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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	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Links/Archive Reports	Notes
201	Broodbank	Ronald Arthur	Sergeant	405256		Australia			RAAF		23 OTU RAF	1942-05-31													RAAF Honour Roll
202	Brooke-Taylor	Rex	LAC	NZ/439002	Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	3 Service Flying Training School	1940-12.30	Oxford	I	R6226	None issued		RNZAF Ohakea, New Zealand	745	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Wellington Cemetery (Karori) Grave 21. A/3. (S)	courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph			Read Archive Report
203	Brooker	Gordon Roy	Flying Officer	407040		Australian	Observer		RAAF	Bomber Command	139 Sqn (Jamaica)	1943-11-24	Mosquito	IV	DZ614	XD:		Wyton	19:10	Berlin	Hit by flak at 20,000 ft and crashed at Borkheide, 8 km NE of Brück.	Killed	Initially buried at Borkheide on 26th November. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 9.F.28				Son of Arthur John and Ina Brooker, of Seaton Park, South Australia
204	Brooks	Alfred	Pilot Officer	J/19860			Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	DS775	OW-W		Linton on Ouse	1803	Berlin	See Archive report for details	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Grave Ref 9.C.1		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
205	Brooks	John Philip	Pilot Officer	J/87931	Age 22	Canada	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-15	Lancaster	II	DS771	OW-P		RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire	1906	Stuttgart	See archive report for further details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 4.F.11.		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
206	Brophy	George Patrick	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	X	KB726	VR-A		RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	2144	Cambrai	Shot down by night fighter piloted by Friedrich Thörl - Crashed at Gaudiempre	Evader	None		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report Attacker
207	Brotherton	Leslie Arthur	Sergeant	1576786			Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqn	1944-06-09	Halifax	III	MZ532	ZA:Z		Melbourne	00:21	Laval	Crashed at St-Berthevin {Mayenne}	Killed Age 24	Laval (Valfleury) Communal Cemetery, E. Sub-Sec. D. Row 1. Grave 42937.				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.
208	Brown	Harry Arthur Bulger	Flying Officer	434525	17th January 1917 in Blenheim, New Zealand	New Zealander	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAAF	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 6				Son of Bernard Thomas Brown and Isabel Brown, of Blenheim, New Zealand.
209	Brown	Arthur Edward	Pilot Officer	170737			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1943-12-16	Lancaster	III	JB639	AS-S		RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire	1620	Berlin	Crashed at Little Walk Farm, Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire on return	Killed	Ipswich Old Cemetery. Sec. C. Div. 31. Grave 67				Read Archive Report
210	Brown	Arthur	Flying Officer	J/9906			Air/Bmr		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqd	1943-08-15	Wellington	B.X	HE524	PT-?		Kairouan/ Zina Tunisia		Pizzo and Lamezia, Italy	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Malta Memorial. Panel 10. Column 1		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
211	Brown	Arthur Hugh Steyning	Pilot Officer	404867	8 May 1915, Maryborough, QLD, Australia	Australian	Pilot		RAAF	Coastal Command	51 Sqn	1942-10-16	Whitney	V	Z9153			Chivenor	846	Anti-submarine patrol	Claimed by Lt Meister of 13./KG40 in pos. PLQ 14W/0817 at 1614hrs crashed Bay of Biscay	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 111				Son of Frank Henry and Maude Eleanor Brown, of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
212	Brown	Arthur William Charles	Leading Aircraftman	19239		Australia			RAAF		1 Sqd RAAF	1942-12-29													RAAF Honour Roll
213	Brown	Harry Arthur Bulger	Flying Officer	434525		Australia			RAAF		166 Sqd RAF	1944-06-13													RAAF Honour Roll
214	Brown	Kelvin Arthur Roy	Flying Officer	426804		Australia			RAAF		24 Sqd RAAF	1945-04-06													RAAF Honour Roll
215	Brown	Sidney Arthur	Flight Sergeant	437400		Australia			RAAF		463 Sqd RAAF	1945-01-05													RAAF Honour Roll
216	Brown	Arthur Hugh Steyning	Pilot Officer	404867		Australia			RAAF		51 Sqd RAF	1942-10-16													RAAF Honour Roll
