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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force (↑)	Command (↑)	Unit (↑)	DateofIncident *See Note (↑)	Aircraft (↑)	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1551	Bernyk	Michael	Flying Officer		J/38740	24 August 1923	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1944-12-31	Lancaster	I	ME647	AS-J	Kirmington	1510	Osterfeld	Crashed at Eygelshoven {Limburg}	Killed	Nederweert War Cemetery IV.A.5	Paradie Archive Database	Most if not all were brought to Margraten in Holland for Burial, but their graves are now at Nederweert War Cemetery Son of William and Mary Bernyk, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
1552	Berry	W R	Flight Sergeant		AUS.33396					RAAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-06-11	Lancaster	I	W4791	PH-W	Wickenby	2327	Dusseldorf	Crashed at Wijk-aan-Zee	Killed	Beverwijk General
1553	Berry	Adam Barr	Flying Officer		J/27466		Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	I	ME704	WS-B	Bardney	2306	Scholven-Buer	Shot down by nightfighter. Abandoned and crashed at Ede {Gelderland}. Crashed near railwaystation 'De Klomp', Buurtsteeg	PoW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria		Paradie Archive Database	Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow & Unteroffizier Erich Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 00:43 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+AH. The crew caught the Lancaster at 20,000 feet. The aircraft was abandoned and came down at De Klomp (Buurtsteeg). Those who died are buried in various Cemeteries. Sgt Redshaw RCAF was 18 years of age and was amongst the youngest Canadians killed in Bomber Command in 1944:	Attacker
1554	Berry	Kenneth Herbert	Flight Lieutenant		140907	1920		Pilot	DFM	RAFVR	Bomber Command	103 Sqn	1944-02-15	Lancaster	III	ND363	PM-A	Elsham Wolds	1710	Berlin	laim by Lt Kurt Matzak 12/NJG1 - Waddenzee East of Texel (Lowe): 6,400m at 22:50. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 1 - Theo Boiten) Crashed into the Waddenzee East of Texel	Killed	Texel (Den Burg) General Cemetery Plot K Row 7 Grave 148		Flt Lt Berry was awarded an immediate DFM whilst a Sgt with 103 Sqn. Gazetted 12 Feb 1943. Citation: "This airman has completed many operational missions and has invariably pressed home - his attacks with great determination On one occasion, when attacking Kiel, his aircraft was hit and damaged by anti-aircraft fire Despite this, Sergeant Berry displayed great persistence and bombed his objective successfully On another occasion he displayed commendable skill and initiative during a flight to Turin In a recent attack on Essen, Sergeant Berry pressed home his attack with great spirit although his aircraft was damaged by opposing fire Throughout his operational career, this airman has set a fine example. This award was very well deserved as that was a hard series of operations at a difficult time for 103 Squadron and Bomber Command. Unusually there is not one early return which is an indication of the determination and fighting spirit of this crew". Son of Robert Michael Berry, and of Florence Elizabeth Berry, of Walthamstow, Essex	Attacker
1555	Berry	A	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	106 Sqd	1944-12-15	Lancaster	III	ND682	ZN-K	Metheringham	.0045.	Gardening	Crashed in the Baltic	Killed	Runnymede
1556	Berry	W A	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-10-14	Lancaster	I	NF928	PH-S	Wickenby	637	Duisburg		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1557	Berry	J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	LM516	PH-D	Wickenby	2204	Maiily-le-Camp	Crashed Poivres {Aube}	Killed	Poivres Churchyard
1558	Berry	W	Flight Sergeant						DFM		Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LK883	OW-E	Linton on Ouse	2207	Leuven	Crashed Londerzeel {Brabant}	Evader			Attacker
1559	Berry	A M	Sergeant								Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LV919	HD-O	Leconfield	2151	Hassett	Crashed Zondereigen {Antwerpen}	Killed	Schoolselhof Cemetery		Attacker
