MALTA,
WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
SURNAMES
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World
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| CAIRNS |
Ronald |
Flight
Sergeant (Wirelessw Operator/Air Gunner) 542303, 37 Squadron,
Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HZ814, when hsi aircraft crashed into the Ariatic
Sea when returning from a raid on an oil refinery at Campina,
Romania, with battle damage 6 May 1944. Aged 26. Native of Kingston,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Samuel and Frances Ada Cairns, of Kingston,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| CALDWELL |
Walter
Alexander |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 405229, 601 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BR354,
when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter into the sea near
St Paul's Bay, Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid 25 May
1942. Aged 19. Native of of St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand.
Son of Walter Alexander Caldwell and Lorna Irene Caldwell, of
St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| CALLAGHAN |
Frank
William |
Signaller
II 1866296, Aden Communcation Flight, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Khormaksar, Aden, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
NC565, when the aircraft he was in crashed into sea off Cape Asida,
Aden, possibly due to engine failure or incorrect loading 1 October
1947. Aged 23. Native of of Culverstone, Kent. Son of John Francis
and Ethel Maud Callaghan, of Culverstone, Kent. Panel 19. |
| CALVERT |
Arthur |
Sergeant
1112241, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Britsol Beaufort II, serial number AW280, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island of
Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September
1942. Aged 20. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Arthur and Hilda
Calvert, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CAMERON |
Adam
Mitchell |
Flight
(Pilot) Lieutenant 108071, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK127, when his aircraft ditched in the Adriatic Sea near Lastovo
Island following an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance , one
of the crew survived and was rescued, 19 October 1943. Aged 29.
N ative of of Kirriemuir, Angus. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cameron,
of Kirriemuir, Angus; husband of A. O. M. Cameron, of Kirkcaldy,
Fife. Chartered Accountant. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CAMERON |
Charles
Fraser |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/146083, 104 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN338, when during a raid on Turin 24 November 1943. Aged 21.
Native of of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Charles
C. and Jessie Cameron, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| CAMERON |
Donald
Maxwell |
Lieutenant
(navigaor/Bomber) 542986V, 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying
out of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW482,
when his aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie (probably over
the Adriatic Sea), the pilot survived, 2 September 1944. Aged
20. Residet Schweizer Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of
Sedgwick Cameron and Annie G. G. D. Cameron, of Schweizer Reneke,
Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| CAMERON |
George
Alexander Duncan |
Sergeant
(Navigator) R/111309, 458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of LG 91,
Egypt, detached to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII,
serial number LB169, when his aircraft was lost during a shipping
search to the west of Sicily 30 April 1943. Aged 29. Native of
Bardowie, Stirlingshire. Son of Donald John Cameron, and of Elizabeth
Cameron, of Bardowie, Stirlingshire. Panel 11. Column 2. |
| CAMERON |
Gordon
Russell |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) NZ403940, 21 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z9725,
when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s near the island of Filfla
when returning to Malta after an abortive shipping strike off
the Libyan coast 6 February 1942. Aged 22. Son of William Brown
Cameron and Margaret Cameron. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| CAMERON |
Patrick
Blair |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1370486, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter, when his aircraft
ditched about 50 miles off Bizerta, Tunisia due to double engine
failure during an Armed Rover to Leghorn18 September 1943. Aged
22. Native of Kinlochleven, Argyllshire. Son of Patrick Blair
Cameron and Annie Margaret Cameron, of Kinlochleven, Argyllshire.
Panel 8, Column 1. See also Kinlochleven,
Invernesshire |
| CAMERON |
Phillip
Greig |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 400112, 682 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of San
Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX, serial number
RM640, when he baled out over the Gulf of Venice in bad weather,
due to engine failure, when returning from a photo reconnaissance sortie
to Augsburg, he was not recovered, 9 February 1945. Aged 31. Native
of of Colac, Victoria, Australia. Son of James Albert Park Cameron
and Christina Cameron, of Colac, Victoria, Australia. Panel 19,
Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
Alexander
Lyon |
Flying
Officer 120236, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial
number FP153, when his aircraft was believed to have been shot
down in error by Royal Navy warships during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol 20 November 1942. Aged 25. Native of Glasgow. Son
of Alexander Lyon Campbell and Isabella Campbell, of Glasgow.
Panel 2, Column 2. |
| CAMPBELL |
Andrew |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1365055, 104 Squadron attached from 40 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number HD955, when his aircaft was lost without trace
during a raid on Sfax, Tunisia, 31 December 1942. Aged 21. Native
of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Son of Andrew and Margaret Jane
Campbell, of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CAMPBELL |
David
Norman |
Lieutenant
96649V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast
in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP591, when his aircraft
crashed into the sea soon after taking off from Takoradi on a
patrol 7 November 1943. Aged 31. Native of Houghton, Johannesburg,
S Africa. Son of David and Jessie Yallup Campbell; husband of
Pamela J. Campbell, of Houghton, Johannesburg, Transvaal South
Africa. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
David
Mason |
Sergeant
1343817, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half
Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DW105, when
his aircraft crashed south of Cansado Point due to en engine fire
soon after taking off from Port Etienne, French West Africa, one
of the crew survived, 5 January 1944. Aged 22. Native of Glasgow.
Son of Thomas G. B. and Mary E. Campbell, of Glasgow. Panel 14,
Column 2. |
| CAMPBELL |
Douglas |
Flight
Sergeant 658529, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pavillier, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE963, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Messina, Sicily, 13 July 1943. Aged 24. Native of Bellahouston,
Glasgow. Son of Hugh Campbell, and of Annie Campbell, of Bellahouston,
Glasgow. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
James
Gilmour |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1340988, 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit (ME), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Ras el Ma, Morocco, in a Supermarine
Spitfire VC, serial number BR487, when his aircraft was lost without
trace during a ferry flight from Maples to Sicily, 11 December
1943. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Campbell, of Edinburgh.
Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
Neil
Donald |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/88405, 500 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of La Senia, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura
GRV, serial number FP546, when his aircraft crashed off Cap de
l'Aiguille just east of Oran, Algeria, 7 March 1944. Native of
of Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Allen P. and Flora
M. Campbell, of Baddeck Bay, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Panel 16, Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
Norman
Sanderson |
Lieutenant
328550V, 44 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cairo West, Egypt,
in a Douglas Dakota III, serial number KG710, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a flight in bad weather transporting
ammunition and petrol from Bari, Italy and Hassani, Greece 13
December 1944. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
Robert
Joseph Gordon |
Flight
Sergeant 949047, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial
number FP154, when his aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea
off Sagres, Portugal when avoiding the ground in mist during a
convoy escort in the Cape St Vincent area 22 March 1943. Aged
24. Native of Dublin, Irish Republic. Son of Robert Campbell,
and of Olive M. Campbell, of Dublin, Irish Republic. Panel 7.
Column 1. |
| CAMPBELL |
Stuart
Somerville |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 184644, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Biferno, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number
LX877, when his aicraft was hit by flak during an attack off Brac
Island south of Split, Yugoslavia, and ditched when attempting
to reach Vis, the pilot survived, 7 September 1944. Aged 22. Awarded
the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (C.G.M.). Native of Addiscombe,
Croydon, Surrey. Son of David Mackintosh Campbell and May Leask
Campbell, of Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| CAMPBELL |
Sydney
Neam |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 412335, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed while flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number
JA104, when his aircraft ditched in Pinarello Bay, Corsica,
possibly due to ice on the wings, during a flight from Bone
to Corsica, three of the crew survived, 13 February 1944. Aged
29. Native of Moree, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Sydney
Charles and Violet Frances Campbell, of Moree, New South Wales,
Australia. Panel 16, Column 2.
