Crews posted to 462 Squadron RAAF, 205 Group, Middle East Command:-

Fayid, Egypt from initial formation on 06 September 1942, to mid November 1942;
Libya (Cyrenaica) in various locations from mid November 1942 to end of February 1944;
Moved to Italy end of February 1944 (and re-named as 614 Squadron).
462 Squadron RAAF ceased to exist on 01 March 1944. It was reformed in the UK in August 1944.

For crews at Driffield (4 Group) and Foulsham (100 Group), UK, please visit page for 462 Squadron Bomber Command, UK.

Information on this page has been sourced from 462 Squadron Operational Record Books (ORBs); Air Force Lists; London Gazette; The National Archives (TNA) UK; and Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Various books and websites were also consulted to compare details, however discrepancies were noted between official records and some authors. (Please refer to Acknowledgements page for details of books and internet sites.)

The ORBs also contained typographical and factual errors. Some pages of the Squadron ORBs are very 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. The 462 Squadron ORBs for 1942, 1943, and early 1944 did not include the service numbers of mentioned aircrew, and only occasionally the member's Air Force, and some handwritten initials had been added at a later time. Those names without Service Numbers and Air Force will have those details added after verification.

Please note also that only Officers were listed in the POSTINGS TO and POSTINGS FROM in the ORB for 462 Squadron, 205 Group, Middle East Command (Form 540 for each month). However service numbers as recorded for some Officers have proven to be incorrect.
Other Ranks were not listed in the Postings, however if they were members of Air Crew, they were listed in the Ops (Forms 541, Detail of Work Carried Out, for each month). Those who received a DFM, are sometimes named in the Form 540s.
Other personnel (e.g. aircraft maintenance, catering, transport, admin/office staff) were not usually mentioned by name, so information is difficult to source. However, non-operational personnel may be listed at a later date, if able to be identified.

Link to page – Memorials for 462 Squadron, Middle East – which list those members of 462 Squadron who lost their lives during 462 Squadron's existence in the Middle East. All personnel who died were listed, and information has been cross-referenced with the CWGC. They are buried in various cemeteries, as detailed on that page. Those with no known grave, have their names listed in the Air Force Panels of the Alamein Memorial in Egypt. If anyone has photos of any of the Squadron's graves, or photos of names on the Alamein Memorial, and would be able to contribute to this site, please make contact.

The list in the Table below is an amalgamation of information from all sources, following attempts to verify the accuracy of information. Column headers have the titles and sequence as per the ORB for the Middle East.

Column 1 – Crew number (yet to be determined, if such a list existed). Crews have been added in the order in which they first appear in the Forms 540 (Ops), from 06 September 1942, until late February 1944.
Column 2 – Captain / Pilot
Columns 3 to 8 – Crew members, listed by their Role in that crew. Mid-upper gunners were not required for Ops after mid-June 1943. On 30 April 1943 approval was received for the removal of mid-upper turrets and front turrets. The last Op and Halifax which required a Mid-Upper Gunner was on 12 June 1943.

Those who were not permanently with a crew may also be listed separately. However, if they were on an Op with a crew that did not return, they will be listed with that crew. Details of aircraft loss, grave sites, and PoW/Evader status will be included in each crew's page, to be created as an ongoing project.
Airmen acting as substitutes in place of the usual crew members, are listed on that crew's page.
Similarly, second pilots are listed with the main crew on that crew's page.
If found to be without a permanent crew, such names will be added to this page in due course.

Those with two Service Numbers include those who were commissioned, and whose original Service Number was changed (e.g. RAF or RAFVR personnel, and some RCAF personnel). On this web page, the Service Number that would have been current at the time of their service in 462 Squadron is placed first.

Please note that this list is a work in progress, initially concentrating on crews who were Killed in Action (names in RED), or those for whom records are readily accessible; or information has been received from a family member.
More crews will be added as names and details can be verified. There were at least 70 crews in 462 Squadron, 205 Group.
Click on the blue hyperlinks to go to the Crew page.
Survivor after a crew member's name indicates that he survived the aircraft loss.
Any name followed by a ..... (?) .... indicates that details require verification; nr – not recorded; tba – to be added;
MM – Military Medal; OBE – Order of British Empire (Military Division); DFM – Distinguished Flying Medal
DFC – Distinguished Flying Cross; DSO – Distinguished Service Order; AFC – Air Force Cross.
MiD – Mentioned in Despatches.

