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

FACEY	Ronald Sidney	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1271386, 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 it was ssumed his aircraft casrhed in the sea off Scalea during a raid on the beaches at Sapri-Paola 20 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of Enfield, Middlesex. Son of Sidney George and Doris Facey, of Enfield, Middlesex. Panel 8. Column 2.
FAHIE	Percy Philip	Flight Sergeant (Navigator) R/104192, 1 Oversea Aircraft Despatch Unit, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Portreath, Cornwall, in a Lockheed Hudson Vi, serial number FK722, when his aircraft crashed into the sea soon after taking off from Gibraltar during a night ferry flight from the USA via Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom 12 March 1943. Native of Lower Ship Harbour East, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Henry and Cecilia Fahie, of Lower Ship Harbour East, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2.
FAIRBAIRN	Garnet Mackenzie	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 86394, 82 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 numberZ6427, when the aircraft was brought down by the explosion of bombs from Blenheim V6460 of 82 Squadron when attacking an Axis convoy heading for Tripoli 27 May 1941. Aged 21. Native of of Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Henry David and Ethel Margaret Fairbairn, of Edinburgh. Panel 1, Column 1.
FAIRWEATHER	Edgar Lloyd	Flying Officer (Air Bomber) J/21535, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers WellingtonX, serial number HE524, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily, 15 August 1943. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FALCONER	Robert Douglas	Flight Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 1392253, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Douglas Boston, when his aircraft was lost during an armed reconnaissance and anti-shipping patrol to the Ancona-Pescara region 31 March 1944. Aged 23. Native of of Tottenham, Middlesex. Son of Robert Forrest Falconer and Louie Russell Falconer, of Tottenham, Middlesex. Panel 14, Column 1.
FALLS	Tom Montague	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/10147, 111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarinje Spitfire VC, serial number ER884. when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 over the sea off Tabarka, Tunisia, when intercepting a formation of Bf109's and FW190's 17 January 1943. Native of Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.A. Panel 10, Column 1.
FARGHER	George Pass	Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot) R/67720, 227 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8039, when the aircraft was ditched off Malta due to an engine failure when en route to attack an enemy convoy south of Otranto, Italy, the observer survived, 4 October 1942. Aged 21. Native of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Son of Albert and Martha Fargher, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2.
FARLEY	Dennis Bernard	Corporal 1055557, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when he was lost in the Port Etienne flying boat tender M.V. Dumana which was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-515 70 miles southwest of Sassandra, Ivory Coast, 24 December 1943. Aged 26. In 1921 he was aged 4, born Woolwich, London, son of Bernard and Annie Christine Farley, resident 6, Plumstead Common Road, Plumstead, London & Kent. A Post Office Clerk. Panel 9, Column 2. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945: FARLEY Dennis Bernard of 5 The-close Blackheath London S.E.3. died 24 December 1943 on war service Adminstration (with Will) Llandudno 7 December to Anne Christine Farley married woman. Effects £509 1s. 6d.
FARLEY	Derek Sydney	Sergeant (Pilot) 1603059, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF631, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on the marshalling yards at Ferrara, Italy, 3 September 1944. Aged 20. Native of Ilford, Essex. Son of Sydney Edward and Gladys Kathleen Farley, of Ilford, Essex. Panel 14, Column 2.
FARQUHARSON	Alexander (Sandy) Watson	Pilot Officer 142875, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, 12 July 1943. Aged 24. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Native of Newhouse, Glamis, Angus, Scotland. Panel 7, Column 1. also commemorated on the war memorial in Bendochy Churchyard, Bendochy, Perthshire. Extract from Perthshire Advertiser 20 February 1943, page 8: D.F.M. FLIGHT - SGT. Alexander Watson Farquharson, son of Mr and Mrs A. Farquharson, Glamis, formerly of Bendochy, has been awarded the D.F.M. for gallantry in flying operations in the Middle East. He is a former pupil of Blairgowrie High School and for some time before he joined the R.A.F. in 1940 he was employed on the farm of Mr A. D. C. Main, Windyedge, Perth, as a tractor driver. Extract from Kirriemuir Free Press and Angud Advertiser, 29 April 1943, page 3: GLAMIS R.A.F. Commission. — Flight-Sergeant Alexander Watson Farquharson, who in February was awarded the D.F.M., has now been commissioned Flight-Lieutenant. His parents reside at Newhouse, Glamis. Extract from Dundee Courier, 12 July 1944, page 4 (one year later): FARQUHARSON.—In loving memory of Flt. Lieut. Alexander (Sandy) Watson Farquharson reported missing July 12, 1943. Worthy of remembrance.—Aberbothrie, Alyth.
