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Course and dates |
Comment |
1 course - 7 September 1943
to 27 November 1943 (scheduled to end 16 November 1943 but
extended due to bad weather) |
Night fighter course; 2
Squadron (Air Firing) of 63 OTU operated from Chedworth in
60/63 OTU Combined Gunnery School from 16 October 1943 and
the remnants of no. 2 Squadron joined no. 1 at Honiley from
25 October 1943; 139 officers attended the farewell
dining-in night. |
2 course - 21 September 1943 to 11 January 1944 (scheduled to end 28 December 1943 but extended due to bad weather) | Night fighter course; 2
Squadron at Chedworth, as above; on 1 December 1943 the
1939-43 aircrew star was announced and 46 officers and other
ranks at Honiley were eligible for it; 2 course was to
provide 9 crews for overseas. |
3 course - 19 October 1943 |
Night fighter course; 2
Squadron at Chedworth, as above until February 1944; on 6
February 63 OTU was instructed to cease training crews as
night fighters and to switch to light bomber training for 2
Group as soon as syllabuses and instructors arrive; |
4 course - circa 30 November
1943 |
Night fighter course; 2 Squadron at Chedworth, as above until February 1944; on 6 February 63 OTU was instructed to cease training crews as night fighters and to switch to light bomber training for 2 Group as soon as syllabuses and instructors arrive; |
5 course |
Night fighter course; on 11
January 1944 there were 2 complete crews and 14 navigator/
radar operators awaiting posting (presumably having already
arrived) who would normally have been absorbed into 5 course
but instead they went to Cranfield and Ouston (51 OTU and 62
OTU respectively) and 1 Squadron of 63 OTU closed on 14
January. 5 course wasn't mentioned on 6 February, so it may
not have run. The personnel from 1 Squadron were absorbed
into the Wellington flight and the servicing wing. |
Single engine night
conversion course - 9 February 1944 |
For Hurricane pilots; 9
February 1944: 5 officers and 15 Sergeants on the course; |
Mk X Conversion Flight - 12
February 1944 to 18 February 1944 |
Came from Fairwood Common for
a week and went to 68 (65 sic.) and 25 Squadrons. Probably a
Wellington classroom flight, with Airborne Interception Mk X
(i.e. radar). Known as The Circus, the Flight with its
Wellingtons with AI Mk X was at RAF Woodvale, training 219
Squadron navigators on 29 February. |
Survived the war |
Killed after leaving this
unit (63 OTU) |
Killed while serving at
this unit (63 OTU) |
Prisoner of war |
Not yet clear |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
S/Ldr |
J R A |
Bailey |
Pilot; 14/09/1943 flew from Honiley to West
Malling to see F/Lt Molony of 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB);
S/Ldr J R Bailey was flying with F/O H W T Williams on
intruder operations with 600 Sqn in Italy by 05/12/1943
(ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
P R |
Brook |
RCAF J15469; pilot;
29/09/1941 arrived UK; 20/10/1941 60 OTU; 23/12/1941 to
04/12/1942 410 Sqn; 16/01/1943 to 08/10/1943 255 Sqn in
Mediterranean; 07/11/1943 returned to UK; 23/11/1943 63
OTU; 18/01/1944 62 OTU; 14/02/1944 51 OTU; 20/06/1944
418 Sqn where he flew with F/O A D McLaren RCAF; 02/11/1944
repatriated to Canada. F/Lt Phillip Roy Brook RCAF. DFC
Gazetted 21/11/1944 for his action in 255 Sqn (ref. RCAF
Association). |
F/O |
Bullock |
07 and 09/11/1943, 02/12/1943, 04/01/1944 and
23/02/1944 flew in Beaufighter IIs with pilot F/Lt Howitt,
including "test a/c" (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed
to be screened nav/rad; possibly nav/rad P/O C H Bullock ex
255 Sqn (tour expired in July 1943, ref. 255 Sqn ORB) (see
also Griffith, Hickmore, Hill, Wall and Wright); |
|
F/O |
Butz |
16/03/1944 flew an "A/c test" flight in a Beaufort with pilot F/Lt Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed to be screened because the pupil twin engine crews had probably left by then; | |
F/O |
A R |
Carter |
RCAF J15673; pilot;
16/08/1941 arrived UK; 21/08/1941 60 OTU; 21/10/1941 153
Sqn; 18/12/1942 RAF Portreath; 12/02/1943 153 Sqn; 28/10/1943
to 12/03/1944 63 OTU; 20/05 to 18/07/1944 leave in
Canada; 28/07/1944 409 Sqn; 09/08/1944 killed flying
Mosquito HK406 of 409 Sqn when an engine fell out on a test
flight and the aircraft spun into the ground (F/O Arthur
Reginald Carter DFC RCAF). DFC Gazetted 28/09/1943 for his
action in 153 Sqn. Ref RCAF
Association. |
P/O |
N |
Crookes |
Nav/ rad (British); 18/01/1944 arrived at 488 Sqn from 63 OTU with his pilot F/Lt Jameson (F/Lt G E Jameson DFC RNZAF sic, ref. 488 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
Dixon |
24/01/1944 flew Beaufighter II "A/c test" flight with pilot F/Lt Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed to be screened nav/rad; | |
S/Ldr |
P B |
Elwell |
Pilot; 23/01/1944 arrived at 264 Sqn with his navigator P/O Ferguson to command A flight (both possibly ex 63 OTU: similar date to confirmed arrivals at 488 Sqn) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); possibly Percival Benjamin Elwell who died in 1977 in Neath (but he was 43 in 1944); |
P/O |
F |
Ferguson | Nav/ rad; 23/01/1944 arrived at 264 Sqn with his pilot S/Ldr Elwell (both possibly ex 63 OTU: similar date to confirmed arrivals at 488 Sqn) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Griffith |
02/12/1943 flew 35 min test in Beaufighter IIs with pilot F/Lt Howitt, 13/12/1943 flew to Calverly and return in Beaufighter II with pilot F/Lt Howitt, 05 and 31/01/1944 flew 2 Beaufighter II "A/c test" flights with pilot F/Lt Howitt, 12 and 20/02/1944 local flights in Beaufighter II with pilot F/Lt Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed to be screened nav/rad; possibly navigator P/O R A Griffith ex 255 Sqn Honiley, who flew out from Honiley to North Africa in November 1942 (see also Bullock, Hickmore, Hill, Wall and Wright); | |
F/O |
W P |
Hasseldine |
115751; pilot; 29/10/1943 posted from Honiley to 96 Sqn with nav/ rad F/Lt Wolton (ref. 96 Sqn ORB); 13/02/1944 arrived at 264 Sqn in Malta by DC3 with F/Lt H E Walker 67089 (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
F |
Hague |
Pilot; 25/01/1944 arrived at 264 Sqn with pilot P/O Skinner (possibly ex 63 OTU: similar date to confirmed arrivals at 488 Sqn) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
Hickmore |
11/02/1944 flew a cross country flight in a Beaufort with pilot F/Lt Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - unclear whether he was screened, nav/rad or pupil pilot; possibly navigator P/O E S Hickmore ex 255 Sqn Honiley, who flew out from Honiley to North Africa in November 1942 (see also Bullock, Griffith, Hill, Wall and Wright); | |
F/Lt |
Hill |
04/12/1943 flew to West Malling and return in
Beaufighter IIs with pilot F/Lt Howitt, 24 and 29/02/1944
flew 3 Beaufighter II "A/c test" flights with pilot F/Lt
Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed to be
screened nav/rad; possibly navigator P/O C R Hill ex 255 Sqn
Honiley, who flew out from Honiley to North Africa in
November 1942 (see also Bullock, Griffith, Hickmore, Wall
and Wright); |
|
F/Lt |
G L |
Howitt |
DFC and bar; pilot; 09/10/1940 615 Sqn; 18/11/1940 85 Sqn; 09/04/1941 destroyed a Heinkel He111 at night; 11/06/1941 damaged a Junkers Ju88; 14/07/1941 shot down a Heinkel He111; August 1941 51 OTU Cranfield as an instructor; April 1942 85 Sqn; 12/04/1942 destroyed a Dornier Do217; 16/05/1942 shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw190; 23/08/1942 claimed a Messerschmitt Me410; 07/09/1942 claimed another Fw190 destroyed; 27/09/1943 posted from 85 Sqn to 63 OTU (S/Ldr G L Howett DFC, having completed 2 tours, ref. 85 Sqn ORB); April 1944 456 Sqn as 'A' Flight Commander; 10/06/1944 claimed a Heinkel He177 probably destroyed; 08/08/1944 destroyed a V-1 and another probably destroyed on 12/08/1944; December 1944 took command of 125 Sqn until his release from the RAF. DFC Gazetted 30/09/1941 and bar 26/10/1943. Geoffrey Leonard Howitt. Ref. Kenneth Wyn 'Men of the Battle of Britain' and the Battle of Britain Archive. |
F/Lt |
G E |
Jameson |
Assumed to be a screened
pilot; 14/01/1944 posted to 488 Sqn (no initials);
18/01/1944 arrived at 488 Sqn from 63 OTU with his navigator
P/O Crookes (F/Lt G E Jameson DFC RNZAF sic, ref. 488 Sqn
ORB); |
F/Lt |
P C G |
Neil-Dunns | Nav/ rad (British); 25/01/1944 arrived at 488 Sqn from 63 OTU with his pilot S/Ldr Smith (ref. 488 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
G |
Panitz |
DFC; RAAF A404891; pilot;
05/10/1941 arrived UK; 18/10/1941 54 OTU; 24/02/1942 456
Sqn; 14/12/1943 posted to 9 Group pending posting as flying
instructor (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); 20/12/1943 63 OTU;
29/12/1943 on a Flying Instructor Course and due to succeed
S/Ldr Wright as officer commanding 1 Squadron of 63 OTU;
09/02/1944 returned from 3 FIS; 15/02/1944 60 OTU;
19/04/1944 advanced flying school Cranwell; 15/06/1944 2
GSU; 04/07/1944 464 Sqn (22/06/1944 arrived at 454 Sqn, ref.
464 Sqn ORB); 22/08/1944 killed flying Mosquito NT229 of 464
Sqn when it struck the side of a hill near Nièvre, France,
on a low level attack on railway communications near Dijon.
