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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	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
1801	Bowen	William Howard	Flying Officer	400775		Australia			RAAF		38 Sqd RAF	1944-01-06											RAAF Honour Roll
1802	Bowen-Chennell	Philip	Sergeant	1455428			Air Gunner			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	Killed	Ede General Cemetery, Gelderland Holland		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
1803	Bower	G E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	218 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	PD252	HA-D	Methwold	2159	Russelheim		PoW
1804	Bowering	John Ernest Ralph	Pilot Officer	J/88199		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	619 Sqd	1944-06-22	Lancaster	I	ME846	PG-C	Dunholme Lodge	2301	Wesseling	Shot down by flak	Killed	Schoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} Belgium	Paradie Archive Database
1805	Bowes	L E	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM578	EM-L	Spilsby	2321	Wesseling	Crashed off Dutch coast	Killed	Cambridge City Cemetery		Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2. This aircraft was claimed by Hptm Martin Drewes (Stab III./NJG1). 15 km North West of Schouwen (KH-1/JH-7) at 1,500m. Time 02:35. This would be his 47th kill. See Kracker Archive on this site. The references in brackets refer to the Beacons (Holding Points)where German aircraft would circle until vectored on to enemy aircraft or they had a visual sighting. (Additional information from John Jones)
1806	Bowes	Kenneth	Sergeant	1098656			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-06-11	Lancaster	I	ED357	PH-S	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	2240	Düsseldorf	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Panel 143		Read Archive Report
1807	Bowes	Lyle Edward	Flying Officer	419253		Australia			RAAF		207 Sqd RAF	1944-06-22											RAAF Honour Roll
1808	Bowker	Bryan	Flight Sergeant	760351	Age 33	UK	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Coastal Command	302 Ferry Training Unit (FTU)	1944-06-08	Sunderland	III	ML858	P	RAF Oban, Argyllshire	2355	Training	Crashed on Gleann Mhor, St. Kilda during navigational exercise flight out of Oban. All ten occupants died in the crash	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 215.		The crews remains were given full military honours by an RAF Guard of Honour and were committed to the sea between St. Kilda and the island of Boreray. Rev Macleod read the burial service. (Reference: Wartime wrecks on St. Kilda - Rt. Rev. Monsignor John C. Barry, DCL, MA; Chairman of the St. Kilda Club) Son of Arthur and Ada Emily Bowker and husband of Mary Bowker, of Stockport, Cheshire, England.	Archive Report
1809	Bowker	N C	Flight Sergeant	1577716			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-02-19	Lancaster	III	JB609	PH-F	Wickenby	2323	Leipzig	Crashed at Elspeet {Gelderland}	Killed	Harderwijk General Cemetery Burial British Plot 1 Grave 44.		Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1 This aircraft was claimed by Ofw Heinz Vinke (11/NJG1).Elspeet 15 km North West of Apeldoorn at 4,800m. Time 05:34. This would be his 53rd kill. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones)
1810	Bowler	R P	Sergeant	1626590			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1944-04-10	Lancaster	III	JB732	PM-S	Elsham Wolds	2310	Aulnoye, (Railway Yards)	Crashed Meharicourt {Somme}	Killed	Meharicourt Communal Cemetery, British Plot Grave 27		Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 This aircraft was claimed by Hptm Helmut Bergmann (8./NJG4). Near Beauquesne,Meharicourt at 3,000m Time 02:50. This would be his 24th kill. Hptm Helmut Bergmann scored 7 kills on this night bringing his total to 26. He started at 02:20-02:30-02:35-02:43-02:50-02:54 and finally at 03:06. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones)
1811	Bowles	H	Sergeant	1676288			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1943-12-23	Lancaster	III	ED999	KM-X	Dunholme Lodge	.0009.	Berlin	Believed shot down by night fighter	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery Burial Plot 8 K 12		Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1. This aircraft was claimed by Oblt Paul Zorner (8./NJG3). Vechta-Quakenbruck/South Diepholz at 6,300m. Time 05:43.This was his 19th kill. He would score another kill at 06:02. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones)
