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MacDougall,
Alexander
A. MacDougall

?
-
Sgt.
? [745887]
P/O (prob)
01.04.1940 [78441]
P/O
01.04.1941
(WS) F/O 01.04.1941
(WS) F/Lt.
01.04.1942
(WS) W/Cdr.
27.05.1945 (reld 21.01.1947; retaining the rank of Gp.Capt.)
(T) Gp.Capt.
?
01.04.1940


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Macintyre,
John Francis Bell
J.F.B. Macintyre
Son of Katherine Frances Macintyre, of Edinburgh.
1922 ?
-
18.08.1943
(MPK) [age 21]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 132]
F/Sgt.
? [997010]
P/O (prob)
16.06.1943 [148279]
16.06.1943
 
 
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
18.08.1943
Wireless Telegraphist, 12 Squadron RAF (Wickenby)
[lost in Lancaster III DV168 PH-F on a raid against Peenemünde; believed shot down by a night- fighter (Uffz Günter Lierch, 1V./NJG3), crashing off the west coast of Denmark]
Mackay,
Alexander John
"Jack"
A.J. Mackay (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Mickelborough) A.J. Mackay (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Mickelborough)
A.J. Mackay (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Mickelborough)
Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Sinclair Mackay, of Wick.
Married (1944) ...; ... children (one daughter?).
05.02.1922
Wick, Scotland
-
(09?).1982
Wigan district, Greater Manchester
F/Sgt. ? [1337307]
P/O (prob) 19.01.1945 [191459]
(WS) F/O 19.07.1945
P/O RAF 28.12.1948, seniority 16.04.1947
F/O RAF 16.04.1949
F/Lt. RAF 16.04.1953
Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.07.1959
W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1965 (retd 25.11.1972; own request)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.01.1964 New Year 64
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 25.09.1945 ?
General Service Medal & Palestine clasp
Education: Wick High School.
      joined Home Guard
      enlisted RAFVR (flying training as a fighter pliot in the US (Texas?); after a crash re-trained as bomb aimer at Trentham, Canada)
19.01.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1945)     bomb aimer, 49 Squadron RAF (DFC) (had a total of 40 operations in Lancasters)
28.12.1948     short service commission, RAF (Equipment Branch)
01.10.1950     permanent commission, RAF (Equipment Branch [later Supply Branch])
      Staff College, Middle East & Far East
(1964)     Manning and Establishment Planning Branch, Air Ministry
      served in the Pentagon (Washington, USA)
Literature: repeatedly mentioned in: Leslie Hay, An old airman's tale.
Mackay,
John George
J.G. Mackay
Son of Donald and Christina Sutherland Mackay.
Husband of Olga Alexandra Ritchie Mackay, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
1896
Bower district, Caithness, Scotland
-
26.01.1941
(KIA) [age 44]
[Scone Cemetery, F.45]
(A) P/O (prob)
30.12.1939 [76919]
P/O (prob)
26.02.1940
30.12.1939
 
 
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
26.01.1941
26 Squadron RAF
Mackay,
Magnus
J. Marsland
Married (06.11.1946) Euphemia Jane Mackay; one son, one daughter.
13.10.1911
Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland
-
1984
Acm. 2nd cl.
? [1825926]
P/O (prob)
25.11.1944 [181822]
F/O
? (demobilized 1946) (retd 13.10.1956; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
Went to Tierra del Fuego in 1930 at age 18 and rose to sheep station manager for Argentine owned estancias, first Ea Sara and later Ea Rospentek near Puerto Natales on the mainland. He was torpedoed in the Atlantic on the way home to join in the war effort (possibly on the Port Victor on 30 April 1943).



trained with South African Air Force as a navigator, came back to UK and flew in bombers 1943-45:
25.11.1944


commissioned, RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission]



at the end of the war he was stationed at Port Said in charge of cargo coming through the Canal
Passage back to Argentina was booked, but instead he took up a farm management job near the Scottish borders. In 1955 they moved to Farness in Ross-shire, as farm managers for the Vestey family and remained there until retirement in 1975.
Mackinnon,
Archibald
A. Mackinnon
?
-
F/Sgt. ? [1315292]
P/O (prob) 16.11.1942 [137207]
(WS) F/O (prob) 16.05.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 16.11.1944
F/O 11.01.1949, seniority 04.08.1946
F/Lt. 15.12.1949
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 21.09.1945 ?
16.11.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1945)     pilot, 157 Squadron RAF (DFC)
11.01.1949     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Macleod,
Charles
C. Macleod
18.01.1921
-

