RAF COLLEGE “WW2 Roll of Honour”

Volume 2 - SFTS Airmen Training [Best estimates at time of issue. Some errors and omissions likely. WIP]

Version 1.4 9 June 2021 IBM Steward 6GE. Contact by email to [email protected] if you can provide clarifcation or suggest amendments. Context The was formed on 1 April 1918, from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the . Our founder, MRAF Viscount Trenchard, had a vision that extended beyond the formation of a strategic independent air force, the frst of its kind, to include the creation of the requisite support infrastructure, including Ofcer training at RAF Cranwell, Apprenticeship training at RAF Halton and the RAF Staf College.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, some 956 UK Flight Cadets had entered the RAF College on 36 Entries. Another 134 cadets from the next six Entries, however, had their training abruptly terminated, the College being closed for ofcer training as soon as war was declared. Some of these, like AH Humphrey (later MRAF Sir Andrew Humphrey), were enlisted as airmen u/t pilots to complete their fying training at the Service Flying Training School (SFTS) set up at RAF Cranwell on the same eventful day. Our research has tried to establish all the fight cadets and SFTS airmen who gave their lives during the struggle of WWII. Volume 1 contains the Roll of Honour of former fight cadets. In this booklet, Volume 2, we attempt to capture the names of aircrew, trained by SFTS Cranwell, who subsequently lost their lives in WWII. Our justifcation for their inclusion recognises both their training at RAF Cranwell and their residence in the College Hall Ofcers’ Mess (CHOM) for four months - several weeks longer than the modern cadet of today who spends only the last term (6 weeks) as a resident at CHOM. All are bone fde Cranwellians.

The task of establishing a defnitive Roll of Honour for SFTS Cranwellians has been considerably more difcult, because their archived records, unlike those of their fight cadet counterparts, merely listed names and initials; the fortunes of individual SFTS graduates were tracked only until 1941, such diligence previously extended to fight cadet records being discontinued doubtless due to the pressures of wartime commitments. In most instances, however, we have been able to cite specifc circumstances of a loss, including aircraft type and serial number, operation and location. Erring on the side of caution, we have listed in italics those Cranwellians whose SFTS records omit information on their demise, notwithstanding the evidence elsewhere. Some details are prefxed “possible” or “likely” to highlight a name (e.g. Brown J, JA and GH) with several potential matches. Every attempt has been made to list only legitimate Cranwellians, but all ‘possibles’ are included until we can be certain that they may be justifably discounted from this particular RoH; regardless, we will remember them.

The output is a series of tables attempting to establish, together with Volume 1, a defnitive Cranwellian Roll of Honour. Its creation is the result of correlating the aforementioned College records with a selection of acknowledged databases and reference manuals, such as the “Forces War Records” military database, the RAF Commands Database Air81, the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) database, WR Chorley’s RAF Bomber Command Losses Volume 9, David Gunby’s & Pelham Temple’s Bomber Losses in the Middle East & Mediterranean, Norman LR Frank’s Fighter Command Losses Volumes 1 to 3, Kenneth G Wynn’s Men of the , and Francis K Mason’s Battle over Britain. RAF Cranwell F540 ORBs ofered some limited, additional information. A visit to the National Records at Kew is intended, post the Coronavirus pandemic.

By starting with the College’s own limited records as a baseline and systematically verifying them against the ‘acknowledged’ databases and manuals, as they are updated or emerge, the premise thus has been to include all potential candidates - “lest we forget”. We would welcome any information that addresses any omissions or errors that we may have made; email Ian at [email protected]. We accept that at this early stage of our analysis, there could be a signifcant number, for which we would ask your forbearance. Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Aberdeen E SFTS 30 KOAS with R McCoy in Oxford aircraft after mid-air collision with 412 Sqn Spitfre; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 9/1/42 Acheson JOF SFTS8 Missing Presumed Killed CL No 82 - as yet unable to verify this annotation on STFS records. - Adams HWS SFTS7 KIA 38 Sqn; Wellington CR 1033; over Libya. 14/4/41 Adams PE SFTS18 KIA 107 Sqn; Blenheim IV N3593 OM-?; Wattisham-day raid on Soest; crashed Holland. 23/6/40 Akarcay H SFTS 48 KIA; with instructor LF Chapman; Miles Master shot down at night, just after take-of, by enemy intruder; College SFTS ORB entry. 4/9/43 Akerman FS SFTS27 KOAS 207 Sqn; Lancaster I R5550 EM-B; Bottesford-training; Manchester collided with him. 6/8/42 Alcock SH DFC SFTS15 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster III JB724 OL-V; Wyton-Berlin; Shot down by night fghter; Belgium. 27/1/44 Aldard TM SFTS18 KOAS 3 S of GR; Botha Mk 1 L6265; Squire’s Gate-Anglesey; ditched Pufn Island. 6/5/41 Allen RS SFTS28 KIA 214 Sqn; Stirling I EF329 BU-C; Chedburgh-Hamburg; fak and crashed S of Bremen. 3/3/43 Allen VP SFTS21 KOAS; College SFTS ORB corroborates SFTS listing, but initials may be VF. - Allignal RH U/K KOAS; Free French pupil buried in Cranwell village cemetery; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 22/6/42 Alston T SFTS29 KIA 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3884 YH-?; Watton-Maritime Patrol; naval fak of Texel. 3/3/41 Ambrose R SFTS5 BoB; KOAS 151 Sqn; Hurricane I V7406, aircraft accident, Stapleford. 4/9/40 Anderson A SFTS41 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ED620 EA-K; Fiskerton-Stettin; fak near RingKobing. 21/4/43 Anderson JT SFTS19 KIA 115 Sqn; Lancaster II DS725 KO-F; Little Snoring-Leipzig; night; crashed at Engersen. 20/10/43 Anderson PG SFTS14 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden AE225 PL-? Shot down; near Brest; died whilst PoW. 21/7/41 Anderton JH SFTS42 KIA 15 Sqn; Stirling III EH941 LS-V; Mildenhall-Mannheim; crashed at Hassloch. 23/9/43 Anderton W SFTS23 KIA 48 Sqn; Hudson Mk V AE652; Sola, Norway. 7/1/42 Andreae CJD SFTS8 BoB; KIA 64 Sqn; Spitfre Ia R6990; failed to return; Bf 109s over Channel. 15/8/40 Andrewes PL SFTS42 KIA 16 Sqn; Lancaster III ND399 AS-R; Kirmingto-Gelsenkirchen; night fghter Ugchelen. 13/6/44 Ang F SFTS 52 KOAS in Miles Master carrying out night fying exercises; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 24/9/44 Angel AA AFU1 KIA 101 Sqn; Wellington III BJ583 SR-?; Bourn-Mining of Heligoland. 12/7/42 Armstrong RG DFC, Dux Medal AFU1 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ND687 EA-P; Fiskerton-Schweinfurt; night fghter Igelsloch. 26/4/44 Arnott JW SFTS10 KOAS 207 Sqn; Manchester I L7310 EM-H; Waddington-air test; engine; died of injuries. 20/7/41 Arup PD SFTS7 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington I L4264; aircraft accident, Harwell. 5/8/40 Ash RG SFTS9 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I X3117 VN-?; Lindholme-Mannheim; night; hit by fak Eifel. 12/12/40 Ashby PB SFTS19 KIA 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6035 YH-O; Manston-Maritime Patrol; fak of Oostende. 23/7/41 Atkinson JC DFM SFTS13 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster W4382 VN-? Skellingthorpe-Soltau; night; lost without trace. 18/12/42 Attewell DA SFTS15 KOAS 22 Sqn; Beaufort N1158; St Eval 18/6/41

Babington CH SFTS16 KOAS 157 Sqn; Mosquito DD601 Cambridgeshire 19/5/42 Babington RV SFTS35 KIA 466 Sqn; Wellington X HE152 HD-L; Leconfeld-Mining Nectarines; marine fak and crashed Ameland. 14/1/43 Bacon CH SFTS6 BoB; KOAS 610 Sqn; Spitfre Ia K9818 aircraft accident. 30/9/40 Baildon CA Suicide (bus accident in Lincoln); College SFTS ORB entry 18/11/44 Bailey P SFTS46 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster I W4788 PM-?; Elsham Wolds-Hamburg; night ops; mid-air collision Hohenaspe. 3/3/43 Bailey JOD SFTS8 Missing CL No 49; NOT YET FOUND IN OTHER DATABASES. - Baillon PA SFTS11 KIA 609 Sqn; Spitfre Mk 1a P9503 shot down IoW. 28/11/40 Baker FW SFTS28 KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster I W4369 PH-Z; Wickenby-Essen; night ops; fak, crashing in Duisburg. 11/1/43 Baker HJR SFTS14 KOAS Cranwell; NOT YET FOUND IN OTHER DATABASES. 25/11/41 Baker LT MiD SFTS28/SFTS29 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III X3279 JN-M; Snaith-Emden; shot down by a night-fghter; Waddenzee. 7/6/42 Baker VE SFTS10 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I AE263 QR-?; North Lufenham-Kiel; night ops; lost without trace. 9/8/41 Baker WG SFTS29 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax III LW589 EY-G; Breighton-Berlin; shot down by night-fghter; Les Hautes Rivieres. 24/3/44 Barclay RGA SFTS7 ex-BoB; KIA OC 238 Sqn; Spitfre; top cover patrol for 274 Sqn, Alamein area; jumped by III/JG27 Bf109s. 17/7/42 Barker L SFTS26 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington IC Z9109; Mount Farm night fying ex; crashed in the airfeld circuit. 28/12/41 Barker R SFTS50 KIA 100 Sqn; Lancaster III JB603 HW-E; Grimsby-Hannover; night ops; shot down Haarbroek. 5/1/45 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Barrow JA SFTS13 RAFC records refer to CL 73; KIA Missing; as yet unable to confrm from other data sources. - Bartlett JP SFTS20 KIA 201 Sqn; Sunderland II W3977; aircraft failed to return from convoy escort. 6/2/42 Batterbee R SFTS33 KIA 166 Sqn; Wellington X HE235 AS-H; Kirmington-Dusseldorf; night ops; lost without trace. 26/5/43 Bayley GR SFTS14 KIA 207 Sqn; Manchester I L7322 EM-Q; Bottesford-Brest; crashed in the sea of Finistaire. 9/1/42 Bate A SFTS21 KIA 429 Sqn; Halifax III LW137 AL-K; Leeming-Aachen; shot up by night fghter. 24/5/44 Bazalgette IW VC, DFC SFTS30 KIA 635 Sqn PFF; Lancaster III ND811 F2-T; Downham Market-Trossy St. Maxim; Flak, crash landed. 4/8/44 Beale KH SFTS20 KOAS SFTS; Oxford P1828; buried in Cranwell Cemetery; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 23/3/41 Beaney VD SFTS16 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I AE224; shot down by Flak of the Friesian Islands. 1/11/41 Beasley EJ SFTS25 KOAS ADU; Hurricane BN240; Bangalore Aerodrome, India. 30/4/42 Beaumont GA SFTS41 KIA 7 Sqn; Lancaster III JB303 MG-F; Oakington-Berlin; shot down night-fghter Mengerskirschen-Winkels. 26/11/43 Bedford F SFTS49 College archived records state “Killed 2/12/43”; College SFTS ORB states KOAS whilst making an emergency landing at RAF Syerston. 5/11/43 Beet CH SFTS23 KIA 252 Sqn; Beaufghter Ic T4833; failed to return from an operational fight north of Benghazi, Libya. 18/1/42 Bell BE SFTS33 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ND533 EA-N; Fiskerton-Etampes; shot down by night fghter Rosay-sur-Lieure. 9/6/44 Bell JM SFTS31 KOAS 1 Sigs Sch; Proctor R7530 accident Sudbrook. 22/10/41 Bellew RVW SFTS28 KOAS 23 OTU; Wellington III X3336; Pershore night trg; crashed and caught fre on Carlside Fell. 16/12/42 Bennett L SFTS21 KIA 100 Sqn; Lancaster III ED988 HW-J; Grimsby-Gelsenkirchen; shot down by night fghter Westbeemster 26/6/43 Benson GA Instructor KOAS with W/GD? Paterson SFTS 42?, at night running out of fuel, stalling on forced landing; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 22/12/42 Benstead PG SFTS10 RAFC Record shows: “Presumed KOAS CL??”; as yet unable to confrm from other data sources. - Berry GH SFTS32 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim V BA815 O; Blida-Op Bizerta; collided with BA725 over target, Cap Serrat. 17/11/42 Berry JD SFTS16 KIA 608 Sqn; Hudson V AM657; aircraft failed to return from Terschelling-Heligoland Bight. 5/11/41 Betts IH SFTS28 KOAS 1653 CU; Liberator II AL624; Burn cross-country ex; collided high ground in poor viz. 14/9/42 Bilderbeck A SFTS5 KIA 224 Sqn; Hudson I N7263; failed to return from reconnaissance mission over Norwegian Coast. 9/12/40 Birtwell DNS SFTS31 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; CL No 97; freak snowstorm and for viz; three others killed in similar crash; also verifed by College SFTS ORB. 29/10/41 Bitmead EW DFC SFTS36 KIA 63 Sqn; Spitfre Vc EE629; convoy patrol, Land’s End; engine failure, canopy jammed, crashed into sea. 1/5/43 Black WA 1AFU Possibly KIA 408 Sqn; Halifax II BT680 EQ-D; Leeming-Hamburg; night ops; lost over Germany. 3/2/43 Blunden KO SFTS13 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I N6020 MG-B; Oakington-Karlsruhe; night ops; crashed at Trier. 25/8/41 Boak AS SFTS8 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I P4417; aircraft believed to have force landed at sea. 5/10/40 Body J SFTS5 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC P9244 collided radio mast at Back Row returning from night ops. 12/8/40 Bolton DM SFTS18 KIA 53 Sqn; Blenheim Mk IV V5647; failed to return from Ops. 23/6/41 Bolton FA SFTS25 KIA 235 Sqn; Beaufghter Ic T4775; crashed near Shetland Islands on recce fight to Norway. 7/5/42 Bond H SFTS28 KIA 12 Sqn; Wellington II Z8652 PH-?; Binbrook-Essen; loss not established. 9/6/42 Bond JCA SFTS12 KIA 12 Sqn; Wellington II W5375 PH-D; Binbrook-Emden; shot down by night-fghter; IJsselmee. 10/4/41 Bonn PM SFTS18 KIA 62 Sqn; Hudson III AE493; aircraft shot down Buitenzorg, Java; died of injuries. 21/2/42 Bonnar GA SFTS49 KOAS 20 OTU; Wellington III BJ989; training accident. 19/3/44 Boswell RG SFTS21 KA 218 Sqn; Wellington IC N2844 HA-M; Marham-Duisburg; shot down by night fghter, IJsselmeer. 19/8/41 Botham G SFTS16 KIA 235 Sqn; Blenheim N3524; failed to return from ops, Norway. 5/7/41 Boulton PH SFTS13 RAFC records refer to CL 73; KOAS 604 Sqn; Beaufghter R2073; aircraft accident. 29/5/41 Bourton SJH SFTS20 KOAS 1 Sqn RAFC; Oxford Mk II R6400. 9/1/41 Bufton JR SFTS7 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden BI X3027 EA-A; Scampton-Hamburg; shot down by Intruder of Skegness. 28/10/40 Bulmer A SFTS7 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden BI X2985 ?; Scampton-Danzig; crashed at night in sea of Norfolk. 11/11/40 Burd JA SFTS 43 KOAS; mid-air collision between his Miles Master and a Proctor of 1 Sigs School; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 17/1/43 Burrell JD SFTS 43 KOAS with Free French pupil Y Chardon when their Master struck tree; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 9/3/43 Burr-Thomas WK SFTS8 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden AD750 brought down over Nantes. 4/2/41 Burton PRF SFTS7 BoB; KIA 249 Sqn; Hurricane V6883 rammed Bf110. 27/9/40 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Bowden DR SFTS23 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AD785; Coningsby-Hamburg; night ops; exploded/crashed Whitby-Scarborough Rd. 27/10/41 Bowering WE SFTS10 RAFC archived record states “Presumed KIA CL 137”; as yet unable to confrm from other data sources. - Bowker RA SFTS28 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I W7520 MG-S; Oakington-Mannheim; collided with an Me110, St. Truiden. 20/5/42 Bridge SH SFTS19 KOAS 107 Sqn; Boston III W8319 OM-?; Great Massingham-formation training exercise; crashed Kings Lynn. 19/2/42 Bright JA SFTS11 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster I R5743 OL-K; Wyton-Wilhelmshaven; night ops; crashed at sea. 19/2/43 Brill DJ SFTS27 KIA 97 Sqn: Lancaster III JA963 OF-Q; Bourn-Berlin; night ops; lost over the target. 16/12/43 Broadbent AB SFTS43 KA 50 Sqn; Lancaster III ED483 VN-R; Skellingthorpe-Kassel; night ops; crashed near Ovenhausen. 22/10/43 Broadley RH SFTS30 KOAS 14 OTU; Hampden l L4133; Saltby training; fying speed lost & few into ground on Lincs/Leics border. 6/6/42 Brooke PRS SFTS25 KIA 9 Sqn; Wellington III X3415 WS-?; Honington-Cologne; crashed 12km NW of Bonn. 6/4/42 Brown FG SFTS31 One of two possibilities; KIA in May or Dec 1942; unconfrmed. - Brown GH SFTS30 Three possibilities from IBCC database; all plausible. - Brown J SFTS11 Three possibilities; all plausible. - Brown JA SFTS45 Possibly KIA 181 Sqn; Typhoon IB JP838; missing on sweep, NE of Kiel. 3/5/45 Brown JW SFTS29 Possibly KIA 15 Sqn; Stirling I R9318 LS-J; Bourn-Essen; night ops; lost without trace. 15/9/42 Brown JW SFTS44 KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax II HR977 NP-A; Lissett-Berlin; night ops; crashed near Klein Berssen. 22/11/43 Brown K SFTS23 KIA 97 Sqn; Lancaster III JA923 OF-H; Bourn-Frankfurt; night ops; downed at Dauborn, Belgium. 4/10/43 Brown LW SFTS20 KIA 577 Sqn; Oxford Mk 1 DF354. 30/6/44 Brown NF SFTS31 KOAS 19 OTU; Whitley V Z6628; Kinloss-training; engine failed; ditched Findhorn Bay. 11/3/42 Brown P SFTS20 KIA 139 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6266; failed to return from operational fight over Germany. 30/7/41 Brown PRD SFTS15 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AD797; aircraft shot down at Linde, Belgium. 3/6/41 Buck AF SFTS14 KIA 53 Sqn; Hudson V AM672; shot down at sea of the coast of Holland. 10/8/41 Buley GRM SFTS16 KOAS Church Fenton Flt; Blenheim Mk 1 L1267. 28/2/41 Bullock W SFTS28 KOAS SFTS; Oxford II P6811; aircraft accident. 15/8/41 Bunbury JS SFTS24 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster I R5639 VN-?; Swinderby-Osnabruck; night ops; lost without trace. 17/8/42 Bunn MA SFTS25 KOAS 11 FTS; Oxford Mk II V3632 crashed at night, Ingham. 22/10/41 Bunting EN DFC SFTS15 KIA 488 (RNZAF) Sqn; Mosquito NF XIII MM467; Beachead patrol; chasing Fw190, shot dow by fak. 29/7/44 Burley PK SFTS28 KIA 692 Sqn; Mosquito XVI MM147 P3-M; Gransden Lodge-Berlin; night ops; crashed Granzow. 7/7/44 Burns WE SFTS32 KIA 107 Sqn; Boston III W8302 OM-J; West Raynham-Roosendaal railway yards; fak, crashed NW Etten. 11/2/43 Burraston JC SFTS9 KOAS ATS; Hind Mk 1 K5413; accident at South Clifton; buried in Cranwell Village; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry 6/7/40 Busbridge GN SFTS14 KIA 1 PRU; Spitfre PR 4 R7039; aircraft failed to return from ops. 10/9/41 Butler AC SFTS43 KIA 138 Sqn; Stirling IV LK143 NF-B; Tempsford-SOE Operation Tablejam 169/177; lost without trace Denmark. 3/12/44 Butler HC SFTS14 KIA 239 Sqn; Mosquito II HJ709 HB-?; West Raynham-night ops Ruhr; lost without trace. 23/3/44 Butler N SFTS43 KIA 622 Sqn; Lancaster I R5915 GP-P; Mildenhall-Berlin; night ops; fak over Hamburg-Lüneburg. 20/01/44 Butterworth ER SFTS28 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster I W4768 ZN-?; Syerston-Krefeld; fak near Bochum, after bombing target. 2/10/42

