06/1943 posted to base area depot Tunis on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
C P |
Whalley |
1452088 |
05/12/1943 |
08/05/1944 |
Bomb aimer or A/G to Sgt Wray; 20-21/01/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 07-08/05/1944 killed in Wellington MF198 on ops, Bucharest and buried Bucharest War Cemetery. |
P/O |
C |
Wheeler |
162042 |
29/08/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
Navigator to F/O Priestley; 05/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 40 Sqn as part of F/O Priestley's crew. |
Sgt |
Arthur Edward |
Whittall |
1084397 |
30/03/1943 |
16/05/1943 |
W/Op to P/O Banton; 05/04/1943 first op; 15-16/05/1943 missing in a Wellington on ops, Trapani and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
J |
White |
1466453 |
05/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
A/G to F/Sgt Davies; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Davies' crew. |
Sgt |
S H or S M |
Whitehead |
1350082 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 15/08/1944 |
A/G to 2/Lt Wallace trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 17/07/1944 tour expired; 15/08/1944 left for 3 BPD. |
P/O | W J | Whitewood | 134656 & 1266086 | 17/08/1942 | Navigator; 18/12/1942 to North Africa in
Booth crew; |
|
Sgt |
J |
Whitworth |
1615853 |
18/08/1944 |
03/09/1944 |
W/Op to Sgt Farley; 25/08/1944 first op (service no. noted); 02-03/09/1944 missing in Wellington MF631 on ops, Ferrara and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Sgt |
W J |
Wickens |
2209515 |
04/12/1943 |
A/G to F/Sgt Charman; 18-19/01/1944 first op;
24-25/02/1944 baled out of Wellington HE584 over Corsica,
returning from ops to Steyr: unhurt; (service no. noted
29/3/44); 28-29/04/1944 injured when a Ju88 night fighter
attacked Wellington LP113 on ops, San Stefano and
hospitalised; flying with F/Sgt Charman again by 18/05/1944
(possibly earlier); |
|
2/Lt |
A M |
Wiljoin or Viljoin |
542716V |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | SAAF; navigator to Lt Van der Westhuizen trained at OTU in the Middle East; 02/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 2/3/44); 13/05/1944 posted to Liberator conversion unit with effect from 30/05/1944; 18/05/1944 posting cancelled (Ansell crew substituted); 07-08/08/1944 not part of Van der Westhuizen crew when they failed to return from on ops; | |
2/Lt |
F P |
Williams |
542476V |
08/03/1944 |
28/08/1944 |
SAAF; navigator to 2/Lt Kookemoer trained at OTU in the Middle East; 18-19/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 24/3/44); 10/08/1944 tour expired; 28/08/1944 to 3 BPD. |
Sgt |
H H |
Williams |
29/03/1943 |
10/04/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Sherwood; 01/04/1943 first op; 09-10/04/1943 killed in Wellington QT-C (probably DF561) on ops, Enfedaville and commemorated in Massicault cemetery, Tunisia. | |
Sgt |
M |
Williams |
Bomb aimer to S/Ldr Winyard-Wright;
09-10/09/1943 first op; |
|||
Sgt |
N W |
Williams |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Jones; 17/04/1943 first op; 02/09/1943 became spare when rest of crew posted out on completion of tour. | |||
F/Sgt |
R C |
Williams |
08/09/1943 |
21/10/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/Sgt Close;
13-14/09/1943 first op; 20-21/10/1943 killed in Wellington
LN350 on ops, Furbara airfield and buried in Rome War
Cemetery (F/Sgt R C Williams RAAF). |
|
F/Sgt |
R J |
Williams |
30/09/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Pilot; arrived with crew (not named) as the unit ceased operations prior to disbanding; 10/10/1944 to 37 Sqn with crew. | |
P/O |
I J |
Williamson |
26/03/1943 |
15/08/1943 |
W/Op to F/O Radford; 01/04/1943 first op; 15/08/1943 posted to UK on completion of tour (F/O Wilkinson sic). | |
F/Sgt |
W |
Willsher |
03/06/1943 |
14/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Jamieson; 08-09/06/1943 first op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
C |
Wilson |
01/06/1943 |
17/07/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Hutchings; 01/06/1943 first op; 16-17/07/1943 killed in Wellington HE600 on ops, Naples and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. | |
P/O |
Jack |
Wilson |
17/07/1943 |
01/03/1944 |
17/07 to 29/09/1942 1 OAFU;
05/10/1942 to 08/01/1943 16 OTU where he crewed up with
F/Sgt Sharples; 16/02 to 11/04/1943 1661 Conversion Unit;
12/04 to 05/05/1943 15 OTU; 06/05 to 02/06/1943 310 FTU;
04/06/1943 44 Group; 07/06/1943 HQ Middle East; 17/07/1943
142 Sqn; bomb aimer to F/Sgt Sharples at 142 Sqn, eventually
flying together 107 times; 26-27/07/1943 first op;
01/03/1944 posted out on completion of tour (F/O J Wilson);
03/05/1944 to 05/04/1945 76 OTU; 25/05 to 16/12/1945 1 OATS;
continued to serve until 1974, retiring as Group Captain.
