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WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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| PACK |
Albert
John |
Flight
Sergeant 1311403, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based in Biferno, Italy,
15 March 1944. Aged 24. Native of Romford, Essex. Son of G. A.
and Maud Pack, of Romford, Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| PAGAN |
Arthur
Robert |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/11125, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number MP631, when the aircraft was lost without trace
after spotting an enemy ship during an armed reconnaissance to
the northeast coast of Sardinia 15 July 1943. Born 4 February
1922 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Native of Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Robert and Selina Mary Pagan, of
1124 Avenue "B", North Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Unmarried. Religious denomination Church of England. Delivery
Boy and Truck Driver by trade. Attested 12 May 1941 at RCAF Recruting
Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Height 5 feet 7 inches,
weight 167 lbs. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| PAGE |
Thomas
Henry |
Sergeant
1379993, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellngton VIII, serial number HX487, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a night
fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily
18 April 1943. Aged 22. Native of Whitby, Yorkshire. Son of George
Henry and Hilda Margaret Page, of Whitby, Yorkshire. Panel 9,
Column 1. |
| PAGE |
Wilfred
Thomas |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 65992, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfirce VC, serial
number JK950, when the aircraft was shot down by flak off Bicak
16 November 1943. Aged 29. Native of Epsom, Surrey. Son of William
Richardson Page and Esther Olive Page; husband of Emma Edith Page,
of Epsom, Surrey. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| PAIN |
Geoffrey
Wyndham |
Flying
Officer 108150, 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 it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a
night fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west
of Sicily 18 April 1943. Aged 25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C). Son of John and Olive Pain, of Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Brother of Charles Alan Pain who also died in World War 2, Flight
Lieutenant 123001, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16
July 1944, aged 22. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| PALLETT |
Hammond
Geoffrey |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1399270, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Canne, Italy, in a North American Mustang III, serial number
KH437, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a sweep
over southern Yugoslavia in bad weather, last seen near the island
of Lagosta (Lastovo), 30 October 1944. Aged 20. Native of Hatfield,
Hertfordshire. Son of George Hammond Pallett and Jessie Norah
Pallett, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Panel 15, Column 2. See also
Richard Hale School Memorial, Hertford and
Essendon, Hertfordshire |
| PALMER |
Harry
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant 1295573, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Grombalia, Tunisia, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number
AL751, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea off the southern
coast of Sicily during a night raid on Comiso airfield, Sicily,
8 July 1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PARADIS |
Joseph
Hubert Roger |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/15262, 249 (R.A.F.) 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
BR128, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
off Zonqur Point when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta
22 July 1942. Aged 25. Native of Shawinigan Falls, Province of
Quebec, Canada. Son of Joseph and Denise Lambert Paradis, of Shawinigan
Falls, Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| PARISH |
David
Francis Woodbine |
Pilot
Officer 105172, 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying in
a Bristol Blenheim IV, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
off Malta when returning from an anti-shipping strike, one of
the crew survived, 11 February 1942. Aged 27. Native of West Brompton,
London. Son of Lt.-Col. Francis W. Parish, D.S.O., M.C., and of
Dorothy Parish, of West Brompton, London. His brother, John Neville
Woodbine Parish, also died on service, Sub-Lieutenant (A), H.M.S.
Heron, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 17 May 1941, aged 20.
Panel 3, Column 1. |
| PARK |
Geoffrey
Roger |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 78710, 272 Squadron (Commanding Officer), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Foggia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter
TFX, derial number NV470, when the aircraft was shot down by flak
off the coast of Istria near Porec, Croatia during a shipping
reconnaissance 15 October 1944. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Park; husband of Joan Mary Park, of
Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| PARK |
Nigel
Manfred |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 412727, 126 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR311,
25 October 1942. Aged 21. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
(D.F.M.). Native of Whatututu, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Manfred
Nigel and Christina Maud Park, of Whatututu, Auckland, New Zealand.
Panel 5, Column 1. |
| PARKER |
Charles |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1508290, 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, the pilot survived, 8 January 1944. Aged 32. Native
of Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire. Son of Mabel Parker; husband
of Marjorie Parker, of Heaton Norris, Cheshire. Panel 15, Column
2. |
| PARKER |
Graham
Burford |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 400599, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Martin Maryland II, when the aircraft was shot down into
the sea by a Bf109 4 miles southwest of Filfla island, Malta when
returning to Luqa from a reconnaissance patrol 18 March 1942.
Aged 23. Native of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia. Son of
Ernest William and Dorothy Parker, of Cremorne; also of Nedgera
Station, Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 5, Column
2. |
| PARKER |
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1072497, 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 DD899, when the aircraft crashed into the sea
just off Malta, probably due to an engine failure, during an anti-shipping
strike to Cap San Vito, a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner survived,
3 March 1943. Aged 35. Native of Reddish, Lancashire. Son of James
and Mary Ann Parker, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. Panel 7,
Column 2. |
| PARKER |
John
Arthur Hampden |
Squadron
Leader 78645, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying as a passenger
out of Abu Sueir, Egypt, in a Short S30, serial number G-AFCZ,
when the aircraft crashed off Senegal due to an engine failure
and fire during a transit flight from Bathurst, Gambia to the
United Kingdom carrying tour-expired aircrew 14 September 1942.
Aged 35. Native of Hambledon, Surrey. Son of Eric and Ruth Parker,
of Hambledon, Surrey; husband of Audrey B. Parker, of Frensham,
Surrey. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| PARKER |
Leslie
Albert |
Sergeant
1851014, 283 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Vickers Warwick I, serial number BV359, when
the aircraft ditched off Bougie, Algeria following double engine
failure, cause unknown, ten other crew survived, 15 January 1946.