FARRANT	Robert Cecil	Flying Officer 121541, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force. 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. Aged 27. Native of Fulham, London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Farrant, of Fulham, London. Panel 6, Column 2.
FARRELL	William Gerard	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1016730, 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 DD936, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a Rover patrol off the west coast of Italy, possibly crashed or shot down off the southeastern coast of Sicily, 16 May 1943. Aged 29. Native of Salford, Lancashire. Son of James Farrell, and of Mary Margaret Farrell, of Salford, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 2.
FAULL	Robert James	Warrant Officer Class II 607376V, 34 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed ijn 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 18. Native of Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Charles A. and Annie R. Faull, of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2.
FAY	Norman Edward	Sergeant 1338705, 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 HE343, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Allesandria, Italy, 2 May 1944. Aged 20. Native of Salisbury, Wiltshire. Son of Edward John Fay, and of E. Fay, of Salisbury. Panel 14, Column 2.
FEATHERSTONE	Francis William	Flight Sergeant (Navigator) 1376514, 89 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Abu Sueir, Egypt, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number X8017, when the aircraft was lost without trace off Malta during a convoy escort 10 December 1942. Panel 3, Column 1.
FENNAH	Donald Clement	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/10989, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HX727, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been lost off Cape Passero, Sicily during an armed reconnaissance searching for shipping between Sardinia and Southern Italy 10 April 1943. Native of Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Son of Susan M. Fennah, of Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FENNELL	Peter	Flight Sergeant 1194820, 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 FK155, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping reconnaissance sortie over the Tyrrenian Sea, probably shot down by fighters, 9 May 1943. Aged 20. Son of William Thomas Fennell and Susan Fennell, of Northfield, Birmingham. Panel 7, Column 1.
FENWICK	William Peter	Leading Aircraftman 943188, 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-Op Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ikeja, Nigeria, in a Boulton Paul Defiant TTI, serial number DS152, when the aircraft was lost without trace between Takoradi and Lagos, Nigeria when returning from a detachment 4 October 1943. Panel 9, Column 2.
FERGUSON	Lawrence Arkwright	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/102082, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Pavillier, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE272, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily, 29 June 1943. Panel 11, Column 2. Native of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
FERGUSON	Robert	Flight Sergeant 1098654, 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 the aircraft ceashed on the approach at Bathurst in bad weather when diverted from Jui returning from a convoy escort, six of the crew survived, 9 October 1944. Aged 20. Native of Gretna, Dumfriesshire. Son of John M. and Eleanor Ferguson, of Gretna, Dumfriesshire. Panel 14, Column 1.
FERRIS	Ernest Robert	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/128607, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Sciacca on the western coast of Sicily 26 June 1943. Aged 22. Native of Nanton, Alberta, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2.
FERRIS	Walter Harold	Warrant Officer Class I (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/110726, 608 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Grottaglie, Italy in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial number FK804, when it was assumed that the aircraft had ditched due to engine failure southwest of Sicily during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol along the Italian coast south of Rome 27 January 1944. Aged 22. Son of Lewis and Annie Ferris, of Holland, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 16, Column 2.
FEW	Frederick John	Corporal 646908, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of LG 89, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8712, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping patrol off Sicily 9 May 1942. Panel 4, Column 2.
FIELD	Charles Stanley	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1245817, 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 it was assumed that his aircraft had crashed in the sea off Scalea during a raid on the beaches at Sapri-Paola 20 August 1943. Aged 27. Native of of Leicester. Son of Arthur and Emily Field, of Leicester. Panel 7, Column 1.
