RAF 166 Squadron

Individual Crew Photographs - Missing, Lost and Survived


Sgt. R. F. Arnold

RAF 1890774

Rear Gunner

Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME643
Lost: 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
Lost: 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

Flt. Lt. John Barritt  DFC & Flt. Sgt. Charles Edward Miller
Flt. Lt. John Barritt

Gunnery Leader

Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. Charles Edward Miller

Navigator
RAF 130337
RAF 1397989
Lancaster Mk I  AS-A  PA179

Lost: 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

W/O. William Valentine Butler & Flt. Sgt. Ronald Soo

RAF 1318348

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

                       RAF 1052600

Lancaster Mk III  AS-C2  EE137

14 January 1944

 

Tasking - Brunswick, Germany

L to R Front Row - Cheeseman, Preston, Butler, Collins & Soo
 

Plt. Off. Bernard Norman Touzel

RAF 146093

Air Bomber - Wellington Mk X  AS-Q  HF594

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


Plt. Off. Henry Wilson Heron & Sgt. Leslie James Wakerell

RAF 158583

Sgt. Leslie James Wakerell

Rear Gunner

Plt. Off. Henry Wilson Heron

Pilot

     

Other Crew Members

 

Plt. Off. P. E. Musto - Navigator

Sgt. J. Smith - Air Bomber

Sgt. T. I. Betts - Wireless Op.

                         RAF 1319771

Wellington Mk X  AS-U  HE988

30 August 1943

Tasking - München Gladbach, Germany



Flt. Sgt. John Granville King

RAAF 410000

Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-F  ND705
Lost: 19 March 1944

Tasking: Frankfurt, Germany
Other Crew Members

Sqn. Ldr. D. A. Sewell - Pilot
Flt. 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

Flt. Lt. Fredrick James Dee & Flt. Sgt. John Fitzgerald

RAF 48419

Flt. Lt. Fredrick James Dee

Pilot

Flt. Sgt. John Fitzgerald

Rear Gunner

     

Other Crew Members

 

Plt. Off. P. E. Musto - Navigator

Sgt. J. Smith - Air Bomber

Sgt. T. I. Betts - Wireless Op.

                         RCAF R215210

Lancaster Mk III  AS-M2  LM694

27 August 1944

Gardening - Danzig Bay, Poland


Plt. Off. Douglas M. Bridges &  Sgt. John Fenwick Weatherell

        Survived      

Plt. Off. Douglas M. Bridges

Pilot

Sgt. John Fenwick Weatherell

Mid Upper Gunner

     

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 

                         RAF 605522

Lancaster Mk I  AS-B  LL903

28 April 1944

Tasking - Friedrichafen, Germany



Flg. Off. Royden G. Bradley

RCAF J28537

Pilot

Lancaster Mk III  AS-R  LM652
Lost: 27 August 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 - Wireless Op.
Flg. Off. G. Flagel - Mid Upper Gunner
Flg. Off. K. F. Morley - Rear Gunner
Photograph Courtesy  Geraldine Chase


Plt. Off. Arthur Edward Brown

RAF 170737

Pilot

Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  JB639
Photograph Courtesy  Bernard Brown
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society
Lost: 17 December 1943

Tasking - Berlin, Germany
Other Crew Members

Sgt. C. G. Thompson - Flight Engineer
Sgt. H. A. Williams - Navigator
Sgt. N. N. Griffin - Air Bomber
Sgt. L. D. Perry - Wireless Op.
Sgt. E. V. Smith - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. D. W. Inglis - Rear Gunner



Flg. Off. Robert Bruce Melville

RCAF J18235

Wireless Op.

Lancaster Mk III  AS-I  NE170
Lost: 31 August 1944

Tasking - Agenville, France
Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. F. D. Elliott - Pilot (Survived)
Sgt. J. H. Comley - Flight Engineer (Survived)
Sgt. N. W. L. Linton - Navigator (Survived)
Flt. Sgt. M. L. Oliphant - Air Bomber (Survived)
Flt. Sgt. G. M. Canning - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. K. G. Rhodes - Rear Gunner


Flg. Off. Allen James Reid

RCAF J36936

Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-E  ME318
Lost: 4 December 1944

Tasking - Karleruhe, Germany
Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. G. C. Clewley - Pilot
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



Sgt. A. C. Smith (survived became POW)



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-A  JA865
Lost: 24 November 1943

Tasking - Berlin, Germany
Other Crew Members

W/O. E. F. Grove - Pilot (survived became POW)
Sgt. A. Rossi - Flight Engineer (survived became POW)
Flt. Sgt. E. Hunt - Air Bomber (survived became POW)
Sgt. S. Paterson - Wireless Op. (survived became POW)
Sgt. J. Davies - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. J. E. W. Iverson - Rear Gunner



