Roll of Honour - Overseas - Malta, World War 2 Airmen

EARL	James	Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) J/87615, 614 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Amendola, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JP232, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Szombathely airfield, Hungary, 20 October 1944. Aged 23. NMative of of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Charles R. Earl, and of Margaret Earl, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 16, Column 1.
EASTMAN	Alan Frederick	Sergeant (Pilot) 656752, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD892, when the 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. Panel 8, Column 2.
EASTWICK	Arthur Leslie	Sergeant 1207444, 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 22. Awarded the George Medal (G.M.). Native of Brentwood, Essex. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Eastwick, of Brentwood, Essex. Panel 8, Column 2.
EATON	Roger Leigh	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 410471, 142 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number He269, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on enemy forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily, 5 August 1943. Aged 24. Native of Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. Son of Sydney Alexander Eaton and Hilda Minnie Eaton, of Canterbury, Victoria. Panel 11, Column 2.
EBBAGE	Clifford	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1001432, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Died of wounds flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, when the aircraft was ditched east of Sardinia due to an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance over the Tyrrhenian Sea, he subsequently died in a dinghy, 5 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Alfred Edward Ebbage, and of Clara Ebbage, of Leeds. Yorkshire. Panel 8, Column 2.
EDGETT	Ernest Byron	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/13036, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Catania, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number LZ120, whe the aircraft was dicted off Catania, Sicily when a propellor failed to unfeather 31 December 1943. Aged 23. Native of of Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Son of Percy and Leah Edgett, of Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Panel 10, Column 1.
EDMONDSON	Ronald	Flight Sergeant (Navigator) 1567150, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK345, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on marshalling yards at Novska 58 miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 4 April 1945. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of William Edmondson, and of Alice Edmondson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 18, Column 2.
EDMONSTONE	Francis Nairne	Lieutenant 328259V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in actuion 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. Aged 22. Native of Brooklyn, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of George F. H. and Annie E. Edmonstone, of Brooklyn, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17. Column 1.
EDWARDS	Albert George	Flight Lieutenant 127270, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Amendola, Italym in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN912, when the aircaft he was in ditched off Cape Spulico in the Gulf of Taranto due to an engine fire during a transit flight from Catabia to Amendola, only one passenger survived, 14 August 1944. Panel 13, Column 1.
EDWARDS	Frederick John	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 702219, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Ital, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF630, when his aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 26. Native of Canterbury, Kent. Son of Edward and Lilian Edwards; husband of Nancy Ruby Edwards, of Canterbury. Panel 14, Column 2.
EDWARDS	George Sydney	Warrant Officer (Pilot) Class II R/71736, 249 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number AB520, when his aircraft flew a reciprocal heading after a homing fix for Malta and lost over the Mediterranean 28 November 1942. Aged 20. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2.
EDWARDS	James Stephen	Sergeant 1415882, Transit Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Coastal Command). Country of service United Kingdom. Died flying out of Gibraltar 19 November 1943. Panel 8, Column 2.
ELDER	Thomas	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 576091, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy escort in the Western Mediterranean 3 November 1942. Aged 19. Native of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Son of Orr Elder, and of Alice M. Elder, of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Panel 3, Column 2.
ELDERSON	William Kenneth	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1067545, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an attack on enemy forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily, 7 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Son of William and Hannah Elderson, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Panel 8, Column 2.
ELLENBOGEN	Percy	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 77876, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK362, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a transit fllight from Grottaglie to Blida. 8 February 1944. Native of of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Ellenbogen, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Panel 14, Column 1.
ELLERINGTON	Charles	Corporal 525580, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Panel 2, Column 2.
ELLIOTT	David	Lieutenant 328479V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP662, when his aircraft was lost during a shipping sweep between Genoa and Viareggio between 5 August 1944 and 6 August 1944. Aged 20. Native of Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Hamilton G. and Elizabeth A. B. Elliott, of Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1.
ELLIOTT	Frank Holman Huntington	Warrant Officer 748300, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1446, when his aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Chestnut to drop SAS troops over Sicily as part of Operation Husky 13 July 1943. Panel 7, Column 1.
ELLIS	Arthur Hubert	Flying Officer (Pilot) 123836, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF307, when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare Leigh Light patrol over the approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar 21 February 1944. Aged 23. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C). Native of Northampton. Son of Frederic Henry and Ida Elizabeth Ellis, of Northampton. Panel 13, Column 1.
