Pathfinder Squadron RAF

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Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	22/04/1944	Laon	JA933	Lancaster III	T/o 2214 Little Staughton to bomb railway yards. Picked up by a night fighter and exploded, crashing in flames at Dives (Oise), 20 km NNE of Compiegne.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	B F	Wallis			20		413326	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847163	23/04/1944
	Sgt.	H W	Collins			19		1808961	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847133	23/04/1944
	F/Sgt	H R	Falloon			22		423939	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847137	23/04/1944
	F/O	W A F	Squibb					151601	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847159	23/04/1944
	Sgt.	J A	Sturgeon					1585202	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847160	23/04/1944
	Sgt.	G	Lyall			21		1569054	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847150	23/04/1944
	Sgt.	J P	McGinn			19		1590360	ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY	2847151	23/04/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	22/04/1944	Training	ND737	Lancaster III	T/o 0900 Little Staughton for a radar training exerise but crashed almost immediately when the undercarriage unit clipped buildings near the runway. No one was badly hurt, but the Lancaster was deemed beyond econonomic repair.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	G W	O'Donovan

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	3/05/1944	MontDidier	JA968	Lancaster III	T/o 2242 Little Staughton to bomb the airfield. Intercepted by a night-fighter and, shortly after, exploded, debris falling on the N side of the target area.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	F C	Bertelsen			22		J/9077	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846890	4/05/1944
	Sgt.	R G	Lovegrove					967425	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846898	4/05/1944
	F/O	J L	Ritchie					J/23721	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846905	4/05/1944
	W/O1	G A	Schwerdfeger					R/150897	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846907	4/05/1944
	Sgt.	E K	Slattery			20		1580782	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846910	4/05/1944
	Sgt.	R	Mansbridge			19		1876639	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846901	4/05/1944
	F/Sgt	G A	Clyne			20		410454	MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY	2846893	4/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	3/05/1944	MontDidier	ND910	Lancaster III	T/o 2242 Little Staughton to bomb the airfield. Crashed at Beaulieu-les-Fontaines (Oise), 10 km NW of Noyon.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	C J E	O'Neill					J/87299	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095517	4/05/1944
	Sgt.	J A A	Mansfield			21		1804226	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095489	4/05/1944
	P/O	S	Hewitt			29		173119	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095426	4/05/1944
	P/O	J B	Armstrong
	F/Sgt	J R	Ingham			23		1479625	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095440	4/05/1944
	F/Sgt	G A	Coon			20		R/178848	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095361	4/05/1944
	F/Sgt	F N	Holmes			23		1577142	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095432	4/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	24/05/1944	Aachen	ND816	Lancaster III	T/o 0020 Little Staughton. Hit by flak and plunged on to the Schutzenstrasse in the centre of Aachen.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	S W	Little	DFC		30		J/21422	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2047908	25/05/1944
	Sgt.	W C	Truman			26		999898	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2033057	25/05/1944
	F/Lt	J P	Flynn			25		J/14167	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2043116	25/05/1944
	P/O	G	Jones			22		176137	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2047714	25/05/1944
	F/Sgt	A W	Oram			22		1346171	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032300	25/05/1944
	F/Sgt	B W	Webb			20		1874126	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2033182	25/05/1944
	F/Sgt	N A	Rawlinson			19		2216259	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032516	25/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	27/05/1944	Rennes	ND814	Lancaster III	T/o 2325 Little Staughton to mark the airfield at St-Jacques. Crashed on the western edge of the target area. S/L Heney was an experienced PFF pilot with at least 59 sorties to his credit.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	H W B	Heney	DSO		23		39918	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846283	28/05/1944
	Sgt.	L W	Cudlipp					1606835	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846259	28/05/1944
	F/Lt	R D	Lamb			24		42300	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846299	28/05/1944
	F/Lt	S W	Brown			21		413849	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846243	28/05/1944
	F/Sgt	F S	Webb			23		1387510	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846376	28/05/1944
	P/O	F R	Ross			23		42341	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846344	28/05/1944
	P/O	A G	Harrington			24		421276	RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2846279	28/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	5/06/1944	Longues	NE166	Lancaster III	T/o 0303 Little Staughton to bomb a coastal battery. Lost without trace. S/L Raybould, a veteran bomber pilot with 78 sorties, had gained his DFM with 101 Squadron

