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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)	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
251	Beattie	William Stuart	Pilot Officer		NZ/41301	Age 24	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	28 Conversion Flight. 4 Group 10 Sqd	1941-12-22	Halifax	I	L9522	-	RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire	1025	Ferry flight	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	St Mary Church Churchyard. Southwest of church tower	Courtesy Family	Born on the 08th March 1917 at Dunedin. Worked as a farmer with is brother at Lauder prior to service. Enlisted on the 19th January 1941 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge and commission on the 05th July 1941. Attached to 28 Conversion Flight on the 14th December 1941 from 10 squadron. Son of John and Rachel Wilson Beattie (nee Rutherford), of The Downs, Lauder, Otago, New Zealand. A total of 184 flying hours logged and completed at least 3 operational sorties. It seems that he was on this aircraft as a passenger.	Archive Report
252	Beaven	James Wilfred	Sergeant		NZ/403566	1911	New Zealander	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1942-05-22	Wellington	III	Z1566	AA-K	Feltwell		Training	The a/c was on a night cross country flight when according the accident card they had flown into un-forecast bad weather and while trying to descend through the cloud to determine their position the a/c struck the ground near Grindon and broke up over a wide area with the front end of the a/c being the most broken up section. Of the parts found at the crash site that were identifiable most were from the cockpit area, they were spread across almost the entire field indicating the front end of the aircraft was completely destroyed as the a/c slid across the field	Killed	Buxton Cemetery Grave 4180		The New Zealand personnel who were killed in the crash were all buried on the 28th May 1942 at Buxton Cemetery, the service was conducted by 28 Maintenance Unit, whose medical staff had also attended the crash site. Son of Alfred James Beaven and Margaret Beaven
253	Beaver	G F	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1942-03-27	Hampden	I	L4140	EQ-B Bar	Balderston	1919	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
254	Beaver	T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-16	Stirling	I	BF398	AA-P			Training	Crashed near Stoke on Trent STAFFS
255	Beaver	T E	Sergeant		1276184						Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	III	EH881	AA-Z	Newmarket	2340	Wuppertal	Crashed Eilendorf	PoW
256	Beavis	H W	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	218 Sqd	1943-07-24	Stirling	III	BF567	HA-P	Downham Market	2221	Hamburg	Crashed at Enfield near Neumunster	Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
257	Beazer	Ronald Charles Ostend	Flying Officer		NZ/415733	Age 29	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Allied Expeditionary Airforce	487 Sqd	1944-07-05	Mosquito	FB.VI	NT131	EG-D	RAF Thorney Island, Sussex	1	Intruder	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Avord Communal Cemetery. Mil. Plot. Grave 6	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 12th November 1914 at Wellington. Prior to service worked as a carpenter for Charles Luney of Feilding. Served 6 months in the territorial army before enlisting on the 19th October 1941 at Levin. Awarded pilots badge and promoted to sergeant on the 13th June 1942 after training in Canada. Received his commission on the 02nd May 1943. Son of Charles Beazer and of Catherine Beazer (née Currie), of Feilding, New Zealand. A total of 634 flying hours logged. At least 35 operational sorties completed. His brother also served in the RNZAF. Gp/Cpt. Archibald Currie Beazer MiD. NZ/416442. Served in 7, 4, 3 and 9 RNZAF squadrons. Serving in the South Pacific theatre flying Vildebeest Hudson and Ventura, Born on the 04th January 1917 - died 14th February 1987.	Archive Report
258	Beck	Richard Colvin Seddon	Pilot Officer		NZ/402158			Pilot	DFM	RNZAF	Bomber Command	25 Operational Training Unit	1942-07-24	Wellington	Ic	T2701	Not known	RAF Finningley, Yorkshire	320	Training exercise	See archive report for further details	Killed	Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Churchyard Row B. Grave 2		Read Archive Report
