MALTA,
WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2024
| BACKWAY |
William
Sidney |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1587191, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE951, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Torre Annunziata near Pompeii, Italy (the aircraft was on loan
from 150 Squadron) 29 August 1943. Aged 19. Native of Bideford.
Son of Reginald John and Olive May Backway, of Bideford, Devon.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BADGER |
Reginald
Milburn |
Sergeant
1590469, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF420, when his
aircraft was ditched in the sea 14 miles north-east of Pescara
in bad weather during a Special Operation, supply dropping operation
to Verona, 10 November 1944. Aged 21. Native of of North Shields,
Northumberland. Son of Mark Smith Badger and Florence Mary Badger,
of North Shields, Northumberland. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BADMAN |
Richard
Francis |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1376196, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number EV812,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea just off the Italian coast
during a raid on Plovdiv, Bulgaria, believed to have been returning
with a technical problem, 19 March 1944. Aged 30. Native of Street,
Somerset. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Badman; husband of Gladys
Irene Badman, of Street, Somerset. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BAGG |
Matthew
Edward |
Lieutenant
206359V, 24 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cuticchi, Sicily
in a Douglas Boston III, serial number HK888, when his aircraft was shot
down by flak during a raid on San Lucio, two of the crew survived,
26 September 1943. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| BAILEY |
Frederick
William |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 171024, 18 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV,
serial number BZ508, when his aircrfat is believed to have been
shot down into the sea by flak east of Venice during an attack
on a bridge at Latisana 31 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Halmer
End, Staffordshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bailey, of Halmer End,
Staffordshire; husband of A. R. Bailey, of Halmer End. Panel 13,
Column 1. |
| BAILEY |
Graham
George |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 83987, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number BD835,
when hsi aircraft crashed into the sea when intercepting enemy
torpedo bombers which were attacking Naval Force K near Malta,
probably hit by return fire, 9 November 1941. Aged 25. Native
of of Henleaze, Gloucestershire. Son of Sydney and Alice Maud
Bailey, of Henleaze, Gloucestershire. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BAILEY |
Peter
George Featherstone |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206552V, 4 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Trigno,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, when his engine was damaged by flak when
attacking a target at Metkovic, Yugoslavia, ditched in the Adriatic
near Lastovo, 14 November 1943. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| BAILEY |
Raymond |
Sergeant
1616827, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK354, when his aircraft
was shot down by flak over Trieste 6 March 1945. Aged 22. Native
of Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire. Son of Edgar L. and Maud Bailey,
of Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| BAILEY |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 527173, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP124, when his aircraft was lost
without trace during a convoy escort in the Western Mediterranean
3 November 1942. Aged 26. Native of of Blackpool, Lancashire.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Bailey, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband
of Hilda Bailey, of Blackpool. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BAILY |
Lionel
Edward John |
Sergeant
1287305, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston III (Intruder), serial number Z2246, when his
aircraft was lost during a night intruder sortie 22 May 1944.
Aged 21. Native of Finchley, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Baily; nephew of Miss V. M. Baily, of Finchley, Middlesex.
Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BAIN |
Thomas
Neil |
Flight
Sergeant (air Gunner) R/105334, 18 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Grombalia, Tunisia, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number AL492. when
his aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 during a raid
on gun emplacements at Karuscia on the island of Pantellaria 6
June 1943. Aged 22. Native of of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son
of Thomas Bain, and of Jessie Bain, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BAINES |
Alexander
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1192584, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reyville, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA331,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak during a raid on Trapani
airfield, Sicily, the navigator/bomber survived and was captured,
9 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon. Son
of Richard Warne Baines and Daisy Blanche Baines, of Milehouse,
Plymouth. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BAIN-MARAIS |
Colin
Theodore |
Lieutenant
(Pilot)n 103726V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Alghero,
Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT827, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping sweep off the
Italian coast 1 September 1944. Aged 22. Native of Chichester,
Sussex. Son of Colin T. Bain-Marais, and of Annie Bain-Marais,
of Chichester, Sussex, England. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| BAIRD |
James
Franklin |
Flying
Officer 137418, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Reghaia, Algeria, 26 August 1944. Native of Hastings, Sussex.
Son of Herbert Franklin Baird and Eugenie Virginie Baird, of Hastings,
Sussex. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| BAIRD |
Norman |
Warrant
Officer 1365343, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT893, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a sea patrol 23 July
1944. Aged 33. Native of Dundee, Angus. Son of Sjt. Norman Baird,
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), killed in action 9th May
1915, and Bridget Baird; husband of Agnes Baird, of Dundee. Panel
13. Column 2. |
| BAIRD |
Ronald
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Observer) 962502, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z9578, when his aircraft was lost
without trace during a raid on shipping in Tripoli Harbour, Libya,
9 July 1941. Aged 20. Native of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Son of
Frank Ernest Baird, and of Jessie Lilian Baird, of Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| BAKER |
Charles
Grindle |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 412185, 18 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Grombalia, Tunisia, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number AL751, when
his aircraft was shot down into the sea off the southern coast
of Sicily during a night raid on Comiso airfield, Sicily, 8 July
1943. Aged 28. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Native of Brooklyn, Wellington City, New Zealand. Son of Fredrick
Harland Baker and Alma Gertrude Baker, of Brooklyn, Wellington,
New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| BAKER |
Frederick
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Special Operations) 1295239, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number
HZ536, when his aircraft was lost over the sea due to engine failure
during a strike support sortie carrying flares to illuminate shipping,
three of the crew survived and were captured, 24 June 1943. Native
of Birchington, Kent. Son of Frederick Richard and Edith R. Baker,
of Birchington, Kent. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BAKER |
Sydney
Robert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 616021, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7652, when his aircraft was lost
without trace during an anti-shipping patrol between Malta and
the Cape Bon-Kerkennah Island area of Tunisia 7 January 1942.
Native of Stoke Gabriel, Devon. Husband of Olive Louisa Baker,
of Stoke Gabriel, Devon. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BALDERSTON |
John
Percival Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/133749, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MS496, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 30 June 1943. Aged 20. Native of Kindersley, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BALE |
Leslie
Arthur |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 82166, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8031,
when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s into the sea during
a strafing attack on an enemy airfield at El Aouina, Tunisia,
14 November 1942. Aged 29. Native of Reading, Berkshire. Son of
Alderman William Henry Bale, J.P., and Mabel Ada Bale, of Caversham,
Reading, Berkshire. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| BALL |
William
Leonard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 156301, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE756,
when his aircraft was beleived to have been shot down over the
target when dropping marker flares during a raid on Syracuse,
Sicily, 10 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Bedminster, Bristol.
Son of William and Ada Ball, of Bedminster, Bristol. Panel 6,
Column 2. |
| BAMFORD |
Richmond
Dean |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 413012, 36 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number MP809,
when his aircraft was hit by flak during an attack on U-boat U-343
off the coast of Algeria during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
and forced to ditch, four crew survived, 8 January 1944. Aged
26. Native of of Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Harry
Dean Bamford, and of Jean Aitken Bamford (nee Richmond), of Green
Lane, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| BANKS |
Ronald
James |
Flight
Sergeant 1321327, 219 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Sidi Amor, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number V8843,
when his aircraft collided with Wellington JA137 of 142 Squadron
off Bizerte, Tunisia during a night interception exercise with
another 219 Squadron Beaufighter 1 December 1943. Aged 21. Native
of Westwood, Margate, Kent. Son of James John and Emily Banks,
of Westwood, Margate. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BANNER |
Walter
Reginald |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1866392, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF238,
when his aircraft was lost near the target during a raid on Portoferraio
on the Isle of Elba, Italy, two of the crew survived and were
rescued, 13 May 1944. Aged 19. Native of Birmingham. Son of Walter
Henry and Leah Miranda Banner, of Birmingham. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| BANTON |
Dick
Meldrum Alfred |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 127256, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
DF709, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Trapani, Sicily, 15 May 1943. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| BARBER |
Clive
Jarvis |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 132589, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, serial number HJ766, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during an intruder sortie
to enemy airfields in support of the Allied landings at Salerno
10 September 1943. Aged 21. Native of Purley, Surrey. Son of Walter
Ernest and Nora Ellen Barber, of Purley, Surrey. Panel 6, Column
1. |
| BARBER |
Eric
Spencer |
Sergeant
1033697, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by firnedly fire flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number EB145,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Husky,
believed to have been shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire,
14 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Audenshaw, Lancashire. Son of
Arthur Albert and Ruth Barber, of Audenshaw, Lancashire. Panel
8. Column 1. |
| BARDSLEY |
Harold |
Flying
Officer 120246, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
AH559, his aircaft stalled and crashed in Gibraltar Bay when taking
off in heavy seas in the dark for a convoy escort sortie, two
of the crew survived, 4 November 1942. Aged 30. Native of of Flixton,
Lancashire. Son of Henry and Edith Bardsley, of Flixton, Lancashire.
