RAF 166 Squadron



Individuals - 166 Squadron Photographs


F/Sgt Brian Aloysius Waterford ★F/Sgt Douglas George White

D G White

F/Sgt Douglas George White

RCAF R/53218

Rear Gunner

B A Waterford

F/Sgt Brian Aloysius Waterford

RAAF 424896

Wireless Operator

posted into unit 17 October 1944
Other Crew Members

F/O Warren Craydon Martin  DFC  RCAF J/26467 - Pilot

P/O Rowland Berryman Parker  RAF  183745 - Flight Engineer

F/O Gordon Francis Butterwick  RCAF  J/36276 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt W. J. Paris  RCAF  R/184198 - Navigator

F/Sgt George White  RCAF  R/219887 - Mid Upper Gunner

       
Sorties »   posted into Sqdn. - 17.10.1944 Notes:
       
19 Oct 1944 LM6876  AS-N Stuttgart  
23 Oct 1944 ND506  AS-F Essen  
31 Oct 1944 " Cologne  
2 Nov 1944 " Düsseldorf F/Sgt D G White
R/G
      fatally wounded


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

J D Fiddes

Sgt John Duncan Fiddes

RCAF R/106742

Navigator

J W Edgar

Sgt Joseph Walter Edgar

RCAF R/158375

Air Bomber

D R Tait

P/O David Reid Tait

RAF 172306

Pilot

H Harbron

Sgt Harry Harbron

RAF 1591194

Flight Engineer

L Kirkham

Sgt Leonard Kirkham

RAF 1117305

Wireless Operator

B Cohen

Sgt Benjamin Cohen

RAF 1523141

Mid Upper Gunner

J Temploeton

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

G W Fitzgerald


F/O Gerald William Fitzgerald

RCAF  J/14775

Navigator


photograph courtesy  David R. Edgerton
R J Perrin


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
F Edmondson

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

H S D Tulett

Sgt Herbert Stanley Douglas Tulett

Mid Upper Gunner

RAF 1711838


photograph courtesy  Marcel van der Wielen
K Slater

Sgt Kenneth Slater

Flight Engineer

RAF 1891797


survived became POW

photograph courtesy  Stephen Wellings
G J R Clark

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

R E G Waite

F/O Richard Edward George Waite

Pilot

RAF  125844
H M Urquhart

Sgt Henry Manson Urquhart

Wireless Operator

RAF  1344660
W H Westley

F/Sgt William Harold Westley

Navigator

RAF  1323202
J T Bayliss

Sgt John Thomas Bayliss

Mid Upper Gunner

RAF  1817277
T J Murphy

Sgt Terrence Joseph Murphy

Flight Engineer

RAF  1622657
K M Macauley

Sgt Kenneth Murdo Macauley

Air Bomber

RAF  1550842
V O Gillingham

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

J H Catlin

F/Sgt James Henry Catlin  DFC

Pilot

RAF  168836

B C Wright

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

W L Anderson

F/O William Leslie Anderson

RAF 1824276

Flight Engineer


L J Isaacson

F/O Leonard J. Isaacson

RCAF J/14555

Rear Gunner


photographs courtesy  Keith Dudley Family
H W Lehti

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

M D Greene

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

W H Pym

F/Sgt William Harold Pym

RCAF R/99568

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
A A Cookson

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

G J Lawrence

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

K L Pile

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

L E Riggs

Sgt Leonard Earl Riggs

Rear Gunner

RCAF  R/218495

photograph courtesy OperationPictureMe
R V Weston

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

W Dutton

Sgt Wilfred Dutton

RAF  1582673

Flight Engineer
F M Omoe

F/Sgt Francis Melvin

Omoe

RCAF  R/187451

Mid Upper gunner
S Martin

P/O Sydney Martin  DFC

RAF  176912

Pilot
J E McClure

W/O James Edward

McClure

RCAF  R/87203

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
A O Rodgers

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 J McCahon

F/Sgt Frederick James

McCahon

RCAF  R/2100088

Mid Upper Gunner


survived became POW
H G Carson

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

R Stanners

W/O Ramsay Stanners

RAF 1554370

Pilot


R Prankett

Sgt Royce Prankett

RAF 1131229

Flight Engineer


E J C Kryskow

Sgt E. J. C. Kryskow

RCAF J/22366

Air Bomber


E Hopcraft

Sgt Ernest Hopcraft

RAF 1577726

Navigator


T J Brewer

Sgt Thomas James Brewer

