RAF COLLEGE CRANWELL“WW2 Roll of Honour”

Volume 1 - Graduates of Flight Cadet Training [Statistics believed correct at the time of issue]

Version 1.1 IBM Steward 6GE dated 4 November 2020

ContextThe Royal Air Force was formed on 1 April 1918, from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Our founder, MRAF Viscount Trenchard, possessed the vision that extended beyond the formation of a strategic independent air force, the first of its kind, to include the creation of the requisite support infrastructure, including Officer training at RAF Cranwell, Apprenticeship training at RAF Halton and the RAF Staff College at Andover.

Implementing his vision, the RAF assumed responsibility for Officer training at Cranwell from the Royal Navy on 1 November 1919. On 5 February 1920, the RAF College was ‘open for business’ assembling its first officer training course, “F20”, from a cohort of Army and Navy ‘would be’ pilots. For the next two decades, all Entries would be referenced by month and year of entry, “MYY”, with two courses initiated each year, usually in January and September, and each officer training course lasting a period of two years.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, some 964 UK Flight Cadets had entered the RAF College on 36 Entries. Another 134 cadets from the next six Entries, however, had their training abruptly terminated, the College being closed for officer training as soon as war was declared. Some of these, like AH Humphrey (later MRAF Sir Andrew Humphrey), were enlisted as airmen u/t pilots to complete their flying training at the Service Flying Training School (SFTS) set up on the same eventful day at RAF Cranwell. Of the earlier graduates, many had already retired, withdrawn, died or been killed in the inevitable flying accidents of those pioneering days of flight. So, by 3 September 1939, there remained a total of 793 former Flight Cadets in the RAF, ready to serve their country.

This booklet, one of two volumes, attempts to capture names of and pay full tribute to Cranwellian Flight Cadets, confirming, where possible, the Commands and Squadrons with whom they were flying when they lost their lives; Volume 2 attempts to capture the names of airmen of the war intakes, trained by the SFTS Cranwell, who subsequently lost their lives. In some instances, we have been able to identify specific circumstances of their loss, including aircraft type and serial number, operation and location.

The output is a series of graphics and tables to record a definitive Cranwellian Roll of Honour. Its creation is the result of correlating College records with a selection of acknowledged databases and reference manuals, such as the “Forces War Records” military database, the RAF Commands Database Air81, the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) database, WR Chorley’s RAF Bomber Command Losses Volume 9, David Gunby’s & Pelham Temple’s Bomber Losses in the Middle East & Mediterranean, Norman LR Frank’s Fighter Command Losses Volumes 1 to 3, Kenneth G Wynn’s Men of the Battle of Britain, and Francis K Mason’s Battle over Britain. A visit to the National Records at Kew is also planned, post the Coronavirus pandemic. Where pro temps there remains doubt, this booklet denotes some information in italics, pending further verification.

Thus, starting with the College’s own records as a baseline and verifying them against the ‘acknowledged’ databases and manuals, the premise has been to detail all recorded Cranwellians and their ultimate commitment, subject to verification - “lest we forget”.

Cranwellians Roll of Honour - Fighter Command Squadrons [Towards the end of 1943, Fighter Cmd was renamed Air Defence Great Britain (ADGB) and some units joined 2 Tactical Air Force]

92 Learmond

Watling

87 Dunn

85 Lee

Sanders

79 Reynolds

Smith CDS

111 Gillan

McKenzieSt Claire-Erskine

119 Belchem

141 Donald

150 Gulley

151 Gordon-Dean

152 Hogg

Jones JSBMarrs

ShepleyWatson ARWildblood

175 Savage

185 Mould

213 AtkinsonDewarTemlett

219 Wordsell

222 Delamore

229 Browne

234 Palmer

238 Davis CT

Tillett

236 DrewFraser

Montagu

242 Homer MG

257 BurfieldChomley

Hall

247 Fordham

263 Ede

HoweMilsom

Nettleton

264 Chandler

266 Wilkinson

268 MacDonald

302 Herrick

485 Beamish

501 Cox PAN

542 Sawley

602 Major

603 Benson

605 CroftsHyne

NegusRothwell

610 Franks

611 FulfordSlater

43 Badger

72 Tidd

56 Soden

54 Pearson

Way

64 Stevenson

LXV CookeSawyer

26 CliffordDawson

DeasHalliday CID

Smyth

23 Murphy

1 Davey JAJPemberton

Sibley

17 DonneHansonWilliams

25 Hughes

Robertson

11 Ault

41 HoodLecky

16 Hancock

Depicted below are the names of Cranwellians who were Killed In Action (KIA) serving with Fighter Command Squadrons during WWII

Cranwellians Roll of Honour - Bomber Command Squadrons

51 DickensonDickson

Wright CLY

57 BarberWallage

Wigg

61 Eadie

GuthriePritchard

49 Butler PS

Watt

75 Chamberlain

Stevens 82 Jones NC

Watson ML

83 Field

HayterPitcairn HillStainthorpe

77 Blackden

GeachHastings

97 Bird GOL

99 Salmond

101 Addenbrooke

102 Cole

Coventry HRGroomJarand

Watts-Read

106 McKecknie

110 Lings

114 Elsmie

115 Parsons

Wright CM

108 Green DRDMay (Libya)

139 De Montmerency

LangleyOakeshott

Shand

144 Cunningham

HossackNewton-Clare

Wingate

149 Andrews

Charlton-JonesClark

Henderson ISKerr

Wood

156 Porter

Wright RB

158 Seymour

466 Owen

515 Gould

190 Scarlett-Streatfield161

Bilderback207

JacksonMatthews

214 Filleul

Harris WA

218 Read

7 ChestermanCruickshank

IX PeacockStanley

10 Grannum

Parvin

12 Golding

XV BurkeDale

18 HardingHultonLight

MalcolmMead

21 Bennett

ShuttleworthSpendlove

37 BradfordCameronGlencross

Vaughan-Williams

38 Maybury

40 Llewelyn

44 Watson RG

105 Hurst

Depicted below are the names of Cranwellians who were Killed In Action (KIA) serving with Bomber Command Squadrons during WWII

226 Waddington

305 Ward

103 Cox MIGodfrey

GoodmanKellyLittler

Ralston

196 Baker

169 Bilderback

Cranwellians Roll of Honour - Coastal Command Squadrons

22 BerrymanCulverwellFishwick

HicksMacFarlane

MayhewMellor

53 Carmichael

GuestSteuart-Richardson

XIX Powell

55 Harries

59 Bird FDGerrard

86 Cooper LF

FranklinMace

Mathewson

179 Riddell

201 Middleton

RuthSeeds

204 Davis ESC

205 Lowe

Wilkins SP(Far East)

206 Bouwens

210 Breese

Dalzell-McKeanPhillips IW

220 Bulloch

228 Lylian

Moseley

233 ErskineGilbert

Robinson

240 Thomas

Whitworth

248 Barron

254 Bernard-Smith

Cooper CSJolliffe

Pattison

255 Humohris

461 Halliday NAR

489 Triptree

547 Terry

276 Windsor

Depicted below are the names of Cranwellians who were Killed In Action (KIA) serving with Coastal Command Squadrons during WWII