Panel 2, Column 2. |
| BARKER |
Gerald
Louis |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/20378, 458 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number
HZ594, when his aircraft was shot down by flak just off the coast
near Bastia, Corsica during a shipping reconnaissance off the western coasts
of Sardinia and Corsica 22 July 1943. Aged 26. Native of of Niagara
Falls, New York State, U.S.A. Son of Henry E and Mary Barker;
husband of Shirley O. Barker of Niagara Falls, New York State,
U.S.A. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BARKER |
John
Samuel |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 626234, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Alghero,
Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number LZ488, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea off Port-Vendres, Frence during
a strafing run on a boat 6 April 1944. Aged 25. Native of Scotstoun,
Glasgow. Son of Herbert and Mary Barker; husband of Jean Barker,
of Scotstoun, Glasgow. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BARKER |
Marcus
Edgar |
Flight
Sergeant 1282833, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX398, when
his aircraft was lost during a signals intelligence sortie to
the Punta Stilo area of the extreme southern coast of Italy 2
February 1943. Aged 26. Son of Albert Edgar and Alice Hilton Barker,
of Worthing, Sussex. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BARLOW |
Leslie
George |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 80276, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR231,
when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea off Malta
when intercepting an enemy fighter sweep over the island 8 June
1942. Aged 27. Native of South Africa. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| BARLOW |
Reginald
Newman |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) R/100983, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF461, when
his aircraft was lost during a raid on San Giovanni, Italy, 24
July 1943. Aged 24. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of
Charles Barlow, and of Maria Barlow, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BARNES |
William
Trevor |
Sergeant
1077966, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst,
Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, seriaql number DV974, when his aircraft
flew into the water during when attempting to overshoot from a
night landing at Bathurst and somersaulted, seven of the crew
survived, 1 October 1943. Aged 22. Native of Garstang, Lancashire.
Son of William Henry and Frances Helen Barnes, of Garstang, Preston,
Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BARNWELL |
David
Usher |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 61052, 607 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number Z3512,
when his aircraft was believed to have been shot down by an Italian
AF MC202 during a dawn interception over Malta 14 October 1941.
Aged 19. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native
of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Son of Frank Sowter Barnwell and Marjorie
Barnwell, of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. His brothers Richard Antony
and John Sandes Barnwell also died on service. Panel 1, Column
1. |
| BARRETT |
Francis
John |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 151845, 213 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Biferno, Italy, in a North American Mustang IVA, serial number KH869,
when his aircraft was shot down by a Croatian AF Bf109 near Zagreb
during an armed reconnaissance sortie to the Zagreb-Okucani area of Yugoslavia
23 April 1945. Aged 22. Native of Croydon, Surrey. Son of Walter
Stanley Barrett and Annie Barrett, of Croydon, Surrey. Panel 18,
Column 1. |
| BARRISKILL |
William
John |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1126133, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE613,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Cape
Palmi, Italy about 20 miles northeast of Messina, Sicily 8 August
1943. Native of of Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. Son
of David and Charlotte Barriskill, of Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern
Ireland. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BARRS |
Ronald
Osborne |
Sergeant
1813030, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Celone,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number BZ309, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a night interdiction sortie 17 March
1944. Aged 19. Native of Kentish Town, London. Son of William
Osborne Barrs and Edith Hilda Barrs, of Kentish Town, London.
Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BARTKIEWICZ |
Francis |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/8430, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1451, when his aircraft crashed
into the sea due to an engine failure soon after taking off from
Gibraltar on a night transit flight to the United Kingdom 21 November
1942. Aged 20. Native of Beamsville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Stanley
and Josephine Bartkiewicz, of Beamsville, Ontario, Canada. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| BARTLEY |
Joseph |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 548743, 18 Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim V, serial number
BA988, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night
intruder sortie against vehicle traffic on the road from Sousse
to Tunis 19 January 1943. Aged 27. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Medal (D.F.M.). Native of Longford, Irish Republic. Son of Hugh
and Mary Bartley, of Longford, Irish Republic. Panel 7, Column
1. |
| BASSETT |
Francis
Bernard |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 41982, 152 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Maison
Blanche, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire when his aircraft was shot down
over the sea, baled out and seen in a dinghy but not recovered
14 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of Wembley Park, Middlesex.
Son of James Patrick and Anne Bassett, of Wembley Park, Middlesex.
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| BATCHELOR |
Harold
Bernard |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) 759009, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number BJ427,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie
over the sea to the southeast of Messina, Sicily, 24 November
1941. Aged 32. Native of Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Panel 1, Column
1. See also Stevenage,
Hertfordshire War Memorial |
| BATEMAN |
Harry
Norman |
Sergeant
657523, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, 14 April 1943. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BATES |
Derek
Jones |
Flight
Sergeant 1684954, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ460, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea off Falconara when returning
from a night intruder sortie 21 February 1945. Aged 23. Native
of Hale, Cheshire. Son of Henry Walter and Lilian Scandrett Bates,
of Hale, Cheshire. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| BATES |
Kenneth
Templeton |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 946569, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII,
serial number HX677, when his aircraft was lost during a shipping
search off the west coast of Italy (possibly shot down during
an attack on a convoy) 27 April 1943. Aged 26. Native of Crumpsall,
Manchester. Son of Henry Samuel Bates, and of Selina Beatrice
Bates, of Crumpsall, Manchester. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BAXTER |
John
Samuel |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1682577, LST 305, 15076 Air Ministry Experimental Station
(A.M.E.S.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in transit at sea when he was lost in the
landing ship LST 305 which was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230 off
Anzio, Italy, 20 February 1944. Aged 21. Native of Barnstone,
Nottinghamshire. Son of Samuel and Fanny Baxter, of Barnstone,
Nottinghamshire. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| BAXTER |
Robert
Leroy |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/116804, 48 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number EW897,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea west of the Straits of
Gibraltar 21 January 1944. Aged 23. Native of Wilton Grove, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Frank and Mabel Baxter, of Wilton Grove, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| BEALE |
Harold
Frid |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/14816, 179 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number
MP722, when his aircraft was lost without trace west of Cape St
Vincent during Anti-Submarine Warfare over the Bay of Biscay,
possibly shot down by flak from the U-boat U-667, 25 September
1943. Aged 20. Native of of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of
Frederick William and Alice Marjorie Beale, of Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BEALE |
Heathcote
Huia Butler |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) NZ41465, 37 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN853, when
his aircraft was shot down by a Bf110 night fighter near Duna
Pentele, Hungary during a raid on Budapest on 3 August 1944 and
died in a German hospital 8 April 1944. Aged 27. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Native of of Te Puia Springs, Auckland,
New Zealand. Son of Arthur Merritt Beale, and of Ema R. Beale,
of Te Puia Springs, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| BEANS |
George |
Sergeant
1207244, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly fire flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number EB145,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Husky,
believed to have been shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire,
14 July 1943. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BEARD |
Harold |
Flight
Sergeant 1398508, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed as a passenger flying
out of Ein Shemer, Palestine, in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number
PD383, when the aircraft he was in was lost without trace during
a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route from
Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November
1945. Aged 22. Native of Gillingham, Kent. Son of William Alfred
and Minnie Ellen Beard, of Gillingham, Kent. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| BEATTIE |
Alexander
Campbell |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 176888, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number ND293,
when his aircracft was lost without trace during an intruder sortie
to the Aghero-Istres area 10 July 1944. Native of both Dundee,
Angus, and Elson, Hampshire. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BEAUMONT |
Thomas
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 516439, 277 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying from H.M.S.
Eagle in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR313, when
his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 between Pantelleria and
Gozo during a delivery flight from the aircraft carrier H.M.S.
Eagle to Malta 3 June 1942. Aged 27. Native of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
Son of Thomas Beaumont, and of C. M. Beaumont, of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
Panel 3, Column 1. See also Soham,
Cambridgeshire. |
| BEAVEN |
Douglas
Albert |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1396630, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF476,when
his aicraft was lost without trace during a raid on the Xenia
oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, believed to have crashed northeast
of Lake Scutari 19 August 1944. Aged 20. Native of Folkestone,
Kent. Son of Charles Frederick and Kathleen Beaven, of Folkestone.
Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BEBINGTON |
John
Harry Samuel |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) 81384, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number X9765, when
he drowned when ditching due to an engine failure during a raid
on Naples, three of the crew survived, 12 November 1941. Aged
30. Native of Langdon Hills, Essex. Son of Harry Egerton Bebington
and Emily Beatrice Bebington, of Langdon Hills, Essex. His brother
Ernest Egerton Bebington also fell. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BEHAN |
William
John Thomas |
Corporal
534795, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea aboard the
aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious which was damaged during an
enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January
1941. Aged 25. Native of of Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Irish Republic.
Son of William and Evelyn Behan, of Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Irish
Republic. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| BELEC |
Jerome
Gerard |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1333383, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number EF607,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak during a strafing sortie
against military vehicles on roads leading to Tirana, Albania,
6 April 1944. Born 16 September 1922, unmarried in 1939 when he
was a Wage Clerk, son of Napoleon Alphonse and Ivy Beatrice Bellec;
brother of Jean R Bellec; residemt Horndon Priory, Oxford Road,
Horndon On The Hill, Thurrock U.D., Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BELECKY |
John
Anthony |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/11650, 608 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK711, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during an Anit-Submarine Warfare
sortie 12 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of London, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BELL |
Andrew |
Corporal
1785099, 36 Personnel Transit Centre, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
as a passenger out of Waterloo, Sierra Leone, in an Avro Lancaster I,
serial number PD383, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route
from Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November
1945. Aged 28. Native of Carntyne, Glasgow. Son of Robert Alexander
Bell and Margaret Bell, of Carntyne, Glasgow. Panel 19, Column
1. |
| BELL |
Angus
Douglas |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 47840, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HF834, when his aircraft was
lost during a raid on Bizerte docks, one of the crew survived
and was captured, 7 December 1942. Aged 22. Hative of Haddington,
East Lothian. Son of Archibald Dalgleish Bell, and of Isabella
Logan Bell, of Haddington, East Lothian. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| BELL |
John |
Sergeant
(Wireless Opeator) 657296, 104 Squadron attached from 40 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC,
serial number HD955, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Sfax, Tunisia 31 December 1942. Native of Kelso,
Roxburghshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BELLERBY |
Arthur
Lawrence |
[Lawrence
spelt Laurence in some records] Sergeant (Pilot) 1219827, 81
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tingley, Algeria,
in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number EN289, when his aircraft was
shot down by a FW190 near the target during an escort for USAAF
B-25s on a raid on Mateur southwest of Bizerte, Tunisia, 3 March
1943. Native of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire. Born 27 October
1921, unmarried in 1939 Register when he was a Labourer Paint
Process Worker, son of Arthur and Charlotte A Bellerby, resident
10, Lanark Street, Kingston Upon Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull C.B.,
Yorkshire (East Riding). Panel 8, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
BELLERBY
Arthur Lawrence of 50 Barrington-avenue Chanterlands-avenue
Kingston-upon-Hull died 3 March 1943 on war
service Administration York 21 March to Arthur
Bellerby cement tester. Effects £212 1s. 2d.
Revoked 7 September 1949.
Further grant 22 June 1950.
|
| BELLINGHAM |
Adam
Sidney |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/8657, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF461, when his aircraft
was lost during a raid on San Giovanni, Italy, 24 July 1943. Aged
28. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Adam S. and Margaret
Pearl Bellingham; husband of Jona I. Bellingham, of Fairbury,
Nebraska, U.S.A. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BENDALL |
Jack |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 745763, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number P4840, when
he fkew into the mast of a schooner when attacking enemy ships
off Tripoli, Libya, 17 September 1941. Native of Kelvedon, Essex.
Son of Albert George and Florence Elizabeth Bendall, of Kelvedon,
Essex. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BENDWIG |
Richard
Alanson |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/10157, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of
service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Bristol Beaufort, when he was shot down during a transit flight
from Malta to Egypt on behalf of 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery
Unit (O.A.D.U.) 25 October 1942. Native of Newark, New Jersey,
U.S.A. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| BENN |
Harland
Trevor |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) 542859V, 34 Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number EW207,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on the
Verona marshalling yards in northern Italy between 2 March 1945
and 3 March 1945. Aged 20. Native of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province,
South Africa. Son of Max and Sadie Benn, of Port Elizabeth, Cape
Province, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| BENNETT |
Arthur
Godfrey |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 412861, 200 Squadron,
Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
in action flying out of Yundum, Gambia, in a Consolidated Liberator GRV, serial
number BZ832, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire during
a successful attack on the U-boat U-468 about 240 miles southwest
of Dakar, Senegal, 11 August 1943. Aged 29. Native of of Lower
Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of John Arthur and Miriam May
Bennett, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column
2. |
| BENNETT |
Douglas
Gordon |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 50288, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Fermo,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
24 July 1944. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Hoylake,
Chshire, son of James and Edith J Bennett, resident 24, Promenade,
Hoylake, Hoylake cum West Kirby, Cheshire. Panel 13, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
BENNETT
Douglas Gordon of Red Rocks Stanley-road Hoylake Cheshire
died 24 July 1944 on war service Probate Liverpool
20 August to James Bennett company director. Effects £6408
3s. 1d.
|
| BENNETT |
Gordon
Henry |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1217083, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ174,
when his aircraft was shot down into the sea between Palau and
La Maddalena, Sardinia during a raid on Olcia 3 July 1943. Aged
27. Son of Mrs. C. Bennett, of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex; husband
of Rita M. Bennett, of Clacton-on-Sea. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BENNING |
Forbes
Govan |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/95874, 179 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
BB513, when his aircraft was lost during a ferry flight from Gibraltar
to Lyneham 19 November 1943. Aged 24. Native of of Kemptville,
Ontario, Canada. Son of James and Isobel Benning, of Kemptville,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BENTHAM |
Daniel
Gerald |
Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) 114206, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK371,
when his aircraft was lost without trace over the Tyrrhenian Sea
during a reconnaissance sortie 25 April 1943. Aged 33. Native of Liverpool.
Son of William Knight Bentham and Mary Ann Bentham; husband of
Alice Bentham, of Liverpool. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| BENTLEY |
Alwyn |
Sergeant
945463, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of LG 89,
Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8712, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping patrol
off Sicily 9 May 1942. Aged 28. Native of Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Son of Arthur Bentley, and of Sarah Bentley, of Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Panel 3, Column 2. See also Alfreton,
Derbyshire |
| BERKELEY-HILL |
Owen
William Hugh |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 66583, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR324, when he was shot
down by a Bf109 into the sea off Malta when intercepting an enemy
air raid by Ju88s on Ta Kali airfield 12 July 1942. Aged 22. Son
of Lt.-Col. Owen Alfred Rowland Berkeley-Hill (formerly of The
Indian Medical Service), and Kay Berkeley-Hill. Panel 2, Column
2. |
| BERTRAN |
Ross
Herbert |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) J/6396, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out 2of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX398, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a signals intelligence sortie to
the Punta Stilo area of the extreme southern coast of Italy February
1943. Aged 25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Native of of Chippawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of Howard and Esther
Bertran, of Chippawa, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BERVEN |
Bruce
Martin |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/106299, 40 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF534,
17 September 1943. Aged 25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
(D.F.M.). Native of of Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of
Samson and Martha Berven, of Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| BETTRIDGE |
Austin
Victor James |
Pilot
Officer 49029, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson III, serial number AE591, when his aircraft was shot down
by return fire during an attack on the U-boat U-565 south of the
Balearic islands 1 November 1942. Aged 22. In the 1921 census
he was aged 1, born Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, son of Rhoda
Bettridge, visiting James and Elizabeth Bettridge at Kingham,
Bledington, Gloucestershire. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| BETTRIDGE |
Frank |
Sergeant
1379755, 283 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tingley,
Algeria, in a Walruss II, serial number W2734, when his aircraft
was lost 53 miles east of Bone airfield, Algeria after sustaining
damage in rough seas when rescuing a USAAF P-38 pilot 27 May 1943.
Aged 21. Native of of Salford, Lancashire. Son of Frank Edwin
and Ann Bettridge, of Salford, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BEWICK |
John
Winship |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 124853, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Hurn,
Dorset, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number DK131, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during the return flight to the UK after
having ferried a glider to North Africa for Operation Husky 19
July 1943. Aged 29. Native of of North Shields, Northumberland.
Son of Sjt. John Winship Bewick, Royal Field Artillery, killed
in action 12 August 1917, and Lily Bewick, of North Shields, Northumberland.
Panel 6, Column 1. |
| BEZUIDENHOUT |
Mathys
Marthinus |
Warrant
Officer Class I 580230V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Marauder II, serial number FB471, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak at Pontelagascuro north of Ferrara
during a raid on a bridge over the River Po, two of the crew survived
and were captured, 14 August 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| BIDGOOD |
Maurice
Alfred |
Sergeant
1319447, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA189, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
21 July 1943. Aged 30. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Ernest
Albert Bidgood, and of Aurelia Margaret Bidgood, of Eastcote,
Ruislip, Middlesex. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BIGNELL |
Peter
Gorbell |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 424549, 32 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Canne, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP343, when his
aircraft ceashed during an attack on enemy MT vehicles on a road
near Uzice during a sweep in the Sjenica-Ivanjica-Pozega area
of Yugoslavia 31 August 1944. Aged 24. Native of of Turakina,
Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Cecil George and Mary Balfour
Bignell, of Turakina, Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 17, Column
2. |
| BILES-BARFORD |
Maurice
Wildred |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1351246, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No. 2, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
JA137, when his aircraft collided with a Beaufighter V8843 of
219 Squadron off Bizerte, Tunisia, during a Nickel leaflet raid
over enemy territory in Italy 1 December 1943. Aged 23. Narive
of Shaftesbury, Dorset. Son of John Barford, and of Gertrude Mary
Barford, of Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BILLETT |
James
Ford |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1051615, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7796, when his
aircraft was presumed to have been shot down by a Bf109 during
an anti-shipping patrol 26 December 1941. Aged 22. Native of Drymen,
Stirlingshire. Son of Albert and Marion Billett; nephew of Mr.