Aged 20. Native of Barns Green, Sussex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Parker, of Barns Green, Sussex. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| PARKER |
Maxwell
George |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 416227, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number MP762, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a night reconnaissance around the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia
12 September 1943. Aged 25. Native of Somerton, South Australia.
Son of Alfred George and Kathleen Parker, of Somerton, South Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| PARKER |
Thomas
Raymond |
Flight
Sergeant 1076296, 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, serial number
possibly AE563, V8985 or T9458, when it was assumed that the aircraft
had been shot down by US Navy F4F fighters off Casablanca, Morocco,
8 November 1942. Aged 21. Native of Hemsworth, Yorkshire. Son
of Harry and Sarah Anne Parker, of Hemsworth, Yorkshire. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| PARKES |
Peter
Denys |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 172073, 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
HZ814, when the aircraft crashed into the Ariatic Sea when returning
from a raid on an oil refinery at Campina, Romania, with battle
damage 6 May 1944. Aged 20. Native of Lingfield, Surrey. Son of
Major and Mrs. D. V. Parkes, of Lingfield, Surrey. Panel 13, Column
2. |
| PARKIN |
Gordon
George |
Leading
Aircraftman (Fitter) 10158, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed while flying out of
Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number JA104,
when the aircraft dicthed 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 30. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Rushworth, Victoria, Australia.
Son of Samuel Terence and Mary Ann Parkin; husband of Lois Cavell
Parkin, of Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| PARKINS |
Leslie
Maurice |
Flight
Sergeant 1330184, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Maison Blanche,
Algeria, 27 June 1943. Aged 20. native of Shoeburyness, Essex.
Son of Ernest and Victoria Elizabeth Parkins, of Shoeburyness,
Essex. Born 9 August 1922. In 1939 he was the son of Ernest and
Victoria C F Parkins, unamployed, unmarried, resident 8 High Street,
Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea C.B., Essex. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PAROISSIEN |
Jim
Cunningham |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 407801, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number AD593,
when the 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 32. Son of Thomas
and Bertha Sarah Paroissien; husband of Mabel Doreen Paroissien,
of Largs Bay, South Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| PARR |
John
Martland |
Sergeant
1431080, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Bickers Wellington X, serial number LN431, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 15 August 1943. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PARRY |
Douglas |
Sergeant
1315233, 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 the
aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie over Sicily 18 May 1943. Aged 22. Native of Staunton, Gloucestershire.
Son of Andrew and Alice Parry, of Staunton, Gloucestershire. Panel
9, Column 1. |
| PARSLOE |
Henry
Ernest |
Warrant
Officer 1271920, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of La Senia, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV,
serial number FP633, when his aircraft was shot down into the
sea northwest of Algiers in error by an RAF Beaufighter during
a convoy escort 1 April 1944. Aged 21. Native of Holtye Common,
Sussex. Son of Stanley Heath Parsloe and Dorothy Ethel Parsloe
of Holtye Common, Sussex. Panel 13, Column 2. See also East
Grinstead, Sussex |
| PARSONS |
William
Henry |
Sergeant
569753, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire,
in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number W8416, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an escort for shipping off the coast
of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of of Ilminster,
Somerset. Son of James Parsons, and of Lily Parsons, of Ilminster,
Somersetshire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| PARTRIDGE |
Dennis
De Montfort |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 402878, 227 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Britstol Beaufighter, serial number T4666, when the
aircraft was shot down into the sea northeast of Ducato, Santa
Maria when escorting Beauforts on an attack on Convoy P off the
coast of Corfu 6 September 1942. Aged 27. Native of Burwood, New
South Wales, Australia. Son of John Gilbert and Elinor Aileen
Partridge, of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 5, Column
1. |
| PASKELL |
Reginald
Derrick Frank |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1463844, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXII, serial number
HK112, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night
fighter patrol off the west coast of Sicily 23 July 1943. Native
of Worcester Park, Surrey. Son of George Frank, and Alice Eliza
Paskell, of Worcester Park, Surrey. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PASS |
James
Hadfield |
Leading
Aircraftman 1093404, 38 Wing, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Netheravon,
Wiltshire, 19 July 1943. Aged 37. Born 8 October 1905. Native
of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Son of William Bradley
Pass, and of Ann Lich Pass, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead. In the
1921 census he was aged 15, son of William Bradley and Annie
Leach (sic) Pass, born Rock Ferry, Cheshire, working for Aerton
Telephone Manufacturing Company, resident 86, Spencer Avenue,
Birkenhead, Cheshire. In 1939 he was unmarried, son of William
B and Anne Lich Pass, a Salesman House Furnishing, resident
45 Sandbrook Road, Southport, Southport C.B., Lancashire. Panel
9, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
PASS James Hadfield of 45 Sandrock-road Ainsdale
Southport Lancashire died on or since 19 July
1943 on war service Administration Liverpool
6 May to William Bradley Pass retired antique dealer. Effects
£717 9s. 10d.
|
| PASSEY |
Thomas
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/205159, 267 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas C47 Dakota III,
serial number FD865, when the aircraft was lost during a transit
flight in bad weather from Capodichino to the Balkans, seventeen
passengers also died, 19 September 1944. Aged 32. Native of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. Son of James and Agnes Passey, of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| PATERSON |
David
Hamilton |
Flying
Officer (Observer) 404383, 39 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD899, when the
aircraft crashed into the sea just off Malta, probably due to
an engine failure, during an anti-shipping strike to Cap San Vito,
a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner survived, 3 March 1943. Aged 22.