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| CANDLER |
Cecil
George |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1264286, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8063,
when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109s into the sea off Bizerta,
Tunisia, during a patrol 14 November 1942. Aged 30. Native of
Ashford, Kent. Son of Cecil George and Annie Eliza Candler; husband
of Doris Eilleen Candler, of Ashford, Kent. Brother of Peter Thorne
Candler who was also killed in action. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CANE |
Edward
George |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1075170, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Cerignola No. 3, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number LN515, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on an aircraft factory at Mariibor, Yugoslavia, when severe
icing conditions were encountered on the raid, 23 January 1944.
Aged 22. Native of Pengam, Monmouthshire. Son of Edward John and
Eliza Magdalen Cane, of Pengam, Monmouthshire. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| CANNING |
Jack |
Sergeant
1271645, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pavillier,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE273, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 29 June 1943. Aged 23. Native of of Northfleet, Kent.
Son of James Harold and Elizabeth Agnes Canning; husband of May
Victoria Sarah Canning, of Northfleet, Kent. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CARLET |
Guy |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/5044, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Served under an ALIAS. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire
VC, serial number BP957, when it is presumed that the aircraft
had been shot down by a Bf109 into the sea off Malta when intercepting
an enemy air raid by Ju88's 9 July 1942. Aged 20. Awarded the
Legion D'Honneur and Croix de Guerre [France]. Native of Paris,
France. Son of Andre and Jacqueline Levy-Despas. Panel 4, Column
1. See LEVY-DESPAS,
GUY ANDRE, the true family name. |
| CARLYLE |
William
James |
Sergeant
651952, 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Cesenatico, Italy, in
a Martin Baltimore V, 10 March 1945. Aged 24. Native of Hull,
Yorkshire. Son of William and Mary Carlyle, of Hull. Panel 18,
Column 2. |
| CARMICHAEL |
Brian
Withers |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/9641, 179 Squadron, Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action
flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX690, when his aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol over the Western Mediterranean, possibly shot down by return
fire from an Italian submarine 21 January 1943. Aged 30. Native
of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Alfred and Kathleen
Frances Carmichael, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Panel
10, Column 1. |
| CARMODY |
Cornelius
John |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/51795, 185 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP473, when his aircraft ditched 20 miles north of St Paul's Bay,
Malta, probably due to a glycol leak during a sweep to Sicily,
8 February 1943. Aged 22. Native of Schrieber, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| CARNIE |
Ian
David |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 401492, 14 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder
IA, serial number FK363, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a shipping strike between the north of Corsica and the
eastern coast of Sardinia 27 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Glen
Iris, Victoria, Australia. Son of David Gordon Carnie and Robina
Cole Carnie, of Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column
1. |
| CARO |
John
Leonard |
Lieutenant
79689V, 614 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force (240 Wing).
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying, based
at Amendola, Italy, 14 August 1944. Aged 27. Native of Cape Town,
Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Cyril and Hilda Caro, of Cape
Town, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| CAROLAN |
Francis
Joseph |
Sergeant
1605505, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ513, when his aircraft
was lost 5 March 1945. Aged 21. Native of South Norwood, Surrey.
Son of Bernard and Bertha Victoria Carolan, of South Norwood,
Surrey. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CARON |
Gerald
Alexandre Arthur Antoine |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) J/88406, 500 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed while flying out of La
Senia, Algeria in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial number FP546,
when his aircraft crashed off Cap de l'Aiguille just east of Oran,
Algeria 7 March 1944. Aged 22. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Son of Allan and Georgie Caron, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Panel 16, Column 1. |
| CARON |
Joseph
Aurele Roland |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/87707, 608 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA,
serial number FK788, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol off Anzio, Italy, 30 January
1944. Aged 21. Native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Panel 16, Column
1. |
| CARR |
Walter
Horace |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1199387, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number FK142,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance to the
Cape Corse area of Northern Corsica 1 February 1944. Aged 19.
Native of Leicester. Son of Horace and Edith Carr, of Leicester.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| CARROLL |
Victor |
Warrant
Officer Class I 207256V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number
JT833, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping
sweep off southern France 14 August 1944. Aged 26. Native of Lichtenburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Joseph V. and Magdalena M. M.
Carroll, of Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column
2. |
| CARTER |
Peter |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/87697, 249 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Spermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP338, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
when intercepting an enemy air raid on Hal Far airfield, Malta,
16 October 1942. Aged 21. Native of New Westminster, British Columbia,
Canada. Panel 4, Column 2. |
| CARTWRIGHT |
John
Neville |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 114227, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Protville
II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number JM399,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak during an attack on a
convoy off the east coast of Corsica 14 July 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Son of Walter Harold and Elizabeth
Cartwright, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Panel 6, Column
1. |
| CARTWRIGHT |
Roy
Victor |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 115140, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DZ709, when
his aircraft was lost during a night intruder patrol over eastern
Sicily 13 April 1943. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CATCHPOLE |
Thomas
William |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1187195, 114 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim
V, serial number BA799, when his aircraft was lost without trace
when outbound on a raid on Sidi Ahmed airfield near Bizerta, Tunisia,
23 November 1942. Aged 27. Native of Longborough, Gloucestershire.
Son of George and Mary Catchpole, of Longborough, Gloucestershire.
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CATHERINE |
Leslie
Fitz-Herbert Hinton |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 5238V, 16 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of
service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NE528, when
his aircraft was ditched 5 miles off Biferno following an engine
fire, the navigator survived 26 December 1944. Aged 27. Native
of Veekraal, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Catherine;
husband of Valerie Catherine, of Veekraal, Transvaal, South Africa.
Panel 17, Column 1. |
| CATLIN |
James
Frederick William |
Sergeant
2216676, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, 20 January 1945. Aged 20. Native of Herne Hill, London.
Son of Robert and Jennie Catlin, of Herne Hill, London. Panel
18, Column 2. |
| CAULDERWOOD |
John
Samuel Davidson |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) R/118082, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MS496,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 30 June 1943. Native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son
of William John Caulderwood, and of Gladys Mary Caulderwood, of
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| CAVAN |
Brian
Moore |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 88717, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number
Z2418, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 when intercepting
an enemy air raid on Grand Harbour, Malta, 20 December 1941. Aged
20. Native of Battersea, London. Son of Samuel Edward and Euphemia
Eva Cavan, of Battersea, London. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| CAVE |
Obadiah |
Sergeant
658266, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria,
in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number DF697, when his aircraft
was shot down over the target during a raid on Trapani, Sicily,
15 May 1943. Aged 27. Native of Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cave, of Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire;
husband of A. E. Cave, of Leicester. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CENITCH |
Alexander |
Squadron
Leader 168696, 351 (Yugoslavian) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Prkos, Yugoslavia, 3 May 1945. Native of Yugoslavia. Panel
18, Column 1. |
| CHABOT |
Marc
Roger |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) R/67034, 40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z1046, when his
aircraft ditched out of fuel following navigational problems caused
by radio failure during a raid on Benghazi, Libya, two of the
crew survived, 25 November 1941. Aged 20. Native of Kingston,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Lt.-Col. C. A. Chabot and Denise Chabot,
of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| CHAFFE |
Ronald
Ivor |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 79529, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number
Z3452, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
off Delimara Point, Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid,
he baled out but died, 22 February 1942. Aged 27. Native of Bristol.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Chaffe, of Bristol; husband of Betty Joan
Chaffe. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| CHALMER |
Edward
Dawson |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 411744, 39 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD936, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a Rover patrol off the
west coast of Italy, possibly crashed or shot down off the southeastern
coast of Sicily, 16 May 1943. Aged 23. Native of Bondi Beach,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Edward and Marion Dawson Chalmer,
of Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| CHANDLER |
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 403686, 69 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial
number AG796, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a shipping reconnaissance sortie over the Mediterranean 23 February 1943.