Navigator F/O Williams was also killed. W/Cdr Gordon Panitz
was the son of Frederick Samuel
and Janet Panitz, of Southport, Queensland, Australia and
is buried at Bona Communal Cemetery, Nièvre,
France. Movements from personnel file except where noted. |
W/O |
J L |
Paune |
1377248; nav/ rad;
01/01/1944 posted from 25 Sqn to 63 OTU for instructor
duties with conversion flight no. 2 E.E.F. (ref. 25 Sqn
ORB); |
F/Lt |
E M |
Ramsey |
29/11/1943 flew Beaufort
W6525 from 63 OTU Honiley to Hunsdon, where he was attached
to 515 Sqn to instruct its pilots in twin engine flying
(ref. 515 Sqn ORB); 31/12/1943 returned to Honiley with
Beaufort A548 (sic), having converted 515 Squadron's pilots
from Defiants to twins (ref. 515 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
P |
Searle |
Pilot; 15/02/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn with nav/ rad P/O Simpkins (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
J |
Simpkins |
Navigator/ radar; 15/02/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn with pilot F/Lt Searle (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
D |
Skinner |
Pilot; 25/01/1944 arrived at 264 Sqn with pilot F/O Hague (possibly ex 63 OTU: similar date to confirmed arrivals at 488 Sqn) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
E S |
Smith |
AFC; pilot (British); 25/01/1944 arrived at 488 Sqn from 63 OTU with his navigator F/Lt Neil-Dunns (ref. 488 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
Syfrig |
09/01/1944 posted from 264 Sqn to 63 OTU
(ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/O |
Wall |
15/02/1944 flew a local flight in a Beaufighter II with pilot F/Lt Howitt (ref. F/Lt G Howitt log book) - assumed to be screened nav/rad; possibly navigator F/Sgt R D Wall ex 255 Sqn Honiley, who flew out from Honiley to North Africa in November 1942 (see also Bullock, Griffith, Hickmore, Hill and Wright); see F/O Wall in list of arrivals from 219 Sqn; | |
P/O |
R |
Wolton |
Joined RAF July 1932; WO/AG
at 58 Sqn; September 1935 142 Sqn at Mersa Matruh, then 48
Sqn in Egypt; September 1938 returned to UK and began pilot
training at 9 E&RFTS, Ansty; 10 FTS; October 1939 152
Sqn; 25/07/1940 shot down a Dornier Do17; 15/08/1940 shot
down into the sea off Chesil Beach but swam to a buoy and
was picked up; 26/09/1940 destroyed a Junkers Ju88;
11/10/1940 baled out when his Spitfire lost a wing; 16/12/40
CFS Upavon for an instructor's course; 16 FTS Newton,
instructing Polish pupils; 08/04/1942 51 OTU Cranfield as
night fighter instructor; 20/01/1943 153 Sqn; 13/03/1943
96 Sqn at Honiley 18/05 to 06/08/1943 attached to 417
Night Fighter Squadron, USAAF to convert its crews to
Beaufighters); then 63 OTU; 27/10/1943 96 Sqn at
Drem; 17/12/1944 239 Sqn on radio countermeasures until the
end of the war. Details from the Battle of
Britain Archive. |
S/Ldr |
J D |
Wright |
DFC; pilot; 255 Sqn Honiley
until November 1942, when he out from Honiley to North
Africa (F/Lt J D Wright); officer commanding 1 Squadron of
63 OTU; 29/12/1943 posted from 63 OTU to 68 Sqn; F/Lt
(A/S/Ldr) J D Wright posted from 63 OTU to 68 Sqn 29/12/1943
(ref. 68 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/O |
A T |
Bruce |
Pilot; 19/12/1943 posted to Lulsgate Bottom (presumably instructors' course) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
Burke |
25/08/1943 to be going to an OTU as an
instructor (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); see table below; |
|
F/O |
W J |
Campbell |
Pilot; 19/12/1943 posted to Lulsgate Bottom (presumably instructors' course) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); see table below; |
F/O |
P E |
Corbett |
Pilot; 24/08/1943 posted from 157 Sqn to HQ 9 Group (ref. 157 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
G F |
Deakin |
Pilot who had flown with
F/Sgt A R Hurley; 04/08/1943 posted from 157 Sqn to HQ 9
Group (ref. 157 Sqn ORB); 20/01/1944 killed flying Magister
R1955 of 60 OTU, which spun into the ground 5 miles east of
Stoke Orchard, Gloucs (F/O
Geoffrey Francis Deakin 116756). |
P/O |
A R |
Eagling |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/Lt Knowles;
October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and December 1943
posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); possibly Alan
Reginald Eagling, born 1/1/1916, died 1981; |
P/O |
Evans |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/O R Wood; 19/11/1943 posted from 29 Sqn to 9 Group (ref. 29 Sqn ORB); | |
P/O |
Fraser |
28/12/1943 posted from 456 Sqn to HQ 9 Group
on finishing his 1st tour (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/Lt |
A J |
Green |
Pilot; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn
(ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
W A |
Handley |
Nav/ rad; 19/12/1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
W |
Harrison |
Nav/ rad who had flown with S/Ldr A W Mack; 11/10/1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting as an instructor (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
E J |
Harvey |
Pilot who had flown with Sgt Wait; 11/10/1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting as an instructor (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
R W |
Hiem |
07/10/1943 posted from 456 Sqn to HQ 9 Group
(ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
J R |
Hunt |
Nav/ rad who had flown with P/O Norman; 04/01/1944 posted from 410 Sqn to 9 Group Supply for flying duties at end of tour (ref. 410 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J |
Irvine |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/Sgt W Irving; 11/10/1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting as an instructor (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
C E |
Knowles |
DFC; pilot who had flown with P/O Eagling; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
G |
Labram |
Pilot; 29/12/1943 posted from 418 Sqn to 9
Group HQ (ref. 418 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
H |
Ladbrook |
DFC; nav/ rad; 22/12/1943 posted from 410 Sqn
to HQ 9 Group (ref. 410 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
A G |
Lawrence |
DFC; pilot; 11/09/1943 posted from 410 Sqn to
9 Group HQ for flying instructor duties on completion of his
operational tour - he had been OC B flight (ref. 410 Sqn
ORB); |
P/O |
A T |
Linn |
Pilot who had flown with F/O May; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
Mason |
27/08/1943 posted to Hullavington for an
instructors' course prior to going to an OTU (ref. 264 Sqn
ORB); |
|
F/O |
D |
May |
Nav/ rad who had flown with P/O Linn; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
S V |
Meakings |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/Sgt Smith; November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
A M |
Michie |
Pilot who had flown with F/Sgt Tredwen; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
K F |
Mills |
Nav/ rad who had flown with S/Ldr W F Gibb DFC; 11/10/1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting as an instructor (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
D L |
Moore |
Nav/ rad; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
R M |
Muir |
28/09/1943 posted from 264 Sqn to 9 Group at end of 1st tour (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); 19/05/1944 missing flying Mosquito LR370 of 613 Sqn, which ditched 20 miles west of Guernsey on return from Sortosville-en-Beaumont (F/Lt Robert Michael Muir DFC). |
F/O |
D O |
Norcott |
Pilot; 29/12/1943 posted to 9 Group from 418 Sqn for instructor duties (ref. 418 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
D M |
Norman |
Pilot who had flown with P/O Hunt; 04/01/1944 posted from 410 Sqn to 9 Group Supply for flying duties at end of tour (ref. 410 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Pelham |
08/11/1943 posted from 264 Sqn at end of tour (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); | |
P/O |
W E |
Pettifer |
144214; nav/ rad; 09/11/1943 posted from 125
Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting to OTU for instructor
duties (ref. 125 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
Pepper |
08/11/1943 posted from 264 Sqn at end of tour
(ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/O |
J F |
Potter |
DFC; December 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
Powell |
11/11/1943 posted from 264 Sqn - presumably at end of tour (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Robinson |
08/11/1943 posted from 264 Sqn at end of tour (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Shuttleworth |
DFC; nav/ rad; August 1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting to an OTU for instructor duties (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); | |
Sgt |
A L |
Smith |
Nav/ rad; 29/12/1943 posted to 9 Group HQ from 418 Sqn (ref. 418 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R H |
Smith |
Pilot who had flown with Sgt Meakings; November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J W |
Tredwen |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/O Michie; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
G B |
Wait |
Nav/ rad who had flown with F/Sgt Harvey; 11/10/1943 posted from 605 Sqn to HQ 9 Group pending posting as an instructor (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Welch |
DFC; pilot; August 1943 posted from 605 Sqn
to HQ 9 Group pending posting to an OTU for instructor
duties (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/O |
D W O |
Wood |
Pilot; October 1943 completed tour at 605 Sqn and November 1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 605 Sqn ORB); 04/09/1944 missing in Mosquito PZ163 of 515 (Special Duties) Sqn, which crashed into the sea near Emden whilst on patrol (F/O Dudley William Oliver Wood). |
F/O |
H |
Wood |
Nav/ rad; 19/12/1943 posted to HQ 9 Group (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
R |
Wood |
Pilot who had flown with P/O Evans;
19/11/1943 posted from 29 Sqn to 9 Group (ref. 29 Sqn ORB);
|
P/O |
C N |
Woodcock |
Pilot who had flown with
F/Sgt R A Stephenson; 04/08/1943 posted from 157 Sqn to HQ 9
Group (ref. 157 Sqn ORB); 01/09/1944 killed flying Mosquito
MM672 of 157 Sqn, which collided with Mosquito MM676 during
AI practice and crashed at Hayden, 5 miles north of RAF
Swannington, Norfolk (F/O Chris Noel
Woodcock). |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
W/C |
A J |
Banham |
Pilot; 20/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with P/O Le Conte, to take over command of the squadron (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
G B S |
Coleman |
DFC; pilot; 18/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
R J |
Gillies |
DFC; nav/ rad; 05/12/1943 first noted flying with W/C C F Green in Italy (Green had been with 600 Sqn for a year) (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
A W |
Horne |
DFC AFC; pilot; 05/12/1943 first noted,
flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
R A |
Kewley |
Pilot; 06/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with W/O White (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
K F |
Le Conte | Nav/ rad; 20/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with W/C Banham (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
W/C |
L H |
Styles |
DFC; pilot; 03/03/1944 arrived to take command of 600 Sqn in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
E |
White |
DFM; nav/ rad; 06/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with F/Lt Kewley and 08/12/1943 to Mk VIII conversion school near Algiers to get experience (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
S/Ldr |
Burke |
AFC; pilot, with nav/ rad F/O Whaley (ref.