FIELD	Cyril	Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 1070071, 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 IB, serial number FP1545, when the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea off Sagres, Portugal when avoiding the ground in mist during a convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943. Aged 31. Native of Alnmouth, Northumberland. Son of Jacob and Sarah Field; husband of Margaret Field, of Alnmouth, Northumberland. Panel 8, Column 2.
FIETZE	Donald E	Lieutenant (Air Gunner) 542377V, 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 KG839, when his aircraft was shot down by a night flighter during a raid on an oil refinery at Giurgiu south of Bucharest, Romania, 29 June 1944. Aged 23. Native of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Son of Gaustav and Edith Fietze; husband of Deleen A. Fietze, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1.
FINCH	Leslie William	Sergeant 1255107, 56 Personnel Transit Centre, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Portici, Italy, in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383, when the 300 Squadron aircraft he was travelling in was lost without trace during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United Kingdom 5 November 1945. Aged 31. Son of William Walter and Francis Sarah Finch. Panel 18, Column 2.
FINN	Aiden	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1087897, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin B-26B Marauder, serial number 41-18017, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a low-level coastal reconnaissance over the Adriatic Sea, the aircraft was borrowed from the U.S.A.A.F. 1 July 1944. Aged 23. Native of Moss Side, Manchester. Son of Aiden and Margaret Firm, of Moss Side, Manchester. Panel 14, Column 1.
FIRMAN	David Eric	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1604669, 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 IIIB, serial number FB303, when the aircraft was shot down by flak while ground strafing Motor Transport vehicles in the Scutari-Prizern region of Albania 7 November 1944. Aged 20. Native of of Southsea, Hampshire. Son of Reveley and Clara Beatrice Firman, of Southsea, Hampshire. Panel 14, Column 1.
FISCHER	John Marcus	Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 403865, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP700, when the aircraft was ditched east of Sardinia due to an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance over the Tyrrhenian Sea, one of the crew survived 8 days in a dinghy, 5 August 1943. Aged 29. Native of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of George John and Jane Elizabeth Fischer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11. Column 1.
FISHER	Byard	Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/76216, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX559, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping sortie near Sardinia 10 November 1942. Native of Dalmellington, Ayr & Middle Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Suther and Annie Maud Fisher; husband of Mary Shannon Fisher, of Middle Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2.
FITZGERALD	Edward Charles	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 436403, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP464, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 20. Son of Thomas and Rose Louisa Fitzgerald, of Yallourn, Victoria, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2.
FITZGERALD	Reginald Charles	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 2235257, 31 (S.A.A.F.) 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 KH158, when the aircraft was lost without trace in bad weather during a sortie to drop supplies to partisans 12 miles northeast of Genoa, northern Italy, 13 October 1944. Aged 19. Panel 14, Column 2.
FLANAGAN	Patrick Thomas	Flight Sergeant 1376166, 52 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA322, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an early morning shipping reconnaissance off Sardinia 9 July 1943. Aged 23. Son of Mrs. D. E. Flanagan, of Balham, London. Panel 7, Column 1.
FLETCHER	Albert Frederick	Sergeant 1107066, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by firendly fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP153, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down in error by Royal Navay warships during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol 20 November 1942. Aged 29. Native of Sheffield, Yorkshire. Son of Albert and Florence L. Fletcher; husband of Winifred Fletcher, of Sheffield. Panel 3, Column 2.
FLETCHER	James Spencer	Sergeant 1320520, 150 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, 11 May 1943. Aged 32. Native of Tring, Hertfordshire. Son of Cecil and Alma Fletcher; husband of Margaret E. Fletcher, of Tring, Hertfordshire. Panel 8, Column 2. See also Bedford Modern School WW2
FLETCHER	Reginald Grosvenor	Sergeant (Navigator) 1375224, 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 IF, serial number X7750/59, when his aircraft was shot down by an Italian AF MC202 off Cape Granitola southeast of Marsala, Sicily during a sweep 5 May 1943. Panel 8, Column 2.
