Name: FORD, Alan Arthur
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:23
No.88662
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IV
Z6818
Missing since:03-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 32
Next of Kin:Son of Arthur Lewis Ford and Martha Elizabeth Ford, of Caversham, Oxfordshire.
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea last seen 30miles from Dutch coast.
Name: FARNS, Albert Victor Message
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:25
No.754014
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IV
L9270 UX-X
Missing since:04-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 43
Next of Kin:Son of John William and Florence Evelyn Farns, of North End, Portsmouth
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea 30km west of Bergen.
Name: BENNETT, Robert
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:
No.754408
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
L9386 XD-
Missing since:07-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 39
Next of Kin:Son of Ebenezer and Clara Isabella Bennett, of Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea 25km west of Ijmuiden.
Name: STAPLES, Denis Charles
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:23
No.755820
Unit: 110 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
R3905 VE-
Missing since:12-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 52
Next of Kin:Son of Herbert G. and Florence A. L. Staples; husband of Mary Joan Staples, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea 1km west of Westkapelle.
Name: NEEDHAM, Roland
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:19
No.60808
Unit: 105 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6370 GB-T
Missing since:25-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 33
Next of Kin:Son of John William and Florence Mary Needham.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 5 km west of Westkapelle.
Name: FREEMAN, Edward
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Observer
Age:20
No.751931
Unit: 59 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
N3615 TR-E
Missing since:28-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 36
Next of Kin:Son of Henry W. and Lydia Freeman, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: BRAYE, Igor William
Rank: Wing Commander DFC
Pilot
Age:30
No.32187
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6177 XD-
Missing since:01-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 28
Next of Kin:Son of William and Katherine Braye, of Earl's Court, London.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Den Helder.
Name: WALKER, Alan Lowther
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:20
No.983838
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6457 UX-T
Missing since:28-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 54
Next of Kin:Son of Harry Alderson Walker and Agnes Walker, of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 130km NW off Texel.
Name: OLDROYD, Ronald
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:20
No.937503
Unit: 235 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V5453
Missing since:28-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 49
Next of Kin: Son of Arthur and Ellen Oldroyd, of Dalton, Huddersfield.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, after being shot down by Me109.
Name: TRIGGS, Cyril Ernest
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:23
No.973935
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
R3903 DX-
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 53
Next of Kin:Son of Ernest Edward and Frances Winifred Triggs, of Cardiff
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: MEREDITH, Charles
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:21
No.951583
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
Z5744 XD-Z
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 48
Next of Kin:Son of Frank Wadlow Meredith and Gertrude Harriet Meredith, of Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: MOLLOY, Paul
Rank: Pilot Officer
Navigator
Age:23
No.88697
Unit:18 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6427 WV-B
Missing since:09-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 33
Next of Kin:Son of John and Ellen Molloy, of Romiley, Cheshire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Den Helder.
Name: BRIERS, David George Allakar
Rank: Sergeant
Air gunner
Age:20
No.755777
Unit:22 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Beaufort 1
X8920 OA-V
Missing since:15-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 40
Next of Kin: Son of George Thomas Briers and Annie Grace Eva Briers, of Nottingham.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10km west of Texel.
Name: WATTS, Peter Harris
Rank: Flying Officer
Pilot
Age:
No.41970
Unit: 105 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6319 GB-
Missing since:15-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 30
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Scheveningen.
Name: AIRES, Ernest Keith
Rank: Pilot Officer
Navigator
Age:31
No.62289
Unit:18 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6512 WV-K
Missing since:16-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 31
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: GRIFFITHS, David William
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:21
No.755687
Unit:10 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6671 ZA-
Missing since:19-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 44
Next of Kin:Son of David John and Rachel Griffiths, of Treharris, Glamorgan
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Ameland.
Name: JONES, Godfrey Tegid
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:23
No.947989
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 46
Next of Kin:Son of Godfrey Jones, and of Jane Ellen Jones, of Llysfaen, Caernarvonshire
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: BLACK, John Charles Eric
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless operator
Age:23
No.955681
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 39
Next of Kin:Son of John Black and Kathleen Alice Black (nee Levy), of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: GREEN, Ronald Stanley
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:22
No.964420
Unit:78 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6664 EY-
Missing since:30-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 44
Next of Kin:Son of Henry James Green and Clara Green, of Mitcham, Surrey
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea.
