RAF 166 Squadron
Individual Crew Photographs - Missing, Lost and Survived
Sgt. R. F. Arnold
RAF 1890774
Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I AS-E ME643
Died 4 May 1944
Tasking - Mailly-le-Camp, France
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. W. E. Myers - Pilot
Sgt. R. A. Green - Flight Engineer
Plt. Off. A. P. Pappajohn - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. S. Wilson - Navigator
Sgt. W. T. Jones - Wireless Op.
Sgt. J. P. Kenny - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. Oscar Patrick McFadden
RAAF 424303
Wireless Op. Lancaster Mk I AS-X LL916
Died 28 May 1944
Tasking - Aachen, Germany
Other Crew Members
W/O. F. A. Mander - Pilot
Sgt. H. J. Evans - Flight Engineer
W/O. G. J. Overend - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. V. L. Newell - Navigator
Flg. Off. B. A. White - Mid Upper Gunner
W/O. H. Shaw - Rear Gunner
Australian War Memorial Image #P0377.001
W/O. William Valentine Butler - Pilot
Lancaster Mk III AS-C2 EE137
14 January 1944
Tasking - Brunswick, Germany
Flt. Sgt. Ronald Soo - Mid Upper Gunner
Other Crew Members
Sgt. R. E. W. Cheeseman - Flight Engineer
Sgt. J. Holden - Air Bomber (Survived)
Sgt. J. W. Thomas - Navigator (Survived)
Sgt. F. C. Collins - Wireless Op.
Sgt. J. M. Preston - Rear Gunner
Flt. Lt. John Barritt DFC►
RAF 130337
Gunnery Leader
Mid Upper Gunner
◄Flt. Sgt. Charles Edward Miller
RAF 1397989
Navigator
Lancaster Mk I AS-A PA179
All Died 21 February 1945
Tasking - Dortmund, Germany
Other Crew Members
Sqn. Ldr. K. L. Collinson - Pilot DFC
Plt. Off. A. J. Adams - Flight Engineer DFC
Flg. Off. J. M. Sinclair - Air Bomber DFC
Flt. Sgt. A. C. Harrison - Wireless Op.
Sgt. C. R. Anderson - Mid Upper Gunner
Plt. Off. Bernard Norman Touzel
RAF 146093
Navigator Wellington Mk X AS-Q HF594
Died 25 June 1943
Tasking - Wuppertal, Germany
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. R. E. Currie - Pilot
Sgt. N. Cawthra - Navigator
Sgt. G. H. Williams - Wireless Op.
Sgt. F. Needham - Rear Gunner
Sgt. Thomas Ball
RAF 1620011
Rear Gunner Wellington Mk X AS-M HE346
Died 26 June 1943
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Other Crew Members
W/O. C. A. Mattress - RAAF - Pilot
Sgt. A. Mortimer - Navigator
Sgt. J. P. Priestley - Air Bomber
Sgt. N. R. Parry - Wireless Op.
◄ Plt. Off. Henry Wilson Heron
RAF 158583
Pilot
Wellington Mk X AS-U HE988
30 August 1943
Tasking - München Gladbach, Germany
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. P. E. Musto - Navigator
Sgt. J. Smith - Air Bomber
Sgt. T. I. Betts - Wireless Op.
Sgt. Leslie James Wakerell ►
RAF 1319771
Rear Gunner
Flg. Off. Bryan Patrick Fraser
RAAF 434396
Died 27 July 1944
Tasking - Stuttgart, Germany
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-Y ND628
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. G. L. Heath - Pilot
Sgt. L. A. Newell - Flight Engineer
Sgt. D. E. Simmons - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. W. Murphy - Wireless Op.
Sgt. R. Williams - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. N. D. Staff - Rear Gunner
Flt. Sgt. John Granville King
RAAF 410000
Died 19 March 1944
Tasking - Frankfurt, Germany
Navigator Lancaster AS-F ND705
Other Crew Members
Sqn. Ldr. D. A. Sewell - Pilot
Plt. Off. R. A. Glasson - Second Dickie Pilot
Sgt. C. W. Lloyd - Flight Engineer
Sgt. L. S. Preator - Air Bomber
Sgt. W. J. Proffitt - Wireless Op.
Flg. Off. D. W. C. Hawken - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. R. Emson - Rear Gunner
Lancaster Mk III AS-M2 LM694
All Died 27 August 1944
Gardening - Danzig Bay, Poland
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off J. White - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. G. W. Palmer - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. J. B. Russell - Navigator
Sgt. W. A. Holt - Wireless Op.