FLETCHER	Ronald Gibson	Warrant Officer Class II 328299V, 30 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Iesi, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, serial number HD496, when his aircraft crashed and exploded when ditching 3 miles south of Senegallia northwest of Ancona following an engine fire 26 December 1944. Aged 21. Son of Charles and Elizabeth A. Fletcher. Panel 17, Column 2.
FLOWER	Albert John	Sergeant 657774, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Lyneham, Wiltsshire, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1433, when the aircraft was lost without trace, presumed to have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom, 10 August 1943. Panel 8, Column 2.
FODEN	Frank Harrison	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 48828, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NT899, when the aircraft was shot down at Crikvenica about 14 miles southeast of Rijeka, Croatia during an night attack on schooners 26 September 1944. Aged 26. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Wallington, Surrey. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Foden, of Wallington, Surrey. Panel 13, Column 1.
FORM	George	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1021309, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Short Sunderland III. serial number W4029, when the aircraft crashed and sank when landing in Gibraltar Bay returning from an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol causing the depth charges to explode, only one of the crew survived, 22 August 1942. Aged 20. Son of George and Phoebe Form, of Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 3, Column 2.
FORSYTH	Gordon	Corporal 984837, 2926 Squadron R.A.F. Regiment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (North Africa Command). Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action 14 June 1945. Aged 27. Son of William and Margaret Forsyth. Panel 19, Column 1.
FORTH	Harold Michael	Sergeant (Observer) 748116, 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 X9763, when the aircraft was shot down by Italian AF Fiat CR42CN night fighter during a raid on Castel Benito airfield near Tripoli, Lobya, 2 November 1941. Aged 23. Son of George Michael White Forth and of Florence Jane Forth (nee Prowse). Panel 1, Column 2.
FORTT	Albert Richard Francis	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1379399, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, whe the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a fighter when intercepting an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria, 1 January 1943. Aged 23. Native of Porth, Glamorganshire. Son of Frank and Sarah Ann Fortt, of Porth, Glamorgan. Panel 7, Column 1.
FOSKETT	Russel George	Squadron Leader (Pilot) 402652, 94 (R.A.F.) Squadron (Officer in Charge), Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hassani/Kalamaki, Greece, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number ER489, when his aircraft was lost over the sea between Skiathos and Skopelos due to engine failure returning from a patrol 31 October 1944. Aged 27. Awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.), Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.), Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Native of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Edward George and Dora Mabel Foskett, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. His brother Bruce William Foskett, Flying Officer 413755, Royal Australian Air Force, also died in the War 15 February 1944, aged 21.. Panel 16, Column 1.
FOSTER	John Henry Parry	Flying Officer 63470, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG697, when the aicraft was lost without trace during an Air Sea Rescue search for a missing Beaufort 25 August 1942. Aged 20. Son of Thomas Henry and Evelyn Blanche Parry Foster, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Panel 2, Column 2.
FOSTER	Leslie Charles	Flying Officer (Air Gunner) J/11615, 426 or 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington, 27 June 1943. Aged 33. Native of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FOULIS	Michael	Squadron Leader (Pilot) 62271, 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 HX487, when his aircraft was assumed to have been shot down by a night fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily 18 April 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Bar. Panel 6, Column 1.
FOUNTAIN	Ronald Edward Robert	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 421195, 3 Squadron, (R.A.A.F.), Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action 6 flying out of Fano, Italy, in a North American Mustang III, serial number KH630, when his aircraft was lost without trace about 65 miles east of Ancona, Italy after flying into cloud December 1944. Aged 22. Native of of Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Albert Edward and Ivy Jane Fountain, of Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1.
FOURIE	Louis Philippus	Lieutenant 328266V, 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 MP681, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a patrol 10 March 1945. Panel 19, Column 1.
FOX	Harold Joseph	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) R/78316, 249 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP878, when his aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 when intercepting an enemy air raid on Hal Far airfield, Malta, 14 May 1942. Aged 20. Native of Flushing, New York City, U.S.A. Son of Harry J. and Anna M. Fox, of Flushing, New York City, U.S.A. Panel 5, Column 1.
