TEMPSFORD,
RAF Personnel Losses - Roll of Honour
1942
138 Squadron
161 Squadron
Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Martin Edwards
additional Polish information by Piotr Wisniewski
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| 28/29
January 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z6728
Ditched 20 miles from English coast. Operation MUSJIDE, Belgium. |
| BAXTER |
George
Edward Albert |
(Flight
Sergeant) Warrant Officer 513278, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday
28th January 1942. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
72. |
| BENHAM |
Jack
Elkan David |
Wing Commander 90447, Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force). Died Wednesday
28th January 1942. Age 41. Son of Lionel D. and Mabel P. Benham,
of Marylebone, London. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 64. |
| BRITTAIN |
Albutt |
(Flight) Sergeant 634328, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday 28th January
1942. Age 20. Son of Richard and Elsie Brittain, of Gateshead, Co.
Durham. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 73. |
| GOLD |
David |
(Flight) Sergeant 1001635, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Wednesday 28th January 1942. Age 21. Son of Arthur and Mary Alice
Gold, of Farington, Lancashire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 74. |
| JONES |
Emrys
Evan |
(Flight)
Sergeant 1151000, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pilot. Died Wednesday 28th January 1942. Age 20. Son
of Evan and Mary Jones, of Nantoer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 75. |
| SMITH |
Francis
William |
Sergeant 543358, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday 28th January 1942.
Age 21. Son of Francis William and Elsie Smith, of Alcester. Buried
ALCESTER BURIAL GROUND, Warwickshire. Grave 2355. |
| WEEKS |
Dennis
Owens |
Pilot Officer 46768, Royal Air Force. Air Gnr. Died Wednesday 28th
January 1942. Buried ST. PAUL CHURCHYARD, BENTLEY COMMON, Essex, |
| 27/28
March 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley T4166 - NF-B
Crashed into the sea at Dan Helder operation WATERCRESS, Holland. |
| EVANS |
William
Charles |
Sergeant 526918, Royal Air Force. Died Friday 27th March 1942. Age
26. Son of Robert Beadnell Evans and Ursula Ann Evans, of Birkenhead,
Cheshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 82. |
| FRANKLIN |
Robert
William |
Pilot Officer 105182, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
27th March 1942. Age 26. Son of Robert Harry and Amy Franklin; husband
of Olive Ethel Frances Franklin, of Farnborough, Hampshire. Commemorated
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 69. |
| HAILSTONE |
Kenneth |
Sergeant 820044, Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force). Died Friday 27th
March 1942. Age 20. Son of Walter and Eleanor Hailstone, of Manchester.
Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 84. |
| THOMPSON |
John |
Flight Sergeant 1055985, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Friday 27th March 1942. Age 21. Son of John and Elizabeth Thompson,
of Halifax. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 76. |
| WIDDUP |
Stanley |
Pilot
Officer 67703, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday 27th
March 1942. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 72. |
| WOOD |
George
Robert |
Sergeant 1334807, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
27th March 1942. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Grave 32. A. 5. |
| 20/21
April 1942 - 138 Squadron - Halifax V9976
Struck a hill in fog at Kreuth, south of Munich. Operation WHISKEY,
Austria. The night of 20th April 1942 saw such bad weather, that
all other RAF Bomber Command flights were cancelled, but Wing Commander
Farley had to order the Polish air crew to make that agent drop
flight. To his eternal credit, Wing Commander Farley decided he
could not ask them to fly on such a night unless he accompanied
them. As such he flew as 2nd pilot, with Captain Ryszard Zygmuntowicz
acting as 1st pilot. This is one of the most mysterious losses of
the war, since the aircraft made a sudden and unexpected change
of course to the South and crashed shortly afterwards. The true
story may never be known. The token parts of RAF Halifax V9976 of
138 Squadron have (in June 2005) been brought down from the summit
ridge of the Blauberg mountain in Germany.
Agents
on board flight were Franz Löschl, underground cover name Donner
Franz; and Lorenz Mraz, underground cover names Moritz Lorenz and
Hofstädter Lorenz.. These were Austrian Marxists who were veterans
of the Spanish Civil War and agents of Stalin
Agents were members of the OeFF(Oesterreichischen Freiheitsfront)
in Moscow: Lorenz MRAZ (as Ing Rudolf HOFSTAEDTLER) and Franz LOESCHEL
(as Maschinentechniker Franz MAYER). Both agents were also killed
and buried with the crew. [Source:
Aviation
Safety Network] |
| FARLEY,
DFC |
Walter
Ronald |
Wing Commander 29089, Royal Air Force. Pilot.