Son of Charles Hamilton Paterson and Eileen Mary Paterson, of
Cooper's Plains, Queensland, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| PATERSON |
James
Everest |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 414825, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vicjkers Wellington X, serial number
HE657, 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 21. Native of Atherton, Queensland, Australia.
Son of James M. and Jessamine Flora D. Paterson, of Atherton,
Queensland, Australia. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| PATMAN |
James
Sydney |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1271098, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace over the Tyrrhenian
Sea during a reconnaissance sortie 25 April 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Enfield, Middlesex. Son of James Patman, and of Grace Martha
Patman, of Enfield, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PATRICK |
Arthur
Hedley |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 65571, 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 AG715,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a patrol over
the Ionean Sea searching for the Italian fleet, probably shot
down by a Ju88 night fighter, 15 June 1942. Aged 20. Native of
Mitcham, Surrey. Son of Arthur George Patrick, and of Alice Mabel
Patrick, of Mitcham, Surrey. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| PAUL |
Walter
Daniel |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1128511, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Sidi Amor, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number LZ142, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a transit flight from Grottaglie, Italy and Sidi Amor, possibly
due to bad weather 6 November 1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PAYNE |
Francis
Joseph |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Observer) R/111177, 39 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. 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, 15 May 1943. Aged 23. Native
of of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Son of Austin and Norah Payne,
of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| PAYNE |
Kenneth
Edward |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1389804, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No2, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
JA137, when the aircraft collided with Beaufighter V8843 of 219
Squadron off Bizerte, Tunisia, during a Nickel leaflet raid over
enemy territory in Italy 1 December 1943. Aged 21. Native of Morden,
Surrey. Son of George and Caroline Deborah Payne, of Morden, Surrey.
Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PEACOCK |
Clayton
Robert |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/92898, 683 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Spitfire PRIV, serial number BS364, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a photo reconnaissance
sortie to Taranto, Naples and Messina, Italy 9 March 1943. Aged
23. Native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Son of Stanley D. and
Jessie Peacock, of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Panel 10, Column
2. |
| PEACOCK |
Thomas
T M J |
Warrant
Officer 1341128, 293 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Pomigliano, Italy,
24 September 1944. Aged 31. Native of Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Son
of Thomas Peacock, and of Jane Peacock, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
Panel 13, Column 2. |
| PEARSON |
Arthur
Vernon |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 130854, 683 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of San Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXI, serial
number PL991, when it was assumed that the aircraft ditched in
the Adriatic during a photo reconnaissance sortie to Trieste 29
January 1945. Aged 24. Native of Willington, Derbyshire. Son of
Thomas Frederick and Hilda Eveline Pearson; husband of Gladys
May Pearson, of Willington, Derbyshire. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| PEARSON |
Richard |
Sergeant
1122167, 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 AW349, when the
aircraft was shot down by flak while on an anti-shipping sortie
during which a convoy was attacked near Marettimo island, Sicily,
24 February 1943. Aged 24. Native of Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Son
of Richard and Alice Pearson, of Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Panel
9, Column 1. |
| PEARSON |
Robert
Bedlington |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 115796, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number
X8071, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109s into the sea
off Bizerta, Tunisia during a patrol 14 November 1942. Aged 33.
Native of both Glasgow & Bournemouth, Hampshire. Son of Isaac
Bedlington Pearson, and of Margaret Elizabeth Pearson, of Bournemouth,
Hampshire. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| PEAT |
Norman
Wallace |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/18751, 283 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Tingley,
Algeria, in a Supermarine Walrus II, serial number W2734, when
the 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 27. Born 8 January 1916 in Ontario, Canada.
Native of Bright, Ontario, Canada. Son of James Wallace and Maggie
(nee Hogarth) Peat, of Bright, Ontario, Canada. Religious denomination
Presbyterian. Attested 25 September 1940. Height 5 feet 7 inches,
weight 160 lbs, chest 35½ inches. Civil occupation Costing
Clerk working for Hay & Company Ltd, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 1. |
| PENDLEBURY |
James
Richards |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1012980, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number BN362,
when his aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 during
an Air-Sea Rescue (ASR) sortie escorting an HSL off the coast
of Malta 18 May 1942. Aged 26. Native of Bootle, Lancashire. Son
of John and Lilian Pendlebury; stepson of Isabella Pendlebury,
of Bootle, Liverpool. Panel 4 Column 1. |
| PENLINGTON |
Alfred |
Sergeant
1024856, 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
it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a night
fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily
18 April 1943. Aged 23. Native of Chester, Cheshire. Son of Alfred
and Catherine Penlington, of Chester. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PENNELL |
Harry
Allen |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/88737, 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, when the aircraft was shot down near the target during
a raid on Cerveteri airfield 17 September 1943. Aged 29. Native
of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of Harry Bryant Pennell and Grace
Darling Pennell, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Martha
Pennell, of Toronto, Ontario. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| PENNOCK |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1482988, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP567,
when the aircraft flew into the sea 2 miles southwest of Pozzallo,
Sicily during an attack on a ship 7 April 1943. Aged 25. Native
of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pennock,
of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PERKINS |
Frederick |
Flying
Officer 134197, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Grombalia, Tunisia, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number
AL751, when the 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 34. Native of Great Amwell, Hertfordshire. Son
of William George and Elizabeth Ann Perkins, of Great Amwell,
Hertfordshire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| PERKINS |
Manuel
Treharne |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1418624, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on enemy forces on the beaches at Messina, Sicily, 5 August
1943. Aged 21. Son of Alfred D. and Florence M. Perkins, of Porthcawl,
Glamorgan. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PERKINS |
Ralph |
Lieutenant
33349V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in
a Liberator BVI, serial number EV958, when the aircraft was shot
down by a night fighter over the Adriatic Sea during a raid on
the Udine marshalling yards in northeast Italy between 7 March
1945 and 8 March 1945. Aged 23. Native of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Son of Sydney and Alice E. Perkins, of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| PERRY |
Ronald
Bertram |
Sergeant
1386608, 425 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Zina, Tunisia, 6 August
