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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	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2401	Cellar	John E	2nd Lt		O-816048		USA	Pilot		USAAF	365th Fighter Group	386th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-25	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2402	Cesarz	Wilhelm	Sierzant Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.784734	Born 3 September 1913 (Age 30)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	305 Sqd (Polish)	1944-06-08	De Havilland Mosquito	l	LR275	SM-R		RAF Lasham		Normandy	Shot down and killed whilst attacking targets in Normandy. Location : .	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2403	Cesky	Charles J	1st Lt		O-796084		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-06	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2404	Cesky	Charles J	1st Lt		O-796084		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2405	Cesky	Charles J	Captain		O-796084		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	P-51 Mustang								3 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2406	Cesky	Charles J	Captain		O-796084		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	P-51 Mustang				8.5									Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2407	Ceuleers	George F	Major		O-659099		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)								4 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2408	Chadwick	J G	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	138 Sqd (Special)	1944-06-07	Halifax	V	LL306	NF-E		Tempsford		SIS	Crashed at Veauville-les-Baons {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Veauville-les-Baons Churchyard
2409	Chalk	J T E	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1944-07-12	Lancaster	III	JB644	AS-A2		Kirmington	2120	Revigny	Crashed at Chevillon {Haute-Marne}	Killed	Chevillon Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2410	Chalk	R G	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	434 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LW175	WL-Q		Croft	2122	Braunschweig	Crashed at Klein-Henstedt	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2411	Challenger	C J	Pilot Officer		J18123					RCAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1943-06-12	Lancaster	III	ED668	DX-		Scampton	2256	Bochum	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2412	Chalmers	Christopher Walter						W/Op/	DFC DFM BEM	RAF	Bomber Command	15 OTU 99 Sqd (Madras) 148 Sqd		Wellington					Kabrit Egypt								DFC Citation London Gazette 14 November 1944. The recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer Chalmers has, on this his second operational tour, completed 19 very successful sorties with this Squadron, including four attacks against Berlin, on all of which he has displayed keen determination and a steadfastness of purpose worthy of the highest praise. This Officer is a Wireless Operator of outstanding ability, whose knowledge and general airmanship have proved to be of immeasurable value to his Captain on may occasions, and Flying Officer Chalmers shares in no small measure the credit due to the crew, of which he is a member, for the success of the operations carried out by them. Undeterred by the heaviest enemy opposition, this Officer has, with exceptional coolness and skill, at all times completed his allotted task, and by his cheerful disposition coupled with a dogged determination, has been a fine example to all, considerably aiding the high morale of his crew. The consistent good work by Flying Officer Chalmers and his unfailing devotion to duty at all times merit his recommendation for an award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ DFM Citation London Gazette 15 May 1942. The recommendation states: ‘This airman commenced operational flying in May 1940. Before joining his present Squadron, he carried out eight raids over Germany and German occupied territory; he also took part in an attack on Turin, being a specially selected member of the aircrew. He has now completed a total of 38 sorties involving 160 flying hours. Throughout he has displayed the highest standard of efficiency which, combined with his determination and enthusiasm, have set a splendid example.’ BEM Citation London Gazette 12 June 1977. Christopher Walter Chalmers was born in Aberdeen in 1909 and was educated at the Robert Gordon College. Afterwards travelling to Australia to take up farming, he returned to the U.K. in 1930 to run his own piggery at St. Katherine’s, Fyvie, but in 1939 elected to enlist in the Royal Air Force. His operational career as a Wireless Operator began at the end of May 1940, when he was despatched on a sweep over Lyme Bay in an aircraft of No. 15 OTU Two Nickel sorties followed in August and October and at the end of the year he was posted to No. 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, a Wellington unit operating out of Mildenhall. Five operations were completed that December, against Turin, Mannheim, Le Havre, Ludwigshafen and Berlin. Emden followed soon into the new year. In February 1942, Chalmers was posted to 148 Sqd, a Wellington unit operating out of Kabrit, Egypt. From here, the Squadron played a vital role in supporting the operations of the 8th Army, in addition to hitting targets in Crete and Greece. For his own part, between February and October 1941, Chalmers brought up his tally of operational sorties to 38, Tripoli being visited on four occasions and the dreaded Benghazi “Mail Run” completed seven times. Gazetted for the DFM in May 1942, Chalmers enjoyed a period of rest and was commissioned in the following year. Returning to the operational scene with No. 101 Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, in early 1944, he completed his first sortie, against the German capital, on the night of 20-21 January. Two more trips to Berlin followed in quick succession, during the last of which his Lancaster was attacked by three enemy night fighters during its bombing run. And with the exception of perhaps half a dozen French targets in the run up to the Normandy landings, Chalmers and his crew, piloted by Squadron Leader C. B. Morton, spent the remainder of their seven month tour returning to Germany, another Berlin run, the disastrous Nuremburg raid of March 1944 and Frankfurt (twice) making up the agenda. The gallant Chalmers completed his second tour with a strike against Domleger on the night of 2-3 July 1944. Afterwards returning to the world of farming, Chalmers was awarded his BEM for services at the Institute for Research on Animal Diseases at Compton, Berkshire.