Calvert ED SFTS28 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I W7472 MG-C; Oakington-Emden; shot down night-fghter; Bergen aan Zee. 21/6/42 Campain G SFTS35 KOAS 12 OTU; Wellington III X3338 JP-P; Chipping Warden bombing ex; engines cut, Kettering. 13/1/43 Campbell J SFTS33 KIA 432 Sqn; Halifax III LK779 QO-W; East Moor-Frankhurt; 816 aircraft and 33 losses. 22/3/44 Campbell K VC SFTS5 KIA 22 Sqn; Coastal Command Beaufort; hunting down Gneisenau of Brest. 6/4/41 Campbell KAJ SFTS44 KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax II HX160 TL-O; Graveley-Stettin; night fghter damage, exploded over target. 6/1/44 Campbell P DFM SFTS18 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I W4244 QR-F; Syerston; mine laying Gironde; crashed Honiton poor viz. 11/11/42 Carfoot NH SFTS20 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III JB305 EA-E; Fiskerton-Dusseldorf; crashed target area. 3/11/43 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Carmichael JS SFTS43 IA 129 Sqn; Spitfre IX MH471 U; Ramrod S33, escorting B-26s to Coutrai marshalling yards. Attacked by fghters, possibly of J26.K 5/9/43 Carr WA SFTS28 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; at night in Oxford Mk II V3692; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 26/9/41 Carre JJM Lt SFTS48 KIA 340 Sqn; Spitfre XVI TD223 O; armed recce; hit by fak, burst into fames on crash-landing. 23/4/45 Carroll G SFTS31 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I W7579 MG-Y; Oakington-mining; crashed at Nymindegab. 14/8/42 Carter A SFTS23 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AE151 ZN-F; Coningsby-Oldenburg; fak over Holland. 21/12/41 Carter RWH SFTS36 KIA 2 Sqn; Mustang I AL972; shipping record of Holland; victim of JG1. 3/6/43 Cartmel B SFTS43 KIA 616 Sqn; Meteor III EE273 K; recce patrol; collided in cloud with Meteor III EE252 ‘G’ and crashed near Luneberg. 29/4/45 Cass DA SFTS31 KOAS 10 OTU; Martinet I JN284; no details. 17/5/44 Cass RF SFTS28 KIA 266 Sqn; Lancaster I LL803 GI-S; Mildenhall-Homberg- Meerbeck oil plan; lost without trace. 2/11/44 Cato PC 1 AFU KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II W1066 DY-?; Pocklington-Flensburg; one of 12 out of 27 ac lost. 1/10/42 Catterall R DFC SFTS43 KIA 169 Sqn; Mosquito XIX MM680 VI-?; Great Massingham; night fak. 2/5/45 Cazalet ABT SFTS7 KIA 107 Sqn; Blenheim IV T1851 OM-?; Wattisham-Ostend; night ops; lost without trace. 9/9/40 Chadwick GK 1 AFU KIA19 OTU; day raid; no details. 26/5/42 Chalice LH SFTS45 KIA 602 Sqn; Spitfre IX MH709 (?); evening patrol; shot down over Normandy by Fw190. 18/6/44 Chalk FGH DFC SFTS34 KIA 124 Sqn; Spitfre VI BR585; Circus 269; victim to JG26 fghters over St Omer area. 17/2/43 Chant WM SFTS45 KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax III LV921 NP-B; Lissett-Trappes yards; shot down by a night-fghter, Rambouillet. 3/6/44 Chapman CD SFTS9 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden BI P4396 QR-?; Hemswell-Hamburg; night fak Heligoland. 14/11/40 Chapman GB SFTS16 KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V P5087; Abingdon navigation training exercise; lost without trace Irish Sea. 14/3/41 Chapman LF Instructor KIA with Lt H Akarcay SFTS 48; Miles Master shot down at night, just after take-of, by enemy intruder; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 4/9/43 Chapman P SFTS14 KOAS SFTS Cranwell in an Oxford Mk 1, L9693, crashing on take of at Barkston Heath; also verifed by College SFTS entry. 21/9/40 Y Chardon SFTS 43 KOAS with pupil JD Burrell when their Master struck tree; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 9/3/43 Charles DES SFTS5 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC R3174 OJ-A; Mildenhall-Kolleda; night; fak and few into hillside. 17/8/40 Charlton WFD SFTS25 KIA 408 Sqn; Hampden I AT191 EQ-A; Balderton-Essen; shot down by night fghter; Ijsselmeer. 21/1/42 Cheetham AF SFTS25 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling I N6124 OJ-R; Lakenheath-Stuttgart; crashed at Aguilcourt. 5/5/42 Christian PA SFTS18 KOAS CL 78; 4/9/41 (gazetted); not yet able to verify RAFC archived records. 4/9/41 Christie J SFTS42 KIA 82 OTU; Wellington X HE201; Gamston training; port engine failed; Retford. 12/10/43 Clements WR SFTS 13 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; with LAC F Dennison in Oxford I; also verifed by College SFTS entry 23/9/40 Clamp RR SFTS26 KOAS 22 OTU; Wellington IC X9702; Stratford-upon-Avon trg; port engine failed; crashed Alscot. 6/11/41 Clark H Instructor KOAS (1 of 4) Oxford aircraft that struck a balloon cable at Crewe, on a cross-country fight to Sealand; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 20/3/43 Clench PK SFTS15 KIA 220 Sqn; Hudson Mk 5 AM 583; failed to return from operational fight of the coast of Norway. 6/8/41 Clarf GJR SFTS44 KIA 166 Sqn; Kirmington-Hasselt; shot down by Ju88, crashed at Elkerzee. 11/5/44 Clark F SFTS44 KIA 514 Sqn; Lancaster I NN775 JI-F2; Waterbeach-Gelsenkirchen; crashed at Bunsbeek, Belgium 5/3/45 Clarke GH SFTS42 KIA 620 Sqn; Stirling III BK713 QS-E; Chedburgh-Turin; crashed at Mittainvilliers, France. 12/8/43 Clive MHH Viscount SFTS10 KIA 605 Sqn; Mosquito DZ248; defensive patrol, Bradfeld; attempting practice interception, crashed near Manningtree. 23/3/43 Coates RJ SFTS29 KOAS 20 OTU; Wellington IC R1168 JM-G; Lossiemouth night fying accident Huntly, Banfshire. 2/4/42 Coates S SFTS34 KOAS 57 OTU; Spitfre Mk 1a R6989. 15/8/42 Cobb NA DFC 1 AFU KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax II HR850 TL-A; Graveley-Cologne; fak south of the target area. 28/6/43 Cochrane JB SFTS43 KIA 313 Sqn; Spitfre Vb W3895; Ramrod to Brest; victim to Me110s. 24/9/43 Cochrane WE SFTS14 KIA 14 OTU; Hampden I P2092; shot down by intruder. 8/4/41 Coen JL SFTS30 KOAS CL 92 SFTS Cranwell; U/T Pilot; Oxford Mk II P1080, mid-air collision with JAS Younge; also verifed by College SFTS ORB. 15/10/41 Coke DA The Hon SFTS5 ex-BoB; DFC; KIA 257 Sqn; Hurricane Z4833 enemy action near Acroma, Libya. 9/12/41 Cole RD SFTS44 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster III ND988 QR-E; Skellingthorpe-Ladbergen; shot down near Tecklenburg. 23/9/44 Coleman LW DFC* SFTS5 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling I R9295 OJ-G; Mildenhall-Essen; overshot runway and crashed into trees. 11/3/42 Coles DGG SFTS5 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort Mk 1 N1151; failed to return from operational fight. 22/1/41 Colhoun WAL SFTS42 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III JB466 EA-A; Fiskerton-Nürnberg; shot down, night fghter, Schleusingen. 31/3/43 Collins AV SFTS44 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling III EF307 OJ-E; Lakenheath-Kiel Bay, mining; night ops; lost without trace. 24/2/44 Collins EF SFTS35 KA 9 Sqn; Wellington III X3415 WS-?; Honington-Cologne; crashed 12km NW of Bonn. 6/4/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Collins JJ SFTS45 KIA 115 Sqn; Lancaster II DS769 KO-H; Little Snoring-Hanover; one of 18 ac lost. 18/10/43 Cook DA SFTS23 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I P1226 EA-I; Scampton, training; poor viz, crashed Seaton, Devon. 17/3/42 Cooke AA SFTS18 KOAS CL 74; Arthur Allen KOAS 14 OTU; Hampden I P1211; aircraft accident. 18/6/41 Cooke FO SFTS28 KIA 114 Sqn; Blenheim IV L8800 RT-C; West Raynham-Schipol; crashed at Weasenham. 5/6/42 Cooke JC SFTS27 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington IC Z9100; Mount Farm training; engine failure, crashed Goring Oxon. 18/6/41 Cooper EJ SFTS30 Several possibilities; two in Bomber Command; two more elsewhere. - Cooper GA 1 AFU KIA 9 Sqn; Wellington III X3475 WS-?; Honington-Hamburg; fak in suburbs of Harburg. 28/7/42 Cooper JS MiD SFTS28 KIA 97 Sqn ; Woodhall Spa-Bremen; case not established. 4/9/42 Cooper KT SFTS18 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden l AE256 VN-D; Swinderby-Kiel shipyards; night fak over target. 23/10/41 Cooper RJ DFC SFTS9 KIA 38 Sqn; Wellington Ic Z8736; crashed at sea near Derna, Libya. 26/11/41 Cooper WR SFTS44 KIA550 Sqn; Lancaster lll ND327 HW-?; Grimsby-Berlin; mid-air collision on take-of. 24/12/43 Cornelius-Wheeler JAG SFTS18 KIA 2 School of Army Cooperation; “enemy action”, possibly an intruder. 7/4/41 Corser EGM DFC, MiD 1 AFU KIA 460 Sqn; Binbrook-Berlin; crashed near Doberitz. 2/12/43 Coshall S SFTS28 KIA 487 Sqn; Ventura I AE684 EG-B; Methwold-Amsterdam; shot down by fghters, Benneboroek. near Haarlem. 3/5/43 Cosham BC 1 AFU KOAS 19 OTU; Whitley V P5043 ?-B; Kinloss training; engine failure; died of wounds. 22/5/42 Cotton Minchin CH SFTS19 KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster lll ND562 PH-Z; Wickenby-Nürnberg; shot down by Ju88, Bonn. 31/3/44 Coulthard PC SFTS29 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6071 WV-?; Wattisham-Deelan, Holland; shot down near Amstelveen. 14/7/42 Cousins HL SFTS15 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I AE238 PL-?; North Lufenham; fak shrapnel attacking Brest harbour. 24/7/41 Coward SM SFTS 43 KOAS; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 5/4/43 Cowperthwaite EM Instructor KOAS with pupils DC Ross and WJV Samuel; Oxford I R5942; freak snowstorm and poor viz; verifed by College SFTS ORB. 29/10/41 Cox MI AFC SFTS9 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster l ME738 PM-S; Elsham Wolds-Friedrichshafen; shot down, Langenschiltach 27/4/44 Cozens RA SFTS 44 KOAS: verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 14/4/43 Cragg AD SFTS19 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington D9277; en route Malta to Egypt. 17/6/41 Craigmile HG SFTS14 KOAS 20 OTU; Wellington Mk 1c R1005; Lossiemouth Training night x-country; crashed airfeld. 4/2/41 Cresswell JR SFTS16 KOAS 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z5808 mid-air collision with V5464 near Kings Lynn. 17/3/41 Crew GC SFTS37 KIA 7 Sqn; Lancaster III JB313 MG-H; Oakington-Aachen one of 25 ac lost, crashed Schophoven. 24/5/44 Crossman JD SFTS9 BoB; KIA 46 Sqn; Hurricane Mk 1 V6748; crashed Staplehurst Farm. 30/9/40 Cruze HE SFTS25 KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington III X3607 DX-?; Feltwell-Hanau railway; crashed into a wood, Worms. 2/4/42 Cubitt EG SFTS5 KOAS 102 Sqn; Whitley V T4140 DY-H; Topclife-Berlin; landing on one engine; crashed in woods. 13/3/41 Cumming RS SFTS49 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax III MZ799 EY-X; Breighton-Kadet Channel, gardening; lost without trace. 15/2/45 Cunningham JM SFTS45 KIA 429 Sqn; Halifax III LW127 AL-F; Leeming-Mondeville; hit by bombs over target. 18/7/44