D. McEwan, of Drymen, Stirlingshire. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| BILLING |
Ralph
Wesley |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/117706, 608 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number
AM735, when his aircfrat ditched during a ferry flight, the rest
of the crew survived, 5 June 1943. Aged 19. Native of Sherbrooke,
Quebec, Canada. Son of T. A. Wesley Billing and Thelma E. Billing,
of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BILLOWS |
Ralph
Bernard Beresford |
Warrant
Officer (Air Gunner) 744968, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number JM710,
when the aircraft stalled and crashed when turning to land at
Bathurst after a night patrol off the Cape Verde Islands 22 September
1943. Aged 23. Native of Shirley Warren, Southampton, Hampshire.
Son of Bernard Beresford Billows and Hannah Lily Billows, of Shirley
Warren, Southampton. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BINKS |
Ronald
Douglas |
Sergeant
1578540, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, when the aicraft was lost without
trace during a raid on Torre Annunziata southeast of Naples 31
August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Son
of Douglas Valentine and Sarah Ellen Binks, of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BINNIE |
James |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1028032, 150 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HF535, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on enemy troops on the beaches at Messina 7 August
1943. Native of Murton, Durham. Son of James and Isabella Binnie,
of Murton, Co. Durham. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BIRCH |
Paul |
Warrant
Officer 1060465, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on Torre Annunziata southeast
of Naples 31 August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Son of John and Violet Birch, of Sheffield. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BIRD |
Montague
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1583189, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT827, when his aircraft was lost without
trace during a shipping sweep off the Italian coast 1 September
1944. Aged 20. Native of Warstock, Warwickshire. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Henry Bird, of Warstock, Birmingham. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| BISHOP |
Arthur
Henry |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1666924, 50 E.U., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died while with North Africa
Command 16 July 1943. Aged 42. Born 23 June 1901. Native of of
Slough, Buckinghamshire. Son of Henry and Clara Ellen Bishop,
of Slough, Buckinghamshire. In 1939 he was unmarried, a Stores
Manager (Provisions), resident with his widowed mother, Clara
E Bishop, at 9 Mildenhall Road, Slough, Slough M.B., Buckinghamshire.
Panel 9, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
BISHOP Arthur Henry of 6 Mildenhall-road Slough
Buckinghamshire died on or since 16 July 1943
on war service Administration Llandudno 22
June to Clara Ellen Bishop widow. Effects £446 8s. 6d.
|
| BISHOP |
Colin
Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant 1266395, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Sidi Amor, Tunisia, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP553,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during an operational
sortie 27 November 1943. Aged 27. Native of Pencombe, Herefordshire.
Son of Albert Ernest and Elsie Bishop; husband of Marian Bishop,
of Pencombe, Herefordshire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BISHOP |
George
Stanley |
Pilot
Officer 119751, 1443 (Ferry Training) Flight, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of North Front, Gibraltar, in a Vickers Wellington IC,
serial number T2545, when his aircraft was shot down by Free French
Air Force fighters off Rabat, Morocco, during a ferry flight from
Bathurst to Gibraltar, three of the crew survived 28 August 1942.
Aged 26. Native of Mill Hill, Middlesex. Son of William Bishop,
and of Ethel May Bishop, of Mill Hill, Middlesex. Panel 3, Column
1. |
| BISHOP |
Peter
Frank |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1316336, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX,
serial number JM382, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
during an attack on merchant ships off the Rhone delta 16 March
1944. Native of Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Son of Frank William
and Muriel Ethel Bishop, of Burton Bradstock, Dorsetshire. Panel
14, Column 1. See also Burton
Bradstock, Dorset |
| BLACK |
Andrew
Orman |
Flight
Lieutenant 130167, 293 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pomigliano, Italy, 25 September 1944. Aged 23. Native of Stretford,
Lancashire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Black, of Stretford, Lancashire.
Panel 13, Column 1. |
| BLACKBURN |
Adrian
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 403210, 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Medanine,
Tunisia, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk III,. serial number FL729, when his aircraft
stalled and crash landed at El Hamma causing the bombs to explode
due to engine failure during an armed reconnaissance 26 March 1943. Aged
27. Native of of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Michael
Adrian and Jessie Louise Blackburn; husband of Pattie Edith May
Blackburn, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column
1. |
| BLACKMORE |
William
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 590841, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Beaufort IIA, serial number DD928, when his aircraft was shot
down by flak during a torpedo attack on an Italian convoy off
Cape San Vito, Sicily, the rest of the crew survived 12 March
1943. Aged 25. Native of Torquay, Devon. Son of Frank and Elizabeth
Mary Blackmore, of Torquay, Devon. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BLANCHARD |
Merton
Campbell |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/5534, 242 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, when his aircraft collided with a Hurricane
of 242 Squadron during an interception of an enemy air raid on
Malta, the other pilot survived (aircraft serial unconfirmed)
29 December 1941. Aged 32. Native of Lisbon, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Panel 2, Column 1. |
| BLAND |
Ralph
Miller |
Sergeant
903331, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX559, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during an anti-shipping sortie near Sardinia
10 November 1942. Native of Southampton., Hampshire. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Bland, of Southampton. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BLIGHT |
Norman
Eric |
Flying
Officer 138127, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN717,
when his aircraft was lost during a raid on Padua, Italy, 24 March
1944. Born 25 August 1917. In the 1939 Register he was a Policeman
loding at 39 Ashley Road, Bristol, Bristol C.B., Gloucestershire.
Panel 13, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
BLIGHT
Norman Eric of 20 West-street Okehampton Devonshire
died 24 March 1944 on war service Administration Exeter
16 October to Margaretta May Blight widow. Effects £440
18s. 7d.
Extract
from The Western Times published 9 February 1945, page
2:
DEATHS
BLIGHT.—F.
O. Norman E., second son of Mrs. and the late Arthur Blight,
of West St.. Okehampton, missing since March, 1944, now presumed
to have lost his life in operations over Italy.
Time heals, they say, the edge of, grief,
But memory turns back every leaf.
|
| BLOCH |
Leonard
Berthold |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Air Gunner) 208109V, 31 Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KH158,
when his aircraft was lost without trace in bad weather during
a sortie to drop supplies to partisans 12 miles northeast of Genoa,
northern Italy between 12 October 1944 and 13 October 1944. Aged
21. Native of Barkly East, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of
Daniel and Lena Bloch, of Barkly East, Cape Province, South Africa.
Panel 17, Column 2. |
| BLUNN |
Geoffrey
Boyd |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 113394, 243 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number EN148, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a patrol over Sicily
10 July 1943. Native of North Finchley, Middlesex. Son of Mr A.E.
Blunn, of North Finchley, London. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| BOARDMAN |
Hubert
Stanley |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 126590, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, when his aircraft
was lost over the sea between Sardinia and Italy during a night
fighter patrol 8 August 1944. Aged 28. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Prestwich, Lancashire. Son of
Hubert and Nellie Howard Boardman; husband of Hannah Bowman Boardman,
of Prestwich, Lancashire. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| BOBBY |
Frank
Edward |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 1183349, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Cheria, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial
number W5564, when his aircraft was hit by naval flak and later
ditched during a raid, drowned when the dinghy was lost, the pilot
survived and was rescued, 8 June 1943. Aged 29. Native of Wallington,
Surrey. Son of Edward and Eva Maud Bobby, of Wallington, Surrey.
Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BODGER |
Colin
Basil Lynch |
Flying
Officer 130573, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X 7 August 1943. Aged
21. Native of of Fleet, Hampshire. Son of Edward and Clara Bodger,
of Fleet, Hampshire. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| BODLEY |
Ronald
William Frederick |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1392669, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP464,
when his aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling
yards, Verona 12 October 1944. Aged 32. Native of of Sunbury-on-Thames,
Middlesex. Son of William Herbert and Gladys Elizabeth Bodley,
of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BOLD |
Peter
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1257611, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Shallufa, Egypt attached to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number Z8776, when his aircraft was shot down near
the target during a raid on Tripoli, Libya 23 September 1941.
Aged 26. Native of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Son of
Frederick J. Bold, and of Edith R. Bold, of Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. Panel 1, Column 2. See also Bexhill-on-Sea
|
| BOLT |
Henry
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant 1384123, 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas Dakota III, serial number KG752,
when his aircraft was probably shot down over the Drop Zone during
a Special Operations supply drop to Italian partisans in the Trieste
area 22 August 1944. Aged 32. Native of Highbury, London. Son
of Charles James Bolt and of Emma Amelia Bolt (nee Taylor), of
Highbury, London. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BOLTON |
Montague
Harry Slade |
Flight
Sergeant 565469, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR726. shen his aircraft was shot
down, possibly by Italian AF MC200s, during an attack on a convoy
southeast of Malta 26 June 1941. Native of Cosham, Hampshire.
