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Dane, Eric John Son of Herbert Victor Dane, and Beryl Florence Dane (née Bayley), of Belvedere, Kent. His brother P/O G.H. Dane, RAFVR also died on service.	(03?).1921 Dartford district, Kent - 04.05.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Villers-le-Chateau Churchyard, France, military plot, row 1, collective grave 1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1394932] P/O (prob) 29.05.1943 [144340] (WS) F/O (prob) 29.11.1943	29.05.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.05.1944 navigator, 103 Squadron RAF (Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire) [his Lancaster III [ND905 PM-B] had taken off at 21.58 hrs from Elsham Wolds for an operation against the military camp at Mailly-le-Camp; while outbound, believed shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Vlilliers-le-Chateau (Marne), killing all crew members]
Dane, Gerald Herbert Son of Herbert Victor Dane, and Beryl Florence Dane (née Bayley), of Belvedere, Kent. His brother F/O E.J. Dane, RAFVR also died on service.	(03?).1923 Dartford district, Kent - 13.05.1943 (KIA) [age 20] [Haasrode Churchyard, Belgium, grave 1]	Sgt. ? [1389038] P/O (prob) 19.04.1943 [146425] MID 13.06.1946 ?	19.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.05.1943 pilot, 78 Squadron RAF [his Halifax II [JB873 EY-J] had taken off at 23.29 hrs from Linton-on-Ouse for an operation against Bochum; shot down by a night-fighter (Lt. Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer, II./NJG1) and crashed betweeen Oud-Heverlee and Haasrode; only both pilots were killed]
Darby, Leslie John Son of Henry John Darby, and Beatrice Eleanor Baldock (1889-1961). Married (22.12.1943, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Barbara Cheek, of Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey; one son.	12.05.1914 Mile End Old Town, London - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 7.G.9]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1375670] P/O (prob) 15.10.1943 [153895] (WS) F/O 15.04.1944	Served in the police, London. 08.1940     joined RAFVR       served Air Sea Rescue 13.02.1943     trained as bomb aimer in Canada 15.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.08.1944 - 19.09.1944 air bomber, 106 Squadron RAF [Lancaster PB359 [ZN-T] was airborne 19:10 hrs from Metheringham for an operation against Rheydt. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 23:50 hrs at Giesenkirchen, 5 km ESE from the centre of Rheydt.]
Davies, John Rathliegn	20.08.1921 -	LAC ? [1151428] P/O (prob) 18.01.1941, seniority 10.01.1941 [60107] P/O 10.01.1942 (WS) F/O 10.01.1942 23.12.1942, seniority 10.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 10.09.1943	10.01.1941 emergency commission RAFVR Flying instructor (Miles Master) Glider Instructor (Hotspur) 501 Squadron RAF (Spitfires) 274 Squadron RAF (Tempests) Comm. Squadrons (Austers)
Davies, Trefardoe Rudolph Mother's maiden name: Davies. Married Marian Pomeroy; .. children (one son?).	(03?).1914 Pontypridd district, Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan -	Wt.Offr. ? [747885] P/O (prob) 16.12.1942 [141411] (WS) F/O (prob) 16.06.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 16.12.1944 (Emergency List; retd 16.01.1959) DFC 13.07.1943 ? DFC 13.10.1944 ?	16.12.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     103 Squadron RAF (1944)     647 Squadron RAF
Davis, Alexander "Alec" Son of Harris and Clara Davis, of Cricklewood, Middlesex.	17.11.1917 - 21.11.1943 [age 26] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 124]	Ldg.Acm. ? [655724] P/O (prob) 23.10.1942 [132781] (WS) F/O 23.03.1943	23.10.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 21.11.1943 153 Squadron RAF
Davis, Lyndhurst Sydney Son (with four sisters and two brothers) of James Davis, and Violet Ella Domeney.	09.08.1891 Hobart, Tasmania - 27.03.1991	P/O (prob) 11.05.1941 [117054] (reld 30.06.1941 [published 16.11.1943]; on appointment to the RAAF) (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	1914 - 1918 Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Forces (France) (mentioned in despatches) 15.03.1940     enlisted, Australian Army (Plympton, South Australia) 11.05.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) sent to Tavoy in Burma in charge of ground staff, and was involved in the commandeering of a river steamer to get the ground crew to Rangoon; thereon he retreated with the RAF through Burma and then to Chittagong 16.11.1943     transferred, RAAF (to date 30.06.1941) 15.01.1944 repatriated as a casualty from Ranchi, India
Davison, Derek Harold Telegraph obituary	20.08.1921 Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 19.10.2007 [Westoning, Bedfordshire ?]	A/Wt.Offr. ? [1425261] P/O (prob) 29.04.1945 [197787] P/O 29.10.1945 (WS) F/O 29.10.1945 CBE ? ?	29.04.1945 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 614 Squadron RAF Chairman, Britannia Airways.
