Pathfinder Squadron RAF

- Killed - Friendly Fire - Murdered - Injured - POW - Interned - Evaded - Not Injured - Unknown

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	19/02/1944	Berlin	DZ612	Mosquito IV	T/o 0105 Gravely.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	W	Thomas	DFC		23		119075	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095578	20/02/1944
	F/O	J L	Munby	DFC		28		50097	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN	2095506	20/02/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	18/03/1944	Frankfurt	DZ647	Mosquito IV	T/o 2002 Gravely. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the general vicinity of Hannover.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J C	Leithead					J/27829	HANOVER WAR CEMETERY	2074695	18/03/1944
	W/O1	J Y	Burke			21		1281933	HANOVER WAR CEMETERY	2198305	18/03/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	26/04/1944	Essen	ML977	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2320 Gravely. On return to base, landed at 0308 and promptly ran into a 35 Squadron Lancaster III ND734 TL-N, which was in the process of clearing the runway. Sgt W E Crawford, the tail gunner was killed and Sgt T Nainby, who was in the mid upper turret, was badly injured.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	E J J	Saunderson
	F/Lt	R H W	Clarkson

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	12/05/1944	Kiel	DZ638	Mosquito IV	T/o 0212 Gravely. Thought to have fallen victim to a night fighter, crashing near the Kaiser-Wilhelm Kanal.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	D M T	Burnett					J/85238	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1530868	13/05/1944
	P/O	G W	Hume					173448	HAMBURG CEMETERY	2200329	13/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	26/05/1944	Ludwigshafen	DZ649	Mosquito IV	T/o Gravely. Crashed in the vicinity of Heinerscheld and Hupperdange, two small villages in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , some 35 km NNW of Diekirch.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	T C	McGowan			25		J/15874	HEINERSCHEID (HUPPERDANGE) CHURCHYARD	2259025	27/05/1944
	F/Lt	C S	Bradford			28		49100	HEINERSCHEID (HUPPERDANGE) CHURCHYARD	2259024	27/05/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	4/06/1944	Koln	ML971	Mosquito XVI	T/o Gransden Lodge. On return the crew tried to land at Warboys airfield, but on approach the port engine failed and the Mosquito went into a field at 0059 and burst into flames.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J E L	Gover	DFC
	F/O	E	Talbot	DFC		29		137222	STRETTON-CUM-WETMOOR (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD	2713675	5/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	26/06/1944	Gottingen	MM139	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2338 Gransden Lodge to carry out a low level attack on railway workshops. Hit by flak.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	J P	Farrow	DFC DFM MID
	F/O	C R	Strang			22		413725	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1808146	27/06/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	7/07/1944	Berlin	MM147	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2315 Gransden Lodge. Crashed 0128 to the W of Granzow, 9 km WNW from centre of Kyritz.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	P K	Burley	DFC		24		149874	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2078902	8/07/1944
	F/O	E V	Sanders	DFC

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	7/07/1944	Training	MM129	Mosquito XVI	Landed 0430 Weston airfield in Somerset, but bounced back into the air. The pilot opened up to go around again, but the starboard engine failed, a wing dropped and the Mosquito was wrecked in the ensuing crash landing.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	F N	Plumb	DFC

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	10/07/1944	Berlin	PF380	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2336 Gransden Lodge. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/C	S D	Watts	DSO DFC MID		28		404008	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1809827	11/07/1944
	F/O	A A	Matheson	DFM		29		412714	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1076541	11/07/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	23/08/1944	Air Test	PF384	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2140 Gransden Lodge. Outbound, crashed 2210 at Waferhill Farm near Norwich.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O1	G T	Collinson			24		1211264	STOKE-ON-TRENT (FENTON) CEMETERY	2713455	23/08/1944
	Sgt.	L W	Youens					1803648	MELCOMBE REGIS CEMETERY	2709301	23/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	25/08/1944	Berlin	MM135	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2155 Gransden Lodge. Crashed 0245 at Park Farm, Old Warden, 6 miles SE of Bedford. It is believed the accident was due to the pilot misreading his altimeter.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	W D W	Bird			28		40361	WORTING (ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY) CHURCHYARD	2351024	26/08/1944
	Sgt.	F W	Hudson			21		1801746	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651210	26/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	25/08/1944	Berlin	MM140	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2155 Gransden Lodge but the crew experienced problems with the undercarriage and after getting rid of their 4,000 lb bomb, crash landed 2350 at Woodbridge airfield in Suffolk. There are no reports of injuries.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	C H	Burbidge
	Sgt.	I L H	Ramage

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	27/08/1944	Mannheim	ML965	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2310 Gransden Lodge.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	S G A	Warner					169580	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2033154	28/08/1944
	F/O	W K	McGregor

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	27/08/1944	Mannheim	MM138	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2312 Gransden Lodge.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	T H	Galloway	DFM
	Sgt.	J	Morrell

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	13/09/1944	Berlin	MM126	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2046 Gransden Lodge. Reported to have come down in open country at around 2250 some 7 km S of the remote village of Linum, 16 km N of Nauen. It is presumed both officer were buried locally, though their names are now on the Runnymede Memorial.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	G R	Thomas					174290	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1808658	13/09/1944
	F/O	J H	Rosbottom			30		147507	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2940569	14/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	25/09/1944	Mannheim	PF393	Mosquito VI	T/o 1906 Gransden Lodge. Crashed at Mignault (Hainaut), 18 km ENE of Mons.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	L J	Brennan			22		413020	MIGNAULT COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2254581	26/09/1944
	F/O	T J	Bolger			23		405291	MIGNAULT COMMUNAL CEMETERY	2254580	26/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	30/09/1944	Hamburg	MM141	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1837 Gransden Lodge. Overshot 2028 while tring to land at Warboys airfield, Huntingdon and was wrecked after crashing into a ditch.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J P	MacKenzie
	Sgt.	H	Welch