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	A W	Raybould	DSO DFM		23		122402	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2939924	6/06/1944
	F/Lt	D	Johnson	DFC		25		48317	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1802121	6/06/1944
	F/O	G L	Ramsay			20		52871	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2939861	6/06/1944
	F/Lt	A	Feeley	DFC				142914	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1269895	6/06/1944
	F/O	A H	Grange			27		J/27158	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1798675	6/06/1944
	W/O1	H	Kitto	DFM		25		619406	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1802843	6/06/1944
	P/O	J N	Papworth	DFC		24		169510	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1803805	6/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	14/06/1944	Douai	NE172	Lancaster III	T/o 0024 Little Staughton to bomb rail facilities. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter, crashing 4 km SW of Adinkerke in the Veurne.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J H	Hewitt	DFC				161083	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774956	15/06/1944
	P/O	V B	Crosby	DFM		33		179049	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774922	15/06/1944
	P/O	H L	Wilson	DFM		27		172790	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2775018	15/06/1944
	P/O	R L	Clenahan	DFC		23		175564	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774918	15/06/1944
	P/O	D	Flynn	DFC		31		177272	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774943	15/06/1944
	W/O	W	Smith	DFC		21		1483335	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2775002	15/06/1944
	F/Sgt	G V	Cottrell			23		1350378	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774921	15/06/1944
	F/Sgt	A	Bouch	DFM		21		1336404	COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY	2774900	15/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	15/06/1944	Lens	ND502	Lancaster III	T/o 2355 Little Staughton to bomb railway yards. Crashed in the NW suburbs of Arras in the Pas-de-Calais. It is likely this Lancaster fell victim to a night fighter as it is reported that as F/S Harris went to open the escape hatch, so he collapsed mortally wounded.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	N J	Tutt			21		176275	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280849	16/06/1944
	F/Sgt	S	Parr					622838	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280848	16/06/1944
	F/Sgt	H	Harris			21		1458651	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280846	16/06/1944
	F/Sgt	R H	Ames					1321473	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280844	16/06/1944
	F/Sgt	R F	Boots
	F/Sgt	P	Long-Hartley			20		1388549	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280847	16/06/1944
	F/O	W T	Williams			23		53787	STE. CATHERINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2280850	16/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	28/06/1944	Blainville	ND921	Lancaster III	T/o 2250 Little Staughton to mark rail yards. Crashed and exploded, killing both air gunners who had baled out safely but had the misfortune to land amongst the burning wreckage, at Coincy (Aisne), 27 km SSE of Soissons

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	S A	Spierenburg
	F/Lt	W H	Siddons
	F/Sgt	W E	Foley
	F/Sgt	L	Hood
	F/Sgt	J W	Austin			21		1320627	COINCY ISOLATED GRAVES	2689325	29/06/1944
	Sgt.	R W	Chelu			20		1807401	COINCY ISOLATED GRAVES	2689326	29/06/1944
	Sgt.	D A F	Coole			22		1587024	COINCY ISOLATED GRAVES	2689327	29/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	5/07/1944	Wizernes	NE169	Lancaster III	T/o 2325 Little Staughton to attack a flying bomb site. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	D H	Manson			28		J/85487	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1079900	6/07/1944
	Sgt.	J	Geeves			19		1717745	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1270715	6/07/1944
	F/O	J W	Stapleton			28		J/23460	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1807852	6/07/1944
	F/O	E A	Salomaa			31		J/25513	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2940839	6/07/1944
	F/Sgt	A	Fretwell			23		1577087	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1270458	6/07/1944
	Sgt.	D	Eggleston			23		752767	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	232836	6/07/1944
	W/O1	E G	Smith	DFM							6/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	20/07/1944	Foret de Croc	ED908	Lancaster III	T/o 1420 Little Staughton leading an Oboe attack on a flying bomb site. Shot down on the run into the AP, exploding with great force.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	J	Foulsham	DFC AFC		29		37347	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317050	20/07/1944
	S/L	J B	Weightman	DFC				43255	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317532	20/07/1944
	Sgt.	J	Gresty			21		1685127	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317102	20/07/1944
	F/Lt	G B	Aungiers			22		143845	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2316827	20/07/1944
	F/Lt	J	Swarbrick	DFC		32		125743	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317469	20/07/1944
	F/Sgt	T C	Bower			21		1338406	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2316886	20/07/1944
	P/O	G R	MacArthur					J/91058	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317241	20/07/1944
	F/Sgt	E W R	Pratt			20		1325000	DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER	2317372	20/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/07/1944	Kiel	JB417	Lancaster III	To 2230 Litte Staughton. Ran short of fuel and crashed 0340 while attempting an emergency landing at the Handley Page facility at Radlett in Hertfordshire.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	Maj	E	Swales	VC DFC		29		6101V	LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY	2110052	23/02/1945
	Sgt.	R A	Powell
	Sgt.	E	Knowles
	Sgt.	A E	Williams
	F/Sgt	A	Goodacre
	Sgt.	B	Leach
	Sgt.	J	Smith

