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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.Photo (Click to Expand)CommemoratedBornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateReferring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 BrookCharles Cyril SergeantR/78891Runnymede Memorial Panel 10219 Aug 1919CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Paradie Archive Database
2 DunlopThomas EdwinPilot OfficerJ/16668Runnymede Memorial Panel 1008 Jul 1920CanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Paradie Archive Database
3 FetherstonThomas Richard NormanFlight SergeantR/92966
Ameland, Holland. Runnymede Memorial Panel 10313 May 1920CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Age 20 Paradie Archive Database Flt.Sgt. Thomas Fetherston is officially listed as missing-in-action. However, his ID bracelet washed up on the Frisian Isle of Ameland. When The Fetherston family was informed of this, they expressed the wish that a memorial headstone be erected at Ameland cemetery. Matching Flt.Sgt. Fetherston's private initiative to have an ID bracelet made, Mr. G. Molenaar of Ameland saw to the production of this memorial headstone. It is placed in the Commonwealth War graves plot, perpendicular to the other, standard issue CWGC, headstones. From LOST- Rob Philips Memorial Archive on this site

Article about Sgt Fetherston
4 HopeFrederick WilliamSergeant944653Runnymede Memorial Panel 861915Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944KilledSon of Frederick Beresford and Adelaide Lillian Hope, of Aldbrough, Yorkshire
5 NevilleGerald AnthonyFlight SergeantR/82708Runnymede Memorial Panel 1058 Jan 1921CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Paradie Archive Database Son of Charles M. Neville, and of Anna M. Neville, of Rosemount, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada
6 PlayerJames KelleherFlight SergeantR/74360Runnymede Memorial Panel 1066 Jul 1919CanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Paradie Archive Database Son of William Thomas Henry and Bridget Beatrice Player, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7 RiddleMilton VictorSergeant1323687Runnymede Memorial Panel 92Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944KilledSon of Edwin and Julia Riddle; husband of C. Riddle, of Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire
8 SidorchukNicholasFlight SergeantR/79014Runnymede Memorial Panel 10626 Mar 1921, Topaze, PolandPolishWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-11-09HalifaxIIW7864DY-FPocklington1752HamburgClaim by Hptm Helmut Lent Stab IV/NJG1 - Sea 35km North of Ameland (Tiger or Schlei): 3,000m at 2037 hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 3/schw Flak Abt 262, 1 & 3/schw Flak Abt 611 (o), 1, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606(o), (Halifax) near Ameland 2038 hrs), Flak claim confirmed by OKL 15 Aug 1944 with remark “in co-operation with IV Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Hptm Lent, victory Hptm Lent confirmed 24 Sep 1944Killed Paradie Archive Database Son of Pawel (Paul) and Ustina (Justina) Sidorchuk of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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