Dawson, John Stafford	? -	Sgt. ? [1452270] P/O (prob) 09.02.1944 [173305] (WS) F/O 09.08.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 09.02.1946	09.02.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Wireless Operator, 630 Squadron RAF (East Kirkby)
Day, Colin James Son of Henry Colin James Day and Ethel Alice Day, of Reading, Berkshire.	1921 ? - 12.08.1941 [age 20] [Reading (Henley Road) Cemetery, block 10, grave 16013]	Sgt. ? [1190807] P/O (prob) 22.06.1941 [102080]	22.06.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Deacon, Henry Hazard "Harry"	(06?).1920 ? Edmonton district ? - 1989 ? Buckinghamshire ?	F/Sgt. ? [932943] P/O (prob) 23.03.1943 [143239] F/O (prob) 23.09.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 23.03.1945 DFC 07.01.1944 ?	(1941) - (1943) 39 Squadron RAF (Malta) 23.03.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Deeley, Geoffrey Hampton	? - 13.02.2007 [aged 95]	F/Sgt. ? [1269767] P/O (prob) 20.05.1942, seniority 27.04.1942 [121491] ... ... (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MBE ? ? LM ? ?	1940 - 1946 in RAF with 'V' Section A.C.I.U. 20.05.1942 emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) ARCA. Formerly with the Art Department of the Goldsmiths College and the Polytechnic, Regents Street.
De la Coze, John Rushbrook Son of America Rushbrook de la Coze (1884-1957), and Evelyn Madge Wales (1899-1965). Married ((12?).1939, Hailsham district, Sussex) Rita Andrew * (23.04.1918 - 21.03.2004), only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.V. Andrew, of Eastbourne and London W1; one daughter. * She remarried (1951) Douglas Charles Rogers.	19.01.1915 Midhurst, Sussex - 13.03.1943 (MPK) [age 28] [Malta Memorial, panel 6, column 2]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1330874] P/O (prob) 13.09.1941 [106876] (WS) F/O 13.09.1942	Education: BSc; MIME. Officer of Customs and Excise, 29.09.1934. 13.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.03.1943 270 (Flying Boat) Squadron RAF [He was employed as a Pilot of Catalina PBY-5B. Aircraft serial number FP248 of 270 Squadron, West Africa Command. On 13th March, 1943 the aircraft took off on an operation flight. At 05.30 hours the aircraft crashed into the sea near West Bunce River, Sierra Leone. Missing, presumed killed.]
Densham, Ronald Richard Son of William Richard Densham, and Edith Maria Ellicott. Husband of Beatrice Elizabeth Densham, of Whitfield, Kent.	(09?).1918 Eastry district, Kent - 07.06.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Bayeux War Cemetery, France, joint grave XXVI.B.15] [commemorated at St Peter Church, Whitfield]	F/Sgt. ? [904423] P/O (prob) 28.04.1942 [121088] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 28.04.1944	28.04.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 07.06.1944 pilot, 29 Squadron RAF [Mosquito NF.XIII (HK413) lost on a defensive patrol over the Channel]
Denson, George James Son of George Edward Denson, and Lily Neill.	(06?).1922 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 24.02.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Dürnbach War Cemetery, Germany, joint grave 9.K.26-28]	Sgt. ? [1451533] P/O (prob) 15.01.1944 [170954]	15.01.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 02.1944 - 24.02.1944 pilot, 9 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LM433 WS-H was airborne 18:44 hrs 24.02.1944 from Bardney for an operation against Schweinfurt. The aircraft crashed at Tiefenbronn, some 12 km SE of Pforzheim. P/O Denson and his crew had been on 9 Squadron for less than a week.]
Denton, Jack Banfield Son of ... Denton, and ... Hunt.	(03?).1923 Amesbury district, Wiltshire - 24.05.1943 (KIA) [age 20/21] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein- Westfalen,  Germany, 5.D.7]	F/Sgt. ? [1330297] P/O (prob) 10.05.1943 [146336]	10.05.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.05.1943 pilot, 10 Squadron RAF [Halifax HR696 [ZA-G] took off 22:32 hrs 23.05.1943 from Melbourne for an operation against Dortmund. Cause of loss and crash-site not established. All were buried in the Nordfriedhof at Düsseldorf, later transferred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.]
