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1	Carr	John	Flight Lieutenant		Killed 1945-02-09 Age 27			J/21035		298Sqn (RAF)			Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 63. United Kingdom. Son Of George And Norah M. Carr; Husband Of Gladys E. Carr, Of Barons, Alberta, Canada. D.C.	Aircrew Deaths Database
2	Brown	J.G.	F/L S/L		Killed		C	6243	CHP	RCAF Last Op - RCAF	United Church N/A	X - 27 Nov 44 - 27 Nov 44 - Killed in a V2 attack at Antwerp - Belgium
3	Brown	Marvin Kitchener	F/O		Killed	Kincardine, Ontario	RAF CAN	42101	PLT	85Sqn 242Sqn 85Sqn Last Op - 242Sqn	Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane N2476	X - 05 May 40 - France - X - 21 Feb 41 - 21 Feb 41 - Killed - Crash - Grange Farm - Alderton - UK	Battle of Britain pilot Born Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. RAF March 1939. Posted to 242Sqn at Church Fenton on 6th November. To France on 16th May 1940 attached to 85Sqn. Two days later, in combat with Me110's of I/ZG76 near Le Cateau, he was shot down in Hurricane N2320 LE-H with bullet wounds in the right leg. Evacuated to England, rejoined 242 on 13th July underSqn Ldr Douglas Bader. On a local flight in Hurricane N2476 on 21st February 1941 he crashed at Grange Farm, Alderton, Suffolk and was killed. Buried Ipswich New Age Cemetery England	Battle of Britain Database
4	Brown	Gilbert Frederick	Sgt F/Sgt P/O		KIFA Age 23		R J	100963 16416	PLT	RCAF 1MD (RCAF) 1ITS (RCAF) 10EFTS (RCAF) 6SFTS (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 5(P)AFU (RAF) 61OTU (RAF) 411Sqn (RCAF) 411Sqn (RCAF) Last Flight	X X X Moth Harvard X Master Master & Spitfire Spitfire Spitfire R6897	17 Apr 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Toronto, Ontario 5 June 1941 - Toronto, Ontario 9 Aug 1941 - Toronto, Ontario 14 Sep 1941 - Hamilton, Ontario 8 Nov 1941 - Dunnville, Ontario 29 March 1942 - Bournemouth, UK 12 May 1942 - RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire 2 June 1942 - RAF Rednal, Shropshire 25 Aug 1942 - RAF Digby, Lincolnshire 28 Jan 1943 - Crashed after mid air collision with Spitfire AB847	- Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 30. United Kingdom. - Son of Gilbert Walter and Lillian Elizabeth (nee Tibbins) Brown, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. - Husband of Mary Elsie May Brown (nee Westhead), of Toronto, Ontario. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	Veterans Affairs Canada Losses and Incidents Database Accident report
5	Brownlee	P.J.	F/L				C	20296	CHP	RCAF	Church of England	Oct 44 -
6	Bryers	Robert Bruce	Warrant Officer Class II		Killed 1943-05-25 Age 22			R/125283		422Sqn			Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 24. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
7	Bull	Douglas Maxwell	Flight Lieutenant		Killed 1944-07-25 Age 24			J/11295					Commemorated Hamilton (Barton Stone) United Church Cemetery, Godwin Plot. Canada. Son Of Maxwell C. Bull And Gladys I. Bull, Of Hamilton; Husband Of Muriel E. Bull, Of Hamilton.	Aircrew Deaths Database
8	Burchill	J.T.	F/L				C	24871	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
9	Butland	Frederick Dick	Flying Officer		Killed 1943-07-13 Age 21			J/20423					Commemorated Drumachose (Christ Church) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 14. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
10	Buttrey	John William	Sgt F/Sgt WO2		KIA Age 21		R	123964	OBS NAV	RCAF 7ITS (RCAF) 7B&GS (RCAF) 3AOS (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 10 (O)AFU (RAF) 28OTU (RAF) 1662 CU (RAF) PDC (RCAF) RCAF 1ANS (RCAF) 4 AGTS (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 7 (O)AFU (RAF) 24OTU (RAF) 1664HCU (RCAF) 1664HCU (RCAF) Last Op	X X Battle Anson X Anson Wellington Halifax X X Anson Anson X Anson Wellington Halifax Halifax NA612	19 Aug 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF 11 Oct 1941 4 Jan 1942 29 March 1942 1 Sep 1942 - UK 13 Sep 1942 29 Sep 1942 20 March 1943 14 May 1943 - Failed training, lost Nav rating 8 Aug 1943 - Repatriated to Canada 7 Oct 1943 - Refresher Nav training 19 Jan 1944 3 Apr 1944 - UK 20 June 1944 22 Aug 1944 15 Dec 1944 4 March 1945 - Shot down by enemy night fighter	Commemorated Pulverbatch (St. Edith) Churchyard, South of church. United Kingdom. Son of William and Susan Pearl Buttrey; Husband of Florence Evelyn Buttrey, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	Veterans Affairs Canada Losses and Incidents Database Accident Report Yorkshire Aircraft Co
11	Cail	John Lorne	LAC		Killed	New Richmond	R	55907	PLT	9SFTS (RCAF) Last Op - 9SFTS X	Harvard Harvard 2860 X	X - 01 Sep 41 - RCAF Summerside - PEI 01 Sep 41 - Killed - aircraft swerved on take off and hit a crash tender -	Son of John and Jennie Cail, of New Richmond. Commemorated New Richmond (St. Andrews) United Church Cemetery, Sec. 3. Plot 1.