Name: HAYNES, William Clifford
Rank: Sergeant
Age:22
No.973020
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IV
Z6818
Missing since:03-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 44
Next of Kin: Son of William Herbert Haynes and Anne Elizabeth Haynes, of Birmingham.
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea last seen 30miles from Dutch coast. (found by Germans at Sea and received a burial at Sea, body still missing)
Name: FOX, William Watson
Rank: Sergeant
Navigator
Age:19
No.973020
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IV
L9270 UX-X
Missing since:04-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 43
Next of Kin:Son of William Watson Fox and Edith Fox, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea 30km west of Bergen.
Name: PIERCE, Eric Robert
Rank: Pilot Officer
Navigator
Age:22
No.45647
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
L9386 XD-
Missing since:07-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 34
Next of Kin:Son of Robert and Gertrude Pierce.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea 25km west of Ijmuiden.
Name: RAE, Edward Watt
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Wireless operator/ Air gunner
Age:
No.617104
Unit: 110 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
R3905 VE-
Missing since:12-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 37
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea 1km west of Westkapelle.
Name: BRIDGMAN, Francis Harley
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:24
No.911575
Unit: 105 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6370 GB-T
Missing since:25-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 40
Next of Kin: Son of John Moore Bridgman and Dorothea Bridgman, of Saffron Walden, Essex.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 5 km west of Westkapelle.
Name: TAYLOR, John Frederick James
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:
No.759097
Unit: 59 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
N3615 TR-E
Missing since:28-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 53
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: PEEK, Kenneth Charles
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Observer
Age:
No.580623
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6177 XD-
Missing since:01-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 37
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Den Helder.
Name: BANKS, Douglas Norman
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless operator/ Air gunner
Age:23
No.909983
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6457 UX-T
Missing since:28-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 39
Next of Kin: Son of Albert Alfred and Mary Emily Banks, of Treharris, Glamorgan.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 130km NW off Texel.
Name: GORDON, Stanley
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Air gunner
Age:20
No.939014
Unit: 235 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V5453
Missing since:28-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 44
Next of Kin:Son of Walter and Agnes Gordon, of Heaton, Yorkshire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, after being shot down by Me109.
Name: BASER, Wylie
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:20
No.87459
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
R3903 XD-
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 31
Next of Kin:Son of William Bell Baser and Agnes Smith Baser, of South Shields, Co. Durham
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: LEES, Ian Allister
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:26
No.62274
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
Z5744 XD-Z
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 33
Next of Kin:Son of Walter Arthur Clark Lees and Alice Marion Lees, of Edinburgh.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: CAMP, Alan Walter
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:20
No.67036
Unit:22 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Beaufort 1
X8920 OA-V
Missing since:15-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 31
Next of Kin:Son of Walter C. Camp and May Camp, of Coggeshall, Essex. His brother Geoffrey Bertram Camp also fell.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10km west of Texel.
Name: CONLON, Basil James
Rank: Sergeant
Age:
No.553976
Unit:22 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Beaufort 1
X8920 OA-V
Missing since:15-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 35
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10km west of Texel.
Name: WATSON, Ian William
Rank: Pilot Officer
Pilot
Age:24
No.62280
Unit:18 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6512 WV-K
Missing since:16-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 35
Next of Kin:Son of Harry Watson, and of Emily M. Watson, of Edinburgh
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: BRADFORD, William Rowland
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:32
No.903762
Unit:10 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6671 ZA-
Missing since:19-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 40
Next of Kin:Son of Robert William and Alfreda M. Bradford, of Ilsington, Devon
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Ameland.
Name: KELLY, William
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Wireless operator
Age:22
No.945217
Unit:10 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6671 ZA-
Missing since:19-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 36
Next of Kin:Son of William and Margaret Kelly, of Easington, Co. Durham.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Ameland.
Name: DODDS-FORREST, John
Rank: Pilot Officer
Co-Pilot
Age:27
No.62022
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 32
Next of Kin:Son of John and Emily Ross Forrest
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: BARTON, Kenneth Judson
Rank: Sergeant
Air gunner
Age:
No.R/647730
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 60
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: JONES, Kenneth Ivor
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:
No.982910
Unit:78 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6664 EY-
Missing since:30-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 46
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea.
Name: INGRAM, Edward Robert
Rank: Sergeant
Co-pilot
Age:
No.919910
Unit:78 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6664 EY-
Missing since:30-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 46
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea.
Name: LEE, Albert
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:
No.759309
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IVZ6818
Missing since:03-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 47
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea last seen 30miles from Dutch coast.