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/07/1944	Kiel	ND391	Lancaster III	To 2230 Litte Staughton.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	R A	Rember			24		J/85674	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356767	24/07/1944
	Sgt.	L G	Whybrow			20		1217557	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356948	24/07/1944
	F/O	E E	Radcliffe			22		J/23119	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356759	24/07/1944
	W/O2	R W	Smalley					R/165429	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356824	24/07/1944
	F/Sgt	K	Hibbert			22		1238246	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356482	24/07/1944
	Sgt.	J	Tweedie			20		1567240	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356893	24/07/1944
	Sgt.	D H	Phillips			31		1280695	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356727	24/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	25/07/1944	? ? ? ?	582-440725	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
	Sgt.	P	Dicerbo			19		1825388	MOFFAT CEMETERY, KIRKPATRICK, JUXTA	2715323	25/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	28/07/1944	Stuttgart	ND810	Lancaster III	To 2230 Litte Staughton. Crashed 0150 to the S of Heimerdingen, 21 km ESE Pforzheim. It is likely that the bomber exploded, throwing clear S/L Coleman.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	V G F	Coleman
	F/Sgt	R C L	Lewis			39		1441139	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2102225	29/07/1944
	P/O	W F	Bunting	DFM		23		173443	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2079915	29/07/1944
	F/Lt	D S	Margach	DFC		32		115985	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2102400	29/07/1944
	F/Sgt	G D	Taylor			24		998259	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2103277	29/07/1944
	W/O1	W	Waldron			25		1065821	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2103396	29/07/1944
	W/O1	A P	Baines					1334065	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2079677	29/07/1944
	F/Sgt	D	Craggs					651886	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY	2080124	29/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	7/08/1944	Mare de Magne	ND817	Lancaster III	To 2211 Little Staughton to attack a strong point in the Normandy Battle Zone. Came down at St-Vigor-d'Ymonville (Seine-Maritime) on the north bank of the Seine and roughly 12 km E of Le Havre.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	R	Wareing
	W/O	J	Tourans
	F/Lt	A F	Hill
	F/Lt	R V	King
	W/O1	E J	Hawker			24		1354388	ST. VIGOR-D'YMONVILLE CHURCHYARD	2689139	8/08/1944
	F/O	R W	Blaydon	DFM		29		169133	ST. VIGOR-D'YMONVILLE CHURCHYARD	2689136	8/08/1944
	F/Sgt	R G	Campbell					1301496	ST. VIGOR-D'YMONVILLE CHURCHYARD	2689137	8/08/1944
	W/O1	W	Gaughran					640843	ST. VIGOR-D'YMONVILLE CHURCHYARD	2689138	8/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	12/08/1944	Russelsheim	ND969	Lancaster III	To 2230 Little Staughton. Probably intercepted by a night fighter, whose fire set light to both starboard engines. Spun and partially abandoned.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	E J	Trotter	DFC
	F/Sgt	J	Rawcliffe
	S/L	B M	Mathers	DFC
	P/O	B A	Pullin	DFC		23		175556	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032490	13/08/1944
	F/Sgt	J T	Broad			24		1205696	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042532	13/08/1944
	F/Sgt	W R C	Parfitt			28		922824	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032346	13/08/1944
	F/Sgt	K	Archibald			20		1572931	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042269	13/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	29/08/1944	Stettin	PB202	Lancaster III	To 2110 Little Staughton. Crashed at Vorupor some 19 km W of Thisted.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	A L	Farrington			29		40046	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271632	29/08/1944
	F/O	G R	Bradley	DFM				53275	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271631	29/08/1944
	F/Lt	A C	Strout					J/9481	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271637	29/08/1944
	F/Lt	L V	Tyndale					J/13758	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271638	29/08/1944
	P/O	H	Silverwood	DFM		24		56185	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271634	29/08/1944
	F/Sgt	D E J	Stevens			20		1576847	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271635	29/08/1944
	F/O	C F	Stewart	DFM		22		169048	NORRE VORUPOR CEMETERY	2271636	29/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	8/09/1944	Le Havre	PB123	Lancaster III	To 0630 Little Staughton for a raid on a garrison recently bypassed in the break out from Normandy. Presumed crashed in the target area.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J E	Goddard	DFC		21		420658	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1798458	8/09/1944
	P/O	G	MacKenzie
	F/Lt	H W	Baker					151315	STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE	2095015	8/09/1944
	P/O	W N	Daniel			20		423996	STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE	2095070	8/09/1944
	F/O	A G	Debeer
	W/O1	G E	Lythgoe			26		964480	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1079081	8/09/1944
	F/Sgt	J	Beecroft			21		1438194	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1083683	8/09/1944
	F/O	R A	Newton			36		155991	STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE	2095202	8/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	11/09/1944	Castrop-Rauxel	PB184	Lancaster III	T/o Little Staughton.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	P H	Shurlock
	W/O1	V A	Davis	DFM		25		1172743	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2036086	11/09/1944
	F/O	K E	Lenz
	F/O	J R	Gorman
	W/O	W B	Hazlehurst
	F/Lt	R K	Simmonds
	P/O	H E	Jacobs