Died Tuesday 21st April 1942. Age 38. Son of Thomas Alfred and Sarah
Ann Farley; husband of Maisie Selina Peta Farley, of Knightsbridge,
London. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Buried in
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave
9. H. 20-24. |
| KARBOWSKI |
Bronislaw
aka Bruno |
Flight
Sergeant P-793737, Polish Air Force. Age 22. Buried in DURNBACH
WAR CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Plot 9. Row H. Collective
grave 20-24.
Three
time awarded KW. Wireless Operator. Polish.
|
| MADRACKI |
Czeslaw |
Sergeant
P-780118, Polish Air Force. Age 34. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY,
Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H. 20-24.
|
| PULTON |
James
Ansford |
Flying Officer 78688, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Air Gnr.
Died Tuesday 21st April 1942. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bad
Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H. 20-24. |
| STARISKY |
Peter |
Agent, Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). |
| TROUSSEVITCH |
Vsevolod |
Agent,
Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). |
| VEOLLNAGEL |
Antoni
Henryk |
Flight
Lieutenant P-76802, Polish Air Force. Age 31. Buried in DURNBACH
WAR CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H.
20-24. |
| WILMANSKI |
Leon |
Sergeant
P-781191, Polish Air Force. Age 28. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY,
Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H. 20-24.
|
| WOJCIECHOWSKI |
Mieczyslaw |
Sergeant
P-780095, Polish Air Force. Age 26. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY,
Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H. 20-24.
|
| ZYGMUNTOWICZ |
Ryszard |
Flying
Officer P-0291, Polish Air Force. Age 26. Buried in DURNBACH WAR
CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany. Collective grave 9. H. 20-24.
|
| 20/21
April 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9158 - NF-V
'Nickling' over St. Etienne area of France. Diverted to Boscombe
Down and en-route struck high ground at Porton, Wiltshire. |
| LEIGH |
Sydney
William Francis |
Sergeant 1304727, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr.
Died on Tuesday 21st April 1942. Age 21. Son of Sydney William and
Laura Gertrude Leigh, of Poplar; husband of Elizabeth Leigh, of
Poplar. Buried in CITY OF LONDON AND TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY, London.
Commemorated on Screen Wall. |
| LINES |
Walter
John Edward |
Flight Sergeant R/72363, Royal Canandian Air Force. Air Obs. Died
on Tuesday 21st April 1942. Buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY,
Surrey. Grave 36. I. 4. |
| MILLER |
Ivan
Anderson |
Pilot Officer J/15213, Royal Canadian Air Force. Pilot.
Died Tuesday 21st April 1942. Age 29. Son of Archie Cleveland Miller
and Annie Maude Miller, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Buried
in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Grave 36. I. 3. |
| SHADDICK |
Raymond
Fred |
Sergeant (Pilot) 1313191, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Tuesday 21st April 1942. Age 19. Son of Faithful and Florrie Shaddick,
of Westford. Buried in WELLINGTON CEMETERY, Somerset. Div. 1. Grave
2913. |
| 25/26
July 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9282 - NF-M
Crashed a Vire, while bombing Cholet, France. |
| OWEN |
John |
Flight Sergeant 1166741, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Sunday 26th July 1942. Age 21. Son of John and Louisa Owen,
of Wolverhampton. Buried VIRE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Calvados, France.
Plot L. Grave 2. |
| ROCK |
William
George |
Flight Sergeant 649532, Royal Air Force. W.Op./Air Gnr. Died Sunday
26th July 1942. Age 23. Son of George and Elizabeth Mary Rock, of
Broughshane, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Buried VIRE NEW COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot L. Grave 1. |
| THORNTON |
Douglas |
Sergeant
1055021, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Sunday 26th July
1942. Age 23. Son of Thomas and Margaret Thornton; husband of Elsie
Thornton, of Bradford, Yorkshire. Buried VIRE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot L. Grave 3. |
| WHALLEY |
James |
Sergeant 1072964, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Obs. Died Sunday
26th July 1942. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Jane Whalley, of Preston,
Lancashire; husband of Edith Whalley, of Preston. Buried VIRE NEW
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot L. Grave 4. |
| 29/30
July
1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9230 - NF-N
Operation LETTUCE 5, Holland. Shot down by night-fighter while running
up to target. |
| DAVIES,
DFC |
William
Twiston |
 Sqadron
Leader 42204, Royal Air Force. Pilot.