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	12/10/1944	Hamburg	MM143	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1918 Gransden Lodge. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	N H	Hornby			28		150111	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1800487	12/10/1944
	Sgt.	W D	Crail					338349	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1085183	12/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	14/10/1944	Berlin	MM184	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1501 Gransden Lodge. Shot down by Uffz Doerscheidt of 1./NJG10 flying a FW190 and crashed 0211 in the Duisberg-Munster area.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	F H	Dell
	F/O	R A	Naiff			21		134212	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1077505	15/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	16/10/1944	Koln	MM118	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2210 Gransden Lodge. Crashed 0100 on return to base, the crew sustaining minor injuries.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G D T	Nairn					125980	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2048287	1/01/1945
	F/Sgt	D	Lunn			23		1482190	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2047944	1/01/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	31/10/1944	Hamburg	MM181	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1809 Gransden Lodge.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	L	Shackman	AFC		30		78858	HAMBURG CEMETERY	2200881	31/10/1944
	Sgt.	A B	McGlynn			33		1100822	HAMBURG CEMETERY	2200580	31/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	29/11/1944	Hanover	ML940	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1915 Gransden Lodge. On return tried to land at Gravely but crashed 200 while on approach. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	A A	Chandler
	Sgt.	A T	Wood

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	9/12/1944	Berlin	MM180	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1942 Gransden Lodge. Abandoned, out of fuel, S of Romilly-sur-Seine and SE of Paris. No reports of Injuries.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Sgt	L G	Williams
	F/O	W B	Smith

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	17/12/1944	Hannau	ML959	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1635 Gransden Lodge. On return to base, overshot and crashed amongst trees. The wreckage caught fire and the Mosquito was totally destroyed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	S P	Brunt			22		133372	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2650944	17/12/1944
	F/Sgt	R J	Sutherland			26		R/177954	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2929111	17/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	1/01/1945	Railway Tunnels	PF414	Mosquito XVI	T/o 0651 Graveley. Hit by flak and crashed 0833, with both engines blazing, into hilly country SE of Schuld and towards Adenau.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G D T	Nairn					125980	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2048287	1/01/1945
	F/Sgt	D	Lunn			23		1482190	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2047944	1/01/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	14/01/1945	Berlin	MM128	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2106 Graveley

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	G R P	Chaundy	DFM		24		161264	SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY	2255039	15/01/1945
	F/Sgt	G F	Ayre			29		433081	SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY	2254845	15/01/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	14/01/1945	Berlin	MM150	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2109 Graveley. Ran low on fuel and at 0240 the crew baled out near Greenham Common airfield in Berkshire. F/O Morgan struck the fin and failed to open his parachute, while Sgt Sturrock for unknown reasons released his chute before reaching the ground.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J P	Morgan			24		413881	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651382	15/01/1945
	Sgt.	J A McK	Sturrock			19		1800054	NEW SOUTHGATE CEMETERY	2932756	15/01/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	1/02/1945	Berlin	MM224	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1840 Graveley. On return attempted to land at Rougham airfield near Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk, but overshot the runway and crashed 2330, hitting a car and injuring the four civilian occupants. The vrew escaped with minor cuts and abrasions.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	P Q J	Back
	F/O	D T N	Smith	DFC

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	1/02/1945	Transit	MM183	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1655 Manston but the port engine lost power and the crew put back to the airfield, crash landing 1715, wheels retracted. No injuries reported.

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

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	7/02/1945	Mainz	MM182	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2012 Graveley. F/O Doran was a veteren of 52 operational missions.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	P B	Doran					144626	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042959	7/02/1945
	Sgt.	D H	Beckolt

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	1/03/1945	Erfurt	ML969	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1903 Graveley. During the sortie, the ASI failed and on return to base at 2310 the Mosquito landed heavily, causing the undercarriage to give way. Soon afterwards the wreckage caught fire. but both crew escaped unharmed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G R	Green
	F/Lt	J A	Perry

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	11/03/1945	Berlin	PF450	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1828 Graveley but lost power on one engine and the crew headed back towards the airfield. The approach was made at 1852, but the Mosquito overshot the runway, crashed into a hedge and caught fire.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	A W	Waugh			30		413460	CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY	2651640	11/03/1945
	F/O	L R	Corrigan

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	21/03/1945	Berlin	PF392	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1916 Graveley

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O1	I M	MacPhee			29		1137803	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2202068	22/03/1945
	F/Sgt	A V	Sullivan			26		538944	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2761149	22/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	27/03/1945	Berlin	PF466	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1911 Graveley. Lost without trace

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	E S	Vale	MID		27		101470	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1809238	27/03/1945
	F/O	F J	Manning			34		J/44304	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1079885	27/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	30/03/1945	Berlin	RV341	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1951 Graveley.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Sgt	W	Campey			23		1147947	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1083967	31/03/1945
	F/Sgt	J	Rabiner					R/211384	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	2939823	31/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
692	23/07/1945	Training	MM172	Mosquito XVI	Returned to Gransden Lodge at 0125 from a night cross country but on touch down veered off the runway to starboard, collapsing the undercarriage and damaging the aircraft beyond repair. No injuries reported.

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