259	Becker	Philip August	Lieutenant	Flying Officer	328419V		South African	Pilot		SAAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqn	1944-12-04	Lancaster	I	NG145	DX:J	East Kirkby	16:30	Heilbronn	Claim by Lt. Peter Spoden Stab II./NJG6, his 13th Abschuss and the first of three this night, 0-10km South of Heilbronn, at 3,000m at 19:33hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 October 1944 - 31 December 1944) Part 5 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed at Oberstenfeld, 15km SSE of Heilbronn.	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 9 Row D Grave 16		Those who perished were initially buried in Oberstenfeld Civil Cemetery. Sgt. Osman/Sgt. Lees - Grave 60. Sgt. Roselt - Grave 61. Flt Sgt. Deacon - Grave 62. Lt. Becker SAAF - Grave 63. Flt Sgt Ching RNZAF - Grave 64. Reinterred 7 May 1948
260	Beech	C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-03-04	Stirling	III	EF215	AA-M	Mepal	2051	SOE	Crashed Rochefort-Montagne {Puy-de-Dome}	Killed	Des Carmes-Dechaux Communal Cemetery
261	Beedie	S W S	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	144 Sqd	1941-08-06	Hampden	I	AE140	PL-	N Luffenham		Karlsruhe	?	Killed			Until 1942-04-21 Bomber Command, thereafter Coastal Command
262	Beer	N C	Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	207 Sqd	1943-02-18	Lancaster	I	ED330	EM-F	Langar	1828	Wilhelmshaven	Crashed target area	Killed	Sage War Cemetery
263	Behrent	Ernest Henry	Flight Sergeant		NZ/416079	Age 23	New Zealander	Pilot		RNZAF	Air Defence of Great Britain	488 Sqd	1943-12-30	Mosquito	NF.XIII	HK375	ME-?	RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex	2210	Ground Controlled Interception exercise	See archive report for further brief details	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 198	Courtesy AWMM	Born on 20th May 1920 at Te Aroha. Worked as a farmer for the NZ Co-op Dairy Company prior to service. Enlisted on the 09th November 1941 at Leven. Trained at No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 11th January 1942 and then No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School where he joined on the 12th February 1942. Followed by training with No. 2 Service Flying Training School 05th April 1942 final training with No. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 13th June 1942. Awarded pilots badge on the15th June 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 05th September 1942. Promoted to Fl/Sgt on the 01st June 1943. Embarked for England on the 16th September 1942. Further training with Pilot Advanced Flying Unit 19th January 1943, No. 51 Operational Training Unit 16th March 1943, No. 54 Operational Training Unit 22nd July 1943 flying the Beaufort and Beaufighter. Joined 488 squadron on the 14th September 1943. Son of Henry Ernest (died 24th October 1947, age 63) and Elizabeth Sarah Behrent (nee Butterworth later Armer). Of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region and Te Aroha in the Waikato region. Parents separated when he was 4 and was brought up by his aunt and uncle Thomas (died 01st November 1955, age 80) and Helena Ottillie Wing (nee Behrent - died 15th September 1969, age 87) at their Ngahinapouri farm In the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. A total of 384 flying hours logged with 1 solo on the Mosquito.	Read Archive Report
264	Belford	E R	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-03-05	Stirling	I	BK647	AA-M	Newmarket	1920	Essen	Crash landed
265	Bell	John Robson	Flying Officer Navigator		173943					RAFVR	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-11-20	Lancaster	I	PB689	AA-X	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	1249	Homberg	Exploded near Baerl	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 29. B.1-16.		Read Archive Report
266	Bell	Lesley Edwin	Sergeant		NZ/405364			Observer		RNZAF	Bomber Command	1654 CU	1942-09-16	Lancaster	I	W4138	JF-U	RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire		Essen	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 2.H.10-16		Read Archive Report
267	Bell	R J McL	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1945-04-04	Lancaster	I	LM289	AS-Y	Kirmington	2116	Lutzkendorf	Crashed at Barnetby le Wold Lincs on return to base	Killed