Died Thursday 30th July 1942. Age 23. Son of Alfred and Mabel Anne
Davies, of Chester. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
Buried HOLTEN GENERAL
CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 7. |
| FRANKLIN |
Leonard
Sidney |
 Flight
Sergeant 744909, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
30th July 1942. Age 28. Son of Tom and Elizabeth Franklin; husband
of Gladys Ellen Franklin,of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Buried HOLTEN
GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 5. |
| GRAY |
Trevor
Morgan |
 Flight
Sergeant 970472, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr.
Died Thursday 30th July 1942. Buried HOLTEN
GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 3. |
| KERRY |
Edward
Henry |
 Sergeant
927015, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr. Died Thursday
30th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Edward Kerry,and of Edith Emily Kerry,
of Filkins, Oxfordshire. Buried HOLTEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel,
Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 4. |
| STATON |
Derrick
Frank |
 Sergeant
1378512, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday 30th July
1942. Age 24. Son of Stanley Staton, and of Edith Jane Staton, of
Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, husband of Dorothy P. Staton. Buried
HOLTEN GENERAL
CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 2. |
| WRIGHT |
Philip
Thomas |
 Sergeant
960409, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday 30th July
1942. Age 22. Son of Phillip John Wright and of Daisy Blanche Wright
(nee Leggett), of Ovington, Norfolk. Buried HOLTEN
GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 1. |
| WOOD |
Geoffrey
Barrington |
 Sergeant
1215744, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Air Gnr. Died Thursday
30th July 1942. Age 20. Son of Bernard and Eleanor Wood, of Halifax.
Buried HOLTEN GENERAL
CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Plot XV. Grave 6. |
| 19/20
September 1942 - 161 Squadron - Whitley Z6940
Crashed near Boulogne. Operation TERRIER, Belgium |
| ASHFORD |
Alan
Richard |
Sergeant 1148934, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr.
Died Sunday 20th September 1942. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D. Collective Grave 17-22. See
also Rushden |
| PATEMAN |
Harry |
Sergeant
1177071, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr. Died
Sunday 20th September 1942. Age 29. Husband of Bessie Rachel Pateman,
of Hackney, London. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D. Collective Grave 17-22. |
| MacDONALD |
Frank
McLeod |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/86838, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died Sunday
20th September 1942. Age 26. Son of Ronald John and Jeannetta Fair
Macdonald, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D. Collective Grave
17-22. |
| SYMONDS |
Michael
Roberts |
Pilot Officer 126506, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air
Gnr. Died Sunday 20th September 1942. Age 19. Son of Robert Charles
and irene Elsie Symonds, of Chiswick, Middlesex. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D. Collective
Grave 17-22. |
| WALLS |
James
David |
Flight Sergeant 1061883, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Sunday 20th September 1942. Age 20. Son of Frederic Ritchie
Walls and Jessie Eva Walls, of Ayr. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D. Collective Grave 17-22. |
| WRIGHT |
Walter
Ernest Ruskin |
Sergeant 1293291, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Sunday
20th September 1942. Age 31. Son of Stephen and Lily Jane Wright;
husband of Kathleen Mary Wright, of Whitehall, Bristol. Buried in
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row D.
