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#	Name*	First Names	Title	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	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1901	Batson	Samuel K		2nd Lt		O-714845		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	63rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1902	Batson	Samuel K		2nd Lt		O-714845		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	63rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1903	Batt	C S		Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ645	PT-N	Tholthorpe	2237	Hamburg	Crashed at Estorf	PoW				Attacker Klaus Möller
1904	Batt	H W		Flying Officer								Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	LL826	BQ-H	North Killingholme	2203	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Cheniers {Marne}	Killed	Cheniers
1905	Batten	D W		Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	LW459	C8-W	Leconfield	2028	Magdeburg	Crashed off Flamborough Head	Killed	Runnymede
1906	Batten	K S		Sergeant								Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-01-21	Halifax	III	LV779	MH-L	Snaith	2008	Magdeburg	Abandoned target area	PoW
1907	Batten	Douglas Walter		Flight Sergeant		30053		Australia			RAAF		158Sqn RAF	1944-01-22												RAAF Honour Roll
1908	Batten-Smith	John		Pilot Officer		171042			Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	101Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	DV276	SR-R	RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire	2205	Nurnberg	See archive report for full details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. 8. B.15			Read Archive Report
1909	Battensby	Kenneth	Mstr	Civilian		None			Bystander - child		Civilian	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-05-08	Halifax	III	MZ828	BM-H	RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire	1038	St-Leu	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Skipton on Swale Churchyard			Read Archive Report
1910	Batterbee	E A		Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	PB148	MG-C	Oakington	2304	Sterkrade		Killed	Bergen General Cemetery
1911	Battersby	G W		Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	550Sqn	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	EE193	BQ-C	North Killingholme	2113	Stettin	Crashed in Baltic	Killed	Reerso Denmark
1912	Battle	J J		Flying Officer		AUS-426250					RAAF	Fighter	151Sqn	1944-06-23	Mosquito	NFXIII	MM447				Ranger	Crashed at Grand Luce	Killed	La Fleche Communal Cemetery France
1913	Battle	John Bernard Rees		Flying Officer		136338			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	627 Sqn	1944-01-08	Mosquito	IV	DZ293	AZ:L	Oakington	18:19	Frankfurt	Shot Down, no further information.	PoW No, 3292, Stalag Luft 3
1914	Battle	James Joseph		Flying Officer		426250		Australia			RAAF		151Sqn RAF	1944-06-23												RAAF Honour Roll
1915	Batty	Ronald John Morton		Sergeant		549542			Air Gunner		RAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	ME691	AA-R	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	2335	Homberg	Crashed at Veghel {Noord-Brabant}	Killed	Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands. Grave 5.A.9			Of The Armistice, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. No further details - are you able to assist?	Read Archive Report
1916	Batty	Archie Verdun		Flying Officer		J21182	13th March 1916 in Limerick, Saskatchewan	Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	428 (Ghost) Sqn, RCAF	1944-10-14	Lancaster	X	KB780	NA:T	Middleton St George	05:58	Duisburg	The aircraft disintegrated in mid-air scattering small pieces over a wide area. The wreckage falling in the of area Wasserbau und Schffahrtsamt, Emmerichsrstraße and the Rhine Herne Canal.	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll.Grave 13.F. 19-23		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Samuel and Agnes Jane (née Maxwell) Batty; husband of Avelin Evonne Batty, of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada
1917	Batty	Robert Allan		Pilot Officer		417784		Australia			RAAF		3 Communication Unit Mascot	1944-02-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1918	Battye	R H		Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-04	Lancaster	III	NE133	JO-X	Waddington	1743	Dortmund-Ems	Crashed at Recke	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1919	Battye	E		Sergeant								Bomber Command	49Sqn	1944-11-21	Lancaster	III	PB354	EA-G	Fulbech	1739	Gravenhorst		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
1920	Battye	H K		Flying Officer								Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-02-20	Lancaster	III	ND563	LE-	East Kirkby	2340	Stuttgart	Crashed on take off	Killed
1921	Battye	Reginald Harold		Flight Sergeant		442415		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-11-04												RAAF Honour Roll
1922	Bauchop	R J		Sergeant								Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	LM746	PO-	Waddington	2214	Bergen	The aircraft was badly damaged during a mid air collision with another aircraft from the squadron (which managed to land safely) After jettisoning the bomb load over the sea they returned inland. All but three of the crew baled out whilst the pilot, flight engineer and navigator remained and managed to fly the aircraft into Carnaby. Aircraft subsequently damaged beyond repair.	Safe