Flt. Sgt. J. Schafer - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Lt. Frederick James Dee
RAF 48419
Pilot
Flt. Sgt. John Fitzgerald
RCAF R215210
Rear Gunner
Sgt. John Fenwick Weatherell
RAF 605522
Mid Upper Gunner
Plt. Off. Douglas M. Bridges
Pilot
Survived
Lancaster Mk I AS-B LL903
Shot down 28 April 1944
Tasking - Friedrichafen, Germany
Other Crew Members
Sgt. J. A. Hargreaves - Flight Engineer
Plt. Off. J. L. Atherton - Navigator
Flg. Off. D. G. Wood - Air Bomber (Survived)
Sgt. J. A. Buncher - Wireless Op
Sgt. J. J. Opie - Rear Gunner.
Flg. Off. Royden G. Bradley
RCAF J28537
Pilot
Lancaster Mk III AS-R LM652
Died 27August 1944
Gardening - Danzig Bay, Poland
Other Crew Members
Sgt. W. France - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. E. V. Hammond - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. R. N. Smith - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. A. Scott - Navigator
Flg. Off. G. Flagel - Mid Upper Gunner
Flg. Off. K. F. Morley - Rear Gunner
Photograph Courtesy - Geraldine Chase
Flt. Lt. Lloyd Archibald Ferguson
RCAF R153401
Air Bomber Lancaster Mk I AS-V ME686
Died 30 March 1944
Tasking - Nuremberg, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flt. Lt. G. A. Proctor - Pilot
Flg. Off. P. E. Legard - Second Dickie Pilot
Sgt. H. Longton - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. G. W. Trodd - Navigator
Plt. Off. D. B. McIntosh - Wireless Op.
Sgt. P. F. Walker - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. G. T. W. Reynolds - Rear Gunner
Flg. Off. Allen James Reid
RCAF J36936
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-E ME318
Died 4 December 1944
Tasking - Karleruhe, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. G. C. Clewley - Pilot (Survived)
Sgt. A. J. Taylor - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. E. F. Williams - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. J. A. Joyce - Wireless Op.
Flt. Sgt. H. R. Thyret - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. R. J. Barr - Rear Gunner
Other Crew Members
Flt. Lt. J. A. Sherry - Pilot
Plt. Off. A. Martin - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. D. H. Bennett - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. K. Surman - Wireless Op.
Flt. Sgt. C. Young - Mid Upper Gunner
Flg. Off. M. Bernyk
RCAF J38740
Navigator
Flt. Sgt. John Cletus Daze
RCAF R82170
Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I AS-J ME647
Died 31 December 1944
Tasking - Osterfeld, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. S. R. Hanna - Pilot
Sgt. P. Morris - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. C. W. Macklaier - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. D. S. Howard - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. W. P. Wynnyk - Wireless Op.
Sgt. C. A. Fowler - Rear Gunner
Flt. Sgt. William Russell Darling
RCAF R261453
Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster Mk I AS-X LM176
Died 4 December 1944
Tasking - Karlsruhe, Germany
Flg. Off. Robert Duncan Crone
RCAF J23474
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-G ND651
Died 3 June 1944
Tasking - Calais, France
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. D. G. Jones - Pilot
Sgt. H. T. Gregory - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. C. G. Neville - Air Bomber
Sgt. J. Maguire - Wireless Op.
Sgt. B. T. Williams - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. C. E. Mayne - Rear Gunner
Flg. Off. Earl John Underhill
RCAF J237224
Navigator Lancaster MkIII AS-D ND401
Died 25 March 1944
Tasking - Berlin, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. J. L. McGill - Pilot
Sgt. J. Mowbray - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. C. M. Target - Air Bomber (Survived)
Sgt. R. Tugman - Wireless Op.
Sgt. O. S. Roberts - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. E. F. Pates - Rear Gunner
Flg. Off. Lawreence Maurice Clark
RCAF J20082
Pilot Wellington Mk X AS-M HZ278
Died 29 April 1943
Gardening mouth of Elbe River (this was their 1st operation)
Other Crew Memebers
Sgt. D. E. Giles - Navigator
Flg. Off. J. A. Dalton - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. H. J. MacEachen - Wireless Op.
Sgt. H. R. Fisher - Rear Gunner (Survived)
By permission of Søren C. Flensted
Other Crew Members
Sgt. E. E. Hillyard - Flight Engineer
Master Sgt. W. W. Mitchell - Air Bomber
Plt. Off. E. D. Nesbitt - Navigator (Survived)
Sgt. R. Winder - Wireless Op.
Sgt. W. H. Clarke - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. H. Gibbon - Rear Gunner
Plt. Off. Colin Phelps (Survived became POW)
Pilot Lancaster Mk III AS-W DV180
Shot down 29 January 1944
Tasking - Berlin, Germany
Flt. Sgt. Frederick Lloyd Bulman
RCAF R154844
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-S ND806
Died 23 April 1944
Tasking - Dusseldorf, Germany
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. R. V. McDougall - Pilot
Sgt. T. Kirby - Flight Engineer
W/O. T. Fenton - Air Bomber
Sgt. J. Robinson - Wireless Op.