ELLIS	Charles Goldie	Leading Aircraftman 1260353, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action or killed while based at Treviso, Italy, 24 May 1945. Aged 26. Native of Ipswich, Suffolk. Son of Bruce and Jessie Ellis; husband of Norah Ellis, of Ipswich, Suffolk. Panel 19, Column 2. See also Halesworth, Suffolk
ELLIS	Clifford Henry Lance	Lieutenant 206598V, 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 AL731, when his aircraft ditched 15 miles off Augusta, Sicily when running out of fuel after becoming lost, the pilot survived, 21 September 1943. Panel 12, Column 1.
ELLIS	Douglas William	Flying Officer (Pilot) 411303, 608 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK711, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare sortie 12 July 1943. Aged 26. Native of of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia. Son of William Slack Ellis and Dorothy Emily Ellis, of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1.
ELLIS	Reginald Arthur	Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 416554, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE613, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Cape Palmi, Italy about 20 miles northeast of Messina, Sicily, 8 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Cheltenham, South Australia. Son of Edgar Marshall Ellis and Mabel Edith Ellis, of Cheltenham, South Australia. Panel 11, Column 2.
ELLIS	William Ewart	Lieutenant 328917V, 15 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cesenatico, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW830, when his aircraft ditched off Bellaria between Rimini and Cervia, Italy, 30 January 1945. Aged 22. Native of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Son of Harry and Sarah Ellis, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 1.
ELLS	Ernest Charles	Warrant Officer (Pilot) 655092, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number EV812. when the 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. Panel 13, Column 2.
ELSDON-HOWARD	Robert Ralph	Sergeant (Navigator) 1578246, 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 HE629, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on enemy forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily, 5 August 1943. Aged 20. Son of William and Ivy Elsie Elsdon-Howard, of Finedon, Northamptonshire. His brother Joseph Elsdon-Howard also killed in action on service, Warrant OPfficer 1169882, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25 April 1944, aged 23. Panel 8, Column 2.
EMERY	Francis Richard	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 745087, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number BD830, when his aircraft was shot down, probably by a Bf109, off Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid on the Grand Harbour, 24 December 1941. Aged 25. Native of of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Son of Frank Emery, and of Martha Annie Emery, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Panel 1, Column 2.
EMINSANG	Robert Smith	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1479657, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF137, when his aircraft was shot down by flak during an unsuccessful attack on the U-boat U-343 off Cartegena, Spain during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, the pilot survived, 8 January 1944. Native of Stockwell, London. Son of Lawyer Emil and Sarah Eminsang; husband of Remi Mary Eminsang, of Stockwell, London. Panel 14, Column 2.
EMMETT	Barnard Roy	Flying Officer 163117, 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 BZ514, when his aircraft cra into the sea off Falconara during an overshoot shed 28 December 1944. Aged 23. Native of Gravesend, Kent. Son of Alfred Emmett, and of Charlotte Emmett, of Gravesend, Kent. Panel 13, Column 1.
ENGLISH	Dennis Garton	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 163035, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Sinello, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number MA811, when the aircraft spun into the sea 15 miles northeast of Senegallia between Fano and Ancona, Italy, 25 June 1944. Aged 23. Native of Driffield, Yorkshire. Son of Henry T. and Cicely M. English, of Driffield, Yorkshire. Panel 13, Column 2.
ENMAN	William Frederick	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/112120, 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 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 24. Native of of Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Herbert and Elizebeth Enman; husband of Bertha Emnan, of Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1.
ENRIGHT	Maurice	Flying Officer 162341, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Foggia Main, Italy, 12 October 1944. Aged 21. Born 19 June 1923. Native of Cowley, Oxford. Son of Reginald Maurice and Agnes Eileen Enright, of Cowley, Oxford. In 1939 he was at school, son of Reginald Maurice and Agnes Eileen Enright, resident 15 Napier Road, Oxford, Oxford C.B., Oxfordshire. Panel 13, Column 1. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946: ENRIGHT Maurice of 15 Napier-road Cowley Oxfordshire died on or since 12 October 1944 on war service Administration Oxford 20 July to Agnes Eileen Enright (wife of Reginald Maurice Enright). Effects £197 10s.