268	Bell	M P	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1942-03-28	Wellington	III	X3462	AA-N	Feltwell		Lubeck	?	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
269	Bell	G G	Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	78 Sqd	1943-08-23	Halifax	II	BB373	EY-K	Breighton	2012	Berlin	Collided with next and crashed near Beverley	Killed
270	Bell	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-10-26	Wellington	Ic	Z1168	AA-	Feltwell		Hamburg	?	PoW
271	Bell	H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-09-28	Wellington	Ic	R1177	AA-	Feltwell	1920	Frankfurt	Abandoned near Sible Hedingham ESSEX
272	Bell		Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-10-10	Wellington	Ic	Z8945	AA-	Feltwell	12	Koln	Landed at base damaged
273	Bell	R	Sergeant		1077692						Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-23	Stirling	III	BK783	AA-Q	Newmarket	2315	Dortmund	Crashed SSW Culemborg Holland	Killed	Beesd General Cemetery
274	Bell	Ranald Peter	Pilot Officer		NZ/402841	Age 24	New Zealand	Pilot (U/T)		RNZAF	Training Command 7 Group	17 Operational Training Unit	1941-08-12	Blenheim	I	L1245	-	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire	2300	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Bury Cemetery. Row G. Grave 21	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 19th January 1917 at Blenheim. Asheep farmer for W.P. Bell of Longrow, Takapau prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 31st August 1940. Pilots badge awarded on the 16th January 1941 and received his commission on the 01st March 1941. Embarked for England on the 27th March 1941. Son of Adam Bell and of Melina Florence Hazelden Bell (née Clouston), of Haverlock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. A total of 196 flying hours logged. (note: the correct spelling for his christian name, CWGC spell it incorrectly as Ronald)	Archive Report
275	Bell	Eric Courtney	Corporal		NZ/421300	Age 22	New Zealand	Passenger		RNZAF	Training	2 Service Flying Training School (RNZAF)	1943-01-27	Harvard	II	NZ930	-	RNZAF Woodbourne, New Zealand	1955	Training	See archive report for further information	Killed	Aramoho Cemetery. Grave Q.2.57		Born on the 22nd August 1921 in Wanganui. Educated at Wanganui Technical School. A clerk for New Zealand Railways. Served 1 year in territorial army. Enlisted at Woodbourne 24th October as an aircraft hand but then to aircrew training. Son of James Courtney Bell (died 13th May 1964, age 71), and of Isabella Alice Bell (nee Comrie - died 27th May 1963, age 73), of Wanganui, New Zealand	Archive report
276	Benefield	Victor Dominic	Flying Officer		NZ/41302	Age 28	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-09-16	Wellington	IC	DV612	OP-L	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2012	Essen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 2.H.6	AWMM	Born on the 08th May 1914 at Wanganui . Son of Percival and Agnes Frances Benefield (née Murphy - died 28th October 1924, age 42), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 595 flying hours logged and on his 3rd operational sortie.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
277	Benefield	C F	Flight Lieutenant						DFC	RNZAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1944-04-24	Lancaster	III	LM445	WS-Z	Bardney	2107	Munchen	Crashed Birkenhof	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
278	Beney	D L	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-10-15	Wellington	Ic	W5663	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crashed near Dusseldorf	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
279	Benfield	Rolph Joseph	Pilot Officer		NZ/42362	Age 31	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	1 Sqd (RNZAF)	1943-01-25	Hudson	III	NZ2024	-	RNZAF Whenuapai, New Zealand	1335	Training	See archive report for further information	Killed	Karori Cemetery. Grave 17.E/3 (S)		Born on the 15th October 1911 in Wellington. Educated at Wellington School. Enlisted at Levin on the 11th January 1942. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 03rd May 1942. With No. 1 Service Flying Training School on the 24th July 1942. Pilot badge awarded 19th October 1942. Commissioned on the 19th September 1942. Joined 1 squadron on the 02nd January 1943. Son of Joseph (died August 1924) and Violetta Harriett Benfield, of 116 Riddiford Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Husband of Sarah Jean (née Griffin - died 15th December 1989, age 75) Benfield (née Leatherland - married 17 October 1942), father of Rolph Alistair born 17 October 1943 of 73 Devonshire Road, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand.	Archive report
