Crews posted to 462 Squadron RAAF, Bomber Command, UK:-
462 Squadron RAAF, 4 Group at Driffield in Yorkshire from August to December 1944, or to
462 Squadron RAAF, 100 Group, Foulsham in Norfolk from January to September 1945.
For crews stationed in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia (1942/1943/1944) please visit 462 Squadron RAAF, Middle East.
Link to photos of 462 Squadron at Driffield, August 1944 to end December 1944; also some more recent photos of the former RAF Driffield site.
Link to photos of 462 Squadron at Foulsham, January and September 1945, but mostly during February/March/April 1945 – full Squadron with Halifax; Pilots; Navigators; Bomb Aimers; Wireless Operators; Flight Engineers; Air Gunners A Flight, Air Gunners B Flight; Special Duties; "Top Brass".
Operational Air Crews August 1944 to May 1945.
Special Duties (WINDOW) Twelve Wireless Operators were Posted TO 462 Squadron Foulsham in January 1945, to dispense WINDOW. A second group of 12 W/Ops carried out Special Duties (WINDOW) from late April 1945. Names for both groups are listed in separate tables on this page.
Special Duties (Radio Counter Measures) Twelve Air Force personnel, with various former roles, were Posted TO 462 Squadron in early 1945 to carry out Radio Counter Measures. A second group of 10 personnel who arrived in April 1945 also belong to this section. Names for both groups are listed in separate tables on this page.
Un-aligned Air Crew personnel Names of those who were POSTED IN with other Air Crews between August 1944 and April 1945, but who were not listed in any subsequent Ops. They are listed by month of arrival, but they have not yet been matched with any crew, and their crew positions are not yet known. This list was updated for 6 April 2017.
Non-Operational Crews POSTED IN during late April or May 1945, or in June, July or August 1945, listed by month of arrival. The named crews were identified by Pilot and Crew members, after contact by some former Veterans of these crews, or by their family or friends. These Crews are not listed in Squadron Operational flights, but carried out training flights, and may have flown on Ruhr Tours, and bomb disposal by jettisoning over the North Sea. Some may have transported Senior personnel to and from Germany or Denmark, and possibly transported of ex-Luftwaffe PoWs to the UK. Such flights were mentioned in the Squadron ORB, however Pilots were not usually listed by name, but when they were, the names of the crew were not included.
Non-Operational personnel POSTED IN May to August 1945, but not yet identified by crew. This list was updated for 6 April 2017.
Office Staff and Ground Crew are listed separately, and names will be added when personnel are identified.
No list has yet been located of other non-operational staff, e.g. cooks and mess staff including waitresses, Officer's batmen and batwomen, drivers, Control Tower staff, radio operators, plotters, meteorologists; Intelligence Section staff; Photographic Section staff, etc, many of whom would have been WAAFs.
WAAF Staff (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) – posted to RAF Station Driffield, 4 Group (466 Squadron and 462 Squadron), OR to RAF Station Foulsham, 100 Group (192 Squadron RAF, and 462 Squadron). This list is incomplete.
Wanted please: Photos of crews of 462 Squadron at Driffield or Foulsham, or during their prior training at OTU or HCU; or photos of individual crew members; also names of non-operational personnel including WAAFs. If you can assist with photos, or wish to advise of errors on this page, or can provide full names etc., please make contact, including your source of information for verification. All contributors will be acknowledged. Thank you.
Information has been sourced from 462 Squadron Operational Record Books (ORBs); WW2 Nominal Roll; National Archives of Australia (NAA, Service Files, Casualty Files, and Aircraft Loss Files); Australian War Memorial; New Zealand Defence Force (Personnel Archives and Medals); Air Force Lists; London Gazette; and Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Various books and websites were also consulted to compare details, however discrepancies were noted between official records and authors. ORBs also contained typographical and factual errors. Some pages of the Squadron ORBs are difficult to read, especially when the carbon paper on the original pages had obviously required replacement, and the type-writer keys were worn and/or misaligned. This may be the reason for the differences in Names and Service Numbers, as quoted by various authors. Those names without Service Numbers and Air Force (i.e. RAF/RAFVR, RNZAF, RCAF), will have those details added after verification. Further errors have been noted in that some members were listed as POSTED IN, but were not in the POSTED OUT lists; others were not in the POSTED IN lists, but were later POSTED OUT. Some complete crews or groups were omitted in some month's documents (e.g. not POSTED IN were Breusch's Crew 30 during September 1944, Friend's Crew 36 during September or October 1944; Ely's Crew 39 during November 1944, and Lodder's Crew 44 during November 1944, Scharer's Crew 54 early January 1945; and a second group of 12 W/OPs for SD/WINDOW duties in April 1945). To further confuse issues, some members were listed in POSTING IN for two consecutive months (e.g. Langworthy's crew 34 POSTED IN October 1944 and again November 1944), similarly some members were POSTED OUT twice (e.g. Joseph Davidson DFC in July and August 1945). The lists of names on this web page have been compiled from monthly Squadron POSTING IN lists, monthly POSTING OUT lists (ORB Forms 540), and crew names from Ops (ORB Forms 541). Due to the state of the original records, these lists may still be incomplete.
(Please refer to Acknowledgements page for details of books and internet sites.)