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	15/09/1944	Air Test	PB511	Lancaster III	On return to Little Staughton airfield in Huntingdonshire, the Lancaster veered from its flight path, crashed and was wrecked. No injuries reported

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/C	D M	Walbourn

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	15/09/1944	Kiel	PB378	Lancaster III	To 2226 Little Staughton. Crashed in the North Sea.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G W	Nixon					115143	ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY	2271098	16/09/1944
	Sgt.	M G	Lamb			19		1852855	ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY	2271049	16/09/1944
	Sgt.	K M G	Durrant			21		1801052	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356334	16/09/1944
	F/O	H	Wilkins			23		153130	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356949	16/09/1944
	Sgt.	A	Robson			21		1671735	NORRE HAVRVIG CHURCHYARD	2271293	16/09/1944
	Sgt.	R V	Fishpool			19		1592874	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1270068	16/09/1944
	P/O	J T W G	Norris	DFM		20		175851	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1077794	16/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/09/1944	Training	PB512	Lancaster III	T/o 1042 Little Staughton for a fighter affiliation exercise. Reported to have lost control while making a diving turn at 8,000 feet and dived into the ground at 1132 some 4 miles E from North Weald airfield.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	W L	Shirley			22		424529	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2928912	23/09/1944
	Sgt.	D C	Evans			22		1836534	LLANTWIT MAJOR (TABERNACLE) CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPELYARD	2717416	23/09/1944
	F/O	F D	Hill			21		132036	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2667070	23/09/1944
	F/Sgt	D L T	Smith			23		1389708	CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK	2734192	23/09/1944
	F/O	G J	Burch			20		159512	THURROCK (CHADWELL ST. MARY) CEMETERY	2427455	23/09/1944
	F/Sgt	C J	Mitchell			24		417981	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2667816	23/09/1944
	LAC	W A G	Alston			22		1509278	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2761646	23/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	12/10/1944	Wanne Eickel	ND880	Lancaster III	To 0829 Little Staughton. Crash landed 1248 and caught fire during an emergency landing at Manston airfield Kent. All scrambled clear apparently without injury.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J E	Brown
	Sgt.	E R	James
	Sgt.	F	Docker
	Sgt.	D M	Reid
	F/Sgt	A P	Gostling
	Sgt.	J T	Smith
	Sgt.	P	Rayner

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	29/10/1944	Walcheren	PB630	Lancaster III	To 1145 Little Staughton to mark gun positions on the island. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	L F	Croft			23		422079	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	231512	29/10/1944
	Sgt.	W	Roberts								29/10/1944
	F/O	K	Hodgson			20		154238	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1800279	29/10/1944
	F/Lt	E S	Dawson	DFC				82210	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	232001	29/10/1944
	F/Sgt	R C	Mahoney					1336772	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1079823	29/10/1944
	P/O	R L	Pocock					185749	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1804455	29/10/1944
	Sgt.	D D	Wilson			20		1573648	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1531796	29/10/1944
	F/Sgt	W T	Witty			21		1397910	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1531945	29/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	3/12/1944	Heimbacht - Urft	PB629	Lancaster III	To 0804 Little Staughton. Shot down over Holland by enemy aircraft.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	A F	Green
	Sgt.	D R	Naylor
	F/O	W	Mood
	F/O	C E	Dalik
	Sgt.	W J	Hough
	F/Lt	F G	Grillage			36		86729	VENRAY WAR CEMETERY	2054323	3/12/1944
	W/O1	J L	Campbell