12	Cail	John Lorne	Leading Aircraftman		Killed 1941-09-11 Age 28			R/55907					Commemorated New Richmond (St. Andrews) United Church Cemetery, Sec. 3. Plot 1. Canada. Son of John and Jennie Cail, of New Richmond.	Aircrew Deaths Database
13	Card	Arnold Lindsay	Warrant Officer Class II		Killed 1943-03-15 Age			R/79452					Commemorated Faughanvale (St. Canice) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Grave 5. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
14	Brooks	Harry	Flying Officer		Killed 1942-12-31 Age 28	Verdun, Quebec		J/15588	Pilot	409Sqn RCAF	Beaufighter X8192	X - 31 Dec 42 31 Dec 42 - Killed - See H. Hare -. Killed in mid-air collision with Beaufighter EL184 of 409Sqn RCAF	Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 31. United Kingdom. Son Of George Percy Brooks And Of Caroline Emily Brooks (Nee Bain), Of Verdun, Province Of Quebec, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database Archive Report X8192
15	Cartwright	George Stevenson	Flying Officer		Killed 1942-11-09 Age 34			J/11102		425Sqn			Commemorated Dishforth Cemetery, Grave 35. United Kingdom. Son Of Brigadier General George Strachan Cartwright, C.B., C.M.G., Officier De La Legion Dhonneur, And Of Kate Mary Cartwright (Nee Stevenson), Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rhodes Scholar, Christ Church (Oxon), B.A. (University Of Toronto), B.A., B.Litt. (Oxon) Christ Church College.	Aircrew Deaths Database
16	Cassidy	Bernard Hugh	Sergeant		Killed 1942-02-06 Age 24			R/78841					Commemorated Woodchester (Church Of The Annunciation) Churchyard, Sec. E. Grave 61. United Kingdom. Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Hugh J. Cassidy, And Stepson Of Norah Cassidy, Of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
17	Caulfield	A.E.L.	F/L				C	8514	CHP	RCAF	Church of England	Oct 44 -
18	Chabara	Alexander James	Flight Sergeant		Killed 1943-09-16 Age 25			R/131724					Commemorated Eglantine Church Of Ireland Cemetery, Sec. E. Grave 35. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
19	Chappel	N.T.	F/L				C	7997	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
20	Charland	Robert Albert	Pte P/O F/O		KIA Age 26		B J	528747 29054	INF PLT	Algonquin Regiment RCAF 3ITS (RCAF) 4EFTS (RCAF) 5SFTS (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 18(P)AFU (RAF) 30OTU (RAF) 1667HCU (RAF) 626Sqn (RAF) 626Sqn (RAF) Last Op	X X X Moth Anson X Oxford Wellington Lancaster Lancaster Lancaster LM596	22 Nov 1940 - Enlisted in the Canadian Army 27 Feb 1942 - Transferred to the RCAF 12 Oct 1942 - Victoriaville, Quebec 25 Jan 1943 - Windsor Mills, Quebec 19 Apr 1943 - Brantford, Ontario 20 Oct 1943 - Bournemouth, UK 28 Dec 1943 - RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire 28 March 1944 - RAF Hixon, Staffordshire 14 July 1944 - RAF Sandtoft, North Lincolnshire 28 Sep 1944 - RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire 15 Oct 1944 - Hit by Flak and exploded in mid air	Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 25. C. 1-4. Germany. Son of Albert Louis and Florence Mary (nee Connelly) Charland, of Falconbridge, Ontario. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	Veterans Affairs Canada Losses and Incidents Database Accident report
21	Church	A.C.	P/O				J	47694	NAV	RCAF	X	Oct 44 -
22	Church	B.G.	F/O				C	7117	AE	RCAF	N/A	Oct 44 -
23	Church	C.B.G.	F/L				C	5416	MO	RCAF	N/A	Oct 44 -
24	Church	C.H.	F/O				C	4370	LI	RCAF	N/A	Oct 44 -
25	Church	D.F.	AC2 LAC Sgt F/Sgt WO2 P/O F/O				R J	X 35959	WAG PLT	RCAF 1ITS (RCAF) 10EFTS (RCAF) 1SFTS (RCAF) 14Sqn (RCAF) 126Sqn (RCAF) 130Sqn RCAF RCAF Goose Bay 61OTU 83GSU 401Sqn 6 (RCAF) Group HQ RCAF RCAF Photos RCAF Photos	N/A N/A X X X X Hurricane X Spitfire X Spitfire X X X X	09 Sep 40 - Joined the RCAF 30 Dec 40 - Toronto - ON 28 Jan 41 - Mount Hope 11 Oct 41 - Camp Borden - ON 24 Jan 42 - RCAF Rockcliffe - ON 15 May 42 - RCAF Dartmouth - NS 11 May 43 - RCAF Bagotville - QC 26 Oct 43 - NFLD 09 May 44 - 18 Jul 44 - 04 Aug 44 - 11 May 45 - 27 Sep 45 - Released from the RCAF - DND 65-73 (WO2D.F. Church with 130 (RCAF)Sqn at RCAF Stn Bagotville) -
