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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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
52551	Wills	Richard Agnew	Squadron Leader		400666		Australia			RAAF		236 Sqd RAF	1944-07-18											RAAF Honour Roll
52552	Wills	Robert	Sergeant		1799461			Air Gunner (Rear)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	166 Sqn	1944-10-15	Lancaster	I	MF748	AS:Q	RAF Kimington	22:15	Duisburg	Lancaster LM165 or 166 Sqn Lancaster MF748 was hit by flak from 3./schw. Flak Abt. 446 (Eisb.), 1. schw. Flak Abt. 472 (0), 1./schw, Flak Abt. 243 (0) and 8. & 9./schw. Flak Abt. 244. One aircraft crashed at Hamborn-Bruckhausen at 01.35 hrs, the other crashed at the railway station of Meiderich-Neumühl at 01:34 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (24 July 1944 - 15 October 1944) Part 4 - Theo Boiten) Note: According to ‘Report on Duisburg crashes 14/15th October 1944’ from RAF Graves Service Rheinberg to Air Ministry dated 03.08.1950, LM165 and MF748 collided in mid-air and crashed in fairly open grounds near Flak barracks in the area between the Brahmsstraße, Neumitihler Straße, Moriansmuhle and the Oberhauser Allee in Duisburg-Meiderich. An engine excavated from the crash scene was identified as having come from LM165, four of the crew of LM165 were buried in the North Cemetery at Duisburg-Hamborn, and the pilot of MF748 was found by personnel of the Flak barracks and buried in Essen South West Cemetery. During the second half of the 1940's, farmers working in the fields of the crash location found two lots of human remains, which were buried in Rheinberg Military Cemetery, Plot VIl-D-21 and in Plot XXIX-B-7. Still, the whole crew of LM165 and six of the crew of MF748 are officially posted as missing in action to this day. fFound in the Canadian Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 of Fg Off. Archie Verdun Batty J21182 RCAF trom 428 Sqn Lancaster KB780),	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 240
52553	Willsdon	D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	550 Sqd	1944-02-15	Lancaster	III	JA934	BQ-H	North Killingholme	1729	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
52554	Willsher	G S	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	18 Sqd	1941-10-12	Blenheim	IV	N3629	WV-			Training	Crashed at Felthorpe Manor Norfolk	Killed
52555	Willshire	A H	Sergeant		1268645						Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1943-06-28	Wellington	X	HE443	SE-O	Burn	2330	Koln	?	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
52556	Willson	D G	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	427 Sqd RCAF	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	LV985	ZL-K	Leeming	315	Mondeville		Killed	Bretteville-sur-Laize	Paradie Archive Database
52557	Willson	J R H	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	161 Sqd	1944-04-10	Halifax	V	LK738	MA-T	Tempsford	2125	SOE	Crashed St-Hilaire sur Rille {Orme}	Killed	St-Hilaire sur Rille Communal Cemetery
52558	Willson	M V	Sergeant								Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	MZ507	MH-P2	Snaith	1843	Berlin	Crashed Kreien	Killed	Runnymede
52559	Willson	Robert Edwin	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-698245	1920	American	Navigator		USAAF	8th Air Force	787th Bomber Squadron (466th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-04-29	B-24 Tell Me More	H	41-28754	6L:N	Attlebridge (Station #120), Norfolk, England		Gelsenkirchen, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland				Archive Report
52560	Wilmer	M C A	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	192 Sqd	1944-04-24	Halifax	III	LW622	DT-R	Foulsham	2247	Munchen	Crashed Haasdonk {oost-vlaanderen}	Killed	Schoolselhof Cemetery		Attacker
52561	Wilmhurst	Ernest Arthur	Sergeant		941200			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	1654 Heavy Conversion Unit (5 Group)	1944-05-11	Stirling	III	LJ524	H	RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire	253	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bottesford Churchyard (St. Peter Ad Vincula)		Read Archive Report
52562	Wilmhurst	Peter G.G.	Sergeant		1337270			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LK795	MP:P	Holme on Spalding Moor	22:13	Nurnberg	Claimed by Oblt. Martin Becker, his 21st Abschuss, from 2./NJG6 over Etzbach, 2 km NE Hamm at 5.000m. at 00:23 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 537, Stalag Luft 7