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	12/12/1944	Essen	PB554	Lancaster III	To 1717 Little Staughton. Hit by flak on the bombing run and exploded, debris being scattered over Mulheim.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J	Kinman			22		150440	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2056132	12/12/1944
	Sgt.	H	Mawson			23		1591864	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2040294	12/12/1944
	F/O	M	Gisby			22		153015	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1270892	12/12/1944
	F/Sgt	A L	Plimmer	DFM		21		1620607	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2041144	12/12/1944
	F/O	P A	Hughes	DFM		28		175594	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2055681	12/12/1944
	F/Sgt	E E	Evans			22		1800212	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2031224	12/12/1944
	F/Sgt	S J	Wright			20		1896094	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2047176	12/12/1944
	F/Sgt	S C	Trevis					1584991	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2046520	12/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/12/1944	Koln	PB120	Lancaster III	To 1029 Little Staughton. Hit by flak and then shot up by Me109s before falling onto 77 Haupstrasse at Koln-Rodenkirchen, roughly 7 km SE from the city centre.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	A W	Reif			29		J/86455	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032540	23/12/1944
	Sgt.	J	Paterson					1823399	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032365	23/12/1944
	P/O	K H	Austin					J/90857	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042291	23/12/1944
	P/O	P	Uzelman					J/93105	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2033090	23/12/1944
	F/Sgt	G	Owen			21		1622728	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032324	23/12/1944
	F/Sgt	J	MacLennan
	F/Sgt	R E	Pearce

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/12/1944	Koln	PB141	Lancaster III	To 1028 Little Staughton. Shot down over the target area by fighters. Miraculously, both F/O Parrat and F/S Shirley survived despite being trapped in the bomber as it flat spun from 20,000 feet, crashing onto a marshalling yard.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	R C	Hockly	DFM
	P/O	K W	Hewitt	DFM		24		183777	HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY	2777559	23/12/1944
	Sgt.	D	Spier
	F/O	O H	Smith
	F/O	H E	Parratt	DFM
	F/Sgt	R K	Shirley
	F/Lt	V J D	Jehan

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/12/1944	Koln	PB371	Lancaster III	To 1145 Little Staughton as Master Bomber. Shot down by flak in the target area. For his outstanding valor, S/L Palmer, who had been attached from 109 Squadron, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. His operational flying amounted to 110 sorties.

	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
	F/Lt	O S	Milne	DFC				132625	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2048184	23/12/1944
	S/L	A L	Carter	DFC		29		44553	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042661	23/12/1944
	F/Lt	G	Russell	DFC		21		129583	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2032653	23/12/1944
	F/Sgt	B	Nundy			21		1671822	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2048329	23/12/1944
	F/O	W	Dalgarno					161283	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042853	23/12/1944
	F/Sgt	R K	Yeulatt

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/12/1944	Koln	PB523	Lancaster III	To 1029 Little Staughton. Believed to have crashed at Opitter (Limburg), 4 km SE of Bree in Belgium, though it is likely some baled out over Germany