F/Sgt. ? [1371903]
P/O (prob) 20.09.1944 [185177]
(WS) F/O 20.03.1945
F/Lt. ? ?
15.01.1941     enlisted RAFVR
25.04.1941     mobilized
      77 Squadron RAF (Hucknall, Nottinghamshire)
20.09.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Macmillan,
Norman
N. Macmillan

2nd son of John Campbell Macmillan, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Jeanie Hamilton, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Married Gladys Mary Peterkin, daughter of James Alfred Peterkin Mitchell, Dundee.
09.08.1892
Glasgow
-
05.08.1976
[Truro, Cornwall ?]
Prob. T/2nd Lt.
(1918) [136291]
T/Capt.
01.09.1917-...
RFC:

F/O
27.02.1917
F/Cdr.
01.09.1917
RAF:

F/Lt.
(1921)
RAFVR:

Sq.Ldr.
?
F/O
01.04.1947
(A) W/Cdr.
?
W/Cdr. (retd)
1958
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
02.01.1956
New Year 56
Military Cross MC
18.02.1918
?
Air Force Cross AFC
?
?
Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate, 1917; Pilot's B Licence, 1919; Air Ministry approved test pilot. Founder Assoc. MIAeE, 1919. AFRAeS, 1928; MRAeS, 1973. Air Navigator's Licence, 1929.
Education: Allan Glen's School; Royal Technical College; RAF Officers' Engineering Course
1914
-
1916
served European War, HLI, Belgium and France
1916
-
1919
RFC and RAF, France and Italy (MC, AFC, 1914 Star; retains rank of Captain)
15.04.1921
-
?
commanded Special Mobile Flight, RAF (retains rank of Flt Lieut RAF)
1919
-
1923
consultant test pilot to various companies
1922


instructor Spanish naval and military aviation schools
1922


pilot of first attempt to fly round world
1923


first flight London­Sweden in one day
1923


winner speed prize first international light aeroplane competition
1924
-
1930
chief test pilot, Fairey Aviation Co.
1929
-
1934
Founder Member and Warden Guild of Air Pilots (Deputy Master, 1934-1935, Upper Freeman, 1956, Liveryman, 1958)
1931
-
1933
Chief Consultant Test Pilot and a principal foreign representative Armstrong Siddeley
Development Co. (first British pilot to fly over Andes Mountains, 1931, and first pilot to fly route Bahia Blanca to Neuquen­Chillan)
1934
-
...
publicly advocated powerful British air rearmament from 1934 onwards, on platform and in press
1936
-
1939
Special Aviation and Air Correspondent, Daily Mail



