Individuals - 166 Squadron Photographs

Sgt Joseph Walter Edgar ★ W/O John Duncan Fiddes ★ P/O David Reid Tait ★ Sgt Harry Harbron

Sgt Leonard Kirkham ★ Sgt Benjamin Cohen ★ Sgt John Templeton

Sgt John Duncan Fiddes

RCAF R/106742

Navigator

Sgt Joseph Walter Edgar

RCAF R/158375

Air Bomber

P/O David Reid Tait

RAF 172306

Pilot

Sgt Harry Harbron

RAF 1591194

Flight Engineer

Sgt Leonard Kirkham

RAF 1117305

Wireless Operator

Sgt Benjamin Cohen

RAF 1523141

Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt John Templeton

RAF 1822885

Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy Robert Harbron


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 3.1944	Notes:

18 Apr 1944	LM529 AS-I	Rouen (Marshalling Yards)
20 Apr 1944	"	Cologne
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf
24 Apr 1944	"	Karlsruhe	missing nothing heard after take-off

F/O Gerald William Fitzgerald ★ Sgt Ronald James Perrin

F/O Gerald William Fitzgerald

RCAF J/14775

Navigator

photograph courtesy David R. Edgerton

Sgt Ronald James Perrin

RAF 1295070

Wireless Operator

Wellington Mk X HE464 AS-W

missing 2nd August 1943

Tasking - Hamburg, Germany

Other Crew Members

Sgt Harold Nash RAF 1319053 - Pilot

Sgt Vincent Francis Fernando RAF 1399826 - Air Bomber

Sgt John Cowan RAF 1361185 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 6.1943	Notes:

8 Jul 1943	HF455 AS-V	minelaying off Lorient
18 Jul 1943	"	minelaying off Lorient
24 Jul 1943	HE479 AS-X	Hamburg
25 Jul 1943	"	Essen
27 Jul 1943	"	Hamburg
29 Jul 1943	HE464 AS-W	Frankfurt
2 Aug 1943	"	Hamburg	missing nothing heard after take-off

W/O Frank Edmondson DFC

RAF 1029157

Mid Upper Gunner

photograph courtesy Pete Edmondson

posted into unit 30.1.1944

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Arthur James Owen RAF 649951 - Pilot

Sgt Derek Charles Hawkins DFM RAF 1806337 - Flight Engineer

F/O Reginald George Conrad DFC RCAF J/25511 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt Charles Douglas Burrows DFM RCAF R/160639 - Navigator

Sgt Tredeihnis Edward Curran DFM RAF 1459131 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Thomas Lothian Raeburn DFM RAF 1371310 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 30.1.1944	Notes:				Notes:

15 Feb 1944	ED731 AS-T	Berlin	Sgt T. C. Connelly MUG	30 Apr 1944	ND614 AS-A	Maintenon
19 Feb 1944	W4376 AS-S2	Leipzig		1 May 1944	"	Lyons
24/25 Feb 1944	ED731 AS-T	Schweinfurt		9 May 1944	LL950 AS-B	Mardyck
15/16 Mar 1944	ME627 AS-Z	Stuttgart		11 May 1944	ND614 AS-A	Hasselt
18 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt		12 May 1944	"	minelaying - Keil
22 Mar 1944	ND707 AS-W	Frankfurt		19 May 1944	"	Orléans
24 Mar 1944	ME627 AS-Z	Berlin	Sgt J R Woolf W/Op	21 May 1944	"	Duisburg
26 Mar 1944	ND707 AS-W	Essen	Sgt A C Trotter W/Op	22 May 1944	"	Dortmund
11 Apr 1944	LL903 AS-V	Aachen		3 Jun 1944	"	Boulogne
18 Apr 1944	ND614 AS-A	Rouen		5 Jun 1944	"	Cherbourg	P/O E J Welshman 2nd Pilot
20 Apr 1944	"	Cologne		6 Jun 1944	ND621 AS-U	Achères	F/O H S Schwass 2nd Pilot
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf		10 Jun 1944	ND 614 AS-A	Achères
24 Apr 1944	"	Karlsruhe		12 Jun 1944	"	Gelsenkirchen
26 Apr 1944	"	Essen		14 Jun 1944	"	Le Havre	"
27 Apr 1944	"	Friedrichshafen		17 Jun 1944	"	Aulnoye(Railway Bridge)	mission abandoned over target

Sgt Herbert Stanley Douglas Tulett ★ Sgt Kenneth Slater

P/O Geoffrey John Reader Clark

Sgt Herbert Stanley Douglas Tulett

Mid Upper Gunner

RAF 1711838

photograph courtesy Marcel van der Wielen

Sgt Kenneth Slater

Flight Engineer

RAF 1891797

survived became POW

photograph courtesy Stephen Wellings

P/O Geoffrey John Reader Clark

Pilot

RAF 172551

photograph courtesy Marcel van der Wielen

Other Crew Members

Sgt Montague Basil Brackley RAF 1603292 - Air Bomber - survived became POW

F/Sgt Percy Robert Pool RAF 1317794 - Navigator - survived became POW

Sgt Raymond James Bond RAF 1411265 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Leonard George Smith RAF 1808582 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 24.4.1944	Notes:

9 May 1944	ME748 AS-S	Mardyck
11 May 1944	ME748 AS-S	Hasselt	missing nothing heard after take-off

F/O Richard Edward George Waite ★ Sgt Henry Manson Urquhart

F/Sgt William Harold Westley ★ Sgt. John Thomas Bayliss

Sgt Terrence Joseph Murphy ★ Sgt Kenneth Murdo Macauley ★ Sgt V. O. Gillingham

F/O Richard Edward George Waite

Pilot

RAF 125844

Sgt Henry Manson Urquhart

Wireless Operator

RAF 1344660

F/Sgt William Harold Westley

Navigator

RAF 1323202

Sgt John Thomas Bayliss

Mid Upper Gunner

RAF 1817277

Sgt Terrence Joseph Murphy

Flight Engineer

RAF 1622657

Sgt Kenneth Murdo Macauley

Air Bomber

RAF 1550842

Sgt Victor Oliver Gillingham

Rear Gunner

RAF 613434

Posted into unit 17th January 1944

photographs courtesy Mark Simpson


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 17.10.1944	Notes:

27 January 1944	W4994 AS-S	Berlin
30 January 1944	W4994 AS-S	Berlin
15 February 1944	W4994 AS-S	Berlin	Sgt K L Pile F/E
20/21 February 1944	ND401 AS-D	Stuttgart	"
24/25 February 1944	"	Augsburg	Sgt S L Cole F/E
11 May 1944	ME748 AS-S	Hasselt	missing nothing heard after take-off

F/Sgt James Henry Catlin DFC ★ Sgt Barry Colin Wright CGM

F/Sgt James Henry Catlin DFC

Pilot

RAF 168836

Sgt Barry Colin Wright CGM

Flight Engineer

RAF 1627824

Other Crew Members

Sgt Frederick Charles Sim DFC RCAF J/19612 - Air Bomber

Sgt Thomas Paul Hall DFM RAF 1226285 - Navigator

Sgt Anthony William Pragnell DFC RAF 171300 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Thomas Powers DFM RAF 1583375 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt William Birch DFM RAF 2206989 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 21.9.1943	Notes:				Notes:

22 Sep 1943	EE196 AS-Z	Hannover	Sgt T. C. Connelly MUG	16 Dec 1943	LM382 AS-Q	Berlin	F/Sgt F C Sim returns to crew
23 Sep 1943	"	Mannheim		20 Dec 1943	"	Frankfurt
27 Sep 1943	"	Hannover		23 Dec 1943	"	Berlin
1 Oct 1943	W4376 AS-S2	Hagen		5 Jan 1944	"	Stettin
2 Oct 1943	DV247 AS-F	Munich		15 Jan 1944	JB142 AS-P	Brunswick
4 Oct 1943	ED905 AS-X	Ludwigshafen	mission abandoned	20 Jan 1944	JB649 AS-O	Berlin
18 Oct 1943	EE196 AS-Z	Hannover		21 Jan 1944	"	Magdeburg
22 Oct 1943	JB196 AS-P	Kassel		27 Jan 1944	DV220 AS-J	Berlin
23 Nov 1943	LM382 AS-Q	Berlin	Sgt L C Pillinger A/B	30 Jan 1944	ND401 AS-D	Berlin
26 Nov 1943	"	Berlin	Sgt Barber A/B	15 Feb 1944	LM382 AS-Q	Berlin
2 Dec 1943	"	Berlin	Sgt I F Carney A/B	19 Feb 1944	"	Leipzig
3 Dec 1943	"	Leipzig	"				crashed on return at Manston - all crew injured