Cranwellians Roll of Honour - Squadrons of Overseas Commands

II Henderson MLG

4 BarbourPlumb

Vaughan

13 AgnewSkinner

27 Hackett

39 Sharman

42 Willis

45 BarclayJohnson

47 Sprague

62 Halliwell

69 Boys-Stones

Dowland-Ryan

LXX De FreitasParkinson

94 Smith FM

100 Rowland

Wilkins JT

112 Worcester

117 Burton

135 Watson EJ

153 Smith-Rewse

203 Gethin

208 Aldis

Charles

211 Coote

Herbert

260 Darwen

272 Yaxley

353 Homer JW

407 Archer

541 Waghorn

148 Brown

Depicted below are the names of Cranwellians who were Killed In Action (KIA) serving with Overseas Commands’ Squadrons during WWII

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateAddenbrooke D S29 KIA 101 Sqn; Blenheim IV N3552 SR-?; West Raynham-Brest; night; lost without trace. 3/4/41Agnew DM A38 KOAS 13 Sqn; Lysander III T1454 aircraft accident. 18/11/40Aldis JR MiD S36 KIA 208 Sqn; Hurricane 1 Z4364; shot down, enemy action near Damascus, Syria. 8/6/41Alexander JC MiD J38 KOAS Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment; Lerwick I L7248; aircraft accident. 21/10/41Andrews LV S29 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC P9245 OJ-W; Mildenhall-Boulogne-sur-Mer; night; ditched Clacton. 9/9/40Archer JC MiD S35 KIA 407 Sqn; Wellington XIV HF124; Air Sea Rescue mission. 27/9/43Atkinson HD DFC S37 BoB; KIA; 213 Sqn; Hurricane I failed to return; crashed in sea. 25/8/40Ault K J35 KIA 11 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5992; Ratmalana-air combat; crashed Trincomalee, Ceylon. 9/4/42Aylmer MA S31 KOAS CFS; Harvard I N7182; hit hill and crashed Puckshipton House, Marden, Marlborough. 1/11/39

Badger JVC DFC; MiD S31 Ex BoB; KIA 43 Sqn; Hurricane V6458 shot down S of Woodchurch; died of wounds 30/6/41. 30/8/40Baker MWLLaV J29 KIA OC 196 Sqn; Stirling IV LJ894; Opn MARKET GARDEN; crashed near Rips, Holland. 21/2/45Barber ALH J36 BoB; KIA 57 Sqn; Wellington IC X3162 DX-?; Feltwell-Ostende; crashed into sea Oostende. 22/3/41Barbour DM S38 KIA 4 Sqn; Lysander II L4745; failed to return from operational flight over enemy territory. 14/5/40Barclay DP J32 KIA 45 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z5898; shot down off coast of Libya. 28/4/41Barnwell JS S37 KIA Blenheim I L6631 failed to return from ops; missing presumed dead. 19/6/40Barron OJM DFC* S34 KIA OC 248 Sqn; Mosquito; Portreath. Coastal Command ops. 11/4/44Beamish FV DSO*; DFC; AFC; MiD* S21 Ex BoB; KIA with 485 (NZ) Sqn; Hurricane IIb Z3649, failed to return Calais. 28/3/41Beaumont FWLC S21 Killed air raid Smithdown Rd, Liverpool; ex-207/45 Sqns, had resigned commission on 3/10/28. 6/5/41Beck HD S32 KOAS 16 OTU; Hampden I P4292; Upper Heyford, night trg; engine failed; crashed Bicester. 7/12/40Belchem LG S28 ex-BoB Fighter Cmd; KIA 119 Sqn; Catalina crash operating from Lough Erne. 14/7/42Beloe CE J39 KOAS 15 OTU; Wellington IC X9799; Harwell trg; collided with Tiger Moth II N6968 of 6 EFTS. 5/12/41Bennett AFR S31 KOAS RAE (F’boro); Hurricane IIa Z2415; Sutton Bridge-weapons test; explosion port wing. 1/7/42Bennett LC S24 KIA; 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3732 YH-L; Lossiemouth-Stavangar overwhelming defences. 9/7/40Benson NJV A38 BoB; KIA 603 Sqn; Spitfire Ia N3105 shot down over Tenterden, Kent. 28/8/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateBerkeley APFM S25 KIlled civil aircraft; Woodchester; Gloucestershire; Retired Officer in Air Min (DD Int). 4/8/41Bernard-Smith GCB F20 KOAS 254 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5801; based at Dyce; aircraft accident near Forfar. 10/12/41Berryman JT S38 KOAS 22 Sqn; Beaufort Mk 1 L4466; buried in Cranwell Village 7/5/40Bilderbeck A J39 KIA 161 Sqn; Hudson I N7263; failed to return from recce mission over Norwegian Coast. 9/12/40Bird FD J36 KIA 59 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9266; based in Andover; crashed near Fricourt, France. 22/5/40Bird GOL DFC J36 KIA 97 Sqn; Manchester I L7324 OF-?; Coningsby-Berlin night; lost at sea. 15/5/41Blackden VQ J25 KIA 77 Sqn; Wellington II W5375 PH-D; Binbrook-Emden shot down. 10/4/41

Bouwens A S37 KIA 206 Sqn; Hudson I N7400; failed to return from operational flight over Hamburg. 18/5/40Bowen-Davies C J36 KOAS 41 OTU - flying accident on Salisbury Plain; CL 89 dated 13/11/41 confirms KOAS. 22/9/41Boys-Stones JB S37 KIA 69 Sqn; Maryland I AR706; aircraft shot down over Malta, enemy action. 7/3/41Bradford RL J31 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington IA P9213 LF-?; Feltwell-Stavangar; shot down off Norwegian coast. 1/5/40Brandon CH MiD J32 Died on active Service. 26/7/44Breese HFD J37 KIA 210 Sqn; Catalina I AH532; failed to return from operational flight off coast of Ireland. 21/4/41Bromley NBR OBE, DFC S33 KIA 169 Sqn; Mosquito VI PZ230 VI-?; Great Massingham-sppt; exploded mid-air, Accum. 6/9/44Brown JG A40 KIA 148 Sqn; Wellington IC HX400; Kabrit-Op Tobruk; failed to return. 16/7/42Browne PESFM J35 KIA 229 Sqn; Hurricane I P2636; failed to return from air operations over Dunkirk. 29/5/40Bruxner-Randall JWL J39 KOAS 3 SGR; Botha I L6326; aircraft accident Ronaldsway, on Isle of Man. 2/5/41Bulloch AAT MiD S34 KIA 220 Sqn; Hudson I N7283; recce flight over Norwegian coast; crashed North Sea; 24/4/40Burfield CM S38 KOAS 257 Sqn; Typhoon Ib DN295; Colerne 28/2/43Burke WIH S27 KIA 15 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3746 LS-?; Wyton-Amiens & Poix; shot down Guerville. 8/6/40Burton HF DSO; DFC*; CdeG J35 Ex BoB; KOAS with 117 Sqn; Hudson in transit to N Africa; shot down over Bay of Biscay. 3/6/43Butler PS J36 KIA 49 Sqn; Hampden I P1318 EA-?; Scampton-Aachen/Krefeld; crashed Belgium coast. 25/5/40Butler WD MiD S25 KOAS OC 285 Reconnaissance Wing (40SAAF, 60SAAF); El Atanparo, Italy. 18/9/43