1560	Berry	Thomas Cromwell	Sergeant		1391597			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	467 Sqn RAAF	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	PD230	PO:X	Waddington	21:30	Russelheim	See Archive report for details	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery Grave V11.E.2.			Read Archive Report
1561	Berry	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	NR248	MH-A	Snaith	249	Duisburg	Crashed at Broekhuizen {Limburg}	Killed	Venray War Cemetery
1562	Berry	Leslie Frederick	Flight Lieutenant		77960			Air Gunner (Rear)	DFC	RAF	Bomber Command	622 Sqn	1944-05-31	Lancaster	III	ND926	GI:D	Mildenhall	23:43	Trappes Railway Yard	Claim by Hptm Fritz Sothe 4./NJG4 - Meru 40km North West of Paris (UE 1) at 01:54. Debris was scattered between Housoye (Oise) and Porcheux 7km South West of Auneuil. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Evader			Flt Lt Berry was awarded the DFC whilst with 622 Squadron. Gazetted 6 June 1944 Died on the 6th October 1946 He was serving with No 431 Equipment Depot and died near Houshall Sands, River Elbe in Germany. He is buried in the Hamburg Cemetery Grave 9A.E.4. Son of Frederick Herbert and Ethel Agnes Berry; husband of Dora Berr.	Evasion Repiort
1563	Berry	Weston Robert	Flight Sergeant		33396		Australia			RAAF		12 Sqd RAF	1943-06-12											RAAF Honour Roll
1564	Berry	Stanley George	Flight Sergeant		40182		Australia			RAAF		303 Ferry Transport RAF	1943-12-06											RAAF Honour Roll
1565	Berry	Lawrence J	2nd Lt		O-756453		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-14	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1566	Berryman	A A N	Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	467 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	LM450	PO-K	Waddington	2232	Prouville	Crashed at Neuilly-l'Hopital {Somme}	Killed
1567	Berryman	Arthur Albert William	Pilot Officer		415495		Australia			RAAF		467 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-25											RAAF Honour Roll
1568	Bertza	Emil	1st Lt		O-807119		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-17	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1569	Beruldsen	Kenneth Cupples	Flight Lieutenant		410034		Australia			RAAF	Coastal Command	235 Sqd RAF	1944-12-16											RAAF Honour Roll
1570	Best	F G S	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	227 Sqd	1944-12-18	Lancaster	I	PB723	9J-W	Balderton	1653	Gydnia		Killed	Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery
1571	Bethel	Stanley James	Flying Officer		AUS/411987	Born on 18th February 1920	Australian	Air Bomber		RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-12	Lancaster	III	PB542	AR-D2	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	1559	Essen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 13.G.14		Read Archive Report
1572	Bethel	R E	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	97 Sqd (Straits Settlements)	1944-06-09	Lancaster	III	ND764	OF-B	Coningsby	2154	Etampes	Exploded near Boissy-sous-St-Yon {Essonne}	PoW
1573	Bethel	Stanley James	Flying Officer		411987		Australia			RAAF		460 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-12											RAAF Honour Roll
1574	Betley	Roland Desmond Ernest	Flight Sergeant		421495	1922	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-06-15	Lancaster	I	LL888	AA:X	Mepal	23:09	Valenciennes	Claim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 9/NJG5 - Cambrai/Lille/Valenciennes area: 2,000m at 00:52. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed Rieux-en-Cambresis (Nord) 9km ENE of Cambrai	Killed	Rieux Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave 8-10		Six of the crew were found. with the wreckage. The seventh, and RAF member of the crew, appears to have died on baling out, his body being found by local inhabitants a few km to the NW. He was buried at Iway before being reinterred alongside his comrades at Rieux. Son of John Ernest Betley and of Amy Violet Betley (nee Shaw), of Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand; husband of Barbara Isobel May Betley, of Oroua Downs, Wellington, New Zealand.