219 Sqn ORB); see table above; |
|
F/Lt |
Campbell |
Pilot; with nav/ rad F/O Wells deputy
commander A flight - a former member of 219 Sqn (ref. 219
Sqn ORB); see table above; possibly pilot F/O E A Campbell
at 255 Sqn in June 1943 (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/Lt |
Custers |
Pilot, with nav/ rad F/Sgt MacNamara - Custers was Belgian (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Davey |
Pilot, with nav/ rad W/O Whitby (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); probably F/O H Davey who flew with F/Sgt A Whitby in 255 Sqn, in the Mediterranean to at least July 1943 (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Gloster |
DFC; pilot, with nav/ rad F/O Wall (ref. 219
Sqn ORB); probably F/O M J Gloster who flew with F/Sgt R B
Wall in 255 Sqn, in the Mediterranean to at least July 1943
(ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/Sgt |
Godfrey |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Parker (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Hall |
DFC; nav/ rad to F/Lt Stevenson (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
W/O |
Jones |
Pilot, with nav/ rad F/Sgt Kilduff (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
Kilduff |
Nav/ rad to W/O Jones (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Lunan |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Williamson (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
MacNamara |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Custers (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
S/Ldr |
Merrifield |
DFM and bar; pilot, with nav/ rad F/O Oxby;
to command B flight (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/O |
Oxby |
Nav/ rad to S/Ldr Merrifield (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Parker |
DSM (ex Fleet Air Arm); pilot, with nav/ rad F/Sgt Godfrey (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Stevenson |
DFC; pilot, with nav/ rad F/O Hall (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Wall |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Gloster (ref. 219 Sqn ORB);
probably F/Sgt R B Wall who flew with F/O M J Gloster in 255
Sqn, in the Mediterranean to at least July 1943 (ref. 255
Sqn ORB); see F/O Wall in list of screened instructors; |
|
F/O |
Wells |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Campbell (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Whaley |
Nav/ rad to S/Ldr Burke (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
W/O |
Whitby |
Nav/ rad to F/Lt Davey (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); probably F/Sgt A Whitby who flew with F/O H Davey in 255 Sqn, in the Mediterranean to at least July 1943 (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Williamson |
DFC; Pilot, with nav/ rad F/O Lunan (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/Lt |
Aldridge |
Navigation officer for 63 OTU; 04/12/1943
posted away. |
|
G/C |
C H |
Appleton |
CBE DSO DFC; 31/12/1943 took over as station
commander of RAF Honiley; |
Mr |
Dent |
Former WW1 pilot on special meteorological
duty at Honiley to provide smoke screens for Birmingham and
Coventry until these were abolished on 07/01/1944. |
|
P/O |
C H |
Francis |
C18479; Tech (Radar); 18/12/1943 attached to
63 OTU Supply for Signals (Radar) (Air) duties from 125 Sqn
(ref. 125 Sqn ORB); |
S/Ldr |
Haskell |
10/10/1943 arrived to take over the W/Cdr
vacancy in Maintenance Wing; 19/11/1943 promoted to W/Cdr; |
|
S/Ldr |
Hoy |
Officer in command of the Wellington flying
radar classrooms by 03/11/1943; |
|
F/Lt |
Middleton |
16/11/1943 arrived as Training Wing Adjutant;
|
|
G/C |
A G |
Miller |
Officer Commanding 63 OTU and RAF Honiley
from 01/09/1943; December 1943 posted to 9 Group; |
W/Cdr |
C M |
Miller |
DFC; 13/11/1943 temporarily took over command
when G/C Miller was on leave (no initials); 20/02/1944
posted to 85 Sqn to command (no initials). 22/02/1944 W/Cdr
C M Miller DFC took command of 85 Sqn, having first served
with 9 Sqn Bomber Command, 148 Sqn in Malta, PA to Air
Officer Commanding, Mediterranean Command, returned to UK in
1941, 24 Sqn, commanded 29 Sqn (night fighters) in 1943
(awarded 2nd bar to DFC), officer in charge of training
night fighter crews at 63 OTU (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
Philo |
03/11/1943 arrived from 2 Nav/ Rad Conversion
Unit in connection with the Wellington flying radar
classrooms; |
|
W/Cdr |
K C |
Roberts |
AFC; 20/02/1944 posted from 141 Sqn to 63
OTU; was officer commanding 141 Sqn (ref. 141 Sqn ORB); |
W/Cdr |
V C |
Wheeler |
MC, DFC, 20/08/1943 posted from 157 Sqn to
RAF Honiley (ref. 157 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
R |
Wyatt |
Physical fitness officer (and former England
Cricket captain) (Bob Wyatt, captain 1930-35, ref. wikipedia);
04/12/1943 arranging rugby match with 34 AA Brigade; |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Cpl |
Citroen |
23/01/1944 produced the station show "Taking
Off" (ref. 63 OTU ORB); |
|
H |
Eaton |
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W |
Glover |
||
F/Lt |
J A |
Hadson |
John Hadson |
J |
Halinger |
||
D A |
Harvey |
||
E G |
Jones |
||
P/O |
S B |
Kennedy |
|
C T ? |
Lawson |
||
R |
Pillow |
Possibly Ronald G. Pillow who died at the age of 38 in 1958 in Uxbridge | |
A W |
Samuel |
||
J H |
Scott |
||
D H |
Seward |
||
A |
Swain |
||
R E |
Williams |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/O |
F T |
L'Amie |
Pilot; 25/08/1943 posted
from RAF Honiley to 96 Sqn (ref. 96 Sqn ORB); 21-22/11/1944
killed flying Mosquito PZ344 of 515 Sqn, when it was hit by
flak on a bomber support operation over Germany (ref. Aircrew
Remembered). F/Lt Frederick Theulis L'Amie DFC was the
son of Frederick William and Mary
L'Amie, of Blackhall, Edinburgh. |
F/Sgt |
S H ? |
Pamment |
Nav/ rad; 25/08/1943 posted from RAF Honiley
to 96 Sqn (F/Sgt S H Pamment sic, ref. 96 Sqn ORB); note
there was a pilot F/Lt Pamment at 141 Sqn in November 1943
who left for 527 Sqn in January 1944 after being there for a
year (ref. 141 Sqn ORB) and on 02/12/1944 F/Lt Kenneth Jack
Pamment died serving with 29 Sqn; |
F/O |
J C F |
Ritchie |
118366; nav/ rad; 25/08/1943 posted from RAF
Honiley to 25 Sqn (ref. 25 Sqn ORB); a F/O J Ritchie nav/
rad was flying with 600 Sqn in Italy in November 1943 (ref.
600 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/O |
D W |
Arnold |
19/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn with F/O Berckley (possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
W |
Atkinson |
19/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn with F/O Radford
(possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J B |
Berckley? |
19/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn with F/O Arnold
(possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
P W |
Bolton |
Nav/ rad; 13/12/1943 joined 264 Sqn with F/O Monro (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
Brown |
06/01/1944 posted to 456 Sqn with F/Sgt
Whitfield (possibly ex 63 OTU), but had to be returned to
the OTU (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
|
P/O |
E M |
Carne |
118098; pilot; 08/12/1943
posted from 63 OTU to 25 Sqn with P/O Hamilton (ref.
25 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
F |
Fairclough |
Nav/ rad; 21/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with F/Sgt Walters (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
B |
Friendship |
Pilot; 22/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with F/Sgt Powell (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
W M |
Hamilton |
147937; nav/ rad; 08/12/1943 posted from 63 OTU to 25 Sqn with P/O Carne (ref. 25 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
P N |
Lee |
Pilot; 08/12/1943 arrived on posting to 264 Sqn (possibly ex 63 OTU) and on 09/12/1943 crewed with P/O Thomas (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J |
Monro |
Pilot; 13/12/1943 joined 264 Sqn with Sgt Bolton (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Partridge |
RAAF; nav/ rad; 07/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn with P/O Turner, having not flown a Mosquito yet (possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); | |
Sub Lt |
M H J |
Petrie |
RNVR; 07/12/1943 arrived on posting to 264 Sqn and crewed up with Sub Lt F A Noyes RNVR as nav/ rad (Petrie possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R J |
Powell |
Nav/ rad; 22/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with F/Lt Friendship (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
H C |
Radford |
19/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn with F/Sgt Atkinson (possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); 15/01/1944 unhurt after running off the runway when making a single engine landing at Fairwood Common in a Mosquito of 456 Sqn and running into a deep valley; |
P/O |
R |
Thomas |
Nav/ rad; 09/12/1943 joined 264 Sqn to fly with Sgt Lee (Thomas possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
Turner |
RAAF; pilot; 07/12/1943 posted to 456 Sqn
with F/O Partridge, having not flown a Mosquito yet
(possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/Sgt |
A |
Walters |
Pilot; 21/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with Sgt Fairclough (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
Whitfield |
06/01/1944 posted to 456 Sqn with F/Sgt Brown (possibly ex 63 OTU), but had to be returned to the OTU (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); | |
P/O |
W |
Wigley |
Nav/ rad; 21/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with F/Lt Wynn (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
Wynn |
Pilot; 21/12/1943 arrived at 604 Sqn with P/O Wigley (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 604 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Sgt |
G F |
Adams |
Nav/ radio; 29/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in
Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Jones (ref. 255 Sqn ORB);
27/02/1944 posted from 255 Sqn to 108 Sqn after F/Sgt Jones
was seriously injured (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
Ames |
Pilot; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with Sgt F K Thomas (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
D |
Atherton |
Nav/ rad; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Southey (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
G N |
Austin |
Pilot; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Redwood (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
B |
Balchin |
Nav/ rad; 02/12/1943 first noted, flying with F/O Branch in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
A P |
Beckett |
Nav/ radio; 03/12/1943
joined 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/O Coggins (ref.