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	P A	Thomas	DFC		22		172593	HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY	2778044	23/12/1944
	F/Sgt	V G	Hobbs			20		1816098	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY	2055507	23/12/1944
	F/O	W E	Vaughan
	F/Lt	R A	Whitaker
	W/O	H	Fuller
	Sgt.	G	Fallon
	W/O	F W	Campbell			29		J/94493	GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY	2662862	23/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/12/1944	Koln	PB558	Lancaster III	To 1028 Little Staughton. Damaged by flak while approaching the AP and soon afterward came under sustained fighter attack. During these engagements, F/S Watson RAAF maintained a steady stream of fire, continuing to do so even after his turret was hit and put out of action. W/O Anderson RAAF, realising his colleague was trapped, made his way to the rear of the Lancaster and using an axe managed to open the turret doors and pull F/S Watson to safety. Shortly after doing so all baled out over Allied held territory, returning to Little Staughton on 27th December. For their outstanding courage W/O Andersen and F/S Watson were awarded the DFC & DFm respectively. Sadly, F/S Watson was killed on 28 April 1945.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	R P	Terpenning	DFC
	P/O	L	Snow
	F/Lt	A E C	Dorrett
	W/O	N B	Groves
	P/O	A A L	Andersen	DFC
	F/Sgt	A W	McIlrath
	P/O	J G	Watson	DFM		20		424485	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651639	28/04/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	16/01/1945	Zeitz	NE130	Lancaster III	T/o 1835 Little Staughton to assist in the marking of the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant. Presumed abandoned over Allied held territory.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	P J	McVerry
	Sgt.	G	Fallon
	F/O	W B	Thorby
	F/Sgt	J A	Denton
	F/Sgt	J	Carroll
	Sgt.	T	Myatt
	Sgt.	N	McNamara			21		1798690	CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY	2235157	17/01/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	20/01/1945	Training	PB182	Lancaster III	Overshot and crash landed 1550 while trying to land at Oakington airfield, Cambridgeshire. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	A J	Keely

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	21/02/1945	Duisberg	PB652	Lancaster III	T/o 2032 Little Staughton. Bombed from 17,000 feet at 2300 and returned to base at 0028. No indication of anything untoward in the Squadron records, but the movement card for thia Lancaster shows it was damaged beyond repair, through battle damage.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J	Gale
	Sgt.	J	Buxton
	F/Sgt	A	MacDougall
	F/Sgt	N P	Smith
	W/O2	C M	Hutton
	Sgt.	G T	Everett
	Sgt.	C A H	Dixon

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	23/02/1945	Pforzheim	PB538	Lancaster III	T/o 1636 Little Staughton as Master Bomber. Sustained very severe damage over the target area at the hands of night fighters. Exercising skillful airmanship and sheer willpower Capt Swales SAAF regained the Allied lines and baled out his crew. Before he could make his own escape, the Lancaster hit H/T wires and crashed at Chappelle-aux-Bois (Nord), S of Valenciennes. Capt Swales was awarded a posthumous VC, gazetted 24 April 1945.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	Maj	E	Swales	VC DFC		29		6101V	LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY	2110052	23/02/1945
	F/Sgt	G W	Bennington	DFM
	S/L	D P D	Archer	DSO DFC
	P/O	R A	Wheaton
	F/Lt	C	Dodson	DSO DFC
	P/O	A V	Goodacre
	Sgt.	B	Leach
	P/O	N	Bourne

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	5/03/1945	Chemnitz	PB475	Lancaster III	T/o 1733 Little Staughton. Homebound, when a TI that had failed to release exploded, sending the Lancsater hurtling into the ground at 0100 near Bellingdon, 2 miles NW from Chesham in Buckinghamshire. Sgt Hart managed to parachute to safety.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J C	Gould			23		177586	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2436852	6/03/1945
	Sgt.	A	Denbigh			19		1588726	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2436789	6/03/1945
	F/Sgt	R F	Barnett			22		417794	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2436695	6/03/1945
	W/O	G	Torr			21		417533	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2437133	6/03/1945
	W/O1	E W	Hemsworth			21		423730	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2436880	6/03/1945
	Sgt.	G J P	Ralph			20		1811907	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY	2437033	6/03/1945
	Sgt.	G	Hart

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	15/03/1945	Hagen	ND849	Lancaster III	T/o 1808 Little Staughton. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	W H T	Underwood	DFC				145864	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1809202	15/03/1945
	Sgt.	W J	Goodwin			19		1593711	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1798559	15/03/1945
	F/Sgt	R W	Robson			22		1602074	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2940465	15/03/1945
	F/O	J W	Lewis			29		147932	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1803392	15/03/1945
	W/O1	R P	Cantwell			20		424964	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1083992	15/03/1945
	Sgt.	G	Murray								15/03/1945
	Sgt.	G O	Willer			22		2221374	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1531610	15/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
582	28/04/1945	Training	PD983	Lancaster I	Iced up after flying into a snow cloud and lost power on both engines. At 100 feet all control was lost and the Lancaster crashed 1150, at Deenethorpe, 5 miles ENE from the centre of Corby, Northamptonshire. The names of the five who were injured are not recorded.

F/O

R P

Terpening

DFC

24

424312

CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

28/04/1945

P/O

J G

Watson

DFM

20

424485

CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

28/04/1945