1575	Betterton	D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND973	KM-A	Dunholme Lodge	2312	Wesseling	Crashed at Herkenbosch {Limburg}	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery
1576	Bettington	M M	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	HX271	HD-V	Leconfield	2222	Trappes	Crashed Dannemarie {Yvelines}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
1577	Bettington	Max Milson	Warrant Officer		412306		Australia			RAAF		466 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-03											RAAF Honour Roll
1578	Bettney	S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-12-23	Halifax	III	MZ827	DY-	Pocklington	1148	Mulheim	Crash landed at Carnaby on return
1579	Betty	Rowland David	Flying Officer		51501	1914		Wireless Operator		RAF	Bomber Command	50 Sqd	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	LM428	VN-O	Skellingthorpe	24	Berlin	Possible claim by Hptm Werner Hoffmann Stab I/NJG5 - near Molchow North of Neuruppin (DF 8): 5,800m at 03:12. Crashed Steinberg where the crew were initially buried. (Nachtjagd War Diaries, Vol 1 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row Z Collective Grave 24-28		Investigating officers from the RCAF visited the village of Steinberg 40 miles NW of Berlin. They were told by the villagers that a large British aircraft had crashed four to five hundred yards west of the villa and that the crew had been buried in a communal grave in the local cemetery. It was believed that the aircraft had been shot by night fighters. The grave was exhumed but unhappily Sgt. Taylor the Flight Engineer and the Bomb Aimer Fg.Off. Daynes of the crew were the only ones who could be individually identified. (Extract from letter to Mrs Presland by Wg.Cdr. Gunn RCAF Causalities Officer dated 23 March 1950) Son of Rowland T. Betty and Jean W. Betty; husband of Betty Betty, of Hartford, Cheshire
1580	Beutel	W	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	106 Sqd	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	LL975	ZN-H	Metheringham	2225	Pommerval		Killed	St-Sever Cemetery Rouen
1581	Beutel	William	Flight Sergeant		434288		Australia			RAAF		106 Sqd RAF	1944-06-25											RAAF Honour Roll
1582	Bevan	Herbert Cyril Claude	Sergeant		563098			Observer		RAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqn	1940-06-07	Battle	I	P2162	PH:Q	Echiemmes	17:28	Poix	See archive report for further details	Killed	St. Valery-En-Caux Franco-British Cemetery. Coll. grave A, 24-26			Read Archive Report
1583	Beveridge	Massey Williamson	Wing Commander		J/15070					RCAF	Fighter	409 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-06	Mosquito	NFXIII	MM587				Patrol		Injured		Paradie Archive Database	Archive Report
1584	Beverstock	Albert Smedley	Leading Aircraftman		62078		Australia			RAAF		RAAF Station Bradfield Park	1944-06-13											RAAF Honour Roll
1585	Beverton	H A	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	15 Sqd	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	NF958	LS-M	Mildenhall	1841	Frankfurt	Crashed at Wieblingen Banhnof	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
1586	Bevin	Arthur	Flight Sergeant		1685716			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	35 Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	PB612	TL:P	Graveley	14:06	Koln	The route was Base, Orfordness, 5110N 0240E, 5020N 0615E, Target, 5058N 0715E, 5035N 0720E, 5020N 0615E, 5110N 0240E, Orfordness, Base PB612 failed to return and the squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: 'This aircraft is missing; was last heard of at 16.28 hours giving Attack unsuccessful'	Killed. Remains not recovered	Runnymede Memorial Panel 215		Son of James Booth Bevin and Annie Louise Bevin, of Haslington, Cheshire It was equipped with H2S, GPI and Fishpond and was carrying 1 x 4000lbs HC (NI), 2 x 1000lbs ANM59 and various target indicators. Its designated Path Finder role was Deputy Master Bomber
1587	Bickel	Carl G	1st Lt		O-744680		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-06-29	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1588	Bickell	George R	Lt Colonel		O-392737		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group		1944-03-06	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1589	Bicknell	E S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	619 Sqd	1944-11-06	Lancaster	III	NN723	PG-J	Strubby	1631	Gravenhorst	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede
1590	Bielby	Peter Raymond	Sergeant		1318936	Age ?		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	625 Sqd	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	W5009	CF-Z	RAF Kelstern	2144	Nurnberg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery- Coll. Grave 17. D. 12-18.		Read Archive Report
1591	Bielby	Richard Ross	Sergeant				Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	426 (Thunderbird) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-06	Halifax	III	LW377	OW:G	Linton on Ouse	21:35	Coutances, Normandy, France	See Archive Report for details	Safe		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