255 Sqn ORB); 16/12/1943 killed in Beaufighter V8877 of 255
Sqn, which crashed taking off from Grottaglie, Italy. F/O
Alfred Francis Beckett 145778
B.A., Hons. is buried at Bari War Cemetery. He was
the son of Alfred and Frances Lucy Beckett
and husband of Nellie Beckett, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
F/Sgt |
C W |
Borthwick |
Pilot; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy
with P/O Morris (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 19/12/1943 unhurt when
Beaufighter ND174 of 255 Sqn swung on landing at Grottaglie
and was destroyed by fire; |
F/O |
N A |
Branch |
Pilot; 02/12/1943 first noted, flying with Sgt Balchin in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
A G |
Brown |
Nav/ rad; 03/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in
Malta with F/O Ding and 08/12/1943 to Mk VIII conversion
school near Algiers to get experience (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J L |
Burleton |
Pilot; 28/01/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Whitehead, Sgt Graham and Sgt Maddox (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
H E |
Burr |
Nav/ rad; 10/12/1943 first noted flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
R |
Chandler |
Nav/ rad; 03/12/1943 first
noted, flying with F/O Davidson in Italy and by 16/02/1944
flying with F/O Rhodes (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 18/02/1944 killed
in Beaufighter V8833 of 600 Sqn on a patrol from Marcianise,
Italy. F/O Reginald Chandler 126688 is buried at the Anzio
Beach Head War Cemetery. He was the son of William and Minnie Anne
Chandler, of Eastleigh, Hampshire and husband of Vera
Eileen Chandler, of Eastleigh. See also Rhodes (crews
arriving in Mediterranean after 2 course). |
F/O |
W R |
Coggins |
Pilot; 03/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with P/O Beckett, but his promotion to F/O was noted on 01/12/1943 so he may have been in the squadron before (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 16/12/1943 killed flying Beaufighter V8877 of 255 Sqn, which crashed taking off from Grottaglie, Italy. F/O William Roger Coggins 142067 is buried at Bari War Cemetery. He was the son of John Austin Coggins and Florence Charlotte Coggins, of Nacton, Suffolk. |
Sgt |
S |
Cole |
1162359; nav/ radio; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/Sgt MacEwen (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
A C |
Cooper |
147285; nav/ radio; 01/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta with F/O Smith (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
G L |
Coster |
Nav/ rad; 25/01/1944
arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with Sgt J G Jones (ref. 108 Sqn
ORB); 08/03/1944 killed in Beaufighter KW157 of 108 Sqn,
which swung on take off from Luqa and hit Wellington JA378
and a fuel bowser. This was the crew's first operational
scramble. F/O George Leslie Coster 145040 is buried at Malta
Cappucini Naval Cemetery. |
P/O |
W T |
Cox |
145779; nav/ radio; 04/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/O Harrington (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
A M |
Davidson |
Pilot; 03/12/1943 first noted, flying with F/O Chandler in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
O S |
Dawes |
Pilot; 18/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with P/O Ratcliffe (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); 14/01/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn (F/O O S Dawes, ref. 153 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
D R |
Ding |
Pilot; 03/12/1943 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with P/O Brown and 08/12/1943 to Mk VIII conversion school near Algiers to get experience (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J A |
Ellery |
Nav/ rad; 06/12/1943 first noted, flying in Italy and 08/01/1944 ops with Sgt Morling (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 20-21/02/1944 killed in Beaufighter V8823 of 600 Sqn on a patrol from Marcianise, Italy. F/Sgt John Andrew Ellery 1586909 is buried at Bolsena War Cemetery. He was the son of Joseph William and Winifred Ellery, of Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire. |
F/Sgt |
R P |
Farrin |
Pilot; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy with Sgt Waters (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
H W |
Graham |
Nav/ rad; 28/01/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Burleton, F/Sgt Whitehead, and Sgt Maddox (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
F L |
Grimwood |
Pilot; 09/12/1943 joined 23
Sqn in Sardinia, arriving from UK with Sgt Woodman (ref. 23
Sqn ORB); 22/07/1944 killed flying Mosquito PZ174 of 23 Sqn,
which crashed in Oudendijkse Polder, Woubrugge, Netherlands
on ops. Details
of loss. F/Lt Francis Leonard Grimwood 130333 is
buried at Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery. See also P/O Woodman. |
F/O |
E J |
Harrington |
137288; pilot; 04/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with P/O Cox, having served in 256 Sqn before (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
D |
Herring |
145764; nav/ radio; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/O Wills (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 27/01/1944 killed in a Mosquito of 256 Sqn which rolled and dived into the sea on a practice ground controlled interception exercise. F/O Duncan Herring is buried at Cappucini Naval Cemetery, Malta. He was the son of David Duncan Herring and Annie Boag Herring, of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. |
F/O |
J C |
Horlock |
Pilot; 18/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with Sgt Rapley (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); 14/01/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn (F/O J C Horlock, ref. 153 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
A H |
Hounslow |
1323061; pilot; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with Sgt Lund (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J |
Hutton |
Pilot; 03/12/1943 first noted, flying with F/Sgt Carlaw in Italy (Carlaw became tour expired on 17/02/1944) (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
E O |
Jones |
Pilot; 29/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy
from 1 BPD with Sgt Adams (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 06/02/1944
baled out of Beaufighter BT294 (sic) which iced up and had
instrument failure on a ferry flight from Blida via
Montecorvino and he broke his back coming down about 20
miles south west of Foggia (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J G |
Jones |
Pilot; 25/01/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with P/O Coster (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 08/03/1944 killed in Beaufighter KW157 of 108 Sqn, which swung on take off from Luqa and hit Wellington JA378 and a fuel bowser. This was the crew's first operational scramble. F/Sgt John Gilbert Jones 1231189 is buried at Malta Cappucini Naval Cemetery. He was the son of Percy Jones and Mary Elizabeth Jones, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. |
F/Sgt |
R D |
Kelly |
Pilot; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy with Sgt Wilson (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 07/01/1944 killed flying Beaufighter MM864 of 255 Sqn, which crashed taking off from Grottaglie, Italy. F/Sgt Robert Dickson Kelly 658269 is buried at Bari War Cemetery. He was son of John and Isabella Kelly and husband of Anna Kelly, of Stromness, Orkney. |
F/Sgt |
D |
Kerr |
Pilot; 10/12/1943 first noted flying in Italy and then crewed up with W/O Wheeler (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
J |
Kingsbury |
Pilot; 09/08/1943 attached to 128 HQ for overseas posting from 418 Sqn (F/Sgt Finsbury and Sgt Yerby sic, ref. 418 Sqn ORB); 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with P/O Yerby (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); 11/04/1944 killed in Mosquito LR252 of 23 Sqn which took off from Alghero for operations in the Perpignon area and crashed near Vias, 22 km east of Beziers, France. F/O Jim Henry Kingsbury 158548 is buried at Vias Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Mr and Mrs R H Kingsbury, of Borrowash, Derbyshire. |
Sgt |
P |
Lund |
1604089; nav/ radio; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/Sgt Hounslow (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J |
MacEwen |
1552609; pilot; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with Sgt Cole (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
D |
Maddox |
Nav/ rad; 28/01/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Burleton, F/Sgt Whitehead and Sgt Graham (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
P |
Montgomery |
Pilot; 05/12/1943 first noted, flying in Italy and later crewed up with Sgt J B Robertson, then Sgt A Lothian (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
D A |
Morling |
Pilot; 08/01/1944 first noted, flying with Sgt Ellery in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 20-21/02/1944 killed flying Beaufighter V8823 of 600 Sqn on a patrol from Marcianise, Italy. The Beaufighter was last heard of 20 miles north of Rome, chasing an enemy aircraft. F/Sgt Denis Arnold Morling 1334218 is buried at Bolsena War Cemetery. He was the son of Mr and Mrs S K Morling, of Colchester, Essex. |
P/O |
W A C |
Morris |
Nav/ radio; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy with F/Sgt Borthwick (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 19/12/1943 unhurt when Beaufighter ND174 of 255 Sqn swung on landing at Grottaglie and was destroyed by fire; |
F/Sgt |
O'Malley |
Pilot; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with Sgt D G Thomas (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
D L |
Porter |
Pilot; 01-06/12/1943 joined
23 Sqn in Malta with P/O Rogers (ref. 23 Sqn ORB);
06/02/1944 POW when Mosquito HJ674 failed to return from an
intruder operation to the Po Valley, flying from Alghero,
Sardinia. F/Lt David Leslie Porter 64901 (ref. 23 Sqn blog
post). |
Sgt |
R H |
Rapley |
Nav/ rad; 18/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La
Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with F/O Horlock (ref. 219 Sqn
ORB); January 1944 injured in a crash (ref. 219 Sqn ORB);
14/01/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn (Sgt R H Rapley, ref. 153 Sqn
ORB); |
P/O |
P D |
Ratcliffe |
Nav/ rad; 18/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with F/O Dawes (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); 14/01/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn (P/O P D Ratcliffe, ref. 153 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J |
Redwood |
Nav/ rad; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with F/O Austin (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
W |
Rogers |
Nav/ rad; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with F/Lt Porter (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); 06/02/1944 killed when Mosquito HJ674 failed to return from an intruder operation to the Po Valley, flying from Alghero, Sardinia. P/O William Herbert Rogers 147668 (ref. 23 Sqn blog post). |
F/O |
J M T |
Sanctuary |
138369; nav/ rad;
12/12/1943 missing in a Mosquito of 219 Sqn, flying from La
Sebala in Tunisia, which crashed into the sea on a training
exercise. The crew had only just joined the squadron (ref.