52563	Wilmore	E W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	78 Sqd	1940-12-28	Whitley	V	P4950	EY-	Dishforth	1604	Lorient	?	PoW
52564	Wilmot	B F	Flight Sergeant		A401083					RAAF	Bomber Command	467 Sqd RAAF	1943-06-11	Lancaster	I	ED304	PO-C	Bottesford	2316	Dusseldorf	?	Killed	Runnymede
52565	Wilmot	E D	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	625 Sqd	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	NG239	CF-A	Kelstern	824	Wanne-Eickel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
52566	Wilmot	Norman	Flight Sergeant					Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	LV881	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2216	Nurnberg	Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Crashed Steinheim near Hungen	PoW			German intelligence had identified Nuremburg as the target that night and defences were well prepared; every available night-fighter was lying-in-wait and the ground defences of searchlights and anti-aircraft flak guns were increased along the bomber stream’s route. It is also documented that the evening was clear and featured a full moon; unusual for a night mission and against normal procedure. The task force was intercepted as they crossed over the Belgian border with 82 bombers being lost in the first hour. A further 13 aircraft were lost on their return and it is clear that LV881 met its fate in these circumstances along with the other casualties.	LV881 Excavation Project
52567	Wilmot	Brian Edmund	Squadron Leader		J/23777			Pilot	DFC & bar	RCAF	Bomber Command	415 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-21	Halifax	III	MZ633				Transit	Mid air collision with Halifax NA609	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
52568	Wilmot	Basil Frederick	Flight Sergeant		401083		Australia			RAAF		467 Sqd RAAF	1943-06-11											RAAF Honour Roll
52569	Wilmshurst	L T	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JB677	MG-V	Oakington	.0013.	Berlin	Crashed at Furstenwalde	Killed	Runnymede
52570	Wilsey	Edward L	1st Lt		O-701832		USA	Pilot		USAAF	361st Fighter Group	374th Fighter Squadron	1944-11-27	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
52571	Wilson	A H	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	DV290	SR-X	Ludford Magna	2205	Nurnberg	Crashed at RAF Welford Berks	Killed
52572	Wilson	J W E	Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	103 Sqd	1942-12-02	Lancaster	I	W4339	PM-M	Elsham Wolds	127	Frankfurt	?	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
52573	Wilson	B	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqd RAAF	1944-05-27	Lancaster	III	LM545	AR-J	Binbrook	2330	Merville		Killed
52574	Wilson	E D	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	462 Sqd RAAF	1944-09-23	Halifax	III	LL600	Z5-C	Driffield	1858	Neuss	Crash landed at Sudbury Suffolk on return
52575	Wilson	J M M	Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	463 Sqd RAAF	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JA973	JO-O	Waddington	1724	Berlin	Crashed at Repente	Killed	Runnymede
52576	Wilson	Michael McIvor	Flight Sergeant		432611	22nd November 1923 at Albury, New South Wales	Australian	Air Gunner (Rear)		RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqn RAAF	1944-11-04	Halifax	III	LV936	HD:D	Driffield	16:54	Bochum	See archive report for details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 31.G.2.			Read Archive Report
52577	Wilson	K M	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-03-18	Halifax	III	HX231	HD-B	Leconfield	1908	Frankfurt		PoW
52578	Wilson	C R	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	III	HX247	HD-	Leconfield	2028	Magdeburg	Crashed at base on return
52579	Wilson	Arthur	Flying Officer		20542	Born on the 24th August 1915 in Gilgandra, New South Wales	Australian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	61 Sqn	1944-11-02	Lancaster	I	PD199	QR:C	Skellingthorpe	16:30	Dusseldorf	Believed to have come down in Allied held territory (Belgium) One of seven bombers that came down in Allied held territory	Injured			Admitted to an American Army Hospital on 11 November after suffering a Fractured Vertebra. Transferred to RAF Hospital Rauceby in a plaster cast. Discharged from the RAAF on the 24th October 1945 as a Flt Lt.