Aged 28. Native of Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia. Son
of William and Alice Louise Chandler, of Arncliffe, New South
Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| CHAPLIN |
Arthur
Russell |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 80421, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR562, when he ditched off Malta after running out of fuel when
returning from an escort for an Air Sea Rescue (ASR) mission for
a Bristol Beaufighter 17 January 1943. Aged 26. Native of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Chaplin, of
Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 6, Column
1. |
| CHAPMAN |
Edward
Bentley |
Second
Lieutenant 96198V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Bone,
Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial numbetr JT819, when his
aircraft crashed into the sea 15 miles north of Cap de Fer, Algeria
during a patrol, 3 of the crew survived, between 29 May 1944 and
30 May 1944. Aged 41. Native of Sea Point, Cape Province, South
Africa. Son of Daniel and Maria Chapman; husband of Joy H. H.
Chapman, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Panel 17, Column
2. |
| CHARLTON |
John
Lawrence |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1000318, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter, serial number X8007,
when his aircraft collided with a He111 during an interception
and crashed into the sea near Lampedusa during a patrol 5 January
1943. Aged 20. Native of Leicester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Charlton, of Leicester. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CHARNEY |
Frederick
Richard Howard |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 101503, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7504,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak from escorting enemy destroyers
during an attack on a convoy about 40 miles northwest of Tripoli,
Libya 12 September 1941. Aged 21. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Son of William
Percy and Daisy Veronica Charney, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
Panel 1, Column 1. |
| CHARNOCK |
James
Hannan |
Flying
Officer 131579, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1433, when his aircraft was lost without trace,
presumed to have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of
Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom
10 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of Leek, Staffordshire. Son of
William Cowan Charnock and Marjory Iris Charnock, of Leek, Staffordshire.
Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CHARTERS |
Robert
William |
Pilot
Officer 118381, 5 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Coastal Command). Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Turnberry, Ayr, 18 May 1942. Panel
3, Column 1. (Information for this man is sparse) |
| CHAUNCY |
Peter
Anthony Reginald |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 655480, 104 Squadron, Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE657, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Cape Palmi, Italy about 20 miles northeast of Messina, Sicily,
8 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of London. Son of Edward St. Martin
Blanc Chauncy and Ellen Chauncy of London. Panel 8. Column 1. |
| CHEESE |
Charles
Albert |
Pilot
Officer 130692, 162 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Benina, Libya, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number DV931,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie over Sicily 18 May 1943. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CHERER |
Kenneth
Claude |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/11622, 608 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number
AM710, when his aircraft crashed into the sea 4 miles off the
coast soon after taking off from Bo Rizzo, Sicily on a night Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol, possibly due to engine failure, 14 September 1943.
Aged 28. Native of of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Son of
George C. and Ella Ruth Cherer, of Kelowna, British Columbia,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| CHERRINGTON |
Richard
Layton |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 207034V, 1 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Lentini
West, Sicily, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
JK671, when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s off Capo Vaticano,
Italy (aircraft serial unconfirmed) 2 September 1943. Aged 21.
Native of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Harold
and Ivy L. Cherrington, of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa.
Panel 12, Column 1. |
| CHESTERS |
Colin
Platt |
Flight
Sergeant 1130746, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Oudna No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
either LN338 or LN386, when his aircraft was lost during a raid
on Turin 24 November 1943. Aged 22. Native of Blackley, Manchester.
Son of David Edward and Mary Elizabeth Chesters, of Higher Blackley,
Manchester. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CHRISTENSEN |
Daniel
Joseph |
Flying
Officer 174056, 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bari, Italy, in a Douglas Dakota III, serial number KG752,
when his aircraft was probably shot down over the DZ during a
Special Operations supply drop to Italian partisans in the Trieste
area 22 August 1944. Aged 35. Native of North Kensington, London.
Son of Just Christian Christensen and Ellen Mary Sarah Ann Christensen,
of North Kensington, London. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| CHUCK |
Herbert
George |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 143782, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX576, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on a target in Sicily 4 April 1943. Aged 27. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Native of Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Son of Edward and Maud Chuck; husband of Ethel Florence Chuck,
of Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Alan |
Sergeant
1530528, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed by friendly fire flying out
of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number
EB145, when his aircraft was lostwithout trace during Operation
Husky, believed to have been shot down by Allied anti-aircraft
fire, 14 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Seaton Burn, Northumberland.
Son of George W. and Eleanor Clark, of Seaton Burn, Northumberland.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Colin
Edward |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1442849, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, serial number
HJ736, when his aircraft was lost without trace during an intruder
sortie to the Rome area 21 July 1943. Aged 21. Son of William
Edward and Elizabeth Clark, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Panel
8, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Douglas
Charles Walter |
Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) J/10576, 511 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1433, when his aircraft was lost without trace,
presumed to have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of
Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom
10 August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel
10, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Gordon |
Sergeant
1800014, 293 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pomigliano,
Italy, 24 September 1944. Aged 20. Native of Ashford, Kent. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Clark, of Ashford, Kent. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| CLARK |
Graham
Russell |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 416545, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hani
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE610,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Capodichino
airfield near Naples 29 July 1943. Aged 20. Native of Adelaide,
South Australia. Son of George and Elizabeth Martin Clark, of
Adelaide, South Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| CLARK |
John |
Flight
Lieutenant 48321, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia,
in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1446, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during Operation Chestnut
to drop SAS troops over Sicily as part of Operation Husky 13 July
1943. Aged 25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, of Girvan, Ayrshire; husband of S. Clark,
of Folkestone, Kent. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Lloyd
William |
Warrant
Officer Class II R/106933, 458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Shallufa,
Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number LB134, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping strike in
the Mediterranean 25 February 1943. Aged 21. Native of of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Clark, of
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| CLARK |
Richard
Edward |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1189409, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number MP762, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a night reconnaissance around the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia 12 September
1943. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
Ross
Edgerton |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/14771, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE261, when
his aicraft crashed in the sea off Al Huwariyah, Tunisia when
returning from a raid on Naples 6 August 1943. Aged 20. Native
of of Point Edward, Ontario, Canada. Son of W. E. Edgerton Clark,
and of Margaret E. R. Clark, of Point Edward, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 1. |
| CLARK |
William |
Sergeant
1112248, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW284, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a mine laying sortie to
Bizerte Harbour, Tunisia 30 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of
of Kinghorn, Fife. Son of John and Sarah Clement Clark, of Kinghorn,
Fife. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CLARKE |
Fred
Marsden |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ422370, 6 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Canne, Italy detailed to Vis, Yugoslavia, in a Hawker Hurricane
IV, serial number LD233, when his aircraft was lost without trace
following an attack on a stores dump at Murter, Yugoslavia during
a sweep 14 September 1944. Aged 22. Native of Mangapiko, Auckland,
New Zealand. Son of Edward Alexander W. and Eileen Myrtle Clarke,
of Mangapiko, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| CLARKE |