Dalton JP SFTS45 KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster III JB529 DX-P; East Kirkby-Berlin; shot down by night fghter. 2/12/43 D’Arcy JM SFTS23 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I P1206 EA-K; Scampton-Bocholt; shot down by night fghter, Ijsselmeer. 8/11/41 D’Arcy Irvine BWJ SFTS5 BoB; KIA 257 Sqn 8/8/40; Hurricane I P3058 failed to return from air ops over the English Channel. 8/8/40 Dacey F SFTS11 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AD859 OL-O; Scampton-Koln; succumbed to night fghter activity, Genk. 31/8/41 Dalziel WE SFTS35 KOAS 1 School Signal Flt Cranwell; Proctor Mk 1 P6247. 9/6/42 Daniel EG SFTS18 KIA FIU; Tempest V EJ531; diver patrol; engine failure; baled out S of Dungeness. 5/7/44 Davey AJ SFTS24 KIA 199 Sqn; Stirling III EE946 EX-P; Lakenheath-Berlin; one of 47 ac lost (out of 662 on ops) crashed Schlalch. 31/8/43 Davey JAJ SFTS9 BoB; KIA 1 Sqn; Hurricane I P3172 Sandown, IOW. 11/8/40 David MJ SFTS15 KIA 78 Sqn; Whitley V N1525 EY-E; Dishforth-Cologne; lost after successful attack. 1/3/41 Davidson AG SFTS17 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AE400 VN-?; Skellingthorpe Mine laying; lost of French coast. 8/3/42 Davidson F SFTS36 KIA 9 Sqn (part of 5 Gp); Wellington III X3722; Honington-Essen Night raid crashed Duisburg. 13/4/42 Davies AH SFTS25 Likely KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington III BJ673 DX-?; Feltwell-Duisburg; night ops; naval fak Dutch coast. 24/7/42 Davies EA SFTS24 Likely KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster III ED484 VN-Q; Skellingthorpe-Lorient; night ops; crashed French coast. 13/2/43. Davies MC SFTS31 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I W4111 QR-Z; Syerston-Dusseldorf; night ops; cause of loss unknown. 10/9/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Davies PLG US citizen SFTS29 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford Mk II N4824 crashed at Barkston U/T; buried in Cranwell village; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 12/10/41 Davies W SFTS37 Possibly KIA 214 Sqn; Stirling I W7534 BU-E; Stradishall-Cologne; 1047 ac; crashed near Monchengladbach. 31/5/42 Davies WMA SFTS5 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington IA N2901; Harwell, combined navigation and bombing practice; crashed Axminster. 13/5/40 Davis HP SFTS24 KIA 101 Sqn; Ludford Magna-Berlin; night ops; crashed into high ground at Eastrington. 16/12/43 Dawson P SFTS29 KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington III Z1656 DX-?; Feltwell-Mainz; night ops, lost at sea. 11/8/42 De AC SFTS35 KOAS 21 OTU; Wellington III HF673; Portreath-Ferry fight to India via Gibraltar; crashed after take of. 5/2/43 Deas WI DSO, DFC* SFTS13 KIA 630 Sqn; Lancaster III ND688 LE-R; East Kirkby-St. Leu; crashed 01:30 Villers-en-Arthies. 7/7/44 Del Marmol RJM Baron SFTS23 KOAS 57 OTU Battle I K9592; aircraft accident; Brussels. 3/7/41 Dennison F SFTS13 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; with Sgt WR Clements in Oxford I; also verifed by College SFTS entry 23/9/40 De Meillac GMM SFTS32 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I R9199 MG-F; Oakington-Duisburg; one of 19 ac lost (out of 392 on raid); lost no trace. 8/4/43 Dent RE SFTS11 KOAS 1 (C) OTU; Hudson I T9296 aircraft accident. 11/2/41 Dewar JMF SFTS8 KIA 229 Sqn; Hurricane Mk 1 V6872 Blue on blue collision with P/O RAL Duvivier. 30/3/41 Diggins AE SFTS47 KIA 247 Sqn; Typhoon Ib R7820 J; encountered fak from Vimoutiers. 18/8/44 Dixon A SFTS29 KIA 419 Sqn; Middleton St. George-Peenemünde; last heard over Norfolk. 17/8/43 Dixon T SFTS29 KIA 170 Sqn; Lancaster III ME418 TC-V; Hemswell-Dessau factory; shot down, crashing at Morsleben. 7/3/45 Dobson TR SFTS27 Likely KIA 51 Sqn; Halifax II HR869 MH-Z; Snaith-Nuremberg; one of 33 ac lost (out of 674 on raid); Hellmitzheim. 27/8/43 Domaille WEG 1 ATU KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax II W1253; East Moor-Genoa; hit by fak. 10/9/42 Donmez E SFTS52 KOAS in Spitfre; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 25/10/44 Doorly PB SFTS7 KOAS 20 OTU; Anson I R9584 ZT-J; Lossiemouth Training; engine failure Tomintoul. 7/8/41 Dormon PW SFTS32 KOAS 25 OTU; Wellington IC DV433 ?-M1; Finningley-night fying ex; no height after heavy landing. 9/9/42 Dorrien Smith LR SFTS5 KIA 79 Sqn; Hurricane L2145 France. 20/5/40 Dorward TF SFTS15 KOAS 25 Sqn; Blenheim L6602; Rutland 5/3/41 Downer DJ 1 ATU KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster I W4178 ZN-P; Coningsby-Essen; night ops; crashed North Sea of Netherlands. 17/9/42 Draper DU SFTS15 KOAS 3 OTU; N9676. 26/3/41 DuBourgel VJ SFTS34 KIA 340 Sqn; Spitfre Vb W3705 X; Circus 214 to Rouen; shot down by a JG26. 5/9/42 Ducker FER SFTS6 KIA 101 Sqn; Blenheim IV P6924 SR-?; West Raynham-Belgium and Holland; lost without trace. 19/7/40 Duf GG DFC SFTS16 KIA 158 Sqn; Wellington II W5431 NP-W; Drifeld-Essen; crashed and in fames on return to base. 10/3/42 Dunn DJ SFTS6 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V P5112 MH-E; Dishforth-Dusseldorf yards; lost contact after 2045. 7/12/40 Dunn F SFTS15 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson V AM644; crashed County Antrim on return from ops. 24/9/41 Dunn MA Instructor KOAS with pupil P Zarraga of 11 SFTS, at Ingham satellite; ; also verifed by College SFTS ORB. 22/10/41 Du Toit JCF SFTS29 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling I W7613 HA-N; Downham Market-Lubeck; night ops; crashed at Skallingen. 1/10/42 De Marigny GJG SFTS44 KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster III ND710 PH-L; Wickenby-Berlin; intercepted by a Ju 88; crashed at Kindelbruck. 24/3/44 Drayton VA SFTS42 KIA 199 Sqn; Stirling III BK806 EX-S; Lakenheath-Nuremberg; one of 33 ac lost (out of 674 on raid) crashed at Ansbach. 28/8/43 Drew VT SFTS37 KOAS 21 OTU; Wellington IC DV425; Moreton-in-Marsh; lost control in sudden storm; Shipton-on-Stour. 8/12/42 Dunfee GE SFTS16 KIA 125 Sqn; Mosquito NF XVII HK291; anti-V1 patrol; shot down by friendly fak of Hastings. 20/8/44

Eales LE SFTS28 KOAS SFTS; Oxford Mk 1 P1937 Crash Landed Barkston Heath. 6/9/41 Edwards DH SFTS44 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax III LW696 MP-X; Holme-on-Spalding-Moor-Nuremberg; shot down Daubhausen. 31/3/44 Edwards WJ SFTS37 KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax VII RG529 KN-C; Full Sutton-Witten; shot down by night fghter, Merklinde. 18/3/45 Elcoat KOAS; reported missing in Blenheim K7125 having taken of to practice circuits and landings but failed to return; College SFTS ORB entry. 2/5/44 Elgar CM SFTS11 KIA 500 Sqn; Blemheim IV Z6036; SAR North Sea. 15/8/41 Elliot A SFTS20 KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax III NR251 NP-B; Lissett-Hannover; one of 31 ac lost (out of 664 on raid) shot up by night fghter, Almelo. 5/1/45 Ellis GT SFTS27 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V Z9301 MH-N; Dishforth-Emden; lost without trace. 17/1/42 Endicott LJ SFTS13 KIA 502 Sqn; Whitley VII Z9192; buried St Mawgan. 30/7/42 Erskine BP SFTS9 KIA 233 Sqn; Hudson Mk II T9377; lost over Norway. 31/10/40 Evans AY SFTS16 KOAS 115 Sqn; Wellington IC R1517 KO-Z; Marham-air test; lost control at 500 ft. 17/6/41 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Evans E SFTS10 Likely KIA 156 Sqn; Wellington III X3598 GT-?; Alconbury-Cologne; 1047 raid; shot down Oosterschelde. 31/5/42 Evans EW SFTS16 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster I NF999 PM-T; Elsham Wolds-Munchen; crashed near the target area. 7/1/45 Evans J SFTS24 KOAS 139 Sqn; V6069 XD-?; Oulton training; stalled and crashed at the airfeld boundary. 20/7/41 Evans LR SFTS11 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AD748 OL-M; Scampton-mine laying of la Rochelle; crashed Dartmoor. 4/4/41 Evans WJ SFTS40 KIA 7 Sqn; Lancaster III JB398 MG-C; Oakington-Brunswick; shot down by a night-fghter, Torfhaus. 14/1/44 Evill AG SFTS5 KIA 201 Sqn; Sunderland Mk II W3982; failed to return from ASW patrol NW of Shetlands Islands. 21/8/41 Evison P SFTS31 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster I ED365 EM-U; Langar-Hamburg; crashed at Wedel. 3/3/43 Ewart WJ MiD SFTS16 KOAS 23 OTU; Wellington IC Z8867 FZ-L; Stradishall-Essen; shot down at Heer. 2/6/42

Fairhurst T SFTS12 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington IC R1440 LN-?; Waterbeach-Vegesack; crashed into the Ijsselmeer. 9/4/41 Fawkes SGH SFTS12 KIA 603 Sqn; Spitfre Vb P8603; failed to return from operational fight over Le Touquet. 8/12/41 Fayers RC SFTS45 KOAS 19 OTU; Wellington X NC716 UO-O; Kinloss-night navigation exercise; recalled but lost in bad weather. 2/1/45 Ferguson AE SFTS42 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax II LW229 EY-Y; Breighton-Mannheim; one of 34 ac lost (out of 604 on raid); shot down by night-fghter. 6/9/43 Finch J SFTS20 KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster III JB725 DX-M; East Kirkby-mine laying, Baltic; night fghter, Tellingstedt. 10/4/44 Finch RJ 1 ATU KIA 214 Sqn; Stirling Mk 1 W7537 took of from Stradishall; shot down by night-fghter Germany. 4/6/42 Findlay JPN SFTS28 KOAS 614 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z6032; aircraft accident on non-ops, night photo fight. 2/4/42 Fisher ET SFTS23 KIA 115 Sqn; Lancaster III PB130 KO-A; Witchford-Amaye sur Seulles; one of 4 ac lost (out of 692 on raid). 30/7/44 Fisher GM SFTS44 KIA 164 Sqn; Typhoon Ib MN368; AS sortie; missing of Cabourg. 6/7/44 Fitchie RBB U/K KOAS at night at Fulbeck RLG, with LAC RG Rawlins (injured); verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. Fleming RDS SFTS7 BoB; KIA 249 Sqn; Hurricane R4114; baled out, aerial combat, died of wounds in action. 7/9/40 Fletcher W SFTS26 Likely: KIA 640 Sqn; Halifax III MZ579 C8-T; Leconfeld-Aachen; one of 25 ac lost (out of 442 on raid); crashed Süsterseel. 24/5/44 Ford DM SFTS45 KIA 192 Sqn; Wellington X LN716 DT-H; Foulsham-ECM support, N France; lost without trace. 18/3/44 Fothergill JM SFTS13 KIA 53 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5865 missing over French coast. 27/3/41 Fox LA SFTS23 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AE133; shot down by AAA, Kampen. 10/1/42 Francis LJ SFTS14 KIA 53 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6309; shot down and crashed at sea near St Lunaire. 26/6/41 Franks T SFTS19 KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V BD272; anti-submarine patrol, lost without trace. 6/1/43 Freeman TJ SFTS25 KOAS 21 OTU; Wellington IC X9666; Moreton-in-Marsh-bombing practice; iced over when fying in Welsh Mts. 31/12/43 Fry DW SFTS16 Slim possibility: KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster I R5760 EM-Y; Bottesford-Mainz; lost without trace. 12/8/42 Fulford D SFTS9 BoB; Film First of the Few; KIA 611 Sqn; Spitfre Mk IX BR622 Shot Down Le Touquet. 2/11/42 Fullerton W SFTS13 KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V N1494; Abingdon-night bombing practice; snowstorm, crashed Wootton Road. 17/1/41 Furness RG SFTS7 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC P9273 OJ-V; Mildenhall-Herringen; lost without trace. 10/10/40 Fyfe IR SFTS23 KOAS 6(C)OTU; Hudson Mk III T9409; stalled and crashed near Newby. 14/10/41

