Pathfinder Squadron RAF

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Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	13/01/1943	Essen	DK332	Mosquito IV	T/o 1745 Wyton. Crashed 2125 on return to base. The first PFF Oboe Mosquito to be written off.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	E	Campbell
	F/Lt	J E	Turnbull

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	19/03/1943	Training	DZ427	Mosquito IV	Crashed, due to structural failure, on fenland near Boston, Lincolnshire.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	C R	Henry			21		102972	SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY	2696451	19/03/1943
	P/O	W J	Olde			25		134657	FORRABURY (ST. SYMPHORIAN) CHURCHYARD	2948355	19/03/1943

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	26/03/1943	Duisberg	DK318	Mosquito IV	T/o 1930 Wyton. Last heard calling for help at 2230, believed in the region of the Nort Foreland. This was the first loss of an Oboe equipped Mosquito.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	L J	Ackland	DFC		23		114192	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1082526	26/03/1943
	P/O	F S	Strouts	DFC				J/17228	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1808182	26/03/1943

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	8/04/1943	Duisberg	DZ430	Mosquito IV	T/o 2202 Wyton and crashed almost immediately, coming down at Hartford, Huntingdonshire.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J	Walker			20		117425	HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY	2402506	8/04/1943
	F/O	C D	McKenna			24		J/6665	ALTRINCHAM BOWDON AND HALE (ALTRINCHAM) CEMETERY	1525630	8/04/1943

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	27/05/1943	Essen	DZ432	Mosquito IV	T/o Wyton. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed 0154 at Bleskengraaf en Hofwegen (Zuid Holland), 10 km NE of Dordrecht. This was the first Oboe equipped Mosquito shot down over enemy territory.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Sgt	C L	Chrysler
	P/O	R H	Logan					J/17599	ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY	2634984	28/05/1943

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	22/10/1943	Training	DZ434	Mosquito IV	Disintegrated following loss of control while flying in cloud.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	F R	Jackson	DFM		24		400989	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651223	22/10/1943

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	9/11/1943	Bochum	DZ492	Mosquito IV	T/o 1715 Marham. Hit by flak and crash landed 2115 at Wyton airfield, Huntingdonshire. As the Mosquito touched down the tail assembly broke away from the fuselage.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	R E	Leigh			22		412240	EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY	2617961	10/02/1944
	P/O	J	Henderson

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	2/12/1943	Bochum	LR499	Mosquito IX	T/o 1730 Marham. Last heard by Trimingham at 1955, bearing 105 degrees. Minutes later came down at Heeswijk en Dinter (Noord Brabant), 10 km WSW of Uden, Holland.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	L F	Bickley
	F/O	J H	Jackson

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	7/01/1944	Hamborn	DZ435	Mosquito IV	T/o 1930 Marham. On return to base, collided with a tree and crashed 2245 near crossroads at Narborough, 6 miles NW of Swaffam, Norfolk. Both crew members sustained serious injuries.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	C R G	Grant
	F/O	K F	Hynes			24		403514	ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774822	19/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	13/01/1944	Essen	DZ440	Mosquito IV	T/o 0325 Marham. Shot down from 26,000 feet by an Me110( Oblt Deitrich Schmidt, III./NJG1) and crashed 0536 at Landwehr.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	P Y	Stead	DFC
	W/O1	A H	Flett	DFM		29		910709	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2031370	14/01/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	9/02/1944	Krefeld	DZ558	Mosquito IV	T/o 0151 Marham. Crashed at Laar (Limburg), 3 km N of Weert, Holland.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	R E	Leigh			22		412240	EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY	2617961	10/02/1944
	F/Lt	M R	Breed

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	5/04/1944	? ? ? ?	109-440405	Investigation	Details of this casualty are not known. CWG confirms Squadron and burial site. If you know any details regarding this loss please contact the webmaster.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	P E	Mitchell	DFC		31		135429	GLASGOW (EASTWOOD) CEMETERY	2452961	5/04/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	8/04/1944	Essen	ML957	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2050 Little Staughton. Hit by flak and crash landed at Bradwell Bay, Essex.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	R H	Pattison
	S/L	J V	Watts