280	Bennett	Lionel John	Warrant Officer		NZ/42287	Age 25	New Zealander	W/Op/Air/Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	214 Sqd	1945-02-08	Fortress	III	HB796	BU-T	RAF Oulton, Norfolk	329	Radio counter-measures Krefeld	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 285	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 04th November 1919 at Whangarei. Worked as a clerk for the Postal and Telecommunications Department prior to service. Enlisted on the 25th January 1942 at Levin. Trained in Canada. Awarded his observers badge and promoted on the 08th March 1943. Joined 214 squadron on the 19th September 1944 after serving in 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit and 28 Operational Training Unit. Son of John William Bennett and of Minnie Bennett (née Carpenter), of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand. Fl/Sgt. Olds had a total of 741 flying hours logged. On his 20th operational sortie.	Archive Report
281	Bennett	David	Flight Sergeant		NZ/413531	Born on the 13th October 1920	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Fighter Command	486 Sqd RNZAF	1943-09-16	Typhoon	Ib	EJ976	SA-V	RAF Biggin Hill, Kent	635	Roadstead	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Pont-Audemer Communal Cemetery. Row C. Grave 22.		Read Archive Report
282	Bennett	R F	Pilot Officer							RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-03-05	Stirling	I	BK647	AA-M	Newmarket	1920	Essen	Crash landed
283	Bennett	R F	Pilot Officer		NZ415282					RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-29	Stirling	III	BK776	AA-B	Newmarket	2309	Wuppertal	Crashed Odenspiel	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
284	Bennett	Thomas Samuel Eric	Flight Sergeant		NZ/415055			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1943-04-20	Halifax	II	DT747	DY-P	RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire	2120	Stettin	See archive report for further information	Killed	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery. Collective grave A.10.10-15		Read Archive Report
285	Bennett	Arthur Godfrey	Flight Sergeant		NZ/412861			W/Op/Air/Gunner		RNZAF	Coastal Command	200 Sqd	1943-08-11	Liberator	GR.V	BZ832	D	Yundum, Gambia on detachment at Rufisque French West Africa	729	Anti-submarine patrol	Shot down by U-Boat	Killed Age 29	Malta Memorial, Panel 12, Column 1.		On his 52nd Operational Sortie
286	Bennett	Henry Thomas Leonard	Flight Sergeant		NZ/424411	Age 26	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Training Command	6 Air Observers School - 25 Group	1944-04-24	Anson	I	EG138	-	RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire	1340	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13762	Courtesy AWMM	Born on the 19th October 1917 at Dunedin. A driver for W.W. Watt of Dunedin prior to service. Enlisted on the 02nd May 1942 at Rotorua. Son of Henry Charles James Tomlinson and Lillian Dorothy Bennett (née Ling and later Ward) and of Kathleen Eva Bennett (née Morrison) of Dunedin. 549 Flying hours logged.	Read Archive Report
287	Bennetton	F H	Sergeant		1281626						Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-05	Stirling	III	BF340	AA-Q	Newmarket	2153	Gardening	Crashed in the Waddenzee	Killed	Runnymede
288	Bennington	Ian Campbell	Flying Officer		NZ/424963			Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-05-05	Lancaster	III	ND906	MG-A	Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire	1002	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2. Grave 219		Read Archive Report
289	Benson	C S	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	15 Sqd	1944-02-19	Lancaster	I	R5739	LS-K	Mildenhall	.0006.	Leipzig	Crashed at Jena	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
290	Bentley	L L	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command		1941-12-23	Wellington	Ic	Z8834	AA-	Feltwell		Brest	Crashed near Elveden Suffolk	Killed