1812	Bowling	C B	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	90 Sqd	1944-04-12	Stirling	III	EF162	WP-K	Tuddenham	2308	SOE	Crashed at Fourdrain {Aisne}	Killed	Fort George Military Cemetery
1813	Bowman	N E	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-22	Halifax	III	LM116	HD-X	Driffield	1323	Siracourt		Killed	Terlincthum British Cemetery
1814	Bowman	Fred	Sergeant	1594409			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ642	DY-U	RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire	2312	Sterkrade	See archive report for full details	Killed	Steenderen Cemetery. Coll. Grave 3-4		Read Archive Report
1815	Bowman	Nelson Ellis	Flying Officer	414753		Australia			RAAF		466 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-22											RAAF Honour Roll
1816	Bown	T	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	635 Sqd	1944-12-12	Lancaster	III	PB453	F2-S	Downham Market	1651	Essen	Exploded over Borbeck	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1817	Boxall	J R	Sergeant	1387360						Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-06-28	Lancaster	III	EE195	GZ-B	Wickenby	2309	Koln	Crashed off coast of Holland	Killed	Runnymede
1818	Boyce	C D	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM578	EM-L	Spilsby	2321	Wesseling	Crashed off Dutch coast	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database	Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2. This aircraft was claimed by Hptm Martin Drewes (Stab III./NJG1). 15 km North West of Schouwen (KH-1/JH-7) at 1,500m. Time 02:35. This would be his 47th kill. See Kracker Archive on this site. The references in brackets refer to the Beacons (Holding Points)where German aircraft would circle until vectored on to enemy aircraft or they had a visual sighting. (Additional information from John Jones)
1819	Boyd	R T R	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	467 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-17	Lancaster	I	PD215	PO-	Waddington	1638	Munchen	Collided with 50 Sqn Lancaster & abandoned near Chalons-sr-Marne
1820	Boyd	N C	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	90 Sqd	1944-12-23	Lancaster	I	HE664	WP-V	Tuddenham	1146	Trier	Exploded over Hamm	Killed	Runnymede
1821	Boyd	Norman Collis	Flight Sergeant	430112		Australia			RAAF		90 Sqd RAF	1944-12-23											RAAF Honour Roll
1822	Boyes	John Alfred	Sergeant	1621546			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ349	MH:U	Snaith	21:09	Braunschweig	See Archive report for details	PoW No. 554, Stalag Luft 7				Read Archive Report
1823	Boyes	R L	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1942-12-06	Stirling	I	R9259	MG-J	Oakington	1741	Mannheim	Crashed Saunveniere Blegium	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium
1824	Boykowski	Walter Alexander	Staff Sergeant	13171280	10th August 1923 in Pittock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	American	Tail Gunner	PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	862nd Bomber Squadron (493rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-06-29	B-24 Little Warrior	H	42-94812	Issued but not displayed	Debach airfield (Station #152), Suffolk, England		Fallersleben (Mission #447), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated on the 17th June 1949 and interred at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia in Section 34, Grave 1486			Archive Report
1825	Boylan	Michael Joseph	Pilot Officer	187754	Age 19		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	432 Sqd RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	II	NP699	QO-O	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	600	Duisburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Leopoldsburg War Cemetery: VIII.B.11.		Read Archive Report
1826	Boyle	M H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	626 Sqd	1944-12-31	Lancaster	III	PB561	UM-X2	Wickenby	1449	Osterfeld	Crash landed at Manston			Paradie Archive Database
1827	Boyle	S	Flying Officer					DFM		Bomber Command	83 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	JB180	OL-T	Coningsby	2321	Wesseling		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1828	Boyle	Alan John	Pilot Officer	179549	Age 21		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	88 Sqd	1944-06-06	Boston	IIIA	BZ243	RH-N			Smokescreen	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 210.		Son of John Lewis Boyle and Florence Isabel Boyle, of Jersey, Channel Islands	Some information here: Read Archive Report