1943. Aged 21. Native of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Son of B.
S. and Louise Ethel May Perry, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Panel
9, Column 1. |
| PETERS |
Bernard
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1284019, 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 VC, serial number
BP867, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
8 miles north of Valetta, Malta from 20,000 ft during a patrol
15 September 1942. Aged 22. Native of West Wickham, Kent. Son
of Charles and Hilda Peters, of West Wickham, Kent. Panel 3, Column
2. |
| PETERS |
Cyril
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1255615, 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 FA200, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a reconnaissance patrol of the Italian coast north
of Citavecchia 5 August 1943. Panel 7, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
PETERS
Cyril John of 28 Ruskin-drive Bare Morecambe and Heysham Lancashire
died on or since 5 August 1943 on war service Administration
Lancaster 6 June to John Peters civil servant.
Effects £300 16s. 7d.
|
| PETERSON |
Robert
Finlay |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 412655, 142 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
DF691. when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the docks at Bizerta, Tunisia, possibly shot down near the
target, 23 February 1943. Aged 33. Native of West Ryde, New South
Wales, Australia. Son of Daniel Cuthbert and Kate Peterson; husband
of Adelaide Peterson, of West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| PETTITT |
Eric
Noel |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 412679, 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 the aircraft crashed into
the sea 4 miles off the coast soon after taking off from Bo Rizzo,
Sicily on a night Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, possibly due
to engine failure, 14 September 1943. Aged 21. Native of Guildford,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Stephen Henry George and Lottie
Lilian Pettitt, of Guildford, New South Wales, Australia. Panel
12, Column 1. |
| PHELPS |
Cephas
Joseph |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/86344, 221 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII,
serial number HX5776, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on a target in Sicily 4 April 1943. Aged 26. Born
16 February 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Henry and
Ruth Jane (nee Lucker) Phelps, of Austin, Manitoba, Canada. Resident
277 Margaret Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Enlisted 7 January
1941. Civil occupation Landscape Gardener. Height 5 feet 8½
inches, weight 124 lbs, chest 33 inches. Religious denoination
United Reform. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| PHETHEAN |
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 978915, 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
FK373, 2when the aircraft was shot down by return fire from a
Ju52/3m during a reconnaissance sortie off Corsica and Sardinia,
the rest of the crew survived and were captured, 6 August 1943.
Aged 23. In 1921 he was a baby, born Bolton, Lancashire, son of
John and Martha Phethean, resident 19, Shaw Street, Bolton, Lancashire.
Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PHILBRICK |
Norman
Edwin |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1320136, 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 HE600, when the aircraft was shot down over the target
during a raid on Naples 16 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Calne,
Wiltshire. Son of George William and Amy Philbrick; husband of
Gwendoline Maud Philbrick, of Calne, Wiltshire. Panel 9, Column
1. |
| PHILLIPS |
Derek
Howard |
Sergeant
(Observer) 922248, 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 Z7652,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
patrol between Malta and the Cape Bon-Kerkennah Island area
of Tunisia 7 January 1942. Aged 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
L. Phillips, of Clan-william House, Watermouth-road, Ilfracombe.
Civilian occupation estate agent in Piccadilly,
London. Panel 4, Column 1.
Extract
from Western Morning News - 27 January 1942, page 5,
and The North Devon Journal-Herald - 29 January 1942,
page 6:
Ilfracombe
Man Missing
Sergt. Observer Derek Howard Phillips, aged 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar L. Phillips, of Clan-william House, Watermouth-road,
Ilfracombe, has been reported missing. Before the war the
missing man was an estate agent in Piccadilly, London, and
he had a distinguished clientele, among whom was Hallle Selassie,
the Emperor of Abyssinia, who lived in England during the
Italian occupation of his country.
Extract
from Western Timess - 30 January 1942, page 5:
Ilfracombe
Man Missing. —Sergeant Observer Derek Howard
Phillips, aged 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Phillips,
of Clan-william House, Watermouth-road, Ilfracombe, has been
reported missing.
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| PHILLIPS |
John
Denys |
Flight
Lieutenant (Navigator) 112535, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve attachd to 1 Squadron. 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; aircraft borrowed from the USAAF, 1 July
1944. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| PHILLIPS |
Michael
Hugh Arnold |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 84294, 51 Operational Training Unit, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, in a de
Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DZ703, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a ferry flight from the UK to Malta
on behalf of 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (OADU) 11 April
1943. Aged 28. Son of Arnold and Ursula Phillips, of Godalming,
Surrey. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| PHIPPS |
Ivor
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1023516, 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 the aircraft
collided with Bristol Beaufighter V8843 of 219 Squadron off
Bizerte, Tunisia, during a Nickel leaflet raid over enemy territory
in Italy 1 December 1943. Aged 23. Born 26 June 1920. Native
of of Rhydfelan, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Son of Percy John Phipps,
and of Sarah Jane Phipps, of Rhydfelan, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.