Wanted please: Photos of crews who served with 462 Squadron, 205 Group, Middle East Command, in their various locations; or during their prior training at OTU or HCU; or photos of individual crew members. If you can assist with photos, or wish to advise of errors on this page, or can provide full names or service numbers etc., please make contact (and please include your source of information for verification). Thank you in advance.

 

1 No.	2 Captain	3 Observer/Nav	4 Wireless Operator	5 Flight Engineer	6 Tail Gunner	7 Bombardier	8 Mid-Upper Gunner
0	Jeffrey BRYAN 63479 RAFVR September 1942 KIA ex 76 Sqdn	Stanley H ROBINSON 1181872 RAFVR September 1942 PoW ex 76 Sqdn	Alan POTTS 1109273 RAFVR September 1942 KIA ex 76 Sqdn	W R YOUNG 570392 RAF(?) September 1942 PoW ex 76 Sqdn	Thomas Phillip Edward BLATCH (OBE) 976618 RAFVR September 1942 PoW ex 76 Sqdn	Not recorded with crew (duties carried out by Obs/Nav ?)	C R JONES 1029352 RAFVR September 1942 PoW ex 76 Sqdn
0	Alan Egbert HACKING 63487 RAFVR September 1942 KIA ex 10 Sqdn	N H TURNER J.15376 RCAF September 1942 PoW ex 10 Sqdn	Joseph Deed BRADLEY (MM) 1057447 RAFVR Sept 1942 Evader ex 10 Sqdn	John William MacFARLANE (MM) 568967 RAF Sept 1942 Evader ex 10 Sqdn	William Jeremiah PORRITT (DFM) R.58432 RCAF September 1942 KIA ex 10 Sqdn	nr	Allan Edwin CARSON 404537 RAAF September 1942 KIA ex 10 Sqdn
?	Harold Adrian BROWN (DFM, DSO) 1257552 RAFVR (later 126488) ex 76 Sqdn Anomaly – The first crew listed in the ORB, Form 541, 07/09/1942, but as a Ferry flight; their first Op was not until 10/10/1942.	1. G M ARMSTRONG ex 76 Sqdn 2. John Edward EARNSHAW (DFC) 120705 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn 3. Peter EARLE 44315 RAF ex 76 Sqdn; KIA en route to UK, in air accident 17/12/1942 4. R K THOMSON R.62253 RCAF ex 76 Sqdn	1. R W LONG ? ? ex 76 Sqdn 2. R FULTON ? ? ex 76 Sqdn 3. J H DICKSON (or J R) ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	James INWARD 569858 RAF (later 51944, DFC) ex 76 Sqdn	G L SHAW (or L G) ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	nr	E G WESTALL ? ? ex 76 Sqdn
?	David Oswald YOUNG (DFC, AFC, DSO) 70764 RAF ex 76 Sqdn	Francis George Tims COLLINS 107924 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn KIA in later posting	R M CRAINE J.15268 RCAF ex 76 Sqdn	J A SPRIGGS ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	D O MOORE ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	nr	A E PATCHETT ? ? ex 76 Sqdn
?	Victor Douglas KNOX (DFC) 63842 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn	J C DAVIDSON J.15307 RCAF (?) ex 76 Sqdn	J D ROGERS ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	G H NICHOLSON ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	Leslie George BURDEN (DFC) 1180696 RAFVR (later 158909) ex 76 Sqdn	nr	E D THORN ? ? ex 76 Sqdn
?	Henry Drury ALCOCK (AFC) 403298 RNZAF ex 76 Sqdn	1. Arthur John HAWKEN 1251076 RAFVR (later 129207) ex 76 Sqdn 2. R K THOMSON (as above) 3. G MILES 798568 RAF (?)	1. Alexander Edward ORAM (DFC) 1275885 RAFVR (later 171879) ex 76 Sqdn 2. John Archibald Robert CARRAD (DFC and Bar) 1180182 RAFVR (later 148914) ex 76 Sqdn 3. W H MENNELL ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	1. James INWARD (as above) 2. Alexander Riach McKAY 967111 RAFVR (later 160505) ex 76 Sqdn 3. Thomas LATHAM 570482 RAF (later 56200) ex 76 Sqdn	K G MITCHELL 751705 RAF (?) ex 76 Sqdn 2. J HOLMES ? ? ex 76 Sqdn 3. Frederick Joseph GERRISH 701272 RAFVR (later 159671) ex 76 Sqdn	nr	1. John Henry HART 1376069 RAFVR (later 161321) ex 76 Sqdn 2. R S MORTHAM 1332299 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn 3. Harold Vivian MORTON 809193 RAFVR (later 195653) ex 76 Sqdn