1829	Boylson	William Wrixon	Flight Lieutenant	404623		Australia			RAAF		139 Sqd RAF	1944-06-25											RAAF Honour Roll
1830	Boynton	Robert H.	Sergeant	16031893		American	Nose Gunner		USAAF	15th Air Force	831st Bomber Squadron (485th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-06-13	B-24 Gawgia Peach	H	42-52709	-	Venosa, Italy		München (Munich), Germany	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Repatriated and buried at the Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Illinois, Plot PW-48			Archive Report
1831	Boynton	T S	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1944-12-12	Lancaster	I	ME649	PM-	Elsham Wolds	1624	Essen	Force landed	PoW
1832	Bozarth	Walter L Jr	2nd Lt	O-1996001		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	391st Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1833	Bozier	Laurence Herbert	Sergeant	1463968			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	44 Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND552	KM:X	Dunholme Lodge	22:58	Wesseling	ND552 was a probable claim by Oblt Werner Baake 2/NJG1 - Aachen: 5,300m at 01:46.Crashed between the coal-mine and the As-Lanklaar road, near Lanklaar (Limburg), 10 km SSW of Masseik in Belgium.	Killed	Lanklaar Communal Cemetery Coll.grave 1-7
1834	Brabant	N K	Flight Sergeant						RNZAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	LK760	NP-E	Lissett	.0030.	Versailles	Crashed on take off
1835	Bracegirdle	J C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-06-05	Lancaster	I	LL833	SE-O	Ludford Magna	2217	D-Day Support	Ditched off Beachy Head
1836	Bracewell	John Hopkinson	Flight Lieutenant	122351	1921		Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	III	JB359	PH-Q	Wickenby	18:35	Berlin	Homebound the aircraft is believed to have crashed 3km North of Harzgerode.	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 13 Row L Collective Grave 1-7		On 5 Oct 1948 both Harzgerode and Pansfelde were visited to investigate Lancaster JB359 and to exhume the remains of the crew. At Harzgerode three war graves were found each containing the remains of two unidentifiable bodies. At Pansfelde one body was found. The exhumations failed to establish separate identities, but there was little doubt that these were the remains of the crew in question. It was presumed that the body at Pansfelde was the rear gunner Sgt Hicks, who had an electrically heated suit, the 2nd body in Grave 3 at Harzgerode was Sgt Norton by virtue of having the only electrically heated flying suit found in the three graves. (Extract from report by Flt Lt C R Drysdale Berlin Detachment No4 MREU 28 October 1948) Flt Lt Bracewell was awarded the DFC whilst with 7 Squadron. Gazetted 23 May 1944 Son of Tom and Olive Mildred Bracewell, of Burnley, Lancashire
1837	Bradburn	J L	Sergeant							Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	JB748	PH-Z	Wickenby	2143	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed St-Memmie {Marne}	Killed	Courtisola {St-Memmie} Churchyard
1838	Bradburn	John Henry	Warrant Officer	1343450			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78 Sqn	1944-06-10	Halifax	III	LW511	EY:Z	Breighton	14:17	Scholven-Buer	Hit by flak and exploded in the air. The aircraft crashed at Gahlen, 3 km south of Schermbeck	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 20.F.11		Son of Stuart Bradburn, and of Anne S. W. Bradburn, of Barrhead, Renfrewshire
1839	Bradbury	Hugh	Sergeant	1425774			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqn	1944-06-09	Halifax	III	MZ532	ZA:Z	Melbourne	00:21	Laval	Crashed at St-Berthevin {Mayenne}	Killed Age 20	Laval (Valfleury) Communal Cemetery, E. Sub-Sec. D. Row 1. Grave 42939.		