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateCameron JS J38 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington IC L7793 LF-?; Feltwell-Courtrai/Brussels; forced landed Oostende. 26/5/40Carmichael GM MBE S36 KOAS 53 OTU; Spitfire I EN861; tail-chase exercise; lost control; crashed Nettleton Top, Lincs. 31/12/44Carmichael JW DFC; MiD S37 KIA 53 Sqn; ASW Ops; Liberator GR.V BZ818; attacked three U boats under heavy fire. 14/6/44Chalmers A J36 KOAS 13 OTU; Fairey Battle I L495; Squires Gate trg; day; banked steeply and hit ground. 10/6/40Chamberlain PB S34 KIA 75 Sqn; Wellington IC X9981 AA-?; Firmwell-Nuremburg; night; crashed near Dinant. 12/10/41Chandler GE A39 KIA 264 Sqn; Defiant I L6960; lost in air operations over the Netherlands. 12/5/40Chapman CFM J37 KOAS 34 Wing Spot Unit; Anson I NK607; port wing fell off after hitting trees; Merstham, Surrey. 29/9/44Charles GP OBE J27 KIA 208 Sqn; Hurricane I Z4864; enemy action, Antelat, Aerodrome, North Africa. 13/1/42Charlton-Jones C S32 KIA 149 Sqn; Stirling I N6081 OJ-H; crashed at Airlenbach. 29/8/42Chesterman HWA AFC S29 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I BK760 MG-X; Oakington-Frankfurt; night; shot down Tongerlo. 11/4/43Chomley JAG A39 BoB; KIA 257 Sqn; Hurricane I P3662 believed ditched in sea after combat. 12/8/40Clark AWJ A33 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC R1587 OJ-?; Mildenhall; day trg; collided with Hurricane; Ely 17/5/41Clegg B DFC J39 KOAS 542 Sqn; Spitfire PR.IV AA791; mid-air collision during practice formation flying; Nettlebed. 6/6/43Clifford RH J39 KIA 26 Sqn Lysander II N1202; aircraft crashed at Neuvilly, France 12/5/40Cole FC S27 KIA 102 Sqn; Whitley V Z6468 DY-?; Topcliffe-Kiel; night; lost without trace. 8/4/41Cooke de L MiD S25 KIA 65 Sqn; Spitfire Ia K9907; missing presumed shot down by Bf109. 8/7/40Cooper CS DFC A33 KIA 254 Sqn; Beaufighter VI; based at North Coates. 25/9/43Cooper LF J35 KIA 86 Sqn; Liberator GR.V FL954; Ballykelly maritime ops. 24/10/43Coote PB S28 KIA 211 Sqn; Blenheim I L4819; failed to return from an operational flight over Bitolj, Yugoslavia. 13/4/41Coventry HR J33 KIA 102 Sqn; Halifax II JD297 DY-Q; Pocklington-Aachan; night; crashed near Maubeuge. 14/7/43Coventry RG DFC J31 KOAS 17 OTU; Blenheim lV L8797; Upwood-Cardigan Bay bombing trg; engine failure. 23/9/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateCox ART S38 KOAS 4 Sqn; Lysander III R9077 accident; verified NOT BoB, as College records claim. 21/9/40 Cox MI A40 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster l ME738 PM-S; Elsham Wolds-Friedrichshafen; shot down Langenschiltach. 28/4/44Cox PAN S35 BoB; KIA 501 Sqn; Hurricane I P3808, missing believed shot down by AAA. 27/7/40Crofts PG J37 BoB; KIA 605 Sqn; Hurricane I V6699, machine-gunned; crashed Earls Down. 38/9/40Cruikshank RA DFC*; MiD S36 KIA 7 Sqn; Stirling I N6012 MG-?; Oakington-Hamburg; night; shot down waiting to land. 3/5/41Culverwell E S34 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I W6521; failed to return from an operational flight off the coast of Norway, 13/6/41Cunningham JC S24 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I L4134; one of five shot down; by Me109; Hemswell-Raid EH3; Helogoland 29/9/39

Dale HR S26 KIA XV Sqn; Stirling I N3654 LS-B; Wyton-Berlin; shot down by a night-fighter over Opmeer, Holland. 11/5/41Dalzell-McKean MH J39 KIA 210 Sqn; Coastal Cmd Sunderland Mk 1. 2/9/40Darwen J DSO; DFC* J34 KIA OC 239 Wg flying with 260 Sqn; shot down; flak; Foggia, Italy 7/10/43Davey JAJ A40 BoB; KIA 1 Sqn; Hurricane I P3172 Sandown, IOW. 11/8/40Davey TJF S38 KIA; Lysander II N1296 TV-D; crashed at Zudausques, west of St Omer. 21/5/40Davis CT DFC A39 Ex BoB; KOAS 238 Sqn; Hurricane II Z2458 flew into hill in low cloud, Winchester. 26/3/41Davis ESC OBE; AFC; MiD F22 KIA 204 Sqn; Sunderland I N9028; failed to return from recce flight over Trondheim Fjord, Norway. 21/7/40Dawson GN DFC; MiD A40 KIA 26 Sqn; Mustang Ia AG418; recce sortie on The Dieppe Raid; shot down in the Dieppe area. 19/8/42Deas JH J39 KIA 26 Sqn; Lysander II N1243; crashed at Calais. 27/5/40De Freitas WAA DFC A33 KIA 70 Sqn; Wellington Ic Z8728; aircraft force landed near Bir El Garanis, Cyrenaica, enemy action. 20/12/41Delamore AF A38 KOAS 222 Sqn; Magister I R1827; aircraft accident, Ashwell; died of injuries. 18/2/40de Montmorency RH S35 KIA 139 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9179 XD-?; Plivot-Ardennes; shot down in target area by fighters. 14/5/40Dewar JS DSO; DFC;