52580	Wilson	S M	Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1941-12-30	Halifax	II	L9615	MP-X	Middleton St George	1122	Brest	Crashed in sea off French coast	Killed
52581	Wilson	D E L	Group Captain		A16					RAAF	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1943-06-22	Halifax	V	DK224	MP-Q	Holme on Spalding Moor	2309	Mulheim	Crashed at Zuilen {Utrecht}	PoW
52582	Wilson	Kenneth Sloan	Pilot Officer		81026			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqn (East India)	1941-01-12	Wellington	Ic	T2807	OJ-R	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	21:30	near Venice Beach, Italy	See archive report for details	PoW No. 2547 Stalag Luft 3				Read Archive Report
52583	Wilson	William John	Sergeant		581485	Age 27		Observer		RAF	Coastal Command	59 Sqd	1940-06-04	Blenheim	IV	R3697	TR-?	RAF Odiham	1230	Transit flight / Reconnaissance?	See archive report for further details	Killed	Edgeware (St. Margaret) Churchyard.		Read Archive Report
52584	Wilson	Roland	Sergeant		629500	Age 20		W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAF	Coastal Command	59 Sqd	1940-06-04	Blenheim	IV	R3697	TR-?	RAF Odiham	1230	Transit flight / Reconnaissance?	See archive report for further details	Killed	Ryton Cemetery Sec. G, Grave 111.		Read Archive Report
52585	Wilson	Colin Howard	Squadron Leader		75996			Pilot	DFC	RAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	ND443	MG-L	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2208	Nurnberg	See archive report for further information	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery Collective grave 6.E. 3-7		Read Archive Report
52586	Wilson	Stanley	Flight Sergeant		544707			Passenger		RAF			1944-08-04	Dakota	III	FZ597	Y	RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, India	Not known	Mail flight	See archive report for further details	Killed	Ranchi War Cemetery, India. Special Memorial 5.E.2		Read Archive Report
52587	Wilson	Edward	LAC		550920			W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAF	Coastal Command	217 Sqd	1940-02-06	Anson	I	K8746	MW-O	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall	740	Convoy Patrol	See archive report for further details	Safe - Picked up by HMS Vimy	None - survived the war		Read Archive Report
52588	Wilson	Reg C.	Flight Sergeant		169892			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-01-20	Halifax	II	LW337	DY-F	RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire	1630	Berlin	See archive report for full details	PoW No. 270098 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - survived the war. Passed away 11th November 2016		Read Archive Report
52589	Wilson	Leonard	Sergeant Air Bomber		1684528					RAFVR	Bomber Command	14 OTU	1944-08-13	Wellington	X	LN281		RAF Market Harborough Leicestershire	1545	Cross country training	Engine failure, stalled and crashed	Killed	Alverthorpe Churchyard (St. Paul). Sec. T. Grave 374.		Read Archive Report
52590	Wilson	Geoffrey K	Flight Sergeant		1394412			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1944-02-15	Halifax	V	LL140	MP-A	RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire	1730	Berlin	See archive report for full details	PoW No: 1472 Camp: Stalag Kopernikus	None - understood to have survived the war		Read Archive Report
52591	Wilson	Ronald Charles	Sergeant		1804802			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-01-30	Lancaster	I	DV303	SR-U	Ludford Magna		Berlin	Crashed at Tetlow	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		See Archive Report Attacker
52592	Wilson	Jesse Thomas	Sergeant		1336604			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	50 Sqd	1943-07-12	Lancaster	III	DV156	VN-C	RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	2235	Torino	?	Missing believed killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel No. 170		Read Archive Report
52593	Wilson	Eric Gordon	Sergeant		1806521			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	625 Sqd	1945-03-16	Lancaster	I	NG169	CF-B2	RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire	1753	Nurnberg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Collective grave 11.J.12-15		Read Archive Report
52594	Wilson	William David	Flying Officer		142063	Age 33		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	626 Sqd	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	LM136	UM-D2	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	2355	Courtrai	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 210		Read Archive Report
52595	Wilson	Donald Charles	Sergeant		656188	1919		Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1943-03-12	Stirling	I	BK592	MG-P	Oakington	1945	Essen	Crashed in the North Sea, 20km west of the Hook of Holland	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 170		Son of Stanley Donald Joseph and Florence Mary Wilson, of Merton Park, Surrey
52596	Wilson	Kenneth George	Flight Sergeant		1603668			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	76 Sqd	1944-03-01	Halifax	III	LW629	MP-M	RAF Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire	2329	Stuttgart	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery. Collective grave 1A.B.19-22		Read Archive Report
52597	Wilson	John Stewart	Sergeant		1564420	Age 21		Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	37 Sqd	1944-08-09	Wellington	X	LP465	LF-S	RAF Tortorella, Italy		Ploesti oil Refinery	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bucharest War Cemetery. Coll. Grave I.C. 1-4		Read Archive Report
52598	Wilson	Robert Hector	Flight Sergeant		R/54053			Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1941-09-06	Whitley	V	Z6478	ZA-S	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	1949	Huls	See archive report for further details	Killed	Oldebroek General Cemetery. Grave 3	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
52599	Wilson	V H	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	115 Sqd	1944-10-25	Lancaster	I	PD276	KO-X	Witchford	1323	Essen		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
52600	Wilson	W C	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1945-02-07	Lancaster	I	NF925	PH-T	Wickenby	1909	Kleve	Crashed at Nistelrode	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cementery	Paradie Archive Database