While commanding 7 Squadron at Waddington in 1969 he flew
44:40 hours on Lancaster PA474 as navigator to Group Captain
Arthur Griffiths. (Movements from son Jonathan Wilson) |
|
Sgt |
V |
Wilson |
A432275 |
01/05/1944 |
03/10/1944 |
RAAF; A/G; 19/10/1943 arrived UK; 23/11/1943 21 OTU when he joined W/O Coulthard's crew; 18/04/1944 to Mediterranean; 01/05/1944 142 Sqn in Italy; 03/10/1944 posted out on completing tour; 22/02/1945 repatriated to Australia. Movements from personnel file. W/O Victor Horace Wilson RAAF. |
F/Sgt |
A C |
Wiltshire |
08/07/1943 |
06/08/1943 |
Pilot; 11-12/07/1943 first op as 2nd pilot; 14-15/07/1943 first op with own crew; 05-06/08/1943 missing flying Wellington HF763 on ops, Cap Peloro beaches near Messina and commemorated on the Malta Memorial (F/Sgt A C Wiltshire RAAF). | |
F/O |
O V S |
Wiltshire |
15/07/1943 |
04/12/1943 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Price; 17-18/07/1943 first op; 04/12/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
S E |
Wiltshire |
1671101 |
07/05/1944 |
22/07/1944 |
A/G to P/O Galloway trained at OTU in Middle East; 18-19/05/1944 first op (service no. noted); 21-22/07/1944 missing in Wellington LN808 on ops, Pardubice and commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
S/Ldr |
B A Q |
Winyard-Wright |
08/09/1943 |
20/02/1944 |
OC B Flight; first op with own crew
09-10/09/1943; 20/02/1944 posted out on completion of second
tour. |
|
F/Lt |
E W |
Wiseman |
82176V |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 17/04/1944 |
SAAF; pilot; 24-25/02/1944
first op as 2nd pilot; 01/03/1944 first op with own crew;
(service no. noted 28/3/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed flying
Wellington LN503 on ops, Budapest and buried in Belgrade War
Cemetery. |
Sgt |
A |
Wood |
2203731 |
05/09/1944 |
09/10/1944 |
W/Op to F/Sgt Davies; 14-15/09/1944 first op (service no. noted); 09/10/1944 to 104 Sqn as part of F/Sgt Davies' crew. |
Sgt |
J E |
Wood |
1126599 |
16/07/1943 |
17/04/1944 |
RAAF; A/G to Sgt Turley; 28-29/07/1943 first op; 08-09/08/1943 baled out of Wellington HE586 returning from ops, Messina beaches; possibly posted out 09/08/1943: see Turley; 15/01/1943 flying with F/Sgt Turley; (service no. noted 2/4/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington JA127 on ops, Budapest and buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there. |
F/Sgt |
R |
Woodard |
1465279 |
26/06/1944 |
A/G (arrived without crew); 01-02/07/1944
first op, flying with Lt Cathrine; |
|
Sgt |
H |
Woodhams |
02/09/1943 |
Navigator to F/Sgt Jones; 17/04/1943 first op; 02/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
F/Lt |
C N C |
Woodroffe |
64292 |
10/09/1943 |
18/07/1944 |
Pilot; A flight commander;
11-12/09/1943 first op with own crew; 28/02/1944 officer in
command of 142 Sqn when W/C Leggate was posted (S/Ldr
Woodroffe); (16/04/1944 service no. noted); 25/05/1944
temporary command of squadron while W/C MacLean away;
11/06/1944 tour expired; 18/07/1944 posted to 3 BPD (S/Ldr
Woodroffe). |