served War of 1939-1945 with RAFVR(T), (Sqdn Ldr), and as War Correspondent
12.04.1946 - ? Pilot Officer, Training Branch, RAFVR (12.04.1954 extension of service with 4 years)
President National League of Airmen, 1935-1938; FRSA 1936-1957. Founder Member Circle of Aviation Writers, 1941; District Inspecting Officer, ATC Cornwall, 1945-1947 and OC Cornwall Wing, ATC, 1947-1958. First Air Force Member, Cornwall TAAFA, 1947-1961, Vice­Chairman (Air), 1953-1954 and 1956-1957, Chairman for Buildings and Ranges, 1957-1961. Flew on operational flights during Malayan emergency, 1958. Pres., No 45 Sqdn RFC/RAF Assoc., 1961-1973. DL Cornwall, 1951. Hon. Mem., Mark Twain Soc., 1975. Special contributor to Aeronautics from its inception in 1939. UK Special Correspondent, Aircraft, Melbourne, Aust.; Contribs to: numerous magazines and aerospace jls; Grolier Encyclopedia, New York; Shell Aviation News.
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), 18.09.1951.
Published
: The art of flying (1928); Into the blue (1929, rev. augmented ed. with new illustrations, 1969); The air tourist's guide to Europe (1930); An hour of aviation (1931); The romance of flight (1934); Sefton Brancker (1935; proceeds founded Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators Benevolent Fund); The romance of modern exploration and discovery (1936); Freelance pilot (1937); The chosen instrument (1938); (ed.) How we fly (1939); (ed) Best flying stories, air strategy (1941); How to pilot an aeroplane (1942); The pilot's book on advanced flying (1943); Aeroplanes section of railways, ships and aeroplanes (1944); The Royal Air Force in the World War (Vol. 1, 1942; Vol. 2, 1944; Vol. 3, 1949; Vol. 4, 1950); Great airmen (1955); Great aircraft (1960); Tales of two air wars (1963); Great flights and air adventures (1964; also as Talking Book for the Blind); Wings of fate : strange true tales of the vintage flying days (1967); Offensive patrol : the first full­length account of the RFC/RAF in Italy 1917-1918 (1973).
Maguire,
James Patrick
"Jim" / "Paddy"
J.P. Maguire (Photo courtesy of Leigh Treyvaud)
His parents lived at Scarva, Portadown, Co Armagh.
?
-
F/Sgt. ? [1138785]
P/O (prob) 31.08.1943 [158914]
(WS) F/O 02.03.1944
(WS) F/Lt. 02.09.1945
(T) F/Lt. 03.12.1946-01.11.1947, seniority 02.09.1945
F/O 01.11.1947, seniority 02.09.1944
07.02.1948, seniority 02.09.1945 (reld 10.02.1949; medical unfitness; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
31.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
21.11.1944     Repatriation; Aircraft - Spitfire A58-403; Place - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia [report]
26.02.1946     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
07.02.1948     commissioned, RAF (Secretarial Branch) [short service commission]
Maguire,
Michael Francis
M.F. Maguire
Son of ... Maguire, and ... Garty.
11.01.1922
Amesbury, Wiltshire
-
20.04.2009
Bulingame, San Mateo, California, USA
F/Sgt.
? [1337863]
P/O (prob)
20.03.1945 [197966]
P/O
20.09.1945, seniority 20.03.1945
(WS) F/O
20.09.1945 (reld 18.11.1948; retaining rank of F/O)
20.03.1945
 
 
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Maltby,
David John Hatfeild
"Dave"
D.J.H. Maltby D.J.H. Maltby
D.J.H. Maltby D.J.H. Maltby
Son of Ettrick Gordon Maltby (1884-1967) and of Aileen E. Maltby (née Hatfeild).
Husband of Georgina Maltby, of Wickhambreux, Kent.
1920
Hastings district
-
15.09.1943
(KIA) [age 23]
[Wickhambreux (St Andrew) Churchyard]
Ldg. Acm.
1940 [919002]
P/O (prob)
18.01.1941, seniority 12.01.1941 [60335]
P/O
18.01.1942, seniority 12.01.1941
(WS) F/O
18.01.1942, seniority 12.01.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
18.01.1943, seniority 12.01.1943
(A) Sq.Ldr.
1943
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.05.1943
Möhne-Eder dams
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
11.08.1942
for flying 27 operations
Engineering student.
20.03.1940


RAF Uxbridge
24.06.1940


No. 4 Initial Training Wing RAF
19.08.1940


No. 51 Group Pool RAF
28.09.1940


No. 12 Service Flying Training School RAF
18.01.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
18.01.1941


