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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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2851 | Munro | John Leslie | Pilot Officer | NZ/413942 | Age 23 | New Zealand | Pilot | See notes for later awards | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 29 OTU | 1942-09-13 | Wellington | IC | R1459 | NT/TF-? | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland | 2347 | Bremen | See archive report for further brief details | Safe | None - survived the war | Born on the 05th April 1919 Retired From the RNZAF in February 1946 with the CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC. Later the Legion of Honour and Justice of the Peace. Passed away on the 04th August 2015, age 96. The last Dambuster pilot | ||||||
2852 | Munro | John Leslie | Flight Lieutenant | 1919-04-05 Gisborne | New Zealand | Pilot | Companion New Zealand Order of Merit DSO Queen's Service Order DFC Legion d'honneur | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 617Sqn | 1943-06-06 | Lancaster | III | EE145 | KC-T | Scampton | 1525 | Training | Undercarriage collapsed on return to base | Survived war. Died 2015-08-04 | Les Munro in his Lanc Les Munro interview | ||||||||
2853 | Munro | L W | Flight Lieutenant | MiD | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 83Sqn | 1944-01-01 | Lancaster | III | JB114 | OL-Q | Wyton | .0003. | Berlin | Crashed at Zehrensdorf | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery | |||||||||||
2854 | Munro | Lindsay Will | Pilot Officer | NZ/40776 | Age 28 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | 23 Operational Training Unit | 1942-04-27 | Wellington | Ic | R1618 | BY-? | RAF Defford, Worcestershire | 55 | Training | See archive report for further details | Injured | Killed on the 3rd January 1944 - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 8.Z.22. | courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection: | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2855 | Munro | C | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-23 | Stirling | III | EE938 | AA-X | Mepal | 2037 | Berlin | Crashed at Mahlsdorf | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
2856 | Munro | John Leslie | Flight Lieutenant | 1919-04-05 Gisborne | New Zealand | Pilot | Companion New Zealand Order of Merit DSO Queen's Service Order DFC Legion d'honneur | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 617Sqn | 1943-05-16 | Lancaster | III | Scampton | Operation Chastise | Survived war. Died 2015-08-04 | Les Munro HM King George Guy Gibson: 1943-05-27 | Operation Chastise: The legendary ‘Dambusters Operation’ of RAF 617 Squadron flew from RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, in 1943 and successfully used “bouncing bombs” to attack German dams. On the night of 16 May 1943, 19 bombers left RAF Scampton near Lincoln in three waves.
The first headed to the Mohne and the Eder Dams, the second and third to the Sorpe Dam.
Out of the 133 crew that set off, only 77 returned, including Sqn Ldr Munro, who made it home after flak destroyed the internal and external communications in his Lancaster bomber over the Netherlands
He had been briefed to attack the Sorpe Dam by releasing the bomb from the lowest possible height, while flying at 180 mph (290 km/h) The Sorpe Dam was damaged but the Mohne and Eder Dams were destroyed, flooding the Ruhr valley. Les Munro in his Lanc | |||||||||||
2857 | Munro | Eric Thomson | Pilot Officer | NZ/426107 | Age 31 | New Zealand | Pilot (U/T) | RNZAF | Training Command | 1 Service Flying Training School (ATS) | 1943-09-29 | Oxford | II | NZ1363 | 3 | RNZAF Wigram, New Zealand | 2310 | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs | Killed | Christchurch Cemetery (Bromley). Grave 23. 1F. Also remembered on family grave in Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga. | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 12th July 1912 in Auckland. Educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. Enlisted at Whenuapai as aircraft hand on the 30th May 1942. With 30 Conversion Training Unit in October 1942 and commissioned on the 06th January 1943. With Initial Training Wing as a pilot under training on the 01st April 1943. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 29th May 1943. Involved in a landing accident on the 17th June 1943 but no injuries. With 1 Service Flying Training School on the 24th July 1943. Pilot bade awarded on the 28th September 1943.