Son of Harry and Ivy May Bolton, of Cosham, Hampshire. Panel 1,
Column 1. |
| BOND |
Ronald
Douglas |
Leading
Aircraftman 541180, (serving in H.M.S. Welshman)., Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when
he was lost on board the cruiser-minelayer HMS Welshman which
was sunk by the U-boat U-617 35 miles northeast of Tobruk, Libya,
1 February 1943. Aged 23. Native of Holt, Norfolk. Son of Bertie
Henry and Eunice May Bond, of Holt, Norfolk. Panel 9, Column 2.
See also Holt, Norfolk
and also Holt St
Andrews, Norfolk |
| BONNICK |
Richard
Albert |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 158149, 200 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Yundum, Gambia, in a Consolidated Liberator
GRV, serial number BZ832, when his aircraft was shot down by return
fire during a successful attack on the U-boat U-468 about 240
miles southwest of Dakar, Senegal 11 August 1943. Aged 27. Native
of Kingsbury, Middlesex. Son of Ernest and Jessie Bonnick, of
Kingsbury, Middlesex. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| BOOTH |
Alan |
Aircraftman
1st Class 1728879, 8002 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.),
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out 30 September 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Manchester. Son of Charles and Mary Booth, of Manchester. Panel
9, Column 2. |
| BOOTH |
Henry
Arnold |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 657949, 43 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Lago, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number JG936, when
his aircraft was hit by flak and ditched off the coast following
an attack on an ammunition dump north of Gaeta, found dead when
recovered and buried at sea 5 February 1944. Aged 26. Native of
Bramley, Yorkshire. Panel 14. Column 1. |
| BOOTH |
Leonard |
Sergeant
1060870, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number Z8469, when his aircraft
was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during a raid on La Goulette
and Tunis docks, the pilot survived and was captured, 17 December
1942. Aged 19. Native of Huyton, Lancsashire. Son of Ernest Edward
and Valerie Booth, of Huyton, Lancashire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BOOTHBY |
Cyril
Denys |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 126120, 1575 (Special Duties) Flight, 624
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria,
in a Lockheed Ventura II, serial number AE881, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a SOE Special Operations sortie to
Italy 10 September 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.) and Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Aged 23. Born
8 February 1920. In 1939 he was unmarried. resident with his
parents, John W and Alice S Boothby and his sister, Cybil C,
and brother, Norman J, resident 1 Greenhill Road, Leicester,
Leicester C.B., Leicestershire. Panel 6, Column 1.
Extract
from Leicester Daily Mercury, published 7 September
1944, page 6:
BOOTHBY.—
In fond and and loving remembrance of Flight-Lieut. Cyril Denys
Boothby. D.F.C., D.F.M., aged 23, missing Sept. 7. 1943 now
officially presumed killed in action. - From Father, Mother,
Brothers and Sisters.
|
| BORKETT |
Thomas
Robert |
Sergeant
1867158, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP502, when his aircraft
was lost during a raid on Udine, 18 November 1944. Aged 19. NAtive
of of Epsom Downs, Surrey. Son of Thomas James Borkett and Ethel
Nellie Borkett, of Epsom Downs, Surrey. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BOSCH |
Peter
Herman |
Captain
(Pilot) 102174V, 87 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Palermo, Sicily, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JK936,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea when returning from an
attack on Berat airfield 22 March 1944. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| BOTFIELD |
Edward
John |
Corporal
942608, 501 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed based at Dingli, Malta 4 April 1943. Aged 26. Native of
Selly Oak, Birmingham. Son of Charles and Laura Agnes Botfield,
of Selly Oak, Birmingham. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| BOTHA |
Christoffel
J |
Warrant
Officer Class I 206908V, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed while flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast
in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP595, when the aircraft crashed
into the sea during a practice flare drop and dummy attack while
on a naval co-operation exercise 16 October 1944. Aged 23. Resident
of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Zacharias A. and
Jacomina Botha, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17,
Column 2. |
| BOTHA |
C
M |
[Forenames
not known] Lieutenant 542549V, 26 Squadron, South African Air
Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed while flying out
of Takoradi, Gold Coast in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP595,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea during a practice flare
drop and dummy attack while on a naval co-operation exercise 16
October 1944. Aged 31. Son of Christian Mauritz Botha and Maria
Elizabeth Botha; husband of Enid Nichol Botha. Panel 17, Column
1. |
| BOTT |
Norman |
Flight
Sergeant 1816972, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ513, when
his aircraft was lost during a night intruder sortie 5 March 1945.
Aged 21. Native of Cossington, Leicestershire. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Bott, of Cossington, Leicestershire. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| BOUSFIELD |
James
William |
Sergeant
1611311, 162 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Benina,
Libya, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number DV931, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a signals intelligence sortie over
Sicily 18 May 1943. Aged 21. Son of James William and Anne Bousfield,
of Stepney, London. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BOUSTEAD |
Frederick
William |
Sergeant
1376603, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based out of Lyneham,
Wiltshire, part of Ferry Command, in a Consolidated Liberator CII, serial number
AL587. when his aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 into the Bay
of Biscay during a transit flight from Gibraltar to Lyneham, three
non-R.A.F. passengers also died, 23 March 1943. Aged 29. Son of
William and Alice Boustead; husband of Christine Louise Boustead.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BOWLER |
Frederick
Nelson |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 413733, 200 Squadron,
Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
in action flying out of Yundum, Gambia, in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial
number FH366. when his aircraft was lost without trace after taking
off from Port Etienne, French West Africa on an ASW escort for
a convoy 27 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Auckland City, New
Zealand. Son of Frederick William and Vita Bowler, of Auckland
City, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| BOWMAN |
Alan
Peter |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 407488, 114 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number
W8306, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night
shipping reconnaissance between Civitavecchia and Piombino 15 April 1944.
Aged 27. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Native of Meningie, South
Australia. Son of Alan Edmund and Maud Hamilton Bowman, of Meningie,
South Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| BOWSHER |
William
Henry John |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 405468, 52 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number
FA200, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance patrol of the Italian coast north of Citavecchia 5 August 1943.
Aged 31. Native of of Newton, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Henry
Thomas Bowsher and Nora Bowsher, of Newton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Panel 12, Column 2. |
| BOXALL |
Stanley
Edward |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1401208, 154 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Poretta, Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number
MJ689, when his aircraft spun into the sea off the island of Pianosa
southwest of Elba due to engine failure 12 June 1944. Aged 22.
Native of of Epsom, Surrey. Son of Stanley E. and Jeannette Boxall,
of Epsom, Surrey. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BOYCE |
Edward
Ernest |
Sergeant
1612738, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP662,
when his ircraft was lost during a shipping sweep between Genoa
and Viareggio 6 August 1944. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BOYD |
Bernard
Charles Louis |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 338360, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HF688,
when his aircraft was beleived to have crashed in the sea off
Scalea during a raid on the beaches at Sapri-Paola 20 August 1943.
Aged 29. Native of Dagenham, Essex. Son of Bernard Becker Boyd
and Louise Boyd, of Dagenham, Essex. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BOYD |
Daniel
David |
Sergeant
652467, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number LN431, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Messina, Sicily, 15 August 1943. Panel 8, Column
1. |
| BOYD |
Graham
Samuel |
Lieutenant
206077V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast
inn a Wellington XI, serial number HZ526, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a patrol off Takoradi, believed to have
been shot down by flak when attacking a U-boat 18 December 1943.
Aged 21. Native of Stanger, Natal, South Africa. Son of Graham
S. and Mavis Boyd, of Stanger, Natal, South Africa. Panel 12,
Column 1. |
| BOYD |
John |
Sergeant
1026149, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Cecina,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ490, when his aircraft
crashed into the sea off Piombino about 25 miles south of Cecina
25 August 1944. Aged 24. Native of Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Boyd; husband of Catherine Boyd, of Bridge
of Allan, Stirlingshire. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BOYNTON |
Thomas
Frank Patrick |
Sergeant
1377891, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Beaufort IIA, serial number DD892, when his aircraft
was lost during a Rover patrol searching for a convoy northwest
of Sicily, presumed to have been shot down by a fighter 11 April
1943. Aged 33. Native of Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Francis and
Blanche Boynton; husband of Mary Boynton, of Walthamstow, Essex.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRADBURN |
Henry
Keith |
Sergeant
2210368, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KL361 when his aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Novska about 50
miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 3 April 1945. Aged 39.