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	6/05/1944	Leverkausen	ML958	Mosquito IX	T/o 1930 Little Staughton. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Herkenbosch (Limburg), 6km SE from the centre of Roermond in Holland.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	H B	Stephens	DFC		32		106237	JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY	2646947	6/05/1944
	F/Lt	N H	Fredman	DFC		23		115624	JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY	2645474	6/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	11/05/1944	Air Test	ML205	Mosquito IX	T/o 2030 Little Staughton but lost power from the port engine, swung and crashed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	P F	Woolland

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	2/06/1944	Leverkausen	ML962	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2328 Little Staughton. Hit by flak which damaged the controls and the port engine. Regained the South Coast, but was abandoned circa 0250 near Caterham, Surrey, crashing into the front garden of a house in Ridgemount Avenue, Coulsdon. A blazing fuel tank was thrown onto the roof of a dwelling in Woodlands Grove, killing eighteen month old Alan Roote and injuring his parents who were admitted to Purley Hospital. Four other children in the house escaped unharmed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	A C	Carter
	F/O	E W	Farrett

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	18/06/1944	Air Test	ML900	Mosquito IX	T/o 1442 Swannington but veered off the runway and ran through a tent, killing its occupant, a member of the Royal Air Force Regiment.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Sgt	E M	Hunter

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	28/06/1944	Scholven-Buer	ML960	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2315 Staughton. Badly shot about by a night fighter and on return an engine caught fire as the Mosquito neared Ramsgate. Crash landed 0215 at Manston airfield Kent.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	D N	Russell
	F/O	J S	Barker

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	1/07/1944	Scholven-Buer	ML931	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2320 Little Staughton. Hit by cannon fire from a night fighter and later crashed landed 0225 at Woodbridge airfield, Suffolk.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	L	Gattrill
	F/O	A J	Burnett

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	18/07/1944	Caen	ML939	Mosquito XVI	T/o 0420 Little Staughton. Overshot while trying to land at base on one engine and crashed 0645 near airfield. No injuries.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	H A	Davis
	F/O	C P	Harrold

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	20/07/1944	Homburg	ML967	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2230 Little Staughton and crashed almost immediately. No Injuries

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J B	Burt
	F/Lt	R E	Curtis

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	31/08/1944	Koln	ML932	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2125 Little Staughton.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J W	Shaw
	F/O	J	Broadley

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	31/08/1944	Leverkausen	ML985	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2110 Little Staughton.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G H	A'Court	DFC
	F/Lt	F C E	Waterman	DFC

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	30/09/1944	Bottrop	ML997	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1014 Little Staughton and crashed almost immediately, both crew members sustaining minor cuts and bruises.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	R A M	Palmer	VC DFC +		24		115772	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032341	23/12/1944
	S/L	R A	Esler

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	4/10/1944	Heilbron	MM153	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1946 Little Staughton. Came down in Allied held territory and both returned to base on, or by, 15 October.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	D N	Russell
	F/O	J S	Barker

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	18/10/1944	Pforzheim	MM178	Mosquito XVI	T/o 0008 Little Staughton. Crashed in Belgium.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	D H S	Kay	DFC +		25		42006	ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774825	19/10/1944
	F/O	K F	Hynes			24		403514	ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774822	19/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	16/11/1944	Julich	ML907	Mosquito IX	T/o 1345 Little Staughton. Returned to base only to encounter extremely poor visibility. W/O Garcia-Webb decided to make an SBA approach but on nearing the runway he was observed to pull up sharply in order to avoid flying into H/T cables. In doing so he lost control and the Mosquito stalled and spun in at 1525 near the airfield.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O1	J	Garcia-Webb			28		1280538	WILLESDEN JEWISH CEMETERY	2433477	16/11/1944
	W/O1	R J	Wendes			23		1380740	CARISBROOKE CEMETERY	2351068	16/11/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	23/11/1944	Air Test	MM112	Mosquito XVI	T/o Little Staughton but crashed almost immediately. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J W	Shaw