219 Sqn ORB). F/O John Mansell Tabor Sanctuary was the son
of William Tabor Sanctuary and
Margaret Irene Mansell Sanctuary. See also Sgt Webb. |
P/O |
D |
Saunders |
147284; nav/ radio;
11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/O
Veitch (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 07/04/1944 killed in Mosquito
MM444 of 256 Sqn, which took off from La Senia and crashed
in bad weather at Sebkra d´Oron, Algeria. F/O Douglas
Saunders 147284 was the son of Charles
Ernest and Elizabeth Saunders, of Kirk Ella, Yorkshire. He
is buried at Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Algeria. |
F/O |
G |
Smith |
49034; pilot; 01/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn
in Malta with P/O Cooper (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R |
Southey |
Pilot; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with F/O Atherton (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
K |
Stretch |
Nav/ rad; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Swift (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
S |
Swift |
Nav/ rad; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with F/Lt Turner (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
D G |
Thomas |
Nav/ rad; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with F/Sgt O'Malley (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
F K |
Thomas |
Nav/ rad; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with W/O Ames (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
Treble | Nav/ rad; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Webster (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
M |
Turner |
Pilot; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Swift (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
R |
Ulfendler |
Nav/ rad; 13/12/1943 first noted flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J F |
Veitch |
136470; pilot; 11/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with P/O Saunders and 18/02 to 06/03/1944 on a flying control course in Cairo (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 07/04/1944 killed flying Mosquito MM444 of 256 Sqn, which took off from La Senia and crashed in bad weather at Sebkra d´Oron, Algeria. F/O John Francis Veitch was the son of Alfred John and May Bertha Veitch, of Woodhatch, Reigate, Surrey. He is buried at Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Algeria. |
Sgt |
T W |
Waters |
Nav/ radio; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy with F/Sgt Farrin (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 07/01/1944 killed in Beaufighter MM864 of 255 Sqn, which crashed taking off from Grottaglie, Italy. Sgt Thomas William Waters 1424091 is buried at Bari War Cemetery. He was son of Thomas and Martha Ann Waters and husband of Barbara Mary Waters, of Rhosddu, Wrexham, Denbighshire. |
Sgt |
R R |
Webb |
1451846; pilot; 12/12/1943
missing in a Mosquito of 219 Sqn, flying from La Sebala in
Tunisia, which crashed into the sea on a training exercise.
The crew had only just joined the squadron (ref. 219 Sqn
ORB). Sgt Robert Roy Webb was the son of Walter George and Nellie Catherine May
Webb, of North Ferriby, Yorkshire. See also F/O Santuary. |
F/Sgt |
Webster |
Pilot; 27/12/1943 joined 219 Sqn at La Sebala in Tunisia from 1 BPD with Sgt Treble (ref. 219 Sqn ORB); | |
W/O |
C H |
Wheeler |
Nav/ rad; 04/01/1944 first noted flying with
W/O Kerr in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
D E |
Whitehead |
Pilot; 28/01/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Burleton, Sgt Graham and Sgt Maddox (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
G D |
Wightman |
Pilot; 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Stretch (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
D E |
Wills |
135711; pilot; 18/01/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with P/O Herring (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 27/01/1944 missing when a Mosquito of 256 Sqn rolled and dived into the sea on a practice ground controlled interception exercise. F/O David Ernest Wills was the son of Mr A R and Daisy M A Wills and husband of Molly Betty Wills, of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. |
Sgt |
K L |
Wilson |
Nav/ radio; 01/12/1943 joined 255 Sqn in Italy with F/Sgt Kelly (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
F B |
Woodman |
Nav/ rad; 09/12/1943 joined
23 Sqn in Sardinia, arriving from UK with F/Lt Grimwood (Sgt
P B Woodman sic, ref. 23 Sqn ORB); 22/07/1944 killed in
Mosquito PZ174 of 23 Sqn, which crashed in Oudendijkse
Polder, Woubrugge, Netherlands on ops. Details
of loss. P/O Frederick Bernard Woodman 175570 was the
son of William Gwynne Woodman and
Mary Ann Agnes Woodman, of Sydenham, London. He is buried
at Woubrugge General Cemetery. See also F/Lt Grimwood. |
P/O |
G W |
Yerby |
Nav/ rad; 09/08/1943 attached to 128 HQ for overseas posting from 418 Sqn (F/Sgt Finsbury and Sgt Yerby sic, ref. 418 Sqn ORB); 01-06/12/1943 joined 23 Sqn in Malta with P/O Kingsbury (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); 11/04/1944 killed in Mosquito LR252 of 23 Sqn which took off from Alghero for operations in the Perpignon area and crashed near Vias, 22 km east of Beziers, France. F/O George William Yerby 158091 is buried at Vias Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Henry John William Yerby and Rose Norah Yerby. |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Sgt |
R J E |
Adey |
Pilot; 19/01/1944 posted
from an OTU to 264 Sqn with Sgt Pinnell (both possibly ex 63
OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); 27/04/1944 killed flying Mosquito
NS819 of 613 Sqn on an intruder op to Enschede. Details of
the crash on the Cambridge
Military History site. F/Sgt Royston John Edward Adey
574504 was the son of Ronald John
Edward Adey, and of Edith Rose Mary Adey, of Winshill,
Burton-on-Trent. He is buried at Enschede Eastern General
Cemetery, Netherlands. |
Sgt |
Bailey |
Nav/ rad; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 68
Sqn with pilot F/Sgt Lauchlan (ref. 68 Sqn ORB); |
|
W/O |
E C |
Barnard | 06/03/1936 601 Sqn for
ground duties, then trained as an A/G; 11/05/1940 600 Sqn;
08/09/1940 unhurt baling out of Blenheim L1111 of 600 Sqn,
lost out of fuel on a night patrol; 01/07/1941 125 Sqn;
28/01/1942 posted for training as a navigator in Canada;
returned to UK; 62 OTU to 14/09/1943 qualifying as navigator/
radar; 63 OTU; 18/01/1944 25 Sqn; 27/04/1945
85 Sqn until release from RAF in 1946 (P/O Eric Charles
Barnard). Details from the Battle of
Britain Archive. W/O E C Barnard 801384 navigator/
radar posted from 63 OTU to 25 Sqn on 18/01/1944 with his
pilot P/O Nobbs (ref. 25 Sqn ORB). |
Sgt |
A G |
Beastall | 1453606; navigator/ radar; 14/11/1943 killed when Beaufighter R2461 of 63 OTU crashed at Astwood Bank in a snowstorm. Sgt Arnold Geoffrey Beastall was the son of Charles and Louie Eveline Beastall, of Belper and is buried at Belper cemetery. Assumed to have been on 2 course. |
Sgt |
R |
Chappell |
Navigator/ radar; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J |
Daber |
Pilot; 19/01/1944 posted from an OTU to 264 Sqn with Sgt Heathcote (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
T F |
Fry |
Navigator/ radar; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
M W |
Gee |
Pilot; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
D G |
Greville |
143449; pilot; 01/01/1944 killed when Beaufighter R2304 of 63 OTU crashed at Shepherd's Patch, Slimbridge, Gloucs after catching fire in the air. The Beaufighter was flying from RAF Chedworth. Aircrew remembered page. F/O Donald Glyndwyr Greville was the son of William and Lily Greville, of Drefach and is buried at Drefach (Capel Seion) Congregational Chapelyard. Assumed to have been on 2 course. |
Sgt |
J A |
Heathcote |
Navigator/ radar; 19/01/1944 posted from an OTU to 264 Sqn with F/O Daber (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
G J |
Hopkins |
942342; pilot; 14/11/1943 killed when Beaufighter R2461 of 63 OTU crashed at Astwood Bank in a snowstorm. Sgt George John Hopkins is buried in Durham (St Cuthbert) churchyard. Assumed to have been on 2 course. |
F/Sgt |
Lauchlan | Pilot; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 68 Sqn with nav/ rad Sgt Bailey (ref. 68 Sqn ORB); | |
Sgt |
E |
Middleton |
Navigator/ radar; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
H A |
Nitschke |
RAAF A417222; posted to 456 Sqn with F/Sgt Semmens (possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB); 08/03/1945 killed in a Mosquito at sea (P/O Hedley Alfred Nitschke ref. Australian National Archives). |
P/O |
E G |
Nobbs |
53737; pilot; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 25 Sqn with nav/ rad W/O Barnard (ref. 25 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
G G |
Oakley ? |
Navigator/ radar; 01/01/1944 unhurt when he baled out of Beaufighter R2304 of 63 OTU before it crashed at Shepherd's Patch, Slimbridge, Gloucs after catching fire in the air. The Beaufighter was flying from RAF Chedworth. Aircrew remembered page. |
Sgt |
K J |
Pinnell |
Navigator/ radar; 19/01/1944 posted from an OTU to 264 Sqn with Sgt Adey (both possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 264 Sqn ORB); 27/04/1944 killed in Mosquito NS819 of 613 Sqn on an intruder op to Enschede. Details of the crash on the Cambridge Military History site. F/Sgt Royston Kenneth John Pinnell 1576000 was the son of Son of Daniel John and Mary Pinnell, of Coventry. He is buried at Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, Netherlands. |
F/Sgt |
J E |
Semmens |
RAAF A412849; 09/02/1944 posted to 456 Sqn
with F/Sgt Nischke (possibly ex 63 OTU) (ref. 456 Sqn ORB);
John Ernest Semmens (ref. Australian National Archives); |
T/Sgt |
R |
Whitmer |
USAAF; pilot; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85 Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
L J |
York |
Pilot; 18/01/1944 posted from 63 OTU to 85
Sqn (ref. 85 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Sgt |
H |
Anderton |
Nav/ rad; 28/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy with F/Sgt Lane (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
O H |
Archer |
Pilot; 15/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy with F/O Barrington (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
H G |
Baits |
Pilot; 29/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
T A |
Barnett |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta
from UK via 1 BPD with Sgt Brown (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
C A J |
Barrington |
Nav/ rad; 15/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy with F/Lt Archer (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
W J |
Bartram |
Nav/ rad; 14/03/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn in Italy with Sgt Haycock (ref. 153 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
W |
Bone |
Pilot; 01/02/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy
from 1 BPD with Sgt Rae (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
J R |
Brewer |
Nav/ rad; 03/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy with F/Sgt Judd and flying operations on 17/03/1944 (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
R L |
Brooks |
RCAF R121932; pilot; 13/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with Sgt Charles (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
S A |
Brown |
Nav/ radio; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with F/Sgt Barnett (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
P D |
Brunt |
131077; pilot; 26/03/1944
arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta with P/O Harris (ref. 256 Sqn
ORB); 19/01/1945 killed flying Mosquito MM582 of 256 Sqn,