In the 1921 census he was a baby, born Pontypridd, Glamorganshire,
son of Percy John and Sarah Jane Phipps, resident 107, Bonvilston
Road, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales. In the 1939 Register
his father had died and he was living with his mother, Sarah
J Phipps, he was single, and they resided at 48 Sycamore Street,
Pontypridd, Pontypridd U.D., Glamorganshire, Wales. Panel 7,
Column 2.
Extract
from Pontypridd Observer - 4 September 1943, page 2:
RHYDYFELIN
Good News. - Mrs. Phipps, 48, Sycamore Street, has received
a letter from her son, Ivor John Phipps, Wireless Operator,
R.A.F., who had been previously reported missing. We are glad
to report that Ivor is safe and well after being "picked
up" somewhere on the North African coastline.
Extract
from Pontypridd Observer & Glamorgan Free Press
- 1 December 1945, page 4:
ROLL
OF HONOUR
PHIPPS.—Treasured memories of Ivor
(Flt-Sergt., RAF), presumed killed December 1, 1943. "Per
Ardva ad Astra."—Sadly missed by his Mother and
sister Enid
Extract
from Pontypridd Observer & Glamorgan Free Press
- 30 November 1946, page 4:
ROLL
OF HONOUR
PHIPPS.—Treasured
memories of Ivor (Ft/Sgt.. R.A.F.). killed in action on December
1, 1943. God's greatest gift. Remembrance.—From Mum,
Enid and Bill. (D
Extract
from Pontypridd Observer & Glamorgan Free Press
- 6 December 1946, page 2:
PHIPPS
—Treasured memories Of Ivor. Flt./Sergt. R.A.F., who
lost his life on Dec .tuber 1. 1943. —Always remembered
by Mum, Enid and Bill.
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| PICKARD |
Wilfrid
Harold James |
Flying
Officer 127967, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pavillier, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE273, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 26. Native of Bellingham,
London. Son of Wilfrid Thomas Pickard and Rosetta Pickard, of
Bellingham, London. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| PIEN |
Henri
Frans Mary |
[Frans
also listed in some records as Franz] Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
1299929, 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 IC, serial number T5031, when
the aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking a Ju88
during a sweep off Malta 19 December 1942. Of Belgium. Panel 3,
Column 2. |
| PILLING |
James
Walter |
Flight
Sergeant 1283040, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltarin a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number AJ162,
when the aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking
an enemy ship during a patrol, two of the crew survived and were
rescued by the ship, 10 September 1942. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| PINKERTON |
Harrie
Irwin |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 423255, 253 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Canne,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number LZ915, when
the aircraft was hit by flak during an attack on gun positions
at Rab Island 40 miles southeast of Fiume, Italy, and ditched
in the sea 17 March 1945. Aged 23. Native of Tamworth, New South
Wales, Australia. Son of Harrie Hunter Pinkerton and Sarah Millicent
Pinkerton, of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 19,
Column 2. |
| PINSENT |
John
Soudon |
Sergeant
1376521, 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 Hudon V, serial number AM634, when
the aircraft was shiot down in error by a FAA Fulmar during a
transit flight from Gibraltar to Malta 11 December 1941. Aged
25. Native of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Son of Gilbert Soudon Pinsent
and Agnes Mabel Pinsent, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Panel 2,
Column 1. |
| PLATT |
James
Henry Russell |
Flight
Sergeant 1822714, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Blida, Algeria, in a Short Stirling IV, serial number LK187, when
the aircraft crashed into the sea off Castiglione due to engine
failure when low flying while on a transit flight to 144 MU, four
of the crew survived, 13 September 1944. Aged 20. Son of Richard
William and Emily Josephine Platt, of Glasgow. Panel 14, Column
1. |
| PLAYFAIR |
Peter
John |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 138476, 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 HF763, 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 Madulsima, Ceylon. Son of John
W. M. and Florence Mary Playfair, of Madulsima, Ceylon. Panel
6, Column 2. |
| PLUMMER |
Nigel
Anthony |
 Sergeant
(Pilot) NZ412732, 81 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out
of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP684 (aircraft serial unconfimed), when the aircraft was shot
down into the sea by a fighter when intercepting an enemy air
raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria, 2 January 1943. Aged 24. Native
of Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Son of Capt. Sidney James
Plummer and of Mary Alice Plummer (nee Whitelaw), of Waipawa,
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2.
Photograph
from Weekly News
|
| POCKSON |
Vernon
Clifford |
 Flying
Officer (Pilot) 414675, 500 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of La Senia, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura
GRV, serial number FP633, when the aircraft was shot down into
the sea northwest of Algiers in error by an RAF Beaufighter
during a convoy escort 1 April 1944. Aged 21. Born 17 June 1922
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of New Brighton,
Canterbury, New Zealand. Son of Richard Wheeler Pockson and
Mary Elizabeth Pockson, of New Brighton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Attended Christchurch Boys High School. Panel 16, Column 2.