Operational Air Crews August 1944 to May 1945
1
No. |
2
Pilot |
3
Navigator |
4
Bomb Aimer |
5
Wireless Operator |
6
Flight Engineer |
7
Mid-Upper Gunner |
8
Rear Gunner |
9
Special Duties |
45 |
Henry Robert ANDERSON (Andy)
428018 RAAF
( Crew ) |
George Frederick HICKS
1803292 RAF (VR?) |
K. J. FAITHFULL (Ken)
1603341 RAF (VR?) |
1. Bruce Alfred BELL (Dinger)
417941 RAAF
2. William Argo TURNER
410108 RAAF |
Arthur A. NEWSTEAD (Duke)
1593580 RAF (VR?) |
Astley GORDON (Aggie)
1819897 RAF (VR?) |
F. SATHERLEY (Fred)
1211556 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
52 |
Alan Edwin ASTILL
421143 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Phillip SWARBRICK
427410 RAAF |
Stanley James MINETT
423814 RAAF |
Sydney Robert FULLER
421198 RAAF |
George Arthur Edgar SANDAY
1896933 RAFVR
(KIA in ELY crew) |
Mervyn George ISAAC
433727 RAAF |
Neville Owen REED
435209 RAAF |
Various including Leslie Edward MILES (F/Eng)
1894484 RAFVR |
46 |
Victor Thomas BAILEY
425821 RAAF |
1. Frank Lewis BIRCH
434165 RAAF
2. Kenneth John BROWN
410302 RAAF |
Kenneth Stewart BANNERMAN
435086 RAAF |
Reginald Keith PARNELL
428350 RAAF |
J W NEALE (Jim)
1853959 RAF (?) |
1. Sidney WHITE
431213 RAAF
2. T GODSALL
1579155 RAF (?) |
William Alfred WARMAN
435139 RAAF |
Various |
59 |
Alfred Desmond John BALL
427182 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Neil Vernon EVANS
436113 RAAF |
Murray FRANK
409532 RAAF |
Ronald Reginald TAYLOR
432346 RAAF |
Frederick BROOKES
546437 RAF |
John Mickle TAIT
430788 RAAF |
Maxwell James HIBBERD
435342 RAAF PoW
|
Various including
John HEGGARTY
179888 (1238295) RAFVR |
25 |
William Stowell BLACK
411864 RAAF PoW
( Crew ) |
William John MARRIS
428535 RAAF PoW |
Frank LAND
428719 RAAF PoW |
Cecil Bruce PALMER
426957 RAAF PoW |
Norman Henry MacPHERSON (Geordie or Harry)
1590727 RAF (VR?)
Evader |
K BUCKLEY
1534164 RAF (?)
Evader |
1. W A (or W H) GLENISTER
1868837 RAF (?)
2.
William Stuart SHOEMAKER
J.87246 RCAF (substitute) Evader |
Not applicable at Driffield |
40 |
John Nelson Bryson BOYD (Jock)
182590 RAFVR
(previously 1522876)
( Crew ) |
John MORTIMER (Jock)
1423760 RAFVR |
K E HAMILTON (Ken)
1322547 RAF (?) |
William EVANS
(Willie, or Bill)
1373790 RAF (?) |
F C TAYLOR (Frank)
1804309 RAF (?) |
Kenneth SPRIGGS (Ken)
1869863 RAF |
B COMPTON (Bernie)
1850671 RAF (?) |
Various |
30 |
Rex Burnett BREUSCH
426032 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Bernard Francis Percival GODWIN
23242 RAAF |
L PEDLEY (Les)
1621164 RAFVR |
Charles Bernard KING
425944 RAAF |
S J OATES
1386333 RAFVR |
F HALLSWORTH
1534685 RAFVR |
James Lugton HIGGISON (Jimmy)
1595916 RAFVR
KIA at 466 Squadron |
Not applicable at Driffield |
47 |
Leo BRITT
427373 (later O5844) RAAF ( Crew ) |
Austin James Bruce CRUICKSHANK
430276 RAAF |
Archibald Hay CRESWICK
418524 RAAF |
John Philip Bowley CHAPLIN
432754 (later O23443) RAAF |
1. R T BUNTING
1796238 RAF (?)
2. Reginald George Weston RICHARDS
155392 RAFVR
3. John TYLER
54867 RAF
4. Dennis Claude COLEMAN
3005236 RAFVR
5. R K DAUGHTERS
1895166 RAFVR
6. William Folger READHEAD (Tam)
50956 RAF
7. John Laurence LAKIN
2221256 RAFVR (later 198307)
8. John LORD
1517126 (195715) RAFVR |
Raphael John MERKEL
433288 RAAF |
John Timothy SPILLANE
435002 RAAF
(later A211647) |
Various |
3 |
James Thomas BROPHY
418734 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Ronald Keith LAUMAN
426354 RAAF |
Conrad Frederick FONTAINE
418744 RAAF |
Desmond Allan RYAN
419341 RAAF |
S J BARLEY
1894497 RAF (?) |
Hedley Richard Philip DAVID
427808 RAAF |
Wesley Colwyn LEWIS
419817 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
16 |
John Edward BYROM
415615 RAAF |
Philip Arthur KELLY
432209 RAAF |
W W MAXWELL
1341921 RAF (?) |
Owen Emmett O'BRIEN
426466 RAAF |
J L MORTON
3040044 RAF (?) |
Henry Aaron Owen HARTOP
1455815 RAFVR |
M J KAVANAGH
1796875 RAF (?) |
Various |
69 |
Jack Marshall CAIRNS
10624 (later O31473) RAAF
( Crew ) |
Andrew Ernest John SCOTLAND
430983 RAAF |
1. Geoffrey Huey SATTLER
434807 (later O14183) RAAF
2. Joseph Arthur BARNARD
15131 RAAF (substitute) |
Edwin James PARKER
428504 RAAF |
J BARKER
2206775 RAF (?) |
William Alfred MITTING
419324 RAAF |
Gordon Victor PASS
434006 RAAF |
Various |
17 |
Sydney John CARTHY
1389580 (187561) RAFVR, later KIA post Tour. ( Crew ) |
1. James Edward PEASLEY
428622 RAAF
2. William Thompson Hamilton WATT
174957 RAFVR
3. William McCORKINDALE
1568425 RAF (PoW in MITCHELL crew) |
John Walker HORRIDGE (Jack)