217	Browne	James Arthur Gerald	Sergeant	404849	31 Dec 1917, Brisbane, QLD, Australia	Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	49 Sqd	1943-01-30	Lancaster	III	ED428	EA-		Fiskerton	226	Hamburg	Hit by flak and on return crashed at 0715 hours, after colliding with trees at Reepham Crossing, 2 miles ENE of Lincoln of Lincoln. Five of those that died are buried in Scampton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, while Sgt. Wood is interred at Manor Park cemetery, East Ham	Killed	Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, New Part. Grave 25				Son of Francis Atkins Browne and Olive Eglantine Shuckburgh Browne, of Roma, Queensland, Australia; husband of Marjorie Sylvia Browne, of Southgate, Middlesex, England Service Record available on-line
218	Browne	James Arthur Gerald	Sergeant	404849		Australia			RAAF		49 Sqd RAF	1943-01-31													RAAF Honour Roll
219	Brownell	J F	Flying Officer	J40341		Probably Canadian	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	425 Sqd RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	III	MZ454	KW-S		RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire	1640	Chemnitz	See archive report for details	Baled out - survived	None - thought to have survived the war		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
220	Bryan	Eric	Flight Sergeant	655790			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LK783	MP-C		Holme on Spalding Moor	2241	Trappes	Crashed Treon {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery. Row 1. Grave 5				Archive Report
221	Bryant	Cyril Arthur	Sergeant Air Bomber	590534					RAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1939-10-30	Wellington	I	L4288	WS-A		RAF Honington, Suffolk		Training	See archive report for full details	Killed	Billingborough St Andrew Churchyard				Read Archive Report
222	Bryant	Donald John	Flying Officer	152776			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78 Sqn	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	MZ636	EY:T		RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	22:59	Juvisy	See Archive report for details	Killed	Bretigny-Sur-Orge Communal Cemetery. Collective grave 2			Read Archive Report
223	Buckland	Arthur Keith	Flying Officer	7010		Australia			RAAF		2 Sqd RAAF	1944-08-19													RAAF Honour Roll
224	Buckman	John Arthur	Flight Sergeant	422401		Australia			RAAF		70 Sqd RAF	1943-11-22													RAAF Honour Roll
225	Bull	Alex D.W.	Flying Officer	J/23233	Age 20	Canada	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	625 Sqd	1944-03-24	Lancaster	I	ME684	CF-V		RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire	1843	Berlin	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 4153 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
226	Bulpitt	Arthur Norman	Flying Officer	116940			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	139 Sqn (Jamaica)	1943-03-03	Mosquito	IV	DZ463	ZD-		Marham	12:00	Knaben	Target was a molybdenum mine. Was intercepted hombound by Fw-190s an shot down off the Norwegian coast.	Killed	Egersund (or Ekersund) Churchyard A.6.1				Son of Charles Frederick and Celia Ruth Bulpitt, of Orpington, Kent
227	Bunce	Ronald Seward	Sergeant	906190	1919		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1941-06-09	Wellington	Ic	T2620	WS-G		Honington	1536	Reconnaissance	Intercepted NE of Calais by Bf-190s and shot down into the sea of Zeebrugge, Belgium	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 40.				Archive Report Son of Arthur and Daisy Bunce. Husband of Barbara Britton Bunce of Boscombe, Hampshire
228	Bunney	Norman A	Sergeant	37357596	1924	American	Tail Gunner		US Army Air Force	8th Air Force	358th Bomber Squadron (303rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-15	B-17 Bad penny	G	42-31183	VK-Y		Molesworth (Station #107), Cambridgeshire, England		Wiesbaden airfields (Mission #554), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania				Archive Report
229	Bunting	Malcolm	Flight Sergeant	544647	Age ?		Air Gunner		RAF	Fighter Command	418 Sqd RCAF	1942-04-02	Boston	III	W8351	TH-H			2	Night Intruder	See archive report for further details	Killed	Montdidier French National Cemetery Grave 5798				Read Archive Report
230	Burbridge	Bransome Arthur ("Branse")					Pilot	DSO * DFC *		Fighter Command	85 Sqd						21½										20 Victories as a night fighter Ace