FOX	Harold Mitchell	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 113981, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number AB334, whe his aircraft was shot down into the sea off Wied iz-Zurrieq by a Bf109 when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta, he baled out but his body was not recovered, 18 March 1942. Aged 20. Native of Liverpool. Son of Harold R. and Edith Fox, of Liverpool. Panel 3, Column 1.
FOX	James	Sergeant 1352073, 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 HX576, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on a target in Sicily 4 April 1943. Aged 21. Native of Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland. Son of Matthew and Isabella A. Fox, of Gorebridge, Midlothian. Panel 8, Column 2.
FOX	Ronald Alfred	Sergeant (Navigator) 903747, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number JM408, when the aircraft was shot down by a fighter during a torpedo attack on a convoy off the east coast of Sardinia 11 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Ealing, Middlesex. Son of Edith Annie Fox, of Ealing, Middlesex. Panel 8, Column 2.
FOX	William	Sergeant (Navigator) 1586899, 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 LN928, when the aircraft was ditched east of Cervione, Corsica due to an engine failure during a raid on Leghorn, the pilot survived and was rescued by a Catalina, 17 April 1944. Aged 28. Native of of Snaresbrook, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fox; husband of Olive Margaret Fox, of Snaresbrook, Essex. Panel 14, Column 2.
FOXTON	James Henry Terence	Flying Officer (Pilot) 41575, 261 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number P2653, when his aircraft was shot down, probably by a Bf109, when intercepting Ju88s and Bf109s during an enemy air raid on Grand Harbour, Malta, 22 March 1941. Panel 1, Column 1.
FRANCIS	Douglas John	Sergeant (Pilot) 1586122, 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 nyumber HF476, when the aircraft 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 22. Native of Chelmsford, Essex. Son of Henry John and Emily Francis, of Chelmsford, Essex. Panel 14, Column 2.
FRANCIS	Lionel Arthur Walter	Sergeant 1601419, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Smederevo about 25 miles southeast of Belgrade, Yugoslavia 17 July 1944. Aged 23. Native of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire. Son of Arthur and Amy Francis, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire. Panel 15, Column 1.
FRANCIS	Robin Keith	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 141729, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK363, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping strike between the north of Corsica and the eastern coast of Sardinia 27 June 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Lingfield, Surrey. Panel 7, Column 1. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945: FRANCIS Robin Keith of Anglenook Tandridge-lane Lingfield Surrey died 27 June 1943 on war service Probate Liverpool 10 January to Martins Bank Limited. Effects £7979 13s. 3d.
FRANKLIN	Ford John	Sergeant (Pilot) NZ412219, 227 Squadron attached to 46 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol beaufighter VIF, serial number X8133, when his aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking Italian SM82 bombers 150 miles southeast of Malta during a convoy escort 18 December 1942. Aged 20. Born 7 October 1922 in Dannevirke. Educated Napier Boys High School. Native of Bay View, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Son of Albert and Winifred Emily Franklin, of Bay View, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 2. To see his personal and service details see Auckland Museum War Memorial Entry Photograph from Weekly News
FRANKS	Richard Derek	Flying Officer (Pilot) 150874, 145 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bellaria, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VIII, serial number JG166, when his aircraft was shot down by flak at Adria south of Padua, Italy, 6 April 1945. Aged 20. Native of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Franks, of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. Panel 18, Column 1.
FRASER	Ian Lovat	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 420178, 70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Djedeida No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN301, when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning from a raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November 1943. Aged 31. Native of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Sydney Charles Beech Fraser and Esther Catherine Fraser, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2.
FRASER	Robert Ian	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 100635, 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, when it was assumed that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily 18 April 1943. Aged 23. Native iofn of Carlton, Nottinghamshire. Son of Daniel Fraser, and of Ellen Fraser, of Carlton, Nottinghamshire. Panel 6, Column 1.
FRAZEE	Donald Weston	Pilot Officer (Pilot) J/16374, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number EL274, when the aircraft was shot down by an Italian AF MC202 off Cape Granitola southeast of Marsala, Sicily during a sweep 8 May 1943. Aged 26. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of G. Weston Frazee and Jamesie Ellen Frazee, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2.