F/O William Leslie Anderson ★ F/O Leonard J. Isaacson ★ F/O Henry Walderman Lehti DFC

F/O William Leslie Anderson

RAF 1824276

Flight Engineer

F/O Leonard J. Isaacson

RCAF J/14555

Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy Keith Dudley Family

F/O Henry Walderman Lehti DFC

RCAF J/23735

Air Bomber

photographs courtesy Ian McIlwaine

Other Crew Members

F/O Laurence Gibson Holmes DFC RAF 137194 - Pilot

F/O Kenneth Laurence Fox DFC RAF 152941 - Navigator

Sgt Geoffrey Roden RAF 1563991 - Wireless Operator

P/O Joseph Ivan Pelletier DFC RCAF J/36415 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 18.5.1944	Notes:				Notes:

6 Jun 1944	LL896 AS-R	Achères	bombs jettisoned	5 Jul 1944	ME835 AS-T	Dijon
7 Jun 1944	W4994 AS-S	Versailles		7 Jul 1944	"	Caen
10 Jun 1944	ME835 AS-T	Achères		20 Jul 1944	"	Wizernes	F/O A Scott 2nd Pilot
12 Jun 1944	"	Gelsenkirchen		23 Jul 1944	"	Stuttgart
14 Jun 1944	"	Le Havre		25 Jul 1944	"	Stuttgart
16 Jun 1944	"	Sterkrade/Holten		30 Jul 1944	"	Cahagnes
22 Jun 1944	"	Mimoyecques		2 Aug 1944	"	Le Havre
23 Jun 1944	"	Saintes		4 Aug 1944	"	Pauillac
24 Jun 1944	ND621 AS-U	Flers		7 Aug 1944	"	Fontenay le Marmion
28 Jun 1944	ME835 AS-T	Chateau Bernapre		11 Aug 1944	"	Duval
29 Jun 1944	"	Domleger		12 Aug 1944	"	Brunswick
30 Jun 1944	"	Oisemont		14 Aug 1944	"	minelaying - Girande Estuary
2 Jul 1944	"	Domleger		16 Aug 1944	"	minelaying - Stettin Bay
4 Jul 1944	"	Orléans		25 Aug 1944	"	Rüsselsheim
				29 Aug 1944	"	Stettin	tour completed

F/O Mervyn David Greene

RCAF J/37198

Navigator

photograph courtesy Dave Greene

Other Crew Members

P/O Robert Darroch Ritchie RAF 56221 - Pilot

Sgt Frank Dodsworth Mulcaster RAF 3040299 - Flight Engineer

F/O J. E. Walker RCAF J/38247 - Air Bomber

Sgt Stephen Dennis Badcock RAF 1818044 - Wireless Operator

Sgt J. E. Anderson RCAF R/266386 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt L. E. Dunlop RCAF R/262529 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 9.11.1944	Notes:				Notes:

17 Dec 1944	ME746 AS-R2	Ulm		23 Feb 1945	NG115 AS-U	Pforzheim
22 Dec 1944	PD310 AS-R	Coblenz		7 Mar 1945	"	Dessau
28 Dec 1944	"	Mönchangladbach		8 Mar 1945	"	Kassel
29 Dec 1944	NG115 AS-U	Scholven/Buer		11 Mar 1945	"	Essen
5 Jan 1945	"	Hannover		12 Mar 1945	"	Dortmund
8 Jan 1945	NG114 AS-S	Munich	F/O E S Chambers A/B	15 Mar 1945	"	Misburg
14 Jan 1945	NG115 AS-U	Leuna		16 Mar 1945	"	Nuremburg
16 Jan 1945	"	Zeitz		18 Mar 1945	"	Hanau
1 Feb 1945	"	Ludwigshafen		21 Mar 1945	"	Bremen	Sgt D J Styles F/E
2 Feb 1945	"	Wiesbaden		22 Mar 1945	PA236 AS-W	Hildesheim	F/Sgt G G Roberts 2nd Pilot
8 Feb 1945	"	Pölitz		25 Mar 1945	PD335 AS-K	Hannover
13 Feb 1945	"	Dresden		27 Mar 1945	NG115 AS-U	Paderborne
20 Feb 1945	"	Dortmund		31 Mar 1945	"	Hamburg
21 Feb 1945	"	Duisburg		14 Apr 1945	"	Potsdam	final sortie

F/Sgt William Harold Pym ★ S/Ldr Arthur Alan Cookson

F/Sgt William Harold Pym

RCAF R/99568

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

S/Ldr Arthur Alan Cookson

RAF 40894

Pilot

photograph courtesy David Cookson

Wellington Mk X HF595 AS-Y

missing 2nd August 1943

Tasking - Köln

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt James Crichton Clark DFM RAF 1343392 - Navigator

F/Sgt William Scarlett DFM RAF 1027850 - Air Bomber

P/O Ronald Stanley Rich RAF 139952 - Wireless Operator


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 27.1.1943	Notes:

14 Feb 1943	BK299 AS-Q	Cologne
26 Feb 1943	BK304 AS-X	Cologne	P/O D H Morgan 2nd Pilot
26 Mar 1943	HE631 AS-V	Duisburg
29 Mar 1943	"	Bochem
4 Apr 1943	HE234 AS-X	Kiel
26 Apr 1943	HZ410 AS-V	Duisburg
28 Apr 1943	"	minelaying
4 May 1943	"	Dortmund	P/O W Wahl 2nd Pilot
11 Jun 1943	HF595 AS-Y	Hamburg
13 Jun 1943	"	minelaying - Biscay ports
22 Jun 1943	"	Krefeld
24 Jun 1943	"	Wuppertal
28 Jun 1943	"	Cologne
2 Jul 1943	"	minelaying - Lorient area	F/Sgt J C Clark Nav
3 Jul 1943	"	Cologne	F/Sgt J C Clark - Nav missing nothing heard after take-off

F/O Glyndyr James Lawrence

RCAF J/14351

Navigator

Wellington Mk X HE810 AS-Y

missing - 29th July 1943

Tasking - Hamburg

Other Crew Members

P/O Eric Gordon Birkbeck RAF 50786 - Pilot

F/Lt James Robert Brind RAF 136327 - Air Bomber

F/O Alfred Ernest Bransgrove RAF 120951 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Harry Taylor Furniss RAF 2206880 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		first sortie 24.7.1943	Notes:

24 Jul 1943	HE810 AS-Y	Hamburg	P/O I R Lewis A/B
25 Jul 1943	"	Essen	"
26 Jul 1943	HE631 AS-V	Duisburg
27 Jul 1943	"	Hamburg	"
29 Jul 1943	"	Hamburg	F/O G J Lawrence - Nav missing nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Kenneth Laurence Pile DFM

RAF 183091

Flight Engineer

photograph courtesy Mitcham News and Mercury - 6 Oct. 1944

Other Crew Members

P/O Roy Viggo Gordon Frandsen DFC RAF 175793 - Pilot

P/O Robert George Leevers DFC/Bar RAF 174399 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt John William Latham DFM RAF 1473809 - Navigator

F/Sgt Leonard Victor Randall DFM RAF 1313275 - Wireless Operator

F/Sgt Frank Reed DFM RAF 1583328 - Mid Upper Gunner

F/Sgt William Vernon Francis DFM RAF 1818372 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »			Notes:				Notes:

26 Nov 1944	W4996 AS-C2	Berlin	Sgt D A Abbott F/E	24 Apr 1944	ND635 AS-M	Karsruheim
16 Dec 1943	ED327 ASB2	Berlin	sortie abandoned - engine problem Sgt D A Abbott - F/E	26 Apr 1944	"	Essen
20 Dec 1943	W4996 AS-C2	Frankfurt	Sgt D A Abbott F/E	27 Aprr 1944	"	Friedrichshafen
24/25 Feb 1944	ED905 AS-X	Schweinfurt	Sgt K L Pile new F/E	30 Apr 1944	"	Maintenon
22 Mar 1944	ND635 AS-M	Frankfurt		11 May 1944	"	Hasselt	bombs brought back per M/C
24 Mar 1944	"	Berlin		19 May 1944	"	Orléans	Flg Off W C Grant 2nd Pilot
30 Mar 1944	ME647 AS-J	Nuremburg		21 May 1944	"	Duisburg	Sgt P B Peck A/B
10 Apr 1944	ND635 AS-M	Aulnoye		24 May 1944	"	Aachen
18 Apr 1944	"	Rouen		12 Jun 1944	"	Gelsenkirchen
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf		14 Jun 1944	"	Le Havre
				16 Jun 1944	"	Sterkrade/Holten