1576752 (later 190747) RAFVR |
William Alex McKINNON
426951 RAAF |
1. Eric Kerr LEYDEN
1823520 RAFVR
2. H P MURRAY (Pete) 1866940 RAF (?) |
1. L W WITT
1450908 RAF (?)
2. Geoffrey HARRISON-BROADLEY
1458627 RAFVR (KIA in TOOTAL crew)
3. Robin Eugene NICHOLLS
434168 RAAF
4. T GODSALL
1579155 RAF (?) |
H L RUNDELL
1111227 RAF (?) |
Not applicable at Driffield |
20 |
Albert John COCKERILL
424372 RAAF |
Henry Reeves DAY
437093 RAAF |
Sydney Alfred GREEN
1393292 RAFVR |
Kenneth Allan SAXBY
424824 RAAF |
John LORD
1517126 (later 195715) RAFVR |
C C WALKER
3040268 RAFVR (?) |
F SMITH
1187024 RAF (?) |
Not applicable at Driffield |
29 |
Gerald COLEMAN
178780 RAFVR
(previously 1260975)
( Crew ) |
Philip Hedley Malcolm LEVEY
429588 RAAF |
Alan James WARD
1581798 RAFVR |
John Newton TRESIDDER
424477 RAAF |
Ronald Charles STOPP
1892044 RAFVR |
Archibald James MOUAT
1378208 RAFVR |
Denis Roy MUXLOW
1590607 RAFVR |
Not applicable at Driffield |
23 |
William Bolton COOKSON
413028 RNZAF
( Crew ) |
1. Owen Dallas PRATT
425934 RNZAF
2. Basil Gordon NICHOLS 1339111 (later 190760) RAFVR
3. Maxwell Arthur SMITH
424803 RAAF
4. Frank Lewis BIRCH
434165 RAAF
5. D E MILLER
1397845 ? RAF |
1. Wilfrid Henry TOLHURST
427168 RAAF |
1. Leslie John POWER
436481 RAAF
2. William Argo TURNER
410108 RAAF
3. William Anthony BOWDEN
418792 RAAF
4. Frank Maxwell BARKLA
407924 RAAF
5. Clifford Kingsley BARNETT
432090 RAAF
|
1. Leonard Henry JONES
1896549 later 190273 RAFVR
2. William Folger READHEAD (Tam)
50956 RAF |
1. R D ELLIOTT
R.219749 RCAF
2. H J IRONS
1383213 RAF (?)
3. T GODSALL
1579155 RAF (?)
4. W E TOEWS
R.278376 RCAF
5. F T HUTTON
1826421 RAF (?) |
1. W E TOEWS
R.278376 RCAF
2. Neville Owen REED
435209 RAAF
3. R D ELLIOTT
R.219749 RCAF
4. R HANDYSIDE
1825585 RAF (?) |
Various
(Total 9) |
7 |
Alan George CUTTRISS
410634 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Keith Thomas CLARKE
422421 RAAF |
1. John Robert GIBSON
423454 RAAF
2. William Oliver HEFFERNAN
53925 RAF
3. Jack WILLIAMS
54458 RAF |
John Daniel TROWBRIDGE
417321 RAAF |
Dudley George HALL (Nobby)
525537 RAF |
William Edward DYER
427638 RAAF |
Leo Kevin RAHALEY
434116 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
49 |
Bruce Kempton DRINKWATER
416660 RAAF
( Crew ) |
1. R G LINTORN (Reg)
1604886 RAF (VR?)
|
1. Thomas PAWSEY
163583 RAFVR (KIA in RIDGEWELL crew)
2. Lionel DITTMANN
429529 RAAF
3. H W PAYNE
1268659 RAF (VR?)
4. Moses SEGAL J.40827
(?) RCAF
|
Ronald Keith JOHNSTON (Ron)
432535 RAAF
|
John HOLGATE
2216235 RAF (VR?)
|
1. A E BEST (Bert)
1799482 RAF (VR?)
2. R S COURTNEY
1397530 RAF (VR?)
3. Astley GORDON
1819897 RAF
4. T GODSALL
1579155 RAF (VR?) |
1. D B PATTERSON 1827279 RAF (?)
2. R E POWELL
1880512 RAF (VR?)
3. Robert McGARVIE
1572467 RAFVR (KIA in LODDER crew)
4. William Alfred WARMAN
435139 RAAF
5. Peter A WITTS
1606452 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
39 |
Vivian Clive ELY
426221 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Denis James CRITCHLEY