which lost height on take off and crashed into the sea 1
mile west of Nice. See also Harris. F/Lt Peter Douglas
Willebrord Brunt 131077 was the son of Irene E Bouman and grandson of Edwin J
Brunt, of Harrow, Middlesex. He is buried at Mazargues War
Cemetery, Marseilles. |
F/Sgt |
T W |
Burnett |
1373797; pilot; 28/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with P/O Ray (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R E |
Chamberlain |
Pilot; 29/03/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with Sgt Goodyear from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 10/03/1945 Mosquito MM527 of 256 Sqn lost its nose when the cannon were fired on a Ranger operation to the NE of Venice and fragments of it damaged the starboard engine, forcing the pilot to ditch off the Po Estuary. Chamberlain was rescued by a Walrus of 293 Sqn but Sgt Goodyear was killed. |
P/O |
K E |
Chambers |
Nav/ rad; 29/03/1944 arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Ward from a personnel depot (no initials, ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 18/05/1944 killed in Mosquito MM442 of 108 Sqn, which crashed into the sea during a searchlight co-operation exercise off Catania, Sicily. F/O Kenneth Eric Chambers 147104 was the son of Ernest and Ethel Chambers, of Lewisham, London. He is buried at Catania War Cemetery. See also F/Sgt Ward. |
Sgt |
R |
Charles |
Nav/ rad; 13/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with Sgt Brooks (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J T |
Chenery |
Nav/ rad; 07/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and crewed with F/Sgt Hill (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
A H |
Ching |
Nav/ radio; 28/02/1944
arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with F/O
Nicolson (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 02/08/1944 injured when
Mosquito MM179 of 571 Sqn bounced on landing at Warboys and
the undercarriage collapsed - he died from his injuries on
08/08/1944. The pilot, F/Lt T V Laffey was also fatally
injured. F/Lt Alan Harold Ching RNZAF NZ427187 was the son
of Harold Louis and Jessie Wilson
Ching, of Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand. He is buried at
Cambridge City Cemetery. |
F/Sgt |
W |
Christie |
Pilot; 26/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Griffiths (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
R O |
Clee |
Pilot; 02/03/1944 arrived
at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK and his navigator F/O Grant
arrived the following day (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 27/07/1944
missing flying Mosquito HK436 of 256 Sqn a night
interception off the coast of Corsica. The body of his
navigator, F/O H W Hoskins 145781 was washed ashore. W/O
Reginald Owen Clee BSc was the son
of Lewis John and Elsie Margaret Clee, of Pontlliw,
Glamorgan. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/Sgt |
W S H |
Cole |
Pilot; 29/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and crewed with Sgt Odd (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R F |
Cottrell |
RNZAF NZ416214; nav/ radio;
12/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/Sgt
DeRenzy (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 03/07/1944 killed in Mosquito
HK339 JT-D of 256 Sqn was damaged by flak on an intruder
sortie over France and crashed. See also DeRenzy. W/O Rex
Frederick Cottrell RNZAF NZ416214 was the son of Albert George and Ella Mary Cottrell,
of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand. He is buried at Lyon
(La Doua) French National Cemetery. |
Sgt |
E |
Critchley | Nav/ rad; 13/03/1944
arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with F/Sgt Zollo (ref.
600 Sqn ORB); 24/05/1944 missing in Beaufighter MM873 of 600
Sqn, on a patrol near Circeo Point. See also Zollo. Sgt
Edward Critchley ACIS 1546085 was the son of Edward and Betsy Critchley and
husband of Mary N Critchley, of Bolton, Lancashire. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
F/Sgt |
T D |
DeRenzy |
RNZAF NZ415751; pilot; 12/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK with F/Sgt Cottrell (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 03/07/1944 suffered a broken arm and serious burns when Mosquito HK339 JT-D of 256 Sqn was damaged by flak on an intruder sortie over France and crashed. He was treated by locals before being taken to hospital in Lyon by the Germans. He was repatriated to Britain on 27/05/1945. Details on francecrashes39-45. See also Cottrell. |
Sgt |
J B |
Dunford |
Nav/ rad; 08/03/1944 first noted, flying with F/Sgt Smith in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
R F |
Faris |
1339961; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt I Jones (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
D |
Fisher |
658362; pilot; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with W/O Walsh (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
W R |
Ford-Hutchinson |
Nav/ rad; 22/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
N |
Goodyear |
Nav/ rad; 29/03/1944
arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Chamberlain from a
personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 10/03/1945 Mosquito
MM527 of 256 Sqn lost its nose when the cannon were fired on
a Ranger operation to the NE of Venice and fragments of it
damaged the starboard engine, forcing the pilot to ditch.
F/Sgt Norman Goodyear 1325399 was killed. He was the son of Stanley and Rosella Goodyear, of
Brighouse, Yorkshire and is buried at Padua War Cemetery.
See also Chamberlain. |
F/O |
G G |
Grant |
Nav/ radio to W/O Clee; 03/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK |
F/Sgt |
W P |
Griffiths |
Nav/ radio; 26/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta with F/Sgt Christie (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
T C |
Griffiths |
658550; pilot; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt Kimberley (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J I |
Hall |
29/03/1944 amongst aircrew of 5 crews who arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
A E |
Harris |
147934; nav/ radio; 26/03/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta with F/O Brunt (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 19/01/1945 killed in Mosquito MM582 of 256 Sqn, which lost height on take off and crashed into the sea 1 mile west of Nice. See also Brunt. F/O Alec Edward Harris is buried at Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles. |
W/O |
R H |
Harrison |
Nav/ radio; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with F/O Tinkler (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
W F |
Haycock | Pilot; 14/03/1944 arrived at 153 Sqn in Italy with F/O Bartram (ref. 153 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J A |
Hebdige |
29/03/1944 amongst aircrew of 5 crews who arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 22/01/1945 missing in Mosquito MM584 of 256 Sqn on an interception near Ancona; W/O Jack Albert Hebdige 1324884 is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. See also F/Sgt R Roberts. |
F/Sgt |
R |
Hill |
Pilot; 07/03/1944 first noted, flying with Sgt Chenery in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
G A |
Hinton |
147100; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt E Smith (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J H |
Hunt |
126638; pilot; 13/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta by DC3 and his navigator Sgt Peacock arrived 3 days later (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
C V |
James |
RCAF R120881; pilot; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt McGibbon (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
N L |
Jefferson |
Pilot; 22/02/1944 F/Sgt N L Jepherson (sic) first noted, flying in Italy with F/Sgt Spencer (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 24/08/1944 killed when Beaufighter J of 600 Sqn crashed east of Lake Trasimeno (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); F/O Norman Leo Jefferson 175358 was the son of Edward George and Winifred Maude Jefferson and is buried at Assisi War Cemetery. See also F/Sgt Spencer. |
F/Sgt |
I |
Jones |
940779; pilot; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn
in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt Faris (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
M S |
Jones |
1334241; pilot; 01/03/1944
arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with P/O Ray (ref.
255 Sqn ORB); 13/11/1944 killed when Beaufighter ND312 of
255 Sqn crashed on landing at Foggia Main on return from a
practice interception (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); W/O Maxwell
Stanley Jones 1334241 was the son of Edward Stanley Jones and Mary Ann
Frances Jones, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. He is buried
at Bari War Cemetery. See also P/O Ray. |
F/Sgt |
G W |
Judd |
RAAF A420991 sic; pilot; 03/03/1944 arrived
at 600 Sqn in Italy with P/O Brewer and flying operations on
17/03/1944 (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); possibly Gerald William Judd
(ref. Australian National Archives); |
Sgt |
E R |
Kimberley |
996183; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Griffiths (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
S |
Kownacki |
Polish 60239; nav/ rad; 26/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
C R |
Lane |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy with Sgt Anderton (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
A |
Lothian |
Nav/ rad; 03/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and crewed up with W/O Montgomery (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
R B |
Lundell |
986385; nav/ radio; 28/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Rushworth (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
A |
Macdonald |
RCAF J21386; pilot; 02/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy with Sgt Towell and flying operations on 17/03/1944 (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
T B |
Marshall |
Pilot; March 1944 joined 39 Sqn in Sardinia, from 1 BPD aircrew pool (ref. 39 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
J R |
Martin |
Pilot; 13/03/1944 joined 23 Sqn in Sardinia, arriving from UK with W/O Rann (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J G |
Marsden |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with F/Sgt Nicholls (Sgt J D Marsden sic, ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 24/11/1944 killed flying Mosquito MM585of 256 Sqn, which failed to return from a night intruder mission to the Sarajevo area. P/O James Gordon Marsden 186665 was the son of James and Ethel Mary Marsden and husband of Florence Mary Marsden, of North Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is buried in Belgrade War Cemetery. See also F/Sgt B Nicholls. |
Sgt |
J I |
McGibbon |
1566817; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with W/O James (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
B |
Nicholls |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with Sgt Marsden (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); 24/11/1944 killed in Mosquito MM585of 256 Sqn, which failed to return from a night intruder mission to the Sarajevo area. P/O Bernard Nicholls DFC 186183 was the son of Harry and Edith Nicholls and husband of Irene Eunice Nicholls, of Burbage, Derbyshire. He is buried in Belgrade War Cemetery. See also F/Sgt Marsden. |
F/O |
J M |
Nicolson |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with F/O Ching (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
A C |
Odd |