Son of John Alexander (died 17th September 1947, age 74) and Hannah Leys Munro (née Thomson - died 28th January 1958), of 25 Marlborough Street, Mount Albert. Husband of Mary Gwendoline Munro (née Stokes) and father of 1 daughter, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. | ||||||
2858 | Murdoch | B N | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 104Sqn | 1941-12-07 | Wellington | II | Z8426 | EP-E | Driffield | 2005 | Dunkerque | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
2859 | Murdoch | Graham Edward | Pilot Officer | NZ/411927 | 1916 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-06-08 | Wellington | III | Z1573 | AA-T | Fletwell | Essen | Claim by Oblt Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein E./NJG2 - Crashed into the Krabbenkreek between St. Philipsland and the Anna Jacobapolder (Zeeland), 20km North West of Bergen-Op-Zoom at 0230 | Killed | Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Plot 20 Row A Grave 7 | Son of Arthur Opua Murdoch and of Louisa Murdoch (nee Strickland), of Wellington City, New Zealand | |||||||||
2860 | Murdoch | James Bruce | Sergeant | NZ/414326 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 466Sqn RAAF | 1943-02-06 | Wellington | X | HE393 | HD-? | RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire | 1637 | Gardening | Crashed at base on return | Safe | | Born on the 27th November 1918 at Invergargill, New Zealand and enlisted for RNZAF service in July 1941, after training in New Zealand he was posted to UK in early 1942. He was posted to 466 Squadron during November 1942 and then to 196 Squadron at Leconfield on 26th April 1943. Three days later he was piloting a Wellington that made a heavy landing and the tail wheel was torn off. He received a commission in October 1944 and with war over he relinquished his commisison in June 1947. He later qualified for his Royal Aero Club certificate in February 1948. | ||||||||
2861 | Murdoch | T T | Warrant Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-10-21 | Lancaster | I | HK596 | AA-O | Mepal | 1112 | Walcheren | Crashed target area | Killed | ||||||||||||||
2862 | Murphy | J W | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 158Sqn | 1942-09-16 | Halifax | II | W1222 | NP-S | East Moor | 2048 | Essen | Crashed between Bosinghoven and Ossum | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2863 | Murphy | T A | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-02-03 | Stirling | I | BK604 | AA-S | Newmarket | 1823 | Hamburg | Crashed SW of Almelo Holland | Killed | Wierden General Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2864 | Murphy | J W N | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-18 | Lancaster | I | LL921 | AA-E | Mepal | 2246 | Aulnoye | Crashed at Harveng {Hainant} | Evader | |||||||||||||
2865 | Murphy | T R | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-10-10 | Wellington | Ic | Z8909 | AA- | Feltwell | Koln | Crashed near Koln | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
2866 | Murphy | M J | Warrant Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 83Sqn | 1943-11-26 | Lancaster | III | JA686 | OL-K | Wyton | Ground | Exploded at Dispersal Point | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
2867 | Murphy | James Edward | AC.1 | NZ/401325 | Age 31 | New Zealand | PX | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 2Sqn (RNZAF) | 1941-04-02 | Vincent | NZ357 | - | Nelson, New Zealand | 1500 | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs | Killed | Nelson Cemetery. (Wakapuaka). Grave 5.48 | Born on the 23rd January 1910 at Napier. Educated at Naier Technical College. An electrical engineer for Napier Borough Counci. Enlisted at levin on the 17th May 1940 Joined 2 squadron as wireless electrical mechanic on the 01st January 1941. Son of James and Margaret Murphy and husband of Elizabeth Winifred Mary Murphy (née Briscoe - later Tilly), of Hataitai, Wellington. | ||||||||
2868 | Murray | H J | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-04-18 | Stirling | III | EH955 | AA-K | Mepal | 2041 | Gardening | Crashed Jenning Denmark | Killed | Jenning Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2869 | Murray | Thomas Donald Gordon | Flying Officer | NZ/404925 | Age 29 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 489Sqn RNZAF | 1942-09-14 | Hampden | TB I | AD795 | XA-K | RAF Skitten, Caithness, Scotland | 1735 | U-Boat search | See archive report for brief details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 114 | Image - courtesy Auckland (New Zealand) Library | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2870 | Murray | Thomas Beeby | Sergeant | NZ/431091 | Born on the 17th April 1924 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Far East | 2Sqn RNZAF | 1944-01-17 | Ventura | PV-I | NZ4520 | 5533 | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | 1445 | Ferry Flight | see archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Bourail Memorial. Panel 8. | Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire | Son of William Michael and Gwendolyn Annie Murray, of Uruti Taranaki, New Zealand. A student prior to service | ||||||