1684278 RAFVR
|
Peter MILLHOUSE
153804 RAFVR
|
John Hubert HERING
419001 RAAF
|
1. Rodney HETHERINGTON
1826680 RAFVR
2. Stanley George
ROTHER
3030064 RAFVR (?)
(substitute)
(PoW in JAMES crew)
|
Matthew OGILVIE
1595990 RAFVR |
Geoffrey ROBINSON
1595325 RAFVR
|
Various including George Arthur Edgar SANDAY (F/Eng)
1896933 RAFVR |
8 |
David Leslie EVANS
405579 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Arnold Pearce DERRINGTON (Derry)
157333 RAFVR
(previously 1586658) |
William A JONES
1586030 RAFVR |
Sidney Thomas WINSOR
153891 RAFVR
(previously 1398215) |
Donald C CAMPBELL
1895014 RAFVR |
Dennis A CLEAVER
3031887 RAFVR |
1. Charles DARBY
1897788 RAFVR
2. R WILSON
1818219 RAFVR |
Not applicable at Driffield |
66 |
Colin Allan FERGUSON
425839 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Lawrence BARWICK
422379 RAAF |
Joseph Arthur BARNARD
15131 RAAF |
Edward George WATTS
427763 RAAF |
R F WATSON
1491921 RAF (?) |
John Joseph HARVEY
437850 RAAF |
Desmond Campbell HARRY
437849 RAAF |
Various |
15 |
Peter Hamilton FINLEY
412294 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Kenneth John BROWN
410302 RAAF
|
1. Roger John EVANS
410202 RAAF
2. William Oliver HEFFERNAN
53925 RAF
3. A F CLARK
J.29686 RCAF (?)
4. Ronald James SMITH
12060 RAAF
5. Jack WILLIAMS
54458 RAF |
1. Robert Thomson CRAIG
410632 RAAF
2. Frank Maxwell BARKLA
407924 RAAF
3. William Anthony BOWDEN
418792 RAAF
4. Robert Lambert MANTTAN
434513 RAAF
5. Frank William HALE
1377927 RAFVR |
1. R J CONSTABLE 1279880 RAF (?)
2. H P MURRAY (Pete) 1866940 RAF (?) |
Mervyn John COLEMAN
436070 RAAF |
1. Richard Henry GEE 408220 RAAF
2. D WHITEHEAD 1322318 RAF (?) |
Not applicable at Driffield |
60 |
James Gidley FLEMING
429180 RAAF
( Crew )
|
1. Colin Thomas BENN
414884 RAAF
2. Maxwell Garrod TAYLOR
434714 RAAF |
1. James IRWIN
429572 RAAF
2. Edmund Theodore PERRIGNON
432718 RAAF |
Vincent Anthony COUGHLIN
430441 RAAF |
J L FITCH
1811685
RAF (VR?) |
Darwin Courtney FRUNKS
440244 RAAF |
Thomas HANDLEY
439759 RAAF |
Various |
56 |
William John FRAZER
422040 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Norman Clarence DOBBIE
430142 RAAF |
Donald George CAMPIGLI
430361 RAAF
|
Arthur Herbert
DE LEACY
434905 RAAF |
1. Neil CAMPBELL
1595734 RAF (?)
2. J HOLLINS
1595479 RAF (?)
|
Charles Rex FIELD
433281 RAAF
|
David McRae HOWIE
433635 RAAF
|
Various |
36 |
Walter Donald FRIEND
421196 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Phillip SWARBRICK
427410 RAAF
(KIA in ASTILL crew) |
Stanley James MINETT
423814 RAAF
(KIA in ASTILL crew) |
Sydney Robert FULLER
421198 RAAF
(KIA in ASTILL crew) |
George Arthur Edgar SANDAY
1896933 RAFVR
(KIA in ELY crew) |
Mervyn George ISAAC
433727 RAAF
(KIA in ASTILL crew) |
Neville Owen REED
435209 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
68 |
George Ward FULLER
428558 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Charles Harrison DAY
416748 RAAF |
Alan Edwin HILL
433333 RAAF |
Kevin Tudor PEARCE
430192 RAAF |
William H SQUIRE
535723 RAF |
Archibald William THORNE
430563 RAAF |
Grant Leslie PIEPER
12837 RAAF |
Various |
67 |
Trevor Ross GALLOP
427820 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Allan Joseph SUTHERLAND