Photograph
from Weekly News
|
| POCOCK |
Donald
Reginald |
Flight
Sergeant 1390316, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a bristol beaufighter VIF, serial number ND144,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Sicily
during a practice interception 12 January 1944. Aged 20. Native
of Glynde, Sussex. Son of Reginald Frederick and Isabella Camillia
Pocock, of Glynde, Sussex. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| POCOCK |
Ronald
James |
Sergeant
(air Gunner) 1608024, 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
JP239, when the aircraft ceashed into the sea north of Corsica
following an engine fire when returning from a Special Operations
drop in northern Italy, one of the crew survived, 30 July 1944.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| POLFREY |
Alan
John |
Sergeant
1319342, 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, serial number DF697,
when the aircraft was shot down over the target during a raid
on Trapani, Sicily, 15 May 1943. Aged 20. Native of Guildford,
Surrey. Son of John Harold and Gladys Augusta May Polfrey, of
Guildford, Surrey. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| POLLOCK |
Harry
Keith |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/7476, 202 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action by firendly fire flying
out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number
FP153, when it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down in
error by Royal Navy warships during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol 20 November 1942. Aged 21. Native of Havelock, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Harry and Elva M. Pollock, of Havelock, Ontario,
Canada. His brother, John Albert Pollock, also died during World
War 2, Warrant Officer Class I R/9780, 30 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force, died 12 October 1943. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| POOLE |
William
John |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1377523, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Shallufa, Egypt but detailed to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers
Wellingtonm IC, serial number Z8776, when the aircraft was shot
down near the target during a raid on Tripoli, Libya, 23 September
1941. Born 18 October 1911. In the 1939 Register he was a Solicitor's
Clerk, married to Elsie A (nee Harvey) Poole, resident 60 Edendale
Road, Bexley, Crayford U.D., Kent. Panel 2, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
POOLE
William John of 60 Edendale-road Barnehurst Kent
died 23 September 1941 on war service Probate Llandudno 23 September
to John James Poole engineers fitter.
Effects £725 13s. 5d.
|
| POPE |
Donald
Burnard |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 135478, 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 the aircraft
was lost without trace during a Special Operations Executive
(SOE) Special Operations sortie to Italy 7 September 1943. Aged
34. Born 10 December 1908. Baptised 25 April 1909 in Merton
St Mary, Surrey, resident 33 Mina Road, Merton Park, Surrey.
Native of Bromley, Kent. Son of Joseph and Mabel Frances Pope;
husband of Sylvia (nee Marriott) Pope, of Bromley, Kent, married
January to March Quarter 1941 in Hendon Registration District,
Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 2, born Wimbledon,
Surrey, son of Joseph and Mabel Frances Pope, brother of Francis
Pope, resident 34 Branksome Road, Merton Park S.W., Merton,
Surrey & London. In 1921 he was aged 12, born Surrey, son
of Joseph and Mabel Frances Pope, resident 14, Elvaston Road,
Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire. In the 1939 Register he
was an Ichthyologist (Marine Biologist), resident with his parents,
Joseph and Mabel F Pope, at 66 Green Lane, Edgware, Hendon M.B.,
Middlesex. and certified Air Raid Precaution (A.R.P.) Warden
Panel 6, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
POPE
Donald Burnard of 66 Green-lane Edgware Middlesex
died 7 September 1943 on war service Administration
Llandudno 12 March to Sylvia Pope widow. Effects
£660 0s. 5d.
|
| POPE |
John
Gorton |
Pilot
Officer 118944, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number AJ162,
when his aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking
an enemy ship during a patrol, two of the crew survived and
were rescued by the ship, 10 September 1942. Aged 29. Native
of St Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex. Son of Dr. Charles A. W. Pope
and Marion Ruth Pope, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. M.A. (Cantab.).
Panel 3, Column 1. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
POPE
John Gorton of 7 Sedlescombe-road-south St.
Leonards-on-Sea died 10 September 1942 on war service
Probate Llandudno 12 February to Marion
Ruth Pope widow and Audrey Gravener Pope spinster. Effects
£20139 14s. 8d.
Resealed Gibraltar 27 June 1946.
Extract
from Hastings & St. Leonards Observer - 26 September
1942, page 8:
POPE.—In
September, 1942, reported missing as the result of air operations,
Pilot Officer John Gorton Pope, R.A.F.V.R., beloved younger,
son of the late Dr. Charles A. W. Pope (killed on active service
1917) and of Mrs. Pope, of 7, Sedlescombe-road South, St.
Leonards, aged 29.
Extract
from Hastings & St. Leonards Observer - 12 January
1946, page 1:
R.A.F.
Officer's Fate
It
was announced yesterday that Pilot-Officer John Gorton Pope,
R.A.F.V.R. (202 Squadron), who was previously reported missing,
has now being officially presumed killed in action on September
10, 1942.
Pilot Officer Pope was the younger son of the late Dr. Charles
A. W. Pope and of Mrs. Pope, of 7, Sedlescombe-road South,
St. Leonards, and was 29 years of age.
Mrs, Pope is joint hon. secretary of the local branch of the
National Council of Women. Throughout the war she served as
a full-time C.D. warden
Extract
from Hastings & St. Leonards Observer - 23 February
1946, page 1:
Officer's
£20,000 Will
Estate of £20,138 was left by Pilot Officer John Gorton
Pope, R.A.F.V.R., of Sedlescombe-road South, St. Leonards,
whose will was published yesterday.
He left £1,000 to Charterhouse School, and £1,000
to Cranleigh School, Surrey, and all scientific and biological
books and papers, microscope slides and instruments,
|
| POPOV |
Arkadil |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 178157, 352 (Yugoslavian) Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Canne, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire
VC, serial number JK447, when the aircraft was shot down by flak
at Slano, Croatia during a patrol between Metkovic and Dubrovnik
16 October 1944. Native of Yugoslavia. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| PORTEOUS |
Sidney |
Sergeant
(Observer) 984451, 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 Z7504,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak from escorting enemy
destroyers during an attack on a convoy about 40 miles northwest
of Tripoli, Libya, 12 September 1941. Aged 27. Son of Alexander
and Emma Porteous, of Manchester. In 1921 he was aged 7, born
Cadisheadm Labncashire, son of Alexander and Emma Poreous, resident
169, Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Irlam, Lancashire. Panel 2,
Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
PORTEOUS
Sidney of 566 Oldham-road Manchester 10 died
on or since 12 September 1941 on war service Probate Manchester
17 December to Alexander Porteous electrical machinery erector.
Effects £213 3s. 8d.
