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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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
301	Andrews	E J	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-27	Halifax	III	MZ502	PT-U		Tholthorpe	2334	Bourg-Leopold	Crashed Overpelt {Limburg}	Killed	Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium	Paradie Archive Database
302	Andrews	D J	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1945-01-16	Halifax	VII	NP795	OW-T		Linton on Ouse	1835	Magdeburg	Tyre burst on take off			Paradie Archive Database
303	Andrews	Edward Joseph	Flying Officer	J/14390					RCAF	Bomber Command	428 Sqd RCAF	1943-08-02	Halifax	V	EB274	NA-H		Middleton St George	2247	Hamburg	Shot down by Hpt. Hans Jabs	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database	Attacker Paradie Archive
304	Andrews	W	Flight Sergeant	R104347					RCAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	JD250	MH-R		Snaith	2313	Wuppertal	Crashed off Noordwijk Holland	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
305	Andrews	W H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	JB311	DX-B		East Kirkby	2342	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
306	Andrews	R A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1943-08-02	Halifax	II	HR871	LQ-B		Gransden Lodge	2258	Hamburg	Abandoned over Swedish territory	Interned
307	Andrews	J M	Sergeant							Coastal Command	415 Sqd RCAF	1945-04-10	Halifax	III	NA185	6U-B		East Moor	1347	Leipzig		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
308	Andrews	J M	Sergeant							Coastal Command	415 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-08	Halifax	III	NR249	6U-J		East Moor	256	Wanne-Eickel
309	Angelini	Samuel	Flying Officer	J/37114		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439 Sqd RCAF	1945-01-01	Typhoon	Ib	MN589	5V-B		B.78 Eindhoven NL	09:45	Armed recce	Shot down by enemy fighter	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery XV. D. 7, NL	Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
310	Angell	J L	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1941-06-16	Wellington	Ic	W5522	LQ-Q		Pocklington	2303	Koln	?	Killed
311	Angers	J A A A B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1942-06-16	Wellington	III	X3359	VR-N		Mildenhall	2355	Essen	Crashed near Wuustwezel	Evader		Paradie Archive Database
312	Anglin	William Sherron	Warrant Officer	R/95701			Air/Gnr		RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1943-05-29	Wellington	X	HZ471	AL-M		RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire	2236	Wuppertal	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 179	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
313	Angus	D C B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	II	HR817	LQ-C		Gransden Lodge		Peenemunde	Shot down near Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery
314	Annable	H C	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-09-18	Lancaster	X	KB735	VR-O		Middleton St George	1534	Walcheren	Crash landed at East Moor on return			Paradie Archive Database
315	Annand	G R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428 Sqd RCAF	1943-09-23	Halifax	V	DK271	NA-Q		Middleton St George	1857	Mannheim	Crashed Geinsheim	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
316	Annis	L D	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	III	JA974	LQ-V		Gransden Lodge	1707	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
317	Annis	L D	Sergeant	R100619					RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqd RCAF	1943-04-26	Wellington	X	HE771	PT-		Croft		Duisburg	Crashed on return to base	Injured		Paradie Archive Database
318	Ansell	R F	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1942-06-27	Halifax	II	W1175	LQ-Q		Pocklington	2332	Bremen	Presumed lost over the sea	Killed	Runnymede
319	Ansley	D	Sergeant	1183277						Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1943-03-28	Halifax	II	BB283	VR-O		Middleton St George	1940	St-Nazaire	Shot down near Nantes France	Killed	Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery
320	Anthony	A H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1943-08-10	Lancaster	III	JA920	LQ-E		Gransden Lodge	2205	Nurnberg	Crashed at base on return			Paradie Archive Database
321	Anthony	K	Pilot Officer				Pilot			Fighter	403 Sqd RCAF	1941-08-19	Spitfire	V	R7342	K				Circus 81	Failed to return	PoW
322	Antonek	C J	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1945-03-05	Lancaster	I	NG458	QB-H		Skipton on Swale	1642	Chemnitz		PoW		Paradie Archive Database
323	Anweiler	R R	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1945-02-21	Halifax	III	NR177	NP-W		Lissett	1706	Worms	Crashed at Odenbach	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
324	Aplin	W G J	Sergeant	1314645						Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	BJ920	AL-		East Moor	1947	Bochum	Crashed target area	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
325	Aplin	J H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-14	Lancaster	II	DS850	QO-M		East Moor	1703	Braunschweig	Crashed near Nordhorn	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
326	Aplin	J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	432 Sqd RCAF	1943-12-02	Lancaster	II	DS851	QO-D		East Moor	1706	Berlin	Crashed on return to base
327	Apperley	N H	Sergeant	1337474						Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1943-07-03	Wellington	X	LN284	SE-Q		Burn	2300	Koln	Crashed near target	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
328	Apperley	H H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1943-06-11	Wellington	X	HF543	SE-P		Burn	2325	Dusseldorf	Landed at Oulton and collided with next
329	Apperson	Maxwell Warnock	Sergeant	534437	1918		Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1942-07-23	Halifax	II	W7769	LQ-K		Pocklington	37	Duisburg	Just before 0500 the a/c was in the circuit of Pocklington airfield prior to landing when the port outer engine failed. This failure was due to a coolant leak which led to the engine overheating. Around the moment the engine caught fire the flight engineer assumed that the failure was down to a fuel supply shortage to the engine so switched the fuel cocks that supplied the fuel to both port engines. This resulted in the port inner engine's fuel supply being cut off. The a/c swung, and the port wing dropped causing a loss of control resulting in the a/c diving into the ground. It crashed into houses and then the school on New Street in Pocklington. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)	Killed	Barmby on the Moor (St Catherine) Churchyard Row F Grave 1.