MiDJ26 BoB; KIA 213 Sqn; Hurricane I V7306 did not return from routine flight, found Kingston Gorse. 11/9/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateDickenson PGS J34 KIA 51 Sqn; Whitley V Z9130 MH-?; Dishforth-Berlin; night; ditched in the North Sea. 8/11/41Dickson FO A33 KOAS 51 Sqn; Whitley IV K9040 MH-?; Dishforth; night nav ex; crashed Channel, Milford Haven. 5/4/40Donald IDG J36 BoB; KIA 141 Sqn; Defiant L7009 shot down by Bf109s over Dover. 19/7/40Donne MS S35 KIA 17 Sqn; Hurricane I N2556; failed to return from an operational flight over The Hague. 11/5/40Downland-Ryan JN GC J34 KIA 69 Sqn; Martin Maryland bomber; Luqa-Pantellaria; maritime recce; crashed Silema. 13/1/42Drew PE S29 BoB; KIA 236 Sqn; Blenheim shot down strafing Querqueville aerodrome, possibly by AAA. 1/8/40Dunn HJR J37 KOAS 87 Sqn; Hurricane I P3519; from RAF Church Fenton to RAF Yeadon, aircraft accident. 1/6/40

Eadie J J38 Canadian; KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I P4390 QR-?; Hemswell-Dortmund-Ems canal; night; flak. 8/7/40Ede HFG DFC J36 1st Bermudan killed in WWII; KIA 263 Sqn; HMS Glorious sunk off Norway. 9/6/40Elsmie GRA DFC J28 KIA 114 Sqn; Blenheim IV R3837 RT-T; Thornaby; anti-shipping strike; hit by Me 110s. 18/4/41Erskine BP A40 KIA 233 Sqn; Hudson Mk II T9377 lost over Norway. 31/10/40

Festing-Smith PdeC J24 Died on active service; Khartoum 6/11/40Field DBD S28 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I P1348 OL-?; Scampton-Hamburg; night; flak at Barnkrug. 6/6/40Filleul PRS J37 KIA 214 Sqn; Boeing Fortress III HB702 BU-A; Oulton; crashed Channel near Calais. 12/9/44Fishwick JR S34 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I W6489; failed to return from an operational flight. 15/1/41Fordham JW MiD S34 KOAS 247 Sqn; Hurricane I P3580; aircraft accident; defence of SW ports; not ex-BoB. 5/3/41Franklin MH S37 KIA 86 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6148; failed to return from operational flight. 9/4/41Franks AL AFC S26 KIA 610 Sqn; Spitfire Ia N3177; shot down over Dunkirk. 29/5/40Fraser HD OBE J33 KIA 236 Sqn; Beaufighter VIc EL454; Netherlands. 20/11/42Fulford D DFC A40 Ex BoB; KIA 611 Sqn; Spitfire Mk IX BR622; shot Down Le Touquet. 2/11/42

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateGarrard P DFC; MiD A40 KIA 59 Sqn; believed captured by the Japanese; Sumatra. 25/3/42Geach TJ J36 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V N1432 KN-?; Driffield-Avesnes/Hirson; crashed in Pas-de-Calais. 28/5/40Gethin JPD DFC S35 KIA 203 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9174; Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). 10/5/41Gilbert HG A40 KIA 233 Sqn; Hudson I N7374; missing believed killed; failed to return air operations over Lister, Norway. 3/11/40Gillan JW DFC*; AFC S25 KIA 111 Sqn; Spitfire Vb W3715; shot down, aerial combat over northern France. 29/8/41Glencross AR J30 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington IC L7793 LF-?; Feltwell; night comms; rescue ship sunk; drowned. 26/5/40Godfrey O DFC S34 KIA 103 Sqn; Wellington IC DV818 PM-?; Elsham Wolds-Emden; night; presumed ditched Dutch coast. 23/6/42Golding A DFC* J31 KIA 12 Sqn; Wellington II W5372 PH-D; Binbrook-Essen; shot down by night fighter; Enkhuizen. 26/3/42Goodman HR MiD; Dutch AFC S34 KIA 103 Sqn; Lancaster III ND700 PM-X; Elsham Wolds-Hasselt rly; hit by night fighter over Halaa. 12/5/44Gordon-Dean PL S37 KOAS 151 Sqn; Defiant I N1794; Wittering weather test; wing covering lost. 4/3/41Gould DE J36 KOAS 515 Sqn; Whitley IV K9040 MH-?; Dishforth; night nav ex; crashed Bristol Channel Milford Haven. 5/4/40Grannum CW S25 KIA 10 Sqn; Blenheim IV T1891 GB-?; Watton-Homberg; night; lost without trace. 28/10/40Green DRD S35 KOAS 108 Sqn; Avro Anson I N5177; Bicester; day trg; collided, mid-air, with Anson N5157. 31/10/39Green JD J34 KOAS PFNTU; Lancaster III JB471; Warboys; cross-country trg; caught fire; crashed Llanwrtyd Wells. 10/4/44Groom SR J26 KIA 102 Sqn; Whitley V P5072 DY-P; Topcliffe-Duisburg; night; crashed North Sea. 21/11/40Guest EMC DFC; MiD* A38 KIA 53 Sqn; B-24 Liberator; Thorney Island-Bay of Biscay ASW patrol; attacked by JU88s. 5/4/40Gulley AR J37 KIA 150 Sqn AASF; Fairey Battle I L5224 JN-?; Houssay-Vernon-Poix; shot down by Me 109 at Aigleville. 13/6/40Guthrie JR J36 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I P4336 QR-?; Hemswell-Comms targets; night flak; crashed Krefeld-Uerdingen. 10/6/40

Hackett CD A33 KOAS 27 Sqn; Blenheim I L6667; mid-air collision; unrecoverable spin; Singapore. 4/4/41Hall NM AFC A33 KIA 257 Sqn; Hurricane I P2981; failed to return from air operations over the English Channel. 8/8/40Halliday CID S37 KIA 26 Sqn; Lysander II N1290; crashed at Authie, France. 19/5/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Halliday NAR MiD S29 KIA OC 461 Sqn; Sunderland II T9090 UT-B; Mount Batten-Brest; ditched after engine fire. Drowned. 12/8/42Halliwell RF S36 KOAS 62 Sqn; Blenheim I L1104; aircraft accident. 24/2/41Hancock RC A20 KOAS OC 16 Sqn; Proctor I P6256; died of wounds 9/6/41Hanson DHW S36 BoB; KIA 17 Sqn; Hurricane P3539 (Wynn)/R4174(Air81), shot down and crashed in Foulness. 3/9/40Harding GF S37 KIA 18 Sqn BEF; Blenheim I L1405 WV-?; Meharicourt-Recce River Maase/Venlo; shot down Dusseldorf. 11/5/40Hardy SH CBE F23 Commandant ATS Cranwell; died on active service, RAF Hospital Raucby, after several weeks of illness. 9/4/45Harries JA J38 KIA 55 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6306; Anti-shipping ops. 1/10/41Harris RE S37 KIA; Casualty Lists 33 and 55; presumed killed in action. 19/5/40Harris WA J35 KIA 214 Sqn; Wellington IC R3209 BU-?; Stratishall-Dusseldorf; night; presumed lost at sea. 7/12/40Hastings M J31 KIA 77 Sqn; Whitley V P4948 KN-?; Driffield-Hochst explosives factory; flak; crashed Bonn-Lengsdorf. 29/6/40Hayter JER DFC J37 KIA 83 Sqn; Lancaster III JA972 OL-D; Wyton-Kassel; night; crashed in the sea off the Dutch coast. 4/10/43Henderson IS J37 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC R1045 OJ-M; Mildenhall-Wilhelmshaven; night; lost without trace. 21/2/41Henderson MLG J37 KIA 2 Sqn; Lysander II L6849; tactical recce; crashed near Boulogne, France. 22/5/40Herbert RV S37 KIA 211 Sqn; Blenheim I L4819; failed to return from an operational flight over Bitolj, Yugoslavia. 13/4/41Herrick MJ DFC* A39 Ex BoB; KIA 302 Sqn; Mosquito FBVI NS913 shot down Jutland Coast. 16/6/44Hicks RL J39 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I N1147; failed to return from operational flight over English Channel. 6/4/41Hogg RM A38 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire R6810 shot down by Me109s over the Channel. 25/8/40Homer JW S26 KOAS 353 Sqn; Hudson III V9106; India. 18/7/44Homer MG DFC J37 BoB; KIA 242 Sqn; Hurricane I P2967crashed in flames in aerial combat at Bluetown, Milstead. 27/9/40Hood HRL DFC S27 BoB; KIA 41 Sqn; Spitfire Ia P9428 collided with friendly aircraft during an attack on Do17s over Wickford. 5/9/40Hossack IM A39 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden I P4366 PL-?; Hemswell-Wanne Eickel; night; flak; crashed near Kessel near