1592	Bielicki	Józef	Plutonowy Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.793845	Born 12 February 1922 Warszawa (Age 22 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari (Posthumous- By order of Polish PSZ command Number 4/44) Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-15	Consolidated Liberator	Vl	KG890	GR-S	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Engaged on Warsaw Supply Drops. Aircraft was shot down by a German Night Fighter and crashed at Nieszkowicach Wielkich, Bosnia . Location : Poland.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Originally buried at Pogwizdowie, but later exhumed and was re-buried in Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. Plot III Row A Grave 3	Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
1593	Bieżuński	Jan Adam	Starszy Sierzant Radio Operator	Sergeant	P. 780314 (783314?)	17.06.1905 Ulatowo Przasnysz	Poland	Radio Operator	Virtuti Militari Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x4)	PAF	Bomber Command	300 Sqd (Polish)	1943-04-03					Brindisi		Weller 5. SOE support for Polish Home Army	Known as 'Orzyc' and 'Minus'. Parachutist. During the September 1939 campaign he served in the 1st Air Regiment. On September 17 he crossed the Polish-Romanian border, he was interned, from where he escaped to France, where from November 1939 to January 1940 he served in the Polish Air Force. From January 1940 he was in Great Britain, where he served as a radio operator in 300 Squadron, with whom he participated in the first, historical expedition of Polish bomber aviation from Great Britain to Germany on the night of 14 to 15 September 1940 (3 bombers from 300 and 301 Squadrons) ). In total, he made 45 operational flights. After training for the aviation tasks in the underground, as well as in radiotelegraphy and sabotage, he was sworn in on March 4, 1943, and adopted the pseudonym 'Orzyc' and then transferred to the Main Transit Base in Brindisi, Italy. He was dropped in Poland on the night of 3 to 4 April 1944 as part of the 'Weller 5' air operation. He was assigned to the Aviation Department of Division III of the Home Army Headquarters. A few days after the jump, on April 7, 1944, he was accidentally arrested in Warsaw. After getting out of Pawiak, he was transferred from Warsaw and assigned to the Lublin AK District. On July 18, 1944, he took a radio station from the 'Pajak' partisan detachment and, together with a five-man security service, went to the east, probably to the Lwów AK area. The details of the task are unknown. After the Second World War, he was persecuted by the UB and harassed by frequent interrogations. He settled in the Bartoszyce commune and became the head of the elementary school in Kiertny Wielkie. After a sudden death in 1968, he was buried in the municipal cemetery in Bartoszyce at ul. Kętrzyn	Died March 18 1968	Bartoszyce Cemetery	Archiwum Polish Database
1594	Biggs	H D	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1944-12-22	Lancaster	III	PA977	LQ-D	Gransden Lodge	1549	Bingen		PoW		Paradie Archive Database
1595	Biggs	William Frank	Sergeant		569401	Age 23	British	Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-06-11	Lancaster	III	DV157	PH-Z	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	2322	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bergen General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 11		Son of Walter Seth Biggs and Helen Amelia Biggs, of Reading, Berkshire, England. Body washed up near Bergen aan Zee on the 18th June 1943.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1596	Bigoray	William Walter	Flight Sergeant		R/93566		Canada	W/Op/Air/Gnr	DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	Wireless Interception Flight 1474 (Special Duties)	1942-12-03	Wellington	ic	DV819	DT-G	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	202	Special Duties	See archive report for further brief detail	Safe	Killed later in 1944	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1597	Bilau	Juliusz	Podporucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P-2195 / 782766	Born 9 October 1907 (Age 26)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Bomber Command	305 Sqd (Polish)	1944-06-13	De Havilland Mosquito	F.B.Vl	HR143	SM-Z	RAF Lasham		Normandy	Lost in early hourss of 13 June 1944 following strikes on German road and rail transport in Normandy. Location : France.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost on Operations over Normandy	Archiwum Polish Database
1598	Bilbie	J	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	427 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LV821	ZL-N	Leeming	2115	Braunschweig	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
1599	Billington	Thomas Hornby	Sergeant		1044838			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn	1944-09-12	Fortress	III	HB767	BU:A	Oulton	19:00	Bomber Support	Crashed off Calais	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 225		Son of Leonard and Alice Kelsall Billington, of Garstang, Lancashire
1600	Biltoft	A H	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	576 Sqd	1944-05-06	Lancaster	III	ND783	UL-C2	Elsham Wolds	.0015.	Aubigne		Killed	Bayeaux War Cemetery France