George
John Isiah (sic) |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 119, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Rathmines,
New South Wales, Australia, aboard H.M.A.S. Australia, in a Supermarine
Walrus I, serial number L2247, when his aircraft was shot down
by Vichy French AF Hawk 75As at Dakar, Senegal while bombardment
spotting for H.M.A.S. Australia against the French Fleet 25 September
1940. Aged 33. Native of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son
of George Thomas Mitchell Clarke and Elizabeth Clarke; husband
of Ellen Elizabeth Hope Clarke, of Strathfield, New South Wales,
Australia. Graduate of R.A.N. College, Jervis Bay. Held Navigator's,
Wireless and Engineer's licences, Civil Aviation, Sydney to New
Guinea and Rabaul service. Panel 1. |
| CLARKSON |
William
Brownlie |
Sergeant
1349619, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Lyneham,
Wiltshire, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number
P1433, when his aircraft was lost without trace, presumed to have
ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of Spain during a transit
flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom 10 August 1943. Aged
20. Native of of Glengarnock, Ayrshire. Son of David S. and Margaret
B. Clarkson, of Glengarnock, Ayrshire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CLEARY |
Joseph
Francis |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1684733, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF631,
when his ircraft was lost without trace during a raid on the marshalling
yards at Ferrara, Italy, 3 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of
Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of William and Theresa Cleary, of Leeds,
Yorkshire. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| CLEE |
Reginald
Owen |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1068617, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of La Senia, Algeria, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXIII, serial
number HK436, when his aircraft was lost off Corsica during an
interception patrol 27 July 1944. Aged 23. Native of Pontlliw,
Glamorgan. Son of Lewis John and Elsie Margaret Clee, of Pontlliw,
Glamorgan. B.Sc. (University of Wales). Panel 13, Column 2. |
| CLEGG |
Eric
Gordon |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 118638, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim V, serial number
BA794, when his aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109
off Cap Ben Sekka, Tunisia, during a raid on Sidi Ahmed airfield
17 November 1942. Aged 32. Native of Glasgow. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
William G. Clegg; husband of Margaret M. Clegg, of Glasgow. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| CLEMENTS |
John
Dawson |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 60094, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Brindisi,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number LZ992, when
his aircraft was shot down by flak when strafing seaplanes in
the Bay of Kotor, Yugoslavia, 8 March 1944. Aged 32. Native of
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Henry D. M. and
Mary Clements, of Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa. Panel
12, Column 2. |
| CLEMENTS |
Robert
Lionel |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1808217, 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Fano, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire LFIX, serial number
PT606. when his aircrfat flew into a house and crashed during
a dive-bombing attack near Faenza 21 November 1944. Aged 20. Son
of Frederick George and Emie Clements, of Southsea, Hampshire.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| CLEMOW |
William
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Special Operations) 403920, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington XII, serial number
MP510, when his aircraft flew into the sea between Pantelleria
and Cape Bon avoiding fighters during an anti-shipping patrol,
three of the crew survived and were captured, 28 April 1943. Aged
27. Native of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Frederick
James Clemow and Ethel May Clemow, of Coogee, New South Wales,
Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| CLERKE |
Frederick
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 411483, 500 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Tafaraoui,
Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number FK667, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a night ASW patrol off
Cape Roca, Portugal, 2 September 1943. Aged 22. Native of Sidney,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Frederick James Garnsey Clerke
and Vera Marie Clerke, of Sidney, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 11. Column 1. |
| CLIFFORD |
Peter
William |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 150370, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP239, when his aircraft crashed into the sea north of Corsica
following an engine fire when returning from a Special Operations
drop in northern Italy, one of the crew survived, 30 July 1944.
Aged 21. Native of of Easton, Hampshire. Son of George and Marie
Ernestine Clifford, of Easton, Hampshire. Panel 13, Column 1.
See also Easton
Memorial |
| CLIMPSON |
Thomas
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant 624799, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action as a passenger flying out of
Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number FK362,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a transit fllight
from Grottaglie to Blida 8 February 1944. Native of Eastbourne,
Sussex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Climpson, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| COAKEY |
Andrew
Michael |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 778785, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z8908,
when his aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during
a raid on Tunis docks 28 December 1942. Aged 30. Native of Southern
Rhodesia. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| COAKLEY |
Kenneth
James |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) NZ402852, 21 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7431, when
his saircraft was shot down by flak during an attack on enemy
ships near the Kerkenna Islands, Tunisia while on an anti-shipping
patrol 14 January 1942. Aged 22. Native of of Greymouth, Westland,
New Zealand. Son of Eugene George Coakley, and of May Agnes Mary
Coakley (nee Robertson), of Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand.
Panel 5, Column 1. |
| COATES |
John
Bernard |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 106216, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX,
serial number NE552, when his saicraft was lost during a night
armed reconnaissance off the Itakian Riviera. 7 August 1944. Awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
Son of William John and Kate Coates, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Panel
12, Column 2. |
| COCHRANE |
Arthur
Charles |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 42195, 87 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Taher,
Algeria, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number HW619, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a dawn patrol off the
Algerian coast 31 March 1943. Aged 24. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. Son of A. O. Cochrane, and of Helen Cochrane, of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| COCHRANE |
Dundonald
Nelson |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 67680, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX626, when his aircraft was lost with out trace during an anti-shipping
patrol between Marsala and Palermo 27 February 1943. Aged 23.
Native of Hove, Sussex. Son of Cecil Valentine Cochrane and May
Ethel Nelson Cochrane, of Hove, Sussex. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| COCKBURN |
Charles
Lynn |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 971612, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number
FP124, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy
escort in the Western Mediterranean 3 November 1942. Aged 21.
Native of Glasgow. Son of Robert Mathieson Cockburn and Williamina
Elizabeth Cockburn, of Glasgow. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| COHEN |
Leonard |
Second
Lieutenant 328769V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Bone,
Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT893, when his
akircraft as lost without trace during a sea patrol 23 July 1944.
Aged 23. Son of Benjamin H. and Juta E. Cohen, of Cape Town, South
Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| COLCOMB |
Edwin
Claude |
Flying
Officer 131556, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number BZ309,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night interdiction
soertie 17 March 1944. Aged 29. Native of Hull, Yorkshire. Son
of Thomas Edwin and Amy Colcomb; husband of Dorothy Beatrice Colcomb,
of Hull. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| COLEMAN |
Brian |
Sergeant
1865905, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP239, when his
aircraft flew into high ground near Manfredonia north of San Marco
in bad weather during a Special Operation supply dropping operation
2 December 1944. Aged 22. Native of Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Son of Leonard and Bessie Coleman, of Oulton Broad, Lowestoft,
Suffolk. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| COLES |
Stuart
McAlpine |
Sergeant
1800107, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK354, when
his aircraft was shot down by flak over Trieste 6 March 1945.
Aged 21. Native of Purley, Surrey. Son of John McAlpine Coles
and Marjorie May Coles, of Purley, Surrey. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| COLLARD |
Geoffrey
Alfred |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 329145V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Celone,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KH158, when
his aircraft was lost without trace in bad weather during a sortie
to drop supplies to partisans 12 miles northeast of Genoa, northern
Italy between 12 October 1944 and 13 October 1944. Aged 19. Native
of Elgin, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Basil A. Collard,
and of Catherine F. Collard, of Elgin, Cape Province, South Africa.
Panel 17, Column 1. |
| COLLEY |
William
Charlesworth |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1497454, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number JM399, when his aircraft was shot down by flak during an
attack on a convoy off the east coast of Corsica 14 July 1943.