No. 2 Navigation School RAF
15.03.1941


No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF
04.06.1941


106 Squadron RAF
14.06.1942


No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
26.06.1942


pilot, 97 Squadron RAF
14.07.1942


No. 1485 Target Towing & Gunnery Unit RAF
15.03.1943


pilot, 97 Squadron RAF
25.03.1943
-
15.09.1943
pilot, 617 Squadron RAF
[took off with his Lancaster II [JA981 KC-J] at 23.50 hrs [14.09] from Coningsby for an operation against the Dortmund-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen; recalled, but for reasons not known crashed at 00.40 hrs into the sea 8 miles NE of Cromer, Norfolk]
Mander,
Michael D'Arcy
M.D. Mander
Fourth and youngest son of Frederick William Mander (1872-1944), and Lesa Alice Johanna Merrick, of Worthing, Sussex.
Married (1939) Elizabeth Norah "Betty" Bird, second daughter of Sidney Arthur Bird, of Kensington, London.
29.09.1914
Greenwich district, London
-
19.07.1942
(KIA) [age 27]
[Hook of Holland General Cemetery, the Netherlands, row F, grave 21; memorial]
Ldg.Acm. ? [137083]
P/O (prob) 08.11.1941 [110661]
Education: Charterhouse (oration quarter 1928-summer quarter 1933; Lockites House; junior and senior scholar); Clare College, Cambridge (BA; exhibitioner).
Worked for Barclays Bank in Jamaica, 1938.
08.11.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 19.07.1942 observer, 150 Squadron RAF
[Wellington X3755 (JN-?) was airborne 09:25 hrs from Snaith for an operation against Essen. Hit by Flak while flying at 700 feet, from a Flak ship moored off Den Helder and crashed in the sea near Kijkduin, Holland.]
Mann,
Frank Roderick
"Roddy"
F.R. Mann F.R. Mann
Son of Frank Mann, and Mary Stormouth, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Married (01.01.1985) Anastasia Kostoff (1947-).

20.12.1922
Birmingham, King's Norton district, Warwickshire

-

17.09.2010

Los Angeles, California, USA
F/Sgt. ? [1580070]
P/O (prob) 15.09.1944 [186095]
(WS) F/O 15.03.1945
1940     joined RAFVR; trained in Canada; went on to fly Spitfires & Hurricanes
(1941)     No. 11 Recruit Centre RAF (Skegness)
15.09.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Entertainment journalist and author. Entertainment feature writer with Sunday Express throughout the 1950s and the 1980s. Moved to the USA in 1978 and joined the Los Angeles Times, retiring in 1988.
Published: (novels) Nothing to Declare (1957); The Headliner (1968); Foreign Body (1973; which was made into a 1986 movie); The Account (1994).
Mann,
George William
G.W. Mann
Son of James Edgar Mann, master butcher at Hoxton.
Married (27.04.1935) Eileen O'Sullivan; one child.
Lived at Sidcup, Kent.
12.08.1913
-
Sgt.
? [1895304]
P/O (prob)
17.09.1944 [185174]
P/O
17.03.1945
(WS) F/O
17.03.1945
(A) F/Lt.
?
Motor driver.
17.09.1944


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]



served in India
(1945?)
 
 
B Flight, 2 Squadron RAF
Mansell,
Neville Brighton
N.B. Mansell
Son of George Frederick Laurence Mansell and Doris Violet Mansell, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
05.03.1922
-
25.04.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Milan War Cemetery, Italy, I.D.12]
Ldg.Acm. ? [776390]
P/O (prob) 29.07.1944 [160264]
(WS) F/O 29.01.1945
Education: Umtali Boys' High School.
29.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 25.04.1945 pilot, 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF (shot down by flak)
Manwaring,
Harold Brian [Guy]
H.B. Manwaring
Son of Reginald Guy Manwaring (1881-1937), and Maude Annie Pearson (1882-1960s).
Married 1st ((12?).1939, Tonbridge district, Kent) Gwendoline P. Wickham ((09?).1915 - (03?).1950), daughter of Thomas Gabriel Wickham (1892-1946), and Doris Gwendoline Jeffery (1892-1953).
Married 2nd (01 or 02.06.1951, Oxford district, Oxfordshire) Sybil Betty Gray (25.07.1924 - ), daughter of James A. Gray, and Annie Louisa Polley (1895-1975/76?).
05.08.1920
Horsemonden, Kent
-
09.11.1993
Banbury district, Oxfordshire
Ldg.Acm. ? [655978]
Sgt. ?
P/O (prob) 08.05.1942 [127826]
(WS) F/O (prob) 08.11.1942 (reld 21.06.1944)
      trained in Canada (had a nasty crash while training, and was desk-bound from then on)
08.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
27.09.1943     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
Marks,
Harry Francis
H.F. Marks
?
-
F/Sgt. ? [1165652]
P/O (prob) 30.09.1943 [161258]
(WS) F/O 30.03.1944
(WS) F/Lt. 30.09.1945 (demobilized 12.04.1946) (emgcy list) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
Air Force Cross AFC 01.09.1944 ?
30.10.1940     joined RAFVR
18.03.1941 - 1941 No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
1941 - 23.06.1941 No. 6 Flying Training School RAF
23.08.1941 - ? 22 Operational Training Unit
30.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
      flew Oxfords, Wellingtons, DH 89. Master, Hurricane and a couple of entries with a ME 108, which belonged to A/Cdre R.R. Atcherley
? - 1946 1 Signal Squadron RAF (Cranwell)
Marrison,
Thomas Richardson
T.R. Marrison
Son of John Bell Marrison (1869-), and Bertha Hill (1874-).
14.02.1910
Twickenham, Brentford district, Middlesex
-
05.1993
Surrey Northern district, Surrey
Sgt.
? [1281879]
P/O (prob)
08.06.1942 [130909]
(WS) F/O (prob)
08.12.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
08.06.1944 (emgcy list) (reld 14.02.1955; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Atlantic Star Fr&G St
-
& clasp France & Germany
British War Medal 1939-1945 39|45 BWM
-
-
Malta George Cross Commemorative Medal 1992 Malta M
1992
-
08.06.1942


