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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.

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Thanks to Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain for supplementary data and images (marked with a chequerboard device) related to the Polish Air Force, and many images courtesy of our respected colleagues Wojtek Matusiak and Robert Gretzyngier. Other images from our own archives.
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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Cubitt	John Charles	Sergeant	550237		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 81	Age 24	UK	Pilot	RAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Born in Tavistock in 1918 . Son of John Charles and Emily May Cubitt and husband of Agnes Elizabeth Cubitt, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.	Archive Report
2	Flower	William Harvey	Sergeant	NZ/412472	Courtesy AWMM	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 117	Age 22	New Zealand	Navigator	RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Born on the 05th January 1920 at Auckland. Worked as an exchange clerk for P and T Department at Matamata. Enlisted at Levin on the 13th April 1941. Son of Leonard and Constance Ruby Irene Flower (née Mincher), of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand. 75 flying hours logged an on his first operational sortie.	Archive Report
3	Mutton	Fernleigh William	Flight Sergeant	1187659		Sage War Cemetery. Grave 1. F. 13	Age 28	New Zealand	Air Gunner (Inst)	RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Son of Shedwell H. E. and Lily Mutton, of Princetown, Devon. Grave inscription: 'Not Just Today But Every Day In Silence We Remember. Mum, Dad And Family'. Escaped with slight injuries whilst with 54 OTU on the 13th March 1941 after Blenheim L6835 crashed near Ulleskelf. The pilot P/O. Matthew Gorden Calvert 60065 RAF also escaped, he survived the war nd retired as a Fl/Lt on the 190th January 1949.	Archive Report
4	Parish	Richard John	Sergeant	NZ/41546	Courtesy AWMM	Becklingen War Cemetery. Grave 27. A. 10.	Age 23	New Zealand	Observer	RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Born on the 15th June 1919 at Pahiatua. Prior to service worked as a cheesemaker for R. Jobin prior to enlisting on the 18th January 1941 at Levin. Son of William Parish and of Agnes Rebecca Parish (née Bambry), of Hukanui, Wellington, New Zealand. 230 flying hours logged an on his first operational sortie.	Archive Report
5	Wilton	Stanley Lyell	Sergeant	NZ/403631		Sage War Cemetery. Grave 1. F. 13	Age 32	New Zealand	W/Op/Air/Gnr	RNZAF	Bomber Command	11 OTU	1942-06-25	Wellington	IC	DV778	KJ-A	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire	2314	Bremen	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Born on the 05th January 1910 at Levin. A farmhand for D. Morrison prior to service. Enlisted 28th September 1940 at Levin. Son of Percival Harold and Fanny Witter Wilton née Partridge), of Wellington City, New Zealand. 107 flying hours logged an on his first operational sortie.	Archive Report

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