Aged 22. Native of Outwood, Yorkshire. Son of Harry and Ruth Colley,
of Outwood, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COLLINS |
Alan
Arthur |
Sergeant
1437142, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Coastal Command). Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Harwell, Oxon, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a delivery flight on behalf of 1
Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 27 April 1943. Aged
20. Native of Southport, Lancashire. Son of Eric Arthur and Linda
Collins, of Southport, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COLLINS |
Albert
Charles |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/16769, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE370, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on San Gionvanna
27 June 1943. Aged 24. Native of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Son
of Thomas George and Hewietta Collins; husband of Dorothy Mabel
Collins, of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| COLLINS |
Francis
Albert |
Flying
Officer 122935, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number BB513,
when his aircraft was lost during a ferry flight from Gibraltar
to Lyneham 19 November 1943. Aged 21. Son of Alfred and Helen
Harriet Collins; husband of Eleanor Margaret Collins (nee Walker),
of Dorking, Surrey. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| COLLINS |
Terence
Patrick |
Flight
Sergeant 1330598, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number BZ309,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night interdiction
soertie 17 March 1944. Aged 22. Native of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
Son of John Stephen and Mary Alice Collins, of Southend-on-Sea,
Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| COLQUHOUN |
Ian
Alister |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 411373, 36 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number
MP809, when his aircraft was hit by flak during an attack on U-boat
U-343 off the coast of Algeria during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol and forced to ditch, four crew survived, 8 January 1944.
Aged 24. Native of of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Son of Hercules
and Jean Millicent Colquhoun, of Dunedin, New Zealand. Panel 16,
Column 2. |
| COMER |
Vincent |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1015558, 95 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland
I, serial number L5805, when his aircraft was lost without trace
off Freetown, Sierra Leone during a night escort sortie for convoy
WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged 25. Native of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Son of Thomas and Florence Comer, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| COMPTON |
Denis
James Williams |
Lieutenant
103765V, 12 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Pescara, Italy, in
a Martin Marauder, serial number HD452, when his aircraft crashed
into the sea after taking off from Pescara 16 August 1944. Aged
24. Native of of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Son of
Percy G. W. and Alice A. Compton; husband of Annette H. Compton,
of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| COMRIE |
Peter |
Flight
Sergeant 967472, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number AW349,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak while on an anti-shipping
sortie during which a convoy was attacked near Marettimo island,
Sicily, 24 February 1943. Aged 27. Son of Daniel and Jean Comrie;
husband of Marian Rowatt Comrie, of Brodick, Isle of Arran. B.L.
(Glasgow). Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CONNELL |
Eugene
Hastings |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/76031, 204 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland I,
serial number L2158, when his aircraft crashed in a forced landing
off Gambia during a convoy escort, five of the crew survived,
17 August 1942. Aged 20. Native of Granville Centre, Nova Scotia,
Canada. Son of Harry H. and Mary L. Connell, of Granville Centre,
Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| CONNOR |
Harold |
Sergeant
1004480, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, 24 February 1945. Aged 24. Native of Beech Hill, Wigan,
Lancashire. Son of Herbert Connor, and of Agnes Connor, of Beech
Hill, Wigan, Lancashire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CONNORS |
Leslie
James |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 411866, 243 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hal
Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number JL375,
when his aircraft ditched off Hal Far, Malta out of fuel when
returning from a sortie to cover the Sicily landings, escaped
from the aircraft but was not recovered, 10 July 1943. Aged 23.
Native of of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Son of James
and Dulce Adeline Connors, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| CONOLAN |
Bernard
Leslie Reid |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 428070, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF402,
when his aircraft flew into the sea 18 miles off Europa Point,
Gibraltar during a night radar homing and Leigh Light exercise,
two of the crew survived, 12 February 1945. Aged 20. Son of Bernard
Arthur and Doris Emma Conolan, of Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
Panel 19, Column 2. |
| CONSTANT |
Jack |
Sergeant
1316779, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP239, when his
aircraft flew into high ground near Manfredonia north of San Marco
in bad weather during a Special Operation supply dropping operation
2 December 1944. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| CONWAY |
Basil
Robert Coffin |
Flight
Sergeant 575043, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke Dock,
Pembroke. in a Consolidated Catalina, serial number W8416, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during an escort for shipping
off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 19. Native of
of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Son of Owen Humphrey and Margaret Louise
Conway, of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| CONWAY |
James
Leslie Joseph |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/56368, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG816,
when his aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie, probably shot
down by a fighter, 18 February 1943. Aged 24. Native of of Outremont,
Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Michael Conway, and of Martha
Conway (nee Meade), of Outremont, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| COOK |
Charles
Owen |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/76061, 69 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial
number AG816, when his aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie,
probably shot down by a fighter, 18 February 1943. Aged 27. Native
of Waterville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Stanley B. Cook, and
of Mamie E. Cook, of Waterville, King's Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| COOK |
James
Douglas |
Warrant
Officer 1127087, 520 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(Coastal Command). Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Gibraltar 25 April 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Alnwick, Northumberland. Son of James Cook, and of Margaret
Ann Cook, of Alnwick, Northumberland. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| COOK |
John
Christopher Frederick |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1271985, 142 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington
III, serial number DF696, when his aircraft was lost during a
raid on Tunis, probably shot down by a night fighter, 17 April
1943. Aged 20. Native of of Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex. Son of
George Paul and Florence Emma Violet Cook, of Kenton, Harrow,
Middlesex. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COOKE |
William
Edmund Stuart |
Sergeant
551113, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half
Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderlabd II, serial number W6063, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea about 400 miles southwest of
Freetown, Sierra Leone, three of the crew survived, 31 March 1943.
Panel 8. Column 1. Aged 23. Native of Oswestry, Shropshire. Son
of Edmond Struart abnd Maud Mary Cooke, of 52, Welsh Walls, Oswestry,
Shropshire. |
| COOPER |
Dennis
Lionel |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1331029, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number HE485, when he baled out over the sea off Sardinia in very
bad weather during a raid on a ball bearing factory at Turin 25
November 1943. Aged 21. Native of of Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex.
Son of Percival and Katherine Cooper; husband of P. S. Cooper,
of Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| COOPER |
Edward
Joshua |
Flying
Officer 181125, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, 22 February 1945.
Aged 20. Native of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Son of Edward
Joshua and Barbara Mary Cooper, of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire.
Panel 18. Column 1. |
| COOPER |
Leslie
George Albert |
Sergeant
1384078, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Fontaine
Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, 9 May 1943. Aged
20. Natibve of of Bexleyheath, Kent. Son of Philip Henry and Ivy
Lilian Cooper, of Bexleyheath, Kent. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COOPER |
Peter
Shaw |
Flight
Sergeant 1565055, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston, 21 February 1945. Aged
31. Native of Dunfermline, Fife. Son of James and Janet D. Cooper;
husband of Mary Cooper, of Dunfermline, Fife. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| COOTE |
Alfred |
Sergeant
1894920, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Brindisi,
Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JP244, when
his aircraft crashed 25 miles north of Tirana after successfully
dropping supplies to a DZ in Albania during a Special Operation
sortie 29 October 1944. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| COPE |
Arthur
Reginald |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 409294, Royal Australian Air Force (Coastal Command).
Country of service Australia. Killed while flying out of Gibraltar
in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JG747, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a ferry flight from Gibraltar to
Maison Blanche via Le Senia, 9 March 1943. Aged 22. Native of
Thornbury, Victoria, Australia. Son of Charles John Whyke Cope
and Vera Cope, of Thornbury, Victoria, Australia. Panel 12, Column
2. |
| COPE |
Kenneth
Charles Westbear |
Flying
Officer 120758, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
formerly of the Honourable Artillery Company. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Vickers Wellington II, serial number W5550, when his aircraft
ditched off Sicily when returning from a raid on Gerbini airfield,
Sicily, the rest of the crew survived and were captured, 26 November
1942. Aged 31. Native of North Kensington, London. Son of Charles
Cope, and of Elizabeth Ellen Rice Cope, of North Kensington, London.