Collective Grave 17-22. |
| 24/25
September 1942 - 161 Squadron - Whitley Z9131 - MA-Q
Operation MONGOOSE, Belgium. Aircraft crashed near Sevigny-Waleppe
(Ardennes), France |
| FRANKLIN |
Ronald
Eden |
Sergeant 1504580, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Baled out,
died of wounds Friday 25th September 1942. Age 28. Son of Thomas
Eden Franklin and Helen Franklin, of Roby, Lancashire. Buried in
SEVIGNY-WALEPPE CHURCHYARD, Ardennes, France. Row 3. Grave 19. |
| 26/27
September 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9275 - NF-G
Crashed near Merville (Nord), France. Operation INCOMPARABLE 1,
Belgium |
| FREELAND |
David
Harrison |
Flight Sergeant 979399, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Sunday 27th September 1942. Buried MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 15. |
| GREEN |
Frederick
George |
Flight
Sergeant 618327, Royal Air Force. W.Op./Air Gnr. Died Sunday 27th
September 1942. Age 21. Son of Frederick George and Alice Green,
of Liverpool. Buried MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord,
France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 6. |
| HAYHOE |
Edmund
George |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1290931, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Sunday 27th September 1942. Age 19. Son of Edmund James Hayhoe,
D.C.M., and Lillian Hayhoe, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex. Buried MERVILLE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave
7. |
| 2/3
October 1942 - 161 Squadron - Whitley Z6653 - MA-O
Developed engine trouble, aircraft forced to ditch off the Dutch
coast. Operation LETTUCE 7. |
| GANDER |
Alfred |
Sergeant 1320955, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
2nd October 1942. Age 20. Son of Amos and Margret Gander, of Brighton,
Sussex. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 83. |
| HARBRIDGE |
Kenneth
Thorpe |
Sergeant
1160931, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday 5th October
1942. Age 22. Son of Herbert G. and Alice F. Harbridge, of Fulham,
London. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 85. |
| KITE |
Joseph
Alec Charles |
Pilot
Officer 49684, Royal Air Force. Died Friday 2nd October 1942. Age
23. Son of Gilbert Leslie and Elsie Kite; husband of Dorothy Kite.
Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 70. |
| SCOTT |
John
Reginald Simpson |
Sergeant 1388136, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
2nd October 1942. Age 21. Son of George Burfield Scott and Gertrude
Anne Scott, of Chipstead, Surrey. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 93. |
| 21/22
October 1942 - 161 Squadron - Whitley BD228 - MA-S
Crashed at base. Operation LUCKYSHOT 8, Belgium. |
| SMITH,
DFC |
Wreford
William George |
Pilot Officer 125723, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Thursday 22nd October 1942. Age 22. Son of Walter George and
Gertrude Eva Smith, of Dovercourt. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross. Buried in HARWICH CEMETERY, Essex. Consecrated Sec. Grave
3328. |
| 29/30
October 1942 - 138 Squadron - Halifax W7773 - NF-S
Crashed in southern Norway. Operation PLIERS, Poland. |
| KOZLOWSKI |
Czeslaw |
Sergeant
P-784220, Polish Air Force. Age 33. Buried in EGERSUND CEMETERY,
NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8. |
| MADEJSKI |
Tadeusz |
Flight
Sergeant P-780189, Polish Air Force. Age 23. Buried in EGERSUND
CEMETERY, NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8. |
| PANTKOWSKI |
Franciszek |
Pilot
Officer P-1571, Polish Air Force. Age 24. Buried in EGERSUND CEMETERY,
NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8. |
| SOBKOWIAK |
Franciszek |
Flight
Sergeant P-780420, Polish Air Force. Age 28. Buried in EGERSUND
CEMETERY, NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8. |
| WODZICKI,
DFC |
Mariusz |
Flying
Officer P-76627, Polish Air Force. Age 27. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross. Buried in EGERSUND CEMETERY, NORWAY. Collective grave
11-B-8. |
| ZAREMBA |
Franciszek |
Warrant
Officer P-780216, Polish Air Force. Age 28. Pilot.
Buried in EGERSUND CEMETERY, NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8.
|
| ZUK |
Waclaw |
Flight
Sergeant P-793039, Polish Air Force. Age 21. Buried in EGERSUND
CEMETERY, NORWAY. Collective grave 11-B-8. |
Three
Polish agents were also killed but are not named.
It is believed that the seven Polish airmen listed here
were subsequently reburied at the
Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery) in Oslo in a common grave with
24 other Polish citizens. |
| 31
October/1 November 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9159 - NF-D
Crashed in France. Operation PRODUCER 2, France. |
| HALLEWELL |
Arnold |
Sergeant 758119, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Air Gnr. Died
Sunday 1st November 1942. Age 21. Son of Vernon Harcourt Hallewell,
and of Gertrude Alberta Colville Hallewell, of Highgate, Middlesex.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 5. Row H.
