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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	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2151	Burns	William H	Captain		O-740141		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2152	Burns	Frank Lee	Sergeant	Sergeant	19043025		American	Tail Turret Gunner		USAAF	15th Air Force	456th Bombardment Group (H), 746th Bombardment Squadron (H)	1944-06-26	B-24	H	41-28638	Not allocated	Stornara airfield, Italy		Moosbierbaum, Lower Austria	See Archive report for details	PoW, Unknown camp					Read Archive Report
2153	Burnside	H	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE129	NG-G	Oakington	2300	Dreux	Crashed target area	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
2154	Burnside	J K	Flight Sergeant						DFM		Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	ME596	QR-H	Skellingthorpe	2126	Russelheim		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2155	Burnside	Harold	Warrant Officer		417293		Australia			RAAF		Attached 7 Sqd RAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
2156	Burr	R	Sergeant		1332887			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-09-06	Lancaster	I	ED392	PH-D2	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	1956	Munchen	See Archive report for further details	Survived	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
2157	Burrows	Felix Milton	Flight Sergeant		427230		Australia	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	115 Sqn	1944-11-15	Lancaster	I	HK595	KO:A	Witchford	12:40	Dortmund	See Archive report for details	Killed	Runnymede Panel 258				Archive Report
2158	Burrows	Ronald George Stanley	Flying Officer		401898		Australia			RAAF		Ferry Command RCAF	1942-12-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2159	Burston	Herbert	Leading Aircraftman		25171		Australia			RAAF		1 Sqd RAAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2160	Burt	H A	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-08-13	Lancaster	III	PB247	PH-U	Wickenburg	2117	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Kenneth Moore advised correct dat of loss (June 2017)
2161	Burt	C S	Leading Aircraftman								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1940-06-08	Battle	I			Souge	1140	Battle area	Shot down near Abbeville.	Killed	Abbeville
2162	Burt	William C.	Staff Sergeant		17088513	1922	American	Ball Turret		USAAF	8th Air Force	532nd Bomber Squadron (381st Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-06	B-17 Under Ground Farmer	G	44-6020	VE:A	Ridgewell (Station #167), Essex, England		Brandenburg, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland					Archive Report
2163	Burt	Harold R	2nd Lt		O-817889		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	369th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2164	Burton	L P	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	106 Sqd	1944-12-04	Lancaster	III	PB281	ZN-J	Metheringham	1630	Heilbronn		PoW
2165	Burton	F J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 OTU	1944-04-24	Wellington	III	B542		Chipping Norton		Diversion		Killed	Runnymede
2166	Burton	R G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1942-06-18	Wellington		W5381	PH-			Air Test	Flew into hillside at Rothwell Top NE of Market Rasen LINCS	Injured
2167	Burton	Herbert C	1st Lt		O-659798		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	369th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-20	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2168	Burtt	Robert Petchell	Flight Lieutenant		21249			Pilot		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)
2169	Burwood	Geoffrey Hubert Stephen	Pilot Officer		172072			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	MZ541	C8-U	RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire	2223	Trappes - railway yards	Crashed Epernon {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Epernon Cemetery. Coll. Grave			Story Here
2170	Bury	Glyn Norman	Warrant Officer		AUS/415758			Navigator		RAAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1944-12-12	Lancaster	I	HK653	OJ-Y	RAF Methwold, Norfolk	1130	Witten	See archive report for further information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 259			Read Archive Report
2171	Bury	Glyn Norman	Warrant Officer		415758		Australia			RAAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1944-12-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2172	Busby	J H	Flying Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	622 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	III	LM466	GI-P	Mildenhall	2205	Russelheim		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
2173	Busenbark	Joseph S	2nd Lt		O-696999		USA	Pilot		USAAF	368th Fighter Group	396th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2174	Bush	G A	Flying Officer					Pilot			Fighter	80 Sqd	1944-06-10	Spitfire	IX	BS462				Patrol	Abandoned off Le Havre
2175	Busman	Gordon Thomas	Warrant Officer		NZ/42104	Age 28	New Zealand	Pilot (Inst)		RNZAF	Coastal Command	132 Operational Training Unit. 17 Group.	1944-11-12	Beaufighter	TF.X	LX944	-	RAF East Fortune, East Lothian	2200	Tr	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 263	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 14th April 1916 at Invercargill. Worked as a self employed lorry driver prior to service. Enlisted at Woodbourne on the 07th January 1942. Commenced pilot training at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 16th October 1942 then to No. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 28th December 1942. Pilots badge awarded on the 15th March 1943 then promoted to sergeant on the 06th May 1943. Joined 2 squadron on the 09th May 1943, then to the Pacific joining 4 squadron on the 07th July 1943 and flew 49 operational sorties. Returned to New Zealand on the 16th November 1943. On the 12th December 1943 joined the School of General Reconnaissance flying the Anson. Embarked for England on the 12th March 1944. After serving with other units flying the Oxford joined 132 Operational Training Unit on the 05th September 1944 for conversion training on the Beaufighter. Son of Thomas (died 06th June 1948) and Florence Jane Bulman (nee Henderson - died 09th June 1964) husband of Catherine May Bulman (nee Molloy), of Riverton, Southland, New Zealand. A total 0f 716 flying hours logged with 44 of these on the Beaufighter.	Read Archive Report
2176	Buss	G B	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	77 Sqd	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ705	KN-Q	Full Sutton	2320	Sterkrade	Ditched off Lowestoft Suffolk on return
2177	Buswell	E J	Warrant Officer								Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	PA964	MG-K	Oakington	1507	Scholven-Buer		PoW