Sgt. R. W. French - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. W. P. Mead - Rear Gunner
Plt. Off. Trevor Wilmont Boyce
RNZAF 422047
Pilot Lancaster Mk III AS-X LM581
Died 13 June 1944
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Other Crew Members
Sgt. J. B. Carter - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. M. A. Monks - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. A. B. Leonard - Navigator
Sgt. A. Aldis - Wireless Op.
Sgt. H. Rothwell - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. I. M. Ross - Rear Gunner
Sgt. Owen Eastwood Collins
RNZAF 414961
Pilot Wellington Mk III AS-L X3965
Died 30 March 1943
Tasking - Bochum, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. L. Young - Navigator
Sgt. J. G. Hubbard - Air Bomber
Sgt. J. B. Bayliss - Wireless Op.
Flt. Sgt. S. N. Curtiss - Rear Gunner
Flt. Sgt. Ronald James McClean Bell
RNZAF 4215788
Air Bomber Lancaster Mk I AS-Y LM289
Died 5 April 1945
Tasking - Lutzkendorf, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. R. A. Ayton - Pilot (Survived)
Sgt. K. H. Butcher - Flight Engineer
Sgt. A. G. S. Laidlaw - Navigator
Sgt. A. Nicholson - Wireless Op.
Sgt. D. J. Barlow - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. J. Benson - Rear Gunner (Survived)
Flt. Sgt. Eric Alexander Roy
RNZAF 4213333
Air Bomber Lancaster Mk III AS-J2 PB153
Died 17 March 1945
Tasking - Nuremburg, Germany
Other Crew Members
Sgt. W. L. Hilder - Pilot
Sgt. R. T. C. Guscott - Flight Engineer
Sgt. J. W. Richards - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. M. D. S. Davis - Wireless Op.
Sgt. E. C. Wilkie - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. L. Titmus - Rear Gunner (Survived)
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. J. S. Kirton - Pilot
Sgt. J. P. Coogan - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. P. L. Andrews - Air Bomber
Sgt. A. J. Brazier - Wireless Op.
Sgt. F. I. Spence - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. C. McLean - Rear Gunner
Flg. Off. Jack Lesney Lochhead
RNZAF 427215
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-R ND399
Died 13 June 1944
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Flt. Sgt. Simon Stanley Solomons
RAAF 432281
Navigator Lancaster Mk III AS-U PD226
Died 30 August 1944
Gardening - Stettin Bay, Germany/Poland
Other Crew Members
Plt. Off. L. D. Heath - Pilot
Sgt. L. G. Lewis - Flight Engineer
Sgt. T. L. R. Griffiths - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. W. W. Hiscock - Wireless Op.
Sgt. G. A. Vaughan - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. W. P. Noble - Rear Gunner
National Achives of Australia Image #A9301 432281
Flg. Off. John Henry Stopp►
RAAF 419739
Navigator Lancaster Mk I AS-K2 ME777
Died 13 June 1944
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. W. G. Grant - Pilot
◄Sgt. J. E. Bawtree - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. H. W. Davies - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. L. T. Hunt - Wireless Op.
Plt. Off. H. A. Brown - Mid Upper Gunner
Flg. Off. J. K. Moses - Rear Gunner
National Archives of Australia Image #A9301 419738
Flg. Off. Peter William Byers
RAAF 421158
Wireless Op. Lancaster Mk III AS-O ND626
Died 26 October 1944
Gardening Frisian Islands
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. J. R. Burton Pilot
Sgt. A. E. Eades Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. J. B. Hill Air Bomber
Flg. Off. D. E. Walker Navigator
Flt. Sgt. V. Turbard Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. G. S. Elders Rear Gunner
National Archives of Australia Image #A9301 421158
Plt. Off. Gordon Leonard Heath
RAAF 423114
Pilot Lancaster Mk III AS-Y ND628
Tasking Stuttgart, Germany
Other Crew Members
Sgt. L. A. Newell - Flight Engineer
Sgt. D. E. Simmons - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. B. P. Fraser - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. W. Murphy - Wireless Op.
Sgt. R. Williams - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. N. D. Staff - Rear Gunner
National Archives of Australia Image
#A9301 423114
Flg. Off. Robert Bruce Melville
RCAF J18235
Died 31 August 1944
Wireless Op. Lancaster Mk III AS-I NE170
Other Crew Members
Flg. Off. F. D. Elliott - Pilot (Survived)
Sgt. J. H. Comley - Flight Engineer (Survived)
Flt. Sgt. M. L. Oliphant - Air Bomber (Survived)
Sgt. N. W. L. Linton - Navigator (Survived)
Flt. Sgt. G. M. Canning - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. K. G. Rhodes - Rear Gunner