2413	Chalmers	James Chute	Pilot Officer		NZ/413772	Age 21	New Zealand	Navigator		RNZAF	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 263.	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire		Born on the 08th October 1922 at Invercargill, the son of Alexander and Norah Catherine Chalmers, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Prior to enlisting on the 06th July 1941 worked as a clerk for Kilkelly Brothers at Invercargill. A total of 441 flying hours logged and having completed 29 operational sorties	Some information here: Read Archive Report
2414	Chamberlain	Noel Austin	Leading Aircraftman		15786		Australia			RAAF		2 Aircraft Depot	1944-12-20													RAAF Honour Roll
2415	Chambers	Albert	Flight Lieutenant Wireless Operator/		113350				DFC & Bar	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97 Sqd (Straits Settlements)	1944-06-05	Lancaster	III	ND739	OF-Z		Coningsby	256	St-Pierre-du-Mont	Lost without trace	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 201
2416	Chambers	S V	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	619 Sqd	1944-12-04	Lancaster	III	ND932	PG-O		Strubby	1642	Heilbronn		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2417	Chambers	G W	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LW434	C8-H		Leconfield	2227	Trappes	Crashed Bretigny-sur-Orge {Essonne}	Killed	Bretigny-sur-Oige Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2418	Chambers	C A	Sergeant		NZ416213					RNZAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1943-06-12	Halifax	II	DT568	MH-F		Snaith	2334	Bochum	Crashed near Weerselo Holland	PoW
2419	Chambers	K J	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-08-27	Lancaster	I	PD273	PH-K		Wickenby	2048	Stettin		PoW
2420	Chambers	Harold	Sergeant		1823907			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	158 Sqn	1944-10-25	Halifax	III	MZ734	NP:U		Lissett	12:42	Essen	Shot down by Flak near Kleve	PoW, Stalag Luft 3				Repatriated to UK on 31 March 1945
2421	Chambers	Brian	Flying Officer		4084118	Age 25	British	Navigator		RAF	Fighter Command	46 Sqd	1956-06-12	Javelin	FAW I	XA570	B		RAF Odiham, Hampshire	2322	Training exercise	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Cremated at Woking Crematorium			Born in 1933. Son of Frederick Richard and Winifred (née Aspinall) Chambers of Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London. There is a Memorial headstone to Fg.Off. Chambers which lies in the small cemetery of the St. Catherine by the Sea Church at, Holworth, Dorset. The churchyard overlooks Weymouth Bay from the top of Burning Cliff.	Read Archive Report
2422	Chandler	George Neville	Flight Lieutenant		47598			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	218 Sqd	1944-12-31	Lancaster	I	NF926	HA-X		RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk	1114	Vohwinkel	See archive report for further information	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 1.E.11			Read Archive Report
2423	Chandler	K E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LW717	ZA-W		Melbourne	2213	Blainville	Crashed near Crepy-en-Valois	Killed	Feigneux Communal Cemetery
2424	Chandler	Van E	2nd Lt		O-705545		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	336th Fighter Squadron: Rocketeers	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2425	Chandler	Van E	1st Lt		O-705545		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	336th Fighter Squadron: Rocketeers	1944-11-06	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2426	Chandler	Van E	1st Lt		O-705545		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	336th Fighter Squadron: Rocketeers	1944-12-25	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2427	Chapman	R J	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	622 Sqd	1944-06-23	Lancaster	I	LM138	GI-N		Mildenhall	2315	l'Hey	Crashed near Socx {Nord}	PoW
2428	Chapman	W	Sergeant		1498555			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	PoW No: 209 Camp: Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg, Poland	None - survived the war			Read Archive Report
2429	Chapman	John	Sergeant		1151802			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1941-06-12	Whitley	V	Z6489	DY-		RAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire	2306	Schwerte	see Archive report for further details	Killed	Woensel General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 17			Read Archive Report