231	Burchett	Arthur R 'Bill'	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot	AFC	RAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1943-12-20	Halifax	II	HR948	MH-W		Snaith	1659	Frankfurt	Crashed near Raunheim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery				Participated in the famous Hamburg ‘firestorm’ raids prior to making the supreme sacrifice on a raid to Frankfurt in December 1943, when his magnificent bravery allowed three of his crew to bale out. AFC Citation London Gazette 1.1.1944. The immediate award recommendation states: ‘On the night of 30 August 1943, this Officer was Captain of an aircraft which attacked a target at Munchen-Gladbach. On the return flight, while in the neighbourhood of Ossington at about 4000 feet, Flying Officer Burchett’s aircraft was involved in a collision with a Lancaster. Both port propellors were badly damaged, the port fin and rudder knocked off, one propellor of the Lancaster cutting through the top of the fuselage, the flaps rendered unserviceable and the tail turret damaged. The port outer engine was feathered but the port inner engine continued to give some thrust. All three motors were therefore opened up fully and it was found that control could be maintained with full aileron and rudder flying at 180 miles per hour, though losing height. At any less speed the aircraft became uncontrolllable. It was decided to make an emergency landing at Ossington and an approach was made at 185 I.A.S. with wheels down but without flap. In spite of the fact that the aircraft swung uncontrollably as soon as the motors were cut out, and that the runway was only 1400 yards long, the aircraft was successfully landed without further damage. In performing this feat Flying Officer Burchett showed superb skill and courage.’ Damage to Halifax Commenced his operational tour with 51 Sqd with a sortie to Aachen on the night of 13-14 July 1943. Between then and his death in action in December of the same year, he acted as Captain of Aircraft on 19 missions, the raid on Hamburg on the night of 27-28 July being among the more notable - his aircraft’s entry in the Squadron’s Operational Record Book describes the whole target area as a ‘mass of flames ... the glow from the fires could be seen for close on 200 miles on the way back.’ Burchett and his crew would return there two nights later, and again on the night of 3-4 August, the latter strike marking the end of a concerted effort that resulted in the famous ‘firestorm’ that caused over 40,000 casualties. Later that month, on a trip to Berlin on the night of 23rd-24th, his Halifax was badly shot up by an enemy night fighter, an incident once more described in the Squadron’s Operational Record Book: ‘Just as the target was approached, an enemy night fighter attacked a Halifax on the starboard side. This Halifax took evasive action and the enemy then turned on our own aircraft. Enemy opened fire at 300 yards, and was replied to by both Gunners, who fired about 200 rounds each. During the attack the Flight Engineer and Rear-Gunner were wounded, and the aircraft sustained damage to the tailplane, rear turret and mainplane, and intercom which became unserviceable. Regardless of this, our Halifax threw off the attacker, who was not seen again, and then went on to bomb the target. The Flight Engineer and Rear-Gunner have been recommended for immediate Distinguished Flying Medals as a result of their devotion to duty in carrying on though wounded.’ It was shortly after this engagement - and an uneventful sortie flown to Nuremburg on the night of 27-28 August - that Burchett won his immediate AFC. The period September to November witnessed raids on Cannes, Frankfurt, Kassel (twice), Mannheim, Munich and Hannover (thrice). Tragically, however, Burchett’s luck ran out in December, on a raid to Frankfurt on the night of the 20th, an incident best described by fellow crew member, Flight Sergeant Brookes: ‘About 30 miles from the target I looked out of the astro dome and I saw another Halifax on the port side above, too close for comfort. I told the skipper and he said “Thanks, Ted,” and moved our aircraft to starboard. Just after this there was an explosion on the starboard side. It sounded like glass bottles bursting and a handful of gravel being thrown on the wing. Arthur called out “Flak” and then checked with each one of us in turn to see that we had not been hit. Then the starboard outer engine burst into flames. We stopped the engine and operated the fire extinguisher button but this had no effect. Then we were hit in the bomb bay