Name: GEER, Norman Augustus
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:
No.903398
Unit: 82 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim IV
L9270 UX-X
Missing since:04-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 43
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Crashed in the North Sea 30km west of Bergen.
Name: LABAN, Ernest William
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:23
No.755076
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
L9386 XD-
Missing since:07-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 47
Next of Kin: Son of Fred and Edith Laban, of Derby.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea 25km west of Ijmuiden.
Name: HEANEY, William Thomas
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:
No.979954
Unit: 105 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6318 GB-B
Missing since:23-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 45
Next of Kin:Son of William Thomas Heaney and Jean Gray Heaney, of Cregagh, Co. Down.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea after being shot down by Minesweeper M1404 off Domburg.
Name: FRY, Anthony Ellerton Ryan
Rank: Flight Lieutenant DFC
Pilot
Age:23
No.70232
Unit: 59 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
N3615 TR-E
Missing since:28-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 29
Next of Kin:Son of William Ellerton Ryan Fry and Janetta Margaret Elizabeth Fry, of Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa. B.Sc., Hons. (Lond.).
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: HAZELL, Albert Horace Henry
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:28
No.747835
Unit: 59 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6097 TR-A
Missing since:28-04-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 59
Next of Kin:Son of Albert and Clara Emma Hazell, of Plymouth.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: HUTCHISON, John
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator
Age:26
No.538150
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6177 XD-
Missing since:01-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 46
Next of Kin:Son of John and Annie E. Hutchison, of Glasgow.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Den Helder.
Name: NAUGHTIN, Harold Thomas
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Pilot
Age:21
No.754002
Unit: 235 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V5453
Missing since:28-05-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 37
Next of Kin:Son of Thomas and Roberta Naughtin, of Rochester, Kent.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, after being shot down by Me109.
Name: SIMPSON, Arthur William
Rank: Sergeant
Navigator
Age:32
No.40949
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
R3903 XD-
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 64
Next of Kin:Son of George Spence Simpson and Barbara Simpson, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Doris Leslie Simpson, of Hataitai, Wellington.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: OSBORNE, Thomas Charles
Rank: Sergeant
Navigator
Age:22
No.919874
Unit: 139 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
Z5744 XD-Z
Missing since:04-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 49
Next of Kin:Son of Charles Albert and Lillian Cleave Osborne, of Newport, Monmouths
hire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 30km west of Bergen.
Name: BASS, George Keech
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:22
No.909973
Unit:18 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6427 WV-B
Missing since:09-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 39
Next of Kin:Son of Eva Bass, of Barking, Essex.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Den Helder.
Name: MILES, William
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Observer
Age:
No.580974
Unit:22 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Beaufort 1
X8920 OA-V
Missing since:15-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 37
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10km west of Texel.
Name: OVERHEU, Ian
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:23
No.40727
Unit:21 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
Y6034 YH-D
Missing since:16-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 64
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Friesland coast.
Name: DEAN, Tom
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator/Airgunner
Age:42
No.93354
Unit:18 Squadron
Plane: Bristol Blenheim MkIV
V6512 WV-K
Missing since:16-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 42
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Name: CONRY, Edmund Joseph
Rank: Sergeant
Pilot
Age:
No.R/56147
Unit:10 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6671 ZA-
Missing since:19-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 61
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Ameland.
Name: RINTOUL, Reginald Ormsby
Rank: Sergeant
Air gunner
Age:
No.918272
Unit:10 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6671 ZA-
Missing since:19-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 51
Next of Kin:
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, off Ameland.
Name: HUNT, George Thomas
Rank: Sergeant
Observer
Age:21
No.944629
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 45
Next of Kin:Son of Albert Victor and Ethel Ann Hunt, of Dudley, Worcestershire
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: COTTON, Godfrey Allenby Douglas
Rank: Sergeant
Air gunner
Age:23
No.945560
Unit: 214 Squadron
Plane: Vickers Wellington IC
R1609 BU-
Missing since:24-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 41
Next of Kin:Son of Josiah and Fannie Cotton, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea, 10 km south-west of Petten.
Name: ADAMS, Archibald Williams
Rank: Sergeant
Wireless Operator
Age:31
No.1378155
Unit:78 Squadron
Plane: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Z6664 EY-
Missing since:30-06-1941
Runnymede Memorial: Panel 38
Next of Kin:Son of Archibald Robert and Edith Adams; husband of Jean Adams, of Hampstead, London.
KIA Information: Known to have crashed in the North Sea.
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