26	Woodward	Vernon Crompton 'Woody'	P/O F/L W/C	DFC & Bar		RAF CAN	RAF	41092	PLT	RAF CFS 6 FTS 33Sqn 20SFTS Rhodesia Tng HQ 213Sqn E. Med HQ HQ Middle East ------------------------ ME CommSqn VITRE - UK CFE 19Sqn Fighter Cmd HQ 3 AWSqn CFE 122 Wing 69Sqn & 39Sqn Ministry of Aviation RAF RCAF Photos	X Tiger Moth Fury & Hart Gladiator / Hurricane X X Hurricane X X --------------------------- Various X X Hornet X X X X Canberra X X X	1938 - Joined the RAF - fm Victoria - BC 27 Jun 38 - 20 Aug 38 - Perth - Scotland - 05 Sep 38 - 15 Apr 39 - RAF Little Rissington - 20 May 39 - 11 Sep 41 - 18 Oct 41 - 15 Jun 42 - Rhodesia - Flying Instructor - 15 Jun 42 - 01 Jan 43 - 01 Jan 43 - 27 Aug 43 - 04 Sep 43 - 16 Dec 43 - Haifa - RAF Staff College also - 16 Dec 43 - 20 Feb 45 - Remained in the RAF Post War --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Feb 45 - 11 Dec 46 - 11 Dec 46 - 14 Jan 47 - 14 Jan 47 - 19 Aug 48 - Administration Officer - 19 Aug 48 - 25 Sep 50 - RAF Church Fenton - CO 25 Sep 50 - 23 Oct 55 - Staff Duties - 23 Oct 55 - 25 Jun 56 - 25 Jun 56 - 06 Aug 56 - 06 Aug 56 - 01 Jul 58 - 01 Jul 58 - 12 Oct 59 - RAF Germany & Malta - 12 Oct 59 - 31 Jan 63 - 31 Jan 63 - Retired fm the RAF - PL 19348 (On a Jeep in the Western Desert in 1943) -	"Woody" Vernon Crompton Woodward DFC and Bar RAF (22 December 1916 – 26 May 2000) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force during World War II. With 18 and 4 shared destroyed, 2 unconfirmed destroyed, 3 probables, and 11 damaged, Woodward tied Henry Wallace McLeod as Canada's second highest scoring pilot of the war. Woodward with his Hurricane at Fuqa, Egypt
27	Belbin	H.S.	F/L				C	38077	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
28	Adams	Robert Mercer	Flying Officer		Killed 1942-12-30 Age 20			J/11950					Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 1. Grave 19. United Kingdom. Son Of Robert Medd Adams And Seaborn Christine Adams, Of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
29	Allen	John Allardyce	Flight Lieutenant		Killed 1944-01-03 Age 23			J/6643	Pilot	432Sqn	Lancaster II DS739 QO-Y	Son of Dr. David Wesley (died 1955, age 75) and Mary Isobel (nee Allardyce - died 1968, age 84) Allen; husband of Honor Mary (nee Magee) Allen of 935 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloan Avenue, Paddington, London.. Further details: Born on the 28th December 1920. F/L Allen enlisted in Toronto in December 1940 where he did his intial training. After completion of elementary flying at No.7 EFTS, Windsor, he attended No.5 SFTS Brantford, Ontario, where he gained his wings on 4 August 1941 and soon after was commisioned as a pilot officer. Arriving in England in September, 1941 he was posted to No.17 OTU soon thereafter, before being taken on strength at No. 107 Squadron in March, 1942. Here he completed his first tour of operations flying Douglas Boston bombers out of Great Massingham, Norfolk, after which, he was back at No.17 OTU this time serving as an instructor. Posted back to operations a year later, he first underwent training on Lancasters at No.1679 Conversion Unit, East Moor, Yorkshire, before joining 432 Squadron on 12 December 1943. F/L Allen had completed six operations of his second tour when he was lost. On 15 October 1943, Epitaph: 'Triumpho Morte Tam Vit'. F/L Allen married Honor Mary Magee at the Church Of The Oratory, Kensington. They were married just 11 weeks. Honor Mary Allen never remarried an	Commemorated Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, 5. B. 9. Germany.	Archive report on the loss Aircrew Deaths Database