1923	Baucom	Hoover Cleveland		Technical Sergeant	Sergeant	34772366	25th October 1923	American	Radio Operator	DFC AM (3 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	704th Bomber Squadron (446th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-10-19	B-24 Slightly Dangerous	J	42-50681	FL:B	Bungay (Station #125), Suffolk, England		Gustavsburg-Mainz, Germany	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Repatriated and interred at the Lakeland Memorial park cemetery, Union County, North Carolina				Archive Report
1924	Baudry			BCRA Agent				French				Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-07-07	Lysander	IIIA	V9490	MA-H	RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire	2238	Secret Intelligence Service	See archive report for further details	Safe				No further information - are you able to assist?	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
1925	Bauer	J		Sergeant		788248			Pilot		Czechoslovakia	Fighter	310Sqn Czechoslovakia	1944-06-28	Spitfire	IX	NH570				Recce	Crashed near Caen	Killed	Bayeux War Cemetery France
1926	Bauer	Louis Walter Allan		Flying Officer		437247		Australia			RAAF		15 Service Flying Training School RCAF	1944-08-28												RAAF Honour Roll
1927	Bauer	George L		2nd Lt		O-704660		USA	Pilot		USAAF	368th Fighter Group	397th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1928	Bauerline	Vernon Edward		Sergeant	Sergeant	33502608		American	Engineer	AM (OLC) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	91st Bombardment Group (H), 332nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division	1944.08.16	B-17 'Texas Chubby - J’Ville Jolter'	G	42-31634	LG:O	Bassingbourn (Station #121), Cambridgeshire, England		Halle (Mission #556), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 5, Grave 12				Read Archive Report
1929	Baughan	R L		Flying Officer								Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-03-28	Hudson	IIIa	FK767	MA-			Training	Crashed near Arsley	Killed
1930	Baughman	Robert A		1st Lt		O-737707		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	61st Fighter Squadron	1944-11-18	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1931	Baughn	Richard M		2nd Lt		O-720747		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1932	Baulderstone	Dennis Leslie		Flight Sergeant		416112		Australia			RAAF		2 Air Oberservers School Mt Gambier	1944-02-15												RAAF Honour Roll
1933	Bauldie	Dandy		Flight Sergeant		1584485			Air Gunner (Rear)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LK795	MP:P	Holme on Spalding Moor	22:13	Nurnberg	Claimed by Oblt. Martin Becker, his 21st Abschuss, from 2./NJG6 over Etzbach, 2 km NE Hamm at 5.000m. at 00:23 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 3429, Stalag 537/ Killed by friendly fire	Berlin 1929-1945 War Cemetery, 5.J.25			On the 19th April 1945 Typhoons strafed a PoW column near Gresse and amongst the many victims was Flt Sgt. Bauldie He was initially buried in the Communal Cemetery at Gresse Son of James and Emma Jane Bauldie, of Manchester
1934	Baumann	G R		Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ859	SE-A	Croft	2232	Hamburg	Crashed at Deichhausen	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1935	Baumeister	David K		1st Lt		O-671485		USA	Pilot		USAAF	365th Fighter Group	388th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-18	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1936	Baverstock	D		Sergeant								Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-01-04	Stirling	III	LJ473	AA-R	Mepal	2220	Gardening	Crashed at base on return
1937	Bavis	C H		Pilot Officer					Pilot			Fighter	402Sqn RCAF	1944-06-10	Spitfire	Vb	EP114				Patrol
1938	Baworowski	Michał Rudolf		Podporucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P-2254 / 794602	Born 1 October 1916 Vienna Austria (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-02	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JP180	GR-A	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Supply Drops	Shot down in flames over Hungary making supply drops near Warsaw and all crew were killed. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot I Row B Grave 10	Polish War Memorial Northolt UK Budapest Hungary	Archiwum Polish Database	Sierzant Tadeusz Kazimierz BANASIK (P/784923) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Podporucznik Michal Rudolf BAWOROWSKI (P/2254) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Kapral Wawrzyniek BLAZEJEWSKI (P/794417) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Kapral Mieczyslaw LOJAS (P/704129) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Kapral Stanislaw PAETZ (P/784696) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Plutonowy Ernest POLACZEK (P/780504) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.) Plutonowy Mieczyslaw WALCZYK (P/792242) Halifax II JP180 Ext Link Polish 1944-09-02 1586 Flt Hungary Budapest War Cemetery Ref : Plot I Row B Grave 10 (Coll.)