291	Bentley	R H W	Pilot Officer		NZ414580						Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-05-05	Stirling	III	BF340	AA-Q	Newmarket	2153	Gardening	Crashed in the Waddenzee	Killed	Runnymede
292	Bentley	Murray Waldron			NZ/413806	Age 20	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Middle East Command	2 Aircraft Delivery Unit - 216 Group	1943-01-12	Spitfire	Vb	ER544	-	LG 209 Deversoir, Egypt	945	Delivery flight	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Alamein Memorial. Column 278	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Born on the 11th March 1922 at Ovalau, the son of Henry Arthur Bord Bentley and Jessie Eleanor Bentley (née Waldron), of Auckland City, New Zealand. Prior to enlisting on the 06th July 1941 worked as an advertising clerk for the Auckland Star. A total of 301 flying hours logged. His brother, P/O. Robert Henry Waldron NZ/414580 RNZAF was also missing believed killed just a few months later on the 06th May 1943. 75 Squadron Stirling I EF340 AA-Q P/O. Bentley flying as the navigator, the Australian pilot 20 year old, P/O. Reginald Francis Westwood AUS/416471 RAAF also lost along with all the crew (3 New Zealanders, 1 from Northern Ireland, 2 from England) after being shot down in the Waddenzee on Holland on a 'Gardening' operation	Read Archive Report
293	Beresford	J B	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-09-27	Stirling	III	EH877	JN-C	Mepal	1957	Hannover	Crashed Sarstedt	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery
294	Bergin	Joseph Stanley	Flight Sergeant		402533	1911	New Zealander	Navigator		RNZAF	Bomber Command	15 Sqd	1944-01-21	Lancaster	I	W4852	LS-B	Mildenhall	2020	Magdeburg	At 2310 hrs Hptm Manfred Meurer Stab I/NJG1 collided with the Lancaster W4852 LS-B roughly 20 kilometres East of Magdeburg. His aircraft He 219 A-0 (Werknummer 190070) "G9+BB" crashed and Hptm Meurer, his radar operator Ofw Gerhard Scheibe, the first radio operator of the night fighter force to have received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and all seven members of the Lancaster crew, were in killed in action	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 263		On 31 Jan 1944 Hptm Meurer was given a military funeral at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. German documents revealed that the a/c had crashed near the village of Wormlitz in the Jericho district and that the bodies of Flt.Sgt. Jager, Flt.Sgt. Butler, Flt.Sgt. Proteous and Sgt. Summers together with 3 who could not be identified. The records did not indicate the place of burial. A thorough search of the Jericho district was made but the graves of the crew could not be found. It was subsequently recorded that they had no known grave Son of Joseph and Rubina Bergin, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
295	Bernard	A G	Flight Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-11-22	Stirling	III	LJ453	AA-K	Mepal	1714	Berlin	Crashed near Gemmerich	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
296	Berney	Richard Bruce	Squadron Leader		NZ/40750	Born on the 09th December 1916	New Zealand	Pilot	DFM. MiD. AFC. MiD. DFC (USA)	RNZAF	Ferry Command	Ferry Flight RNZAF	1947-08-27	Mosquito	FB.VI	HR375	Not issued	-	1019	Ferry flight	See archive report for further brief details	Missing -believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 287	Courtesy Murray Fearon	Read Archive Report
297	Berriman	W J H	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1942-11-28	Stirling	I	BK608	AA-T	Newmarket	1810	Torino	Crash landed at Stradishall
298	Berry	Alex Edward	Squadron Leader		NZ/43023	Age 25	New Zealander	Pilot	DFC	RNZAF	Fighter Command	3 Sqd	1942-08-19	Hurricane	IIb	AM286	QO-?	RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire	1345	Jubilee	See archive report for further details	Killed	Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery. Grave J.45.		Read Archive Report
299	Berry	E	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-01-23	Stirling	I	R9248	AA-H	Newmarket	1746	Lorient	Crashed at St Thegonnec France	Killed	St Thegonnec Communal
300	Berthelsen	F J	Sergeant							RNZAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1942-08-24	Stirling	I	W7572	OJ-R	Lakenheath	2045	Frankfurt	Crashed at Thieulain Belgium	Evader