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

NAGEL	Walter Thomas	Lieutenant 542620V, 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 HZ522, when his aircraft crashed nto the sea during a Search and Rescue (SAR) sortie searching for a missing Sunderland 3 October 1944. Aged 27. Native of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of John L. and Ivy M. Nagel, of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1.
NAPIER	Keith Mellis	Flight Lieutenant (Navigator/Bomber) 407249, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace during a night shipping reconnaissance between Civitavecchia and Piombino 15 April 1944. Aged 28. Native of Adelaide, South Australia. Son of Sir John Mellis Napier, K.C.M.G., and Lady Napier, of Adelaide, South Australia. Panel 16, Column 1.
NASH	Norman Frederick	Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 1605434, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Regina, Italy, in Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF249, when the aircraft was shot down by flak at Libiola 9 miles east of Mantova in the Po Valley during a raid on railway yards at Brescia, Italy, 17 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of of St. Thomas', Exeter. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Nash, of St. Thomas', Exeter. Panel 15, Column 2.
NAYLOR	Ben	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1624128, 37 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 JA521, when the aircraft was lost without trace when outbound on a raid on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 21 July 1944. Aged 20. Native of Mapplewell, Yorkshire. Son of Arthur and Ellen Naylor, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column 2.
NEALE	Leopold William aka Leo	Flying Officer (Nvaigator) NZ425206, 624 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Halndey Page Halifax II, serial number JN896, when the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona and Perpignan when returning from Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14 August 1944. Aged 35. Born 14 August 1909 in Runanga, West Coast, New Zealand. Husband of Grace Greta Neale (wife), 5 Ventnor Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealnd, with two children. Attested 2 August 1942. Height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 8 stone 10 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Religious denomination Presbyterian. Posted to Blida (624 Squadron) on 8 March 1944. Panel 16, Column 2.
NEDAHL	Dewi Marlais	Flying Officer (Navigator) 138211, 255 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufightr VIF, serial number V8889, when his aircraft collided with Beaufighter V8862 and crashed into the sea off Cape St Vito, Sicily during a night flying test (V8862 landed safely) 26 September 1943. Aged 22. Native of Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. Son of Roderick and Esther Nedahl, of Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. Panel 6, Column 2.
NEILAN	Thomas	Sergeant 1562479, 150 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 LP204, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 22 July 1944. Aged 20. Native of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Son of James and Dorothy Neilan, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Panel 15, Column 2.
NEILL	Jack Carson Grayson	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 404036, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR729, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a photo reconnaissance sortie over Tripolitania and the Libyan coast 15 July 1941. Aged 24. Nativeof Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia. Son of Alexander and Mary Neill, of Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia. Panel 2, Column 2.
NEILL	Kenneth John	Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) 407800, 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 MP629, when the 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 26. Native of Campbelltown, South Australia. Son of Arnold and Effie May Neill, of Campbelltown, South Australia. Panel 11, Column 1.
NEILL	Terence Delancey	Flight Lieutenant 18060, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1446, when the aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Chestnut to drop SAS troops over Sicily as part of Operation Husky 13 July 1943. Panel 6, Column 1.
NEL	George Christoffel	Lieutenant 542724V, 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. Aged 21. Native of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Christoffel C. and Jessie A. Nel, of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 1.
NETTLE	Desmond John	Sergeant 1320693, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN431. when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily, 15 August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Son of William John and Elsie Amy Nettle, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Panel 9, Column 1.
NEWELL	Eric Robertson	Flight Lieutenant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/20849, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Missing without a trace while being Absent Without Leave (AWOL) from R.A.F. Hal Far, Malta, 24 April 1945. Aged 25. Native of Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Mrs. M. M. Newell, of Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 19, Column 1.
NEWEY	Allan Spencer	Flying Officer 76248, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington 27 December 1942. Aged 31. Native of Bassett, Hampshire. Son of Spencer John and Mabel Newey; husband of Anne Newey, of Bassett, Hampshire. Panel 3, Column 1.
NEWMAN	Dudley Gerald	Flying Officer (Pilot) 67063, 229 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 EP190, when it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down by a Bf109 near the island of Comino when intercepting an enemy fighter sweep over Malta 26 August 1942. Aged 22. Son of Gerald and Evelyn Newman, of Chippenham, Wiltshire. Panel 3, Column 1. See also Chippenham, Wilstshire
NEWMAN	James Albert	Warrant Officer (Wireless Operator) NZ415553, 204 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number EK580, when the aircraft crashed 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 29. Native of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Albert George Newman, and of Joan F. Newman (nee Jennings), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 17, Column 1.
NEWMARCH	Francis Bernard	Flying Officer (Pilot) 162044, 37 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 JA521, when the aircraft was lost without trace when outbound on a raid on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 21 July 1944. Aged 20. Native of Woodford Green, Essex. Son of Francis George and Grace Emily Newmarch, of Woodford Green, Essex. Panel 13, Column 2.
NEWNS	Paul	Flight Sergeant 1083467, 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK398, when the aircraft crashed into the sea 16 miles east of Gibraltar during a rocket firing exercise 23 October 1943. Aged 22. Native of Hoole, Cheshire. Son of Paul and Rose Newns, of Hoole, Chester. Panel 7, Column 2.
NEWSHAM	Donald Frederick	Sergeant 1622298, 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 LP348, when the aircraft was shot down during a solo Nickel leaflet raid on Arad and Timisoara in western Romania 3 July 1944. Aged 20. Native of Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Newsham, of Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column 2.
NEWSOME	Chester Douglas	Flight Sergeant (Observer) R/70069, 18 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V6060, when the 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 Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Son of Isaac and Florence Newsome, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Panel 2, Column 1.