30	Antoft	Otto Hjalmar	Flying Officer		Killed 1944-09-21 Age 25	Fredericksburg, Denmark 21 Feb 1919		J/25114	NAV	190Sqn (RAF) Last Op 190Sqn	Stirling Stirling LJ943	X - 21 Sep 44 - 21 Sep 44 - KIA - See W/C G.E. Harrison -	Commemorated Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4. D. 6-7. Netherlands (Holland). Son Of Otto Hugo And Asta Antoft, Of Kentville, King'S Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. M.A. Brother of Kell Antoft Enlisted in Halifax on 5 March 1942. 5 Manning Depot, Lachine, Quebec, on 20 April 1942 and remained here until June, when he was posted to 31OTU, Debert, Nova Scotia. Initial training at 3 Initial Training School, Victoriaville, Quebec (Course 59) on 1 August 1942. 27 September 1942 posted to 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Jarvis, Ontario (Course 64) and on 23 November 1942 he is posted to No. Air Observers School, Chatham, New Brunswick. He ends training here at 19 March 1942 and is promoted from Sergeant to Pilot Officer. 20 March 1942, posted to 34OTU, Penfield Ridge, New Brunswick (Course 10). Tansferred overseas arriving in Bournemouth in July 1943. 13OTU for course No. 4, and on 21 October 1943 and was transferred to RAF Stoney Cross. 4 November 1943, to 299 Squadron, on Lockheed Venturas, but conversion to Stirlings commenced in January 1944. Posted to 1665 HCU at Woolfax Lodge; at this unit, he joined up with pilot FS R. B. Herger and the rest of his crew, before being posted to 190 Squadron. On 8 February 1944 to 190 Squadron as Flying Officer. This squadron had been reformed at RAF Station Leicester East as an airborne forces squadronfor supply-dropping missions over France in April 1944. The squadron was involved in the dropping of airborne troops behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day, and continued operating supply missions over French Occupied Territory in the following months. From 17–23 September 1944, 190 Squadron played an important part in the support mission of Operation Market Garden, suffering heavy losses. Antoft took part in these operations from the beginning of May. On 6–7 May 1944, his crew had made an unsuccessful attempt to drop containers near Montaner, in the foothills of the Pyrenees in France, for SOE. During May, the squadron practiced glider towing, container dropping, and fighter affiliation, in preparation for the coming invasion. Very few operational sorties were carried out during this time. 5 June, the crew were briefed for phase two of Operation Tonga. In the first phase of this operation, glider-borne troops from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry would attack the bridges over the Caen canal and Orne River, east of the Bénouville. Then, as part of the second phase of the operation, twenty-three Stirlings from each of the two squadrons at RAF Station Fairford (190 and 620 Squadrons) would be dropping 887 airborne troops of the 7th Parachute Battalion in an area on the north-east side of Ranville (drop zone ‘N’). These troops were to set up a defensive perimeter around the bridges. From June to August 1944, 190Sqn involved in supply missions for the French Resistance and for the SOE, as well as missions dropping SAS groups behind enemy lines. From 14 June to 11 September 1944, Antoft took part in fourteen such missions. Most operations involved dropping containers, panniers and packages, but on several missions additional SAS paratroops were dropped over France. On 17 September 1944, Antoft flew the first of four operational missions in Operation Market Garden. On the first day of the operation, the unit carried the pathfinders of the 21st Independent Parachute Company that marked the landing zones for the first lift. At approximately 10.45 hours, twenty-five Stirlings from both 190 and 620 Squadrons took off from Fairford and set course for Arnhem. Six of the aircraft acted as pathfinders, while the remaining nineteen, including Antoft’s crew, were towing gliders that contained 130 airborne troops, seventeen jeeps, seven light and one heavy motor cycle, seventeen