426242 RAAF
|
1. Ronald Bruce PHILPOTT
433023 RAAF
2. James IRWIN
429572 RAAF (substitute)
|
1. Leslie Charles DOOLEY
432136 RAAF
2. Alan Hutchison SEED
430673 RAAF (substitute)
|
Ron W JOHNSTON
1596218 RAF (?)
|
Donald GLEESON
442422 (later A4578) RAAF |
Bryan Douglas MEADE
439898 RAAF |
Various |
62 |
Harold Eric GRANT
432151 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Peter Vernon ROBERTS
437059 RAAF |
1. Donald Martin MUIR
419832 RAAF
2. Edmund Theodore PERRIGNON
432718 RAAF (substitute) |
Robert STOREY
432660 RAAF |
W COLLINS
1826423 RAF (?) |
1. Ronald Sidney MEYER
66041 RAAF
2. Arthur Howarth Sydney BROWN
437673 RAAF (substitute)
3. J A NEWBOLD
755811 RAF (?) (substitute) |
Peter Garnsey DUNN
433582 RAAF |
Various |
31 |
Harold Bain HANCOCK
416958 RAAF |
Keith Eric McKAY
428977 RAAF |
Leslie Matthew HOLLAND
990383 (later 190824) RAFVR
|
Ronald LEHMANN
428450 RAAF |
D HULBERT (Don)
1593796 RAF (?) |
J K HOLMES
595585 RAF (?) |
A HAWKINS
1894148 RAF (?) |
Various |
9 |
Ronald Roy HICKEY
425654 RAAF
( Crew ) |
John Crothers COCKRAM
419379 RAAF |
William Johnston WOOD
419373 RAAF |
1. Leonard ROWE
427663 RAAF
2. Lawrence Graham MOYLE
423828 RAAF (substitute) |
Leslie Robert DUCHESNE
1602301 (later 184922) RAFVR |
1. Richard Hamilton Hugh McCLELLAND
428339 RAAF
2. Leonard Stanley REES
157141 RAFVR
3. Mervyn George ISAAC
433727 RAAF (KIA in ASTILL crew)
4. L W WITT
1450908 RAF (?) |
Haden Maurice DRAPER
429109 (later O17914) RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
65 |
Ronald Maxwell HINES
432466 RAAF |
Raymond Henry PHILBRICK
436664 RAAF
|
Harold Lewis Spencer BROWN
427183 RAAF |
John Wilfred SIBBALD
436007 RAAF |
J J BOWDEN
2219305
RAF (?) |
John Jeremiah O'DONOGHUE
35752 RAAF |
Francis William HUGHES
433208 RAAF |
Various |
33 |
Edmund HOURIGAN
420882 RAAF |
1. Bernard DUFF
1239630 RAFVR
2. Keith Allison WORRALL
423969 RAAF
3. James Edward PEASLEY
428622 RAAF |
1. K LILLEY
R.165082 RCAF
2. Harry Napier COWAN
135629 RAFVR
3. William Oliver HEFFERNAN
53925 RAF
4. Edward Alfred Osmond REVELL
418568 RAAF |
1. John ROBERTSHAW
146279 RAFVR
2. Alexander Gordon TAYLOR
423491 (later A22061) RAAF |
1. William Folger READHEAD (Tam)
50956 RAF
2. Reginald George Weston RICHARDS
155392 RAFVR
3. H P MURRAY (Pete)
1866940 RAF (?) |
1. Lancelot Andrew KEMP
417851 RAAF
2. H J IRONS
1383213 RAF (?)
3. Leonard Stanley REES
157141 RAFVR |
Edward Crawford PRIEST
421458 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
14 |
Colin William JACKSON
418533 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Edward HALL
419042 RAAF |
1. Ronald James SMITH
12060 RAAF (PoW in MITCHELL crew)
2. James Ferguson LATIMER
1551478 RAF (VR?)
3. A F CLARK
J.29686 RCAF
4. P MILLHOUSE
153804 RAFVR (KIA in ELY crew)
5. Desmond Noel KEHOE
415429 RAAF (KIA in RATE crew)
6. William Kenneth WATSON
154341 RAFVR (PoW in RIDGEWELL crew)
7. MORTIMER ?
8. W W MAXWELL
1341921 RAF (?)
9. HICKS ?
10. J CUNNINGHAM
1671629 RAF (?) |
1.William Argo TURNER
410108 RAAF
2. William Anthony BOWDEN
418792 RAAF |
1. Ernest Edward ROSE
1701134 RAFVR
2. H P MURRAY (Pete)
1866940 RAF (?)
3. William Folger READHEAD (Tam)
50956 RAF |
1. Douglas Charles Henry FARRINGTON 427235 RAAF
2. Hedley Richard Philip DAVID
427808 RAAF
3. W TOEWS
R.278376 RCAF
4. Leonard Stanley REES
157141 RAFVR
5. Astley GORDON
1819897 RAF |
1. Michael John STAFFORD
425907 RAAF
2. Archibald RUDD
159685 RAFVR |
Various |
24 |
Frank Herbert JAMES
427482 RAAF PoW |
Trevor Hector McFARLANE
417654 RAAF PoW |
Neville Hamlin TEEDE
436224 RAAF PoW |
John Donald FRASER
436322 RAAF PoW |
Stanley George ROTHER
3030064 RAFVR (?)
PoW |
Thomas Patrick LEDWITH
38427 RAAF PoW |
Harold William CALMAN
423631 RAAF PoW
|
Various including Peter William Clayton HUTTON (W/Op)
434743 RAAF PoW |
4 |
Robert Venters JUBB
426609 RAAF
Evader |
H J BURDEN
1581371 RAF (?) PoW |
R D EADIE
1527066 RAF (?) PoW |
Peter Brabazon BRETT
434238 RAAF PoW |
H BRYDON
1035149 RAF (?) PoW |
Bruce Theodore SHARPE
423486 RAAF PoW |
H P CHRISTENSEN
1819753 RAF (?) PoW
|
Not applicable at Driffield |
11 |
V C KELLY
(ORB error, see ELY) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
(See ELY crew) |
5 |
Aubrey William LANE 22873 RAAF
( Crew ) |
William Edward HUGHES
425015 RAAF |
John Patrick O'SHEA 420708 RAAF |
Robert Kimber BRADLEY
417792 RAAF |
Laurence BEECHER 548799 RAF
(later 55953) |
Donald Charles DUNKLEY 1895161 RAFVR |
Alan Wenfred ORCHARD 430583 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