Sgt. Francis Gilbert Brooks

RAF *Rhodesian 777769


Flight Engineer

Lancaster Mk I  AS-F  ME637
Lost: 20 February 1944

Tasking - Leipzig, Germany
Other Crew Members

Sqn. Ldr. R. Bows - Pilot
Flt. Sgt. H. Gregg - Air Bomber
Flg. Off. W. F. Hughes - Navigator
Sgt. A. K. Barlow - Wireless Op.
Sgt. E. L. Morton - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. D. B. Asquith - Rear Gunner



Flg. Off. Lawrence Maurice Clark

RCAF  J20082


Pilot

Wellington Mk X  AS-M  HZ278
Photograph Courtesy  Søren C. Flensted
Lost: 29 April 1943
 
Gardening mouth of Elbe River

(this was their 1st operation)
Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. J. A. Dalton - Air Bomber
Sgt. D. E. Giles - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. H. J. MacEachen - Wireless Op.
Sgt. H. R. Fisher - Rear Gunner (Survived)



Plt. Off. Colin Phelps (survived became POW)

RAF 416889


Pilot

Lancaster Mk III  AS-W  DV180
Lost: 29 January 1944
 
Tasking - Berlin, Germany

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


Flg. Off. Jack Lesney Lochhead

RNZAF 427215



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-R  ND399
Lost: 13 June 1944
 
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Other Crew Members

Plt. Off. J. S. Kirton - Pilot
Sgt. J. P. Coogan - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. P. L. Andrews - Air Bomber
Plt. Off. E. D. Nesbitt - Navigator (Survived)
Sgt. A. J. Brazier - Wireless Op.
Sgt. F. I. Spence - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. C. McLean - Rear Gunner


Flg. Off. Peter William Byers

RAAF 421158



Wireless Op.

Lancaster Mk III  AS-O  ND626
Lost: 26 October 1944
 
Gardening - Frisian Islands

Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. J. R. Burton - Pilot
Sgt. E. A. 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


Flt. Sgt. Eric Alexander Roy

RNZAF 4213333



Air Bomber

Lancaster Mk III  AS-J2  PB153
Lost: 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)


Flg. Off. Robert Duncan Crone

RCAF J23474



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-G ND651
Lost: 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. Maquire - Wireless Op.
Sgt. B. T. Williams - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. C. E. Mayne - Rear Gunner


Flg. Off. Bryan Patrick Fraser & Flt. Sgt. William Murphy

RAAF 434396                                                          RAAF  419669



Flg. Off. Bryan Patrick Fraser

Navigator

Flt. Sgt. William Murphy

Wireless Op.
Photograph courtesy Colin Gerrard
Lancaster Mk III AS-Y  ND628

Lost: 27 July 1944
 
Tasking - Stuttgart, Germany

Other Crew Members

Plt. Off. G. L. Heath - Pilot
Sgt. L. A. Newell - Flight Engineer
Sgt. D. E. Simmons - Air Bomber
Sgt. R. Williams - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. N. D. Staff - Rear Gunner


Flg. Off. Earl John Underhill

RCAF J237224



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-D ND401
Lost: 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


Sgt. Alfred William Gowland

RAF 1818907



Mid Upper Gunner

Lancaster Mk I  AS-J2  LL749
Lost: 27 March 1944
 
Tasking - Essin, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flt. Sgt. V. L. Perry - Pilot
Sgt. J. J. McInroy - Flight Engineer
Sgt. A. G. Coney - Air Bomber (Survived became POW)
Flt. Sgt. L. V. Woodfield - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. M. D. H. Williams - Wireless Op.
Sgt. W. Harris - Rear Gunner


Sgt. Thomas Ball

RAF 1620011



Rear Gunner

Wellington Mk X  AS-M  HE346
Lost: 26 June 1943
 
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Other Crew Members

W/O. C. A. Mattress - Pilot
Sgt. J. P. Priestley - Air Bomber
Sgt. A. Mortimer - Navigator
Sgt. N. R. Parry - Wireless Op.