Nav/ rad; 20/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and then crewed with F/Lt Thompson, later F/Sgt Cole (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J |
Paverson |
Nav/ rad; 17/03/1944 first noted, flying in Italy with F/O Macdonald (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
B |
Peacock |
1459975; nav/ radio to F/O Hunt; 16/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
E R |
Radesk |
Nav/ radio; 03/02/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/O Skidmore (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J R |
Rae |
Nav/ radio; 01/02/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt Bone (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
K |
Rann |
Nav/ rad; 13/03/1944 joined 23 Sqn in Sardinia, arriving from UK with P/O Martin (ref. 23 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
B |
Ray |
147281; nav/ radio; 28/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Burnett (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
P/O |
B |
Ray |
147942; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt M S Jones (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 13/11/1944 killed when Beaufighter ND312 of 255 Sqn crashed on landing at Foggia Main on return from a practice interception (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); F/O Bernard Ray was the son of John Ernest and Minnie Ray and husband of Doris Florence Ray, of St. Cross, Winchester. He was 36 years old and had been a solicitor. He is buried at Bari War Cemetery. See also W/O M S Jones. |
F/O |
P I |
Rhodes |
Pilot; 16/02/1944 first
noted, flying with F/O Chandler in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB);
18/02/1944 missing flying Beaufighter V8833 of 600 Sqn on a
patrol from Marcianise, Italy. F/O Philip Ivan Rhodes 127252
was the son of George William
Harold and Florence Annie Rhodes and husband of Kathleen
Grace Rhodes, of Haslemere, Surrey. See also Chandler (crews arriving in Mediterranean after 1 course). |
Sgt |
J L |
Richards |
Nav/ rad; 13/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with Sgt Ward (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R |
Roberts |
29/03/1944 amongst aircrew of 5 crews who arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 22/01/1945 missing in Mosquito MM584 of 256 Sqn on an interception near Ancona; W/O Roland Roberts 1395620 was the son of Mr and Mrs W Roberts of Norwich and is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. See also W/O J A Hebdige. |
Sgt |
J B |
Robertson |
Nav/ rad; 14/02/1944 first
noted, flying with F/O Montgomery in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn
ORB); 29/02/1944 baled out of Beaufighter V8407 of 600 Sqn
when it was in a steep dive chasing a Junkers Ju88 in the
Rome area. Presumably taken POW. |
F/Sgt |
H R |
Rushworth |
1177308; pilot; 28/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt Lundell (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
A A |
Settle |
Pilot; March 1944 joined 39 Sqn in Sardinia
with F/O Webb, from 1 BPD aircrew pool (ref. 39 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
E C |
Skidmore |
Pilot; 03/02/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with Sgt Radesk (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 22/02/1944 unhurt when Beaufighter ND258 crashed crashed at Foggia while practicing circuits and bumps (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); 17/03/1944 attached to 286 Wing pending disposal (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
D B |
Smith |
Pilot; 08/03/1944 first noted, flying with Sgt Dunford in Italy (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
E |
Smith |
1338083; pilot; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with P/O Hinton (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
E |
Spencer |
Nav/ rad; 17/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and then crewed with F/Sgt Jepherson (sic) (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 24/08/1944 killed when Beaufighter J of 600 Sqn crashed east of Lake Trasimeno (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); P/O Edward Spencer 175415 was the son of Tom and Charlotte Spencer (nee Kelk) and husband of Annie Spencer, all of Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He is buried at Assisi War Cemetery. See also F/Sgt Jefferson. |
F/Lt |
D A |
Thompson |
Pilot; 14/02/1944 first noted, flying in Italy and then crewed with Sgt Odd (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
H R |
Tinkler |
Pilot; 28/02/1944 arrived at 256 Sqn in Malta from UK via 1 BPD with W/O Harrison (ref. 256 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J |
Towell |
Nav/ rad; 02/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy with F/O Macdonald and flying operations on 18/03/1944 (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
R D |
Turner |
29/03/1944 amongst aircrew of 5 crews who arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J P |
Underwood |
29/03/1944 amongst aircrew of 5 crews who arrived at 108 Sqn in Malta from a personnel depot (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
J |
Walsh |
979224; nav/ radio; 01/03/1944 arrived at 255 Sqn in Italy from 1 BPD with F/Sgt Fisher (ref. 255 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
C M |
Ward |
Pilot; 13/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with Sgt Richards (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
D R |
Ward |
Pilot; 29/03/1944 arrived
at 108 Sqn in Malta with P/O Chambers from a personnel depot
(no initials, ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 18/05/1944 killed flying
Mosquito MM442 of 108 Sqn, which crashed into the sea during
a searchlight co-operation exercise off Catania, Sicily.
F/Sgt Derrick Rhonda Ward 1338531 was the son of George Edward Irons Ward and Rose
Ward, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. He is buried at Catania
War Cemetery. See also P/O Chambers. |
F/O |
A V |
Webb |
Navigator; March 1944 joined 39 Sqn in Sardinia with F/O Webb, from 1 BPD aircrew pool (ref. 39 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
M A |
Zollo |
Pilot; 13/03/1944 arrived at 600 Sqn in Italy from UK with Sgt Critchley (ref. 600 Sqn ORB); 24/05/1944 missing in Beaufighter MM873 of 600 Sqn, on a patrol near Circeo Point. See also Critchley. F/Sgt Michael Angelo Zollo 1321643 is commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/O |
J P |
Awcock |
05/05/1944 in a crew posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn and flying with Sgt A Lloyd later in the month (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
J |
Baker |
13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 02/05/1944 killed in a Mosquito of 21 Sqn, returning from a bombing sortie (see also Spensley). F/Sgt John Baker 1581241 was the son of John Richard and Florrie Baker, of Bushbury, Wolverhampton. |
F/O |
N |
Berry |
06/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Sgt Marin (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
Berwick |
...280; 05/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with Sgt Ewers (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
Burns |
Nav/ B; 28/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with W/O Lummis (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
Burt |
Nav/ B; 28/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Sgt Dodds (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Carr |
13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
Dodds |
Pilot; 28/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Sgt Burt (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
C |
Doyle |
13/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/O MacFarlane and F/O Horne (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
E |
Epatadt |
10/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Lt Knowlton and F/O Hastings (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
Ewers |
...947; 05/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with Sgt Berwick (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
N A |
Francis |
Nav/ B; 08/05/1944 in F/Lt Orpen's crew posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J |
Garret | 13/04/1944 amongst 9 new
aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (F/O J Garratt,
pilot sic, ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 21-22/06/1944 killed in
Mosquito MT129 of 464 Sqn, which took off from Thorney
Island to bomb targets in France in support of the army. F/O
John Alfred Garret 153314 was the son of Alfred Henry James Garrett and Martha
Susannah Garrett, of Dagenham, Essex. See also F/Lt
Martin. |
F/O |
K R |
Hall |
13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 11/05/1944 killed in Mosquito LR274 of 21 Sqn, on an intruder operation (see also Walsh). F/O Kenneth Reginald Hall 153358 is buried at St. Desir War Cemetery, France. He was the son of Reginald Frank and Sarah Helen Hall, of Ropley, Hampshire. |
F/O |
L |
Hastings |
10/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Lt Knowlton and F/O Epatadt (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Haward |
Navigator; 24/05/1944 arrived at 464 Sqn with F/Lt Rollo (ref. 464 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
Horne |
13/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/O MacFarlane and F/O Doyle (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
Knowlton |
10/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/O Hastings and F/O Epatadt (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
G |
Layt |
Pilot; 13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
A |
Lloyd |
Nav/ B; 05/05/1944 presumed to be in a crew posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn with F/O Awcock and flying with him later in the month (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
W/O |
Lummis |
Pilot; 28/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Sgt Burns (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
MacFarlane |
13/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/O Doyle and F/O Horne (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
R |
Marin |
06/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/O Berry (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
F/Lt |
J L |
Martin |
Pilot; 24/05/1944 arrived
at 464 Sqn with Sgt Morgan (no initials, ref. 464 Sqn ORB);
21-22/06/1944 killed flying Mosquito MT129 of 464 Sqn, which
took off from Thorney Island to bomb targets in France in
support of the army. F/Lt John Langham Martin BSc 45053 was the son of Tom and Amy Martin, of
Bromley Cross, Lancashire. He is buried at Creil Communal
Cemetery. See also Sgt Morgan. |
F/O |
A N L |
McQueen |
Pilot; 05/05/1944 in a crew posted from 13
OTU to 226 Sqn and flying with W/O J H Watson later in the
month (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
Meeskill | ...618; nav/ B; 02/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU
to 98 Sqn with Sgt Nicholson (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); |
|
Sgt |
H L |
Morgan |
Navigator; 24/05/1944 arrived at 464 Sqn with F/Lt Martin (no initials, ref. 464 Sqn ORB); 21-22/06/1944 killed in Mosquito MT129 of 464 Sqn, which took off from Thorney Island to bomb targets in France in support of the army. F/Sgt Haydon Llewelyn Morgan 992108 was the son of James and Mary A Morgan, of Porthcawl, Glamorgan. He is buried at Creil Communal Cemetery. See also F/Lt Martin. |
Sgt |
Nicholson |
...090; pilot; 02/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with F/Sgt Meeskill (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
R G |
Orpen |
Pilot; 08/05/1944 in a crew posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
O W |
Porter |
Navigator; 13/04/1944
amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref.