Game HE SFTS23 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I W4233 QR-?; Syerston-Kiel; crashed into hillside, Helmsley. 15/10/42 Gandy O SFTS25 KIA 455 Sqn; Hampden I AT192 UB-R; Wigsley-Essen; night ops; lost over Germany. 10/3/42 Gardiner P SFTS28 KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster Mk 1 L7533 KM-J; Waddington-Warnemunde; lost without trace. 8/5/42 Gardner AD SFTS25 KIA 101 Sqn; Wellington III X3670 SR-F; Bourn-Cologne; one of 1047 ac (frst of three ‘1000 bomber raids’); lost without trace. 31/5/42 Gardner EC SFTS8 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden BI X2979; QR-?; Hemswell-Merseburg; crashed Sporle, Norfolk. 17/10/40 Gaunt GN SFTS9 KIA 609 Sqn; Spitfre R6690 shot down near Kenley. 15/9/40 Gee GM SFTS28 KOAS 22 OTU; Wellington IC DV481; Wellesbourne Mountford-night training; stalled, crashed nr Charlecote. 14/1/42 Gee R SFTS18 Possibly: KOAS 1 OADU; Wellington BX LP199 crashed in transit on delivery. 6/3/44 George AF SFTS14 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson IV AE612; aircraft failed to return from operational fight. 13/6/41 Gibson BDC MiD SFTS23 KOAS 1652 CU; Halifax II L9609; Dalton-night fying ex; engine failure and crashed south of Thirsk. 17/8/42 Gilbert HG SFTS9 KIA 233 Sqn; Hudson I N7374; failed to return from air operations over Lister, Norway. 3/11/40 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Gilbert JT SFTS20 KOAS 23 OTU; Wellington III BJ581; Pershore-air test; crashed near Honiley. 31/7/43 Glaves AL SFTS15 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AD863 ZN-?; Coningsby-Koln; night ops; lost without trace. 15/6/41 Glennie DG SFTS10 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden Mk 1 AD827 QR-?; Hemswell-Kiel, shot down by fak over Holstein. 8/4/41 Glover J SFTS23 KIA 102 Sqn; Whitley V Z6749 DY-?; Topclife-Kiel; shot down by a night-fghter of Dutch coast. 1/11/41 Goodall NH SFTS12 KIA 234 Sqn; Spitfre IIa P7317; mid-air collision with P7779, over English channel. 13/5/41 Gordon AL SFTS16 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson IV AE614; failed to return from an operational fight. 12/6/41 Gordon J SFTS13 KOAS 11 OTU; Wellington I L4355; Steeple Morden-night circuits; stalled and crashed near airfeld. 8/7/41 Gordon RH SFTS5 KIA 148 Sqn; Wellington II Z8355; failed to return from ops over Gazala, Libya. 17/11/41 Gorez M SFTS52 KOAS in a Miles Master near Wtlby. Interned at Brookwood Cemetery; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 4/8/44 Gossage PL SFTS6 KOAS 85 Sqn; Hurricane I P3584 stalled in practice dogfght and spun into the ground W of Debden. 31/5/40 Gould JD SFTS13 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AE319 OL-J; Scampton-Kiel; baled out near the target. 20/8/41 Goule HW DFC SFTS25 KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster III JB283 PH-W; Wickenby-Berlin; shot up by night fghter, Lower Saxony. 27/1/44 Gower JB SFTS19 KIA 221 Sqn; Wellington 1C T2988 accident over Iceland. 28/11/41 Graham DI SFTS5 KOAS 247 Sqn; Hurricane IIc BD934; accident. 24/10/41 Graham RM SFTS15 KIA 158 Sqn; Wellington II W5562 NP-H; Drifeld-Warnemunde; crashed in the Baltic, of Rostock. 8/5/42 Green WT SFTS21 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford I V3219 aircraft accident. 18/4/41 Greville-Haygate CE SFTS14 KIA 53 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6122 failed to return from Brest. 26/6/41 Grifn EA U/K KOAS in mid-air collision with 412 Sqn Spitfre, Digby 11/12/41 Grifths WSP SFTS18 KIA 217 Sqn; Beaufort Mk 1 W6501 failed to return from Donges, France 28/9/41 Grigg GL SFTS20 KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax I L9600 TL-U; Linton-on-Ouse-Cologne; lost over Belgian coast. 11/12/41 Grimston B SFTS17 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster I ED615 GT-?; Warboys-Kiel; one of 12 ac lost (out of 577 on raid); shot down target area. 4/4/43 Grout A SFTS17 KIA 29 Sqn; Beaufghter 1f R2141 crashed at Staplehurst. 21/7/41 Grundy JA SFTS27 KIA 51 Sqn; Halifax II HR728 LK-D; Snaith-Kassel; one of 24 ac lost (out of 547 on raid); crashed at Wietersheim. 3/10/43 Gurney JE SFTS26 KOAS 1652 CU; Halifax I L9576; aircraft accident near Wetherby. 14/4/42 Gill D SFTS31 KA 57 Sqn; Wellington III X3331 DX-?; Feltwell-Kassel; one of 31 ac lost (out of 306 on raid); night ops. 28/8/42 Gill NI SFTS31 KIA 101 Sqn; Wellington III BJ891 SR-?; Stradishall-Bremen; one of 12 ac lost (out of 251 on raid); lost without trace. 5/9/42 Glover S SFTS32 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III BJ608 JN-?; Snaith-Osnabruck; shot down by a night-fghter, Wierden. 10/8/42 Goldring CE SFTS31 KIA 49 Sqn; Manchester I L7387 EA-?; Scampton-Emden; crashed of the Frisian Islands. 20/6/42 Good WH SFTS32 KIA 12 Sqn 1/8/42; Wellington II Z8499 PH-?; Binbrook-Dusseldorf; fak and crashed at Heuthe. 1/8/42 Granger PC SFTS31 KIA 35 Sqn; Lancaster III ND691 TL-M; Graveley-Wanne-Eickel oil plant; crashed Gladbeck-Zweckel. 12/9/44 Grant MC SFTS35 KIA 424 Sqn; Halifax III LV998 QB-Y; Skipton on Swale-gardening of Flensburg; one of four ac lost (out of 32 Halifax on raid). 12/1/45 Gray R SFTS39 KOAS 11 OTU; Wellington X LN172; Westcott-navigation exercise; engine failed; crashed in Cardigan Bay. 14/6/44 Green H SFTS35 Likely KIA 434 Sqn; Halifax V LK909 IP-G; Tholthorpe-Hanover; one of 26 ac lost (out of 711 on raid); no details. 22/9/43 Green RC SFTS53 KOAS 24 OTU; Wellington X MF520 TY-G; Honeybourne-crosscountry exercise; broke up after engine failure nr Ely. 23/8/44 Green RJG DFC* SFTS28 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito XVI MM132 XD-?; Upwood-Berlin; crashed Little Staughton Airfeld. 15/1/45 Green WT U/K KOAS at night; ; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 19/4/41 Grein BE SFTS29 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster I W4109 ZN-?; Coningsby-Mainz; crashed at Waldesch. 12/8/42 Grifn EA SFTS32 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford II T1052; mid-air collision with Spitfre AD291. 12/12/41 Grove LJ SFTS31 KOAS 1443 Flt; Wellington VIII HF907; Harwell training; crashed of Anglesey. 5/6/42 Grove PH U/K KOAS with Plt Ofs K Wade and L Lane and Sgt Newman: RAFC ORB Entry, but not in College SFTS ORB 13/4/43 Gulceken K SFTS 48 KOAS crashing in Spitfre P9490 near Desborough, Northants; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 10/1/44

Halsall ESC SFTS15 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V N1481 MH-?; Dishforth-Cologne; lost without trace. 2/3/41 Halstead JL SFTS6 KIA 220 Sqn 1; Hudson II T9366 failed to return from recce over Norwegian coast. 1/6/41 Hardie WDC SFTS20 KIA 101 Sqn; Wellington IC R1701 SR-K; Oakington-Berlin; ditched Dutch coast. 7/11/41 Harper FF SFTS13 KOAS 46 Sqn; Hurricane I V6816; accident. 13/1/41 Harvey AB SFTS27 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster I ME700 VN-V; Skellingthorpe-Ladbergen; shot down by night fghter over Holland. 23/9/44 Harrison JR SFTS17 KIA 217 Sqn; Beaufort AW6483, crashed at Breage near Helston, Cornwall on return from ops. 26/9/41 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Harvey G SFTS11 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I AE252 PL-?; North Lufenham-Koln; crashed Cambrai. 31/7/41 Hayston TL SFTS14 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson V AM588; aircraft failed to return from operational fight over . 16/8/41 Hebert J Refresher KOAS; Free French student; missing believed killed after crashing of Filey in poor viz; washed up 1/7/43; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 9/6/43 Henderson RA SFTS27 KOAS 13 OTU; Avro Tutor K8171; Bicester-local fying practice; crashed fying inverted close to airfeld. 23/11/41 Heninger HF SFTS47 KIA 91 Sqn; Spitfre XII EN223; Ramrod; fuel problem, baled out. 6/1/44 Hewitson FL SFTS13 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington IC T2721 LN-?; Waterbeach-Mannheim; failed to return from ops over Germany. 30/4/41 Heywood P SFTS25 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I N3764 MG-J; Oakington-Hamburg; one of 15 ac lost (out of 213 on raid); crashed Flottbek. 9/11/42 Hickling KR SFTS 41 KOAS with RAAF Instructor AG Willman in mid-air collision of two Masters; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 8/10/42 Higson KH SFTS6 KIA 10 Sqn; Whitley V ZA-B; Abingdon-Milan; crashed in Italy after attacking an aircraft factory. 16/8/40 Hill FP DFC SFTS16 KIA 51 Sqn; Halifax III LV777 MH-F2; Snaith-Nuremberg; one of 95 ac lost (out of 795 on raid); fak, Bietigheim. 31/3/44 Hill JJ SFTS5 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I L4180 ZN-?; Finningley-gardening in Baltic Sound; crashed East of Spurn Head. 30/10/40 Hill SJ SFTS11 KIA 609 Sqn; Spitfre Vb W3211; shot down, aerial combat near Dover. 18/6/41 Hirons AW SFTS10 KIA 515 Sqn; Mosquito VII NS957 3P-?; Little Snoring-bomber support; collided Halifax MZ482, Belgium. 19/3/45 Hoare-Scott JH SFTS10 BoB; KOAS 601 Sqn; Hurricane I V7317; crashed on take-of from Exeter. 20/11/40 Hodgson J SFTS24 Possibly KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster III ED706 DX-A; Scampton-Essen; crashed Ijsselmeer. 30/4/43 Holborn AC SFTS10 KIA CL 69; Cranwell record verifed by Forces War Records - no further details. Gazetted date is:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/6/41 Hooper JCI DFC SFTS18 KIA 604 Sqn; Mosquito NF XIII MM621; patrol; engaged with Me410 and hit by fak. 6/8/44 Hopgood JV DFC* SFTS18 KIA 617 Sqn; Lancaster III ED925 AJ-M; Scampton-Opn Chastise; fak damage en route; attacked with 3 engines; crashed Mohne Dam parapet. 17/5/43 Holman RC SFTS16 KIA 219 Sqn; Beaufghter If R2083 collided with R2127. 30/4/41 Horner RD SFTS24 KOAS 1656 HCU; Manchester I R5780; Breighton-Trg; “beating up his local pub”, few into tree; Fradley 19/10/42 Howard ETR SFTS23 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling III BK702 HA-O; Downham Market-Berlin; one of 29 ac lost (out of 329 on raid); fak over Bremen. 29/3/43 Huntly-Wood IM DFC SFTS19 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster III ED832 EM-X; Langar-Berlin; night ops; lost without trace. 3/9/43 Huston JC SFTS16 KOAS 12 OTU; Wellington Ic R1340; Chipping Warden-circuits; engine failed, crashed into trees. 17/1/42 Hadley N SFTS30 KIA 10 Sqn; Halifax III LV912 ZA-A; Melbourne-Bottrop; crashed west of Schöppingen. 20/7/44 Hall T SFTS43 KIA 10 Sqn; Halifax II JD367 ZA-Z; Melbourne-Berlin; one of 26 ac lost (out of 764 on raid); crashed at Achmer. 22/11/43 Hamburger SGA SFTS27 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington IC Z9100; Mount Farm-Trg; engine failure, Littlestoke Farm, Goring, Oxon. 10/12/41 Hardie JG SFTS28 KOAS 22 OTU; Wellington Ic T2714 DD-C; Wellesbourne Mountford-navigation exercise; disoriented at Skiddaw. 8/2/42 Hargreaves PJ SFTS48 KIA 578 Sqn; Halifax III NR150 LK-P; Burn-Hemmingstedt; crashed into the sea. 7/3/45 Harrison GA SFTS14 KIA 616 Sqn; Spitfre VII MD121; Rodeo169; rammed or collided with Me109 during combat near Laval. 12/6/44 Haselden JK SFTS34 KIA 2 Sqn; Mustang II FR925; tac recce; fak over St Pierre sur Dives. 12/8/44 Haw PS SFTS 48 KIA 80 Sqn; Tempest V EJ668; Battle of Arnhem; fak, baled out of Hook of Holland. 18/9/44 Heap JO SFTS28 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling I N6070 HA-A; Marham-Pilsen; night ops; crashed at Frankfurt. 5/5/42 Hebblethwaite G SFTS31 KIA 156 Sqn; Wellington III X3367 GT-; Warboys-Kassel; one of 31 ac lost (out of 306 on raid); shot down, night-fghter, Epe. 27/8/42 Helmore PW SFTS16 KIA 611 Sqn; Spitfre IX BS112; Rhubarb mission (opportunistic raid in poor viz); hit by fak near Le Touquet. 29/11/42 Hemming DL SFTS35 KIA 150 Sqn; III X3552 JN-; Snaith-Koln; crashed of coast of Holland. 15/10/42 Henderson JR SFTS41 KIA 419 Sqn; Halifax II LW242 VR-N; Middleton St. George-Stuttgart; one of six ac lost (out of 178 on raid); near Sankt Ingbert. 26/11/43 Henderson WJ SFTS27 KOAS Air Observers' School; Anson 536; accident near RAF Millom. 10/1/42 Hentsch FC SFTS46 KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster III ND650 PH-Y; Wickenby-Berlin; fak Duisburg; abandoned Geldern-Veert. 24/3/44 Holland E SFTS42 KIA 218 Sqn; Lancaster I PD296 HA-B; Chedburgh-Köln; one of three ac lost (out of 153 on raid); fak over Bergisch-Gladbach. 28/1/45 Holmes A SFTS33 KOAS 17 PAFU; Miles Master DK865; accident at Little Ellingham. 16/3/42 Holmes JM SFTS44 KOAS 18 OTU; Martinet I JN429; Bircotes-fghter afliation exercise; spun out of control, crashed from 500 feet near Worksop. 30/12/43 Homburg AA SFTS48 KIA 322 Sqn; SpitfreXVI RR249 V; armed recce, Zutphen; hit by fak. 1/4/45 Hooper TD SFTS49 KIA 227 Sqn; Lancaster I PB643 9J-S; Balderton-Harburg; crashed at Nieder Ochtenhausen. 11/11/44 Hopps FT DFC SFTS40 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster III JB401 PM-P; Elsham Wolds-Berlin; suddenly exploded Kreis Beeskow. 2/12/43 Horton RC SFTS29 Likely KIA 104 Sqn; Wellington II Z8658 H; Kabrit-Operation Tobruk; engine failed on RTB. 14/7/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Howard L SFTS42 KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax V LL121 KN-G; Elvington-Frankfurt; one of 41 ac lost (out of 650 on raid); night ops. 20/12/43 Hughes F SFTS46 KOAS following collision with drogue released by a Miles Master; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 12/4/43 Hughes FE SFTS 45 KOAS (1 of 4) Oxford aircraft that struck a balloon cable at Crewe, on a cross-country fight to Sealand; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 20/3/43 Hughes JA SFTS30 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III Z1593 JN-/; Snaith-Osnabruck; shot down by a night fghter over Holland. 9/8/42 Hughes NR SFTS30 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford R5943; died of injuries; pupil LAC HJ Johnson seriously injured; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 14/12/41 Hughes RL SFTS45 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster III ED713 UL-W2; Elsham Wolds-Berlin; shot down near Hanover. 23/12/43 Hughes WE 1 ATU KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax II DT700 KN-U; Elvington-Mülheim; one of 35 ac lost (out of 557 on raid); crashed of Dutch coast. 22/6/43 Hulme DK SFTS31 KIA 88 Sqn; Boston III Z2224 RH-; Oulton-St. Omer airfeld; crashed near airfeld. 1/11/42 Hulse TMF SFTS28 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling I BF320 OJ-H; Lakenheath-Saarbrukem; fak, crashing at Rodenhof. 8/12/42 Hutchings CG 1ATU KIA 401 (RCAF) Sqn; Spitfre IX NH404; Nijmegen patrol; victim to Me109s. 29/9/44

Imeson RH SFTS23 KOAS 6 PAFU; Oxford II AP476; accident at Chipping Norton Aerodrome. 15/4/42 Inge RWS SFTS20 KOAS 2 CFS Cranwell; Tutor I K4814; accident. 24/4/41 Ireland J SFTS49 KIA 101 Sqn; Lancaster I DV300 SR-W; Ludford Magna-Berlin; shot up by night fghter, Lemmer. 16/12/43 Irving D SFTS15 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AD916 OL-Z; Scampton-Dusseldorf; fak Duren. 1/7/41 Isidore PJ SFTS 41 KOAS at night; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 29/10/42