Sgt |
Kenneth |
Worsley |
30/04/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Lock; 23/04/1943 first op; 29-30/04/1943 killed when Wellington HZ102 crashed on take off at Blida and buried El Alia Cemetery, Tunisia. | ||
Sgt |
C |
Wray |
1048566 |
05/12/1943 |
08/05/1944 |
Pilot; 20-21/01/1944 first
op with own crew; (service no. noted 26/3/44); 07-08/05/1944
killed flying Wellington MF198 on ops, Bucharest and buried
Bucharest War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
R |
Wray |
01/04/1943 |
08/06/1943 |
W/Op to F/Lt Peters; 05/04/1943 first op; 08/06/1943 posted to base area depot Tunis on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
A J |
Wright |
23/06/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
Navigator to Sgt Cadman; 02-03/08/1943 first op; 12/02/1944 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
H |
Wright |
1101312 |
Shortly before 25/02/1944 | 17/04/1944 |
A/G to F/Lt Wiseman; 01/03/1944 first op; (service no. noted 28/3/44); 16-17/04/1944 killed in Wellington LN503 on ops, Budapest and buried in Belgrade War Cemetery. |
Sgt |
K |
Wright |
17/08/1943 |
12/02/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Barnett; 14/01/1944 tour expired; 12/02/1944 posted out. | |
F/Sgt |
G |
Wright |
15784 |
08/09/1943 |
01/05/1944 |
Pilot; 13-14/09/1943 first
op with own crew; (service no. noted 28/3/44: P/O G Wright);
01/05/1944 posted out on completion of tour. |
Sgt |
P C |
Wright |
26/03/1943 |
24/09/1943 |
W/Op to Sgt Holmes; 11/04/1943 first op; formed Sgt Lock's new crew; 24/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | |
Sgt |
J L |
Yearwood |
14/09/1943 |
Navigator to Sgt Walkden; 31/05/1943 first noted op; 14/09/1943 posted out on completion of tour. | ||
Sgt |
E |
Yeo |
1399011 |
03/04/1944 |
30/05/1944 |
W/Op: presumed arrived in F/Lt Keen's crew; 14/04/1944 first noted flying with Sgt Charman (service no. noted); 29-30/04/1944 flying with F/Lt Keen; 22-23/05/1944 flying with F/Lt Garland; 29-30/05/1944 POW from Wellington LN318 on ops, Feuersbrunn airfield (F/Lt Keen's crew). |
Sgt |
C W |
Yetton |
02/09/1943 |
A/G to Sgt Betts but appears not to have flown with him; | ||
W/O |
R |
Yorke |
745160 |
19/04/1944 |
Bomb aimer to F/O Morton on second tour; 29-30/04/1944 first op (service no. noted); 18/08/1944 tour expired; |
Rank |
Names |
Surname |
Service number |
Date joined |
Date left |
Comment |
F/Sgt | Alfred Frederick | Bailey | 366030 | Ground chief B flight; 12/1942 to North Africa with
142 Sqn |
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Eric |
Bassington | Ground crew | ||||
LAC |
Bosworth |
Ground crew: Rigger 1 | ||||
F/O |
B M |
Chilver |
27/01/1943 |
Adjutant; remained with UK echelon: assumed
to 166 Sqn 27/01/1943 BUT see below. |
||
Sgt |
Cooper |
Ground crew | ||||
F/O |
Malcolm Charles | Corner |
78746 | 10/12/1941 | Adjutant. Died
23/04/1945. |
|
F/Sgt |
C |
Denton |
510015 | Equip/ assist | ||
Sgt |
Arthur |
Evans |
Ground crew | |||
F/Lt |
A S |
Flatters |
44506 | 10/12/1941 | Adjutant vice F/O | |
W/O |