and this caught fire, so we jettisoned the bomb load. The Wireless Operator and I were trying to put out the fire when Arthur told Pilot Officer Widdowson [who was a passenger that night] to go because he was in the way. I cannot understand why he did not survive since he went out long before we did. By this time we were coned by the searchlights and there was no way we could continue. The skipper ordered “Abandon” and I was left standing by his side, helping him as best I could. Then he pointed to the port outer engine which had also caught fire and said “Get out, Ted.” The Navigator later said he didn’t know how I made it because we were already at 500 feet when he left. Arthur must have known that when he let go of the control column he wouldn’t have had time to make it to the escape hatch, but he sat there as calmly as if he was driving a bus down the main road. He made the supreme sacrifice for his crew. I wonder how many times this happened over Germany? As I left [to bale out] I looked down towards the rear and I remember seeing red, woolly balls of fire bouncing around inside the fuselage ... as I left the aircraft I could see a long, long trail of fire behind it, like a comet ...’ Mr. and Mrs. Burchett attended an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on 20 February 1945, the former receiving from the King his late son’s AFC It would not be until September 1947, however, that the Air Ministry were in a position to confirm to his parents his last resting place: ‘The aircraft in which he was flying crashed on the bank of the River Main between Raunheim and Russelsheim at about 7.45 p.m. on 20 December 1943, and the four crew members who lost their lives were buried several days later in the cemetery at Raunheim. Individual identification was unhappily impossible and our Officers in Germany have been instructed to have the graves marked collectively with the service particulars of all four crew members ...’
232	Burdett	Arthur Patrick	Squadron Leader	78272			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1942-03-30	Halifax	I	R9453	MP-K		Tain	1832	Tirpitz	Crashed 16 miles S of Sumburgh Head	Killed					Some details on this report: Read Archive Report
233	Burgess	Arthur Bolwell	Sergeant	402726		Australia			RAAF		457 Sqd RAAF	1942-04-04													RAAF Honour Roll
234	Burns	Alfred John	Flight Sergeant	424711	18 June 1922 in Mascot, NSW, Australia	Australian	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	77 Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ715	KN:Z		Full Sutton	23:26	Sterkrade	Probable claim by Hptm Adolf Breves Stab IV./NJG1 - near Rhenen (JM 14): 4,000m at 01:50. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Debris was scattered between Ochten (Gelderland) and Dodewaard, two small villages on the North bank of the Waal 18km NW of Nijmegen. The aircraft exploded in the air, throwing WO Owen clear. He spent some time in hospital.	Killed	Dodewaard General Cemetery Joint Grave 316.				The bodies of four crew members were discovered close to the wreckage. The four crew members who perished were buried by the Germans with military honours at the cemetery in Uden on 20 June 1944. Two crew members - Air Gunners Flt Sgt Burns and Flt Sgt Tiernan were found under the wreckage a few days later. Transport difficulties prevented their burial in Uden and instead they were buried here in Dodewaard at the Municipal Cemetery on June 24, 1944 Son of Arthur James Burns and Emily Adelaide Burns, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
235	Burns	W E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	226 Sqd	1942-08-04	Boston	III	AL275	MQ-Z		Swanton Morley		Training	Took off from RAF Swanton Morley for RAF Ouston for Operation Dryshod. The crew was faced with the loss of both of the a/c engines while in the circuit. They remained with the a/c and made a belly landing at Great Whittington at 1940 hours	Survived					The names of the other three crew members are not known Operation Dryshod - This was an Allied amphibious training exercise by elements of what would become Lieutenant General Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson’s Allied 1st Army in preparation for ‘Torch’ (August 1942)
236	Burrell	Reginald Arthur	Sergeant	1392530			Air/Bmr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1943-07-15	Halifax	III	JD211	ZA-Y		RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire	2147	Montbeliard	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 144				Read Archive Report