Jebb M SFTS5 BoB; KIA 504 Sqn; Hurricane I N2705; died of wounds. 19/9/40 Jef JEP SFTS14 KIA 44 Sqn; Hampden I AD864 KM-; Waddington-Hamburg; crashed, River Elbe. 3/5/41 Jenkins JFG DSO, DFC SFTS5 KIA 114 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z7276 RT-N; West Raynham-Intruder duties, Soesterberg airfeld; fak, Utrecht. 27/3/42 Jennings RJ DFM SFTS8 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I P4377 EA-K; Scampton-Minelaying of Frederikshaven; lost of Danish coast. 6/8/40 Johnston RA SFTS12 KIA 611 Sqn; Spitfre V W3325 failed to return from Circus 41 (‘Circus’ is a bomber raid supported heavily by fghters to entice enemy engagement.) 9/7/41 Jones EG SFTS13 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax II DT570 MP-R; Linton-on-Ouse-Duisburg; night ops; crashed near Weeze. 20/12/42 Jones RW SFTS7 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington IC R3289 LN-; Newmarket-Ruhr; ditched Felixstowe. 6/11/40 Jordan WH SFTS13 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax II JD145 EY-; Linton-on-Ouse-Bochum; one of 24 ac lost (of 503); lost of Dutch coast. 12/6/43 Jackson DS DFC SFTS22 KIA 626 Sqn; Lancaster I LL753 UM-E2; Wickenby-Mailly-le-Camp; exploded, Breuvery-sur-Coole. 4/5/44 Jackson HT SFTS36 KIA 1 Sqn; Typhoon Ib EK245; ASR mission; crashed of Orfordness. 23/3/44 Jackson R SFTS48 KOAS n a Miles Master; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 9/8/43 Jacobs TF SFTS22 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I AD909 EA-; Scampton-mine laying; lost without trace. 9/1/42 Jacotine CH SFTS41 KIA 504 Sqn; Spitfre Vb BM302; Ramrod (supporting a short range bomber raid against ground targets). 27/8/43 James RV SFTS28 KIA 156 Sqn; Wellington III DF667 GT-; Warboys-Kassel; one of 31 ac lost (out of 306 on raid); night fghter Netherlands. 28/8/42 Jameson A SFTS44 KIA 622 Sqn; Lancaster I ME693 GI-F; Mildenhall-Karlsruhe; victim to Bf110 night fghter, Gersbach. 25/4/44 Jamieson RDW SFTS46 KIA 625 Sqn; Lancaster I ED317 CF-W; Kelstern-Berlin; shot down outbound by night-fghter. 24/3/44 Jefs F SFTS51 Unable to corroborate RAFC annotation on this airman’s record. 13/6/44 Jefreys GS DFC SFTS24 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ED444 EA-C; Scampton-Berlin; shot down by night-fghter, Flensburg. 17/1/43 Jenkins JC SFTS20 KIA 214 Sqn; Wellington IC R1613 R1613; Stradishall-Bremen; shot down by night-fghter Quakenbruck. 15/7/41 Jenkins MA SFTS22 KIA 455 Sqn; Hampden I AE243 UB-B; Swinderby-Koln; lost on Rover Patrol. 7/11/41 Jennings RHB SFTS30 KOAS 18 OTU; Wellington III BK273; Worksop-night conversion; during practise overshoot, propeller blade broke. 20/1/44 Johns FW SFTS44 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster I ME757 WS-O; Bardney-Brest; shot down when attacking shipping. 13/8/44 Johnson EA SFTS31 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster I ME798 VN-Z; Skellingthorpe-Prouville V1 Site; exploded, Hardinval. 25/6/44 Johnson R SFTS42 Possibly: KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster III ND576 KM-M; Dunholme Lodge-Stuttgart; cause not established. 15/3/44 Johnston JD SFTS41 Possibly KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster III JB528 PM-Q; Elsham Wolds-Berlin; crashed near Grebs. 23/11/43 Jones BWM SFTS15 KIA 104 Sqn; Wellington II W5485 EP-J; Drifeld-Karlsruhe; fak over target area. 6/8/41 Jones J SFTS50 Possibly KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster I ME632 PH-P; Wickenby-Augsburg; cause of loss not established. 25/2/44 Jones JC MiD SFTS35 KOAS 10 OTU; TigerMoth II N6857; Abingdon; accident at Upton Noble. 8/4/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Jones JR SFTS27 Possibly KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax II W1117 TL-S; Linton-on-Ouse last raid Essen; night-fghter Bijsterveld. 16/6/42 Jones KW SFTS41 Likely KIA 428 Sqn; Halifax V LK914 NA-K; Middleton St. George-Hanover; lost over the target area. 22/9/43 Jones LM 1ATU KIA 199 Sqn; Wellington X HE519 EX-; Ingham-Essen; fak, crashed of Dutch coast. 12/3/43 Jones R SFTS22 KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax II W1108 NP-E; East Moor-Cologne; shot down by night-fghter, Hellendoorn. 15/10/42 Jones WE SFTS46 Possibly KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III ED656 WS-J; Bardney-Berlin; crashed near Louth (faulty altimeter). 23/11/43

Kaby N SFTS26 KIA 110 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z7442 VE-; Lossiemouth-support commandos Vaagso; shot down, Norway. 27/12/41 Keele BR DFC SFTS29 KIA 85 Sqn; Mosquito NF.30 MV525 VY-; Swannington-Air Intercept exercise; engine failed on RTB. 12/11/44 Kendall CF SFTS8 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden BI L4095 OL-R; Scampton-Danzig; crashed of Dutch coast. 11/11/40 Kennard WD SFTS24 KIA 105 Sqn; Mosquito IV W6064 GB-; Horsham St. Faith-Koln; fak, crashed 0705hrs at Bazel. 31/5/42 Kenyon RFH SFTS32 KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II W7913 DY-C; Pocklington-Frankfurt; shot down, night-fghter, Rochefort. 3/12/42 Kerr GD SFTS13 KOAS 14 OTU; Hampden I P1294; Cottesmore-cross-country fight; crashed near Oswestry. 30/10/41 Kemp FJ SFTS24 KOAS OADU crew of 15 OTU; Wellington II Z8354; Hampstead Norris-Gibraltar; engine failed Abingdon. 25/9/41 Kent E SFTS22 Possibly KIA 408 Sqn; Lancaster II DS758 EQ-H; Linton-on-Ouse-Frankfurt; lost over target. 20/12/43 Kerr RE SFTS9 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V Z6741 MH-; Dishforth-Brest; crashed near Brest. 5/7/41 Khan MM SFTS22 KA 86 Sqn; Beaufort shot down over English Channel. 2/2/42 Kidd FL SFTS14 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I AE253 ; North Lufenham-anti-shipping ops; fak Terschelling. 6/11/41 Kinchin EW SFTS17 KIA 239 Sqn; Mosquito II HJ644 HB-; West Raynham-Bomber Support - Serrate (fghter detection radar) Patrol; crashed Nijkerk. 20/4/44 Kirkaldie K SFTS5 KIA 32 Sqn; Hurricane N2406; shot down, buried Houville-en-Vexin. 8/6/40 Kitchen R SFTS26 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax II R9484 MP-G; Middleton St. George-Essen; crashed Recklinghausen. 10/4/42 Kitching EG SFTS21 KOAS 7 Air Gunners School; Battle F5001. 22/6/41 Knight RE SFTS36 KIA 420 Sqn; Halifax III MZ713 PT-U; Tholthorpe-Ferfay V1 site; crashed Pas de Calais. 24/7/44 Kularatne A SFTS41 KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II HX155 DY-Q; Pocklington-Berlin; one of 43 ac lost (out of 891 on raid); lost over target. 16/2/44

Laidlaw W SFTS15 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AE383 VN-; Swinderby-Bremen; lost without trace. 20/10/41 Lamb GR SFTS29 KOAS 9 AOS; Blenheim Z6418; accident at RAF Penrhos. 16/12/41 Lanchester HR SFTS20 KOAS - same day as Inge RWS above. 24/4/41 Land CR SFTS35 KOAS 9 Sqn; Lancaster lll ED496 WS-P; Waddington Air Test; crashed at Young's Farm Scopwick. 4/2/43 Landale PWF DFC SFTS6 KIA 10 Sqn; Whitley V Z6624 ZA-O; Leeming-Hanover; crashed into the North Sea. 25/7/41 Lane L U/K KOAS with Fg Of PH Grove, Plt Of K Wade and Sgt Newman; RAFC ORB Entry, but not in College SFTS ORB 13/4/43 Langley R DFC SFTS22 KIA 139 Sqn; Blenheim IV; T1832; XD-; Horsham St. Faith; anti-shipping; shot down by Me109s. 16/6/41 Larsen LBE SFTS17 KOAS 1 (C) OTU; Hudson I T9268; aircraft accident 28/7/41 Lawson WC SFTS34 KIA 51 Sqn; Halifax III LK885 MH-Z; Snaith-Aachen; one of 25 ac lost (out of 442 on raid); crashed at Acht. 24/5/44 Lea TS DFC SFTS28 KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax II JB804 KN-Q; Elvington-Stettin; one of 21 ac costs (out of 339 on raid); crashed Pasewalk. 20/4/43 Leatherland D AFC SFTS12 KIA 97 Sqn; Lancaster III ND748 OF-M; Coningsby-La Chapelle railway yards; night-fghter; Piscop. 20/4/44 Lee DT SFTS12 KIA 15 Sqn; Lancaster I NF916 LS-Z; Mildenhall-Solingen; only loss of 173 ac on successful raid. 5/11/44 Lee J SFTS42 KA 106 Sqn; Lancaster I LM303 ZN-M; Syerston-Wilhelmshaven; intercepted; night-fghter, Borkum. 11/2/43 Lee M SFTS17 KIA 217 Sqn; Beaufort I AW190; AAA over convoy of the coast of Holland. 9/12/41 Leslie JA SFTS20 KIA 211 SDFlt; Wellington VIII Z8712; Malta-N Africa; failed to return. 9/5/42 Lewis JR SFTS34 KIA 199 Sqn; Halifax III RG373 EX-T; North Creake-Mandrel screen duties over Kiel; a Ju88 victim. 2/5/45 Lightowler S SFTS30 KOAS 103 CFlt; Halifax III R9379; Elsham Wolds training; stalled and crashed on RTB. 1/8/42 Linaker JD U/K KOAS in Master together with occupants of a Lancaster with which he collided; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 28/3/42 Lincoln JA SFTS5 KOAS 1 Air Arm Sch; Blenheim I L1358 crashed near Lincoln, returning from a raid on Germany. 10/7/40 Little JF SFTS 21 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito IV DZ374 XD-; Wyton-Duisburg; lost without trace. 29/8/43 Livingstone IF SFTS18 KIA 83 Sqn; Manchester I L7426 OL-D; Scampton-Essen; night-fghter near Enkhuizen. 9/3/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Lockhart J SFTS6 ex-BOB; KIA 92 Sqn; Spitfre Vb W3459 failed to return from operational fight over France. 2/10/41 Long FH DFC SFTS17 KIA 102 Sqn; Whitley V T4326 DY-K; Topclife-Berlin; night ops; fak Denekamp. 13/3/41 Lonsdale DHS DFC SFTS18 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster I W4840; Waddington-Essen; night-fghter on outskirts of Arnhem. 3/1/43 Loos EA DFC SFTS29 KIA 161 Sqn; Halifax V LL248 MA-U; Tempsford-SOE; crashed at Huiron. 4/8/44 Lovegrove PA SFTS19 KIA 83 Sqn; Manchester I L7427 OL-Q; fell from window of POW camp Schubin, after capture on Hamburg raid. 8/4/42 Lovell VC DFC SFTS11 KIA 141 Sqn; Mosquito II DZ656 TW-J; West Raynham; Serrate (fghter detection radar) patrol for Friedrichshafen raid. 27/4/44 Lowther PH SFTS26 KOAS 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z7304 WV-; Wattisham-Air Test; hit radar pylon, Norwich. 18/7/42 Lush AL 1ATU KIA 464 Sqn; Ventura II AJ169 SB-A; Feltwell-Rotterdam; fak over the target; fghters Den Haag. 4/4/43

Macdonald D SFTS36 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III DV284 WS-G; Bardney-Berlin; fak & crashed near Leipzig. 18/11/43 Macdonald DK SFTS7 BoB; KIA 603 Sqn; Spitfre L1046 shot down by Bf109 over Dover; 1st combat from Hornchurch. 28/8/40 MacDonald FM 1ATU KIA 161 Sqn; Whitley V Z6940 MA-; Tempsford-SOE; crashed close to Boulogne. 19/9/42 Mackay AW SFTS19 KOAS CL 103; unable to verify SFTS record with other databases. Could be POW from 51 Sqn. - Mackay PS SFTS15 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster Mk 1 R5636 OL-K; Scampton mine laying; lost without trace over Baltic. 11/6/42 Mackenzie IF SFTS35 KIA 90 Sqn; Stirling I BF383 WP-T; Ridgewell-Duisburg; one of 17 ac lost (out of 561 on raid); night-fghter, Ijsselmeer. 27/4/43 Maclaren WR SFTS42 KIA 56 Sqn; Tempest V EJ08 W; hit by fak, crashed north-east of Dorsten. 26/3/45 Maclean I SFST21 Likely KIA 22 Squadron; Beaufort I W6486; missing believed killed; failed to return from ops. 25/3/41 Macleod JB SFTS24 KIA 110 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6429 VE-; Lossiemouth-commando ops; shot down Norway coast. 27/12/41 MacNaughton DH SFTS30 KIA 12 Sqn; Wellington III X3988 PH-X; Binbrook-Kassel; crashed Gladbeck. 27/8/42 Macrossan HM SFTS9 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AD753 VN-; Lindholme-Brest; exploded South of Scilly. 5/4/41 Mandeville GP SFTS20 KIA 86 Sqn; Beaufort I X8928 force landed at sea between islands of Meis and Castelorinzo. 6/8/41 Marshall A SFTS32 KIA 40 Sqn; Willington IC HF834 C; Luqa-Operation Bizerta; failed to return from ops. 7/12/42 Marshall CD SFTS33 KIA 418 (RCAF) Sqn; Boston III; intruder sortie to Namur with leafets. 4//12/42 Martin J SFTS32 Possibly KIA 12 Sqn; Lancaster I W4836 PH-P; Wickenby-Lorient; crashed RTB, Newball Woods. 13/2/43 Martin LA SFTS17 KIA 75 Sqn; Lancaster III ND911 JN-V; Mepal-Homberg; fak over target. 20/11/44 Martin RF SFTS26 Likely KIA 78 Sqn; Handley Page Halifax II DT522 EY-B; Linton-on-Ouse to Genoa; drowned. 16/11/42 Masters RD SFTS7 KA 220 Sqn; Hudson I P5135 failed to return, presumed lost over sea. 4/12/40 Matheson CV SFTS23 KIA 78 Sqn; Whitley V Z6881 EY-; Middleton St. George-Huls; shot down; Friesland. 7/9/41 Matthews LRB SFTS42 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster III JB550 UL-T2; Elsham Wolds-Leipzig; crashed at Mochern. 3/12/43 Maw MT DFC SFTS6 KIA 640 Sqn; Halifax III MZ345 C8-G; Leconfeld-Russelsheim; one of 20 ac lost (out of 297 on raid); no further details. 12/8/44 Mayer LFC SFTS19 KOAS 54 OTU; Blenheim I L6786; aircraft accident. 1/4/41 Mayhew PF SFTS6 ex-BoB; KIA 79 Sqn; Hurricane IIb crashed on landing after engine stalled; died of injuries. 19/2/42 McCarthy WRB DFC SFTS28 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling I R9160 HA-G; Downham Market-Kassel; night-fghter; North Sea. 27/8/42 McClintock AN SFTS17 KIA 53 Sqn; Hudson V AM560; missing believed killed; failed to return from ops Dutch coast. 11/4/42 McCombe GM SFTS25 KIA 78 Sqn; Whitley V Z6948 EY-F; Croft-Berlin; night-fghter twixt Oudmirdum & Mijemirdum. 8/11/41 McCoy R SFTS 30 KOAS withE Aberdeen in Oxford aircraft after mid-air collision with 412 Sqn Spitfre; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 9/1/42 McIntosh J SFTS9 KIA 233 Sqn; Hudson I P5117 crashed at sea near Berwick. 5/10/40 McKelvie AN SFTS17 KOAS 54 OTU; Blenheim I L6642; aircraft accident. 28/3/41 McKillop A SFTS25 KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington IC Z8985 DX-; Feltwell-Rover patrol-Munster; crashed near Haastrecht. 8/11/41 McLennan K SFTS30 KIA 142 Sqn; Wellington IV Z1316 QT-H; Grimsby-Saarbrucken; shot down Olm. 29/7/42 McLeod DH SFTS26 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster I R5573 ZN-B; Syerston-Koln; night-fghter, Liège. 9/7/43 McMillan P SFTS15 KIA 59 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5648; missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from ops. 26/3/41 Mercer DW SFTS20 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V Z6668 KN-; Leeming-Huls; crashed at Quackenburck. 7/9/41 Meredith JL 1ATU KIA 15 Sqn; Stirling I W7634 LS-G; Bourn-Lubeck; one of 3 ac lost (out of 25 on raid); near Peenemunde. 1/10/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Metcalfe AH SFTS22 KOAS 455 Sqn; Hampden I P5329 UB-J; Wigsley transit; propeller came of; Highbridge. 25/3/42 Miles CR SFTS11 KOAS 29 Sqn; Beaufghter 1c T3355 accident at Westfeld Somerset 7/10/41 Miles RA SFTS11 KOAS CL 97; unable to verify SFTS record with other databases. Could refer to Miles CR (SFTS11). - Millar D SFTS49 KIA 514 Sqn; Lancaster I ME858 JI-J; Waterbeach-Homberg; crashed South West of Hunsel. 20/7/44 Millar KL SFTS7 KIA 44 Sqn; Waddington, injured after crash on take of, died of wounds. 14/11/40 Mills AAF SFTS30 KIA 115 Sqn; Lancaster I NG332 IL-D; Witchford-Vohwinkel; US fak homebound; Emines. 1/1/45 Milne W SFTS26 Possibly KOAS 6FTS; Oxford II AP475; aircraft accident at Heythrop. 7/2/42 Milton FC SFTS31 KIA 83 Sqn; Wyton-Pilsen (Skoda); crashed at Dobrany Czechoslovakia. 16/4/43 Minett JF SFTS19 KOAS 2 SoAN; Anson I K6248; aircraft accident. 21/3/41 Mitchell JL SFTS28 Likely KIA 114 Sqn; IV V6337 RT-D; West Raynham-Venlo; crashed Channel. 2/6/42 Moore JA SFTS20 KOAS 1 Coastal OTU; Hudson I N7337 aircraft accident. 9/9/41 Moore SH SFTS49 KIA 425 Sqn; Halifax III NP999 LW-W; Tholthorpe-Hannover; one of 31 ac lost (out of 664 on raid). Rest of crew were POWs. 5/1/45 Moorehouse HB SFTS24 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax II R9456 MP-F; Middleton St. George-Warnemunde; crashed near Rostock. 9/5/42 Moreac J SFTS38 KIA 340 Sqn; Spitfre IX BS406 D; Circus 248 to Abbelville; engaged by Fw190s of JG26. 9/1/43 Morley CR SFTS20 Likely KOAS 220 Sqn; Hudson V AM615; accident, RAF Nutts Corner, County Antrim. 1/2/42 Morris AFH SFTS31 KIA 428 Sqn; Halifax V EB207 NA-B; Middleton St. George-Mannheim; one of 32 ac lost (out of 628 on raid). 23/9/43 Morrow AS SFTS17 KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster I L7533 KM-J; Waddington-Warnemunde Keinkel works; lost North Sea. 8/5/42 Murray JL SFTS19 KOAS 24 OTU; Wellington X MF520 TY-G; Honeybourne-crosscountry exercise; aircraft broke up, Ely. 23/8/44 Myers WME SFTS44 KIA 166 Sqn; Lancaster I ME643 AS-E; Kirmington-Mailly-le-Camp; shot down St Memmie. 4/5/44