Native of Swinton, Lancashire. Son of Thomas Edward and Charlotte
Ann Bradburn; husband of Evelyn Anne Bradburn, of Swinton, Lancashire.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| BRADBURY |
Charles
Everitt |
Sergeant
1062441, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half
Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland II, serial number W6063, when his
aircraft casthed into the sea about 400 miles southwest of Freetown,
Sierra Leone, three of the crew survived, 31 March 1943. Aged
22. Native of Royton, Lancashire. Son of Albert and Edith Annie
Bradbury, of Royton, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRADBURY |
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant 577223, 490 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone,
in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP112, when his aircraft flew
into the flat calm water near Pepel in Freetown Harbour while
low flying during an air test, one of the crew survived, 18 November
1943. Aged 19. Native of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Son of
Bertram and Elsie Bradbury, of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| BRADLEY |
Basil
George Sheridan |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 411736, 608 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Bo
Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM710, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea 4 miles off the coast soon after
taking off from Bo Rizzo, Sicily on a night Anit-Submarine Warfare
patrol, possibly due to engine failure 14 September 1943. Aged
27. Native of of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Son of
George Sheridan Bradley and Agnes Bradley; husband of Densal Isobel
Bradley, of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column
1. |
| BRADLEY |
Howard
Eldon |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/119875, 458
Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada.
Killed in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP629, when his aircraft was shot down between
Palau, Sardinia, and La Maddalena Island, Corsica, during a sea
search over the Straits of Bonifacio 13 July 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of William B. and May
Bradley, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 10, Column
2. |
| BRADSHAW |
Geoffrey
Allen |
Flight
Sergeant 1318037, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tafaraoui, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson 3 September 1943. Aged 21.
Native of Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire. Son of Herbert Allen Bradshaw
and Agnes Elizabeth Bradshaw, of Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire.
Panel 7, Column 1. |
| BRAINE |
Hope |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 403211, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX600, when
his aircraft was presumed to have crashed into the sea about 60
miles east of Sardinia during a night convoy patrol 7 February
1943. Aged 28. Native of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son
of Major Horace Braine and Evelyn Braine; husband of Sylvia Law
Braine, of Cape Town, South Africa. World Professional Ice Skating
Champion 1936 and 1937. Panel 11, Column 1. See also St
Margaret's, Kent |
| BRAMLEY |
Enos
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1252138, 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of La Sebala II, Tunisia, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial numberHM135,
when his aircraft was lost without trace when returning to Malta
from a patrol 9 July 1943. Native of Charlton, London. Son of
Thomas and Jessie Victoria Bramley, of Charlton, London. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| BRANDON |
Harry
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1388140, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed flying out
of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number JA104, when
his aircraft was ditched in Pinarello Bay, Corsica, possibly due
to ice on the wings, during a flight from Bone to Corsica, three
of the crew survived, 13 February 1944. Aged 31. Native of Ealing,
Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Brandon, of Ealing, Middlesex.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BRANDT |
Sidney |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 40883, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number BD834, when his aircraft
was shot down by a Bf109 when intercepting an enemy attack on
a ferryboat in the Gozo Channel, Malta, 29 December 1941. Panel
1, Column 1. |
| BRAY |
Frederick
Peter William |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 591703, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Grottaglie,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number HZ883. when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a night armed shipping reconnaissance over
the northern Adriatic Sea 24 August 1944. Aged 22. Native of Boxford,
Suffolk. Son of Frederick Hubert and Ethel Constance Bray, of
Boxford, Suffolk. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BRAZIER |
Harold |
Aircraftman
1st Class 578066, 490 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed flying out of Jui, Sierra
Leone, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP112. when
the aircraft he was in flew into the flat calm water near Pepel
in Freetown Harbour while low flying during an air test, one of
the crew survived, 18 November 1943. Aged 19. Born 14 July 1923.
Native of Withernsea, Yorkshire. Son of Albert and Marion Brazier,
of Withernsea, Yorkshire. In 1939 he was at school, unmarried,
son of Albert and Marion Brazier, resident 56 Waxholme Road, Withernsea,
Withernsea U.D., Yorkshire (East Riding). Panel 9, Column 2. See
also Withernsea,
Yorkshire, Withernsea
St Matthew, Yorkshire and Withernsea
St Nicholas, Yorkshire |
| BREAKEY |
Andrew |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 109906, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim V, serial number BA800,
when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 near the target during
a raid on Robb airfield north of Chouigui, his aircraft had been
borrowed from 614 Squadron, 4 December 1942. Native of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, resident of the U.S.A. Panel 2, Column
1. |
| BRECHIN |
Manley
Lyall |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/20439, 458 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number
MP706, when his aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
search off Leghorn, Italy, 24 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of
of Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Lila Brechin, of
Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BREEZE |
John
Richardson |
Sergeant
1673329, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP131, when his
aircraft was lost during a mine laying sortie along the River
Danube between Groksi and Pancevo 2 July 1944. Aged 20. Native
of Sunderland, Durham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Breeze, of
Sunderland, Co. Durham. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BREHEM |
Anthony
Richard Peter |
Air
Mechanic (Armourer) 579687V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Accidentally drowned while on
leave at Sorrento 6 October 1944; based at Celone, Italy. Aged
17. Native of Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Anthony
R. P. and Wilhelmina T. Brehem, of Newlands, Cape Province, South
Africa. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| BRENNAN |
Charles
Arthur |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) C/1448, 544 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Benson,
Oxfordshire, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRIV, serial number BR666, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a photo reconnaissance sortie to
Casablanca and Marrakech, Morocco, 9 November 1942. Aged 26. Native
of of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Arthur
R. and Florence A. Brennan, of Summerside, Prince Edward Island,
Canada; brother of J R Brennan. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| BRENNAN |
Leonard
Reginald |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 413161, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Cheria,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number W5564, when his aircraft
was hit by naval flak and later ditched during a raid, drowned
when the dinghy was lost, the pilot survived and was rescued,
8 June 1943. Aged 32. Native of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Harold Richard and Elizabeth Cecilia Brennan, of Kogarah,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| BRENT |
Edgar
Frederick Goldie |
Radio
Officer (Wireless Operator), British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, in a BOAC Short S30, serial
number G-AFCZ, when his aircraft crashed at Bathurst during a
transit flight from Lagos to the United Kingdom with a stop at
Bathurst, nineteen passengers also died, 14 September 1942. Native
of Beckenham, Kent. Son of William and K. J. Brent; husband of
Aletta L. M. Brent, of Beckenham, Kent. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| BRIGGS |
George
Maxwell |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 408000, 601 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action by firnedly fire
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR282,
when his aicraft was beleived to have been shot down in error
by British AA fire into the sea off Grand Harbour, Valetta, during
a scramble 10 May 1942. Aged 21. Native of Launceston, Tasmania,
Australia. Son of Walter William Victor and Jeannie Stewart Briggs,
of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| BRIGHURST |
Archibald
William |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 658114, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number AD593, when his aircraft was shot
down by a fighter onto a beach at Cape Bianci 13 miles southeast
of Sciacca, Sicily during an anti-shipping strike northeast of
Ustica 28 April 1943. Aged 30. Born 2 August 1913. Attended Central
School For Boys, Margate, in 1924. on of Jane Brighurst, of 51,
Twoli Road, Margate. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRISTOW |
Kenneth
Frank |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 658662, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia,
in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE613, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a raid on Cape Palmi, Italy about 20
miles northeast of Messina, Sicily, 8 August 1943. Aged 25. Native
of Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Ernest and Susan Matilda Bristow,
of Walthamstow, Essex. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRITTON |
Ronald
David |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1078394, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number JM710,
when his aircraft stalled and crashed when turning to land at
Bathurst after a night patrol off the Cape Verde Islands 22 September
1943. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRODIE |
George
Stuart |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1577278, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
HZ474, when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Augusta, Sicily
when outbound on a raid on Catania, one of the crew survived,
4 July 1943. Native of Thurso, Caithness. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRODRICK |
Noel
George |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 415611, 37 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE898, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on Arezzo marshalling yards
about 25 miles northeast of Siena, Italy 27 January 1944. Aged
20. Native of Perth, Western Australia. Son of George Leslie and
Eileen Catherine Brodrick, of Perth, Western Australia. Panel
16, Column 2. |
| BRODZIAK |
Gordon
Ward |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 205396V, 608 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action by friendly
fire, flying out of Gibaraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM802,
when his aircraft was shot down in error by 4 Martlets of 893
Sqn from HMS Formidable off Algiers during an ASW patrol 11 November
1942. Aged 26. Native of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Son of Dr.
E. L. G. Brodziak, and of L. Mabel Brodziak, of Durban, Natal,
South Africa; husband of Vera Brodziak. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| BROOK |
Stanley
Joel |
Warrant
Officer Class II 542359V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Marauder II, serial number FB502, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak during a raid on Rimini, one of
the crew survived and was captured 4 September 1944. Aged 20.
Native of Greytown, Natal, South Africa. Son of Alf and Kate Brook,
of Greytown, Natal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| BROOKER |
Stanley
Frederick |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 107452, 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP976, when
his aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air aid on Malta's airfields 21 April 1942. Aged 25.