RCAF R/133415

Mid Upper Gunner


A C G Merces

Sgt Ainsley Charles George

Merces

RAF 1602737

Rear Gunner


H W Hughes

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

A P Uditsky

F/Sgt Andrew Peter Uditsky

RCAF  R/135043

Pilot
J T Macksimchuk

F/Sgt John Theodore Macksimchuk

RCAF  R/110747

Navigator


E N Moore

F/Sgt Ernest Nixon Moore

RCAF  R/138918

Air Bomber


G E Armstrong

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

E W MacIntosh

F/O Ernest William MacIntosh

RCAF  J/24922

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
H J McEachern

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

J M McCallum

W/O John Malcolm McCallun

RCAF  R/106399

Navigator

photographs courtesy

Canadian Virtual War Memorial
P J Dunston

F/Sgt Percy James Dunston

RAF  1411874

Pilot
H W Pound

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

L W Mattin

F/Sgt Leslie Walter Mattin

RCAF  R/160410

Air Bomber

photographs courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
C B Jeffery

F/Sgt Clarence Bruce Jeffery

RAAF  412449

Wireless Operator
C H Rusk

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

L W Davies

W/O Lawrence Ward Davies

RCAF  R/159100

Pilot
H E Squibb

F/Sgt Harold Edward Squibb

RCAF  R/225100

Air Bomber
R J Sinclair

F/Sgt Robert John Sinclair

RCAF  R/219179

Mid Upper Gunner
W R Smith

F/O William Reginald Smith

RCAF  J/27574

Navigator
D H Culverson

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

J K Scott

F/Sgt Jack Kyle Scott

RCAF  R/210098

Rear Gunner 

survived became POW

photograph courtesy

Canadian Virtual War Memorial
R W Watson

W/O Ralph William Watson

RAAF  418600

Navigator 
J E Roberts

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

H A Neal

Sgt Harold Allan Neal

RCAF  R/202923

Air Bomber
S A Tafler

F/O Sydney Alexander

Tafler

RCAF  J/40794

Navigator
R E Kearney

Sgt Robert Emmett

Kearney

RCAF  R/211186

Mid Upper Gunner
D W Hill

F/Lt David Walter Hill

RCAF  J/38109

Pilot
W J Doherty

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 ★Sgt Gordon Austin Abrams

R H Chittim

P/O Ralph Hugh Chittim

RCAF  J/90196

Pilot

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
W J Morgan

Sgt William Joseph Morgan

RCAF  R/274063

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
G A Abrams

Sgt Gordon Austin Abrams

RAF  1165030

Wireless Operator
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

T L W Teasdale

F/O Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale

RCAF  J/23404

Pilot
J B Auld

F/O Jack Barton Auld

RCAF  J/24026

Air Bomber


survived became POW

photograph courtesy David Auld
F E Johnson

F/Sgt Fusi Eric Johnson

RCAF  R/128478

Mid Upper Gunner
L G Spear

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

C V 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

G A Andrews

F/Sgt George Albert Andrews

RCAF  R/153899

Navigator

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
T L Connelly

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

C T 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

R V McDougall

P/O Ronald Victor McDougall

RCAF  J/85715

Pilot 

photograph courtesy Find A Grave
F L Bulman

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

G C Bellamy

F/O Glenn Crawford Bellamy

RCAF  J/37834

Air Bomber
J R E Brouillette

F/O Joseph Ross Eugene Brouillette

RCAF  J/36348

Pilot
J Lindsay

P/O James Lindsay

RCAF  J/19994

Wireless Operator
W Greene

Sgt William Greene

RCAF  R/224448

Mid Upper Gunner
A A Picard

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

R Powdrill

F/Lt Ross Powdrill  DFM 

RCAF  J/19169

Pilot 

photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
L M G Baker

F/Sgt Louis Michael Gabriel Baker  DFM 

RAAF  1398775

Rear Gunner 

photograph courtesy National Archives of Australia
G L Nordbye

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

K G 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

B F 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 Gordon Thomas Topham ★ F/Sgt Walter McEllister Leonard