Flt. Sgt. Lloyd Archibald Ferguson

RCAF R153401



Air Bomber

Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  ME686
Lost: 31 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


Flt. Sgt. William Russell Darling

RCAF R261453



Mid Upper Gunner

Lancaster Mk I  AS-X  LM176
Lost: 4 December 1944
 
Tasking - Karlsruhe, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. S. R. Hanna - Pilot
Sgt. P. Morris - Flight Engineer
Flg. Off. C. W. Macklaier - Air Bomber
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


Plt. Off. Trevor Wilmont Boyce

RNZAF 422047



Pilot

Lancaster Mk III  AS-X  LM581
Lost:  13 June 1944
 
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Other Crew Members

Sgt. G. 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


Flt. Sgt. Ronald James McClean Bell

RNZAF 4215788



Air Bomber

Lancaster Mk I  AS-Y  LM289
Lost:  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. John Cletus Daze & Flg. Off. M. Bernyk

RCAF R82170                                        RCAF J38740



Flt. Sgt. John Cletus Daze

Rear Gunner
 
Flg. Off. M. Bernyk

Navigator
 
Lancaster Mk I  AS-J  ME647

Lost:  31 December 1944
 
Tasking - Osterfeld, Germany

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


Flt. Sgt. Simon Stanley Solomons

RAAF 432281



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-U  PD226
Lost:  30 August 1944
 
Tasking - Stettin Bay, Germany/Poland

National Archives of Australia

Image # A9301 432281
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


Flg. Off. John Henry Stopp & Sgt. Joseph Eric Bawtree

RAAF 419738
 
RAF 1893164
 
Flg. Off. John Henry Stopp

Navigator
 
National Archives of Australia

Image # A9301 419738
Sgt. Joseph Eric Bawtree

Flight Engineer
 
Lancaster Mk I  AS-K2  ME777

Lost:  13 June 1944
 
Tasking - Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. W. G. Grant - Pilot
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


Sgt. James Karl Stanley Somers

RAAF 411398



Wireless Op.

Wellington Mk X  AS-C  HE924
Lost:  22 June 1943
 
Tasking - Krefeld, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flt. Sgt. A. Burgess - Pilot
Plt. Off. G. R. Wright - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. W. F. Payne - Air Bomber
Sgt. E. Jeffs - Rear Gunner


Plt. Off. Owen Eastwood Collins

RNZAF 414961



Pilot

Wellington Mk III  AS-L  X3965
Lost:  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


Sgt. George Fredrick Clark

RAF 1335626



Navigator

Lancaster Mk III  AS-L  ED841
Lost:  16 February 1944
 
Tasking - Berlin, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flg. Off. R. J. Robinson - Pilot
Sgt. H. K. Harrison - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. R. A. R. Smith - Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. D. J. Stokes - Wireless Op.
Sgt. N. Jones - Mid Upper Gunner
Flg. Off. B. O. Wright - Rear Gunner
Photograph Courtesy  Patricia Firman, John Barker and relatives of Sgt. G. Clark
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society


Flt. Sgt. Alexander Bernard Sheddan & Flt. Sgt. John Francis Moore


RNZAF 416210
RAAF 410689
Flt. Sgt. A. B. Sheddan

Air Bomber
Flt. Sgt. J. F. Moore

Wireless Op.
Lost:  21 December 1943

Lancaster Mk I  AS-P2  R5552
 
Tasking - Frankfurt, Germany

Other Crew Members

Flt. Sgt. K. B. Renelt - Pilot
Sgt. E. C. Toms - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. J. W. Thompson - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. D. J. Stokes - Wireless Op.
Sgt. L. A. Henson - Mid Upper Gunner
Flt. Sgt. D. Bernard - Rear Gunner
Photograph Courtesy  Kees Stoutjesdijk
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society
Photograph Courtesy  Kate Roper
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society


Sgt. Cyril Arthur Land & Sgt. Alexander George Wells


RAF 1392263
RAF 1286485
Sgt. C. A. Land

Air Bomber
Photograph Courtesy  Andrew McDonald
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society
 Sgt. A. G. Wells

Wireless Op.
Photograph Courtesy  Richard Williams
with permission Aircrew Remembrance Society
Lost:  25 July 1943

Wellington Mk X  AS-P  HZ314
 
Tasking - Hamburg, Germany

Other Crew Members

Plt. Off. G. Ashplant - Pilot - CGM
Flt. Sgt. H. J. A. Reid - Navigator
Flt. Sgt. A. E. Jeffery - Rear Gunner


Sgt. Alwyn Nicholson


RAF 1990583
Sgt. Alwyn Nicholson,  RAF

Wireless Op.
Photographs Courtesy  Pam Mlodawski
Lost:  5th April 1945

Lancaster Mk I  AS-Y  LM289
 
Tasking - LUTZKENDORF, Germany

Crashed on approach to Kirmington

Other Crew Members

Flg. Off R. A. Ayton,  RNZAF - Pilot
Sgt. Kenneth Hardy Butcher,  RAF - Flight Engineer
Flt. Sgt. Ronald J McClean Bell,  RNZAF - Bombaimer
Sgt. Adrian Gordon Stewart Laidlaw,  RAF - Navigator
Sgt. Dennis John Barlow,  RAF - Mid Upper Gunner
Sgt. J Benson,  RAF - Rear Gunner

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