Venlo.11/7/40

Hotham JA S31 KOAS Western Desert, Egypt in Tank Regt having reenlisted after retiring RAF 9/2/34. 27/7/42Howe B S37 Ex BoB; KIA 263 Sqn; Whirlwind, P6992, broke up near Wittering 20/4/41Hughes WA S32 KOAS 22 Ferry Control; Hudson VI FK642; Dehli 27/11/43Hughes JMcCM S35 KOAS 25 Sqn; Blenheim I L1235 collided in bad viz; aircraft practising night landings; Peterborough. 7/12/40Hulton HSP S37 KOAS 18 Sqn; Blenheim I L1427; accident Portslade. 21/3/40Humphris JH S34 KIA 276 Sqn; Anson I MG552; shot down by German flak over Dunkirk. 8/1/45Hurst T J37 KIA 105 Sqn; Battle I K9485; hit by flak crashed at Bouillon, Belgium. 12/5/40Hutchinson JH S21 KOAS PRU; Magister I P6347; accident RAF Pembrey, Langley. 8/10/40Hyne GO’FG A38 KIA 605 Sqn; Mosquito FB.VI HJ810; lost over Germany; no details. 26/11/43

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateIngham EC S29 KOAS CGS; Defiant I L6982; Warmwell aerodrome. 2/7/40

Jackson AD J35 KIA 207 Sqn; Lancaster I ED586 EM-F; Spilsby-Stettin; night ops; crashed in the target area 6/1/44Jackson E A40 KOAS Oakington (20 OTU); Tiger Moth AX786; Oakington-Farnborough; spin Cambridge. 21/5/41Jarand AH S31 KIA 102 (Ceylon) Sqn; Halifax III LW179 DY-Y; Pocklington-Magdeburg; crashed Langelsheim. 16/1/45Jeudwine JR OBE; DSO; DFC; MiD S32 KOAS Little Staughton Stn Flt; Typhoon FB.I JR390; Little Straughton; unrecoverable spin. 19/10/45Johnson DV J30 KIA 45 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z5898; shot down, aerial combat off coast of Libya. 28/4/41Jolliffe PS S34 KIA 254 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9409; failed to return from an operational flight over Trondheim. 24/6/40Jones BH J28 KOAS 1680 Flt; Fokker 22 HM159; crashed Loch Tarbert Mull of Kintyre. 3/7/43Jones JSB J38 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire Ia R6614 shot down by Bf109s in mid-Channel. 11/8/40Jones NC S31 KIA 82 Sqn; Blenheim IV T1827 UX-?; Watton-Alborg airfield, Denmark; shot down. 13/8/40

Kelly DDA MiD* S35 KIA 103 Sqn; Wellington IC N2849 PM-?; Newton-Duisburg; night; shot down over Belgium. 17/6/41Kerr DA DSO; MiD S34 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IC P9272; shot down, baled out near Bremerhaven. 22/6/42Kimpton PA S37 KOAS 32 OTU RCAF; Beaufort I W6473; aircraft accident at Rodeo, New Mexico. 27/3/42Knights-Whittome RJ J31 DOAS, RAF Halton; Air Ministry Int. 9/11/41

Langley RR DFC S38 KIA 139 Sqn; Blenheim IV T1832 XD-?; Horsham St Faith; maritime patrol; attacked by Me109s. 16/6/41Lascelles DP J27 KOAS; travelling onboard SS Zealandic, sunk by enemy action. 17/1/41Laughton MFS S38 KOAS 9 FTS; Miles Master T8445; mid-air collision with Miles Master T8448. 29/6/41Learmond PAG A38 KIA 92 Sqn; Spitfire Ia P9370; failed to return from an operational flight over the French coast. 23/5/40Lecky JG A39 BoB; KIA 41 Sqn; Spitfire, P9447, crashed at Preston Hall, Maidstone. 11/9/40Lee RHA DSO; DFC; MiD S35 BoB; KIA 85 Sqn; Hurricane I P2923 shot down; East coast; missing believed killed. 18/8/40Light C J38 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9325 WV-?; Watton-Douai-Arras day recce; lost without trace. 21/5/40Lings GO DFC S36 KIA 110 Sqn; Blenheim IV V6063 VE-?; Watton Anti-shipping patrol; shot down N of Texel. 26/4/41Littler CE S28 KIA 103 Sqn; Wellington IC R1043 PM-?; Newton-Brest; night; emergency landing Mudford. 30/3/41

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateLivingstone AD S38 KOAS CCDU; Beaufort II AW271; aircraft accident at Ballykelly, Londonderry. 30/4/42Llewelyn JG S26 KIA 40 Sqn; Blenheim IV P4909 BL-?; Wyton-troop columns Arras; shot down; flak Pas de Calais. 23/5/40

Longmore RM OBE J34 KIA ASW Ops; Liberator III, FL923; escort, Reykjavik; shot down by flak from U-539. 4/10/43Loughnan CH F22 KOAS 21 OTU; Wellington Ic X3215; Nairobi, Kenya. 11/2/44Lowe JC A38 KIA 205 Sqn; Catalina IB FB255; : 'U' Ditched in Indian Ocean NFD. Crew (13). 11/6/43Lowe JH S32 KOAS; air raid on RAF Detling, Kent. 30/8/40Lylian JCJ J38 KIA 228 Sqn: Sunderland I T9048; crashed at Kalamata Bay, Greece. 25/4/41