237	Burrows	Arthur E	Sergeant				W/Op/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1941-07-14	Stirling	I	N6022	MG-D		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2300	Hannover	See archive report for further details	Safe - killed later on Stirling I W7433 MG-U	See that report				Read Archive Report
238	Burtenshaw	Dennis Frederick	Flight Sergeant	1321486	1924		Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	156 Sqd	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JB640	GT-V		Warboys	9	Berlin	There were two claims for 4 engined aircraft over Berlin- Ofw. Eduard Ries 2/JG 302 and Ofw. Kurt Welter 5/JG 302. Both flew Fw 190 fitted with FuG 217 radar. (Nachtjagd - War Diaries Vol 1 - Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten)	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 216				The MOD released a statement in April 2016. "We have discovered the identity of some unknown airmen who are buried in communal graves in Berlin War Cemetery. We have unfortunately not been able to pinpoint which crew members are contained within the grave but we do know that they came from Lancaster JB640 (156 Squadron) and Halifax LK709 (77 Squadron). We are now in the process of changing the headstone to reflect that the graves contain the crew members of these two planes. We are planning to hold a re-dedication service on 27 April at 1100 for Lancaster JB640 and 14:00 for Halifax LK709. The re-dedication services will concentrate on commemorating all of the crew members for each aircraft lost during WW2. We have several family members attending, including the widow of one of the pilots. The Defence Attaché will also be present. Wreaths will be laid and our Berlin Branch of the Royal British Legion will be in attendance. (Further information available on request) Son of Arthur F. and Florence Burtenshaw; husband of Bridget A. Burtenshaw, of Morden, Surrey. Native of Australia
239	Butler	Arthur Cecil	Sergeant	1836613			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	138 Sqd (Special)	1944-12-02	Stirling	IV	LK143	NF-B		RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire	35	SOE	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 226				Read Archive Report
240	Butler	William Valentine	Warrant Officer	1318348	Age 28		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1944-01-14	Lancaster	III	EE137	AS-C2		RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire	1629	Braunschweig	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany. Grave Reference. 16. J. 3			Read Archive Report	Son of William Arthur Butler and of Lucy Ayling Butler of Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire. William is remembered on the War Memorial panel in the old Northern Grammar School, Portsmouth (now Mayfield School)
241	Butler	Victor John Arthur	Sergeant	567473					RAF	Bomber Command	97 Sqd	1942-08-24	Lancaster	I	R5537	OF-B		Woodhall Spa	2310	Frankfurt	Shot down by nightfighter of Hptm. Kurt Loos. Crashed Westmalle Belgium	Killed Age 24	Westmalle Churchyard				Lancaster R5537 was detailed to attack Frankfurt on 24-25 August 1942, on the second ever Pathfinder led raid. It was not a success. Aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the German ace Hptm. Kurt H Loos, crashing near the Trappist Abbey at Westmalle, Belgium. All the crew were killed. The crew are all buried here in the small churchyard. Attacker Kurt Loos
242	Buxton	Arthur John	Sergeant	785082			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	90 Sqd	1943-05-12	Stirling	III	BF523	WP-G		RAF Ridgewell, Essex	30	Duisburg	Shot down by nightfighter of Emil Heinzelmann. See Archive Report for further details	Killed	Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery. Plot 13. Row 7. Grave 132				Read Archive Report
243	Buxton	Martin Levi	Sergeant	1199580			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1943-05-29	Wellington	X	HE203	SE-H		RAF Burn, Yorkshire	2310	Wuppertal	Crashed Heers, Belgium	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Grave 7.H.3				Read Archive Report