34 |
Geoffrey Maxwell Michell LANGWORTHY
428848 (O215086) RAAF |
Ivan Harold CAMPBELL
415506 RAAF |
D F WADEY
1602161 RAF (?)
|
James Francis O'BRIEN
428657 RAAF |
A J CASEY
1808969 RAF (?) |
J BIRKETT
1520464 RAF (?) |
J A WEBBER
1875012 RAF (?)
|
Various |
44 |
Allan Morris LODDER
426118 RAAF PoW
( Crew ) |
Edward WINDUS
1601854 RAFVR |
Peter Athorn NAYLOR
1671430 RAFVR PoW |
Cecil Reginald Henry FOSTER
434183 RAAF |
1. Joe Hollins
1595479 RAFVR (not on last flight)
2. C HALDEN 1452632 RAF (?) (substitute)
3. John Edmund Arthur GRAY (substitute)
1595698 RAFVR |
1. Robert McGARVIE
1572467 RAFVR
2. J MACKIE 1824762 RAF ? (Substitute) |
Ronald Eric CASTERTON
1684825 RAFVR PoW |
Various including
Errol Dallas TISDELL (W/Op)
432388 RAAF |
32 |
Noel Edward MARCHANT
418859 RAAF
( Crew ) |
John Neil O'DONOGHUE
427255 RAAF
|
Edgar George TATTERSALL
437020 RAAF |
Raymond BLUNDELL
432001 RAAF |
L G (or L C) BROCKLESBY
(Len) 1594323
RAFVR |
Rollo Roy Stephen SHARPE
427558 RAAF |
1. Leslie Gordon Marshall MANNELL
429052 RAAF (KIA in ROHRLACH crew)
2. D Whitehead 1322318 RAFVR
3. Various
|
Various |
2 |
Bernard John MacDERMOTT
207838 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Leslie Thomas SANDERS
178566 RAFVR (previously 1271725) |
Walter Aubyn HINES 422181 RAAF |
Trevor EVANS
1337594 RAFVR
(later 185385) |
N McA BROWN
1690310 RAFVR |
William Stuart SHOEMAKER
J.87246 RCAF |
William Victor DODD
1698474 RAFVR
(later 187850) |
Not applicable at Driffield |
19 |
Edward McGINDLE
418612 RAAF
( Crew ) |
1. R. BOYLE (Bob) 1429144 RAF (?)
2. William Thompson Hamilton WATT (Paddy) 174957 RAFVR
|
Cecil Frederick BALDWIN (Fred) 1452215 RAFVR
|
Edward George WHELAN (Mick)
434231 RAAF |
Stuart Leslie SOAMES (Stew) 1159268 RAFVR |
1. W E OFFLEY (Eric) 2218499 RAFVR PoW
2. Robin Eugene NICHOLLS
434168 RAAF
|
1. J A SMITH (Joe) 2211862 RAF PoW
2. Berry Gordon MEDWAY
415947 RAAF |
Various |
21 |
Robert Richard MITCHELL
418452 RAAF
( Crew ) |
William McCORKINDALE
1568425 RAF PoW |
1. James Ferguson LATIMER
1551478 RAF (VR?)
2. Ronald James SMITH
12060 RAAF PoW
|
Robert Walter SCOTT
418184 (A310601) RAAF Evader |
Albert KELLARD
2205580 RAF PoW |
Terence Liddell MAGUIRE
430548 RAAF PoW |
Albert Eric THORNTON
436120 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
28 |
Frank Edward NELDER
419561 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Ernest Hartley RICHARDSON
427259 RAAF
|
John Maurice GRACE 419701 RAAF Evader
|
Edward Phillip AUSTIN
429105 RAAF
|
Douglas Darrah PETTIT
1895178 RAFVR
|
Malcolm Langley WOOD
435026 RAAF
|
Allan FARMER
436820 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
43 |
John Willoughby O'SULLIVAN
34053 RAAF |
John Marshall SMITH
15647 RAAF |
1. Desmond Noel KEHOE
415429 RAAF
(KIA in RATE crew)
2. Jack WILLIAMS 54458 RAF |
Robert Lambert MANTTAN
434513 RAAF |
T A BROWN
1787696 RAF (?) |
Leonard John MONGAN
427836 RAAF |
Donald Henry McLEAN
441359 RAAF |
Various |
58 |
Thomas Ian PALTRIDGE
429991 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Kevin Joseph SHANAHAN
414732 RAAF |
John Bede HARRINGTON
433510 RAAF |
1. Kevin John DENNIS
437121 RAAF
2. Frank William HALE
1377927 RAFVR |
1. Charles Gallacher WELSH 1837071 RAFVR
2. H P MURRAY (Pete)
1866940 RAF (VR?) |
Laurence George HYMUS
441320 RAAF |
John Samuel STEVENS
439918 RAAF |
Various, including
Ronald Eric CASTERTON (AG)
1684825 RAFVR (PoW in LODDER crew) |
53 |
Peter McCallum PAULL
270815 RAAF |
Henry Reeves DAY
437093 RAAF |
Sydney Alfred GREEN 1393292 RAFVR |
1. Kenneth Allan SAXBY
424824 RAAF
2. Leslie John POWER
436481 RAAF |
1. John LORD
1517126 (later 195715) RAFVR
2. Reginald George Weston RICHARDS 155392 RAFVR |
C C WALKER
3040268 RAFVR (?) |
F SMITH
1187024 RAF (?) |
Various |
13 |
Allan John RATE
423892 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Edwin Joseph MASLIN
1469853 RAFVR |
Reginald Albert GOULD