During the night of June 9 to 10, 1944, fourteen airmen of the Royal Air Force died on mission in Entrammes and Saint-Berthevin. Two stelae will be erected in honor of these allied fighters. The story translated from French (laval.maville.com). June 1944. Entrammes aerodrome was at the heart of the fighting from the first days of the D-Day landings. On the night of the 9th to the 10th, 10 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, whose motto is Rem Acu Tangere ("I hit the target") is assigned to carry out a mission. Having left Melbourne in Yorkshire, England, he had to bomb Laval aerodrome. Two German squadrons of Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter bombers are stationed there. It's 00:15 hrs “It's still a full moon. It offers excellent visibility on the objective, ”specifies Honorary Battalion Commander Jean-Louis Cholet, President of the Laval Committee for French Remembrance. A wave of 25 bombers is about to release their bombs. Arriving on a NW axis, even before the attack, one of the aircraft fell victim to German flak. MZ532, a four-engine Handley Page Halifax III, was hit at Saint-Berthevin (on the site of the current La Girandière residence) by a flak post. The bomber drops its bombs near the wood of L'Huisserie (near the current agricultural school) before crashing in flames at Le Pont-Alain, in Saint-Berthevin. It is 00:21 hrs. On board seven men: an Australian, the pilot, and six Britons are killed. “They didn't have time to jump. They crashed in 20 to 30 seconds. The bodies of the navigator Henderson and the machine-gunner Wicks, horribly mutilated, were buried in the same coffin, continues Jean-Luc Peslier, president of the Mayenne friendly of the Air Force. Since the target is not large, we can assume that the attack took place at medium altitude. This could explain why the crew could not jump before the crash. "The other 24 bombers continued their mission. They hit the airfield which becomes a building site. In the attack, a second Halifax, MZ 684, was hit by the German defence. It is 00:30 hrs. “It descends at the southern exit of the village of Entrammes in a field behind the farm Les Poiriers. The crew, five British and two Canadians, are wiped out. “Their bodies were collected by local farmers under duress from the Germans who did not want to disperse. Only the bodies of the pilot and the mechanic were identifiable. The fourteen airmen of the Royal Air Force have since rested in the Vaufleury cemetery. Son Of Hugh And Annie Edith Bradbury; Husband Of Irene Elizabeth Bradbury, Of Bolton Lancashire. The photo may be Philip Gaines: can anyone positively identify?
1840	Bradd	D G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	630 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	ND531	LE-K	East Kirkby	2330	Wesseling		Killed	Runnymede
1841	Braddock	Robert Jack	Warrant Officer	NZ/416081	Age 26	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	Special Operations Executive	299 Sqd	1944-08-06	Stirling	IV	LJ878	5G-T	RAF Keevil, Wiltshire	2300	SOE 'Ian 7'	See archive reports for further details	Killed	Plougoumelen Communal Cemetery. Collective grave		Read Archive Report Research courtesy Jenifer Lemaire
1842	Braddock	E F	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	LW192	DY-R	Pocklington	2300	Sterkrade	Exploded over Buurmalsen	Killed	Buren General Cemetery
1843	Braden	D	Flight Sergeant				Bomb Aimer		RAAF	Bomber Command	625 Sqn	1944-03-12	Lancaster	I	NN699	CF:C	Kelstern	07:41	Urft Dam	On return to base overran the runway and crashed at 11:59 just beyond the runway. No injuries report.	Uninjured
1844	Bradford	Edward P	1st Lt	O-758149		USA	Pilot		USAAF	370th Fighter Group	402nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1845	Bradford	Frank D	1st Lt	O-806577		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-24	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1846	Bradley	C R	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-12-28	Lancaster	III	PB634	SR-U	Ludford Magna	1522	Bonn		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
1847	Bradley	Anthony Alfred Arthur	Pilot Officer	1621546			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ349	MH:U	Snaith	21:09	Braunschweig		Killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 204.			Read Archive Report
1848	Bradley	Jack T	Captain	O-728561		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-05-12	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1849	Bradley	Jack T	Major	O-728561		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras	1944-06-17	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1850	Bradstreet	Raymond Harold	Flying Officer	406824		Australia			RAAF		43 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-14											RAAF Honour Roll