Panel 2, Column 2. |
| COPE |
Maurice
Henry |
Sergeant
964384, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Mount Farm, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number
W5559, when his aircraft was shot down by Italian AF Fiat CR42s
8 miles south of Lampedusa during a delivery flight from the United
Kingdom to Malta on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
(O.A.D.U.) 30 August 1941. Aged 21. Native of of Billesley, Birmingham.
Son of William Henry and Frances Edna Cope, of Billesley, Birmingham.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| CORBETT |
George
Arthur |
Sergeant
1202897, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG 700, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie to Tunisia
11 July 1942. Panel 3, Column 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
CORBETT
George Arthur of 36a Front-street Birstall Leicestershire
died on or since 11 July 1942 on war service Administration
Leicester 12 January to Phyllis Irene Corbett
widow. Effects £461.
|
| CORMACK |
Ian
Maxwell |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 998452, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
AB330, when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Filfla island
when diving away from an enemy formation, possibly lost consciousness
during the manoeuvre, 17 March 1942. Aged 21. Native of of Elgin,
Morayshire. Son of John Cormack, L.D.S., and Constance Maxwell
Cormack, of Elgin, Morayshire. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| CORNES |
Sydney
John |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 116964, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial
number DD793, when his siarcraft was lost during a night fighter
sortie in the Marerrimo-Pantellaria area 21 February 1943. Aged
24. Native of of Betley, Staffordshire. Husband
of Marjorie Cornes, of Betley, Staffordshire. Panel 6, Column
2.
|
| CORNFORTH |
Stanley |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 111699, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number
DZ234, when his aircraft was lost without trace during an intruder
sortie to Sicily 1 April 1943. Aged 26. Native of of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Son of Harry and Jennifer Cornforth; husband
of Doreen Elsie Cornforth, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| CORNISH |
George
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1334321, 223 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore
IV, serial number FA479, when his aircraft was shot down by flak
near the target at Migliano southwest of Perugia 8 December 1943.
Born 27 December 1921. Native of Greyshott Hampshire. In the 1939
Register he was a Grocer's Assistant, single, son of George F
and Violet Cornish, resident Headley Road, Grayshott, Alton R.D.,
Hampshire. Panel 7, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
CORNISH
George Frederick of Headley-road Greyshott Hampshire
died on or since 8 December 1943 on war service Administration
Llandudno 14 December to Violet Cornish widow.
Effects £163 16s. 3d.
|
| CORNISH |
Neil |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) NZ411613, 14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force attached to 1 Squadron. Country of service New Zealand.
Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a
Martin B-26B Marauder, serial number 41-18017, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a low-level coastal reconnaissance over the
Adriatic Sea [the aircraft had been borrowed from the U.S.A.A.F.]
1 July 1944. Aged 27. Native of Wakari, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Son of Charles Neil Alhambra Cornish and Ella Minnie Cornish,
of Wakari, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| COSSETTE |
Roland
Adelore |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/17045, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number X7750/59, when
his aircraft was shot down by an Italian AF MC202 off Cape Granitola
southeast of Marsala, Sicily, during a sweep 8 May 1943. Aged
25. Native of of Alpha, Michigan, U.S.A. Son of Alfred and Hilda
Cossette, of Alpha, Michigan, U.S.A. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| COSTLEY |
Harry
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1388762, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXII, serial number
HK112, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night
fighter patrol off the west coast of Sicily 23 July 1943. Panel
8, Column 1. |
| COTE |
Joseph
Richard |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/142131, 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Hani East, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE795, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Formia, Italy, 2 October 1943. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| COTTERILL |
David
Keith |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) NZ404992, 255 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed while flying out
of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial
number V8889, when his aircraft collided with Bristol Beaufighter
V8862 and crashed into the sea off Cape St Vito, Sicily during
a night flying test (V8862 landed safely) 26 September 1943. Aged
21. Native of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Son of Arthur
Keith and Marjorie Cotterill, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Panel 12, Column 1. |
| COTTRELL |
Randall
Tyrone |
Sergeant
(Pilot) NZ39993, 104 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country
of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z8908, when his aircraft
was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during a raid on Tunis docks
28 December 1942. Aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Cottrell
of Taihape, Rangitikei District, North Island, New Zealand.. Attended
Moawhango School. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| COTTRELL |
Spence
Grainger |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) NZ412208, 69 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG806,
when his aircraft ditched about 70 miles west of Malta due to
an engine failure during an Antin-Submarine Warfare patrol 21
April 1943. Aged 22. Native of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Son of Horace Spence Cottrell and Violet May Cottrell, of Napier,
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| COTTRIDGE |
Eric
James |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1397235, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number HZ883, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a night armed shipping reconnaissance over the northern Adriatic Sea 24
August 1944. Aged 20. Native of West Tarring, Worthing, Sussex.
Son of Ernest James Cottridge and Lilian Cottridge; husband of
Margaret Campbell Cottridge, of West Tarring, Worthing, Sussex.
Panel 14, Column 2. |
| COULSON |
Robert
Frederick |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/9324, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF461, when
his aircrfat was lost during a raid on San Giovanni, Italy, 24
July 1943. Aged 27. Native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son
of Willard D. and Helen Coulson; husband of Phyllis B. Coulson,
of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| COULTER |
Hubert
Vincent |
Flying
Officer (Navigator/Bomber) J/11504, 608 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson VUI, serial number
FK691, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy
escort patrol off the Algerian coast, possibly shot down by a
Ju88 7 May 1943. Aged 28. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Joseph and Williamina Bessie Coulter, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada; brother of Everett Malcolm Coulter who also died during
the war 20 February 1944. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| COULTER |
Richard
Leslie |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/7022, 104 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number Z8469, when his
aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during a raid on
La Goulette and Tunis docks, the pilot survived and was captured,
17 December 1942. Aged 24. Native of of Chilliwack, British Columbia,
Canada. Son of Ralph Arnold and Edna Grace Coulter, of Chilliwack,
British Columbia, Canada. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| COURTNEY |
Leonard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 183116, 683 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of San Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX, serial
number RM626, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a photo reconnaissance sortie to Munich 27 November 1944. Aged 24. Native
of Kentish Town, London. Son of Albert and Beatrice Courtney;
husband of Beatrice I. Courtney, of Kentish Town, London. Panel
13, Column 2. |
| COUSENS |
Richard
Allinson |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 970365, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number
Z2813, when his aircraft was shot down into the sea by an Italian
AF MC202 during a convoy patrol off Malta 21 November 1941. Aged
20. Son of Colonel R. B. Cousens (formerly of the Royal Artillery)
and Esther Cousens. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| COUTTS |
Ernest
Philip |
Sergeant
1341007, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK354, when
his aircraft was shot down by flak over Trieste 6 March 1945.
Aged 23. Native of of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Son of John
and Robertha Agnes Coutts, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Panel
18, Column 2. |
| COUTTS |
George
Alec |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1375929, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
either ER913 or ER140, when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter
when intercepting an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria,
2 January 1943. Aged 29. Native of of Finchley, Middlesex. Son
of William and Flora Coutts, of Finchley, Middlesex. Panel 7,
Column 1. |
| COWE |
James |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 993799, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Forli, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ489,
when it was beleived that he was shot down by flak off Port Gariboldi
returning from a raid on a ferry terminal near Pontelaggoscuro,
the pilot survived, 7 April 1945. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| COX |
Bernard
Daniel Charles |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1331831, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE760, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Palermo, Sicily, 7 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Enfield, Middlesex.