Derry, Archibald Frederick	(03?).1909 Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex - 26.12.1994 Hampshire	F/Sgt. ? [846160] P/O (prob) 08.3.1944 [172200] P/O 08.09.1944 (WS) F/O 08.09.1944 F/O 08.03.1946 Sq.Ldr. (Suppl. List) 01.07.1959 (retd 10.03.1964; retaining the rank of W/Cdr.) (T) W/Cdr. ? MBE 20.05.1955 Malaya	08.03.1944 emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 01.11.1947 transferred, Secretarial Branch 15.04.1948 permanent commission, RAF 29.12.1955 transferred to Branch List category Published: an article on the psychological warfare in Malaya
Dibbins, Douglas Robert "Doug" Son of Robert Henry Dibbins (1895-...), and Kate Elizabeth Dibbins (née Stannard) (c. 1891-...), of Southmead.	(06?).1923 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 25.04.1944 [age 21] [Bristol (Canford) Cemetery, section SS, grave 253]	F/Sgt. ? [1316323] P/O (prob) 07.02.1944 [171730]	07.02.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 25.04.1944 pilot, 76 Squadron RAF [On 24th April 1944, the crew of Halifax III LK789 (MP-L) took off at 2209 hours from Holme-on-Spalding Moor to attack Karlsruhe, a large industrial city in south-west Germany. They were part of operation involving 637 aircraft – 369 Lancasters, 259 Halifaxes,9 Mosquitoes – of all groups except 5 Group. Later, as mainforce recrossed the English coast enemy intruders were patrolling over England. At 0420 hours, the Halifax was over Ely, Cambridgshire when attacked by a Me410 (piloted by Ltn. Wolfgang Wenning of II./KG 51). Heavily damaged, the pilot made an attempt to land the aircraft, but crashed near Welney, 7 miles south west of Downham Market, Norfolk. Only the rear gunner, Flight Sergeant J. Anderson escaped alive to be admitted to hospital with injuries.]
Doak, George Collins Son of ... Doak, and ... Meharg.	(12?).1921 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey -	Sgt. ? [1194926] P/O (prob) 02.12.1941 [115621] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 02.12.1943 F/Lt. 18.07.1949, seniority 22.04.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1955 (retd 11.10.1970)	02.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 18.07.1949     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.10.1951     permanent commission, RAF (1960)     Commanding Officer of Edinburgh University Air Squadron
Du Boulay, [Sir] Roger William Houssemayne Son of Capt. Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay, RN (1894-1967), and Mary Alice Veronica Morgan (1895-1964). Brother of Lt. Hubert Charles Houssemayne Du Boulay, RNVR. Married (1957) Elizabeth, daughter of late Brig. Francis Wyville Home, late RM, and Molly Eveline Louise Mary, Lady Pile; one daughter, and two step sons.	30.03.1922 - 01.2008 still alive in Hertfordshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1321688] P/O (prob) 06.11.1942 [134135] (WS) F/O (prob) 10.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 10.11.1944 (reld 28.02.1947) F/O 28.02.1947 (reld 28.02.1957) KCVO 26.03.1982 ? CVO 19.05.1972 ? CMG 14.06.1975 HM's birthday 75	Education: Winchester College; Oxford University 06.11.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 28.02.1947 commissioned, reconstituted RAFVR 28.02.1952 extension of service (5 years) HM Colonial Service, Nigeria, 1949-1958; HM Foreign, later Diplomatic, Service, 1959; FO, 1959; Washington, 1960-1964; FCO 1964-1967; Manila, 1967-1971; Alternate Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1967-1969, and Director, 1969-1971; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris, 1971-1973; Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides, 1973-1975.Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 12.12.1975-09.04.1982 Adviser: Solomon Islands Government, 1986; Swaziland Government, 1992.
Duncan, Robert Lawson Married; at least one child. Residence: Cupar, Fife.	19.01.1920 - 03.01.1982 Rochester, Kent (while on holiday)	Wt.Off. ? [748351] P/O (prob) 17.11.1942 [138293] (WS) F/O (prob) 17.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 17.11.1944 F/Lt. 01.07.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 17.05.1946 (retd 13.08.1953; medical unfitness for air force service; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ? AFC 01.01.1947 ?	17.11.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.02.1946 extended service commission RAF 12.10.1948     permanent commission

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