2871 | Murrell | Mons Edwin | Flying Officer | NZ/39774 | Pilot | DFC | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 77Sqn | 1944-12-12 | Halifax | III | MZ470 | KN-F | RAF Full Sutton, Yorkshire | 1625 | Essen | See archive report for full details | Survived | None - known to have survived the war - Passed away 1985 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
2872 | Musselwhite | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-10-21 | Wellington | Ic | R3158 | AA- | Mildenhall | Eindhoven | Crash landed Manston Kent. | |||||||||||||||||
2873 | Mutton | W G | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 27 OTU | 1942-04-27 | Wellington | IC | Z8901 | ?-V | Lichfield | 2241 | Nickel | Crashed at Sautour Belgium | Killed | Charleroi Communal Belgium | ||||||||||||
2874 | Mutton | Fernleigh William | Flight Sergeant | 1187659 | 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 | Sage War Cemetery. Grave 1. F. 13 | 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. | |||||||
2875 | Myers | J W A | Flight Lieutenant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-18 | Lancaster | I | LL921 | AA-E | Mepal | 2246 | Aulnoye | Crashed at Harveng {Hainant} | Killed | Chievres Communal Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2876 | Myhill | W R | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-10-24 | Stirling | III | EF142 | AA-C | Mepal | 1744 | Gardening | Overshot on return | Killed | Acle (St Edmund) NFK | |||||||||||||
2877 | Nairn | Ronald Charles Cecil | W/Cmdr | NZ/42499 | AFC DFM | RNZAF | 14Sqn (RNZAF | Vampire | NZ5725 | Training | Mid-air collision | Safe - baled out | Born 15th November 1922 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Enlisted 11th January 1942. To the reserves 28th October 1845. Rejoined 03rd February 1947 until 01st September 1961. To the reserves until 11th January 1967 | Some details and photographs her: | |||||||||||||||
2878 | Nairne | Colin George | Flight Sergeant | 42117 | New Zealander | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 1657HCU | 1944-04-18 | Stirling | III | EJ108 | W | RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire | 22:35 | Training | See Archive report for details | Survived / KiA 30 July 1944 | 75 Sqn, Lancaster I, HK558 | Archive Report | ||||||||
2879 | Nairne | Colin George | Pilot Officer | NZ/42117 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-07-30 | Lancaster | I | HK558 | AA-D | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire | 610 | Amaye | See Archive report for details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263. | Courtesy AWMM
| Son of William Joseph (died 29th June 1956, age 67) and Alice Elizabeth Nairne (nee Crowe - died 17th February 1960, age 70), husband of Betty Olive (nee Hollis - later Render - died 11th November 1985, age 62), of Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. | ||||||
2880 | Naismith | W F M | Flight Lieutenant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-11-20 | Lancaster | III | PB520 | AA-G | Mepal | 1255 | Homberg | PoW | ||||||||||||||
2881 | Naismith | W F M | Flight Lieutenant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-09-17 | Lancaster | III | PB430 | AA-P | Mepal | 1005 | Boulogne | |||||||||||||||
2882 | Nash | C G | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-08-25 | Lancaster | I | LL866 | AA-S | Mepal | 2023 | Russelsheim | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
2883 | Nation | John Ross | Sergeant | NZ/40945 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Observer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-07-03 | Wellington | Ic | W5621 | AA-E | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2308 | Essen | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 64 | Born on the 03rd October 1918 at Hastings. A shepherd working on his fathers farm prior to enlisting on the 09th April 1940. Son of Esdaile Chilcott Nation and Mavis Nation (née Mchardy), of Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 284 flying hours logged and completed 18 operational sorties. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
2884 | Nation | T | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-31 | Stirling | III | EF491 | AA-O | Mepal | 2025 | Berlin | Crash landed at Coltishall Norfolk on return | |||||||||||||||
2885 | Natta | Basil Matthew Cameron | Pilot Officer | NZ/422308 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 19Sqn | 1945-05-04 | Mustang | IVa | KH674 | QV-? | RAF Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | Escort | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 285 | courtesy Auckland Memorial | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2886 | Naylor | J H | Flying Officer | NZ41311 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 35Sqn (Madras Presidency) | 1943-03-27 | Halifax | II | W7907 | TL-M | Graveley | 1950 | Berlin | Crashed near Habinchhorst | Killed | Becklingen War Cemetery | |||||||||||