NEWSTEAD	Harry	Corporal 611504, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying as a passenger in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN912, based at Amendola, Italy, when the aircraft ditched off Cape Spulico in the Gulf of Taranto due to an engine fire during a transit flight from Catabia to Amendola, one passenger survived, 14 August 1944. Aged 25. Son of Joseph S. and Flora Newstead. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Bruntcliffe, Yorkshire, son of Joseph S and Flora Newstead, resident 11, Chapel Street, Bruntcliffe, Morley, Yorkshire (West Riding). Panel 15, Column 2.
NEWTON	Robert Allan	Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/109005, 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 FK691, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy escort patrol off the Algerian coast, possibly shot down by a Ju88, 7 May 1943. Born 25 January 1920 in Alberta. Native of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. Son of Raymond A. and Mary Caroline Newton, of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada (address given as Dalmead, Alberta, Canada on official documents). Attested 16 June 1941 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Unmarried. Height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 145 lbs. Religious denomination Church of England. Panel 10, Column 2.
NICE	Brian Kinder	Flying Officer 181051, 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 the aircraft crashed into the sea off Falconara during an overshoot 28 December 1944. Aged 22. Native of Great Barton, Suffolk. Son of Thomas Hales Nice and Winifred Audrey Nice, of Great Barton, Suffolk. B.A. (Cantab.): Trinity Hall. Panel 13, Column 2.
NICHOLAS	William James	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 401529, 14 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. 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 32. Native of Tarwin Lower, Victoria, Australia. Son of Thomas John and Alice Maud Nicholas; husband of Muriel Charlotte Nicholas, of Tarwin Lower, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2.
NICHOLL	David	Sergeant 1306360, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Amendola, Italy, 7 March 1945. Natibve of Newtown Hamilton, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Son of James and Annie Elizabeth Nicholl; husband of Annie Evelyn Nicholl, of Newtown Hamilton, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Panel 18, Column 2.
NICHOLLS	Greville Vincent	Flight Lieutenant 40559, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina I, when the aircraft crashed when landing at Gibraltar 7 June 1941. Aged 23. Native of East Twickenham, Middlesex. Son of Cecil Frank and Ethel May Nicholls, of East Twickenham, Middlesex; husband of Eileen Nicholls. Panel 1, Column 1.
NICKALLS	William	Warrant Officer (Pilot) 403677, 70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ174, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea between Palau and La Maddalena, Sardinia during a raid on Olcia 3 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Belmont, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Richard Percival Nickalls and Rose Nickalls, of Belmont, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2.
NOBLE	Raymond Edward	Warrant Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/92566, 270 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number FP173, when one wing of the aircraft hit the water and crashed when taking off from the Bunce River, Sierra Leone, most of the crew survived, 10 February 1943. Aged 21. Native of Bow Island, Alberta, Canada. Son of Henry J. and Ellen Noble, of Bow Island, Alberta, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2.
NOOME	Frederick Owen	Lieutenant (Pilot) 102200V, 227 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8089, when his aircraft was shot down into the sea off Cap Santa Maria di Leuca when escorting Beauforts on an attack on Convoy P off the coast of Corfu 6 September 1942. Aged 23. Native of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Frederick O. and Augusta E. Noome, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 5.
NOONAN	Francis Arthur	Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 409215, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action by firendly fire flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter, when the aircraft was shot down in error by Spitfires of a USAAF squadron during a calibration flight for the Palermo RDF station, Sicily, flying in a 255 Squadron aircraft, 27 August 1943. Aged 20. Nativeof Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Francis Patrick and Veronica Nora Noonan, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2.
NORGROVE	Eric Stanley Raymond	Sergeant 1312417, 420 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN431, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily, 15 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Headington, Oxford. Son of Hubert James Norgrove and Winifred Hester Norgrove, of Headington, Oxford. Panel 9, Column 1.
NORRIS	Charles Ernest	Sergeant 1280880, 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 III, serial number DW105, when the aircraft crashed south of Cansado Point due to en engine fire soon after taking off from Port Etienne, French West Africa, one of the crew survived, 5 January 1944. Aged 31. Native of Boscombe, Hampshire. Son of Charles and Marion Emblom Norris; husband of Doris Emilie Norris, of Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Panel 15, Column 2.
NORTON	George Harold	Squadron Leader (Pilot) 89308, 112 Squadron (Officer Commanding), Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Safi, Malta, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk III, serial number FR793, when the aircraft was shot down by ground fire while strafing enemy MT vehicles on the road between Carlentini and Lentini, Sicily, 13 July 1943. Aged 25. Native of Glasgow. Son of Morris L. Norton, and of A. Dorothy Norton (nee Nicholson), of Glasgow. Panel 6, Column 1.
NORTON	Laurence Arthur	Flight Sergeant 923094, 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 his aircraft was lost without trace during an early morning shipping reconnaissance off Sardinia 9 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Norton; husband of Myra Norton, of Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 7, Column 2.
NOTLEY	Anthony	Pilot Officer (Pilot) 141126, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number AR559, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 about 40 miles north of Malta when outbound on an escort for fighter bombers to Sicily 26 February 1943. Aged 22. Native of Watcombe, Devon. Son of Raymond and Edith Notley, of Watcombe, Devon. Panel 7, Column 1.
NUSSBAUM	Lambert Richard	Flying Officer (Air Bomber) J/7800, 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. Aged 26. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Herbert L. and Frances S. Nussbaum, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.Sc. (McGill University, Montreal). Panel 10, Column 1.
NUTTALL	James Holden	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1129545, 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 I, serial number FK112, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an attack on a convoy off Sardinia during an anti-shipping reconnaissance 3 June 1943. Aged 27. Native of Haslingden, Lancashire. Son of William Henry and Hannah Nuttall, of Haslingden, Lancashire. Panel 7, Column 2.

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