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#	Name* SORT (↓)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↓)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Coles	Thomas Edward	Sergeant	NZ/40161	Courtesy AWMM	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 16.F.11	Age 28	New Zealand	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF 11 OTU	1942-09-06 - 1942-28-06	Wellington	III - IC	BJ765 - X3173	AA-L KY-M	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk - RAF Bassingbourn	0105 - 0410	Duisburg - Training	See archive report for further details	Killed - survived earlier incident	Born on the 09th July 1914 at Wellington. Worked as a warehouseman for Joseh Lucas at Auckland. Enlisted on the 12th January 1940. Initial training at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 01st March 1940. Embarked for Canada on the 18th June 1941. Awarded air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant 16th March 1942. Embarked for England on the 01st April 1942. After serving with various units joined 11 Operational Training Unit on the 28th April 1942. Slightly injured in aircraft crash when Wellington IC X3173 stalled and came down near Ashwell, Hertfordshire on the 29th June 1942 (3 crew killed). Joined 75 squadron on the 12th August 1942. Son of Thomas (died 22nd April 1961, age 85) and Margaret Ann Joseph Coles (née De Freitas - died 25th May 1955 - both buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson), of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 66 flying hours logged and on his 02nd operational sortie.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
2	De Freitas	Wilfrid Albert Antony	Wing Commander	33163		Egypt, Alamein Memorial, Column 239.	Age 26			DFC	RAF		70Sqn	1941-12-20									Killed	Son Of Dr. Q. B.De Freitas, M.B.E., And Hermine De Freitas, Of Georgetown, British Guiana.
3	De Freitas	Henry Anselm	Flight Sergeant	1393818		United Kingdom, Perth (Wellshill) Cemetery, Sec. O. Jeanfield Div. Grave 15.	Age 26				RAFVR			1943-05-05									Killed
4	de Freitas	C L	Sergeant									Bomber Command	214Sqn	1942-07-26	Stirling	I	W7560	BU-C	Stradishall	2237	Hamburg	Crashed at Westerdeichstrich	PoW
5	De Freitas	Henry Anselm	Flight Sergeant	1393818	Courtesy Marcel Rosvelds	Perth Cemetery (Jeanfield And Wellshill). Sec. O. Jeanfield Div. Grave 15	Age 26	Trinidad	Pilot	AFM	RAFVR	Fighter Command,	59 Operational Training Unit. 9 Group	1943-05-05	Hawker Hurricane	I	AG111	-	RAF Milfield, Northumberland	1500	Training	Mid air collision with Spitfire IIA P7902	Killed	Born on the 21st April 1917 in Trinidad, West Indies. Before the outbreak of war, qualified as a mining engineer. Son of Henry Alexander MBE (died 09th October 1964, age 92 - a former mayor of Port of Spain, Trinidad) and Jessemina Emelda de Freitas (died 20th August 1958, age 63) and husband of Helen Janice Couoar de Freitas (nee Begg - later Eckel - died 23rd January 1998, age 73), of Perth. B.Sc. Father of Jaqueline de Freitas and Anselm de Freitas. Grave inscription: 'In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband, Killed In Flying Accident'.	Read Archive Report