Native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Stanley Frederick
and Olivia Mary Brooker, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel
3, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Alexander |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 552771, 105 Squadron,
Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number
P4840, when his aircraft flew into a the mast of a schooner when
attacking enemy ships off Tripoli, Libya, 17 September 1941. Aged
19. Native of of Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Brown; nephew of Elizabeth V. Irving, of Creetown,
Kirkcudbrightshire. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Arthur |
Flying
Officer (Navigator/Bomber) J/9906, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE524,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 15 August 1943. Aged 27. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of John Brown, and of Margaret Brown, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Cedric
Tyson |
Sergeant
(Observer) 404197, 203 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of LG 101, Egypt,
in a Belnheim IV, serial number V6294, when his aircraft was lost
without trace during an anti-shipping patrol between Crete and
Libya 19 December 1941. Aged 20. Native of Townsville, Queensland,
Australia. Son of Cedric Tyson Brown and Gertrude Mary Brown,
of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Edward |
Sergeant
914755, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Lockheed Hudson IV, serial number FH426. when his aircraft was lost
during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol east of Gibraltar 27 December
1942. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BROWN |
Ernest
Logan |
Flight
Sergeant 1494454, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JP244, when
his aicraft crashed 25 miles north of Tirana after successfully
dropping supplies to a DZ in Albania during a Special Operation
sortie (wreck later found in 2014) 29 October 1944. Aged 27. Native
of of Levenshulme, Manchester. Adopted son of James Crosbie Logan
and Emma Logan; husband of Joan Rostron Brown, of Levenshulme,
Manchester. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Herbert
Stanley |
Captain
103259V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast
in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number HZ526, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a patrol off Takoradi, believed to have
been shot down by flak when attacking a U-boat 18 December 1943.
Aged 27. Native of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Son
of Frederick S. and Jessie F. Brown, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
South Africa. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Herbert
James |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) 328832V, 31 Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action
flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
EW105, when his aircraft was shot down by flak during a low-level
supply drop to the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising,
the rest of the crew survived, 17 August 1944. Aged 19. Native
of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of James and Edith
S. Brown, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column
2.
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| BROWN |
James
Hardie |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 43955, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Canne,
Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number KZ243, whe his aircraft
was shot down by flak during an attack on a Siebel ferry in Zavratnica
Bay near Jablanac, Croatia, 27 August 1944. Aged 27. Awarded the
Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Edinburgh. Son of Capt. James Hardie
Brown, M.C., The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in
action in France, 1918, and Lena Hardie Brown. B.A., Hons.(Cantab):
Pembroke College. Panel 12, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
BROWN
James Hardie D.S.O., D.F.C. of 14 Wester Coates-avenue Edinburgh
died 27 August 1944 on war service Confirmation of Lena Morrison
or Laing and Gavin Black Loudon Motherwell writer to the Signet.
Sealed London 24 October.
|
| BROWN |
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1565950, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Loreto, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JG928, when
his aircraft was damaged by flak during an attack on a bridge
near Rimini, baled out over the sea but snagged on the aircraft
1 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Edinburgh. Son of Archibald
Duncan Brown and Georgina Brown, of Edinburgh. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| BROWN |
John
Henry |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1107562, 179 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial
number HX690, when his aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol over the Western Mediterranean, possibly shot down
by return fire from an Italian submarine, 21 January 1943. Panel
8, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
John
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1314917, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number FK142, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance to the Cape
Corse area of Northern Corsica 1 February 1944. Native of Crewkerne,
Somerset. Son of Ernest James Brown and Olwen May Brown, of Crewkerne,
Somerset. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Kenneth
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant 745309, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM634,
when his aicraft was shot down in error by a FAA Fulmar during
a transit flight from Gibraltar to Malta 11 December 1941. Aged
23. Native of Derby. Son of Benjamin and Florence May Brown, of
Derby. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Nevil
Ward |
Sergeant
1397431, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Regina,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HF736, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on Smederevo about 25 miles
southeast of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 17 July 1944. Aged 22. Native
of Beckenham, Kent. Son of Thomas and Amy Caroline Brown, of Beckenham,
Kent. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BROWN |
Robert
Burns |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/22358, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MS496. when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 30 June 1943. Aged 28. Native of of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Peter L. and Marion Brown, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Wallis
Arrmit |
Flight
Lieutenant 61622, A Headquarters, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of West Africa 7 September 1942. Aged 27. Native of of Hythe,
Kent. Son of Arrmit Wallis Brown and Jane Camp Brown; husband
of Joyce Gwendolyn Brown, of Hythe, Kent. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
Walter
Forsyth Prins |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 552631, 38 Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Shallufa, Egypt but detailed to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number Z8776, when his aircraft was shot down near
the target during a raid on Tripoli, Libya, 23 September 1941.
Aged 19. Native of Edinburgh. Son of Andrew and Anne Brown, of
Edinburgh. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BROWN |
William
George Charles |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1447486, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when lost on
board the cruiser-minelayer H.M.S. Welshman which was sunk by
the U-boat U-617 35 miles northeast of Tobruk, Libya, 1 February
1943. Panel 9, Column 2. See also Melton,
Suffolk |
| BROWNE |
Derrick
Gordon |
Lieutenant
(Navigator/Bomber) 542649V, 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying
out of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW390, when
his aircraft was lost during an armed reconnaissance looking for enemy
MT vehicles between Bologna and the east coast of Italy between
24 August 1944 and 25 August 1944. Aged 20. Native of Germiston,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Gerald E. and Alfreda G. Browne,
of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| BRUCE |
Ian
Henderson |
Flight
Lieutenant 151290, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Amendola, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JP232, when
his aircraft was lost during a raid on Szombathely airfield, Hungary,
20 October 1944. Aged 27. Native of of Broughty Ferry, Angus.
Son of Helen P. Bruce, of Broughty Ferry, Angus. Panel 13, Column
1. |
| BRUCE |
John
Alexander |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 120415, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number EL299,
when his aircraft was lost off Malta 10 December 1942. Native
of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Son of David Marr Bruce and Cecilia Bruce,
of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Degree of Faculty of Engineering, Glasgow
University. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| BRUCE |
Norman |
Sergeant
(Pilot) NZ411854, 154 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country
of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Djedjelli,
Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, when his aircraft was shot down near
Djedjelli, Algeria when intercepting a raid on the airfield by
enemy aircraft 12 November 1942. Aged 28. Native of Rotorua, Bay
of Plenty, New Zealand. Son of Edward and Alice Ellen Bruce, of
Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Dorothy Bruce. Panel
5, Column 2. |
| BRUMHEAD |
Stanley |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1214024, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number EK580,
when his aircraft crashed on the approach at Bathurst in bad weather
when diverted from Jui returning from a convoy escort, 6 of the
crew survived 9 October 1944. Aged 24. Native of of Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Son of Walter Fredrick and Phoebe Ellen Brumhead, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Panel 13, Column 2. |
| BRUMMER |
Michiel
Johan Wichardt |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 328340V, 14 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Alghero, Sardinia, Italy in a Martin Marauder I, when his aircraft crashed
off Asinara Island off the northwest tip of Sardinia when returning
to Alghero 26 June 1944. Aged 28. Native of Vryheid, Natal, South
Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. W. Brummer, of Vryheid, Natal,
South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| BRYCE-JEFFERY |
Henry
Edmund |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 778889, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ghisonaccia, Corsica, France, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK133, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a sortie
between Marseilles and Genoa, 28 December 1943. Aged 23. Native
of Southern Rhodesia. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BRYSON |
Hugh
Ferguson |
 Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1315187, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number HZ874, when his aircraft ditched 30 miles east of Cape
Bon due to an engine fire during an ASW escort patrol for a
convoy, 4 of the crew survived 2 November 1943 [Headstone states
31 October 1943]. Aged 21. Born 3 December 1921. Native of Bixley,
Norfolk. Son of Robert and Jeannie Bryson, of Bixley, Norfolk,
brother of Mary and Margaret; his twin sister Mary died three
days after her birth. Panel 7, Column 1. See also Salehurst,
Sussex
| IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
HUGH F. BRYSON
PILOT R.A.F.
KILLED IN ACTION 31ST OCTOBER 1943
AGED 21
ALSO
MARY CRAIG BRYSON
TWIN SISTER OF HUGH
BORN 3RD DEC. 1921
DIED 6TH DEC. 1921
ROBERT BRYSON
1894 – 1986
AND
JEANIE HOUSTON
1892 - 1991
BELOVED PARENTS OF HUGH
MARY AND MARGARET |
|
| BUCK |
Douglas
William |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1254035, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V6060, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak from the Italian Navy torpedo ship
Centauro during an attack on a convoy in the Gulf of Sirte off
Libya 19 November 1941. Aged 20. Native of Fulham, London. Son
of May Violet Buck, of Fulham, London. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| BUCKMAN |
John
Arthur |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 422401, 70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Djedeida No1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN301,
when his aircraft was lost without trace when returning from a
raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November 1943. Aged 26.