trailers, seven guns, and one bicycle. All except one carried out their sorties. Several aircraft were hit by flak, but the operational record also reports that the enemy flak positions were well beaten up by Allied fighters. In the following days, the unit was deeply engaged in the resupply missions. The Danish fighter pilot Flt Lt K. C. J. Pedersen took part in the operation as well; he was part of a group of eleven Spitfires from 1 Squadron who provided low-level escort to aircraft, gilders, and tugs. At 12.10 hours. on 18 September 1944, Stirling IV (LJ943), with Antoft, took off from Fairford. The Stirling was towing a Horsa glider, carrying supplies strongly needed in Arnhem. Whilst over Holland, the aircraft was drawn into the slipstream of a Dakota. The pilot, FS Herger, took evasive action and the tow rope snapped. The Horsa, piloted by S/Sgt Newton and Sgt Douglas of No. 10 Flight, G Squadron, landed the glider safely near the village of Oude-Tonge on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee—many miles from Arnhem. The next day, 19 September, the crew flew the third sortie for Arnhem. Sixteen Stirlings took off at 13.05 hours. to drop containers and panniers in the Arnhem area. They encountered heavy flak and many aircraft returned damaged. Two aircraft failed to return. Two days later, Antoft was in the air again. In Holland, the British troops were trapped near Arnhem. The crew was briefed on a position in Oosterbeek, but, given the critical situation on the ground, no definite dropping point was fixed beforehand. Instead, the crew was to drop the load at 1,000 feet after a signal from the ground troops in that area, north-west of Arnhem. Antoft’s crew carried out the drop successfully, despite concentrated heavy and light flak throughout the run-in. At some point the aircraft (LJ943/C) was hit several times, and caught fire. The Air Gunner, WO J. C. Thomas (R.173863, RCAF) attempted to extinguish the fire, but failed—being cut off from the rest of the crew, he baled out at between 300 to 400 feet. The Flight Engineer, Sgt Hillyard, also managed to bale out, while the aircraft crashed north of a farm at Zetten. Sgt Hillyard had seen both FO MacDonell and Antoft putting on their parachutes in order to follow him out of the aircraft, but, for unknown reasons, they never left. WO Thomas and Sgt Hillyard were captured by the Germans within minutes of their landing; the rest of the crew, including Antoft, were killed in action. Initially, they were buried in the Refuge-Hill Church Cemetery in Zetten with the casualties of another Stirling loss (LJ982). The Dutch locals who were taking care of the casualties initially accounted for fifteen bodies of the eighteen crew missing. Following the liberation of the area, the bodies were reinterred at the Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem, Holland.	Aircrew Deaths Database Danish Profiles Allied Losses Database LJ953
31	Aspinall	Maurice John William	Flying Officer		Killed 1943-07-23 Age 22			J/14046					Commemorated Eglantine Church Of Ireland Cemetery, Sec. E. Grave 37. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
32	Baillargeon	Pierre Elzear Rodolphe	Flight Sergeant		Killed 1944-06-19 Age			R/96940		59Sqn (RAF)			Commemorated Limavady (St. Mary) Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Grave 6. United Kingdom. Son Of Charles J. Baillargeon And Audette Baillargeon, Of Quebec City, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
33	Balduff	William	Warrant Officer Class II		Killed 1943-07-29 Age 26			R/127491		416Sqn			Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 5. Grave 36. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
34	Barbeau	Norman William	Sergeant		Killed 1941-12-07 Age 20			R/88806					Commemorated Minchinhampton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, N.W. of church. United Kingdom. Husband of Florence Marguerite Louise Barbeau of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