Namias MHR SFTS20 KIA 226 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z7310 MQ-V; Wattisham-ASW; fak hits starboard engine during attack. 20/9/41 Napier DM SFTS15 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I AD866 PL-; Hemswell-Bremen; lost in the North Sea. 3/7/41 Naylor R SFTS14 KIA 502 Sqn; Whitley V Z6500 crashed at RAF on return from operational fight. 23/8/41 Neave DA SFTS19 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster I R5640 OL-D; Scampton-Essen; crashed at Huxne. 9/6/42 Nelson JA SFTS12 Forces War Records; CL 159; Missing 01/10/1942 (gazetted); no further details. - Newcomb FWR SFTS18 KIA 48 Sqn; Hudson V AM814; failed to return from ops of the coast of Norway. 23/2/42 Newman Sgt U/K KOAS with Fg Of PH Grove, Plt Ofs L Lane and K Wade; RAFC ORB Entry, but not in College SFTS ORB 13/4/43 Newton GRH SFTS11 KIA 53 Sqn 1; Blenheim V5399 failed to return from PR sortie over Brest; victim to Bf109, St Renan. 14/3/41 Nixon FJ SFTS30 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I DV294 QR-K; Coningsby-Augsburg; crashed at Menil-Annelles. 24/2/44 Northey D SFTS31 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III X3762 JN-; Snaith-Saarbrucken; shot down over France. 20/9/42 Nottidge JJ SFTS11 KIA 207 Sqn; Manchester I L7377 EM-G; Waddington-Berlin; fak, Teltow. 13/8/41 Nutt JA SFTS24 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V Z6567 MH-Z; Dishforth-Essen; night-fghter, Barsingerhorn. 8/11/41

Ogilvie JFT SFTS13 KIA 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6372 YH-H; Watton-ASW; shot down by Me109s of Heligoland. 15/5/41 Okell JL SFTS23 KOAS 54 OTU; Blenheim L6603; aircraft accident. 25/8/41 O’Donnell F SFTS27 KA 108 Sqn; Wellington IC DV553 P; Kabrit-ferry fight; collided with an HF830 on landing, Aqir. 13/7/42 O’Malley DG SFTS5 SFTS record states KIA; unable to verify with other databases. - Orchard EH SFTS50 KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax V LK667 KN-A; Elvington-Amiens; crashed Longeau. 15/3/44 Ord RC SFTS42 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III JA852 WS-L; Bardney-Mannheim; crashed at Gerolsheim. 23/9/43 Osborne DO SFTS20 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III X3309 JN-N; Snaith-Bremen; lost without trace. 27/6/42 Ostlere E SFTS7 KOAS 224 Sqn; Hudson I N7235 missing believed killed; aircraft accident. 4/3/41 Oulster NM 1ATU KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V AD689 -W; Abingdon-Bremen; shot down near Lingen-Ems. 25/6/42 Owen J SFTS23 KIA 138 Sqn; Whitley V Z9282 NF-M; Tempsford on secret unrecorded operation. Crashed Vire, Calvados. 26/7/42 Owen PR SFTS18 KOAS 44 Sqn; Hampden I AD939; mid-air collision with Spitfre of 412 Sqn. 31/8/41 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Owens HM SFTS14 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AD844 VN-; Lindholme-Hamburg; lost without trace, North Sea. 17/7/41 Oxley MRP SFTS20 KOAS 54 OTU; Blenheim I L1438 aircraft accident. 3/7/41

Page AJ SFTS10 KIA 101 Sqn; Wellington IC X9828 SR-; night ops Oakington to Frankfurt, crashed into the North Sea. 24/10/41 Painter WH SFTS47 KIA 234 Sqn; Spitfre Vb EN861; Beachhead night patrol; collided with Spitfre Vb EN861. 17/6/44 Payn GA SFTS15 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster I ME667 EM-X; Spilsby-Bremen; crashed at Lehesterdeich. 6/10/44 Palmer AG SFTS12 KIA 609 Sqn; Spitfre Vb AD136 missing believed killed; enemy action. 21/10/41 Parker RC SFTS8 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden BI P2143 EA-; Scampton-Bordeaux; crashed near Andover (fuel). See Pitmen CD. 17/10/40 Parker RHW SFTS9 KOAS Advanced Trg Sqn RAFC; Hind I K5413 accident, South Clifton. Buried in Cranwell Village; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry 6/7/40 Parker RPM SFTS28 KIA 218 Sqn; Short Stirling I DJ977 HA-F, Marham-Mannheim; one of 197 ac; night ops; lost without trace. 19/5/42 Parkinson J SFTS48 KOAS 576 Sqn; Lancaster III ND403 UL-G2; Elsham Wolds-Bullseye (simulated night bombing) exercise; lost without trace. 12/5/44 Parlak S SFTS 46 KOAS; Turkish pupil; low fying near Grantham; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 16/7/43 Paterson LF SFTS32 KIA 180 Sqn; Mitchell II FL211 EV-; Foulsham-Abbeville; fak, Pendé. 25/5/43 Paterson W SFTS 42? KOAS with Instructor GA Benson at night running out of fuel, stalling on forced landing; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 22/12/42 Pearse SC SFTS28 KIA 148 Sqn; Wellington IC HD947; LG 237-Operation Torbruk; failed to return. 28/9/42 Pearson CB SFTS21 KIA 236 Sqn; Blenheim IV T1811 failed to return from operational fight. 10/9/41 Pearson W SFTS22 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster III ED712 VN-; Skellingthorpe-Wuppertal; crashed near Houverath. 25/6/43 Pell DB SFTS 48 KOAS on South Aerodrome; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 13/6/43 Percy HH SFTS7 ex-BoB; KIA 610 Sqn; Spitfre XIV RB162 hit by fak over Guernsey on shipping recce; “baled but failed”. 22/5/44 Perry J SFTS54 KIA 166 Sqn; Lancaster III ND635 AS-M; Kirmington-Nurnberg; crashed at Zell/Hilpoltstein. 2/1/45 Perry RL SFTS26 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster III ED878 PM-V; Elsham Wolds-Hamburg; night-fghter, Frisian Islands. 24/7/43 Perry WH SFTS21 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling III EE884 HA-B; Downham Market-Mannheim; one of 23 ac lost (out of 395 on raid); shot down. 18/11/43 Pierson RT SFTS30 KOAS 14 OTU 30/6/42; Hampden I AD802 GL-V1; Saltby-night navigation exercise; crashed at Shelford. 30/6/42 Pike DGH MiD SFTS23 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster III ND513 EM-R; Spilsby-Clermont-Ferrand; crashed in target area. 10/3/44 Pincus JD SFTS34 KIA 602 Sqn; Spitfre IX MJ286; armed recce; fak of the coast of Trouville. 19/7/44 Piper MR SFTS 38 KOAS; buried at Eford Cemetery, Plymouth; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 27/8/42 Pitman CD SFTS8 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden BI P2143 EA-; Scampton-Bordeaux; crashed near Andover (fuel). See Parker RC. 17/10/40 Porter J SFTS30 Likely KOAS 55 OTU; Hurricane I V6955; mid-air collision with another Hurricane near Durham. 14/2/42 Porter LJ SFTS17 Likely KIA 264 Sqn; Mosquito II HJ915; day ranger Dax area, Brittany. 24/5/43 Postlethwaite SFTS50 SFTS records annotated “Killed 25/11/43”; College SFTS ORB records KOAS fing error of judgement. 25/11/43 PottsEF DN 1ATU KIA 75 Sqn; Wellington III X3557 AA-; Feltwell-Wilhelmshaven; 1/5 ac lost (out of 285 on raid); crashed Waddenzee. 9/7/42 Potts RJ SFTS14 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AD907 OL-K; Scampton-Kiel; crashed of Bridlington coast. 19/8/41 Preece MJ SFTS9 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I X3004 VN-; Lindholme-Dusseldorf; missing believed killed; lost without trace. 8/12/40 Prentice I SFTS26 KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V T4132; Abingdon-night fying exercise; crashed into Boar's Hill, very near author’s house. 19/9/41 Priest TF SFTS14 KIA 408 Sqn; Hampden I AE286 EQ-T; Balderton-Wilhelmshaven; night ops; lost without trace. 10/1/42 Pritchard PHH SFTS9 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I AD727 QR-; Hemswell-mine laying Kiel Bay; shot down Maglehoj Strand. 11/6/41 Pudsey K DFM; MiD* SFTS30 KIA 142 Sqn; Mosquito XXV KB481 4H-P; Gransden Lodge-Magdeburg; lost without trace. 5/4/45 Pyman LL SFTS8 KIA 65 Sqn; Spitfre Ia K9915 failed to return from air operations over Deal. 13/9/40

Quinn J SFTS34 KOAS 1664 HCU; Halifax V EB191 ZU-C; Dishforth-night crosscountry exercise; crashed at Harrogate. 23/12/43

Rafan WF SFTS35 KOAS 10 OTU; Whitley V Z6979; St Eval-ASW patrol; crashed near Toule on Cap Finistere. 29/10/42 Raw AW DFC SFTS22 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III ND534 GT-O; Upwood-Gelsenkirchen; crashed slightly west of the target. 11/9/44 Read RW SFTS18 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster I R5630 OL-T; Wyton-Berlin; shot down near Kiel. 17/1/43 Reed RR DSO SFTS46 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster I ME687 UL-S2; Elsham Wolds-Dortmund; shot down homebound, Hiddingsel. 23/5/44 Reid J SFTS13 Possibly KOAS 19 OTU; Whitley V P5103; Kinloss-Training; huge glycol loss, nose-dived near Dundee. 21/10/41 Name Decoration Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Rich TA s U/K KOAS; died of injuries at Fulbech after walking into airscrew of taxying aircraft; College SFTS ORB entry. 25/11/41 Richards F SFTS27 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I W4903 QR-P; Syerston-Nürnberg; crashed at Wiesenstrasse. 8/3/43 Richards JL SFTS45 Likely KIA 630 Sqn; Lancaster III JB665 LE-B; East Kirkby-Berlin; shot down near Güstrow. 15/2/44 Richards R SFTS16 KIA 427 Sqn; Halifax V LK923 ZL-B; Leeming-Magdeburg; shot-up outbound, ditched after tgt attacked. 21/1/44 Richardson A SFTS44 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III DV293 WS-Y; Bardney-Berlin; mid-air collision with Lancaster (JA867), RTB 16/12/43 Richelet A SFTS38 KIA 166 Sqn; Lancaster I LL954 AS-E; Kirmington-Dortmund; crashed Birgelen-Wassenberg. 23/5/44 Richmond H SFTS22 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I AE247 QR-; North Lufenham-Frankfurt; lost without trace. 29/8/41 Richmond R SFTS47 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III JB667 GT-T; Warboys-Berlin; one of 72 ac lost (out of 811 on raid); crashed NNW of Trebbin. 24/3/44 Richmond JE SFTS14 KOAS 14 OTU; Hampden I P2062; Woolfox Lodge-night fying practice; crashed on airfeld approach. 31/3/41 Ridgway D SFTS34 KIA 410 (RCAF) Sqn; Mosquito II HJ827; intruder sortie to Melun. 16/9/43 Ridings AL SFTS27 KIA 19 Sqn; Spitfre Vb W3644; Ramrod ops, Bostons to Morlaix; victim of JG2 south of Start Point. 23/6/42 Rimmer SG SFTS29 KIA 148 Sqn: Wellington IC T2985; Op Tobruk; crashed Shallufa. 7/7/42 Robertson CC SFTS45 Possibly KIA 153 Sqn; Lancaster III PB639 P4-I; Scampton-Dusseldorf; lost without trace. 2/11/44 Robertson DM SFTS8 KOAS 1 Air Armament School, RAF ; Battle 5027; crashed 3 miles East of Ranges. 28/10/40 Robertson J SFTS11 KIA 427 Sqn; Halifax V LK629 ZL-? Leeming-Mönchengladbach/ Rheydt; crashed near Antwerp. 30/8/43 Robertson WA SFTS37 KIA 157 Sqn; Mosquito HJ656; Instep patrol, Biscay; engaged Ju88s of ZG1; hit by return fre. 1/12/43 Robins JE SFTS5 KOAS CFS Upavon; Miles Master T8678 aircraft accident 30/4/41 Robinson J SFTS40 KIA 100 Sqn; Lancaster III ED549 HW-S; Grimsby-mine laying; fog, diverting to Langar, crashed Plungar. 5/3/43 Robinson JCE SFTS11 ex-BoB; KIA 1 Sqn; Hurricane IIa Z2764 missing shot down by two Bf109s over the Channel. 21/5/41 Robinson JS SFTS17 KIA 62 Sqn; Hudson AE592; failed to return from ops over Bangka Strait, Indonesia. 14/2/42 Roblin HP SFTS21 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AT151 VN-; Skellingthorpe-Essen; night ops; night fghter of the Dutch Vlieland. 25/03/42 Rodd SG SFTS11 KOAS 2B&GS; Botha L6262 aircraft accident. 24/2/41 Rogers DA SFTS14 KIA 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3900 YH-; Watton-ASW; shot down by naval fak of Texel. 31/3/41 Rogerson CF SFTS17 KIA 59 Sqn; Hudson V AM704 TR-D failed to return from ops near Le Havre; accompanying Blenheim says “hit by fak”. 3/10/41 Rollinson J SFTS25 KIA 88 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6421 RH-Y; Attlebridge-ASW; fak to port engine; crashed of Dutch coast. 26/10/41 Rooney JH Short Cse KOAS in Miles Master; Canadian; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 14/9/43 Ross DC SFTS32 KOAS with instructor EM Cowperthwaite and pupil WJV Samuel; Oxford I R5942; freak snowstorm and poor viz; verifed by College SFTS ORB. 29/10/41 Ross JS SFTS34 KIA 272 Sqn; Beaufghter Ic T4838; failed to return from ops over the Appolonia to Martuba Road, Libya. 7/2/42 Ross RE MBE, MM SFTS46 KOAS 1656 HCU; Halifax II JP190; Lindholme-night navex; few into high ground Muckle Knowe. 1//4/44 Rowbotham WD SFTS22 KIA 39 Sqn; Beaufort; missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from ops over Crete. 1/12/41 Rowe JL SFTS18 KIA 83 Sqn 9/6/42; Lancaster I R5659 OL-B; Scampton-Essen; crashed at Vardingholt. 8/6/42 Rowlands RG 1ATU KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster I R5755 EM-N; Bottesford-Bremen; shot down over the Ijsselmeer. 5/9/42 Rowson DJ SFTS54 KOAS 26 OTU; Wellington X LN540; Wing-bombing training; collision Hogshaw range; crashed Winslow. 6/4/45 Ruddick J SFTS17 KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster III DV263 KM-M; Dunholme Lodge-Magdeburg; night-fghter, Waddenkathe. 21/1/44 Russell CD SFTS42 KIA 40 Sqn; Wellington IC X9742 BL-; Alconbury-Hamburg; last heard three hours post take-of, calling for assistance. 14/1/42 Russell WM DFC* SFTS8 KIA 138 Sqn; Halifax V LL280 NF-O; Tempsford-SOE; night-fghter, St Denis d’Orques. 8/5/44