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Marshall,
John Frank Leonard
J.F.L. Marshall (Photo courtesy of Mr John F.L. Marshall)
Son of John H. Marshall, and Kate O. Powell.
(09?).1918
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
09.2009 still alive at Toronto, Ont., Canada
Acm. 2
1941 [1395927]
Ldg.Acm.
1942
Sgt.
1942
P/O (prob)
30.04.1943 [151993]
(WS) F/O (prob)
30.10.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 30.04.1945 (reld 20.06.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
1941
 
 
enlisted, RAFVR
1941
 
 
RAF Manning Station, St John's Wood



Initial Training Wing RAF (Torquay)
1942


18 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Fairoaks) (flying Tiger Moths)



7 Air Observer Squadron RAF (Portage La Prairie) (flying Ansons)



5 SN Conversion RAF (flying Ansons)
30.04.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]



Navigation Instructor, 34 Service Flying Training School RAF (Medicine Hat) (flying Harvards & Ansons)



Navigation Instructor, 36 Service Flying Training School RAF (Penhold) (flying Oxfords)
1944


3 Advanced Flying Unit RAF (Halfpenny Green) (flying Ansons)
1945
 
 
26 Operational Training Unit RAF (Wing/Little Horwood) (flying Wellingtons)



1667 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (Sandtoft) (flying Lancasters) [satellite to Lindholme 100 Squadron 7 Group]
Marsland,
Jack
J. Marsland
Husband of Hilda Marsland, of Hyde, Cheshire.
1915 ?
-
27.08.1944
[age 29]
[Hyde Borough Cemetery, section1, C of E, grave 2286]
F/Sgt.
? [1504264]
P/O (prob)
06.07.1944 [179203]
Police constable from Hyde, Cheshire.
06.07.1944


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
27.08.1944
pilot, 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF
[was killed when on a training exercise his Stirling III bomber [BK772 AK-U] crashed near Haughley, Suffolk, due to engine trouble]
Martin,
Charles Theodore
C.T. Martin
Married (1941, Nuneaton).
?
-
01.06.1959

North Wales
Sgt. ?
(A) P/O (prob) 30.12.1939 [76921]
P/O (prob) 07.02.1940
P/O 30.12.1940
(WS) F/O 07.02.1941
(T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944 (cashiering by sentence of a general court-martial 17.09.1945)
Military Medal MM ? ?
WW I     flew with Royal Flying Corps
30.12.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
      106 Squadron RAF
13.06.1941     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
Martin,
[Sir] Harold Brownlow [Morgan*]
"Mick"
H.B. Martin

Son of the late J.H.O.M. Martin, MD, and of Colina Elizabeth Dixon; married 1944, Wendy Lawrence, daughter of late Grenville Outhwaite, Melbourne; two daughters.

