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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent 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	Chmielowiec	Theodore Edward	F/O		J/27442	Winnipeg Manitoba	Canada	Navigator	RCAF		180 Sqd	1944-04-23	Mitchell		FV915						Killed 1944-04-23 Age 24	Brookwood UK		Paradie Archive Database	See Paradie Archive
2	Clarke	Robert Edward	Warrant Officer Class I		R/69558	Age 31	USA	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	RCAF	2 TAF	226 Sqd RAF	1944-08-19	Mitchell	II	FW216	QM-?	RAF Hartford Bridge	00:30	Pathfinder flare drop	Shot down by flak	Killed	Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Xxiv. F. 6. France		Accident report	Enlisted in RCAF on 22nd June 1940. RAF training at No. 16 Operational Training Unit flying the Hampden. Joined 226 squadron on the 23rd March 1944 from 180 squadron. Son of Stephen Francis and Helen Bernice (nee Adams) Clarke, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA and husband of Vera Joyce Clarke, of Putney, London, England. Served in the US Marines from 05th March 1929 - 06th October 1939 before going to Canada. Also served in 486 and 180 squadrons. Not to be confused with P/O. Robert Edward Clarke J/11210 Killed whilst with 7 squadron flying Stirling W7569 on the 17th September 1942.	Read Archive Report Paradie RCAF Database
3	Dunn	Ernest Leslie	Flight Sergeant		NZ/421966	Age 23	New Zealand	Wireless Op/Air Gunner	RNZAF	2 TAF	226 Sqd RAF	1944-08-19	Mitchell	II	FW216	QM-?	RAF Hartford Bridge	00:30	Pathfinder flare drop	Shot down by flak	Killed	Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer H. 33. France.	Courtesy AWMM	Accident report	Born on the 25th February 1921 at Hikurangi. Worked as a farmer in the Whakapara district prior to service. Enlisted ar Rotorua on the 21st March 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 29th May 1942. After training awarded his Air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant on the 05th April 1943. Further training at 34 Operational Training Unit flying the Mitchell. Following attachment to various units joined 226 squadron on the 20th July 1944. Son of Edward Dunn and of Mary Flemington Dunn (nee Boyd - died 01st January 1982, age 81) husband of of Puhi Puhi, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Kathleen Mary Dunn (née Stanley), Brighton, Sussex, England.	Read Archive Report CWGC
4	Mitchell	Edward W 'Tubby'	Flying Officer		37820			Pilot		Fighter	79 Sqd	1940-07-08	Hurricane	I	P3461				Intereception incoming raid Do-17s	Shot down	Killed	Hawkinge Cemetery United Kingdom			F/O Mitchell’s Hurricane crashed at Green Lane, Temple Ewell, near Dover. The crater burned for well over an hour and no positive identification could be made of F/O ‘Tubby’ Mitchell’s mortal remains until armourers had checked the serial numbers from his Browning machine-guns. F/O ‘Tubby’ Mitchell possibly fell to the guns of Oberleutnant Josef Fözö of the 4th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 who claimed the destruction of a ‘Spitfire’ north of Dover at 3.45pm. His wife, Carmen, had given birth to their only child, a boy, Anthony William, on 23rd June 1940, and it is believed that Flying Officer ‘Tubby’ Mitchell only saw his son on one occasion when he flew to Northolt to visit the nursing home at Stoke Poges, Bucks, before he was killed. At 3.15pm, Pilot Officer ‘Dimsie’ Stones found himself leading the Squadron because his section was sent off first from Hawkinge, followed five minutes later by the rest of the squadron (at this time the squadron was depleted to a total of nine aircraft), which was scrambled to intercept an incoming raid in the Dover area. The Squadron searched fruitlessly for an hour before being ordered to return to base, land and refuel. ‘Dimsie’ Stones later wrote; ‘ it was one of those days when we had a solid layer of cloud at about 8,000 feet and on turning back to Hawkinge, some 109’s must have come through that overcast and picked off Woody and Tubby Mitchell, who were at the rear of our formation. The rest of us saw nothing.’
5	Mitchell	Anthony William		Flying Officer		1940-06-23 Age 21					10 Sqd	1962-06-16	Victor		XA929		RAF Cottesmore		Lone Ranger	Crash on Takeoff	Killed				Son of Battle of Britain pilot Edward Mitchell of 79 Sqd. Posted to fly Victor bombers with 10 Sqd. Whilst on a ‘Lone Ranger’ operation from RAF Cottesmore to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus on 16th June 1962 the aircraft, XA929, failed to take-off and crashed with the loss of all crew. F/O Mitchell, aged twenty-one, ejected but at ground level the parachute failed to open in time and he died from multiple injuries.
6	Mitchell	Peter Edmond	Sergeant		1587838		British	Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	178 Sqd	1944-07-06	Liberator	B.Vl	EV822	V	Amendola, Italy	2141	Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria	See Archive report	Killed	Belgrade War Cemetery. Grave 5. E. 3			Understood to be from Great Britain, No further details, are you able to assist?	Archive Report on loss