Clifton Henry Benjamin | Gorman |
363084 | Ground chief A flight | ||
F/O |
L M |
Grigson-Page | 85895 | 15/08/1942 | Adjutant | |
AC |
Houghton | Ground crew |
||||
F/Lt |
Jones |
Flying control officer | ||||
F/O |
H L |
Joyce |
124332 | 27/10/1942 |
10/10/1943 |
Medical; 10/01/1943 posted
to 100 Sqn. |
F/Sgt |
Ronald Charles | Lambert | 562659 | IC maintenance flight | ||
LAC |
Leach |
Ground crew: Flight mechanic | ||||
Kenneth |
Linton |
c. July 1941 |
c. September 1941 |
Armourer newly trained,
present for a month before being posted to Malta, arriving
there 15/09/1941; remained until February 1944 when posted
to UK. |
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LAC |
W E |
Marfell | 1939 |
05/1942 | Ground crew | |
F/O |
Earle |
Masterman | 46355 | 21/09/1942 | Engineering officer | |
AC |
Merritt | Ground crew: Rigger 2 | ||||
Cpl |
Myers |
Ground crew: Flight Mechanic | ||||
P/O |
P T R |
Nichol | 46571 | 21/09/1942 | Engineer | |
Alfred |
Penderson | Fitter E | ||||
Alf |
Peterson | Ground crew | ||||
F/O |
William Leslie | Price |
102272 | 09/11/1941 | Medical Officer | |
F/O |
A H |
Pritchard | 86303 | 11/11/1941 | Medical Officer | |
Cpl |
Walter |
Riddick | 1940 |
1941 |
Groundcrew: Fitter 2E | |
F/Lt |
Harold |
Sainsbury | 79665 | 16/08/1942 | Adjutant | |
F/O |
C V G |
Usher | 44643 | Engineering officer | ||
Stan |
Warren | Ground crew | ||||
P/O |
J W |
West |
22/04/1941 | Ground engineer | ||
Cpl |
William (Bill) |
Wingfield | Ground crew | |||
F/Sgt |
J |
Wood |
351053 | 30/12/1942 | E/Asst |
Rank |
Names |
Surname |
Service
number |
Date joined | Date left | Function
& comments |
W |
Ablease ? |
From Balsall Common, Coventry |
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G A |
Agnew |
From Immingham, Lincs |
||||
W/O |
Avery |
29/06/1943 |
Armament officer |
|||
F/Sgt |
Bailey |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with S/Ldr Sands | ||||
LAC |
T F |
Bamber |
1478957 |
02/12/1943 |
02/12/1943 died during the
night: cause not clear. |
|
A |
Barker |
From Haslingden, Lancs |
||||
A |
Battasbee ? |
From Elsworth, Cambs |
||||
U |
Baylen or Bayless ? |
From Black Heath, Birmingham |
||||
E G |
Beentnall |
From Laytonstone, London |
||||
Sgt |
B or E |
Benford |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Gill |
|||
J N A |
Bowden |
From Homington, Salisbury |
||||
Alf |
Brewat ? |
From Salhouse, Norwich |
||||
F |
Brooks |
From South Yardley, Birmingham |
||||
S/Ldr |
E V |
Brown |
08/09/1943 |
|||
L R |
Brown |
23/05/1944 |
From Pitsmoor, Sheffield; possibly Cpl Brown
of MT section commissioned 20/05/1944; 23/05/1944 P/O Brown
to SPSO, MAAF at Caserta. |
|||
P J |
Bryant |
From Ilford, Essex |
||||
F/O |
J E |
Bue |
19/05/1943 |
Posted to 330 Wing. |
||
Cpl |
Cammidge |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt
Evans |
||||
F/Lt |
Chilver |
30/10/1944 |
Squadron adjutant in May 1943; 01-10/08/1944
on leave; compiled the operations record book in October
1944; 20/10/1944 joined Wing mess when 142 Sqn mess closed;