?	J S THOMAS ? ? ex 76 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	James Donald McINTOSH 404350 RAAF ex 76 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Michael Desmond GRIBBIN (DFM) 1170186 RAF (later 134492) ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	John Henry KENNY 67700 RAFVR (previously 1187932) ex 10 Sqdn ( Crew )	Robert George Albert BURGESS 403601 RNZAF ex 10 Sqdn	R H STROUTS J.17254 RCAF ex 10 Sqdn	Thomas William LEMM 566092 RAF (later 52821) ex 10 Sqdn	Various (x 6)	nr	Rolf Leganger BUGGE 106153 RAFVR (previously 927836) ex 10 Sqdn
?	Peter George Batty WARNER (DSO) 84972 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn 1942 Posting and Crew (see also 1943 Crew)	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Francis James Lyle WYATT (DFM) 1377121 RAFVR (later 134493) ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Kenneth Arthur CLACK (DFM) 124623 RAFVR (prev 1257263) ex 76 Sqdn KIA in later posting	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Ernest Fred ALLEN 1150772 RAFVR (later 178970) ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	D J O'DRISCOLL (MiD June 1943) R.65084 RCAF ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Douglas IVESON (DFC and Bar, DSO) 86384 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	A J CLARKE J.16641 RCAF ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	John Raymond GOLDSTON 69428 RAFVR ex 10 Sqdn November 1942 KIA	J V WATTS (DFC) ? RCAF November 1942 Evader	W N GUERTIN R.68183 RCAF November 1942 PoW	W G PLUMMER 913326 RAFVR November 1942 PoW	James Francis Henry STEER 1256988 RAFVR November 1942 KIA	nr	Roy SPENCER 1184656 RAF November 1942 KIA
?	William Robert KOFOED (DFC, DSO) 404380 RNZAF ex 76 Sqdn ( Crew in 1942 )	G MILES 798568 RAF (?)	Ian Ferrier Fraser BATCHELOR 1101864 RAFVR (later 190816)	Thomas LATHAM 570482 RAF (later 56200)	Frederick Joseph GERRISH 701272 RAFVR (later 159671)	nr	Harold Vivian MORTON 809193 RAFVR (later 195653)
?	James Chisholm MURRAY 404399 RNZAF ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Benjamin John GIBBONS 402857 RAAF ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Albert George DECLERCK 402790 RAAF ex 10 Sqdn October 1942 KIA ( Crew )	Kenneth Hughes WHITMORE 999518 RAFVR October 1942 KIA	Leslie Walter GILES 1153580 RAFVR October 1942 KIA	G F SIMPSON 538225 RAF October 1942 PoW	John Wilson TYSON 551714 RAF October 1942 KIA	nr	Arthur Henry PEPPER R.82619 RCAF October 1942 KIA
?	George Philip SEYMOUR-PRICE (DFC) 34056 RAF ex 10 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Harry William WICKHAM (DFC, MiD) 124631 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Herbert Frank BICKERDIKE (DFC) 64287 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn KIA in later posting	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
?	Geoffrey William RAYMOND 102561 RAFVR ex 76 Sqdn	tba	tba	tba	tba	nr	tba
10 Dec 1942 – 462 Squadron ordered to move to LG237 (Kilo 40). 14 Dec 1942 – Arrived at LG237; 462 Squadron became a temporarily non-operational Unit; and operationally tour expired aircrews were to be returned to the UK. 02 Jan 1943 – The original aircrews ex 10 and 76 Squadrons, operationally tour expired, were posted to 23 P T C, to await passage to the UK (i.e. all of the above). 14 Jan 1943 – W/Cdr SEYMOUR-PRICE was posted to HQ Middle East, for passage to the UK. Return to top The following crews were posted to 462 Squadron, 205 Group, during 1943 and 1944 (many more to be added).