330	Appleby	J R	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1942-01-15	Hampden	I	AE393	EQ-G		Balderton	1715	Hamburg	Crashed at Howgill Scar	Killed
331	Applegarth	T A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	LM580	DX-L		East Kirkby	2307	Wesseling	Crashed at As-en-Campine {Limburg}	PoW		Paradie Archive Database
332	Applin	D J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	X	KB731	VR-S		Middleton St George	2140	Cambrai	Crashed near Vieux-Berquin {Nord}	Killed	Vieux-Berguin Communal Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
333	Apps	Geoffrey Frank Rowe	Flight Lieutenant	J/20673		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Eastern Air Command	11 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-19	Liberator	VI	3715	F		RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia		Anti-Submarine	Failed to return, crashed at sea	Missing	Ottawa Memorial, Panel 4. Column 2. Canada.	Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
334	Arbic	H C	Sergeant	R/90583			Wireless Operator		RCAF	Bomber Command	156 Sqd	1942-12-20	Wellington	III	Z1660	GT-		Warboys	1802	Duisburg	Coned by 3/Flakscheinw Abt 409. Hit by lei Heimat 22/VI. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 27338, Stalag 344 Lamsdorf		Paradie Archive Database
335	Arbour	J E J G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LW682	OW-M		Linton on Ouse	2211	Leuven	Crashed Schendelbeke {oost-Vlaanderen}	Killed	Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
336	Arbuckle	I	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1942-10-15	Halifax	II	W7854	LQ-T		Topcliffe	1855	Koln	Crashed Waterloo SSE of Brussels	Killed	Brussels Town Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
337	Arcand	J J R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	425 Sqd RCAF	1945-03-15	Halifax	III	PN172	KW-G		Tholthorpe	1730	Hagen		Killed	Hotton War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
338	Archambault	J R	Flight Sergeant	R108014					RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1943-06-21	Halifax	II	DT772	EQ-E		Leeming	2340	Krefeld	Crashed Zeist Holland	Killed	Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) Gen Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
339	Archer	J C	Flight Sergeant	R141130					RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1943-05-04	Halifax	II	HR658	EQ-V		Leeming	2240	Dortmund	?	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
340	Archer	W E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1945-01-12	Halifax	III	LV998	QB-Y		Skipton on Swale	1724	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
341	Archer	R W	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	550 Sqd	1944-07-28	Lancaster	III	LM455	BQ-T		North Killingholme	2127	Stuttgart	Crashed at Blamont {Meurthe-et-Moselle}	Killed	Blamont Communal Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
342	Archer	P L I	Squadron Leader	J/3508			Pilot	DFC		Fighter	421 Sqd RCAF	1943-06-17	Spitfire	IX	LZ996					Rodeo		Killed	Longuenesse (St- Omer) Souvenir Cemetery France
343	Archer	Philip Leslie Irving					Pilot	DFC		Fighter Command							6								Born in Barbados,KIA 17 June 1943 flying with RCAF Ace
344	Archer	Elwood W	Sergeant				Air Gunner (Rear)			Bomber Command	434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	III	LW176	WL:J		Croft	20:32	la Hogue Strong Point	On take off the aircraft swung out of control and hit another Squadron aircraft LK799 WL:E before crashing through a brick wall. No injuries reported.	Uninjured
345	Archibald	L P	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS846	OW-X		Linton on Ouse	1622	Berlin	Crashed near Verden	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
346	Archibald	J S	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	434 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-16	Halifax	III	LK786	WL-S		Croft	2155	Kiel	Crashed off Scarborough			Paradie Archive Database
347	Archibald	W J	Sergeant	R/68551			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	603 Sqd	1941-09-25	Spitfire	V	W3233					Circus	Failed to return	Killed	Dunkirk Town Cemetery France	Paradie Archive Database
348	Archie	Steve	Sergeant	R/139949	Age 24	Canada	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1943-04-16	Halifax	II	JB854	EQ-D		RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire	2105	Pilsen	See archive report for further details	Killed	Louppy-le-Chateau Communal Cemetery, Meuse, France. Collective Grave 3-5	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
349	Ardis	Beverley Donn (Joe)	Flying Officer	J/26495		Canadian	Air Gunner	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	428 Sqd RCAF	1944-04-21	Halifax	II	JP113	NA-A		Middleton St. George	01:20	Lens	Damaged by nightfighter, crash landed at Attleborough Norfolk	Injured	Died 6 May 1997 - Dallas, Texas	Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
350	Ardis	V	Sergeant	R/88972	Age ?	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Training Command	23 Operational Training Unit	1942-04-27	Wellington	Ic	R1618	BY-?		RAF Defford, Worcestershire	55	Training	See archive report for further details	Injured	None - thought to have survived the war	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report