35	Barber	Bernard Higson 'Bernie'	WO2		Killed Age 22	Vernon BC	R	101359	PLT	409Sqn (RCAF) Last Op - 409Sqn	Beaufighter Beaufighter EL184	X - 31 Dec 42 - 31 Dec 42 - Killed - See H. Hare -	Killed in mid-air collision with X8192 Beaufighter of 409Sqn RCAF. Commemorated Scopwick Church Lincolnshire. Son of Alfred Higson Barber and Frances Barber of Vernon BC	Archive Report X8192
36	Barber	Bernard Higson	Warrant Officer Class II		Killed 1942-12-31 Age 22			R/101359		409Sqn			Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 27. United Kingdom. Son Of Alfred Higson Barber And Frances Barber, Of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
37	Barbour	James Douglas	Flight Sergeant		Killed 1942-12-13 Age 22			R/105324		411Sqn			Commemorated Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Row 4. Grave 34. United Kingdom. Son Of Humphry Norman And Rita M. Barbour, Of Erin, Ontario, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
38	Beaudry	Joseph Victor Raoul	Cpl		Killed 1942-11-29 Age 26	Aylmer, Quebec	R	74134	AE Mech	405Sqn Last Op - 405Sqn	N/A Halifax DT576 LQ-U	X - 29 Nov 42 - 29 Nov 42 - Killed - See M.J. Stanley -	Commemorated Dishforth Cemetery, Grave 41. United Kingdom. Son Of N. Edward And Alida Beaudry, Of Aylmer, Province Of Quebec, Canada. "It was the worst non-operational loss in Yorkshire in the whole of the War".... Corporal Beaudry was one of fourteen RCAF airmen and one RAFVR airman who were aboard RCAF Halifax MK11 DT576 aircraft when it crashed near Melmerby, Ripon, in Yorkshire. The fifteen casualties (thirteen of whom were laid to rest in Dishforth Cemetery) were:- RCAF Warrant Officer Stephen Frederic GANNON, RCAF Sergeant Earl Lewis McGILLIVRAY, RCAF Sergeant George Robert Ian TAYLOR, RCAF Sergeant Allen Catto BRADLEY, RCAF Flight Sergeant William Stanley MILNE, RCAF Flight Sergeant Melville James STANLEY, RCAF Sergeant Orlando Delmar Conrad HAMEL, RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Wilbur ROSS, RCAF Flying Officer Benjamin Hugo ENNS, (laid to rest in Airth Parish Church Cemetery, Scotland), RCAF Pilot Officer Samuel Stewart CLARK, RCAF Sergeant Ralph Elliott MILLIKEN, RCAF Sergeant Joseph JONES, RCAF Flight Sergeant William Michael KOSTENUK, RAFVR Sergeant Francis HOOTON, (laid to rest in Standish RC Churchyard, Lancashire, England) and RCAF Corporal Joseph Victor Raoul BEAUDRY. Served with 405Sqn based at Dishforth. Crashed on 29 November 1942, just half mile east of Melmerby, Yorkshire shortly after taking off from Topcliffe at 10:05 local time and burnt. There were two crews in the aircraft, the flight crew, plus second crew and a ground crew mechanic as passengers all 15 on board killed. Was ferrying second crew to detachment at Beaulieu.	Aircrew Deaths Database
39	Becker	Robert Douglas Albert	Pilot Officer		Killed 1945-03-14 Age 20			J/94373		201Sqn (RAF)			Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 71. United Kingdom. Son Of George Albert And Jean Lindsay Becker, Of Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, Canada.	Aircrew Deaths Database
40	Adams	H.K.	Sgt		Killed		R	136079	PLT	61OTU Last Op - 61OTU	Spitfire Spitfire X4852	X - 20 Jan 43 (**B) 20 Jan 43 - Killed - 2 miles E of Church Stretton, UK
41	Bell	W.J.	F/L				C	8554	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
42	Belton	Frederick Keith	(H)F/L (H)S/L (H)W/C	MiD		UK	C	965	CHP - Church of England	111Sqn (RCAF) 111Sqn (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) RCAF HQ Western Air Command (RCAF) RCAF	X X X X X X	1 Feb 1939 - Enlisted in the RCAF Aux - Vancouver, British Columbia 3 Sep 1939 - First chaplain to be mobilized Nov 1941 - Bournemouth, UK 9 March 1945 - Repatriated to Canada 20 March 1945 - Vancouver, British Columbia 28 Dec 1945 - Retired from the RCAF	- Mention in Despatches - Overseas - Award effective 14 June 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1395/45 dated 31 August 1945. - Deceased on 19 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	RCAFA Awards Database