Son of Albert Edward and Minnie Cropley Cox, of Enfield, Middlesex.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COX |
Edward
Ronald |
Sergeant
1294208, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW280, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island of
Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September
1942. Aged 20. Native of of Edmonton, Middlesex. Son of Edward
and Mary Ann Cox, of Edmonton, Middlesex. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| COX |
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1026391, 142 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
III, serial number HZ474, when his aircraft crashed into the sea
off Augusta, Sicily when outbound on a raid on Catania, only one
of the crew survived, 4 July 1943. Aged 32. Born 24 November 1910.
Son of Florence Mary Agnes Cox, and the late Fred Cox. Baptised
5 January 1911 in Grangetown, Glamorganshire. In 1939 he was a
Printer's Costing Clerk, living with his siblings and widowed
mother at 3 Wembley Road, Cardiff, Cardiff C.B., Glamorganshire,
Wales. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| COX |
John
William Richard |
Flight
Sergeant 638241, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Jui, Sierra Leone,
in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DV991, when his aircraft
crashed on take off at Bathurst, Gambia due to a heavy swell,
the depth charges exploded as the aircraft began to sink, 13 July
1944. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| COX |
Kenneth
George |
Aircraftman
1st Class 1046922, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea aboard MV Dumana
when he was lost in the Port Etienne flying boat tender MV Dumana
which was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-515 70 miles southwest of
Sassandra, Ivory Coast, 24 December 1943. Aged 21. Native of of
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Son of George and Elsie Cox, of Biggleswade,
Bedfordshire. Panel 9, Column 2. See also Biggleswade
Memorial, Bedfordshire |
| COYLE |
Gerald |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 551595, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP464, when
his aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling
yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 24. Native of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Son of Percy and Alice Coyle, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Panel
14, Column 2. See also Wisbech
World War 2 Memorial |
| CRAGG |
Eric
William |
Sergeant
1496562, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG697, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during an Air Sea Rescue search
for a missing Beaufort 25 August 1942. Aged 21. Native of Ardwick,
Manchester. Son of William Thomas Cragg and Mary Ann Cragg, of
Ardwick, Manchester. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CRAIG |
James
Ian |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 416043, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Shallufa,
Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HX646, when his
aircraft was shot down by a fighter into the sea south of Sicily
during an anti-shipping sortie, one of the crew survived and was
captured, 23 January 1943. Aged 26. Native of Adelaide, South
Australia. Son of Herbert Hughes Craig and Elsie Gwendoline Craig,
of Adelaide, South Australia. M.A. (Adelaide). Panel 11, Column
1. |
| CRAIG |
Robert
Grainger |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1073044, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number
JM710, when his aircraft stalled and crashed when turning to land
at Bathurst after a night patrol off the Cape Verde Islands 22
September 1943. Aged 29. Native of Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Son
of James and Janet Craig, of Port Bannatyne, Buteshire; husband
of Jean C. Craig, of Rothesay, Buteshire. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CRAIG |
Stanley
Maynard |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/125457, 48 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed while
flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number
FK398, when his aircraft crashed into the sea 16 miles east of
Gibraltar during a rocket firing exercise 23 October 1943. Native
of of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of Charles Maynard Craig and
Lena Craig, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| CRAIGIE |
Arthur
Percival |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 76476, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial
number HZ474, when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Augusta,
Sicily when outbound on a raid on Catania, one of the crew survived,
4 July 1943. Aged 30. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Native of Wallington, Surrey. Son of John and Helen C. Craigie,
of Wallington, Surrey. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CRAMER |
Edward
Henry |
Air
Mechanic 209756V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed while flying out of Alghero, Sardinia,
Italy, when his aircraft was lost during a transit flight in bad
weather from Capodichino to the Balkans, he was a passenger on
board 267 Squadron aircraft 19 September 1944. Aged 38. Native
of Rosebank, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Johan G. and
Meta S. Cramer; husband of Cecilia Cramer, of Rose Bank, Cape
Town, South Africa. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CRAMP |
Philip |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 745809, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kabrit, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
T2952, when his aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched near Malta
during a ferry flight from Egypt to Malta 9 April 1941. Aged 27.
Native of Fulham, London. Son of James Reuben and Edith Mabel
Cramp; husband of Evelyn Grace Cramp, of Fulham, London. Panel
1, Column 2. |
| CREASEY |
Leslie
Wallace |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 51107, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE898, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Arezzo marshalling
yards about 25 miles northeast of Siena, Italy, 27 January 1944.
Panel 13, Column 1. |
| CREED |
William
George |
Sergeant
1314495, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX398, when
his aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie to the Punta Stilo area of the extreme southern coast of
Italy2 February 1943. Aged 22. Native of of Upper Clatford, Hampshire.
Son of Lionel Creed, and of Lilian Creed, of Upper Clatford, Hampshire.
Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CRICKMAY |
Peter
William Hedley |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) R/151913, 179 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF194,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol between Gibraltar and Cape St Vincent, Portugal
on the crew's first operation 17 January 1944. Aged 28. Native
of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Frederic George
and Mary Isabel Crickmay. B.S.A., University of British Columbia.
Panel 16, Column 2. |
| CRISP |
Christopher
Norman Birch |
Squadron
Leader 74463, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea abard MV Dumana when he
was lost in the Port Etienne flying boat tender MV Dumana which
was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-515 70 miles southwest of Sassandra,
Ivory Coast 24 December 1943. Aged 43. Native of of Maidenhead,
Berkshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Crisp; husband of Betty Crisp,
of Maidenhead, Berkshire. B.A.(Oxon.). Panel 6, Column 1. |
| CRITCHLEY |
Edward |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1546085, 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Marcianese, Italy, in a bristol Beaufighter IVF, serial number
MM873, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night
fighter patrol off the Italian coast in the Anzio area 24 May
1944. Aged 32. Native of of Bolton, Lancashire. Son of Edward
and Betsy Critchley; husband of Mary N. Critchley, of Bolton,
Lancashire. A.C.I.S. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| CROCKER |
Francis
Gerald |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1192315, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial
number MP629, when his aircraft was shot down between Palau, Sardinia
and La Maddalena Island, Corsica during a sea search over the
Straits of Bonifacio 13 July 1943. Native of 16, Alexandra Road,
Ford, Devonport. IN 921 he was newborn, born Devonport, Devon,
son of Gerald and Ida Morris Crocker, resident 8, St Aubyn Avenue,
Keyham, Devonport, Devon. Panel 7, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
CROCKER
Francis Gerald of 16 Alexandra-road Ford Devonport
died on or since 13 July 1943 on war service Probate
Bodmin 21 September to Gerald Langmead Crocker
gun fitter.
Effects £274 4s. 11d.
|
| CROFT |
Harold
Taylor |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 657913, 608 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Grottaglie,
Italy, in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial number FK788, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during an ASW patrol off Anzio,
Italy, 30 January 1944. Aged 24. Native of Davyhulme, Lancashire.
Son of Thomas and Irene Grace Croft; nephew of Mr. H. H. Croft,
of Davyhulme, Lancashire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| CROFTS |
Edward
Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant 1583323, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number
NC590, when his aircraft was lost without trace from an anti-shipping
sweep to the Gulf of Trieste in the Adriatic Sea 20 March 1945.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| CROLEY |
Arthur
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1671274, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KK345, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on marshalling yards at Novska 58 miles southeast of Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, 4 April 1945. Aged 23. Native of Withington, Manchester.