1939	Bawtree	Joseph Eric		Sergeant		1893164	1917		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	166 Sqn	1944-06-12	Lancaster	I	ME777	AS:K2	Kirmington	22:16	Gelsenkirchen	Claim by Hptm Joachim Böhner Stab I./NJG6 - 20km South of Deelen: 2,000m at 01:22. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Crashed near Zelhem 6km North East of Doetinchem.	Killed	Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 3			Son of William John Henry and Ethel Maud Bawtree.
1940	Baxendale	R		Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	635Sqn	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	NE131	F2-D	Downham Market	2128	Stettin		Killed	Runnymede
1941	Baxter	J R		Flying Officer					Pilot		RAAF	Fighter	131Sqn	1944-09-30	Spitfire	VII	MD119				Ramrod 1303	Force landed in Belgium
1942	Baxter	W S		Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-08-26	Lancaster	III	PB180	MG-F	Oakington	2003	Kiel	Crashed in Baltic	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
1943	Baxter	Stuart		Flying Officer		151338			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-08-03	Lancaster	III	LL716	JI:G2	RAF Waterbeach	11:58	Bois de Cassan - Flying bomb facility	See archive report for details	PoW, 78384, Buchenwald, PoW No. 8032, Stalag Luft 3					Read Archive Report
1944	Baxter	A G		Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-12-05	Lancaster	X	KB768	NA-E	Middleton St George	1750	Soest	Collided with 426 Sqn Halifax VII LW200 OW-N & crashed at Rugby	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1945	Baxter	F D		Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-05	Halifax	VII	NP721	QO-X	East Moor	1806	Soest	Crashed on take off				Paradie Archive Database
1946	Baxter	D F J		Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-07-04	Lancaster	III	LM532	UL-A2	Elsham Wolds	2217	Orleans	Crashed at St-Cyr-en-Val {Loiret}	Killed	St-Cyr-en-Val Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1947	Baxter	W		Warrant Officer Class 2							RCAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-05-21	Lancaster	III	JB672	LE-F	East Kirkby	2251	Duisburg	Shot down by night fighter. Crashed Kilder {Gelderland}	Killed	Bergh {Kilder} RC		Paradie Archive Database
1948	Baxter	Kenneth William John		Sergeant		1388976	1924		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-01-21	Lancaster	II	DS777	A4-C	Witchford	2019	Magdeburg	German documents examined post war record that the aircraft was shot down in the vicinity of Sommersdorf, some 40 miles west of Magdeburg. As Magdeburg was located in the Soviet Occupied Zone of Germany it was not possible for investigating teams to visit the crash site	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 224
1949	Baxter	W A		Sergeant								Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-08-31	Stirling	IV	LK131	NF-T	Tempsford		SOE	Crashed at Gilze-en-Rijen	Killed	Gilze-en-Rijen {Gilzo} RC Cemetery
1950	Baxter	J C		Warrant Officer						DFM		Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	ND466	GT-Z	Upwood	2230	Nurnberg	Crashed Eisfeld	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery			Attacker