Saint-Mard JA SFTS23 Belgian. KOAS CFS Upavon; Master T8409, aircraft accident. 22/7/41 Samuel WJV SFTS32 KOAS (CL99) with instructor EM Cowperthwaite and pupil DC Ross; Oxford I R5942; freak snowstorm, poor viz; verifed by College SFTS ORB. 25/12/41 Sandon AHG SFTS31 KIA 142 Sqn; Wellington IV Z1480 QT-I; Grimsby-Essen; reported as crashing 'near Dusseldorf’. 16/9/42 Sargent PD SFTS12 KIA 40 Sqn; Wellington IC R1438 BL-U; Alconbury-Dusseldorf night ops; stalled and crashed on RTB. 3/6/41 Sasmaz E SFTS 48 KOAS in Miles Master;verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 23/8/43 Scales J SFTS33 KIA 466 Sqn; Halifax III HX236 HD-J; Leconfeld-Frankfurt; one of 41 ac lost (out of 650 on raid); crashed Wiesbaden. 20/12/43 Scott A SFTS26 KIA 58 Sqn: Whitley V Z6972 GE-P; Linton-on-Ouse-Berlin; crashed into the sea on RTB. 8/11/41 Scott AG SFTS48 KIA 625 Sqn; Lancaster III ED938 CF-C; Kelstern -Gelsenkirchen; crashed at Spanbroek. 13/6/44 Scott AMW SFTS8 ex-BoB; KOAS 605 Sqn; Hurricane IIa Z2383 accident. 2/1/41 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Scott CC 1ATU KOAS 19 OTU; Whitley V N1437; Kinloss-night training exercise; engine failed on take-of. 24/3/42 Scott EA SFTS14 KIA 78 Sqn; Whitley V T4209 EY-W; Middleton St. George-Hamm; fak inbound, ditched of east coast. 9/7/41 Scott FA SFTS27 Possibly KIA 30 Sqn; Hurricane I Z4418; crashed at sea during convoy protection of coast of Tobruk. 4/1/42 Scott JA SFTS34 KOAS 20 OTU; Wellington IC R1153 ?-D; Lossiemouth-bombing exercise; caught fre, crashed sea of Banf. 12/5/43 Seale GEC SFTS18 KOAS 2 SoAN; Hudson IV AE618; RTB from RAF West Freugh. 28/4/42 Searby AL SFTS22 KIA 61 Sqn; Lancaster I R5661 QR-J; St. Eval-Shipping attack of North Coast of Spain; lost without trace. 19/8/42 Seddon JW SFTS11 KOAS 601 Sqn; Hurricane I V7539; aircraft accident. 31/3/41 Selfe RV SFTS24 KIA CL 117; KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AT122 ZN-; Coningsby-Munster; crashed at Besselinkschans. 28/01/4 Sengun N SFTS 40 KOAS at night; Turkish AF student; interned at Brookwood cemetery; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 20/9/422 Shackleton WC SFTS24 KIA 49 Sqn 2/6/42; Manchester I R5794 EA-; Scampton-Essen; shot down by night-fghter, Voorheide. 2/6/42 Shapcott JT SFTS30 KOAS 12 OTU; Wellington IC R1410 KX-M, Chipping Warden-Bremen; crashed N Sea of Frisian islands 26/6/42 Shard RN DFC, DFM SFTS22 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax III LV798 EY-A; Breighton-Berlin; one of 43 ac lost (out of 891 on raid); fuel shortage RTB; drowned. 16/2/44 Sharp A SFTS53 KOAS 158 Sqn; Halifax III HX356 NP-G; Lissett-Training; crashed moments after takeof at Gembling. 8/11/44 Sharp AS SFTS15 KIA Casualty lists 75 and 113; unable to verify SFTS records. - Sharp EG SFTS24 KOAS 2 CFTS; OxfordI T1050; aircraft accident at Sibson near Nuneaton, Oxford. 21/8/41 Shepherd-Smith P SFTS36 KIA 239 Sqn; Mustang I AG557; Rhubarb (opportunistic sortie in poor viz); crashed of Kent in heavy cloud. 10/8/43 Sherley-Price MH SFTS19 KIA 59 Sqn; Hudson V AM740; failed to return from operational fight over the North Sea. 16/10/4 1 Shinn AW DFC SFTS45 KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ND683 EA-K; Fiskerton-Wesseling; crashed in sea of coast of Holland. 21/6/44 Shockley HG 1ATU KIA 405 Sqn; Halifax II W7803 LQ-B; Topclife-Stuttgart; one of 11 ac lost (of 314); rashed at la Malmaison. 12/3/43 Shute HJ SFTS43 KIA 2 Sqn; Mustang II FR910; tactical reconnaissance; Falaise area; did not return. 10/8/44 Simpson GA SFTS11 KIA 23 Sqn; Blenheim If L8616 aircraft shot down and crashed near Lille, France. 10/4/41 Simpson JG SFTS12 P/O John Giford Simpson; 6 Gp; RAF Harwell. IBCC database lists no further details. 25/9/40 Simpson WR SFTS32 Possibly KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax II JB839 KN-K; Elvington-Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen; one of 34 ac lost (out of 605 on raid). 6/9/43 Sinclair DV SFTS19 SFTS record KOAS CL 70; unable to verify this record at this stage. - Skinner TB SFTS26 KIA 107 Sqn; Boston III OM-; Exeter-intruder duties, Lannion airfeld; shot down into the sea by Me 109. 10/6/42 Skone AR SFTS23 KIA 214 Sqn; Stirling I R9155 BU-Q; Stradishall-Kassel; one of 31 ac lost (out of 306 on raid); crashed at Issum. 27/8/42 Slack CAB SFTS36 KIA 175 Sqn; Typhoon Ib EK382 T; crashed in rocket attack north-west of Telgte. 30/3/45 Slater G SFTS31 Likely KIA 75 Sqn; Wellington III DF639 AA-; Mildenhall-Osnabruck; one of 6 ac lost (from 237 on raid); shot down Hardenberg. 6/10/42 Smith BC SFTS42 KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster III JB136 KM-T; Dunholme Lodge-Munchen; crashed at Otterfng. 2/10/43 Smith EG SFTS12 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V Z9150 KN-; Leeming-Stettin; shot down Felm Moor, Germany. 30/9/41 Smith EN SFTS30 KIA 150 Sqn; Wellington III X3552 JN-; Snaith-Koln; night ops; crashed into sea of coast of Holland. 15/10/4 Smith H SFTS54 KIA 157 Sqn; Mosquito XIX MM646 R; intruder sortie to Handorf. 28/9/442 Smith HS SFTS8 KOAS College SFTS; night fying Oxford I P1980; verifed by SFTS ORB entry 29/5/40 Smith IOM SFTS13 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington II W5400 LN-; Waterbeach-Berlin; night ops; last heard at 0520 calling for help. 9/5/41 Smith JB SFTS34 Possibly KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II W7759 DY-L; Topclife-Bremen Fw factory; one of 52 (from 1062 on 3rd ‘1000 bomber’ raid); lost without trace. 26/6/42 Smith JMM SFTS33 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford II AP460; accident at Fulbeck RLG; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 13/3/42 Smith KA SFTS50 KIA 75 Sqn; Lancaster III ND796 AA-J; Mepal-Friedrichshafen; night-fghter close to Langenhardt. 28/4/44 Smith MS SFTS16 KOAS 1(C)OTU; Hudson I N7304. 4/5/41 Smith PF SFTS19 KIA 51 Sqn; Chorley Page 130; nothing in IBCC database. 25/10/4 2 Smith PH SFTS30 KIA 36 Sqn; Halifax II W7760 TL-B; Linton-on-Ouse-Hamburg; one of 29 ac lost (of 403); lost over the sea. 27/7/42 Smith PN SFTS14 Possibly KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AE306; failed to return from ops over North Sea. 7/2/42 Smith R SFTS11 Possibly KIA 53 Sqn; Hudson AE656; failed to return from Ops over the Bay of Biscay. 12/12/4 Smith RC SFTS12 Likely KIA 15 Sqn; Stirling I N6016 LS-G; Wyton-Hamburg; shot down by night-fghter, Ellerbeck. 30/6/411 Smith RG SFTS32 Likely KIA 49 Sqn; Lancaster III ED497 EA-C; Fiskerton-Koln; night-fghter Helmond Holland. 16/6/43 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Smith RH SFTS33 Possibly KIA 12 OTU; Wellington IC R1410 KX-M; Chipping Warden-Bremen; night fghter over North Sea. 25/6/42 Smith SG SFTS49 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III ND559 GT-J; Upwood-Duisburg; one of 29 ac lost (out of 532 on raid); shot-up, exploded, Molenaarsgraaf. 22/5/44 Smith TH SFTS21 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden AF376 EA-E; Scampton-Frankfurt; crashed shortly after take of, Burton. 29/9/41 Smith WB SFTS32 KIA 78 Sqn; Halifax II LW230 EY-G; Breighton-Hanover; one of 39 ac lost (out of 678 on raid); reason for loss unknown. 27/9/43 Smith WR DFC SFTS49 KIA 408 Sqn; Lancaster II DS791 EQ-F; Linton-on-Ouse-Augsburg; one of 24 ac lost (out of 594 on raid). 26/2/44 Smith WWG DFC SFTS25 KIA 161 Sqn; Whitley V BD228 MA-S; Tempsford-SOE; crashed and burnt out on RTB. 22/10/42 Sowerbutts RC SFTS50 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster I NG119 UL-D2; Fiskerton-Wiesbaden; crashed at Kautenbach. 2/2/45 Spalding J SFTS26 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V Z9293 KN-D; Leeming-Emden; night ops; lost without trace. 12/3/42 Spencer G SFTS54 KIA 514 Sqn; Lancaster I PB906 JI-B2; Waterbeach-Wanne-Eickel benzol plant; lost without trace. 17/1/45 Spencer RM SFTS18 KOAS 2 SFTS Cranwell; Oxford I P9035, accident; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 4/12/40 Spencer T SFTS37 KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster III LM522 DG-X; East Kirkby-St. Leu; crashed Envermeu (Seine-Maritime) area. 8/7/44 Spurgin JC SFTS19 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford I V3215 aircraft accident at Belmont Wood, Londonthorpe, ; also verifed by College SFTS ORB 20/12/40 Standfast PH SFTS16 KIAentry. 105 Sqn; Blenheim DZ9604; aircraft blew up mid air, over north African coast. 15/8/41 Steede GLH 16A Course KOAS at night at Fulbeck; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 12/10/41 Steel AK SFTS11 KIA 53 Sqn; Blenheim IV T2395 PZ-N; recce Holland; hit barrage balloon cable, west of Ramsgate. 7/12/40 Stephens VL SFTS27 KIA 214 Sqn; Wellington IC Z8842 BU-; Stradishall-Hanau railway; night ops; presumed lost at sea. 1/4/42 Stephenson IR SFTS5 ex-BoB; KIA 153 Sqn; Beaufghter VI ND 209 failed to return; interception mission of Algerian coast. 26/11/43 Stevens AOL SFTS7 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington IC R3289 LN- ; Newmarket-Ruhr; night ops; fell into sea close to Felixstowe. 7/11/40 Stevenson J SFTS51 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito XX KB118 XD-; Upwood-Castrop-Rauxel oil plant; only loss of 40 Mosquitos. 7/8/44 Stokes NG SFTS23 KIA 97 Sqn; Manchester I R5795 OF-W; Coningsby-Brest; attack on Gneisenau; shot down by Me 109s. 18/12/41 Stone PJ DFC SFTS21 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster III ED828 VN-S; Skellingthorpe-Bochum; shot down by night-fghter Almelo. 13/6/43 Stoneham JG SFTS 45 KOAS (1 of 4) Oxford aircraft that struck a balloon cable at Crewe, on a cross-country fight to Sealand; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 20/3/43 Stooke GM SFTS22 KOAS 8AGS; Botha I L6268 aircraft accident. 25/6/41 Strickland CD SFTS10 ex-BoB; KIA 615 Sqn; Hurricane IIc Z3826 shot down, aerial combat over Breedene, France 27/11/41 Sunercan O SFTS 48 KOAS; Turkish student whose Oxford stalled and crashed; interned at Brookwood; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 23/9/43 Sutherland HA SFTS42 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster III ND511 ZN-E; Metheringham-Gennevilliers; crashed in the target area. 10/5/44 Sykes PD SFTS32 KIA 77 Sqn; Halifax II LW270 KN-P; Elvington-mining over Baltic; one of fve ac lost (out of 114 on raid); Me110 Denmark. 23/4/44 Symons JG SFTS19 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster III ND871 EM-G; Spilsby-Braunschweig; night fghter, Nortrup. 23/5/44