Son of John and Marie Croley, of Withington, Manchester; husband
of May Croley, of Ardwick, Manchester. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CRONE |
James
Edmund |
Leading
Aircraftman 613561, 8001 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.),
Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while
stationed with Air Ministry Experimental Station 30 September
1943. Aged 22. Native of Anfield, Liverpool. Son of James Edmund
and Jennie Crone, of Anfield, Liverpool. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| CROOKS |
Eric |
Sergeant
2216079, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF630, when
his aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo marshalling
yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 20. Son of Frank and Alice
Crooks, of Featherstone, Yorkshire. Panel 14, Column 2. |
| CROSKELL |
Geoffrey
Arthur Austin |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 133798, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number
FK362, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a transit
fllight from Grottaglie to Blida 8 February 1944. Aged 25. Native
of Esher, Surrey. Son of Austin C. and Eleanor L. Croskell, of
Esher, Surrey. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| CROSS |
Edward
Albert |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1803918, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ508,
when his aircraft was thought to have been shot down into the
sea by flak east of Venice during an attack on a bridge at Latisana
31 December 1944. Aged 20. Native of Plumstead, London. Son of
Albert and Anna Maria Cross, of Plumstead, London. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| CROSSE |
Derek
Edward Lang |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1395266, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No. 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number HE485, when he had to bale out over the sea off Sardinia
in very bad weather during a raid on a ball bearing factory at
Turin 25 November 1943. Aged 20. Native of Brook Green, Hammersmith,
London. Son of Edward and Bertha Crosse, of Brook Green, London.
Panel 7, Column 1. |
| CROSSLEY |
Harry |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 565869, 113 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number T1821, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on an E-boat base
at Pantellaria 28 September 1941. Aged 26. Native of Deeping St.
Nicholas, Lincolnshire. Son of Mrs. A. Crossley, of Deeping St.
Nicholas, Lincolnshire. Panel 1, Column 2. See also Deeping
St. Nicholas Memorial, Lincolnshire. |
| CROWLEY |
Dennis
William Arthur |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1295033, 13 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Oulmene, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim
V, serial number BA727, when it was assumed his aircraft had been
shot down by a night fighter during a night armed reconnaissance along
the Tunisian coast between Tunis and Cape Serat 19 April 1943.
Aged 20. Native of Merton, Surrey. Son of William and Beatrice
Crowley, of Merton, Surrey. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CROXALL |
James
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1323586, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial
number HZ474, when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Augusta,
Sicily when outbound on a raid on Catania, one of the crew survived,
4 July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Banstead, Surrey. Panel 8, Column
1. |
| CROXFORD |
Colin
Desmond |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 160044, 682 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of San Severo, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRXI, serial
number MB770, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
a photo reconnaissance sortie over northern Italy 4 March 1944. Aged 21.
Native of of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Son of Samuel Wilson
Croxford, and of Eleanor Florence Croxford, of Salisbury, Southern
Rhodesia. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| CROZIER |
Alexander |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 415749, 23 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, serial
number LR253, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
an offensive patrol over the Po Valley region near Padua, Italy,
2 March 1944. Aged 23. Son of Robert Frederick and Annie Crozier,
of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand; brother of Robert Crozier
who also died with the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21 February
1942, aged 24. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| CROZIER |
Peter |
Flying
Officer 139486, 219 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of La Sebala, Tunisia,
in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number V8880, when his aircraft
crashed into the sea anout 10 miles northwest of Bizerte, Tunisia,
6 September 1943. Aged 20. Native of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
Son of Thomas and Elsie Crozier, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| CRYSTAL |
Aubrey
Samuel |
Flight
Sergeant 1546278, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based at Hassani/Kalamaki,
Greece, 27 January 1945. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CULLEN |
Clifford
Lorne |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/13628, 39 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Protville
II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number LX911.
when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s near Pianosa Island
during an Air Sea Rescue sortie for aircrew downed the previous
day 25 September 1943. Aged 23. Native of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Son of Stanley and Gertrude Cullen; husband of Doreen Marie Cullen,
of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| CULMER |
Edwin
John |
Sergeant
1804950, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ514, when his aircraft
carshed into the sea off Falconara during an overshoot 28 December
1944. Aged 20. Native of Woolwich, London. Son of Valentine Frank
and Sarah Sophia Culmer, of Woolwich, London. Panel 14, Column
2. |
| CUMING |
Edward
James |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1270898, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington, when his
aircraft was lost without trace during a night reconnaissance from Civitavecchia
to Bastia and along the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia 16 September
1943. Aged 23. Native of Braintree, Essex. Son of Charles Walter
and Beatrice Cuming, of Braintree, Essex. Panel 8, Column 1. |
| CUNDY |
Anthony
Osmund |
First
Officer, British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C). Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying in a Short S30,
serial number G-AFCZ, when his aircraft crashed at Bathurst during
a transit flight from Lagos to the United Kingdom with a stop
at Bathurst (19 passengers also died), 14 September 1942. Based
at Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Aged 27. Born 29 March 1915
in the West Ham Registration District, Essex. In the 1939 Register
he was a Commercial Pilot, unmarried, visiting Esplanade Hotel,
Porthcawl U.D., Glamorganshire, Wales. On 23 October 1937 he boarded
the ship "Orama", of the Orient Line, for Australia,
resident Leeford Lodge, Battle, Sussex, aged 22, an Aviator, intending
to reside in Australia.On 23 September 1940 he boarded the ship
"Apapa" to sail to Lagos, West Central Africa from Liverpool,
last UK address The Spa, Bristol, an Air Pilot, intending to resident
in W.C. Africa. In the July to September Quarter of 1942 he married
Lillian R English in Wokingham, Berkshire District. Panel 5, Column
2. See also Whatlington,
Sussex |
| CURRIE |
Hall
Mckenzie |
Flight
Sergeant 1569209, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ460,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea off Falconara when returning
from a night intruder sortie 21 February 1945. Aged 22. Native
of Aberdeen. Son of Hall and Janet Merson Currie, of Aberdeen.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| CURRIE |
Moresby |
Captain
(Pilot) 102173V, 69 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG834, when his
aircraft was shot down by a fighter during a reconnaissance sortie, 1 of
the crew survived and was rescued by a submarine 14 March 1943.
Panel 12, Column 1. |
| CURTIS |
Robert
James |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 89395, 81 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria in a Supermarine Spitfire, when his aircraft
was shot down by a Bf109 near Tebourba during a sweep 4 December
1942. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| CUSWORTH |
Albert
John |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1187015, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8089,
when his aircraft was shot down into the sea off Cap Santa Maria
di Leuca when escorting Beauforts on an attack on Convoy P off
the coast of Corfu 6 September 1942. Aged 22. Native of Reading,
Berkshire. Son of James Frederick and Alice Cusworth, of Reading,
Berkshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| CUTHBERT |
Sidney
Bertram |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 133608, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number
JM710, when his aircraft stalled and crashed when turning to land
at Bathurst after a night patrol off the Cape Verde Islands 22
September 1943. Aged 27. Native of Oxford. Son of Richard Charles
and Eleanor Cuthbert; husband of Emily Dorothy Cuthbert, of Oxford.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| CUTTS |
Kenneth
Loveday |
Flying
Officer 163165, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston 24 February 1945. Aged
21. Son of Albert Stanley Cutts and Mabel Sarah Cutts, of Chelmsford,
Essex. Panel 18, Column 1. |
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