1801500 RAFVR PoW |
Victor Joseph TRUNK
434431 RAAF |
Stewart John Alfred PEGRAM
1895058 RAFVR |
James HOLLOWAY
1812795 RAFVR |
Malcolm John HUSBAND
1717816 RAFVR |
Various including
Desmond Noel KEHOE (B/A)
415429 RAAF |
37 |
Frederick Harold RIDGEWELL
149967 RAFVR
( Crew ) |
Wilhelm Julius MANN
437274 RAAF PoW |
William Kenneth WATSON
154341 RAFVR PoW |
John Raymond BOYCE
432692 RAAF PoW |
Robert Greenwell HODGSON
1592935 RAFVR PoW |
George Edward ROLLS
644506 RAF |
John George LYNCH
650438 RAF |
Various including Thomas PAWSEY (B/A)
163583 RAFVR |
18 |
David John ROBERTSON
419444 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Percival Albert Clifton DERMOND
432132 RAAF |
Phillip George CHANT
427636 RAAF |
Edward Douglas WILSON
419104 RAAF |
Ralph Kenneth DAUGHTERS
1895166 RAFVR |
George Leon GOLDSTEIN
433588 RAAF |
Frederick Joseph RANDLE
24779 RAAF |
Various |
63 |
Lyle David ROBINSON
428792 RAAF
( Crew ) |
1. Frederick Alexander FILMER 436241 RAAF
2. J F HEALY RAF (?) (substitute) |
Lionel DITTMANN
429529 RAAF |
Bernard Francis ROBINSON
424343 RAAF |
Ron GIBSON
1827822 RAF (VR?) |
Franklin Keith McKenzie ANDREW
431712 RAAF |
Grant BOYS
437388 RAAF |
Various |
10 |
John Thomas RODGERS
425190 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Ivan Alexander ARCHER (Sandy)
425261 RAAF |
David John Bates MERCER
424431 RAAF |
Lawrence Graham MOYLE
423828 RAAF |
F CRAWFORD
642712 RAF (?) |
Pierre Rene Yan DONALDSON
432134 RAAF |
Douglas John DOBINSON
424530 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
48 |
Mervin Walter ROHRLACH
417761 RAAF ( Crew ) |
John Scaife SANDERSON
1685244 RAFVR
|
Norman Stanley SCOTT
1399603 RAFVR
|
Douglas Henry LAWRENCE
437426 RAAF PoW
|
Joseph David BEARDSMORE
1594654 RAFVR
|
Vivian Claude TOPHAM
1852943 RAFVR |
Eric Gordon BAKER
3050406 RAFVR |
Various including
Leslie Gordon Marshall MANNELL (A/G)
429052 RAAF |
27 |
Russell William SANDERSON
428797 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Donald Leighton BAVERSTOCK
1655437 RAFVR
(later 190549) |
Colin Ronald LYNCH
1578063 RAF (VR ?) |
Myles Joseph KANE
429578 RAAF |
R ROWE
1059639 ? RAF |
A C STEPHENSON
1592780 ? RAF |
Donald KENNEDY
436467 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
54 |
Lloyd George SCHARER
402673 RAAF
( Crew )
|
Anthony George John CHANDLER 107985 RAFVR (previously 1165326) |
John Anthony STEWART
409246 RAAF |
Isaac John BROWN
983206
(later 198025) RAFVR |
1. John Laurence LAKIN
2221256 RAFVR (later 198307)
2. H P MURRAY (Pete) 1866940 RAFVR
3. James TYLER 54867 RAF
(previously 636564) |
E JOHNSON
1333372 RAFVR |
D R SMITH
1616243 RAFVR |
Various |
64 |
Walter Henry SCOTT
426982 RAAF
( Crew ) |
David Frew DURIE
428845 RAAF |
Donald Miller REID
434268 RAAF |
Wilfred Francis O'DONNELL
433128 RAAF |
J M MORRISON
1827665 RAF (?) |
Bernard Peter PARDY
430801 RAAF |
William Joseph COLLYER
439396 RAAF |
Various |
1 |
David Eliot Strachan SHANNON
400493 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Basil Gordon NICHOLS 1339111 later 190760 RAFVR |
John Arthur CROSS
405798 RNZAF |
Frank Maxwell BARKLA
407924 RAAF |
H P MURRAY (Pete)
1866940 RAF (VR?) |
Thomas GODSALL
1579155 RAFVR
later 197832 |
D WHITEHEAD 1322318 RAF (VR?) |
Not applicable at Driffield |
41 |
George Christopher Barr SHARP
425509 RNZAF
( Crew ) |
George Sinton BLAND
1587032 RAF (VR?) |
H W PAYNE (Harry)
1268659 RAF (VR?) |
Kenneth Cavalier PEACHEY
436272 RAAF |
C HALDEN (Cliff)
1452632 RAF (VR?) |
J MACKIE (Mack)
1824762 RAF (VR?) |
Richard E POWELL
1880512 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
50 |
Philip Stuart SHERREN
419622 RAAF
( Crew ) |
F A McALEESE
1398547 RAF (VR?) |
Wilfred Alan QUYE
1802290 RAF (VR?)
|
Alan Hutchison SEED
430673 RAAF |
1. Norman Henry MacPHERSON (Geordie, or Harry)
1590727 RAF (VR?)
2. John Laurence LAKIN 2221256 RAFVR (later 198307) |
T A CASTLE (Terry)
