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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	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
651	Barker	Frank Harvey	Sergeant Pilot		R/103678				RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1943-01-09	Halifax	II	W7857	VR-O	Middleton St George	1632	Gardening in the Schiermonnikoog and Simonsand areas	Shot down over the North Sea by Obit. Hans-Joseph Jabs (1) of 11./NJG1 at 2215hrs	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 179		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
652	Barker	L R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-15	Halifax	V	LL152	SE-U	Croft	1823	Amiens	Returned to base and rear fuselage destroyed by explosion	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
653	Barker	Kenneth Hubert	Flying Officer		J/29701			Air Bomber	RCAF	Bomber Command	514 Sqd	1944-11-21	Lancaster	I	PD265	JI-G	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire	1228	Homberg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 25.G.6.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
654	Barker	M E	Pilot Officer		J17650				RCAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1943-05-13	Lancaster	I	W4944	DX-	Scampton	2139	Pilzen	Crashed SW of Meppen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
655	Barker	A C S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	626 Sqd	1944-06-30	Lancaster	I	ME774	UM-L2	Wickenby	2155	Vierzon		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
656	Barker	Gareth Allan		Flight Lieutenant	J/13359	(Age 22)	Canada	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command	305 Sqd (Polish)	1945-04-06	De Havilland Mosquito	F.B.Vl	HR191		A.75 Advanced Landing Ground (Cambrai/Epinoy) RAF			Aircraft lost whilst attacking Enemy Tramsport in Northern Holland. Location : Germany.	Killed on Operational Flight	, Becklingen War Cemetery - Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 11, Row B, Grave 5		Paradie Archive Database	CREW : F/Lt G A Barker; Sgt G E Arthur. Son of Frederick William Barker and Olive Ruth Barker, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
657	Barker	R B	Flight Lieutenant					Pilot		Fighter	412 Sqd RCAF	1945-04-18	Spitfire	I	MK898				Sweep
658	Barker	A	Wing Commander							Fighter	418 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-10	Mosquito	VI	NT117				Intruder	Crashed in English Channel
659	Barker	L	Warrant Officer		1379386					Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1943-06-24	Halifax	II	JD147	VR-C	Middleton St George	2240	Wuppertal	Crashed SW of Roermond Holland	PoW
660	Barker	F C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427 Sqd RCAF	1944-02-25	Halifax	III	LK759	ZL-Z	Leeming	2130	Augsburg	Crashed Beuren	Killed	Koln-Sud Friedhof
661	Barker	R B	Flying Officer					Pilot		Fighter	442 Sqd RCAF	1944-11-02	Spitfire	IX					Recce
662	Barker	Gerald Louis	Flying Officer		J/20378	Age 26	Canadian	Pilot	RCAF	Bomber Command - Middle East	458 Sqd RAAF. 3 Group	1943-07-21	Wellington	XIII	HZ594	MD-?	Protville, Tunisia	2130	Shipping	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Malta Memorial. Panel 10, Column 1	Oleg Marin		Worked for Hudson Bay Mining at Manitoba prior to enlisting. Trained with No. 7 Operational Training Unit. Son of Henry E and Mary Barker of 511 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and husband of Shirley O. Barker of Niagara Falls, New York State, USA.? Barker Lake northeast of Waterloo Lake, Manitoba was named after F/O. Gerald Louis Barker in 1969.	Archive report
663	Barkhouse	D F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-10-15	Wellington	Ic	X9916	AA-	Feltwell		Koln	Crashed Koln-Widen	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
664	Barkhouse	D F	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1941-09-20	Wellington	Ic	R1518	AA-	Feltwell	1930	Berlin	Crashed Swanton Abbot Norfolk				Paradie Archive Database
665	Barkway	P J W	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	626 Sqd	1944-05-03	Lancaster	I	DV281	UM-D2	Wickenby	2157	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed St-remy-sous-Barbuise {Aube}	Killed	St-Remy-sous-Barbuise Churchyard		Paradie Archive Database
666	Barlow	J P	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-04	Lancaster	X	KB787	VR-M	Middleton St George	1723	Bonn	Collided with next and crashed S of Vielsalm [Luxembourg]	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
667	Barlow	E S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-01	Halifax	V	LK698	SE-N	Croft	1915	Training	Crashed at Coatham Stob Durham	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
668	Barlow	R M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432 Sqd RCAF	1943-09-22	Wellington	X	LN554	QO-	Skipton on Swale	1902	Hannover	Ditched E of Flamborough Head	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
669	Barlow	G M B	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	434 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-14	Lancaster	X	KB741	WL-C2	Croft	1652	Chemnitz		Killed	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
670	Barlow	P	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-12-17	Lancaster	III	LM729	QR-V	Skellingthorpe	1640	Munchen	Crashed near Munchen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
671	Barnard	Leonard Joseph	Sergeant		R/117579	3 Nov 1916, Brooklyn, NY, USA	American	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1942-10-23	Stirling	I	W7628	OJ-B	Lakenheath		Genova	Ran out of fuel on the turn leg. Crashed on Rye Street, Cliffe, Kent at 0300 hrs. Aware that the crew were in difficulties, a local searchlight battery switched on its lights directing the beams towards nearby marshes, but to no avail. At least two cottages bore the brunt of the impact; Miss Delia Batchelor woke to find pieces from her bedroom ceiling on her bed and was then shocked to discover that the outside wall of the room had disappeared. Already, local inhabitants were trying to help but for Mrs Lilian May McPherson, just 21 and the mother of a two-month old baby girl, Diana, it was already too late. Taken from what was left of 3 Rye Street Cottages, to an army medical facility at Cooling Castle she was pronounced dead soon after being admitted. Miraculously, her little girl was found in an alcove, still in her crib, and completely unscathed. Diana was 10 weeks old at the time of the incident. Lilian May McPherson is commemorated on a special memorial in the churchyard along with the names of all the crew killed in the incident	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 33 Row E Grave 9		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Leonard and Amelia (née Steinhouse) Barnard of Brooklyn, NY. Husband of Alice (née Jackson) Barnard of Brooklyn, NY, USA