108 Sqn ORB); 31/07/1944 killed in Mosquito NS935 of 21 Sqn,
on a night intruder operation. F/O Owen Wells Porter 146316
was the son of Charles W and
Constance Porter and husband of Joan M Porter, of Rimbey,
Alberta, Canada (Canadian serving in the RAFVR). He is
buried at Morgny-La-Pommeraye Churchyard, France. See also
F/O Garret. |
F/Lt |
Rollo |
Pilot; 24/05/1944 arrived at 464 Sqn with F/O
Haward (ref. 464 Sqn ORB); |
|
F/Sgt |
T |
Spensley | 13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 02/05/1944 killed in a Mosquito of 21 Sqn, returning from a bombing sortie (see also Baker). F/Sgt Thomas Spensley 1516977 was the son of Albert and Emily Jordan Spensley of Blyth. |
Sgt |
Sutherland |
02/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with
F/O Tuczek and 22/06/1944 wounded on operations (ref. 98 Sqn
ORB); |
|
F/O |
E |
Swain |
Navigator; 13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
Tuczek |
02/05/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn with Sgt Sutherland (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Lt |
L N |
Walsh |
Pilot; 13/04/1944 amongst 9 new aircrew who arrived at 21 Sqn at Hunsdon (ref. 108 Sqn ORB); 11/05/1944 killed flying Mosquito LR274 of 21 Sqn, on an intruder operation (see also Hall). F/Lt Leonard Noel Walsh 101075 is buried at St. Desir War Cemetery, France. He was the son of Louis V. Walsh and of Olive Florence Walsh (nee Hagerson), of Dublin, Irish Republic. |
W/O |
J H |
Watson |
Nav/ B; 05/05/1944 presumed to be in a crew posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn with F/O McQueen and flying with him later in the month (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/Sgt |
G M |
Miller |
RAAF A422227; pilot; 17/04/1943 arrived UK; 02/08/1943 12 PAFU; 30/11/1943 63 OTU; 14/01/1944 unhurt when Beaufighter T3430 of 63 OTU stalled into the ground from low altitude at Honiley; 01/02/1944 RAF Chedworth (2 Sqn 63 OTU); 21/03/1944 RAF Honiley; 25/04/1944 13 OTU Bicester; 28/06/1944 2 GSU Swanton Morley; 13/07/1944 464 Sqn (noted on 19/07/1944 1 new NCO crew arrived, the pilot an Australian sic, ref. 464 Sqn ORB); (15/08/1944 RAF Colerne); 08/08/1944 killed flying Mosquito MN423 of 464 Sqn, which was shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne, France. His navigator F/Sgt A Lister 1511919 was also killed. F/Sgt Graeme Morrison Miller was the Son of Arthur Sydney and Isabel McNeil Miller, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. He and F/Sgt Lister are buried at Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne cemetery. Movements from personnel file. |
Sgt |
S |
Withingham ? | Pilot; 02/01/1944 unhurt when Beaufighter
T3088 of 63 OTU had its starboard tyre burst on take off
from Honiley and the undercarriage was retracted to
stop; assumed to be on 4 course; |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Sgt |
De Verteuil |
25/06/1944 amongst a group of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/Sgt |
Finch |
07/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
W/O |
Leeke |
25/06/1944 amongst a group of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
F/O |
J A |
Louden |
05/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn with
P/O Pattyson RCAF (F/O Leonard William Pattyson RCAF was not
ex 63 OTU) and P/O B C Wright (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); 01/09/1944
evaded capture when Mitchell -Q FW238 (sic, incorrect
serial?) of 226 Sqn crashed at Bezinghem, Pas de Calais, on
ops to attack troop concentrations. Pilot F/O Eagleson and
A/G F/Sgt Catto were killed, while F/O R J Irvine also
evaded. |
F/O |
E R |
Mills |
07/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (no initials, ref. 98 Sqn ORB); 23/07/1944 killed in Mitchell FV985, which was destroyed by the explosion of its own bombs as it attacked the railway at Glos-Montford, France; F/O Eric Robert Mills 131825 was the son of John and Clara Mills, of Bingley, Yorkshireis and is buried at Glos-Montford. See also F/Sgt Taylor, Sgt Thomas and F/Lt Weeks. |
F/Lt |
Rees |
07/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
Sgt |
Roby |
25/06/1944 amongst a group of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (ref. 98 Sqn ORB); | |
Sgt |
R |
Tams |
25/06/1944 amongst a group
of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (no initials, ref.
98 Sqn ORB); 12/09/1944 missing in Mitchell FW167 of 98 Sqn,
which was shot down by Marine Flak Abteilung 810 near
Vlissingen (also killed were F/O A N Mercer, F/O Kenneth
Marlow and W/O Leslie Keith Staines); F/Sgt Rex Tams
1579030, F/O Mercer and F/O Marlow are commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial and W/O Staines is buried in Cadzand
Cemetery. |
Sgt |
W |
Taylor |
25/06/1944 amongst a group
of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (...957, no
initials, ref. 98 Sqn ORB); 23/07/1944 killed in Mitchell
FV985, which was destroyed by the explosion of its own bombs
as it attacked the railway at Glos-Montford, France; F/Sgt
William Taylor 1074957 was the son
of William and Margaret Taylor, of Leyland, Lancashire
and is buried at Glos-Montford. See also F/O Mills,
Sgt Thomas and F/Lt Weeks. |
Sgt |
C E W |
Thomas |
25/06/1944 amongst a group of 6 airmen posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (no initials, ref. 98 Sqn ORB); 23/07/1944 killed in Mitchell FV985, which was destroyed by the explosion of its own bombs as it attacked the railway at Glos-Montford, France; Sgt Charles Eldred Wilfred W. Thomas is buried at Glos-Montford. See also F/Sgt Taylor, F/O Mills and F/Lt Weeks. |
F/Lt |
W D |
Weeks |
23/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 98 Sqn (no initials, ref. 98 Sqn ORB); 23/07/1944 killed in Mitchell FV985, which was destroyed by the explosion of its own bombs as it attacked the railway at Glos-Montford, France; F/Lt William Derek St Clair Weeks was the son of William Clifford St. Clair Weeks and Julia Eleanor Weeks, of Leicester and is buried at Glos-Montford. See also F/O Mills, F/Sgt Taylor and F/O Mills 131825. |
P/O |
B C |
Wright |
05/06/1944 posted from 13 OTU to 226 Sqn with P/O Pattyson RCAF (F/O Leonard William Pattyson RCAF was not ex 63 OTU) and F/O Louden (ref. 226 Sqn ORB); |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
F/Sgt |
R W |
Ackerman | 1317654; 21/02/1944 killed
when Hurricanes Z4705 and Z4939, both of 63 OTU, collided
and crashed near Wellesbourne. F/Sgt Robert William Ackerman
was the son of Francis and
Albertina Mary Ackerman, of Barry and is buried at Barry
(Merthyr Dfan) burial ground. |
Sgt |
J W |
Bell |
1495200; 07/03/1944 killed
when Hurricane W9209 of 63 OTU crashed near Kenilworth. Sgt
Joseph William Bell was the son
of Joseph William and Lilian Mary Bell of Llantwit Major,
Glamorgan and is buried at Darlington North Cemetery. |
Sgt |
J |
Chambers |
24/02/1944 unhurt when Master W8834 of 63 OTU hit a hut while taking off from Honiley. |
F/Sgt |
G M |
Crouch |
RAAF A414655; 29/02/1944
killed when Hurricane L2021 of 63 OTU dived into the ground
at Barton-on-the-Heath. F/Sgt Gordon Maxwell Crouch was the son of Gairn Roy and Selina
Mary Crouch, of Gympie, Queensland, Australia and is
buried at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery. |
W/O |
P C |
Herod |
RCAF R103031; 25/02/1944
killed when Hurricane V6680 of 63 OTU flew into a hill at
Cubbington.Warrant Officer Richard Campbell Herod is buried
at Dundee Eastern Necropolis. |
P/O |
W P |
Rimer |
24/02/1944 unhurt when Master W8834 of 63 OTU hit a hut while taking off from Honiley. Not clear whether he was a pupil or instructor. |
F/O |
P C |
Ryde |
141093; 21/02/1944 killed
when Hurricanes Z4705 and Z4939, both of 63 OTU, collided
and crashed near Wellesbourne. F/O Peter Cecil Ryde was the
son of Harold Stewart Ryde and
Doris Ryde and the husband of Dorothy Lilian Ryde, of
Maidenhead. He is buried at Balsall Cemetery, near
Honiley, Warks. |
Rank |
Inits |
Surname |
Comment |
Sgt |
A |
Bassett |
1804502; 14/07/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
F M |
Clarke |
RNZAF NZ422370; 29/06/1944
RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting (ref. 6
Sqn ORB); 14/09/1944 missing in Hurricane LD233 of 6 Sqn,
which was one of 3 Hurricanes which attacked a stores dump
at Murter, Yugoslavia, but failed to rendezvous afterwards.
F/O Fred Marsden Clarke RNZAF NZ422370 was the son of Edward Alexander and Eileen Myrtle
Clarke, of Mangapiko, Auckland, New Zealand. He is
commemorated on the Malta Memorial. |
P/O |
E G |
Glaysher |
162324; 18/06/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
F/O |
J W |
Grundy |
127213; 18/06/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
H B |
Holman |
1586470; arrived 18/05/1944, Hurricane pilot, not trained in RP (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J W |
Jenkins |
1652311; 30/05/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); 19/07/1944 injured when his Hurricane was hit by flak, attacking a barge and schooners at Korcula, but landed safely at Viz (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
I S V H |
Lewis |
1803286; arrived 18/05/1944, Hurricane pilot, not trained in RP (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
F/Sgt |
H R |
Lyle |
1002237; 16/05/1944 RP
trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle
East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); 08/11/1944 killed when Hurricane
KZ556 of 6 Sqn stalled and dived into the sea off Biferno
while demonstrating a low level RP attack to new members of
the unit. P/O Hedley Robert Lyle 185144 was the son of Major Norman Yates Lyle and
Marian Robertson Lyle, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire,
Scotland. He is buried at Moro River Canadian War
Cemetery. |
Sgt |
A W |
Male |
1577259; 18/07/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
R |
McCafferty |
1622218; 30/05/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); 07/07/1944 missing after his Hurricane was hit by flak when attacking Siebel ferries in the Planiski Channel. Sgt Ronald McCafferty was the son of William and Alice McCafferty, of Hatton Heath, Chester. |
Sgt |
B A |
Newman |
1586100; arrived 18/05/1944, Hurricane pilot, not trained in RP (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
J C |
Skinner |
647466; arrived 18/05/1944, Hurricane pilot, not trained in RP (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); |
Sgt |
G |
Taylor |
1581567; 18/07/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); 24/07/1944 missing from an attack on schooners near Baskanovo, Krk. Sgt Guy Taylor is buried at Belgrade War Cemetery. He was the son of Robert and Maud E. Taylor, of Malvern, Worcestershire. |
P/O |
W |
Tye |
RNZAF NZ411957; 16/05/1944 RP trained Hurricane pilot who arrived on posting from Middle East (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); F/Sgt William Tye promoted P/O 14/07/1943 (ref. New Zealand Gazette); 23/05/1944 missing after successfully attacking an armed schooner in the Podgorski Channel, reporting his engine running roughly and being told to return to Vis. He was the son of the Revd. William Tye, B.A. and of Jane Tye (nee Smith), of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand. |
Sgt |
A J B |
White |
1602490; arrived 18/05/1944, Hurricane pilot,
not trained in RP (ref. 6 Sqn ORB); 19/06/1944 unhurt when
Hurricane LZ402 suffered an accident while taxying; |
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