1862268 RAF (VR?) |
D B (or D P) PATTERSON
1827279 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
38 |
Bruce Anthony SIMMS
424925 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Jeffrey CARR
1458228 RAFVR |
R NICKLIN
1670112 RAF (VR?) |
Albert Edward MORRIS 433235 (A216619) RAAF |
Maurice Albert HEWLETT 3031333
RAF (VR?) |
A N (or A H) BUIST
1826777 RAF (VR?) |
K N (or K K) KIFT
1875516 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
51 |
Jack Roy SMITH
427264 RAAF
( Crew ) |
1. M WALL
1399817 RAF (VR?)
2. Denis James CRITCHLEY
1684278 RAFVR (KIA with ELY Crew)
3. John MORTIMER 1423760 RAFVR
4. Kenneth John BROWN
410302 RAAF
5. Ivan Harold CAMPBELL
415506 RAAF
6. Frank Lewis BIRCH
434165 RAAF
|
Albert Edward PERKES (Alf)
429346 RAAF
|
Gordon Leo GOLDIE (Bill)
430428 RAAF
|
1. W T PARKER (Wilf) 1897610 RAF (VR?)
2. J A CRANE
R.117206 RCAF
3. Ernest Edward ROSE
1701134 RAFVR
4. R J CONSTABLE
1279880 RAF (VR?)
|
1. E N STEVENSON (Steve)
1596367 RAF (VR?)
2. Archibald RUDD
159685 RAFVR
3. Sidney WHITE
431213 RAAF
|
Albert Buckley OAKES
(Al)
1880661 RAF (VR?) |
Various |
61 |
Neil Stephen SULLIVAN
434110 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Keith CURRIE
436316 RAAF |
Arthur COWLEY
50704 RAAF |
Wilson Alfred RAILTON (Bill)
436211 RAAF
|
Thomas WALKER (Tom)
1590544 RAF |
David Maxwell GRIBBLE (Max)
431621 RAAF |
John Cairns LEE (Jock)
430571 RAAF |
Various |
55 |
Alan Gibson SWANN
401175 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Maxwell Garrod TAYLOR
434714 RAAF |
Edmund Theodore PERRIGNON
432718 RAAF |
Herbert Ernest Alfred STANTON
428058 (O35041) RAAF |
John Edmund Arthur GRAY
1595698 RAFVR
(KIA in LODDER crew) |
1. Athol William CADDY
441345 RAAF
2. W E TOEWS
R.278376 RCAF |
Arthur Howarth Sydney BROWN
437673 RAAF |
Various |
12 |
Donald Maxwell TAYLOR
415196 RAAF |
Maxwell Arthur SMITH
424803 RAAF
|
Arthur Charles LOBB
410164 RAAF |
Francis William WESTON (Frank)
432299 RAAF |
Herbert Allen Raymond MANNING (Mick) 1891464 later
187960 RAFVR |
1. Charles Henry REES
(Taffy or Chum)
1420557 RAFVR
2. Dennis P SOMERVILLE
1654863 RAF (?) |
1. Dennis P SOMERVILLE
1654863 RAF (?)
2. Charles Henry REES
(Taffy or Chum)
1420557 RAFVR |
Various |
6 |
Ronald James THOMAS
418205 RAAF
( Crew ) |
John Damian Kearney SCHMIDT
414856 RAAF |
John Charles MANN
426363 RAAF |
Alfred Henry GREEN
422500 RAAF |
Thomas John CUNNINGHAM
1796254 (later 191848) RAFVR |
Athol William Scott SHILLAKER
429896 RAAF |
Maxwell James MARTIN
424007 (O25163) RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
57 |
John Stuart TOOTAL
116056 RAFVR
( Crew ) |
William Francis DUNCAN
13488 RAAF |
Ernest Ronald William OLIVER
427542 RAAF |
Norman Joseph HALL
425647 RAAF |
Trevor Ephraim DAVID
1837005 RAFVR |
Patrick John Paul CARLON
432936 RAAF |
Murray Arthur SMITH
442286 RAAF |
Various including Geoffrey HARRISON-BROADLEY (A/G)
1458627 RAFVR |
35 |
Thomas Walter TRIGGS
16496 RAAF ( Crew ) |
Keith Allison WORRALL
423969 RAAF |
Edward Alfred Osmond REVELL
418568 RAAF |
Frederick James WHEELER
944077 RAFVR
Lawrence Graham MOYLE
423828 RAAF |
G J (or C J?) REYNOLDS
1169328 RAF (?) |
Robin Eugene NICHOLLS
434168 RAAF |
Berry Gordon MEDWAY
415947 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
26 |
Donald Grant UTHER
423361 RAAF
( Crew ) |
D E MILLER (Dusty)
1397845 ? RAF |
J CUNNINGHAM (Geordie)
1671629 RAF (?) |
Clifford Kingsley BARNETT
432090 RAAF |
1. Leslie Edward MILES
1894484 RAFVR
(KIA in ASTILL crew)
2. R J CONSTABLE 1279880 RAF (?) |
F T HUTTON (Frank)
1826421 RAF (?) |
Richard HANDYSIDE
1825585 RAF (?) |
Various |
42 |
Peter Freston WHATLING
1389305 later 195582 RAFVR
( Crew ) |
Warwick Denis YOUNG
430297 RAAF
|
John William HARRIS
1337631 RAFVR
|
Llewellyn George EDWARDS (Lew)
419117 RAAF |
Dennis Claude COLEMAN (Ron)
3005236 RAFVR |
James Sunderland WHITWORTH (Jim)
1582513 RAFVR
|
James WHYTE (Jock)
3020584 RAFVR |
Various |
|
Charles Victor Douglas WILLIS
33354 RAF (2nd Pilot) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
22 |
Paul Dean WILSON
417687 RAAF
( Crew ) |
Donald Archie PLUMB
424934 RAAF |
1. William Young ALLAN 428748 RAAF 2. Ronald James SMITH 12060 RAAF
3. James Kennedy MUNDLE 126905 RAFVR |
Gordon Stewart Woollands RICHARDSON
415592 (later O51099) RAAF |
E R CANN
544513 RAF (?) |
Harold Edward STOKES
430636 RAAF |
Ian Oliver ELLIS
428405 RAAF |
Not applicable at Driffield |
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