30/10/1944 posted to 178 Sqn with effect from 08/11/1944 as
adjutant of that unit. |
|||
LAC |
Clarke |
22/01/1943 flew operation with F/O Chisholm |
||||
F/Lt |
Dickie |
Clarke |
03/06/1944 |
Squadron medical officer; 16/05/1944 posted
to Rodi rest camp then 1 Medical Board, Naples, leaving
03/06/1944. |
||
E G |
Cockburn |
From Wheatley Hill, Durham |
||||
Sgt |
Coggon |
16/10/1944 |
16/10/1944 to 236 Wing. | |||
A J |
Coleman |
16/10/1944 |
16/10/1944 to 37 Sqn (W/O Coleman). |
|||
J |
Craxton |
From Handsworth, Birmingham |
||||
LAC |
Cumming |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with S/Ldr
Booth |
||||
LAC |
Drury |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Berry |
||||
J V |
Edwards |
15/10/1944 |
From Bury, Lancs; 15/10/1944 to 614 Sqn (Sgt Edwards). | |||
F/Sgt |
Ellis |
09/08/1943 |
Electrician |
|||
LAC |
Eyles |
22/01/1943 flew operation with F/O Chisholm | ||||
W |
Faicher ? |
From Wakefield, Yorks |
||||
Cpl |
J |
Fearnley |
From Hoyland, Barnsley; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt Jenson | |||
W |
Good |
From Cranfield, Middlesex |
||||
P/O |
Gould |
16/07/1943 |
Equipment officer; 13/05/1944 attached to 330
Wing (F/O Gould); |
|||
George |
Groves |
From South Hetton, Co. Durham |
||||
LAC |
J |
Hadfield |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with W/O
Bray |
|||
F/Lt |
I |
Harris |
29/06/1943 |
Engineering officer |
||
Cpl |
C |
Hillier |
15/10/1944 |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with W/O Bray; 15/10/1944 to 57 RSU (Sgt Hillier). | ||
J |
Howgan ? |
From Hoyland, Barnsley |
||||
H |
Hudson |
From Yeadon, Leeds |
||||
P/O |
L J B |
Humphreys |
05/05/1943 |
Intelligence officer |
||
Norman D |
Jack |
From Rochdale, Lancs |
||||
Cpl |
Kennedy |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Allen |
||||
Cpl |
W |
Kinghorn |
From Dunston on Tyne, Co. Durham; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with FO Chisholm | |||
J A S |
Kingsley |
From West Wickham, Kent |
||||
LAC |
Kyles |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with S/Ldr Sands | ||||
John |
Laight |
3728366 |
May 1938 |
October 1944 |
From Alcester, Warwickshire |
|
S/Ldr |
Lee |
15/06/1944 |
Medical officer; |
|||
Ivan F |
Lloyd |
From Netherton, Dudley |
||||
Mac |
McGowan |
From Vancouver, Canada |
||||
F/O |
S H |
McGrail |
30/01/1944 |
Armament officer; 05/05/1944 in hospital; |
||
P/O |
B B or M |
McLellan or McLennan |
16/07/1943 |
07/02/1944 |
Signals officer; 07/02/1944 posted to 231
Wing. |
|
F/Lt |
McMillan |
19/09/1944 |
Stand-in enior medical officer |
|||
J D |
Messenger |
From Richmond, Surrey |
||||
F/Sgt |
Mode |
29/06/1943 |
||||
Sgt |
F |
Percy |
From Moss Side, Manchester; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt Cook | |||
E |
Phillips |
From Urmston, Manchester |
||||
A |
Potter |
From Long Eaton, Notts |
||||
LAC |
Robert |
Pursey |
917198 |
1943 |
16/10/1944 |
Ground crew: Fitter 2E; 16/10/1944 to 61 RSU (F/Sgt Percy sic). |
H J |
Pyke |
From Clapton, London |
||||
F/Sgt |
Rainbow |
16/10/1944 |
