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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary

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Thanks to Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain for supplementary data and images (marked with a chequerboard device) related to the Polish Air Force, and many images courtesy of our respected colleagues Wojtek Matusiak and Robert Gretzyngier. Other images from our own archives.
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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Amies	Philip	Sergeant	1445907	Age 22	British	W/Op/Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	See archive report for further details	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery. Joint grave IVa.D.3	Courtesy Plane Hunters		Son of Henry Frederick and Mary Amies, of Highgate, Middlesex, England. Epitaph: 'In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Philip. Not Just Today But Always We Remember'. Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
2	Grant	Alfred Frederick	Sergeant	J/89885	Age 19	Canada	Air gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Joint Grave 50	Courtesy Plane Hunters	Paradie Archive Database	Son of Charles Edward Grant and Iley Rebeca Bucknell, Born on the 01st July 1924. Enlisted in North Bay on the 09th October 1942. Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
3	Rowthorn	Peter Robert	Sergeant	1853111	Age 19	British	Air gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.D.4.	Courtesy Plane Hunters		Son of Wilfred Harry and Florence Rowthorn, of Copnor, Portsmouth, England. Epitaph: 'In Sacred Remembrance Of Our Beloved Son Peter. Mum And Dad. "Till The Day Breaks'. Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
4	Stuart	Keith Angus Michael	Flight Sergeant	NZ/422925	Age 22	New Zealand	Air Bomber	RNZAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	PoW - no further details		Courtesy NZC		Born on the 05th November 1922 in Feilding, New Zealand. Trained at No. 10 Air Observer School, Chatham, New Brunswick and No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario. Graduated on the 05th April 1943. Died on the 25th June 1980, age 57. Son of Alexander Stuart of Wellington, New Zealand. (died 27th October 1951, age 56) Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
5	Thompson	Leslie St Clair	Sergeant	1323406	Age 20	British	Navigator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.D.5	Courtesy Plane Hunters		Son of Ernest St. Clair Thompson and Emily Mary Thompson, of Streatham, London, England. Epitaph: 'Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends'. Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
6	Watt	Wilfred Arthur	Pilot Officer	NZ/421800	Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 5 Row D Grave 17	Courtesy NZC		Born on the 13th July 1918 in Auckland. Educated at the Sacred Heart College, Auckland. Worked as a clerk for the government printing office. Enlisted at Rotorua on the 07th March 1942. Son of Son of George Robert and Lucy Watt (née Perkinson, of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 525 flying hours logged and on his 7th operational sortie. Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident
7	Witham	Roy Victor Charles	Sergeant	1851909	Age ?	British	Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	I	ME737	LE-S	RAF East Kirby, Lincolnshire	2228	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Herenthout {Antwerpen}	PoW No. 3840 Camp: Stalag Kopernikus		Courtesy Plane Hunters		No furter infotmation Info courtesy John Jones	Read Archive Report on this incident

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