Tait RN SFTS18 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford I V3229 accident at night; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 23/12/40 Tanner RL SFTS7 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson I T9304 crashed on return from operational fight. 21/4/41 Taylor AJ SFTS24 Possibly KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster I W4841 KM-W; Waddington-ine laying, Stettin Bay; crashed at Sassnitz. 10/3/43 Taylor GW SFTS34 Possibly KIA 419 Sqn; Lancaster X KB734 VR-F; Middleton St. George-Sterkrade oil plant; crashed Zeist (Utrecht). 17/6/44 Taylor W SFTS35 Possibly KIA 214 Sqn; Stirling III BK662 BU-K; Chedburgh-Essen; one of 14 ac lost (out of 442 on raid); fak, Ijmuiden. 5/3/43 Taylor WP SFTS31 KIA 50 Sqn; Lancaster I R5746 VN-Q; Swinderby-Le Havre; crashed in the target area. 12/8/42 Thomas C SFTS20 Likely KIA 53 Sqn; Hudson V AE656; failed to return from ops over the Bay of Biscay. 12/12/41 Thomas RH SFTS25 Forces Records database confrms SFTS record annotation; “KIA CL88”, gazetted 13/11/41 13/11/41 Thomas W DFC SFTS30 KIA 692 Sqn; Mosquito IV Mosquito IV P3-N; Graveley-Leipzig; one of 78 ac lost (out of 823 on raid); lost over France. 20/2/44 Thompson DW SFTS15 KOAS 25 Sqn; Beaufghter T4629 accident at RAF Wittering. 8/7/41 Thompson JE SFTS36 Possibly KOAS 28 OTU; Wellington X LP406; Wymeswold training; crashed over Ragdale bombing range. 17/7/44 Thompson RH SFTS30 KOAS 101 Sqn; Lancaster I ED446 SR-N; Holme-on-Spalding-Moor air test; crashed on beach, Honsea. 20/3/43 Thompson RPC SFTS7 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I AD748 OL-M; Scampton-mine laying la Rochelle; crashed high gnd Dartmoor. 4/4/41 Thorne SJ SFTS27 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington IC Z8990; Op Naqb Abu Dweis; engine fre over target; parachute failed. 3/7/42 Thyagarajan SD SFTS36 KIA 263 Sqn; Typhoon Ib MN477 T; encountered fak and crashed east of Pont-Audemer. 25/8/44 Tilley AFE SFTS22 KIA 15 Sqn; Stirling I W7518 LS-G; Bourn-Berlin; one of 17 ac lost (out of 302 on raid); night-fghter, Thollen. 1/3/41 Tindall A SFTS9 KIA 115 Sqn; Wellington IC T2520 KO-A; Marham-Bordeaux; of-course RTB, few into high gnd Tredegar. 9/12/40 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Titley EG SFTS11 ex-BoB; former CFS instructor; KOAS 5 (Coastal) OTU. 17/7/43 Toros H SFTS52 KOAS in Spitfre; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 10/11/44 Trewhitt R SFTS50 KOAS in Miles Master DL 192 in the local area; verifed by College SFTS ORB. 29/1/44 Turner HA SFTS22 KIA 432 Sqn; Lancaster II DS831 QO-N; East Moor-Berlin; one of 25 ac lost (out of 498 on raid); night-fghter, Leeuwarden. 16/12/43 Turner RP SFTS10 KIA 209 Sqn; Lerwick I L7263 aircraft failed to return from operational fight over Atlantic convoy. 24/2/41

Underwood SFTS26 KIA 97 Sqn; Lancaster I L7572 OF-L; Lossiemouth-Tirpitz; fak, Kaldammen-Austvannet area, Norway. 27/4/42

Van Goens R SFTS45 KIA 41 Sqn; Spitfre XII MB880; diver patrol; fuel ran out; ditched in the Channel. 17/8/44 Vernon RC Instructor KOAS in Oxford P1079; LAC HW Adams of SFTS 29 injured; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 4/9/41 Vickers G SFTS30 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III JA925 GT-L; Warboys-Berlin; one of 28 ac lost (out of 421 on raid); shot down, Dahlem. 2/1/44 Vivian ED SFTS15 KIA 50 Sqn; Hampden I AE226 VN-; Lindholme-Bremen; night-fghter, Veendam. 12/7/41 Vose GA SFTS50 Annotation on SFTS record, “Killed 23/2/44”; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 23/2/44

Wade K U/K KOAS with Fg Of PH Grove, Plt Of L Lane and Sgt Newman; RAFC ORB Entry, but not in College SFTS ORB 13/4/43 Wadie WJB SFTS5 KOAS 11FTS Wittering; Oxford I R6287; aircraft accident. 9/12/40 Wakeford JA DFC SFTS24 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III ED689 WS-K; Bardney-Koln; crashed on the Rhine at Koln-Poll. 4/7/43 Waldron VE SFTS23 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington II W5436 LN-X; Waterbeach-Frankfurt; crashed near Bury St. Edmunds on RTB. 29/9/41 Walkden MTK SFTS17 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6437 WV-C; Horsham St. Faith-Cologne; crashed of the Dutch coast. 12/8/41 Walker S SFTS27 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington Ic DV411; Advanced Landing Ground 09, Egypt-Crete; crashed on take of. 7/4/42 Wall AE SFTS30 KIA 10 Sqn; Halifax II HR696 ZA-G; Melbourne-Dortmund; one of 38 ac lost (out of 826 on raid). 24/5/43 Wallace JR SFTS14 KOAS 11 Sqn; Blenheim IV T2113 missing believed killed; aircraft accident at Ras El Kenayis, Egypt, 19/8/41 Walton F SFTS25 KOAS 162 Sqn ECM; Blenheim IV V5508; aircraft accident near RAF Edku, Egypt. 29/4/42 Ward KD Refresher KOAS near Caistor; verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 27/8/44 Warner RP SFTS13 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford II P8993 aircraft accident, Barkston Heath; also verifed by College SFTS ORB entry. 19/8/40 Warren R SFTS11 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC R1474 OJ-M; Mildenhall-Bremen; night-fghter on landing, Mildenhall. 18/3/41 Watson A SFTS13 KIA 10 Sqn; Whitley V T4230 ZA-R; Leeming-Merseburg; night ops, last heard at 0155 on W/T. 14/11/40 Watson PGA SFTS6 KIA 107 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9414 OM-Z; Wattisham-airfeld close to Creil; lost over the Channel. 23/7/40 Watson RJ DFC SFTS45 KIA 75 Sqn; Stirling III EF215 AA-M; Mepal-SOE; crashed near Rochforte-Ferrand. 5/3/44 Watson RS SFTS31 KIA 625 Sqn; Lancaster I ME588 CF-A; Kelstern-Leipzig; crashed at Almke. 20/2/44 Watts GG SFTS14 KIA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AD756 ZN-; Coningsby-Dusseldorf; night fghter, Gerabloux. 17/8/41 Wayman MM DFC SFTS16 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito IV DZ496 XD-; Marham-Malines; fak damage, crashed on landing, Martlesham. 20/3/43 Weaver C III DFC, DFM 1ATU KIA 403 (RCAF) Sqn; Spitfre IX MA642; Ranger-Amiens; shot down by JG26. 28/1/44 Webb AT MiD SFTS28 KIA 97 Sqn; Lancaster I L7573 shot down over Augsburg, Germany. 17/4/42 Webb RA SFTS14 Possibly KOAS 254 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3827; aircraft accident. 4/3/41 Webber HD SFTS14 KA 106 Sqn; Hampden I AE391 ZN-; Coningsby-Gelsenkirken; crashed Oberhausen & Osterfeld area. 12/12/41 Webber JI SFTS21 SFTS Record annotated “KOAS CL 84” - No record on Forces, IBCC or Air81 databases. - West MJ SFTS14 KOAS 14 OTU; Hampden I P2062; Woolfox Lodge training; loss control on landing. 31/3/41 West TA SFTS31 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling I W7566 OJ-C; Lakenheath, night mining of French coast crashed Vielle St. Girone. 16/11/42 Wheatcroft NR SFTS7 ex-BoB; KOAS 604 Sqn; Blenheim I L6728; aircraft accident. 26/11/40 Wheeler RH SFTS11 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington Ic T2512; crashed into the sea of Tobruk. 5/9/41 White D SFTS45 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster III NE171 UL-Y2; Elsham Wolds-Aachen; night-fghter victim, Mulartshuttein. 25/5/44 Whiting WRH SFTS15 KIA 26 OTU; Wellington IC W5704 -S; Graveley-Koln; night ops; night-fghter Middelbeers, Holland 31/5/42 Whitley RC SFTS13 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Oxford I accident; died of Injuries at Cranwell; College SFTS ORB entry; crashed 23/9/40, dying 27/9/40 27/9/40 Whitmarsh AW DFM SFTS41 KIA 10 Sqn; Halifax II HX164 ZA-K; Melbourne-Frankfurt; one of 45 ac lost (out of 650 on raid); crashed near Dahlen. 20/12/43 Whitmill H SFTS20 KIA 515 Sqn; Mosquito VI NS948 3P-; Little Snoring-Lille raid; crashed near Coulommiers. 10/4/44 Widdop JK SFTS31 KIA 9 Sqn; Lancaster III DV293 WS-Y; Bardney-Berlin; mid-air collision with a Lancaster (JA867). 16/12/43 Wilen DHA U/K KOAS, dying in RAFH Rauceby of his injuries from accident on 8/10/42; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 15/10/42 Wilkes RE DFM SFTS31 KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax II HR678 TL-N; Graveley-Stuttgart; one of 23 ac lost (out of 462 on raid); shot down by a night-fghter. 15/4/43 Wilkins SP SFTS17 KIA 2015 Sqn; Catalina I W8409; aircraft failed to return from ops over Singora Railway Station, Thailand 12/1/42 Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date Wilkinson FH SFTS18 KOAS 489 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z6342; aircraft accident at RNAS Worthy Down. 8/3/42 Wilkinson J SFTS52 KIA 576 Sqn; Lancaster I ME854 UL-D2; Elsham Wolds-Frankfurt; crashed near Worms. 12/9/44 Wilkinson S SFTS18 Likely KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito IV DK302 XD-S; Marham-Bochum; one of 24 ac lost (out of 442 on raid); lost without trace. 13/5/43 Will DP SFTS17 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V N1493 KN-; Topclife-Hamburg; disappeared without trace. 13/3/41 Willcock AJ SFTS34 KIA 169 Sqn; Mustang I AG417; Rhubarb to Evereux; fak. 6/8/43 Willcox AON SFTS10 KOAS SAN; Anson I K6262 missing believed drowned; aircraft accident, at sea. 12/4/40 Williams GW SFTS32 KOAS 149 Sqn; Stirling I R9265 OJ-N; Lakenheath-height and load air test; crashed at Great Cransden. 10/3/42 Williams JB SFTS25 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax II R9451 EY-; Croft-Hamburg; night ops; shot down and crashed at Ottensen. 3/5/42 Williams JI SFTS30 KIA 432 Sqn; Halifax III MZ591 QO-K; East Moor-Metz rly; one of 20 ac lost (out of 230 on raid); night-fghter, Chevrieres. 29/6/44 Williams RC DFC SFTS35 KIA 35 Sqn; Halifax II HR986 TL-G; Graveley-Berlin; one of 20 ac lost (out of 712 on raid); crashed near Döberitz. 29/12/43 Williams RW SFTS14 KIA 408 Sqn; Halifax VII NP776 EQ-R; Linton-on-Ouse-Heligoland naval base; crashed into sea. 17/4/45 Willman AG RAAF Instructor KOAS with KR Hickling; mid-air collision of two Masters coming into land; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 8/10/42 Wilson ACR SFTS12 KOAS 12 OTU; Wellington IC R1349, Chipping Warden-Bremen; night; crashed into sea of Dutch coast. 25/6/42 Wilson FJ U/K DOAS in Rauceby Hospital of Pleural Infusion; verifed College SFTS ORB entry. 1/2/42 Wilson H SFTS17 Possibly KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster l ME685 EM-C; Spilsby-Toulouse; hit by fak, exploded 5 km of target. 6/4/44 Wilson J SFTS13 NINE possibilities in IBCC database; FOUR in Air81 database; requires much more research. - Wilson WD SFTS14/SFTS43 KIA 626 Sqn; Lancaster I LM136 UM-D2; Wickenby-Courtrai; crashed of Belgian coast. 21/7/44 Wilton AH SFTS51 KOAS 85 OTU; Wellington X LM826; Husbands Bosworth-crosscountry exercise; broke up mid-air Northampton. 24/9/44 Windsor RJF SFTS31 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster l W4886 ZN -; Syerston-Nürnberg; crashed near Furth. 25/2/43 Winser FCD SFTS12 KIA 148 Sqn; Wellington Ic T2746 crashed near Ismailia, Egypt, on return from ops over Sinai Desert. 7/7/41 Wood CA SFTS6 KIA 258 Sqn; Hurricane IIb Z5121; missing believed killed; aircraft crashed of the coast of Orford Ness. 30/8/41 Wood DJ SFTS32 KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II DT517 DY-G; Pocklington-Flensburg ; night ops; one of fve ac lost (out of 28 on raid). 24/9/42 Wood HF SFTS30 KIA 103 Sqn; Halifax II W1188 PM-D; Elsham Wolds-Milan; night ops; night-fghter over France. 25/10/42 Wood NW SFTS34 KIA 19 Sqn; Mustang III FB122; strafng MT; kit by fak and baled out. 19/8/44 Wood TRR DFC SFTS22 KIA 115 Sqn; Wellington III X3635 KO-J; Marham-Bremen; night ops involving 170 aircraft. 3/6/42 Woodcock-Stevens GA SFTS47 KIA 166 Sqn; Lancaster I ME636 AS-E; Kirmington-Berlin; night-fghter near Waren. 15/2/44 Woodward RS SFTS10 ex-BoB; OC 263 Sqn; KIA 263 Sqn Whirlwind shot down by fak SW of Jersey. 2/11/42 Worrall PA SFTS8 KOAS 136 Sqn; Hurricane IIb crashed on take of, engine failure. 8/6/42 Wray R SFTS49 KIA 76 Sqn; Halifax V LK645 MP-S; Holme-on-Spalding-Moor-Hanover; one of 26 ac lost (out of 711 on raid); Verden. 22/9/43 Wren AD SFTS22 KA 38 Sqn; Wellington Ic Z8736; crashed at sea near Derna, Libya. 26/11/41 Wright JA SFTS15 KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington III X3584 DX-; Feltwell-Duisburg, night ops with 290 aircraft, lost without trace. 22/7/42 Wright JF SFTS26 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V Z9423 MH-S; Dishforth-Emden; night ops; lost without trace. 26/1/42 Wright L DFM SFTS45 KIA 166 Sqn; Lancaster I DV367 AS-T; Kirmington-Versailles; rashed near St Cyr l'Ecole (Yvelines). 8/6/44 Wright RGM Instructor KOAS with pupil LAC FAJ Burroughs (seriously injured) in Oxford collided mid-air with Czech pupil Cpl J Jill in Miles Master. 8/10/42

Yardley WJT DFC SFTS17 KOAS 17 OTU; suggestion he had been screened previously from ops with 138 Sqn. 23/1/45 Yarrow GP SFTS7 KIA 110 Sqn; Blenheim IV L8787 VE-; St. Eval-Brest; crashed in Cornwall; died from injuries. 30/3/41 Yates JC SFTS34 KIA 602 Sqn; Spitfre V EE616; Rodeo to Brest; victim to Fw190s from JG2. 8/4/43 Young J SFTS22 KOAS 2 CFS; Oxford I R6092 aircraft accident. 26/6/41 Young JM SFTS30 KIA 622 Sqn; Stirling III MZ264 GI-A; Mildenhall-Berlin; one of 47 ac lost (out of 622 on raid); night-fghter, Schäpe. 1/9/43 Young RG SFTS28 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster I ED622 GT-Q; Warboys-Duisburg; one of 19 ac lost (out of 392 on raid); crashed near Cologne. 8/4/43 Young RJ 1ATU KA 218 Sqn; Stirling I W7535 HA-C; Marham-Gennevilliers; crashed at Colombes. 30/5/42 Young WH SFTS25 KIA 7 Sqn; Lancaster III ND906 MG-A; Oakington-training; cloud and crashed near Ashby St Ledgers. 5/5/44 Younge JSA/JAS? SFTS30 KOAS mid-air collision with JL Coen; CL93 confrmed in Forces War Records database; also verifed by College SFTS ORB. 15/10/41 entry.. Zarraga P SFTS 11 KOAS with instructor MA Dunn at Ingham satellite; ; also verifed by College SFTS ORB. 22/10/41 Zegers JAA SFTS41 KIA 609 Sqn; Typhoon Ib JP425 B; Ranger; shot down by Fw190, Bapaume. 3/1/44 Zillessen WH SFTS16 KIA 86 Sqn; Beaufort I AW205 shot down and crashed at sea at Hubergatt near Rottumeroog, Holland. 17/7/41 The SFTS Trainees’ Sacrifce

Of 2,348 RAF aircrew Unknown 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Totals trained by the Date SFTS

Numbers lost 69 224 207 152 143 31 18 844

Percentage of 3 10 9 6 6 1 1 36 Alumni