2887 | Neal | Bruce | Flying Officer | NZ/411771 | Air/Gnr Instructor | RNZAF | Training Command | 1483 Gunnery Flight (3 Group) | 1943-03-30 | Wellington | III | Z1747 | Not issued | RAF Marham, Norfolk | 1000 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Marham Cemetery. War Graves Plot. Grave 38 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
2888 | Neave | W R R | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 61Sqn | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster | I | LL777 | QR-S | Skellingthorpe | 1716 | Giessen | Crash landed in Belgium | PoW | |||||||||||||
2889 | Necklen | Eric Kingsley | Flight Lieutenant | NZ/40422 | Age 24 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 197Sqn | 1944-11-21 | Typhoon | Ib | MN752 | OV-D | B.70 Deurne, Belgium | 1355 | Interdiction - Amersfoort | See archive report for further details | Killed | Schoonselhof Cemetery Grave: I.A.10 | Read Archive Report | |||||||
2890 | Neighbour | Cyril John | Sergeant | NZ/402238 | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 54 Operational Training Unit | 1941-07-18 | Blenheim | IF | K7090 | Not known | RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire | 435 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Kirkby Wharfe Churchyard Extension (St. John The Baptist). Row C. Grave 2 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
2891 | Neill | Laurence Henry | Sergeant | 1461821 | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-03 | Ventura | I | AE916 | EG-C | Methwold | 1643 | Ramrod 16 | Attacked by German fighters and badly damaged. Returned to base. | Safe and uninjured | Read Archive Report | ||||||||||
2892 | Neilson | K A | Flight Lieutenant | NZ411092 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 214Sqn | 1943-06-25 | Stirling | III | BK767 | BU-L | Chedburgh | 2348 | Gelsenkirchen | Crashed at Aalten Holland | PoW | ||||||||||||
2893 | Neilson | K M | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 620Sqn | 1943-07-29 | Stirling | I | EF336 | QS-D | Chedburgh | 2317 | Training | Crashed on take off | ||||||||||||||
2894 | Neilson | K McG | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 622Sqn | 1944-02-15 | Lancaster | I | W4268 | GI-A | Mildenhall | 1735 | Berlin | Crashed at Neu Gaarz | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2895 | Nelson | M K | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn | 1941-11-30 | Whitley | V | Z9166 | ZA-O | Leeming | 1648 | Emden | Presumed lost over sea | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
2896 | Nelson | J E | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 103Sqn | 1943-09-05 | Lancaster | III | LM343 | PM-F | Elsham Wolds | 1956 | Mannheim | Abandoned vicinity of Cherbourg | PoW | |||||||||||||
2897 | Nelson | George | Sergeant | 412476 | Age 21 | New Zealander | Observer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 115Sqn | 1942-10-02 | Wellington | III | BK271 | KO-A | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk | 1845 | Krefeld | See archive report for further details | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 8 Row E Joint Grave 7-8 | Courtesy AWMM
| Born on the 20th May 1921 at Christchurch. Prior to service worked as an apprentice fitter and Turner for NZR Workshops. Enlisted on the 13th April 1941 at Levin. Son of James and Margaret Baird Nelson (née Baird), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 222 flying hours logged and on his first operational sortie. | ||||||
2898 | Nelson | R H | Pilot Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 214Sqn | 1943-09-22 | Stirling | I | EF393 | BU-R | Chedburgh | 1910 | Hannover | Crashed NW Suburbs of city | Killed | Hannover War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
2899 | Nelson | John William Thomas | LAC | NZ/414663 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | No. 2 SFTS | 1942-01-23 | Harvard | II | NZ957 | - | RNZAF Woodbourne | 1540 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Napier (Old) Cemetery, Napier. SW Block S, Grave 1088 | Born on the 07th April 1921 at Napier. A clerk for National Bank of New Zealand. Served 10 months in territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 16th August 1941. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 27th September 1941. No. 2 Service Flying Training School 09th December 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 05th January 1942.
Son of Horatio (died 16th February 1925, age 36) and Isabella Marie Nelson (née Nelson - died 31st December 1975, age 88), of Napier, Hawke's Bay. New Zealand. Epitaph (on family grave): 'He died in the path of duty'/ A total of 74 flying hours logged with 54 solo on the Harvard. | |||||||
2900 | Nevill | William Eric | Sergeant | 631165 | W/Op/Air/Gunner | RAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1940-07-25 | Wellington | Ic | R3235 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 2122 | Kassel | See archive report for further details | Killed | Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Holland. Plot 69. Row A. Grave 15 | Read Archive Report |
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