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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.Photo (Click to Expand)CommemoratedBornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateReferring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 SumptonJohn EmmanuelPilot OfficerJ/15454Runnymede Memorial Panel 101.3 December 1917CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Age 24 Paradie Archive Database Son of William and Nellie Sumpton, of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
2 SmithHarrySergeant625189
Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Row A Grave 191920Air Gunner1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45RAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.KilledSon of Harry and Emily Harriet Smith, of North Ormesby, Yorkshire; husband of Grace Smith, of North Ormesby.

initially flying Whitleys. His first operational sortie was a Nickel raid on Emden on 26 January 1942 in a Whitely bomber. The Squadron did not carry out operations in February and March, but resumed operations in April having converted from Whitleys to Halifaxes. He took part in the first Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne on 30-31 May 1942, and the second Thousand Bomber Raid on Essen on 1-2 June 1942. Smith was killed in action when Halifax W7651, piloted by Warrant Officer W. R. Davies, was shot down by a night fighter piloted by Oblt. Wilhelm Dormann and exploded in mid air over the hamlet of Radewijk, 6km east of Hardenberg, whilst returning from a raid on Essen on 16-17 June 1942. All the crew were killed. Smith is buried in Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery, Overijssel, Holland. His medals were sent to his widow, Grace Smith.5 Peaton Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
3 PeeblesFrancis Garfield Flight SergeantR/59671Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Row A Grave 1730 May 1920CanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Paradie Archive Database Son of Mathew G. and Grace Peebles, of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
4 LloydEdward FrederickPilot Officer106141Runnymede Memorial Panel 701917NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Son of Charles Thomas Lloyd and Florence Margaret Lloyd; husband of Annie Helena Lloyd, of Reedham, Norfolk

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormannk
5 JacksonErnestSergeant976486Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Row A Grave 18.1920Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Son of Ernest and Edna Jackson, of Droylsden, Lancashire

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
6 HanlonDanielSergeant948761Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Row A Grave 20.1920Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Son of John and Margaret O'Hare Hanlon, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
7 DuncanIanSergeant986460Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.1919Bomb AimerRAFVRBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of Hardenberg.Killed Son of James Richardson Duncan and Isabel Duncan, of Hull

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann
8 DaviesWilliam RobertWarrant Officer Class 2R/78493Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery Row A Grave 16.25 December 1916CanadianPilot (Skipper)RCAFBomber Command102Sqn (Ceylon)
1942-06-16HalifaxIIW7651DY-MTopcliffe2304EssenClaim by Oblt Wilhelm Dormann 8/NJG1 - Radewijk 8km SE of Hardenberg (4A) at 0300 hours. Aircraft exploded over the hamlet of Radewijk (Overijssel) 6km East of HardenbergKilled Paradie Archive Database Son of William John and Annie Davies, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; husband of Marion Elsa Davies, of Peterborough.

AttackerOblt Wilhelm Dormann

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