672	Barnard	W S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqd RCAF	1944-07-19	Halifax	III	LK803	PT-H	Tholthorpe	1130	Training		Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
673	Barnard	A E	Pilot Officer					Pilot		Fighter	402 Sqd RCAF	1944-05-21	Spitfire	Vc	W3454				Strafing	Crash landed at Hawkinge	Injured
674	Barnes	A J G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	138 Sqd (Special)	1944-04-27	Halifax	V	LL356	NF-U	Tempsford		SOE	Crashed off Frisian Islands	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	Archive Report
675	Barnes	J F	Flight Sergeant		R150671				RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1943-03-29	Halifax	II	HR654	EQ-R	Leeming	2127	Berlin	Crashed SSE of Flensburg	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
676	Barnes	N E	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Coastal Command	415 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	III	LW686	6U-	East Moor	2110	Caen	Crashed at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
677	Barnes	Wilfred Henry	Warrant Officer Class 2		R130395	6 February 1923 at Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada	Canadian	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	419 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-21	Halifax	III	JD420	VR-D	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	1946	Magdeburg	Hit by flak. Crashed at Neuenfelde near Elsfleth on the Weser, Germany	PoW No. 270003 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg (Elbe) - 4B			Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
678	Barnes	A C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	427 Sqd RCAF	1943-12-20	Halifax	V	LK627	ZL-K	Leeming	1615	Frankfurt	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
679	Barnes	G J L	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-14	Halifax	III	MZ865	AL-V	Leeming	1803	Gardening	Crashed in sea off Falsterbo Lighthouse	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
680	Barnes	R H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1945-01-12	Halifax	III	NR173	AL-D	Leeming	1718	Gardening		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
681	Barnes	J B	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	550 Sqd	1945-03-24	Lancaster	I	PD320	BQ-H	N Killingholme	1251	Dortmund		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
682	Barnes	R J	Warrant Officer		R87330				RCAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1943-04-16	Stirling	I	W7469	AA-O	Newmarket	2217	Mannheim	Crashed at Katzenbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
683	Barnes	L G	Flight Lieutenant					Pilot		Fighter	402 Sqd RCAF	1945-02-21	Spitfire	XIV	RM839				Recce	Abandoned near Holtern
684	Barnes	S	Sergeant					Pilot		Fighter	403 Sqd RCAF	1943-10-03	Spitfire	IX	MA648				Ramrod 259	Crashed near Roye	PoW
685	Barnes	S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1943-08-17	Lancaster	II	DS674	OW-	Linton on Ouse	2127	Peenemunde	?	Killed	Runnymede
686	Barnes	A	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	431 Sqd RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK918	SE-F	Croft	2350	Berlin	Crashed at base on return
687	Barnett	T A J	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Coastal Command	415 Sqd RCAF	1945-03-18	Halifax	III	NP938	6U-T	East Moor	.0002.	Witten	Force landed near Epinoy				Paradie Archive Database
688	Barneveld	R	Sergeant		13332114					Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	DT769	EQ-T	Leeming	.0008.	Aachen	Crashed Fellenoord Holland	Killed	Tilburg (Gilzerbaan)
689	Barnhart	C P	Warrant Officer Class 1						RCAF	Bomber Command	429 Sqd RCAF	1944-07-13	Halifax	III	LV913	AL-N	Leeming	2124	Air Test	Crashed on take off	Injured			Paradie Archive Database
690	Barnhurst	R E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1944-02-25	Lancaster	II	DS845	EQ-T	Linton on Ouse	2114	Augsburg	Abandoned near Abbeville	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
691	Barnicke	Peter	Sergeant		J/92693	Age 19	Canada	Air Gunner	RCAF	Bomber Command	138 Sqd (Special)	1944-11-08	Stirling	IV	LK198	NF-H	RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire	2300	SOE	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. Panel 249		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
692	Barnicoat	R E H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1942-09-16	Halifax	II	W7770	LQ-E	Topcliffe	2052	Essen	Crashed at Maubeuge France	PoW
693	Barnicoat	R E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	425 Sqd RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ641	KW-K	Tholthorpe	2205	Hamburg		Killed	Runnymede			First French Canadian squadron
694	Baroni	R B	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-09	Lancaster	III	PA970	LQ-Y	Gransden Lodge	657	le Havre		Evader			Paradie Archive Database
695	Baroni	R J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1943-12-16	Lancaster	III	DV293	WS-Y	Bardney	1643	Berlin	Crashed at Eberswalde-Finow	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
696	Barr	C R	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1942-06-16	Halifax	II	R9530	DY-J	Topcliffe	2302	Essen	Crashed in sea W of Walcheron	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
697	Barr	R A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1943-10-07	Stirling	III	EJ106	OJ-O	Lakenheath	2023	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
698	Barr	R J	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	166 Sqd	1944-12-04	Lancaster	I	ME318	AS-E	Kirmington	1615	Karlsruhe		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
699	Barr	A	Flying Officer		J/26504			Pilot	RCAF	Fighter	263 Sqd	1944-10-14	Typhoon	Ib	MN769	B				Collided with last	Killed	Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery Netherlands		Paradie Archive Database
700	Barr	R L	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	408 Sqd RCAF	1944-03-22	Lancaster	II	DS797	EQ-M	Linton on Ouse	1841	Frankfurt	Crashed target area	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database