43	Benzie	John 'Jack'	P/O		KIA	RAF CAN		42185	PLT	PPCLI RAF 242Sqn Last Op - 242Sqn	N/A X Hurricane Hurricane	1936 - 1939 - 1939 - Joined the RAF - X - 07 Sep 40 - MIA ? - 07 Sep 40 - KIA- Body found in the Thames in 1976?	Pilot Officer John ‘Jack’ Benzie disappeared during heavy fighting over the east of London 80 years ago on September 7. His remains went missing for decades – until two metal detectorists stumbled across parts of the aircraft wreckage at Blackacre in Theydon Bois, Essex, while looking for Roman coins. Benzie, from Winnipeg, was born on March 14 1915 and educated at St John’s Technical School. He served in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry for three years prior to joining the RAF on a short service commission and came to England on March 16 1939 on the RMS Aurania. “He was trained by experienced instructors, men like John Betty, who had hundreds of hours in their logbook. “The training was thorough but, in the words of Tom Neil, his near contemporary at Montrose, still harked back to the last war. “He got his wings at Montrose in December 1939 and was commissioned as Pilot Officer. “After further training on Hurricanes he was posted to 242 Squadron at Church Fenton.” The squadron moved to France after the German invasion and he was shot down and baled out near Dunkirk on May 23. After recovering from his wounds, he re-joined the squadron on July 11, right at the start of the Battle of Britain, already a battle-scarred veteran. Benzie took off in Hurricane P2962 on September 7 and never returned from a combat over the Thames Estuary. He was reported missing “but believed to have lost his life”. A cable to his parents John and Agnes Benzie from Winnipeg on September 9 was confirmed by a letter written two days later. “An uncontrolled Hurricane which crashes into the ground from a great height makes a deep crater and at the time, investigating such crashes was not a high priority so Benzie was commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. “It was not until 1976 that an aircraft archaeology group found the wreck of a Hurricane and the remains of the pilot at a depth of 18 feet underground. “The location, Theydon Bois, Essex, fitted Benzie’s last known position.” “No conclusive evidence to identify the aircraft or the pilot could be found to meet their criteria,” “Almost certainly, they are the remains of Pilot Officer John Benzie. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 5." Hurricane P2962 failed to return after combat ober the Thames Estuary. Suspected crash site and remains found post war but not positively identified. Runnymede Age 25
44	Berkey	Edward Roy	Sergeant		Killed 1941-07-09 Age			R/57931		144Sqn (RAF)			Commemorated Dilsen Churchyard, Rear of church, middle left. Belgium.	Aircrew Deaths Database
45	Binning	R.D.	F/L				C	5740	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
46	Blair	Saxby Winburn Laurie	Leading Aircraftman		Killed 1941-06-16 Age 28			R/64875	Accounting	11SFTS (RCAF) Last Op - 11SFTS	Harvard Harvard 3821	X - 16 Jun 41 - 16 Jun 41 - Killed in a night flying accident -	Commemorated Inverness (St. Matthews) United Church Cemetery, Family Plot. Canada. Son of Winburn Laurie and Georgina Blair, of Inverness.	Aircrew Deaths Database
47	Blair	Herbert Douglas	Flying Officer		Killed 1943-12-05 Age 33			J/20044		423Sqn			Commemorated Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Plot 2. Grave 37. United Kingdom.	Aircrew Deaths Database
48	Blewett	J.	F/L				C	20294	CHP	RCAF	Church of England	Oct 44 -
49	Boone	A.A.	F/L				C	6722	CHP	RCAF	United Church	Oct 44 -
50	Bradley	James Reid	Flying Officer		Killed 1943-09-16 Age			J/10044		138Sqn (RAF)			Commemorated Randers North Cemetery, In Front Of Church. Denmark.	Aircrew Deaths Database