2178	Butchart	Charles Edward	Flying Officer		C/24443		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	430 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-21	Mustang	I	AG553	R	RAF Odiham	18:00	Tac Recce	Flak, crashed near Dreux	PoW - Interned at Luft Stalag 3 Sagan			Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
2179	Butcher	W H J	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	463 Sqd RAAF	1944-11-06	Lancaster	I	PD311	JO-O	Waddington	1651	Gravenhorst		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2180	Butcher	Philip Bertie Joseph	Sergeant		548783	1920		Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1942-10-06	Halifax	II	W1189	PM-E	Elsham Wolds	1912	Osnabruck	Claim by Hermann Greiner 11/NJG1 - Wadden Sea 25km West of Harlingen (probably Tiger): 2,800m at 2324hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 6/Marine Flak Abt 246 battery Terschelling-Ost (unspecified aircraft 2316) and by 4/lei Flak Abt 845 (Wellington Texel 300m 2317-2320). Victory Oblt Greiner confirmed on 18 Aug 1944. Marine Flak victory confirmed as 30th confirmed victory of Marine Flak 246 on 7 Nov 1942	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 79			Son of Philip and Ivy Butcher; husband of Olive Lauretta Butcher, of Tavistock, Devon
2181	Butcher	S C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	MZ733	C8-H	Leconfield	527	Wizernes	Crashed at Hawkinge Kent on return	Killed
2182	Butcher	Walter Harvey James	Flight Sergeant		432749		Australia			RAAF		463 Sqd RAAF	1944-11-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2183	Butiste	Leo F	F / O		T00002988		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-31	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2184	Butler	R W	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	DV292	SR-O	Ludford Magna	2133	Braunschweig	Crashed at Brockhum	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
2185	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
2186	Butler	A R V	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	100 Sqd	1944-12-24	Lancaster	I	PD420	HW-D	Grimsby	1455	Koln	Crashed at Kirkham Lancs on return				Paradie Archive Database
2187	Butler	Ronald Harris	Sergeant		R/11601		Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1943-10-22	Lancaster	I	ED366	AS-	Kirmington	1755	Kassel	Shot down. Crashed Obermeiser	Killed Age 24	Hannover War Cemetery Coll. Grave 11. C. 8-12.		Paradie Archive Database	Lancaster ED366, piloted by Sergeant K. Hurst, was shot down near Obermeiser, south east of Warberg, whilst on a bombing raid to Kassel, on 22-23 October 1943. All the crew were killed except for the pilot, Hurst, who was taken Prisoner of War. Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook states: ‘Although the German decoy may have drawn off part of the bomber force the main raid was exceptionally accurate and concentrated. The result was the most devastating attack on a German city since the firestorm raid on Hamburg in July and the results at Kassal would not be exceeded again until well into 1944. The fires were so concentrated that there was a firestorm though not as extensive as the Hamburg one.’
2188	Butler	Dell Alfred	Flying Officer		J36829	15th December 1909 in Toronto, Ontario	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	425 (Alouette) Sqn, RCAF	1944-10-14	Halifax	III	MZ674	KW:N	Tholthorpe	06:05	Duisburg	Aircraft crashed just south of Bracht at 09:00 hrs on the 14th October 1944.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 31.A.2		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Alfred and Martha James (née Butlins) Butler. Wife of Mary Butler Englehart, Ontario, Canada
2189	Butler	R B	Sergeant		1577781						Bomber Command	100 Sqd	1943-06-12	Lancaster	III	W4989	HW-F2	Grimsby	2306	Bochum	Crashed at Essen-Frintrop	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2190	Butler	G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-12-05	Halifax	III	MZ450	DY-B	Pocklington	1757	Soest	returned damaged
2191	Butler	Charles J	Sergeant					Air Gunner			Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-01-05	Lancaster	III	ND324	PH-E	Wickenby	2356	Stettin		Interned				Born 1923-09-22 Born 1925-02-11 Stefan Siverud on Helpdesk reports plane crash landed about 20 km NW from Swedish base Kalmar outside the village Nickebo. Shot up by a Bf 109 and Fw 190 (the Fw probably piloted by Ofw Kurt Welter of 5/JG 302, but this is impossible to confirm). The crew was interned at Fr?mby, later moved to Korsn?s, and returned to Britain in September 1944. The entire crew less Butler (who was replaced by Biddlecombe for reasons yet unknown) was shot down and killed aboard Lancaster RF182 shortly before the end of the war.
2192	Butler	L A A	Flight Lieutenant								Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ760	NP-N	Lissett	2124	Braunschweig		PoW
2193	Butler	George H	2nd Lt		O-814647		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-06-08	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2194	Butler	Nelson W	1st Lt		O-755868		USA	Pilot		USAAF	479th Fighter Group	435th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-24	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2195	Butler	Robert K	1st Lt		O-694045		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	487th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-12	P-47 Thunderbolt							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2196	Butts	Will T	1st Lt		O-812374		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2197	Buxton	J E	Warrant Officer		529409						Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1943-06-12	Halifax	V	DK177	MP-H	Linton on Ouse	2304	Bochum	Crashed at Storkerhook	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2198	Byars	Carl H					USA	Pilot		USAAF	362nd Fighter Group	425th Night Fighter Sqd	1944-12-27	Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow		#42-5584		A-82/393 in Verdun France		Returning from misssion	Shot down by US flak, mistaken for Fw-189	Killed				The Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow #42-5584 of the 425th Night Fighter Sqd, which is approaching airfield CONFLANS (A-94), FRANCE, is attacked by 'D' battery 776th AAA which confuses it with a Focke-Wulf Fw-189. The Black Widow takes a direct hit and explodes. Both crew members are killed.
2199	Byers	James F *	1st Lt		O-755869		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-17	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2200	Byers	James F *	1st Lt		O-755869		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-18	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)