MacCullum JEM J26 DOAS; CO RAF Brize Norton; road accident; died of injuries. 16/10/43MacDonald JM MiD S38 KIA 268 Sqn; based Weston Zoyland, Somerset; USAAF Mustang. 22/1/43Mace BG S37 KOAS 86 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5464; mid-air collision with Blenheim Z5808. 17/3/41MacFarlane RA J39 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I L4508; crashed near Cherbourg. 17/9/40Major PA S36 KIA 602 Sqn; Spitfire Vb BM426; baled out during enemy action north of Cap-Griz Nez. 17/5/42Malcolm HG VC J36 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim V BA875; shot down Chouigui airfield, Tunisia; overwhelming odds. 4/12/42Manson TR J32 KOAS 17 OTU; Miles Magister I L5951;Upwood Trg; flew into high tension cables; Sawtry. 25/2/41Marrs ES DFC; MiD A39 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire IIa P7881 vs Scharnhorst/Gneisnau, Brest; shot down by flak. 24/7/41Mathewson TI J36 KIA 86 Sqn; Beaufort BXG; Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau (Operation Fuller) Channel. 12/2/42Matthews HV DFC J37 KIA 207 Sqn; Manchester I L7313 EM-C; Waddington-Hamburg; Ju88 attack on take-off. 13/3/41May FMV S23 KIA 108 Sqn, 242 Wg; Liberator II AL511; missing believed killed Libya, but died as POW. 22/5/42Maybury DC J36 KIA 38 Sqn; Wellington IC P9269 HD-?; Marham-anti-shipping; enemy fighters Norway. 12/4/40Mayhew JC J34 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I AW221; shot down and crashed near Nantes. 2/12/41McKechnie WN EGM (vice GC) J28 KIA 106 Sqn; Lancaster II JB593 ZN-T; Metheringham-Konigsberg; night; lost without trace. 30/8/44McKenzie JW J38 BoB; KIA 111 Sqn; Hurricane I P3922(Wynn)/P3105(Air81) shot down by Me109s. 11/8/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateMead IA S35 KIA 18 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9192 WV-Q; Oulton-Kiel Canal; shot down 160km W of Texel. 2/6/41Mellor HM MVO S21 KIA 22 Sqn; Beaufort I L4450; failed to return from ops over France. 26/5/40Middleton JD MiD J36 KIA 201 Sqn; Sunderland I N6133; missing presumed lost in operations over North Sea. 9/7/40Miley MJ S36 BoB; KOAS AFDU/25 Sqn Beaufighter 2067 collided with25 Sqn Blenheim, Biggin Hill. 15/9/40Milsom DED J38 KOAS 263 Sqn; Gladiator II N5588; mid-air collision with N5690. 29/3/40Molesworth AO S27 KOAS Metropolitan Comms Sqn; Oxford I L4635; engine caught fire; crashed Newmarket. 15/8/44Montagu GW J30 Ex BoB; KIA 236 Sqn; Blenheim R3878 shot down, recce mission; Pontours en Plouguin. 21/12/40More JWC OBE; DFC S28 Ex BoB; KIA; SASO Far East; aircraft shot down; taken POW; POW boat to Japan sunk. 12/9/44Moseley TL S31 KOAS OC 228 Sqn; Sunderland III W4026; crashed with Prince George, Duke of Kent; Berridale 25/8/42Mould PWO DFC* J37 KIA 185 Sqn; Hurricane I T5265; ambushed by Macci C 202 and CR 42 fighters over Malta. 1/10/41Mundy H A39 KOAS 3 ( C ) OTU; Beaufort I L9858; aircraft accident. 24/2/41Murphy AM DSO*; DFC; CdeG S36 KIA 23 Sqn; Mosquito VI PZ456 YP-?; Little Snoring-bomber spot; flak Wezep, Holland. 2/12/44

Negus M DFC A39 KIA 605 Sqn; Mosquito VI NS875 UP-R; Bradwell Bay-Uttwil, Bodensee; missing, found lakeside. 7/4/44Nettleton PJM J38 KOAS 263 Sqn; Gloster Gladiator aircraft N5588 and N5690 collided at Alverston. 29/3/40Newton-Clare JE A38 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden BI P1172 PL-?; Hemswell-Hamburg, night;lost without trace. 6/9/40

Oakeshott AR DFC S35 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito IV DK294 GB-?; Horsham St. Faith-Flensburg U-boat yard; Fw 190s. 2/7/42Owen JJ MiD S26 KIA 466 Sqn; Wellington HF601 HD-?; Leconfield-le Conquet; crashed French coastline. 6/7/43

Padfield EW J38 KOAS 2 ANS; Anson I K6248; based at Shawbury; aircraft accident near Rednal airfield. 21/3/41Page RH S29 KOAS BOAC; Liberator I AM918; shot down returning from Cairo; Polish Spitfires; Eddison Light. 15/2/42Palmer CD DFC J36 KIA 234 Sqn; Spitfire VB BM527; based at Portreath operating Spitfires Vb/Vc. 27/10/42

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateParker RHW A40 KOAS Adv Trg Sqn Cranwell; Hind I K5413; accident S Clifton; buried in Cranwell cemetery. 6/7/40Parkinson H J37 KIA 70 Sqn; Wellington Ic T2987; shot down and crashed over Benina Aerodrome, Libya. 20/12/41Parsons RJS MiD*** J38 KIA 115 Sqn; Wellington III Z1663 KO-J; Mildenhall-Dortmund-Ems canal; shot down FW 190. 28/9/42Parvin JHK S37 KIA 10 Sqn; Whitley V P4990 ZA-T; Hartwell-Savoia-Marchetti; crashed in the Varese. 27/8/40Pattison VJ S37 KIA 254 Sqn; Blenheim IV P6950; lost in air operations off the coast of Norway. 6/7/40Payne DL J38 KOAS 2 SAC; Blenheim IV L4854; Reserve Pool (Andover); aircraft accident. 8/1/40Peacock GE DFC S31 KIA 9 Sqn; Wellington Ia P9232 WS-M; Honington-Duisburg; night; flak off Dutch coast. 6/6/40Pearson MC J35 KIA 54 Sqn; Spitfire Ia N3030; failed to return from an operational flight over Dunkirk. 27/5/40Pemberton DA DFC J31 Ex BoB; KOAS 1 Sqn; Hurricane I P2751; Collyweston-Wittering; crashed, died of injuries. 3/11/40Phillips AM A40 KOAS Ross-on-Wye Casualty List 167. 7/6/42Phillips IW J38 KIA 210 Sqn; Sunderland I T9043; failed to return from convoy duties. 2/9/40Pink CRJ J32 KOAS 54 OTU; Blenheim I K7114; aircraft accident. 9/3/41Pitcairn Hill JA DSO; DFC; MiD S35 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden BI P1183 OL-K; Scampton-Le Havre; shot down Seine boatyard. 18/9/40Plumb JA J39 KIA 4 Sqn; Lysander N1296; crashed near Roubaix. 19/5/40Porter EF J30 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III JB479 GT-K; Warboys-Schweinfurt; night; shot down at target. 25/2/44Powell JA OBE; DSO; MiD S27 KIA 19 Sqn SAAF; Beaufighter VIf X7891; Yugoslavia/Serbia. 18/8/44Pratt CVJ DSO S26 KOAS AAEE Boscombe Down; Lysander III T1428; aircraft accident at Preston, Cirencester. 15/12/42Pritchard PHH A40 KIA 61 Sqn; Hampden I AD727 QR-?; Hemswell-Minelaying in Kiel Bay; KriegMarine flak. 11/6/41