?	Douglas Anthony FORDHAM 39976 RAFO February 1943 Survivor	Ronald MOORHOUSE 121921 RAFVR February 1943 Died from injuries	A RICH or RICK (?) ? ? February 1943 Survivor	E LOOMES ? RAFVR ? February 1943 Survivor	Not named February 1943 Survivor	Not listed with crew (duties carried out by Obs/Nav ?)	Not named February 1943 Survivor
?	Humphrey Ralph GREEN 1381429 RAFVR February 1943 KIA ( Crew )	George Henry HALE 1318812 RAFVR February 1943 KIA	William Sutherland MURRAY 987911 RAFVR February 1943 KIA	Michael Denis McHALE 1087959 RAFVR February 1943 KIA	Thomas Edward MACKRILL 944296 RAFVR February 1943 KIA	Henry Nicholson BALMFORTH 1434390 RAFVR February 1943 KIA	Donald McCARDLE 1425873 RAFVR February 1943 KIA
?	Peter George Batty WARNER (DSO) 84972 RAFVR July 1943 KIA (Crew) (See also 1942 Crew)	Stanley James ELPHICK 116532 RAFVR July 1943 KIA	Robert Davies COPLEY 1289545 RAFVR July 1943 KIA	E LOOMES ? RAFVR ? July 1943 Survivor (2nd time)	Roy Edward PARSONS 129972 RAFVR July 1943 KIA	Charles Robert Borden AINLEY 1451753 RAFVR July 1943 Survivor	Not applicable
?	Frederick Brook BIRMINGHAM 113268 RAFVR August 1943 KIA	Ernest Frederick BASS 157436 RAFVR August 1943 KIA	Charles Sydney HOLTER 161300 RAFVR August 1943 KIA	Albert Arthur SCOTT 16890 RAAF August 1943 KIA	Alfred WHITING 1380793 RAFVR August 1943 KIA	Not listed with crew	Not applicable
?	Robert Hilary Vivian THOMAS 123947 RAFVR (previously 994133) September 1943 Survivor ( Crew )	Ernest Goldsmith PAGE 407623 RAAF (later O4406) September 1943 Survivor	Donald Cuthbert MUNROE ? RCAF September 1943 Survivor	John Hewson THOMAS RAF or RAFVR ? September 1943 Survivor	Charles WESTON 1325255 RAFVR September 1943 Survivor	Charles Robert Borden AINLEY 1451753 RAFVR September 1943 Survivor (2nd time)	Not applicable
?	Michael Frank HALL 1190798 RAFVR October 1943 KIA ( Crew )	Frank Richmond Vincent NELLO R.97524 RCAF October 1943 KIA	Albert GRIFFIN 1379996 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Gordon Frederick William LAWRENCE 1218515 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Raymond Llewellyn FENNELL 1262360 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Melbourne Glaister FRASER 1061575 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Not applicable
?	Kenneth Ernest Mark MARSH 1386008 RAFVR October 1943 KIA ( Crew )	Mitchell RIDLAND 421941 RNZAF October 1943 KIA	Sydney Ernest TILLEY 1331844 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Edward James STICKLAND 1800355 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Thomas James KELLY 1016325 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Ian William COLVIN 1575088 RAFVR October 1943 KIA	Not applicable
?	Stanley James NOURSE 416782 RAAF ( Crew )	T N HEEPS 42188 (?) RNZAF	R A HAY	W A LARKMAN	William John COLE 426014 RAAF	P W PENNY	Not applicable
?	Lyle Anzac LAWSON 414243 RAAF March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn ( Crew )	James Martin WITHERS 1318127 RAFVR March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn	Frederick Henry WORTHINGTON 952045 RAFVR March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn	David John LEWIS 1583102 RAFVR March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn	David Roland WILLIAMS 1740034 RAFVR March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn	Vivian DICKSON 405905 RAAF March 1944 KIA 614 Sqdn	Not applicable
?	Francis Milford James HOGAN 408998 RAAF ( Crew )	J BLACK J.14680 RCAF	D B O'NEIL (or D D ?) RAF ?	R H HOOK RAF ?	James Angus WARD 50976 RAF	H FINDLAY RAF ?	Not applicable

 

 

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