ESSERY	Louis Vivian	Lieutenant (Pilot) 205447V, 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 KG826, when his aircraft crashed into the Adriatic Sea when returning from a raid on the Romano Americana oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania (he was attached from 34 Squadron, SAAF) between 26 July 1944 and 27 July 1944. Aged 34. Native of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Arthur and Annie Essery; husband of Vera M. Essery, of Townsview, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1.
ESSEX	William Russell	Corporal 573854, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when he was 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. Aged 20. Native of of 67 Eastcote-lane South Harrow Middlesex. Panel 9, Column 2. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946: ESSEX William Russell of 67 Eastcote-lane South Harrow Middlesex died 1 February 1943 on war service Administration Llandudno 22 June to Doris Alice Coaley single woman. Effects £12 8s.
EVANS	David Eric	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1317674, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW390, when the aircraft was lost during an armed reconnaissance looking for enemy Motor Transport vehicles between Bologna and the east coast of Italy 25 August 1944. Aged 22. Native of of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire. Son of David Thomas Evans and Beatrice Annie Evans, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire. Panel 14, Column 1.
EVANS	David William	Flight Sergeant 1802837, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Iesi, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, the remaining crew members survived, 25 December 1944. Native of Deptford, London. Son of David John and M. Evans, of Deptford, London. Panel 14, Column 1.
EVANS	Gruffydd James	Sergeant (Navigator) 1321897, 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 8, Column 2.
EVANS	Ioan Douglas Crocker	Flying Officer (Pilot) 119886, 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. Aged 26. Native of of Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex. Son of Thomas and Florence Evans; husband of Eileen Mary Evans, of Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex. Panel 6, Column 2.
EVANS	John Gower	Sergeant 591833, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston V, serial number BZ630, when his aircraft was lost without trace in the Sacile area near Conegliano, Italy, 23 February 1945. Aged 22. Native of Morriston, Swansea, Glamorganshire. Son of Joshua and Elizabeth Evans, of Morriston, Glamorgan. Panel 18, Column 2.
EVANS	John Graham	Flight Sergeant 1418593, 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 JP228, when the aircraft was shot down by flak near Sombor, Yugoslavia during a raid on Miscolc, Hungary, 22 August 1944. Aged 21. Native of Caerphilly, Glamorganshire. Son of Gwyn Baden Evans and Edith Evelyn Evans, of Caerphilly, Glamorgan. Panel 14, Column 1. See also Caerphilly, Glamorganshire
EVANS	John Thompson	Flight Lieutenant 136188, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers wellington XIV, serial number NC590, when his aircraft was lost without trace from an anti-shipping sweep to the Gulf of Trieste in the Adriatic Sea 20 March 1945. Aged 24. Native of of Hengoed, Glamorganshire. Son of Edward Francis and Gertrude Evans, of Hengoed, Glamorgan. Panel 18, Column 1.
EVANS	Lewis	Sergeant (Pilot) 1212800, 165 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action having flown from H.M.S. Eagle in a Supermarine Spitfire, when his aircraft crashed into the sea when taking off from H.M.S. Eagle on a delivery flight to Malta 21 July 1942. Aged 23. Native of Brithdir, Merioneth. Son of Rowland and Magdalen Evans, of Brithdir, Merionethshire. Panel 3, Column 2. See also Dolgellau Memorial, Wales
EVANS	Ralph Clifford Bateman	Lieutenant (Pilot) 102236V, 39 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW280, when his aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island of Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September 1942. Aged 27. Native of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Son of Douglas B. Evans, and of M. C. Evans, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Panel 5, Column 2.
EVANS	Samuel	Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 54256, 26 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. 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 21. Native of Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire. Son of Samuel and Jemima Evans, of Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire. Panel 7, Column 1.
EWART	William Arnot	Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1369852, 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 HE266, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Viterbo airfield, Italy, 16 August 1943. Panel 8, Column 2.
EYRE	John	Flying Officer 173595, 4 Ferry Unit, 45 Group, Royal Air Force Transport Command. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Catania, Sicily, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXIII, serial number HK434, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a ferry flight to Italy, 2 December 1944. Aged 25. Native of Shotts, Lanarkshire. Son of James and Janet Eyre, of Shotts, Lanarkshire. Panel 13, Column 1.
EYRES	Frederick	Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 1063640, 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 the 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 22. Son of Frederick and Lily Eyres, of Salford, Lancashire. Panel 14, Column 2.

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