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	27/11/1944	Neuss	ML979	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1838 Little Staughton. Crashed in the IJsselmeer.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	M	Williamson	DFC
	F/O	A E	Kitchen	DFC		24		173155	KAMPEN GENERAL CEMETERY	2820534	28/11/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	4/12/1944	Karlsruhe	ML990	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1804 Little Staughton. Collided in the air, at 30,000 feet, with another Squadron Mosquito XVI PF402, flown by F/O Relph who returned safely. Happily both offices parachuted and returned to Little Staughton.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	J	Liddle
	P/O	A	Smith

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	21/12/1944	Bonn	PF382	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1642 Little Staughton as a reserve aircraft and it was while returning to base that a crash occurred, 1745, when the Mosquito came down amongst trees near Saxmundham, Suffolk.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	W T	Kerr			22		171678	DUNFERMLINE CEMETERY	2456846	21/12/1944
	F/O	D A	Weare	DFC		21		156001	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651641	21/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	23/12/1944	? ? ? ?	109-441223		DEtails of this Casualty are not known. CWG confirms unit etc. Please notify web owner if you have further details

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G	Russell	DFC		21		129583	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032653	23/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	23/12/1944	Koln	ML998	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1031 Little Staughton. Shot down over the target area by a fighter.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	E C	Carpenter			25		J/4918	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042652	23/12/1944
	F/O	W T	Lambert	DFM		36		145181	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2047831	23/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	27/12/1944	Rheydt	ML961	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1300 Little Staughton. Crashed at Keent (Limburg), a hamlet 3 km S of Weert, Holland.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	W McK	Hodgson	DFC AFM		24		129945	GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY	2663561	27/12/1944
	F/O	A J	Cork	DFM

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	31/01/1945	Duisberg	ML915	Mosquito IX	T/o 0359 Little Staughton and headed for the Hambourn district of Duisberg. Attempted to land at 0654 on one engine at Knocke-le-Zoute airfield in Belgium but overshot and ended up in a ditch.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O	H M	Smith
	F/Sgt	W R	Wade

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	2/02/1945	Training	MM155	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1900 Little Staughton. On return floated well beyond threshold. Attempted to overshoot but the port engine cut and aircraft crash landed, clipping Lancaster NG443 belonging to 583 Squadron. It is not thought that the injuries were serious.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	L A	Bolin

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	5/03/1945	Hallendorf	PF447	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1853 Little Staughton. Attacked the AP at 2142 from 32,000 feet, after advising success of their mission, headed for Brussels-Melsbroek, but crashed whilst attempting to land.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	A M	Payne					161730	BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY	2109223	5/03/1945
	F/Lt	J V	Evans			26		124672	BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY	2108966	5/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	6/03/1945	Wesel	PF429	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1453 Little Staughton to Oboe mark MT and troop concentrations. While taking over the lead formation, comprising of six Mosquitos collided with MM193 and last sighted diving steeply into cloud at 15,000 feet with its tailplane damaged. Th other Mosquito made a safe return to base.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	G M	Smith			24		68790	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1807448	6/03/1945
	F/Lt	W A	Jones	DFC		24		146013	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1802396	6/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	13/03/1945	Training	ML982	Mosquito XVI	Form AM 78 identifies this aircraft as being destroyed on this date in a flying accident. No record of this can be traced.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	?/?	?	??????

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	10/04/1945	Air Test	RV301	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1110 Little Staughton but swung off the runway and undercarriage collapsed. This was F/L Shaw's third attempt to become airbourne and the accident investigators concluded that he might have been advised to give up after aborting his second try.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J W	Shaw

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	24/04/1945	Schleissheim	LR508	Mosquito IX	T/o 2213 Little Staughton to attack an airfield. Homebound, the crew tried to get into Brussels-Melsbroek but overshot and dived into the ground.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J T	McGreal	DFC		32		415706	BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY	2109142	25/04/1945
	P/O	T	Lynn	DFC DFM		29		187095	BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY	2109139	25/04/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
109	3/08/1945	Training	ML991	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1116 Little Staughton for practice bombing. Returned 1304, but held off too high and then bounced on landing, smashing undercarriage.

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