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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	Whittleston	Ronald Joffre	Pilot Officer	NZ/42513	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263	Age 28	New Zealand	Navigator	RNZAF	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Born on the 18th August 1915 in Alexandra. A machine attendant for Miranda Shell Lime Products Ltd. Enlisted in age RNZAF as an aircraft hand on the 30th May 1942. Embarked for Canada on the 10th November 1942 and re-mustered as an air observer. Air navigator badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 16th April 1943. Embarked for England on the 23rd June 1943. With 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit on the 30th December 1943 after training with 11 Operational Training Unit. Joined 199 squadron on the 18th March 1944. Commissioned on the 24th April 1944. A total of 333 flying hours logged and on his 05th operational sortie. The son of Arthur William (died 29th December 1961, age 78) and Grace Whittleston (née Mitchellhil - died 02nd July 1950, age 69). Husband of Frances Hellena Bertha Whittleston (née Cornwall, later Davies - died 09th February 2005), of Frankton Junction, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report on this incident
2	Watts	John Martin	Sergeant	1874534	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 240	Age 19	British	Flight Engineer	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Son of John and Ethel Rosetta Watts, of Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
3	Swadling	Kenneth Matthew Francis	Flight Sergeant	1601396		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 222	Age?	British	Air Bomber	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Son of Frank and Louise Marie Swadling, of Wembley Hill, Middlesex, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
4	Lofthouse	Frank	Flight Sergeant	1064629		Runnymede Memorial. Panel 214.	Age 23	British	Specialist Operator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Son of Albert and Miriam Lofthouse, of Lupset, Yorkshire, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
5	Latimer	William McCreadie	Sergeant	1570743	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 233	Age 19	British	Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Son of George C. and Mary Latimer, of Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland	Read Archive Report on this incident
6	Higginbottom	John Critchley	Sergeant	1805365	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 231	Age 21	British	Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS		Missing - believed killed	Son of John Elliott Higginbottom and Lilian Jessie Higginbottom, of Streatham Hill, London, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident
7	Dale	Thomas Wilson	Pilot Officer	NZ/428085	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263	Age 23	New Zealand	Pilot	RNZAF	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Born on the 12th May 1919 in Wellington. Educated at Wellington College and Victoria University. A clerk for the Public Trust Office in Wellington, Enlisted on the 11th July in New Plymouth as an aircraft hand. re-mustered as a as a pilot under training 27th July 1942. With No. 1 Service Flying Training School 16th October 1942. Pilot badge awarded on the 29th December 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 06th March 1943. Embarked for England on the 06th April 1943. With 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit on the 30th December 1943 after training with 11 Operational Training Unit. Joined 199 squadron on the 18th March 1944. Commissioned on the 24th April 1944. A total of 484 flying hours logged and on his 05th operational sortie. The son of James Murray Dale (died 25th April 1965, age 79) and Maude Mary Dale (née Ring - died 15th August 1975, age 93), of Wellington. Dale's brother, James Atkinson Dale, born on the 05th Jan 1917 died a little over two months later, on the 25th August, while flying with 75 (NZ) Squadron.	Read Archive Report on this incident
8	Brittain	Francis Charles	Warrant Officer	1272180	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 213	Age 21	British	W/Op/Air Gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	199Sqn	1944-06-16	Stirling	III	LJ531	EX-N	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	2219	BS	See archive report for further details and photographs	Missing - believed killed	Son of Charles Frederick and Hazel Margaret Brittain, of Kilburn, Middlesex, England.	Read Archive Report on this incident

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