16/10/1944 to 37 Sqn. | |||
N J |
Randle |
From Wolverhampton |
||||
F/Sgt |
J |
Redmond |
12/10/1944 |
12/10/1944 to 3 BPD for disposal (not clear whether air or ground crew). | ||
M |
Reed |
From Kings Sutton, Banbury |
||||
J |
Rice |
From London |
||||
LAC |
V R |
Roberts |
From Tottenham, London; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with F/O Chisholm | |||
C W |
Roger |
From Smethwick, Staffs |
||||
J |
Rumming |
From Harrow, Middlesex |
||||
Sgt |
Saunders |
29/06/1943 |
Armourer |
|||
LAC |
D N |
Seaward |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt
Cook |
|||
Alf ? |
Shepstul ? |
From Birkenhead |
||||
J |
Sibson ? |
From Knowle, Warwickshire & Aberdeen |
||||
Sgt |
Silver |
15/10/1944 |
15/10/1944 to 614 Sqn. |
|||
Sgt |
R |
Skevington |
02/06/1943 and 11/07/1943 |
23/06/1943 and 02/08/1943 |
NCO i/c electrical section. | |
LAC |
Skingsley DFM |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with S/Ldr
Booth; 15/05/1944 LAC Skingsley, one of the oldest members
of the squadron, recorded a message home for the BBC to
broadcast on the home programme (sic); |
||||
D |
Smith |
From Blackpool, Lancs |
||||
N B |
Smith |
From Saltains, Yorks |
||||
A |
Southey |
From Southgate, London |
||||
LAC |
G |
Soothill | From Bradford; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt Evans | |||
Sgt |
Spacey |
16/10/1944 |
16/10/1944 to 240 Wing. |
|||
LAC |
Stanforth |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Allen |
||||
LAC |
J W |
Storey |
From Maltby, Rotherham; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with F/Lt Brooks | |||
LAC |
B |
Stevens |
911994 |
From Stansted, Essex |
||
F/Sgt |
P H |
Stevens |
08/05/1944 |
Posted out to attend RAF Regiment course. |
||
R ? |
Strugnell ? |
From East Barnett, Herts |
||||
F/Sgt |
W |
Sword |
12/10/1944 |
12/10/1944 posted to 40 Sqn (not clear
whether air or ground crew). |
||
A E |
Thomson |
From Leeds |
||||
A W |
Twitchings |
From Wood Green, London |
||||
Sgt |
Vickers |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Etchells |
||||
Pete |
Walshaw |
From Rothwell Haigh, Leeds |
||||
H J |
Walster |
From Dinnington, Sheffield |
||||
F/O |
W H F |
Warren |
29/10/1944 |
Armament officer; 20/10/1944 joined Wing mess
when 142 Sqn mess closed; 29/10/1944 to 231 Wing. |
||
J P |
Watson |
From Ferryhill, Co. Durham |
||||
G T |
Wauney ? |
From Tollington Road, London N7 |
||||
LAC |
S R |
Weatherby |
From Manchester; 12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O Etchells | |||
Sgt |
J |
Webster |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with P/O
Berry |
|||
K |
Wells |
From Nunsthorpe, Grimsby |
||||
F |
Wickens |
From High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells |
||||
Andrew L |
Wilson |
From Dundee |
||||
F W |
Woodfield |
From Hale, Altrincham |
||||
Cpl |
Woods |
15/10/1944 |
12/1942 flew out to North Africa with Sgt Jenson; 15/10/1944 to 614 Sqn (Sgt Woods). | |||
J A |
Wright |
From Ferryhill, Durham |
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