|
| PORTER |
Albert
Charles |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 151677, 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 20. Native of Streatham, London.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Porter, of Streatham, London. Panel
13, Column 2. |
| PORTER |
Louis |
Flight
Sergeant 1375700, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Brindisi, Italy,
25 October 1943. Aged 22. Native of Stanmore, Middlesex. Son of
Joseph and Betsy Porter, of Stanmore, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| PORTER |
Reginald
Frank Charles |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/71428, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG806,
when the aircraft dicthed about 70 miles west of Malta due to
an engine failure during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol 21 April
1943. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| POSTONS |
Harry |
Leading
Aircraftman 1306011, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying as a passenger
out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial number FH280,
when the aircraft ditched off the Spanish coast when both engines
failed on a flight from Gibraltar, the rest of the crew survived,
aircraft from Gibraltar Station Fight, 9 April 1946. Aged 24.
Husband of Marjorie Postons, of Swinton, Lancashire. Panel 19,
Column 2. |
| POTTER |
Edward
Kenneth John |
Sergeant
1614421, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of La Senia,
Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP546, when
the aircraft crashed off Cap de l'Aiguille just east of Oran,
Algeria, 7 March 1944. Aged 22. Native of Hampstead, London. Son
of Eunice Potter, of Hampstead, London. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| POTTER |
George
Rowland |
Sergeant
(Special Operations) 1270949, 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 when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a night reconnaissance
from Civitavecchia to Bastia and along the coasts of Corsica and
Sardinia 16 September 1943. Aged 23. Native of Deptford, London.
Son of Alfred George and Edith Angeline Potter, of Deptford, London.
Panel 9, Column 1. |
| POTTER |
Joseph
David |
Sergeant
1591529, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JS935, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy escort 13
September 1944. Aged 19. Native of New Tupton, Derbyshire. Son
of James William and Sarah Hannah Potter, of New Tupton, Derbyshire.
Panel 15, Column 2. |
| POTTS |
James
Eric |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1333820, 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, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Palermo, Sicily,
7 July 1943. Aged 20. Native of Littlehampton, Sussex. Son of
James Ellwood Potts and Evelyn Lillian Potts, of Littlehampton,
Sussex. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| POULDEN |
Kenneth
Albert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 576967, 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Fano, Italy, in a Supermarine
Spitfire LFIX, serial number PT583, when the aircraft flew into
the ground near Pesaro during dive-bombing practice 5 November
1944. Aged 21. Native of Putney, London. Son of Albert Edward
and Violet May Poulden, of Putney, London. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| POULSON |
Stuart
James Walton |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1580290, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. 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 16 April 1944. Aged 20.
Native of Littleover, Derbyshire. Son of Cuthbert W. and Marie
E. H. Poulson, of Littleover, Derbyshire. Panel 14, Column 1.
See also Littleover,
Derbyshire |
| POWELL |
Frederick
Henry Thomas |
Sergeant
1583451, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Tortorella, Italy, 30
June 1944. Aged 20. Born 26 March 1924. Native of Suckley, Worcestershire.
Son of Mrs. A. E. Powell, of Suckley, Worcestershire. In 1939
he was a General Farm Hand, son of Annie E Powell, resident Greenhill,
Longley Green, Martley R.D., Worcestershire. Panel 15, Column
2. |
| POWELL |
Robert
William |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 133651, 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 LX911, when the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s near Pianosa
Island during an Air-Sea Rescue sortie for aircrew downed the
previous day 25 September 1943. Aged 20. Native of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Son of Sidney William and Florence Mary Powell, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| POWELL |
Thomas |
Corporal
919800, 15076 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action at sea while in transit aboard LST 305 when the
Landing Craft was lost when it was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230
off Anzio, Italy, 20 February 1944. Aged 26. Native of Enfield,
Middlesex. Son of William and Anne Mary Powell, of Enfield, Middlesex.
Panel 15, Column 2. |
| POWLES |
Cameron
Albert |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/68143, Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed while flying
out of Harwell, Oxon, in a Vickers Welloington II, serial number
Z8418, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a delivery
flight between Gibraltar and Bathhurst, Gambia, 1 November 1942.
Aged 21. Native of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Son of Albert
E. Powles, and of Pearl A. Powles, of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 5, Column 1. |
| POWNALL |
John
Harold |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1337555, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI,
serial number LR253, when the aircrfat was lost without trace
during an offensive patrol over the Po Valley region near Padua,
Italy, 2 March 1944. Aged 22. Native of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
Son of Walter L. and Mary L. Pownall, of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| PRATT |
Charles
Halbert |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/75168, 142 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE760, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Palermo, Sicily, 7 July 1943. Native of St. Peter's
Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Charles C. and Olive
B. Pratt, of St. Peter's Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Panel
10, Column 2. |
| PRATT |
James
Charles |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1389072, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on Viterbo airfield, Italy, 16 August 1943. Aged 19. Son
of James Thomas Pratt and Jane Pratt. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PREBBLE |
Ian
Douglas |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ41186, 458 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington XII,
serial number MP510, when the aircraft flew into the sea between
Pantelleria and Cape Bon avoiding fighters during an anti-shipping
patrol, three crew survived and were captured, 28 April 1943.