Sgt Leonard Earl Riggs ★ W/O Richard Verdun Weston

Sgt Leonard Earl Riggs

Rear Gunner

RCAF R/218495

photograph courtesy OperationPictureMe

W/O Richard Verdun Weston

Wireless Operator

RCAF R/99738

Other Crew Members

F/O Henry Burgoyne GM RAF 145766 - Pilot

Sgt William Edmund Lane RAF 1819493 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Michael Leyland RAF 1323200 - Air Bomber

Sgt Joseph Henry Gilbert RAF 1602863 - Navigator

Sgt Thomas Fraser Stewart RAF 1826779 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 3.10.1944	Notes:				Notes:

14 Oct 1944	ED716 AS-W	Duisburg		18 Nov 1944	PD635 AS-G	Wanne-Eickel
15 Oct 1943	NG200 AS-V	Wilhelmshaven		27 Nov 1944	"	Freiburg
19 Oct 1943	W4994 AS-R2	Stuttgart		29 Nov 1944	"	Dortmund
23 Oct 1944	ND707 AS-G	Essen		3 Dec 1944	NG255 AS-I	Urft Dam
31 Oct 1944	"	Cologne		12 Dec 1944	PB625 AS-G	Essen
2 Nov 1944	"	Düsseldorf		15 Dec 1944	"	Ludwigshafen
4 Nov 1944	ND635 AS-M	Bochum		17 Dec 1944	"	Ulm
9 Nov 1944	NG255 AS-I	Wanne-Eickel		22 Dec 1944	"	Coblenz	P/O R H Chittim 2nd Pilot
11 Nov 1944	PD235 AS-G	Dortmund		29 Dec 1944	"	Scholven/Buer
16 Nov 1944	PD394 AS-B2	Düren		2 Jan 1945	"	Nuremburg	missing nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Wilfred Dutton ★ F/Sgt Francis Melvin Omoe ★ P/O Sydney Martin DFC

W/O James Edward McClure ★F/O Alan Oswald Rodgers

Sgt Wilfred Dutton

RAF 1582673

Flight Engineer

F/Sgt Francis Melvin

Omoe

RCAF R/187451

Mid Upper gunner

P/O Sydney Martin DFC

RAF 176912

Pilot

W/O James Edward

McClure

RCAF R/87203

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/O Alan Oswald Rodgers

RNZAF 428770

2nd Pilot

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Leonard George Wood RAF 1338672 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt Phillip Griffith Jones RAF 1515485 - Wireless Operator

F/O William Glynn Llewellyn RAF 103849 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 22.3.1944	Notes:				Notes:

30 Mar 1944	LM386 AS-M	Nuremburg	P/O S Martin 2nd Pilot with P/O R Powdrill and Crew	2 Jun 1944	ND621 AS-U	Calais
10 Apr 1944	LM386 AS-M	Villenuve St. George	cancelled	5 Jun 1944	"	Cherboug
11 Apr 1944	DV367 AS-T	Aachen		7 Jun 1944	"	Versailles
18 Apr 1944	LM388 AS-W	Rouen (marshalling yards)		12 Jun 1944	"	Gelsenkirchen
20 Apr 1944	ND806 AS-S	Cologne		14 Jun 1944	"	Le Havre
22 Apr 1944	LM386 AS-V	Düsseldorf		17 Jun 1944	"	Aulnoye (railway bridge)
24 Apr 1944	LL743 AS-U	Karlsruhe		28 Jun 1944	"	Chateau Bernapre
26 Apr 1944	LM386 AS-V	Essen		29 Jun 1944	"	Domleger
30 Apr 1944	"	Maintenon		30 Jun 1944	"	Oisemont
9 May 1944	"	Mardyck		2 Jul 1944	"	Domleger
11 May 1944	"	Hasselt	bombs brought back per M B	4 Jul 1944	"	Orléans
19 May 1944	LL743 AS-U	Orléans		5 Jul 1944	"	Dijon
21 May 1944	ND621 AS-U	Duisburg	F/O R T Banville 2nd Pilot	7 Jul 1944	"	Caen
22 May 1944	LL896 AS-R	Dortmund	P/O J W Strath 2nd Pilot	12 Jul 1944	"	Revigny Sur Ormain	mission abandoned per M. B.
24 May 1944	ND621 AS-U	Aachen		14 Jul 1944	"	Revigny Sur Ormain	F/O A O Rodgers 2nd Pilot
27 May 1944	"	Aachen					missing nothing heard after take-off

F/Sgt Frederick James McCahon ★ Sgt Harvey George Carson

F/Sgt Frederick James

McCahon

RCAF R/2100088

Mid Upper Gunner

survived became POW

Sgt Harvey George Carson

RCAF R/164485

Navigator

Other Crew Members

P/O Anthony Guy Samuel Watkins RAF 174085 - Pilot

Sgt Isadore Maurice Morganstein RAF 1895616 - Flight Engineer

Sgt David Murray Barr RAF 1522161 - Air Bomber

Sgt Andrew Priest Maitland RAF 1801805 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Frank William Walker RCAF R/214688 - Rear Gunner - survived became POW


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 26.7.1944	Notes:				Notes:

5 Aug 1944	ME746 AS-C	Pauillac		31 Aug 1944	NF974 AS-R	St. Roiquier
7 Aug 1944	ED716 AS-W	Fontenay le Marmion		3 Sep 1944	"	Gilze Rijen
15 Aug 1944	LM652 AS-R	Leculot		5 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
18 Aug 1944	ME835 AS-T	Reime		6 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
25 Aug 1944	W4994 AS-R2	Rüsselsheim		8 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
26 Aug 1944	"	Kiel		10 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
29 Aug 1944	NF974 AS-R	Stettin		12 Sep 1944	"	Frankfurt	missing nothing heard after take-off

W/O Ramsey Stanners ★ Sgt Royce Prankett ★ F/O Edward Joseph Casimir Kryskow

Sgt Ernest Hopcraft ★ Sgt Thomas James Brewer

Sgt Ainsley Charles George Merces ★ Sgt Humphrey Watkins Hughes

W/O Ramsay Stanners

RAF 1554370

Pilot

Sgt Royce Prankett

RAF 1131229

Flight Engineer

Sgt E. J. C. Kryskow

RCAF J/22366

Air Bomber

Sgt Ernest Hopcraft

RAF 1577726

Navigator

Sgt Thomas James Brewer

RCAF R/133415

Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Ainsley Charles George

Merces

RAF 1602737

Rear Gunner

Sgt Humphrey Watkin Hughes

RAF 1066930

Wireless Operator


Sorties »		1st Sortie with 166 Sqdn. 18.10.1943	Notes:				Notes:

18 Oct 1943	W4966 AS-C2	Hannover	Sgt H W Hughes - W/Op Sgt F Thrower - R/G (wounded)	29 Dec 1943	DV367 AS-K	Berlin	F/Sgt C B Jeffery W/Op
18 Nov 1943	DV220 AS-J	Berlin	Sgt R G Craddock - W/Op Sgt A C G Merces - R/G	1 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	Sgt L Wright W/Op
23 Nov 1943	LM386 AS-M	Berlin	Sgt R G Craddock - W/Op Sgt C H Rusk - R/G	2 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	"
26 Nov 1943	LM388 AS-G	Berlin	Sgt D J Edwards F/E	5 Jan 1944	"	Stettin	"
3 Dec 1943	W4994 AS-P2	Leipzig	Sgt Tomlinson - F/E Sgt J McLuskie - W/Op Sgt A C G Morton - R/G	14 Jan 1944	"	Brunswick	Sgt H W Hughes W/Op
23 Dec 1943	LM386 AS-M	Berlin	Sgt J McLuskie W/Op				posted to 156 Sqdn 19 Jan 1944

F/Sgt Andrew Peter Uditsky ★ F/Sgt John Theodore Macksimchuk

F/Sgt Ernest Nixon Moore ★ F/Sgt George Ernest Armstrong

F/Sgt Andrew Peter Uditsky

RCAF R/135043

Pilot

F/Sgt John Theodore Macksimchuk

RCAF R/110747

Navigator

F/Sgt Ernest Nixon Moore

RCAF R/138918

Air Bomber

F/Sgt George Ernest Armstrong

RCAF R/125223

Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Other Crew Member

Sgt Thomas Alexander Stuart Buchanan RAF 1123751 - Wireless Operator

Wellington Mk X HE923 AS-R

missing - 4th May 1943

Tasking - Dortmund

(Only crews 1st sortie)

F/O Ernest William MacIntosh ★ Flg. Off. Hector Joseph McEachern

F/O Ernest William MacIntosh

RCAF J/24922

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/O Hector Joseph McEachern

RCAF J/27407

Air Bomber

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Other Crew Members

S/Ldr Ralph Henry Weston RAF 37703 - Pilot

Sgt James Robert Markland RAF 1146271 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Joseph Ray Eaton RAF 1670569 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Norman Douglas Little RAF 1233167 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Ronald William Boss RAF 1352419 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 8.5.1944	Notes:				Notes:

18 Apr 1944	ND678 AS-Q	Rouen		6 Jun 1944	ND678 AS-Q	Achères
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf		12 Jun 1944	"	Gelsenkirchen
26 Apr 1944	"	Essen		14 Jun 1944	"	Le Havre
27 Apr 1944	"	Friedrichshafen		16 Jun 1944	"	Sterkrade/Holton
9 May 1944	"	Mardyck		17 Jun 1944	"	Aulnoye
11 May 1944	"	Hasselt		28 Jun 1944	"	Chateau Bernapre
15 May 1944	"	minelaying - Heligoland		29 Jun 1944	"	Domleger
21 May 1944	"	Duisburg		30 Jun 1944	"	Oisemont
24 May 1944	"	Aachen		2 Jul 1944	"	Domleger
27 May 1944	"	Aachen		5 Jul 1944	"	Orléans
2 Jun 1944	"	Calais		7 Jul 1944	"	Caen
5 Jun 1944	"	Cherbourg					missing nothing heard after take-off

W/O John Malcolm McCallum ★ F/Sgt Percy James Dunstan ★ Sgt Henry Watkin Pound

W/O John Malcolm McCallun

RCAF R/106399

Navigator

photographs courtesy

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/Sgt Percy James Dunstan

RAF 1411874

Pilot

Sgt Henry Watkin Pound

RAF 1624676

Mid Upper Gunner

Lancaster Mk III ND625 AS-S

missing - 9th April 1944

Minelaying Danzig Bay

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Percy James Dunstan RAF 1411874 - Pilot

Sgt Fred George Shields RAF 1086114 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Thomas Russell Dunlop RAF 1559799 - Air Bomber

Sgt Kenneth Clough RAF 1483603 - Wireless Operator

Sgt George Edward Dyckhoff RAF 1172812 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 7.7.1944	Notes:

16 Mar 1944	ND625 AS-S	Stuttgart
19 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt
22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt
24 Mar 1944	"	Berlin
26 Mar 1944	"	Essen
30 Mar 1944	"	Nuremburg
9 Apr 1944	"	minelaying - Danzig Bay	missing - nothing heard after take-off

F/Sgt Leslie Walter Mattin ★ F/Sgt Clarence Bruce Jeffery ★ Sgt Charles Hurbert Rusk

F/Sgt Leslie Walter Mattin

RCAF R/160410

Air Bomber

photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/Sgt Clarence Bruce Jeffery

RAAF 412449

Wireless Operator

Sgt Charles Hurbert Rusk

RCAF R/173729

Rear Gunner

Lancaster Mk I R5862 AS-N2

missing - 20th January 1944

tasking Berlin

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Ronald Walter Sutton RAF 1450551 - Pilot

Sgt David James Edwards RAF 1586160 - Flight Engineer

Sgt John Cuthbert Barber RAF 1434102 - Air Bomber

Sgt Alexander Andrew Mansfield RAF 1876425 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		1st sortie 2.12.1943	Notes:

22 Nov 1943	LM382 AS-Q	Berlin	F/Sgt R W Sutton - 2nd Pilot with W/O W Patterson and crew
2 Dec 1943	R5552 AS-P2	Berlin
3 Dec 1943	LM385 AS-N	Leipzig	Sgt L W Mattin A/B
1 Jan 1944	R5862 AS-N2	Berlin	"
5 Jan 1944		Stettin	"
14 Jan 1944	R5862 AS-N2	Brunswick	"
20 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	missing - nothing heard after take-off

W/O Lawrence Ward Davies ★ F/Sgt Harold Edward Squibb ★ F/O William Reginald Smith

F/Sgt Robert John Sinclair ★ F/Sgt Donald Henry Culverson

W/O Lawrence Ward Davies

RCAF R/159100

Pilot

F/Sgt Harold Edward Squibb

RCAF R/225100

Air Bomber

F/Sgt Robert John Sinclair

RCAF R/219179

Mid Upper Gunner

F/O William Reginald Smith

RCAF J/27574

Navigator

F/Sgt Donald Henry Culverson

RCAF R/217185

Rear Gunner

Other Crew Members

Sgt Harold Edward Arbon RAF 1852354 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Harry Bodger RAF 1670569 - Wireless Operator

photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial


Sorties »		1st sortie 14.7.1944	Notes:				Notes:

14 Jul 1944	JB297 AS-B2	Revigny Sur Ornain	sortie abandoned per Master Bomber	2 Aug 1944	JB297 AS-B2	Le Havre
18 Jul 1944	ND634 AS-U	Scholven		4 Aug 1944	LM176 AS-X	Pauillac
20 Jul 1944	ND635 AS-S	Wizernes		5 Aug 1944	LM652 AS-R	Pauillac
23 Jul 1944	NE170 AS-I	Kiel		7 Aug 1944	LM 176 AS-X	Fontenay Le Marmion
24 Jul 1944	LM386 AS-V	Stuttgart		10 Aug 1944	PD239 AS-Z	Dugny
28 Jul 1944	ND635 AS-S	Stuttgart		11 Aug 1944	"	Duval
30 Jul 1944	ME748 AS-Q	Cahagnes		12 Aug 1944	PD226 AS-U	Brunswick
31 Jul 1944	LM289 AS-Y	Duisburg					missing - nothing heard after take-off

F/Sgt Jack Kyle Scott ★ W/O Ralph William Watson ★ Sgt Joseph Edward Roberts

F/Sgt Jack Kyle Scott

RCAF R/210098

Rear Gunner

survived became POW

photograph courtesy

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

W/O Ralph William Watson

RAAF 418600

Navigator

Sgt Joseph Edward Roberts

RAF 2211675

Mid Upper Gunner

Lancaster Mk I ME829 AS-G

missing - 23rd September 1944

tasking Neuss

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Richard William Miller RCAF R/225010 - Pilot - survived became POW

Sgt William Alfred Adams RAF 1391532 - Flight Engineer

F/O Leslie William Harding RAF 143293 - Air Bomber

Sgt Alan Hope MacDonald RAF 1604307 - Wireless Operator - survived became POW


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 24.6.1944	Notes:				Notes:

5 Jul 1944	LM586 AS-E	Dijon		5 Aug 1944	ME829 AS-G	Pauillac
14 Jul 1944	NE113 AS-H	Revigny Sur Ornain		7 Aug 1944	"	Fontenay Le Marmion
16 Jul 1944	ND857 AS-P	Sannerville		10 Aug 1944	"	Dugny
18 Jul 1944	ME829 AS-G	Scholven/Buer		12 Aug 1944	"	Bordeaux
20 Jul 1944	ME812 AS-F	Wizernes		14 Aug 1944	PB242 AS-E	Fortiane Le Pin
23 Jul 1944	ME746 AS-C	Kiel		15 Aug 1944	ME829 AS-G	Leculot
24 Jul 1944	"	Stuttgart		16 Aug 1944	PB242 AS-E	minelaying - Stettin Bay
28 Jul 1944	NE170 AS-I	Stuttgart		29 Aug 1944	ND707 AS-D	minelaying - Stettin Bay
30 Jul 1944	ND707 AS-D	Cahagnes		5 Sep 1944	ME829 AS-G	Le Havre
31 Jul 1944	NE113 AS-H	Le Havre		8 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
2 Aug 1944	ND707 AS-D	Le Havre		10 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre
3 Aug 1944	ME829 AS-G	Trossy St. Maximin		20 Sep 1944	"	Sangette	W/O R W Watson Nav
4 Aug 1944	NE170 AS-I	Pauillac		23 Sep 1944	"	Neuss	missing - nothing heard after take-off
							W/O R W Watson - POW

Sgt Robert Emmett Kearney ★ F/Lt David Walter Hill ★ Sgt William Joseph Doherty

Sgt Harold Allan Neil ★ F/O Sydney Alexander Tafler

Sgt Harold Allan Neal

RCAF R/202923

Air Bomber

F/O Sydney Alexander

Tafler

RCAF J/40794

Navigator

Sgt Robert Emmett

Kearney

RCAF R/211186

Mid Upper Gunner

F/Lt David Walter Hill

RCAF J/38109

Pilot

Sgt William Joseph

Doherty

RCAF R/280274

Rear Gunner

Other Crew Members

Sgt Edward Haines RAF 3032082 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Francis Harold James Harris RAF 1851820 - Wireless Operator

photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 4.12.1944	Notes:				Notes:

28 Dec 1944	ND707 AS-E	Mönchengladbach		16 Jan 1945	ND707 AS-E	Zeitz
29 Dec 1944	"	Scholven/Buer		22 Jan 1945	"	Duisburg(Hanborn)
31 Dec 1944	"	Osterfeld		28 Jan 1945	PA179 AS-A	Stuttgart
2 Jan 1945	PB632 AS-L	Nuremberg		1 Feb 1945	ND707 AS-E	Ludwigshafen
5 Jan 1945	"	Hannover		14 Feb 1945	ME447 AS-E	Chemnitz
7 Jan 1945	NG183 AS-D	Munich		20 Feb 1945	NG183 AS-D	Dortmund
14 Jan 1945	PB153 AS-O	Leuna					missing - nothing heard after take-off

P/O Ralph Hugh Chittim ★ Sgt William Joseph Morgan ★F/Sgt Roy Styan Brown DFM

P/O Ralph Hugh Chittim

RCAF J/90196

Pilot

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Sgt William Joseph Morgan

RCAF R/274063

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/Sgt Roy Styan Brown DFM

RAF 1086989

Wireless Operator

photograph courtesy David Leigh

Lancaster Mk III ND635 AS-M2

missing - 2nd January 1945

tasking Nuremberg

this was their 1st sortie

Other Crew Members

Sgt John Perry RAF 1823741 - Flight Engineer

F/Sgt George Henry Pearson RAF 1577370 - Air Bomber

Sgt Jack David Jules Lucien Tarlton RAF 1571479 - Navigator

Sgt J. Carl Lillis RCAF R/274063 - Mid Upper Gunner - survived became POW

F/O Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale ★ F/O Jack Barton Auld ★ F/Sgt Fusi Eric Johnson

Sgt Leonard Gordon Spear

F/O Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale

RCAF J/23404

Pilot

F/O Jack Barton Auld

RCAF J/24026

Air Bomber

survived became POW

photograph courtesy David Auld

F/Sgt Fusi Eric Johnson

RCAF R/128478

Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Leonard Gordon Spear

RAF 1474290

Wireless Operator

Other Crew Members

Sgt Walter Dawson RAF 1616285 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Desmond Edward Hunt RAF 1609266 - Mid Upper Gunner

F/Sgt John Skeel RAF 1284038 - Rear Gunner

RCAF photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 23.2.1944	Notes:

15 Mar 1944	ED731 AS-Q	Stuttgart
18 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt
22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt
24 Mar 1944	"	Berlin	missing - nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Cyril Vincent Galavan

Sgt Cyril Vincent Galavan

RCAF J/18832

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Other Crew Members

W/O Brian Bruce Davidson RAF 1321868 - Pilot

Sgt Leslie English RAF 1001372 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Lionel Frederick Comer RAF 1395190 - Air Bomber

Sgt Harry Newman Jones RAF 656183 - Navigator

Sgt Laurence Geoffrey Earl Gee RAF 1212477 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Jack William Cummings RAF 1334212 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		1st sortie 22.9.1943	Notes:

22 Sep 1943	ED904 AS-Y	Hannover
23 Sep 1943	"	Mannheim
29 Sep 1943	"	Bochum	missing - nothing heard after take-off

F/Sgt George Albert Andrews ★ Sgt Thomas Leo Connelly

F/Sgt George Albert Andrews

RCAF R/153899

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Sgt Thomas Leo Connelly

RCAF R/189736

Mid Upper Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Lancaster Mk I ME641 AS-A

missing - 24/25th February 1944

tasking Schweinfurt

collided with 460 Sqdn aircraft shortly after take-off

this was only their 2nd Sortie

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Alfred Henry Hullah RAF 1438672 - Pilot

Sgt James Oldfield RAF 1506017 - Flight Engineer - survived

F/O R. J. Barton RCAF J/25523 - Air Bomber - survived

Sgt Albert John Wolfe RAF 1397330 - Wireless Operator

F/Sgt William Jones RAF 1291788 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Thomas Leo Connelly RCAF R/189736 - Mid Upper Gunner

Connilly Mid Upper Gunner day of crash - KIA

Sgt William Percy Martin RAF 1602856 - Rear Gunner

Sgt Clifford Theodore Johnson

Sgt Clifford Theodore Johnson

RCAF R/277737

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Lancaster MkI PD365 AS-X

missing - 2nd August 1943

tasking - Hildesheim, Germany

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Richard Ernest Moore RAF 911578 - Pilot

Sgt William Cumming RAF 1881267 - Flight Engineer

Sgt John Marrinan RAF 1622221 - Air Bomber

Sgt John Hanlon RAF 1568462 - Navigator

W/O Laurence Reed RAF 1007113 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Frank Hume RAF 1881638 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. 22.1.1945	Notes:

20 Feb 1945	PA234 AS-M	Dortmund
1 Mar 1945	PA236 AS-W	Mannheim
2 Mar 1945	PB153 AS-J2	Cologne`
5 Mar 1945	RF154 AS-B	Chemnitz
7 Mar 1945	ME499 AS-D	Dessau
8 Mar 1945	PB153 AS-J2	Kassel
11 Mar 1945	NN707 AS-K2	Essen
12 Mar 1945	"	Dortmund
13 Mar 1945	ND405 AS-C	Erin Benzol Plant
22 Mar 1945	PD365 AS-X	Hildesheim	missing nothing heard after take-off

P/O Ronald Victor McDougall ★ F/Sgt Frederick Lloyd Bulman

P/O Ronald Victor McDougall

RCAF J/85715

Pilot

photograph courtesy Find A Grave

F/Sgt Frederick Lloyd Bulman

RCAF R/154844

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Other Crew Members

Sgt Terence Kirby RAF 1811158 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Maurice Frederick Fenton RAF 1620104 - Air Bomber

Sgt John Robinson RAF 1511210 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Ronald William French RAF 1892504 - Mid Upper Gunner

F/Sgt Walter Percy Mead RAF 1398775 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 29.3.1944	Notes:

18 Apr 1944	ND806 AS-S	Rouen
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf
			missing - nothing heard after take-off

F/O Joseph Ross Eugene Brouillette ★ F/O Glenn Crawford Bellamy

F/O Alfred Alexander Picard ★ P/O James Lindsay

Sgt William Greene

F/O Glenn Crawford Bellamy

RCAF J/37834

Air Bomber

F/O Joseph Ross Eugene Brouillette

RCAF J/36348

Pilot

P/O James Lindsay

RCAF J/19994

Wireless Operator

Sgt William Greene

RCAF R/224448

Mid Upper Gunner

F/O Alfred Alexander Picard

RCAF J/37732

Navigator

Other Crew Members

Sgt Arthur Scammell RAF 1853075 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Thomas Allanson RAF 1590136 - Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 30.8.1944	Notes:

16 Sep 1944	LM176 AS-X	Steenwijk
20 Sep 1944	NG114 AS-S	Sangette
23 Sep 1944	ED716 AS-W	Neuss
25 Sep 1944	LM716 AS-X	Calais
27 Sep 1944	PD310 AS-R	Calais
5 Oct 1944	NG115 AS-U	Saarbrücken
			posted to 153 Sqdn. 7.10.1944

F/Lt Ross Powdrill ★ F/Sgt Louis Michael Gabriel Baker ★ Sgt Gordon Leonard Nordbye

F/Lt Ross Powdrill DFM

RCAF J/19169

Pilot

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

F/Sgt Louis Michael Gabriel Baker DFM

RAAF 1398775

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy National Archives of Australia

Sgt Gordon Leonard Nordbye DFM

RCAF R/149600

Mid Upper Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Other Crew Members

Sgt Henry Evan Wade Simpson DFM RAF 1811158 - Flight Engineer

F/Sgt Roderick Osborne DFM RAF 1577092 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt Thomas William Hill DFM RAF 1040830 - Navigator

F/Sgt Leslie Wright DFM RAF 1430225 - Wireless Operator


Sorties »		1st sortie 22.11.1943	Notes:				Notes:

22 Nov 1943	JB639 AS-S	Berlin	Sgt L Mattin - A/B Sgt P G Davys - Nav Sgt H E Mills - R/G	30 Mar 1944	LM386 AS-N	Nuremberg	Sgt S Martin 2nd Pilot
23 Nov 1943	LM388 AS-W	Berlin	"	20 Apr 1944	DV367 AS-T	Cologne	Sgt. G L Nordbye MUG
20 Jan 1944	DV367 AS-T	Berlin		22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf	"
21 Jan 1944	"	Magdeburg		24 Apr 1944	"	Karlsruhe	"
27 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	F/Sgt J Manuel DFM MUG	26 Apr 1944	"	Essen	"
28 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	"	27 Apr 1944	"	Friedrichshafen	"
30 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	"	1 May 1944	"	Lyons	"
19 Feb 1944	"	Leipzig	Sgt L Moran - MUG Sgt A M Weir - R/G	3 May 1944	"	Mailly	"
21/22 Feb 1944	"	Stuttgart	P/O R E Squire - F/E Sgt A W Gowland - MUG Sgt A M Weir - R/G	6 May 1944	"	Aubigne	"
1 Mar 1944	"	Stuttgart	Sgt W Harris R/G	9 May 1944	"	Mardyck	"
15/16 Mar 1944	"	Stuttgart	Sgt P Brown MUG	19 May 1944	"	Orléans	"
18/19 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	Sgt G L Nordbye MUG	22 May 1944	"	Dortmund	"
22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	"	3 June 1944	"	Boulogne	"
				7 June 1944	"	Versailles	missing - nothing heard after take-off

F/Lt Kenneth Graham Laverack

F/Lt Kenneth Graham Laverack

RAF 43640

Pilot

photograph courtesy Craig Turner

Other Crew Members

F/Sgt Stuart. Willis Orr RAF 1620516 - Flight Engineer - survived became POW

F/Sgt D. R. Lethbridge RNZAF 4214447 - Air Bomber - survived became POW

F/Sgt Ernest Carl Bott RNZAF 1948 - Navigator - survived became POW

Sgt Kenneth Edward Hunt RAF 1893291 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Stanley Lennox Osborn RAF 1899397 - Mid Upper Gunner - survived became POW

Sgt Thomas Gibson RAF 1891436 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 10.2.1945	Notes:				Notes:

1 Mar 1945	RF154 AS-B	Mannheim		15 Mar 1945	ME521 AS-A	Misburg
2 Mar 1945	ND304 AS-A	Cologne		21 Mar 1945	"	Bremen
7 Mar 1945	ND405 AS-C	Dessau		22 Mar 1945	"	Hildesheim	"
11 Mar 1945	ND304 AS-A	Essen		25 Mar 1945	"	Hannover	"
12 Mar 1945	"	Dortmund					missing - nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Brian Francis Kerr

Sgt Brian Francis Kerr

RAF 1143474

Navigator

Other Crew Members

P/O William Henry Etherton DFC RAF 147212 - Pilot

Sgt Reginald Ernest Franklin RAF 177331 - Air Bomber

P/O Henry McGhie RAF 129456 - Wireless Operator

Sgt D. A. Collins RAF ?????? - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 27.1.1943	Notes:				Notes:

29 Jan 1943	BK361 AS-F	Lorient		28 Apr 1943	HE742 AS-F	minelaying	Sgt A E E Graveley W/Op
3 Feb 1943	"	Hamburg	Sgt A E E Graveley W/Op	4 May 1943	"	Dortmund	Sgt R R Burton 2nd Pilot
19 Feb 1943	X3888 AS-?	Wilhelmshafen	Kerr with Hadingham and crew	23 May 1943	"	Dortmund	Sgt B F Kerr Nav
28 Feb 1943	X3888 AS-?	St. Nazaire	Sgt W H MacDonald A/B	29 May 1943	"	Wuppertal	"
3 Mar 1943	BK361 AS-F	Hamburg	"	11 Jun 1943	"	Düsseldorf	"
5 Mar 1943	"	Essen	Sgt J K Somers W/Op	21 Jun 1943	"	Krefeld	"
12 Mar 1943	"	Essen	"	22 Jun 1943	"	minelaying	"
16 Mar 1943	"	minelaying - Frisian Islands	Sgt A E E Gaveley W/Op	24 Jun 1943	"	Wuppertal	"
3 Apr 1943	BK459 AS-O	minelaying - southern Biscay coast	Sgt J K Somers W/Op	8 Jul 1943	"	minelaying	"
6 Apr 1943	BK361 AS-F	minelaying - Biscay ports	Sgt A E E Graveley W/Op	13 Jul 1943	"	Aachen	"
10 Apr 1943	Z1726 AS-A	Frankfurt	"	27 Jul 1943	"	Hamburg	"
14 Apr 1943	HE699 AS-M	Stuttgart	"	29 Jul 1943	"	Hamburg	"
26 Apr 1943	HE742 AS-F	Duisburg	"
							tour completed 8.1943

Sgt John Robinson

Sgt John Robinson

RAF 2291636

Flight Engineer

survived became POW

photograph courtesy Nodward van Rippensen

Lancaster MkI ME775 AS-N

missing - 19th May 1944

tasking Orléans

Other Crew Members

P/O John Herbert Booth RAF 174620 - Pilot KIA

F/Sgt James MacGregor RAF 1559291 - Air Bomber - survived became POW

F/O Arthur Lionel Hill RCAF J/22938 - Navigator - survived became POW

Sgt Derek Gordon Bicknell RAF 1579934 - Wireless Operator - survived became POW

Sgt John Terry RAF 2220315 - Mid Upper Gunner KIA

Sgt Thomas Moffett RAF 1716269 - Rear Gunner - evaded


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 8.2.1944	Notes:				Notes:

20/21 Feb 1944	W4376 AS-S2	Stuttgart		26 Apr 1944	LL916 AS-N	Essen	Sgt J Robinson F/E
18/19 Mar 1944	ND628 AS-B	Frankfurt	Sgt F J Appleby R/G	27 Apr 1944	LM521 AS-F	Friedrichshafen
22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	Sgt T Moffett R/G	30 Apr 1944	ME775 AS-N	Maintenon
24 Mar 1944	EE200 AS-F	Berlin		1 May 1944	"	Lyons - Berliet factory
26 Mar 1944	"	Essen		3 May 1944	"	Mailly
30 Mar 1944	"	Nuremberg		6 May 1944	"	Aubigne	P/O J McLaren 2nd Pilot
11 Apr 1944	ND678 AS-I	Aachen		9 May 1944	"	Mardyck
18 Apr 1944	ND626 AS-O	Rouen	Sgt W Swaffield F/E	11 May 1944	"	Hasselt
20 Apr 1944	LL916 AS-N	Cologne	Sgt D J Baverstock F/E	12 May 1944	"	minelaying - Heligoland
22 Apr 1944	"	Düsseldorf	Sgt J Robinson F/E	19 May 1944	"	Orléans
							missing - nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Ward William James Allen ★ F/Sgt John Henry Murphy ★Sgt Bruce Wismar Haney

Sgt Ward William James Allen

RCAF R/179370

Rear Gunner

F/Sgt John Henry Murphy

RAAF 425337

Wireless Operator

Sgt Bruce Wismer Haney

RCAF R/158765

Air Bomber

Other Crew Members

Sgt Stanley Frederick Miller RAF 1503799 - Pilot

Sgt Terence John Rudden RAF 1676327 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Henry George Alfred Hime RAF 1394419 - Navigator

Sgt Henry Edwin Miles RAF 1237269 - Mid Upper Gunner

photographs courtesy Operation Picture Me


Sorties »		1st Sortie 22.11.1943	Notes:

22 Nov 1943	W4996 AS-R	Berlin	Sgt T H Lee - F/E Sgt L M Baker - MUG
26 Nov 1943	LM385 AS-N	Berlin	"
2 Dec 1943	LM388 AS-W	Berlin	"
3 Dec 1943	DV220 AS-J	Leipzig	"
16 Dec 1943	LM385 AS-N	Berlin	Sgt T J Rudden - F/E Sgt H E Miles - MUG
			crashed on return at Caistor, Lincolnshire

F/O James Doyle ★ Sgt William Frederick George Edge

F/O James Doyle

RAF 174041

Air Bomber

Sgt William Frederick George Edge

RAF 1817983

Mid Upper Gunner

Other Crew Members

P/O George Barlow RAF 198280 - Pilot

F/Sgt Ainsley Rupert Kirschner RAF 1600924 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Charles Edward Butler RAF 1807758 - Navigator

F/Sgt Ronald Joseph Sullivan RAF 1336564 - Wireless Operator

Sgt William Gibson RAF 3007622 - Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy IBCC


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 13.4.1945	Notes:

4 May 1945	NG254 AS-A2	Supply Dropping
7 May 1945	NG136 AS-Z	Supply Dropping
11 May 1945	ME746 AS-R2	Exodus
26 May 1945	NN770 AS-B	Exodus
3 Jul 1945	SW278 AS-V	Training Excercise
			crashed Bristol Channel - all missing

Sgt Robert John Brummell

RAAF 405825

Rear Gunner

photographs courtesy Marilyn Wainwight

Other Crew Members

Sgt Victor Henry New DFM RAF 1375166 - Pilot

Sgt John Sim McPhee DFM RAF 1499160 - Navigator

Sgt Allen Short DFM RAF 1502734 - Air Bomber

Sgt J. Simmonds RAF ?????? - Wireless Operator


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 27.1.1943	Notes:				Notes:

4 Feb 1943	BK459 AS-O	Lorient		16 Mar 1943	BK459 AS-O	minelaying - Frisian Islands
9 Feb 1943	"	minelaying - Brest to Texel		29 Mar 1943	"	Bochum
12 Feb 1943	"	minelaying - La Pallice to Frisians		4 Apr 1943	"	minelaying - Brittany ports
13 Feb 1943	"	Lorient		8 Apr 1943	HE427 AS-O	Duisberg
16 Feb 1943	"	Lorient		4 May 1943	"	Dortmund
19 Feb 1943	BK299 AS-Q	Wilhelmshaven	Sgt J B Bayliss W/Op	12 May 1943	"	Duisberg	F/Sgt L P Marneweck R/G
26 Feb 1943	"	Colonge		13 May 1943	"	Bochum	"
28 Feb 1943	BJ913 AS-?	St. Nazaire		23 May 1943	"	Dortmund	"
3 Mar 1943	"	Hamburg		25 May 1943	"	Sea Search	"
5 Mar 1943	BK459 AS-O	Essen		2 Jun 1943	"	minelaying - Brest	"

F/O Clifford Abner Mizzen

RCAF J/43667

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Historica Canada

Other Crew Members

F/Lt James Glenesk DFC RCAF J/12233 - Pilot

Sgt Gerald Guy Anderton RAF 3031888 - Flight Engineer

F/O W. H. Couch RCAF J/38809 - Air Bomber

F/O D. E. Junker RCAF J/40390 - Navigator

Sgt Denis Howard Fenwick RAF 1850194 - Wireless Operator

F/O John Norman West RCAF J/43667 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 8.12.1944	Notes:				Notes:

22 Dec 1944	PD397 AS-V	Coblenz		20 Feb 1945	SW278 AS-AS-V	Dortmund
29 Dec 1944	LM289 AS-Y	Scholen-Buer		1 Mar 1945	"	Mannheim
31 Dec 1944	"	Osterfeld		2 Mar 1945	"	Cologne
2 Jan 1945	NG136 AS-Z	Nuremberg		5 Mar 1945	"	Chemnitz
14 Jan 1945	ME746 AS-R2	Leuna		7 Mar 1945	"	Dessau
16 Jan 1945	"	Zietz		8 Mar 1945	"	Kassel	Sgt R A Darke MUG
22 Jan 1945	SW278 AS-V	Duisburg(Hamborn)		16 Mar 1945	"	Nuremberg	P/O J N West MUG
1 Feb 1945	"	Ludwigshafen		21 Mar 1945	"	Bremen	"
2 Feb 1944	"	Wiesbaden		22 Mar 1945	"	Hildesheim	"
3 Feb 1945	"	Bottrop-Wilhelm		24 Mar 1945	"	Harpenweg	"
7 Feb 1945	"	Kleve		27 Mar 1946	"	Paderborne	"
8 Feb 1945	"	Politz		31 Mar 1945	"	Hamburg
13 Feb 1945	"	Dresden		14 Apr 1945	"	Potsdam	W/Cdr R L Vivian - 2nd Pilot F/O J N West - MUG
14 Feb 1945	"	Chemnitz		18 Apr 1945	"	Heligoland	F/O J N West MUG

Sgt William Smart Wilkie

RAF 220038

Wireless Operator

photograph courtesy Andy Wilkie

Other Crew Members

F/Lt Charles Hamilton Mansfield RAF 137560 - Pilot

Sgt Fred George Christy RAF 1898498 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Jack Frederick Harold Baylis RAF 1802805 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt George Leonard Royall RAF 1801494 - Navigator

Sgt Geoffrey Alderson Allan RAF 2206854 - Mid Upper Gunner

F/Sgt I. J. Findley RAF 1824179 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 22.2.1945	Notes:

15 Mar 1945	PD335 AS-K	Misburg	Sgt T G Downs - MUG Sgt B J Ford - R/G
16 Mar 1945	PA231 AS-O	Nuremberg	F/Sgt F Gowland F/E
19 Mar 1945	RF158 AS-N	Hanau
21 Mar 1945	PD365 AS-X	Bremen	Sgt L T Miles - A/B F/O B R Pickering - Nav F/Sgt P A Thomas - R/G
25 Mar 1945	NG165 AS-J	Hannover	P/O B G Jennings F/E
27 Mar 1945	RF211 AS-M	Paderborne	"
31 Mar 1945	"	Hamberg	"
3 Apr 1945	"	Nordhausen	"
4 Apr 1945	"	Lützkendorf	"
9 Apr 1945	"	Kiel	"

F/O James Day ★ Sgt Robert Frederick Stanley Dunkley ★ Sgt Laurence Felix McGuire

F/O James Day

RAF 190483

Pilot

photograph courtesy IBCC

Sgt Robert Frederick Stanley Dunkley

RAF 1625326

Air Bomber

photograph courtesy IBCC

Sgt Laurence Felix McGuire

RAF 1670598

Wireless Operator

photograph courtesy Aircrew Remembered

Other Crew Members

Sgt Frank Pilling RAF 3012252 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Allan Percy Poon-Tip RAF 605619 - Navigator

Sgt Patrick Fitzpatrick RAF 1901178 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt James Dixon Whitelaw RAF 1777435 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 28.2.1945	Notes:

15 Mar 1945	ND707 AS-E	Misburg
16 Mar 1945	"	Nuremberg
19 Mar 1945	RF158 AS-N	Hanau
21 Mar 1945	ND857 AS-G	Bremen
22 Mar 1945	NN763 AS-F	Hildesheim
23 Mar 1945	NN770 AS-B	Hannover
27 Mar 1945	NN763 AS-F	Paderborne
31 Mar 1945	ME297 AS-Q	Hamberg
3 Apr 1945	ND707 AS-E	Nordhausen
4 Apr 1945	"	Lützkendorf	missing nothing heard after take-off

Sgt James Patrick Nyland

RAF 2202158

Mid Upper Gunner

photograph courtesy Brendan Duffy

This was only crews second sortie

Notes: Returned early and after acknowledging landing instructions

crashed on Cain Hill just to the south of Caistor, Lincolneshire

Lancaster Mk III

ED875 AS-J

tasking Hannover, Germany

F/O John Patrick Flynn ★ Sgt Alfred Wishart Oram ★ Sgt Wilfred Cyril Truman ★ F/O Stuart Walker Little

F/O John Patrick Flynn

RCAF J/14167

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Sgt Alfred Wishart Oram

RAF 1346171

Wireless Operator

Sgt Wilfred Cyril Truman

RAF 999898

Flight Engineer

F/O Stuart Walker Little

RCAF J/21422

Pilot

photograph courtesy Operation Picture Me

Other Crew Members

Sgt Gwynfor Jones RAF 176137 - Air Bomber

Sgt Thomas Campbell McLachlan RAF 1822172 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Herbert Ward RAF 991198 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		1st sortie - 8.10.1943	Notes:

8 Oct 1943	W4376 AS-S2	Hannover
18 Oct 1943	ED366 AS-C	Hannover
20 Oct 1943	DV220 AS-J	Leipzig
22 Oct 1943	"	Kassel	Sgt T J Brewer - MUG Sgt H Ward - R/G - KIA
18 Nov 1943	DV386 AS-A2	Berlin	F/Sgt J N Boothroyd R/G
23 Nov 1943	JB145 AS-D	Berlin	Sgt H V Reed R/G
26 Nov 1943	"	Berlin	Sgt N A Rawlinson R/G
		posted to 156 Sqdn - 1.12.1943	missing 582 Sqdn - 25.5.1944

F/Sgt Roy Barton Fennell ★ F/Sgt Douglas Venning Harvey ★ F/Sgt James Smyth

F/Sgt William John Charles Keigwin

F/Sgt Roy Barton Fennell

RAF 1318683

Pilot

photograph courtesy www.jcproctor.co.uk

F/Sgt Douglas Venning Harvey

RAAF 420835

Wireless Operator

photograph courtesy www.wartimememories.co.uk

F/Sgt James Smyth

RAF 1504638

Navigator

photograph courtesy www.jcproctor.co.uk

F/Sgt William John Charles Keigwin

RAF 1316269

Air Bomber

survived became POW

Other Crew Members

Sgt William George Sydney Pettis RAF 1851255 - Flight Engineer

F/Sgt Albert Patrick Jones RAF 929021 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt William James Allan RAAF 409130 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		1st sortie 26.11.1943	Notes:				Notes:

23 Nov 1943	DV365 AS-Z2	Berlin	Sgt H J Beattie - A/B Sgt T L Connolly - MUG Sgt G W Meadows - R/G	24/25 Feb 1944	ME624 AS-X	Schweinfurt	Sgt W J Allan R/G
26 Nov 1943	"	Berlin	Sgt R A Moodey - A/B Sgt G Cushing - MUG Sgt G W Meadows - R/G	15 Mar 1944	"	Stuttgart	Sgt A W Gowland MUG
2 Jan 1944	JB649 AS-W	Berlin	Sgt H Daggett MUG	18 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	Sgt A P Jones MUG
5 Jan 1944	W4376 AS-S2	Stettin	Sgt A P Jones MUG	22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	Sgt E N Whitfield - F/E Sgt A W Gowland - MUG Sgt W Harris - R/G
28 Jan 1944	ED905 AS-X	Berlin	Sgt L Parker W/Op	24 Mar 1944	"	Berlin	Sgt A C Trotter W/Op
30 Jan 1944	"	Berlin	Sgt F A Thrower R/G	26 Mar 1944	"	Essen	Sgt L G Spear W/Op
19 Feb 1944	ME624 AS-X	Leipzig	Sgt W V Francis R/G	30 Mar 1944	"	Nuremberg
20/21 Feb 1944	"	Stuttgart	"				missing nothing heard after take-off

P/O John Double DFC

P/O John Double DFC

RAF 172416

Pilot

Other Crew Members

Sgt Joseph Read RAF 1804245 - Flight Engineer

Sgt Peter Bernard Peck RAF 1879471 - Air Bomber

Sgt Edward George Farrow RAF 1394604 - Navigator

Sgt Harry Davis Kirkham RAF 1444163 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Le-Roy Eric O'Nions RAF 1896794 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Clifford A. Brown RAF 1128035 - Rear Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 29.3.1944	Notes:				Notes:

18 Apr 1944	LL743 AS-U	Rouen		20 Jul 1944	JB297 AS-S	Wizernes	F/Sgt W P Pinfold Nav
22 Apr 1944	ME748 AS-A2	Düsseldorf		24 Jul 1944	"	Stuttgart	"
24 Apr 1944	ME748 AS-S	Karlsruhe		25 Jul 1944	"	Stuttgart	"
26 Apr 1944	ND806 AS-S	Essen		30 Jul 1944	"	Cahanes	"
3 May 1944	LM386 AS-V	Mailly		10 Aug 1944	PD261 AS-S	Dugny	P/O H G Nixon Nav
7 May 1944	ME748 AS-S	Rennes St. Jacques		12 Aug 1944	"	Bordeaux	F/Lt R A Squires F/E
10 May 1944	"	Dieppe		14 Aug 1944	"	Fontaine Le Pin	Sgt J Rudd - F/E F/Sgt C J Kirkby - A/B
28 Jun 1944	LM550 AS-B	Chateau Bernapre		15 Aug 1944	"	Leculot
29 Jun 1944	W4994 AS-S	Domleger		25 Aug 1944	"	Rüsselsheim
30 Jun 1944	JB297 AS-S	Oisemont		5 Sep 1944	NG114 AS-S	Le Havre	P/O L J R Gregoire - 2nd Pilot P/O M H Hawkins - A/B
2 Jul 1944	"	Domleger	Sgt W C Alderson MUG	6 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre	F/Lt R A Squires - F/E P/O M H Hawkins - A/B
4 Jul 1944	"	Orleans		8 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre	P/O M H Hawkins - A/B F/Lt J Barritt - MUG
5 Jul 1944	"	Dijon	F/Sgt M C E Rattray Nav	10 Sep 1944	"	Le Havre	P/O M H Hawkins A/B
7 Jul 1944	"	Caen	F/O B L Thomson Nav	12 Sep 1944	"	Frankfurt	"
12 Jul 1944	"	Revigny Sur Ornain	Sgt C E Cox - 2nd Pilot Sgt G W Gullivery - F/E sortie abandoned	16 Sep 1944	"	Steenwijk	"
18 Jul 1944	"	Sannerville	Sgt D J Baverstock - F/E F/Sgt W P Pinfold - Nav				tour expired - posted away 10.1944

Sgt George Stanley Barclay

RNZAF 413369

Pilot

photograph courtesy The Wartime Memories Project

Other Crew Members

Sgt Bernard Hermeneguide Marion RCAF J/22552 - Navigator

Sgt Robert Wesley Hart RAF 1391223 - Air Bomber

Sgt Alexander George Wells RAF 1286485 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Ronald Francis Limage RAF 1391336 - Rear Gunner

Wellington Mk III

BK361 AS-F

tasking Duisburg, Germany


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 27.1.1943	Notes:

27 Jan 1943	BK460 AS-V	minelaying
16 Feb 1943	BK361 AS-F	Lorient	Sgt W F Whitfield W/Op
26 Feb 1943	BK139 AS-G	Leipzig	Sgt H F McNivin R/G
28 Feb 1943	"	St. Nazaire
13 Mar 1943	X3965 AS-L	Sea Search
14 Mar 1943	"	minelaying - Frisian Islands
26 Mar 1943	HE633 AS-J	Duisburg
28 Mar 1943	"	St. Nazaire
4 Apr 1943	BJ913 AS-?	Kiel	Sgt A H Conrad - W/Op Sgt E Jeffs - R/G
8 Apr 1943	BK361 AS-F	Duisburg	Sgt A H Conrad W/Op
			missing nothing heard after take-off

Sgt Walter Grant Knowles

RCAF R/1116080

Navigator

Other Crew Members

P/O Philip Joseph Wilson DFC + Bar RCAF R/150753 - Pilot

Sgt V. D. Edwards RAF 975515 - Flight Engineer

F/O Paul Newman Joseph Noble RCAF J/23968 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt Peter James Hardiman RAF 1318809 - Wireless Operator

Sgt Ben Wilkinson RAF 1594094 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Albert George Manuel DFM RAF 2205880 - Rear Gunner

Lancaster Mk III

ND628 AS-Y

posted to 156 Sqdn. - 17.5.1944


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 16.1.1944	Notes:				Notes:

15 Feb 1944	DV220 AS-J	Berlin		26 Mar 1944	JB142 AS-P	Essen	Sgt V D Edwardes F/E
19 Feb 1944	LM335 AS-O	Leipzig		20 Apr 1944	ME720 AS-X	Cologne	Sgt R French R/G
21 Feb 1944	"	Karlsruhe		22 Apr 1944	ND628 AS-Y	Dusseldorf	Sgt L B Little R/G
25 Feb 1944	JB142 AS-P	Augburg		24 Apr 1944	"	Karlsruhe	"
1 Mar 1944	LM388 AS-N	Stuttgart	Sgt E Owen F/E	26 Apr 1944	"	Essen	Sgt D C Robins R/G
16 Mar 1944	LM388 AS-N	Stuttgart	Sgt V D Edwards - F/E Sgt J A W Bodsworth - R/G	27 Apr 1944	"	Friedrichshafen	Sgt C W Meadows R/G
19 Mar 1944	JB142 AS-P	Frankfurt	Sgt V D Edwards F/E	3 May 1944	"	Mailly-Le-Camp	F/Sgt H R Moncrieff - 2nd Pilot Sgt C W Meadows - R/G
22 Mar 1944	"	Frankfurt	"	10 May 1944	"	Dieppe	Sgt F Reed - F/E Sgt C W Meadows - R/G
24 Mar 1944	"	Berlin	"	12 May 1944	"	minelaying - Heligoland	Sgt F Reed - F/E Sgt C W Meadows - R/G F/O B W G Felgate - MUG
							posted to 156 Sqdn 17.5.1944

P/O Allan John Bridge ★ Sgt Francis Robert Lamb

P/O Allan John Bridge

RAAF 424844

Pilot

photograph courtesy Australian War Memorial

Sgt Francis Robert Lamb

RAF 1596562

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Victoria Watson

Other Crew Members

Sgt Tony Christopher Hardy RAF 1605607 - Flight Engineer

F/O J. W. Caldwell RAF 164373 - Air Bomber

Sgt Kenneth Wilfred Friswell RAF 1865975 - Navigator

Sgt Ivor Ronald Hill RAF 1587075 - Wireless Operator

Sgt James Alan Harle RAF 1597027 - Mid Upper Gunner


Sorties »		posted into Sqdn. - 20.3.1945	Notes:

10 Apr 1945	ME500 AS-P	Plauen	F/O C A Broome - F/E
14 Apr 1945	Pd335 AS-F	Potsdam	F/O C A Broome - F/E
24 Apr 1945			P/O A J Bridge posted 13 Base

RAF 166 Squadron