Collective Grave 22-24. |
| MORRISON |
Falcolner |
Sergeant 1061605, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr.
Died Sunday 1st November 1942. Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot 5. Row H. Collective Grave 22-24. |
| O'LEARY |
Jack
Robert |
(Flight
Sergeant) Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot) R/92556, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Died Sunday 1st November 1942. Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 5. Row H. Collective Grave 22-24. |
| TURNHAM |
John
Edward |
Flying (Pilot) Officer 47365, Royal Air Force. Pilot.
Died Sunday 1st November 1942. Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot 5. Row F. Grave 20. |
| WHEATLEY |
Laurence |
Flying
(Pilot) Officer 120539, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Nav.
A.R.C.A. Died Sunday 1st November 1942. Age 33. Son of Percy Charles
and Ethel Wheatley; husband of Betty Wheatley, of Little Baddow,
Essex. Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 6.
Row D. Grave 20. |
| WHITE |
Sydney |
Sergeant 1188851, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Air Gnr. Died
Sunday 1st November 1942. Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot 5. Row H. Collective Grave 22-24. |
| 22/23
November 1942 - 161 Squadron - Whitley Z6629 - MA-N
Presumed lost over sea. Operation PERIWIG 7, Belgium. |
| ANDREWS |
Richard
William |
Sergeant 1251957, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Nav./Bomber.
Died Monday 23rd November 1942. Age 32. Son of John Henry and Ellen
Andrews; husband of Grace Emily Maud Andrews, of Cowes, Isle of
Wight. Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot 12. Row C. Grave 17. |
| de
BISSCHOP |
Fernand |
SIS Agent. |
| HARRISON |
Gordon
Llewelyn |
(Flight) Sergeant R/100702, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died Monday
23rd November 1942. Age 23. Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Harrison,
of Mount Dennis, Ontario, Canada. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 104. |
| HEY |
John
Alistair |
Flight Seargeant 655049, Royal Air Force. Pilot.
Died Monday 23rd November 1942. Age 30. Son of E. S. Hey and Caroline
M. Hey; husband of Jean F. Hey, of Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Buried
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row C.
Grave 15. |
| KENZIE |
Cyril
Raphael |
Sergeant 1109504, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Air Gnr. Died
Monday 23rd November 1942. Age 20. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Kenzie
of Ellesmere Port. Buried OVERPOOL CEMETERY, ELLESMERE PORT, Cheshire.
Sec. E. Grave 16. |
| METCALF |
Herbert |
Sergeant 1113285, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. W.Op./Air Gnr.
A.R.V.O. Died Monday 23rd November 1942. Age 29. Son of Frank and
Florence Agnes Metcalf, of Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Buried BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 12. Row C. Grave 16. |
| MOXON |
Harry |
Sergeant 913185, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday
23rd November 1942. Age 24. Son of William and Annie Moxon; husband
of Jessie I. Moxon, of Highgate, Middlesex. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 90. |
| 10
December 1942 - 138 Squadron - Halifax L9618 - NF-W
Lost without trace during a transit flight between Egypt and Malta
enroute to the United Kingdom returning from a detachment, there
were 8 passengers killed as well as the crew |
| ANDERLE,
DFC |
Leo
M |
Flying Officer 101525, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died Thursday 10th December 1942. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross. Husband of G. Anderle. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 247. |
| CHAMBERS |
William
Thomas Charles |
Pilot Officer 138311, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Passenger.
Died Thursday 10th December 1942. Son of Percy and Maud Chambers;
husband of Marjorie Gertrude Chambers, of Cheam, Surrey. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 248. |
| CHANDLER |
Roy
Edward |
Corporal 1199671, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Ground Crew.
Died Thursday 10th December 1942. Age 22. Son of Samuel Edward and
Sarah Ellen Chandler, of Rednal, Warwickshire. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 263. |
| HAJEK |
Bohuml |
Flight Sergeant 787484, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Thursday 10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
| HUTCHINSON |
Harold
Henry |
(Corporal) Aircraftman 1st Class 1499347, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Ground Crew. Died Thursday 10th December 1942. Age 20.
Son of Noah and Annie Hutchinson; husband of Nora Penrose Hutchinson,
of Heanor, Derbyshire. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.