G T Topham


Sgt Gordon Thomas Topham

RAF  3005086

Flight Engineer
W M Leonard


F/Sgt Walter McEllister Leonard  DFC

RAAF  422297

Navigator
Lancaster MkI  NG254  AS-A2

Tour Completed: March 1945
Other Crew Members

F/Lt Ian George Nicklin  DFC  RNZAF  424503 - Pilot

Sgt Arthur Witts  RAF  1397913 - Air Bomber

F/Sgt Allan William Kellaway  RAAF  422197 - Wireless Operator

Sgt George Wiiliam Cosby  RAF  1291707 - Mid Upper Gunner

Sgt Frank Thomas Webb  RAF  2220788 - Rear Gunner
               
Sorties »   posted into Sqdn. - 25.8.1944 Notes:       Notes:
               
7 Oct 1944 PD335  AS-K Emmerich   21 Dec 1944 NG255  AS-I minelaying  
19 Oct 1944 ND506  AS-F Stuttgart   28 Dec 1944 ND405  AS-C Mönchengladbach  
25 Oct 1944 PD365  AS-E Essen   29 Dec 1944 NG254  AS-A2 Scholven-Buer  
28 Oct 1944 LM387  AS-N Cologne   2 Jan 1945 " Nuremberg  
30 Oct 1944 NG255  AS-I Cologne   5 Jan 1945 " Hannover  
31 Oct 1944 PD384  AS-H Cologne   6 Jan 1945 " Hannover  
2 Nov 1944 " Düsseldorf   22 Jan 1945 " Duisburg/Hamborn  
4 Nov 1944 " Bochum   1 Feb 1945 " Ludwigshafen  
6 Nov 1944 ND405  AS-C Gelsenkirchen   2 Feb 1945 " Wiesbaden "
9 Nov 1944 ME318  AS-F Wanne-Eickel   7 Feb 1945 " Kleve  
11 Nov 1944 " Dortmund   8 Feb 1945 " Pölitz  
16 Nov 1944 " Düren   14 Feb 1945 PA179  AS-A Chemnitz  
18 Nov 1944 " Wanne-Eickel   1 Mar 1945 NG254  AS-A2 Mannheim P/O J S Bell
2nd Pilot
27 Nov 1944 " Freiburg   5 Mar 1945 " Chemnitz  
6 Dec 1944 PB635  AS-G Leuna   7 Mar 1945 " Chemnitz  
12 Dec 1944 NG255  AS-I Essen   8 Mar 1945 " Kassel  
15 Dec 1944 NN763  AS-C2 Ludwigshafen   11 Mar 1945 " Essen  
17 Dec 1944 ND707  AS-E Ulm   12 Mar 1945 " Essen "
              tour completed
               


Sgt John Robinson

J 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

W W J Allen

Sgt Ward William James Allen

RCAF  R/179370

Rear Gunner
J H Murphy

F/Sgt John Henry Murphy

RAAF  425337

Wireless Operator
B W Haney

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

J Doyle

F/O James Doyle

RAF  174041

Air Bomber
W F G Edge

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

R J 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

C A 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

W S 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

J Day

F/O James Day

RAF  190483

Pilot


photograph courtesy IBCC
R F E Dunkley

Sgt Robert Frederick Stanley Dunkley

RAF  1625326

Air Bomber


photograph courtesy IBCC
L F McGuire

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

J P 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

J P Flynn

F/O John Patrick Flynn

RCAF  J/14167

Navigator


photograph courtesy Canadian Virtual War Memorial
A W Oram

Sgt Alfred Wishart Oram

RAF  1346171

Wireless Operator
W C Truman

Sgt Wilfred Cyril Truman

RAF  999898

Flight Engineer
S W Little

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

R B Fennell

F/Sgt Roy Barton Fennell

RAF  1318683

Pilot

photograph courtesy www.jcproctor.co.uk
D V Harvey

F/Sgt Douglas Venning Harvey

RAAF  420835

Wireless Operator

photograph courtesy www.wartimememories.co.uk
J Smyth

F/Sgt James Smyth

RAF  1504638

Navigator

photograph courtesy www.jcproctor.co.uk
W J C Keigwin

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

J Double

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

G S 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

W G 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