Ralston JKC S38 KIA 103 Sqn; Wellington IC T2621 PM-?; Netwon-Dusseldorf; night; exploded mid-air. 25/2/41Read MFB S31 KIA 218 Sqn; Stirling I W7613 HA-N; Downham Market-Lubeck; night; crashed Skallingen. 1/10/42Reynolds RW J34 KOAS 79 Sqn; Hurricane I L1707; aircraft accident. 11/9/39

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateRiddell GHM S38 KIA 179 Sqn; Wellington XIV MP722; Malta. 25/9/43Robertson C DFC J37 KOAS 25 Sqn; Mosquito II DD754; based Church Fenton; crashed West Eldmanby, Filey. 12/12/43Robinson GP J35 KOAS 233 Sqn; Hudson I N7239; aircraft accident, Leuchars. 4/9/39Robinson PR MiD J31 Died on active Service; RAF Hospital Ely. 6/8/41Rothwell JH A39 Ex BoB; KIA 605 Sqn; Hurricane IIb Z3247 crashed at Cuxton, Kent. 22/2/41Rowland ITBT MiD J35 KIA 100 Sqn VIildebeest III; Far East. 26/1/42Ruth WDB DFC*; MiD J37 KIA 201 Sqn; Sunderland III ML760; possibly shot down by flak from U-333 in North Atlantic. 12/6/44

Sabine JS DFC J29 KOAS BARU; Wellington II Z8425 collided on ground with Wellington W5430; Egypt 24/8/43Salmond JGC J38 KIA 99 Sqn; Wellington IA P9234 LN-?; Newmarket- night raid Norway; lost without trace. 18/4/40Salter PS AFC J31 KOAS AAEE; Lancaster I R5539; aircraft accident, crashed near Chalton, Malmesbury. 18/4/42Salwey D DFC: MiD J37 KOAS 542 Sqn; Spitfire IX; Benson Photo recce; crashed Nettlebed. 6/6/43Sanders ATD DFC J32 KIA 85 Sqn; Boston II AH520; enemy action near Deal, Kent. 31/10/41Sansom RJ MiD* S36 KOAS TFU; Halifax II V9977; Ross-on-Wye. 7/6/42Savage M CdeG avec Palme S36 KIA OC 175 Sqn; Typhoon Mk 1b HB214-B; target Hamm railway line; hit by flak near target. 19/3/45Sawyer HC MiD J33 BoB; KIA 65 Sqn; Spitfire Ia R6799 crashed on take-off for a night patrol; Rochford. 2/8/40Scarlett-Streatfield JR CBE; MiD* J27 KOAS 190 Sqn; Stirling IV; en route to accept German surrender Norway; crashed Andtjernåsen. 10/5/45Seeds J S37 KIA 201 Sqn; Sunderland I N6133; lost on operations over North Sea. 9/7/40Seymour PGdeH S30 KIA 158 Sqn; Halifax II W7863 NP-V; Rufforth-Nickel night raid France; crashed Consigny. 17/11/42Shand WP DFC S34 KIA 139 Sqn; Mosquito IV DZ386 XD-H; Marham-Berlin; shot down; night-fighter Ijsselmeer. 20/4/43Sharman DC MiD S38 Canadian; KIA 39 Sqn; Beaufort aircraft did not return from operations, Middle East. 6/9/42Shepley DC J38 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire Ia K9999, missing after attacking Ju88 over IoW. 12/8/40

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss Date

Shuttleworth RA J39 KIA 21 Sqn; Blenheim IV Z7447 YH-A; Watton-Rotterdam; crashed off Dutch coast. 28/8/41Sibley SAC J39 KIA 1 Sqn; Hurricane I L1943; ailed to return from an operational flight. 15/5/40Skinner MP J34 KOAS 13 Sqn; Lysander II L4763; aircraft accident, Mons-en-Chausee. 6/12/39Slater JH AFC A33 KIA 611 Sqn; Spitfire IX BS240; Biggin Hill Stn Flt; shot down French Coast. 14/3/43Smith CDS DFC S34 Ex BoB; KIA 79 Sqn; Hurricane IIb Z5255 collided with He 115 over Irish Sea Saltee Islands. 22/12/41Smith FM J33 KOAS 94 Sqn; Gladiator II N2291; aircraft accident Khormaksar Bombing Range, Aden. 1/6/40Smith WA A39 KOAS SFTS Cranwell; Audax I K7423. 13/12/39Smith-Rewse BE J34 KIA 153 Sqn; Beaufighter VIf V8621; Algeria. 3/1/43Smyth TN J39 KOAS 26 Sqn; Lysander II N1267; died of injuries; aircraft accident, Nettlestead. 27/8/40Soden IS DSO; MiD J35 KIA 56 Sqn; Hurricane I N2439; crashed at Biache-Saint-Vaast. 18/5/40Spendlove WVL DSO; MiD* S27 KIA 21 Sqn; Ventura II AE910; crashed France. 22/6/43Sprague RA DFC; MiD S26 KIA 47 Sqn; Beaufort I DE118; Egypt. 18/11/42Stainthorpe WW AFC S29 KIA 83 Sqn; Hampden I X3124; crashed on return from operational flight. 27/2/41Stanley DG J36 KIA 9 Sqn; Wellington IC R3220 WS-K;Honington-Dusseldorf; flak Ostend. 7/12/40St Claire-Erskine Hon PGA J37 KOAS 111 Sqn; Hurricane I L1631; aircraft accident, Northolt. 8/9/39Steedman EB MiD* J24 Died Japanese PoW camp; reports of being shot for inciting disobedience to Japanese orders. 17/5/42Steuart-Richardson JD DFC; MiD J38 KOAS 53 Sqn; Blenheim IV L9043; aircraft accident. 28/12/40Stevens BOC J37 KOAS 75 Sqn; Anson I N5024; Harwell-trg navex; severe snowstorm; crashed on Dartmoor. 18/1/40Stevenson MG S34 KOAS; died as a result of wounds received in Heliopolis, Egypt. 29/11/42Stevenson PCF DFC S38 BoB; KIA 64 Sqn, Spitfire IX shot down in a sweep over Boulogne. 13/2/43Styles HM DSO; MiD J33 KIA Gibraltar; Casualty List 195. 1/11/42

