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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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#	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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Grut	Harvey Jennings	Sergeant	NZ/404866	Age 29	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-01-26	Whitley	V	Z9315	MH-V	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1703	Emden	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 14. D. 1-4.		Born on the 18th January 1913 at Feilding. Educated at Takapuna Grammer school. Worked as a motor body builder for Mr. S.J. Notes at Te Awamutu. Enlisted at Levin on the 01st December 1940 as a pilot under training. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 18th January 1941. With No. 3 Flying Training School 01st March 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 14th April 1941. Promoted to sergeant on the 24th May 1941. Embarked for England on the 18th June 1941. Further training with No. 19 Operational Training Unit on the 03rd August 1941flying the Whitley. Joined 51 squadron on the 08th October 1941. Son of Collings de Ste. Groix Grut and of Violet Muriel Grut (née Moore), of Auckland City, New Zealand. Total of 9 operational sorties with 285 flying hours logged.	Archive report
2	Hamilton	Robert Alfred	Sergeant	NZ/41328	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-01-26	Whitley	V	Z9315	MH-V	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1703	Emden	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 14. D. 1-4. 4		Born on the 18th April 1920 at Christchurch. Educated at Rangiora High School and Timaru High School. A manager for his mothers farm at Waitara. Served 2 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 19th January 1941 as a pilot under training. With No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 28th February 1941. First solo on the 12th March 1941. No. 1 Flying Training School 12th April 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 24th May 1941. Promoted to sergeant on the 05th July 1941. Embarked for England on the 22nd July 1941. Further training with No. 10 Operational Training Unit on the 16th September 1941flying the Whitley. Joined 51 squadron on the 15th December 1941. Son of Lionel John Gorden Hamilton (died 25th July 1942, age 57) and Mary Hamilton (née Sloss - died 26th July 1980, age 91. Married 07th January 1914), of Waipara, Canterbury, New Zealand. Total of 6 operational sorties with 238 flying hours logged.	Archive report
3	Mancini	Vincent Sylvester	Sergeant	R/65363	Age?	Canadian	Observer	RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-01-26	Whitley	V	Z9315	MH-V	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1703	Emden	See Archive report for further details	PoW No: 90111 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug		Paradie Archive Database	Thought to be from Centreville, a village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. No further details	Archive report
4	Stokell	Charles Henry	Sergeant	1055980	Age 31	British	W/Op/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-01-26	Whitley	V	Z9315	MH-V	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1703	Emden	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 14. D. 1-4		Son of Charles Robert and Annie Stokell, of Leeds, Yorkshire and husband of Dorothy Mary Stokell, of Leeds, Yorkshire. England. Epitaph: 'Ever Remembered By His Wife, Daughter, Parents And Family'.	Archive report
5	Waterworth	A	Sergeant		Age				Bomber Command	51Sqn	1942-01-26	Whitley	V	Z9315	MH-V	RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	1703	Emden	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery			Archive report

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