FRAZER	John Alfred	Flying Officer (Pilot) 411767, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRIV, serial number BS500, when his aircraft was ssumed to have crashed into the sea about 30 miles northeast of Malta when returning from a photo reconnaissance sortie to Corfu and Valona 11 January 1943. Aged 21. Son of Albert Wallace Frazer and Hilda Alberta Frazer, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1.
FREEMAN	Averell Whitman	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/16400, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vuickers Wellington III, serial number DF686, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on enemy troops on beaches between Briatico and Cape Sermero, Sicily, 17 August 1943. Aged 26. Native of Milton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Whitman A. and Lizzie M. Freeman, of Milton, Queen's Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FREEMAN	Percy	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 568654, 250 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Fano, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, serial number FT949, when the aircraft crashed into the sea during an attempted ditching off Ravenna after the engine failed 27 January 1945. Native of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. Panel 18, Column 2.
FRENCH	Geoffrey Charles	Flight Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 422484, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN928, when his aircraft ditched east of Cervione, Corsica due to an engine failure during a raid on Leghorn, the pilot survived and was rescued by a Catalina, 17 April 1944. Aged 26. Native of Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Albert Edgar and Elizabeth Ida French, of Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2.
FRENCH	Martin Joseph	Flying Officer (Pilot) 149854, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FT154, when the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea off Sagres, Portugal, when avoiding the ground in mist during a convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943. Native of Bath, Somerset. Panel 6, Column 2. See also Bath War Memorial
FRITH	John Edwin	Flight Sergeant 1188802, 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 the aircraft was lost during a raid on Padua, Italy, 24 March 1944. Aged 31. Native of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire. Son of John Edwin and Annie Birt Frith; husband of Grace Evelyn Frith, of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire. Panel 14, Column 1. See also Bath War Memorial
FROST	Laurence James	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) NZ414872, 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 22. Native of of Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of David and Georgina Sarah Frost, of Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2.
FROST	Laurence James	Flying Officer (Pilot) 144014, 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 the 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 8 January 1944. Aged 21. Son of Frederick and Edith Frost; husband of Anne E. Frost, of Little Hulton, Lancashire. Panel 13, Column 1.
FROST	Lawrence Andrew	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/17651, 450 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Mileni, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, serial number FX538, when his aircraft was shot down near Tollo, Italy, 9 December 1943. Aged 24. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Native of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Eber L. and Cora Frost, of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FULLER	Alfred George	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1585681, 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. Aged 21. Son of Alfred George and Edith Fuller. Panel 15, Column 1.
FULLER	William Milo Charles	Sergeant 1602819, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. died based at Hani West, Tunisia, 1 November 1943. Aged 22. Native of Portchester, Hampshire. Son of Milo John and Cecelia Fuller; husband of Joyce Margaret Fuller, of Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire. Panel 8, Column 2.
FULTON	Robert William	Flying Officer (Pilot) J/21233, 144 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number JM400, when the aircrfat was shot down during an attack on a convoy off Rome 23 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of John Thomas Fulton and Lucy Fulton, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1.
FULTON	Walter Lyburn	Sergeant 1344925, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed, based at Gerbini, Sicily, Italy, 1 October 1943. Aged 21. Native of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. Son of James and Frances Mary Fulton, of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. Panel 8, Column 2. See also East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
FURLONG	Patrick Gerard	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1476458, 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 aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Torre Annunziata southeast of Naples 31 August 1943. Aged 19. Native of Liverpool. Son of Patrick and Mary Catherine Furlong, of Old Swan, Liverpool. Panel 8, Column 2.
FURNISS	Patrick Dunn	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 41994, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire, serial number ER720, when his aircraft was shot down by a FW190 near Kairouan when returning from a tactical reconnaissance sortie to Ousseltia, Pichon and Kairouan, 3 February 1943. Aged 26. Native of Weymouth, Dorset. Son of John and Mary Furniss; husband of Mary J. Furniss, of Weymouth, Dorset. Panel 6, Column 1.

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