244	Cadman	Arthur Robert	Flight Lieutenant		1920		Navigator	DFM		Bomber Command	97 Sqd (Straits Settlements) Pathfinder Force	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	ND390	OF-S		Bourn	2215	Nurnberg	Shot down by a night fighter of Maj Martin Drewes lll./NJG1 and crashed over Coburg whilst on a bombing raid to Nuremberg. Crashed Ahorn	Killed Age 24	Durnbach War Cemetery				Lancaster ND390, piloted by Flight Lieutenant D. H. Rowlands, DFC, was detailed to attack Nuremberg, as part of the main force of 795 aircraft, and was shot down by an Me.110 flown by Major Martin Drewes, III./NJG1, and crashed in the south west suburbs of Coburg, on 30-31 March 1944. All the crew were killed. 'Nuremberg, the Blackest Night in RAF History' by Martin Bowman gives the following account: ‘At 01:20 a.m. Drewes and his crew singled out their third victim of the night. It was Lancaster III ND390 NF-S of 97 Squadron which was being flown by 23 year old Flight Lieutenant Desmond Harold Rowlands DFC of Kenton Middlesex. “At 700 metres” said Handke “we could see it was another Lancaster. We were about to attack from the rear again when Petz announced that he had cleared the stoppage in our cannon. With the oblique cannon now working we could attack from below and to the side of the bomber with less risk of being seen. Drewes edged the night fighter closer and for a few seconds we were almost on a parallel course. Unaware, the Lancaster flew on. Then Drewes raked it with a long burst aimed into the wing. Flames fanned from the engines to acknowledge the accuracy of his shooting.” Rowlands and his crew were mostly second tourists who were on their third operation with the Pathfinders. The bodies of 19 year old Sergeant Robert Myall Lane, the flight engineer of Richmond Surrey; Arthur Robert Cadman DFM the 24 year old navigator of Kingswinford Staffordshire (whose award had been granted in 49 Squadron in 1940); Albert Stanley McFadden the 28 year old bomb aimer of Walton, Liverpool and Flying Officers Edgar James Currie the 32 year old wireless operator and Fred Coleville the mid upper gunner of Chester-Le-Street, County Durham were found near the main fuselage on the edge of a wood at Ahorn in the South West suburbs of Coburg. The tail came down some distance away and the body of 28 year old Flight Lieutenant Richard Algernon Dacre Trevor Roper DFC DFM was found still in the rear turret.’ Attacker Maj Martin Drewes lll./NJG1
245	Caley	Arthur Ashton	Sergeant	1377873			W/op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1943-06-24	Stirling	III	EF392	MG-N		RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2328	Wuppertal	See Archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 144				Read Archive Report
246	Callard	Arthur Edward	Flight Lieutenant	1382994			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	515 Sqn	1944-09-30	Mosquito	VI	NS993	3P:T		Forward Operating Base St. Dizier	12:00	Ranger	Day Ranger to the München-Linz-Wein area with PZ440. Developed severe engine problems and landed 16:00 at Dübendorf airfield near Zürich, Switzerland. The Mosquito had suffered debris damage to the Starboard radiator when they destroyed a Bf109. They were intercepted by Swiss fighters when they entered Swiss airspace and forced to land.	Interned					Note: the Squadron code was hasterly added to the aircraft but had been incorrectly painted as "P3" Escaped to France on the 2nd October 1944 and reached the UK on the 21st October 1944. He flew one more operation on the 5th January 1945.,
247	Campbell	Maurice Melton	Pilot Officer	NZ/405230	Age 27	New Zealand	Observer		RNZAF			1942-01-12	None - lost at sea after U'Boat attack on the transit ship Yngaren						400	In transit	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 1. Son of Arthur Campbell and of Alice Campbell (née Jones), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.	(Photo used under licence Auckland Library Heritage Collection 11 March 1942 : AWNS19420311-25-11)			Read Archive Report
248	Campbell	Collin Arthur	Leading Aircraftman	425831		Australia			RAAF		5 Elementary Flying Training School	1943-05-24													RAAF Honour Roll
249	Campbell	Arthur Russell	Corporal	3650		Australia			RAAF		8 Sqd RAAF	1941-02-14													RAAF Honour Roll
250	Cardall	Leslie Arthur	Sergeant	1383679			Flight Engineer			Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-01-28	Halifax	III	HX333	NP-J		Lissett	43	Berlin	Hit by Flak at 19,000ft over Berlin sustaining very severe damage to the tail assembly. The aircraft made a successful emergency landing at Zandeweer in northeast Groningen. Six men bailed out of the damaged bomber before the pilot, Sgt Robinson and Flight Engineer, Sgt Cardall made the emergency landing. The Germans arrived quickly after the crash and arrested the eight-man crew.	PoW No. 1912, Stalag Luft 6