2430	Chapman	T B	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-10	Halifax	III	LV973	AL-X		Leeming	2228	Versailles	Crashed at Friaize {Eure-et-Loir}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
2431	Chapman	Greg A	Flying Officer		J27389		Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	434 (Bluenose) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	LK801	WL:D		Croft	22:42	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claim by Lt Hans Schafer 7/NJG2 - estimate 20km E-NE of Arnheim (HN 8): 4,800m at 01:47. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Crashed Ruurlo (Gelderland)	PoW Number 6294, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria.			Paradie Archive Database		Story by Alan Soderstrom
2432	Chapman	Kenneth Walter	Flying Officer		138136			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	15 Sqn	1944-06-07	Lancaster	III	LM575	LS:H		Mildenhall	00:42	Massy-Palaiseau	See Archive Report for details	PoW No 8046, Stalag Luft 3					Read Archive Report
2433	Chapman	C E	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	207 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	I	LL973	EM-M		Spilsby	2330	Wesseling	Crashed at Dorne {Limburg}	PoW
2434	Chapman	K	Sergeant								Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	LM518	QR-C		Skellingthorpe	2237	Prouville	Crashed at Bienfay {Somme}	Evader
2435	Chapman	W S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	635 Sqd	1944-06-11	Lancaster	III	JB239	F2-A		Downham Market	2340	Nantes	Crashed at Vertou {Loire-Atlantique}	Killed	Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery
2436	Chapman	Edward Ferguson	Sergeant		1346174			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	77 Sqn	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	MZ701	KN:?		Full Sutton	02:07	Training	Crashed almost immediately on take-off, due to engine failure and loss of control	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery, Sec. B. Row E. Grave 19.			Son of Edward Stephen and Mary May Chapman, of Aberdeen.
2437	Chapman	G K	Pilot Officer						DFM		Bomber Command	83 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	III	PB138	OL-D		Coningsby	2104	Braunschweig	Crashed at Adelheidsdorf	PoW
2438	Chapman	Douglas Launcelot Blackmore	Flying Officer		NZ/414958	Born on the 09th July 1919	New Zealand	Pilot (U/T)		RNZAF	Coastal Command	489 Sqd	1944-06-05	Beaufighter	TF.X	LZ435	P6-?		RAF Langham, Norfolk	1135	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13507	Courtesy relatives		Read Archive Report
2439	Chapman	Hugh D	2nd Lt		O-693106		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	376th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-25	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2440	Chapman	John M	2nd Lt		O-802992		USA	Pilot		USAAF	65th Fighter Wing	357th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-21	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2441	Chapron	G	Lieutenant							FFAF	Bomber Command	347 Sqd Free French	1944-06-07	Halifax	V	LK728	L8-D		Elvington	645	Mimoyecques	Crashed at Lindholme	Killed
2442	Charaudeau	R	Adjutant							FFAF	Bomber Command	347 Sqd Free French	1944-06-07	Halifax	V	LK728	L8-D		Elvington	645	Mimoyecques	Crashed at Lindholme	Killed
2443	Chard	B S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-22	Halifax	III	NP975	HD-H		Driffield	1512	Bingen		PoW
2444	Charles	E C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	49 Sqd	1944-12-11	Lancaster	I	PB799	EA-G		Fulbeck	1955	Training		Killed	Runnymede
2445	Charles	Vincent	Sergeant		1675761					RAFVR		40 Sqd RAF	1944-07-06	Wellington	X	LN759	M		Foggia Main	21:52 take off	Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria	Crashed S. Polten	Killed	Klagenfurt War Cemetery Austria Coll. Grave 8. A. 1-7.
2446	Charley	J R	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	78 Sqd	1944-06-10	Halifax	III	MZ310	EY-U		Breighton	1432	Scholven-Buer		Killed	Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery
2447	Charley	John Ross	Flight Sergeant		424912		Australia			RAAF		78 Sqd RAF	1944-10-06													RAAF Honour Roll
2448	Charlier	A	Adjutant							FFAF	Bomber Command	347 Sqd Free French	1944-06-07	Halifax	V	LK728	L8-D		Elvington	645	Mimoyecques	Crashed at Lindholme	Killed
2449	Charlton	J	Flight Sergeant		1530111			Pilot			Fighter	263 Sqd	1944-06-24	Typhoon	Ib	MN296					Recce		Killed	Dinard English Cemetery France
2450	Charnock	W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	576 Sqd	1944-06-06	Lancaster	I	ME811	UL-S2		Elsham Wolds	2203	Vire	Crashed at Chenedolle {Calavados}	Evader