Aged 23. Native of Waverley, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Herbert
Prebble and of Nellie Prebble (nee Robertson), of Waverley, Wellington,
New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| PRENTICE |
James
Mckinley |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1434395, 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 the 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 27. Native of
Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Son of Robert and Jeanie Prentice; husband
of Margaret Prentice, of Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| PRESTON |
Ian
Fraser |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/15388, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR383, when
the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 about 30 miles
north of Zonqur Point, Malta when intercepting an enemy fighter
sweep 23 September 1942. Aged 22. Native of Glencoe, Illinois,
U.S.A. Son of James R. and Margaret F. Preston; stepson of Frances
R. Preston, of Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.A. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| PRICE |
Frank
William |
Flight
Lieutenant 122550, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXII, serial number
HK160, when the aircraft was lost without trace from an interception
over the Adriatic Sea about 20 miles off Ravenna, Italy, 12 February
1945. Aged 24. Native of Northwich, Cheshire. Son of William and
Jessie Price, of Northwich, Cheshire. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| PRIDHAM |
George
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1393906, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria.
16 March 1944. Aged 21. Native of Battersea, London. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Pridham, of Battersea, London. Panel 14, Column
1. |
| PRIME |
Victor
Barwick |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1586195, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN943, when the aircraft crashed into the sea, probably off Rodi,
during a raid on railway yards at Mestre, Italy, after being recalled
due to bad weather 20 April 1944. Aged 20. Native of Dagenham,
Essex. Son of Charles V. and Minnie R. Prime, of Dagenham, Essex.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| PRIOR |
Cyril
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 977597, 500 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson
when the aircraft was damaged by a depth charge explosion when
sinking the U-boat U-259 north of Algiers, he baled out but unfortunately
died, two of the crew survived, 15 November 1942. Aged 25. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Wantage, Berkshire. Son of Norman
William and Ella Winifred Prior, of Wantage, Berkshire. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| PRITCHARD |
Thomas
Josiah |
Sergeant
655945, 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 the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Sfax, Tunisia, 31 December 1942. Aged 24. Native
of Leamore, Walsall, Staffordshire. Son of John Thomas Pritchard
and Pheobe Anne Pritchard, of Leamore, Staffordshire. Panel 4.
Column 2. |
| PROCTER |
William
Norman |
[Listed
as PROCTOR on Canadian Archives] Warrant Officer Class I (Wireless
Operator/Air Gunner) R/114451, 624 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley 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. Born 28 February 1920 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Joseph and Mary Procter, of 235
Balsam Avenue S., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Enlisted 24 July
1941. Religious denomination Roman Catholic. Height 5 feet 8 inches,
weight 137 lbs, blue eyes, dark brown hair, fair complexion. Civilian
occupation Shoe Clerk. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| PROTIC |
Mileta |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 178151, 352 (Yugoslavia) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Canne, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JK329,
when the aircrfat was shot down by flak at Zepce near Brezovo
Polje, Yugoslavia, 19 December 1944. Native of Yugoslavia. Panel
13, Column 1. |
| PROUD |
Colin
Victor |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 621376, 14 Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial
number FK127, when the aircraft ditched in the Adriatic Sea near
Lastovo Island following an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance,
one of the crew survived and was rescued, 19 October 1943. Aged
22. Son of Thomas Albert Victor and Charlotte Louisa Proud; husband
of Joan Edith Ivy Proud, Reading, Berkshire. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| PRYTHERCH |
Dalton
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 137799, 72 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX,
serial number EN301, when he baled out 10 miles south of Marina
di Regusa, Sicily, due to engine failure but drowned 18 June
1943. Native of Liverpool. Religious denomination Roman Catholic,
attended Anfield, All Saints, Liverpool, Lancashire. In 1921
he was the son of Dalton J and Mary F Prytherch, aged 1, born
Liveropool, resident with his grandparents, John and Eleanor
A Prytherch, resident 115, Queens Road, Liverpool, Everton,
Lancashire. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.).
Panel 6, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
PRYTHERCH Dalton John the younger of 297 Utting-avenue-east
Liverpool died 18 June 1943 on war service
Administration Liverpool 3 April to Dalton
John Prytherch government official.
Effects £271 14s. 2d.
|
| PULLIN |
Thomas
Joseph |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 155952, 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 HZ814, when the aircraft crashed into
the Ariatic Sea when returning from a raid on an oil refinery
at Campina, Romania with battle damage 6 May 1944. Aged 23. Native
of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Anne
Pullin, of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Panel 13, Column 2. See
also Cyfarthfa
Castle School, Glamorganshire |
| PULLUM |
Charles
Henry |
Sergeant
1212416, 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
24. Native of Sidcup, Kent. Son of Charles Edward and Rose Elizabeth
Pullum, of Sidcup, Kent. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| PURCELL |
Patrick
Joseph |
Pilot
Officer 187350, 293 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Pomigliano, Italy,
24 September 1944. Aged 26. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| PURDHAM |
Joseph |
Flight
Sergeant 1039479, 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas C47 Dakota III, serial number FD865,
when the aircraft was lost during a transit flight in bad weather
from Capodichino to the Balkans, seventeen passengers also died,
19 September 1944. Aged 23. Native of Carlisle, Cumberland. Son
of Thomas James Purdham and Rachel Purdham, of Carlisle. Panel
14, Column 1. |
| PUTTER |
Andrew
Stephen |
Warrant
Officer Class II 328753V, 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. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| PYBUS |
Jack |
 Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ401778, 95 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L5805,
when the aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown, Sierra
Leone, during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11 June 1942.
Aged 28. Born 8 September 1913. Native of Herne Bay, Auckland,
New Zealand. Son of Ralph and Edith Annie Pybus, of Herne Bay,
West Island, Auckland, New Zealand. Attended Auckland Grammar
School. Panel 5, Column 1.
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