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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Bisset | Stuart Richard | Flight Sergeant | NZ/415738 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Air Bomber | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 19.G.4-6 | Archives
| Born on the 23rd October 1922 at Kaitaia. A clerical cadet for the Public Works Department at Whangarei. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th October 1941 as a pilot under training with No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School. Pilot training terminated on the 30th of December 1941. Began training as a navigator on the 26th of January 1942.
Embarked for Canada on the 02nd March 1942. Observer badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 06th November 1942. Embarked for England via New York on the 23rd November 1942. On the 29th December 1942 further training with 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach. Finally joining 75 (NZ) Squadron on the 15th of May 1943. Son of Alexander (died 22nd November 1959, age 74) and Aline Constance Bisset (née Rutledge - died 05th March 1983, age 88), of Kaitaia, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 301 flying hours logged and on his 6th operational sortie. | ||||||
2 | Hemmings | Cyril Benjamin | Sergeant | 1235070 | Age ? | British | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 19.G.7 | No further details - are you able to assist? | |||||||
3 | Hobbs | Frederick Johns | Sergeant | 1609558 | Age ? | British | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 19.G.2 | No further details - are you able to assist? | |||||||
4 | Reader | Edgar Henry | Sergeant | 1331432 | Age 21 | British | W/Op/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 19.G.3 | Archives
| Also remembered on the grave of Fred and Emma Warren at St Peter & Mary Magdalene Churchyard Extensionin Soham (not sure of connection). Enlisted in January 1941. Trained at No.1 Signal School Cranwell, then to No. 2 Signal School Yatesbury and 3 Air Gunner School Castle Kennedy. Posted to 12 Operational Training Unit at Chipping Warden in October 1942. On the 12th April 1943 further training with 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach. Finally joining 75 (NZ) Squadron on the 14th of May 1943.
Son of Henry John and Ethel May Reader (née Warren), of Station Cottages, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England.Grave inscription: 'We Thank Our God For Every Remembrance Of Him'. | ||||||
5 | Samson | George King | Flight Sergeant | NZ/402563 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Navigator | Goldfish Club | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 19.G.4-6 | Archives
| Born on the 05th January 1916 at Gisborne. Worked as a sheep farmer for Daniel Ridiford of Te Awaiti Station prior to service. Served 2 and half years in the territorial army. Enlisted in the RNZAF as a pilot under training on the 10th of July 1940. Flying training at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School. Pilot training terminated on the 19th of January 1941. Began training as a navigator on the following day. Embarked for Canada on the 27th of February 1941. Observer badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 22nd July 1941.
Embarked for England on the 28th of August 1941. Further training with 11 Operational Training Unit commencing 30th September 1941. On the 04th October 1942 further training with 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach. Finally joining 75 (NZ) Squadron on the 28th of November 1942. Son of Walter (died on the 16th May 1931, aged 56) and Margaret Mary Samson (née Hooper - died 22nd October 1943, age 67), of Wellington City, New Zealand. A total of 230 flying hours logged and on his 14th operational sortie. | |||||
6 | Webb | Stanley Lawrence | Sergeant | 1266998 | Age 33 | British | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 19.G.3 | Son of George William and Lily Matilda Webb and husband of Violet Eileen Webb, of Northolt Park, Greenford, Middlesex, England. Grave inscription: 'In Proud And Loving Memory Of Our Dear Stanley'. | |||||||
7 | Wood | Benjamin Brinley | Flight Sergeant | 656588 | Age ? | British | Pilot | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-06-22 | Stirling | III | EF408 | AA-P | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 2340 | Mulheim | Crashed near Gelsinkirchen | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 19.G.4-6 | Archives
| Born in 1919 in New Tredegar, Wales. Lived in Jersey in the Channel Islands and worked at La Motte Garage as a mechanic prior to service. Trained as a Cadet Pilot at the Dart School of Aeronautics, Albany, Georgia, USA. He married Sadie on the 13th of April 1943. No further details - are you able to assist? |
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