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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	Baird	William John	Sergeant	551811		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 39	Age 20	UK	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk	2220	Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Son of David and Georgina Baird, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.	Archive Report
2	Dacre	Desmond Aubrey	Sergeant	NZ/391327	Courtesy AWMM	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 63	Age 26	New Zealand	Observer	RNZAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk	2220	Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Born on the 11th March 1915 at Auckland. Worked as a clerk for W.R. Fletcher Ltd at Wellington prior to service. Enlisted 25th November 1939 at Levin. Trained at No. 1 Air Observer School. Awarded observers badge on the 08th April 1940 and promoted to sergeant. Joined 218 squadron on the 10th February 1941. Embarked for England on the 26th April 1940. Son of Ranulph George (died 31st October1950 age 76) and Eileen Alice Dacre (nee Harper, died 29th December 1956 age 73), brother of Ranulph Marwell Dacre (died 31st October 1950 age 76) and Joan Marwell Dacre (died 21st December 1934 age 29 following surgery) of Windmill Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. 398 flying hours logged and on his 22nd operational sortie.	Archive Report
3	Donald	John Abbott	Sergeant	1257597		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 42	Age ?		Air/Bmr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk	2220	Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	No further details, are you able to assist?	Archive Report
4	Fraser	Mason John	Sergeant	NZ/40224	Courtesy Courtesy AWMM	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 64	Age 23	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk		Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	orn on the 27th December 1917 at Feilding. Worked as a clerk for Levin and Company of Wanganui prior to service. A RNZAF reserve pilot where he had flown 19 hours. Enlisted in the RNZAF at Levin on the 15th January 1940. Trained at No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School. Pilots badge awarded on the 10th June 1940 and promoted to sergeant on the 27th July 1940. Embarked for England on the 11th August 1940. Joined 218 squadron on the 10th February 1941. Son of Donald William and Marion Beasley Fraser (nee Gould) of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 427 flying hours logged and on his 22nd operational sortie. Highly commended whilst flying as second pilot, for a wheels up landing on return from an operation to Hamburg on the 13/14th March 1941. The captain of the aircraft was wounded and the aircraft had been seriously damaged during the operation	Archive Report
5	Harrison	Dennis Higham	Sergeant	975057		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 44	Age 29	UK	Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk		Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Son of John and Elsie Harrison, of Eccles, Lancashire, England.	Archive Report
6	Hutchinson	Harry	Sergeant	938149		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 45	Age ?	UK	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1941-06-20	Wellington	Ic	R1713	HA-V	RAF Marham, Norfolk		Kiel	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	No further details, are you able to assist?	Archive Report

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