Native of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Andrew
John and Ada Elizabeth Buckman; husband of Mona Gladys Buckman,
of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| BUCKSTONE |
John
Walter |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 79626, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP872,
when his aircraft was shot down into the sea south of Malta by
a Bf109 while providing cover for Spitfires flying in from the
aircraft carrier USS Wasp 9 May 1942. Aged 22. Native of of Slough,
Buckinghamshire. Son of Walter and Violet Mary Buckstone, of Slough,
Buckinghamshire; husband of Leonie F. Buckstone. Panel 2, Column
1. |
| BUDD |
Edward
John |
Flight
Sergeant 1673608, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Amendola, Italy, 7 March 1945. Aged 21. Mentioned in Despatches
(MiD). Aged 21. Native of of Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
Son of Evelyn Budd, of Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| BUDGE |
Herbert
Eric Victor |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 128476, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK159, when his aicraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie, believed to have been shot down by a fighter, 19 April
1944. Aged 23. Native of Hove, Sussex. Son of Herbert Henry and
Ellen Maria Budge, of Hove, Sussex. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| BULLEN |
Edwin
Gordon Kingsley |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/16376, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number X7778, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a night intruder sortie over Sicily
26 February 1943. Aged 22. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada. Son of Edwin Stanley Bullen and Beatrix Bullen, of West
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| BULLOCK |
Thomas
Carolus |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1379923, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK371,
when his aircraft was lost without trace over the Tyrrhenian Sea
during a reconnaissance sortie 25 April 1943. Native of Cheetham, Manchester.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bullock, of Cheetham, Manchester. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| BUNTINE |
Robert
Athol |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 403554, 1435 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP197, when his aircraft
was shot down in error by AA fire from HMS Dorset about 100 miles
west of Malta during a convoy escort for Operation Pedestal 13
August 1942. Aged 24. Native of of Crookwell, New South Wales,
Australia. Son of Athol Dowe and Christina McNab Buntine, of Crookwell,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| BURGESS |
Allison
Burnett |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/7497, 69 Squadron, Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, when his aircraft was lost without
trace during a reconnaissance sortie to the Punta Stilo area of Calabria,
Italy, 10 November 1942. Aged 19. Native of Port Credit, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| BURGESS |
Francis
George |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 151037, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, when his
aircraft was shot down in either NV142 or NV203 during an attack
on a barge near Sestri Levante, east of Genoa, 4 September 1944.
Aged 22. Native of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Son of Francis John and
Jessie Ann Burgess, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Panel 13, Column
1. |
| BURGESS |
Joseph
Thomas |
Flying
Officer 41372, 431 Flight, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR719. when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a ferry flight from Thorney Island,
Hampshire, to Malta 9 November 1940. Native of Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BURGESS |
Leslie |
Leading
Aircraftman 1448878, 260 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Lavariano, Italy, 30 May 1945. Aged 33. Native of of Ruiru,
Kenya, East Africa. Son of Aaron and Minnie Burgess; husband of
Winifred Burgess, of Ruiru, Kenya, East Africa. F.R.S.T. Panel
19, Column 1. |
| BURLEY |
John
Edward |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 943928, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L5805 when
his aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown, Sierra Leone
during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged
25. Native of Burton Grange, Yorkshire. Son of Walter and Edith
Burley, of Burton Grange, Yorkshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| BURN |
Leonard
Henry |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 132397, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE580, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 13 July 1943. Native of Walworth, London.
Son of William George and Lena Burn, of Walworth, London. Panel
6, Column 1. |
| BURNET |
Jack
Bruce |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) NZ415288, 683 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXI, serial number EN670, when
his aircraft was lost without trace in a thunderstorm returning
to Luqa after a refuelling stop at Brindisi returning from a photo reconnaissance sortie to Larissa 2 October 1943. Aged 27. Native of Wellington,
New Zealand.Son of William Lewis Burnet and Lily Burnet; husband
of Mabel May Burnet, of Wellington City, New Zealand. Panel 12,
Column 1. |
| BURNETT |
Norman
Whitmore |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 70101, 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number Z2480,
when his aicraft was believed Believed to have been shot down
by Italian AF Macchi C200s off Malta after intercepting an enemy
air raid 11 June 1941. Aged 26. Son of Frank Norman Burnett and
Catherine Burnett, of Haywards Heath, Sussex. His brother Walter
Henry also died on service. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| BURNS |
Robert
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 407524, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Shallufa, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
HX646, when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter into the sea
south of Sicily during an anti-shipping sortie, one of the crew
survived and was captured, 23 January 1943. Aged 28. Native of
of Henley Beach, South Australia. Son of John Robert and Grace
Alice Burns; husband of Nancy Peace Burns, of Henley Beach, South
Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| BURRETT |
James
Robert |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) 407926, 39 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Beaufort IIA, serial number AW350, when the
aircraft collided with the escorting Beaufighter T5150 of 227
Squadron off Paxos, south of Corfu, during an anti-shipping strike
22 September 1942. Aged 25. Native of of Grange, South Australia.
Son of Robert Edmond and Rosina Emma Burrett, of Grange, South
Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| BURROWS |
Robert
Edward |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1245327, 458 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP631, when his aircraft was lost without trace
after spotting an enemy ship during an armed reconnaissance to the northeast
coast of Sardinia 15 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Astley, Worcestershire.
Son of Edward and May Isabel Burrows, of Astley, Worcestershire.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| BURTON |
Douglas
Herbert |
Sergeant
1624666, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV 22 February 1945. Native of Sawbridgeworth,
Hertfordshire. Son of Herbert and Laura Estella Burton, of Sawbridgeworth,
Hertfordshire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| BURTON |
Edwin
Erle |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 405345, 14 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial
number FK112, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
an attack on a convoy off Sardinia during an anti-shipping reconnaissance 3 June 1943. Aged 25. Native of Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Algernon Erle Burton and Marion Lucy Burton, of Hurstville,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BURTON |
Norman
Lee |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 41531, 296 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number
P1516, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a mail
run between Gioia delle Colle, Italy and Goubrine II, Tunisia,
an Army Captain was also killed, 2 October 1943. Aged 29. Native
of Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Harold Percy Burton,
and of Myra Burton (nee Lee); husband of Margaret N. Burton, of
Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 12. Column 1. |
| BURTON-GYLES |
Peter
Robert |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 40077, 23 Squadron (Officer in Charge), Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito
FBVI, serial number HJ832, when is aircraft was lost without trace
during an intrduer sortie against road and rail targets in the
Genoa-Milan-Turin area of northern Italy 10 December 1943. Awarded
the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Native of Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex. Panel
6, Column 1. See also Middleton-on-Sea,
Sussex |
| BUSHELL |
George |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 8393, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Oudna
No.1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE385, when he
baled out over the sea off Sardinia in very bad weather during
a raid on a ball bearing factory at Turin 25 November 1943. Aged
22. Native of Norwood, South Australia. Son of Alfred Ernest Leslie
and Stella Bushell; husband of Dulcie Mary Bushell, of Norwood,
South Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| BUSHNELL |
George
Aubrey |
Sergeant
1357687, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Beaufort when his aircraft was shot down during a transit flight
from Malta to Egypt 25 October 1942. Aged 27. Native of Wandsworth,
London. Son of George Fredrick and Elizabeth Bushnell; husband
of Florence May Bushnell, of Wandsworth, London. Panel 3, Column
2. |
| BUTCHER |
Arthur
Gordon |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1331519, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP464,
when his aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling
yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 22. Native of Box Hill, Tadworth,
Surrey. Son of Arthur John and Ethel Mary Charlton Butcher, of
Box Hill, Tadworth, Surrey. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| BUTLER |
Basil |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/15770, 249 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP695, when his aircraft
crashed into the sea due to a propellor malfunction during a sweep
to the southern coast of Sicily 25 August 1942. Aged 21. Native
of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Son of Herbert and Ethel Butler,
of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| BUTLER |
Grenville
Humphrey |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1252786, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bellaria, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number MJ837,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea 10 miles east of Bellaria
during dive-bombing practice 18 January 1945. Son of Humphrey
and Sheila Butler, of Richmond, Surrey. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| BUTLER |
William
Francis |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1185908, 15 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Mount Farm, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington
II, serial number W5559, when his aircraft was shot down by Italian
AF Fiat CR42s 8 miles south of Lampedusa during a delivery flight
from the United Kingdom to Malta on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft
Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 30 August 1941. Aged 21. Native of of
Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Son of Francis Stanley Butler
and Laura Beatrice Butler, of Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| BUTTERFIELD |
Thomas
Preston |
Sergeant
1100615, 15 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.), Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Mount Farm, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial
number W5559, when his aircraft was shot down by Italian AF Fiat
CR42s 8 miles south of Lampedusa during a delivery flight from
the United Kingdom to Malta on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft
Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 30 August 1941. Native of Burnley, Lancashire.
Son of Thomas and Marion Adela Butterfield, of Burnley, Lancashire.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| BUXTON |
Frederick
Henry Edwin |
Sergeant
1892072, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number BZ355, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a night intruder sortie.
7 June 1944. Aged 20. Native of Downham, Bromley, Kent. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. Buxton, of Downham, Bromley, Kent. Panel 14, Column
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