Column 264. |
| KRCHA |
Viktor |
(Pilot Officer) 87622, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 247. |
| PANEK |
Vaclav |
Warrant Officer 787173, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Thursday 10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
| ROZPRYM |
Miroslav |
Pilot Officer 138677, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
| TESAR |
Josef |
Pilot Officer 138678, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
| VANICEK |
Frantisek |
(Sergeant) Pilot Officer 136560, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died Thursday 10th December 1942. Native of Czechoslovakia. Commemorated
on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 249. |
| 17
December 1942 - 138 Squadron - Halifax DT542 - NF-Q
Crashed on take-off from Luqa, Malta bound for Gibraltar.
For
details of graves of the men listed for this crash see also Capuccini
Naval Cemetery |
| BATHURST
(Lord APSLEY), DSO, MC, TD |
Allen
Algernon |
Major 12995, 1st, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, R.A.C. Passenger.
Died Thursday 17th December 1942. Age 47. True family name BATHURST.
Lord Apsley. Son of Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D.,
J.P., D.L., 7th Earl Bathurst, and of the Countess Bathurst (nee
Borthwick), of Cirencester, Gloucestershire; husband of Lady Apsley,
C.B.E (nee Meeking), of Cirencester. Colonel, The Arab Legion. M.A
(Oxon); J.P.; Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gloucestershire;
Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1922-1929, and Bristol, 1931-1942;
President, United Kingdom Pilots' Association. He also served in
the First World War 1915-1919. Awarded the Distinguished Service
Order (DSO), Military Cross (MC) and Territorial Army Decoration
(TD). Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. |
| BROWNE |
Cyril
Dennis |
Leading Aricraftman 1069726, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
ex 21 P.T.C. Middle East Command. Ground Crew. Died Thursday 17th
December 1942. Buried MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant
Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Collective grave 18. |
| CLEGG |
Richard |
Leading Aircarftman 1233498, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Ground Crew. Died Thursday 17th December 1942. Age 21. Son of Joseph
and Mary Ellen Clegg, of Preston, Lancashire. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's).
Plot F. Collective grave 16. |
| DOBROMIRSKI |
Krzysztof
Leon |
|
| EARLE |
Peter |
Flight Lieutenant 44315, Royal Air Force, ex 462 Squadron. Passenger.
Observer. Died Thursday 17th December 1942. Age 28. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's).
Plot E. Collective grave 4. |
| HOUNSLOW |
Douglas
Sidney |
Corporal 1165159, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Ground Crew.
Died Thursday 17th December 1942. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's).
Plot F. Collective grave 17. |
| IDZIKOWSKI |
Zbigniew
August |
|
| KELLY |
Stanley
Edward |
Aircraftman 1st Class 1493201, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
ex 244 Wing Middle East Command. Ground Crew. Died Thursday 17th
December 1942. Age 40. Son of George and Mary Ann Kelly; husband
of Alice Beatrice Kelly, of Wood Green, Middlesex. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's).
Plot F. Collective grave 18. |
| KLENIEWSKI |
Alfred
Edmund |
|
| MILLAR |
Arthur
David Curtis |
Major, Indian Army. Passenger. Died Thursday 17th December 1942.
Age 38. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY,
Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's). Plot E. Collective Grave 4. |
| PANKIEWICZ |
Stanislaw |
|
| SPIBEY |
Dennis |
Sergeant 535526, Royal Air Force. Ground Crew. Died Thursday 17th
December 1942. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY,
Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Collective grave 17. |
| VAUGHAN,
DSO, DFC |
Leonard
Arthur |
Flight Lieutenant 78666, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, ex 40
Sqdn. Passenger. Air Gnr. Died Thursday 17th December 1942. Age
42. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Vaughan; husband of Joan Vaughan,
of Epsom, Surrey. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and
the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY,
Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's). Plot E. Collective Grave 4. |
| WATT |
Alexander
Clubb |
Sergeant 571759, Royal Air Force. Flt. Engr. Died Thursday 17th
December 1942. Age 21. Grandson of Isabella Watt, of St. Fergus,
Aberdeenshire. Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY,
Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Collective grave 17. |
| WEDGWOOD,
DFC |
Jefferson
Heywood |
[Spelt WEDGEWOOD in some sources] Squadron Leader 37645, Royal Air
Force, ex 92 Squadron. Passenger. Pilot. Died Thursday 17th December
1942. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Buried MALTA
(CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY,
Malta. Protestant Sec. (Men's). Plot E. Collective Grave 4. |
| WYSOCKI |
Roman |
|
| ZIELINSKI |
Oskar
Franciszek |
|
| 22/23
December 1942 - 138 Squadron - Halifax W7775 - NF-R
Crashed near Meppel. Operation MARROW 12, Holland. |
| NEWPORT-TINLEY,
DFC |
Gervase
Francis Benton |
Flying Officer 108998, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot.