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateTemlett CB DFC S38 BoB; KIA 213 Sqn; Hurricane shot down over El Alamein by Me109’s of I/JG27. 3/7/42Tennant E DFC S35 KOAS 2 GSU; Mosquito PZ291; low flying practice on column of tanks; Stanford Battle area, Norfolk. 10/12/44Terry KTP DFC S38 KOAS 547 Sqn; Liberator GR.V BZ882; died of injuries on active service; flying accident Fishguard. 26/4/44Thomas PC J39 KIA 240 Sqn; Catalina I AH536; aircraft crashed at Lough Erne on return from mission. 7/5/41Tidd HR S31 KIA 72 Sqn; Casualty List No 162; Spitfire IX; based Biggin Hill. 26/7/42Tillet J S37 Ex-BoB; KIA 238 Sqn; Hurricane I V6814 shot down and crashed at Park Gate, Fareham. 6/11/40Triptree AC S36 KIA 489 Sqn RNZAF; Hampden I P1337. 11/8/42

Vaughan PW A38 KIA 4 Sqn; Lysander II P9063; crashed at Outgaarden, Belgium. 13/5/40Vaughan Williams AR J35 KIA 37 Sqn; Wellington Ia N2904 LF-B; Felwell; missing over sea; Wilhelmshaven. 18/12/39

Waddington MW J37 KIA 226 Sqn; Blenheim IV V5854; failed to return from operational flight over Gravelines, France. 10/8/41Waghorn DJ CBE; AFC J26 KOAS 541 Sqn; Spitfire PRXIX PS831; Benson-Boscombe Down; stalled, spun, crashed after take off. 1/4/45Walker IHD S31 KOAS 1 SoTT; Magister I N5431; aircraft accident. 10/8/40Wallace GE A33 KOAS Mombasa. Unable to verify RAFC records. 20/8/43Wallage SNT S36 KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster I W4252 DX-X; Scampton-Kiel; night; lost over the North Sea. 5/4/43Ward WC F22 KIA 305 Sqn; Wellington II W5526 SM-J; Lindholme-Le Havre; shot down near target. 15/9/41Watling WC A40 BoB; KOAS 92 Sqn; Spitfire R6924 hit ground in poor viz at Deal. 7/2/41Watson AR A40 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire Ia R6597 shot down, aerial combat, baled out; parachute fouled. 28/11/40Watson EJ J25 KIA 135 Sqn; Hurricane IIB BG876; shot down and crashed near Rangoon, Burma. 26/2/42Watson ML J36 KIA 82 Sqn; Blenheim K6426(Air81); failed to return from operations. 11/6/41Watson RG S31 KIA 44 Sqn; Lancaster I W4961 KM-S; Dunholme Lodge-Berlin; night; crashed Wunstorf. 3/9/43Watt PM J25 KOAS 49 Sqn; Hampden I L4034 EA-?; Scampton-practice landings; poor viz crash. 23/11/39

Name Decorations Entry Circumstances of Loss DateWatts-Read AM J25 KIA 102 Sqn; Whitley V T4326 DY-K; Topcliffe-Berlin; night; shot down Denekamp. 13/3/41Way BH MiD J37 BoB; KIA 54 Sqn; destroying a Bf109, Spitfire Ia R6707 shot down over Channel. 25/7/40Webb EB MiD J24 KIA CO Snaith; Wellington IC X9814 JN-O; Snaith-Poissy; night; crashed Villacoublay. 2/4/42Whatley WD A40 KOAS 1(C)OTU; Hudson V P5147; local duo instructional flight; did not return; Solway Firth 26/4/42Wheeler HG MiD J25 Died of injuries received on 15/9/43 on active service; unable to verify RAF College records. 21/9/43Whistondale GF J25 KIA CO Kalidjati; missing believed killed, enemy action at Kalidjati Aerodrome, Java; 1/3/42Whitworth AE J39 KOAS 240 Sqn; Catalina II AM265 aircraft accident near Kinlough, County Leitrim, Eire. 21/3/41Wigg PM S35 KIA 57 Sqn; Lancaster I LL893 DX-J; E Kirkby-La Chapelle rly yards; found hit St. Omer. 21/4/44Wildblood TS MiD J38 BoB; KIA 152 Sqn; Spitfire Ia R6994(Wynn)/R6810(Air81) lost in combat over Channel. 25/8/40Wilkins JT MiD S35 KIA 100 Sqn; Vildebeest K6377; Indonesia 1/3/42Wilkins SP A38 KIA 205 Sqn; Catalina I W8409; operational flight over Singora Railway Station, Thailand. 12/1/42Wilkinson RL J29 BoB; KIA 266 Sqn; Spitfire Ia R6768 collided in combat with Bf109; Eastry Court, Deal. 12/8/40Williams CW S29 BoB; KIA 17 Sqn; Hurricane R4199 shot up by Bf110 head on; crashed in sea. 25/8/40Willis JD S37 KIA 42 Sqn; Wellington IC T2545; Malta. 28/8/42Windsor CM J29 KOAS OC 255 Sqn; Beaufighter IIf R2398; aircraft accident at Hevingham, Norfolk. 8/12/41Wingate DL J38 KIA 144 Sqn; Hampden BI P4360 PL-L; Hemswell-Mitteland; night; crashed in the canal. 22/8/40Wood JER S37 KIA 149 Sqn; Wellington IA N2984; Mildenhall-Bremen; crashed on operations, Bury St Edmunds. 8/7/40Worcester AG MiD J36 KOAS 112 Sqn; Gladiator K8130; aircraft accident, Qaret el Naga, Egypt. 18/7/40Worsdell KW A38 BoB; KIA 219 Sqn; Beaufighter If R2065 hit trees; bad viz; seeking Redhill; crashed Balcombe. 30/10/40Wright CLY S32 KIA 51 Sqn; Halifax II HR726 MH-B; Snaith-Berlin; night; crashed at Grunewald. 23/11/43Wright CM S36 KIA 115 Sqn; Wellington III BK312 KO-?; Mildenhall-mining off French coast; missing. 16/10/42Wright RB S36 KIA 156 Sqn; Lancaster III ED829 GT-?; Warboys-Berlin; night; crashed Tegeler See. 24/8/43

Yaxley RG DSO; MC; DFC S32 KIA 1 OADU/272 Sqn: Hudson VI FK386; based at Luqa. 3/6/43

The Flight Cadet Sacrifice

Of 793 “Serving" Flight Cadets

(at 3/9/39)1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Totals

Numbers lost 10 126 78 48 34 25 67 388

Percentage of Alumni 1 16 10 6 4 3 8 49

793 ‘Serving’ Cadets

Fighter Cmd Squadrons

Bomber Cmd Squadrons

Coastal Cmd Squadrons

Overseas Cmd Squadrons

KOAS or Died (Schools/OTUs) Totals

Lossed by number 85 99 47 35 122 388

Lossed (%) 11 12 6 4 15 49