Individuals 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

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

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