Died on Wednesday 23rd December 1942. Age 20. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (DFC). Son of Lt.-Col. Francis Benton Newport Tinley,
M.C., Indian Army, and Cicely Sophia Newport Tinley. Buried STAPHORST
(IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Grave 6. |
| PICK |
Ben
Michael |
Sergeant 1194506, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Wednesday
23rd December 1942. Age 21. Son of Ben and Lizzie Robinson Pick,
of Benson, Oxfordshire. Buried STAPHORST (IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY,
Overijssel, Netherlands. Grave 3. |
| NIXON |
Brenard
Stearman |
Sergeant 1252825, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flight Engineer.
Died on Wednesday 23rd December 1942. Age 31. Son of Thomas Stearman
and Norah Nixon. Husband of S. E. Nixon, of Feltham, Middlesex.
Buried STAPHORST (IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Grave 5. |
| HOWARD,
DFC |
Charles
Anthony |
Warrant Officer 580998, Royal Air Force. Nav./Bomber. Died on Wednesday
23rd December 1942. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
Buried STAPHORST (IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Grave 2. |
| TAYLOR |
Henry
Charles |
Flight Sergeant 624640, Royal Air Force. W.Op./Air Gnr. Died on
Wednesday 23rd December 1942. Age 23. Son of Charles George and
Elizabeth Anne Taylor; husband of Daisy Pearl Taylor, of Lewes,
Sussex. Buried STAPHORST (IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel,
Netherlands. Grave 1. |
| HAYES |
Cyril
Clifford |
Sergeant 1331642, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Wednesday
23rd December 1942. Age 21. Son of Clifford and Rose Pretoria Hayes,
of Hove, Sussex. Buried STAPHORST (IJHORST) GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel,
Netherlands. Grave 4. |
The
crew listed below were originally credited here as having been based at
Tempsford which was incorrect. The crew were actually baseds at RAF Stradishall
in Suffolk; 138 Squadron moved to Tempsford two days later.
| 10/11
March 1942 - 138 Squadron - Whitley Z9125
Crashed taking off for French operation FRENSHAM. |
| FORNUSEK |
Ladislav |
Sergeant 787826, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday
10th March 1942. Age 21. Citizen of Czechoslovakia. Buried in HAVERHILL
CEMETERY, Suffolk. Sec. U. Grave 192. |
| JANEK |
Jan |
Sergeant 787577, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday
10th March 1942. Age 23. Citizen of Czechoslovakia. Buried in HAVERHILL
CEMETERY, Suffolk. Sec. U. Grave 193. |
| JELINEK |
Vaclav |
Flying Officer 61918, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday
10th March 1942. Age 26. Citizen of Czechoslovakia. Buried in HAVERHILL
CEMETERY, Suffolk. Sec. U. Grave 243. |
| POLITZER |
Maxmilian |
Sergeant 787688, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday
10th March 1942. Age 22. Repatriated to Czechoslovakia (cremated
at Cambridge Crematorium). Commemorated in REPATRIATION REGISTER,
Civilian War Dead. |
| ROMANOFF |
Boris |
Squadron
Leader 39150, Royal Air Force. Pilot.
Died Tuesday 10th March 1942. Age 27. Son of Theodore Romanoff (of
Russian origins), and of Evelyn M. Romanoff (nee Cattley), of West
Ealing. Educated at Berkhamstead Scholl. Joined RAF in 1936. Wakefield
Trophy Gold Medallist for Boxing 1936. Commemorated HENDON CREMATORIUM,
Middlesex. Panel 5. |
Last updated
3 September, 2024
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