* added at a later date

27.02.1918
Edgecliffe
-
03.11.1988
Kensington and Chelsea, London
Sgt.
? [1188004]
P/O (prob)
17.06.1941 [68795]
P/O
17.06.1942
(WS) F/O
17.06.1942
(A) F/Lt.
(05.1943)
(WS) F/Lt.
17.06.1943
F/Lt.
01.09.1945
(A) Sq.Ldr.
(11.1943)
Sq.Ldr.
01.08.1947
W/Cdr.
01.07.1954
Gp.Capt.
?
(A) Air Cdre.
01.01.1963
(A) Air Vice-Marshal
18.12.1965
Air Vice-Marshal
01.01.1966
Air Marshal
1970 (retd 1974)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1971
New Year 71
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.06.1968
HM's birthday 68
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.05.1943
Möhne-Eder dams
Distinguished Service Order DSO
31.03.1944
*
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
06.11.1942
?
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
12.11.1943
?
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
14.11.1944
?
Air Force Cross AFC
01.01.1949
New Year 49
* Since being awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has completed numerous sorties and has continued to set the highest example of courage and devotion to duty. He is a brilliant and fearless leader, whose iron determination in the face of the fiercest opposition has won great praise. One night in February. 1944, Squadron Leader Martin captained an aircraft detailed to attack a target in Southern France. During the run up to the target his aircraft was repeatedly hit. One member of the crew was killed and another one was wounded. Squadron Leader Martin pressed home his attack, however, and afterwards flew the damaged bomber to an airfield where he effected a masterly landing in difficult circumstances. He displayed great skill and resolution throughout.
Education: Bloomfields; Sydney; Randwick



served  Bomber Command:
17.06.1941


first commission RAFVR, General Duties Branch
(11.1942)


50 Squadron
(05.1943)
-
(03.1944)
617 Squadron (took part in raid on Möhne dam)
(11.1944)


515 Squadron
1945


psa
01.09.1945


tranferred to RAF, General Duties Branch [permanent commission]
1947


won Britannia Flying Trophy
20.06.1952
-
1955
Air Attaché, British Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
1958


jssc
1965


idc
18.12.1965
-
08.06.1967
Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Near East Air Force and Jt Services Chief of Staff
01.08.1967
-
1970
Air Officer Commanding (AOC), 38 Group, Air Support Command
1970
-
1973
Commander-in-Chief, RAF Germany, and Commander, NATO 2nd Tactical Air Force
1973
-
1974
Air Member for Personnel, Ministry of Defence
ADC to HM the Queen, 14.01.1964-.... Hawker Siddeley International Ltd: Advr, 1974-75, Principal, Beirut, 1975-78, Middle East Future Markets; Market Advr, Hawker Siddeley PE Ltd, 1979-85, retd. Oswald Watt Memorial Medal.
Martin,
William James
"Bill"
W.J. Martin (Photo courtesy of Mr Norman Martin)
Eldest son of Mr & Mrs W.J. Martin, later of 17 Frenchpark, Belfast.
Married (04.06.1942) Ethel Stark, of Belfast; one daughter, two sons.
1915, Monaghan, Ireland
-
27.02.1971
Rush, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Ldg.Acm.
? [1006101]
P/O (prob)
11.05.1941 [66574]
P/O
11.05.1942
(WS) F/O 11.05.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
11.05.1943
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
05.02.1943
Mediterranean *
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
1945?
? [investiture 01.05.45]
King's Commendation Cmdn
13.06.1946
for valuable service in the air
* This officer has taken part in many sorties involving patrols and attacks on enemy shipping in the Mediterranean. He has always displayed great courage and determination and has successfully attacked 2 ships. He has inspired his fellow pilots by the excellent example he has set.
Education: Model schools, Monaghan and Enniskillen
11.05.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1943)


69 Squadron RAF
Joined Aer Lingus in 1946, and was Chief Flying Instructor in 48/49, becoming a Chief Pilot in 1950. Retired from Aer Lingus in 1967 and travelled to Zambia where he worked for Department of Civil Aviation as Chief Safety Inspector for Airfields and Air Strips. Returned to Ireland in 1970.
Maudslay,
Henry Eric
H.E. Maudslay
Youngest child of Reginald Walter Maudslay (1871-1934) and Susan Gwendolen Maudslay (1881-1974) (family had connections with the Standard Motor Company and the Maudslay Motor Company).

21.07.1921
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
-
17.05.1943
(KIA) [age 21]
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 5.C.3]
Ldg.Acm.
? [920288]
P/O (prob)
29.01.1941 [62275]
P/O
29.01.1942
(WS) F/O 29.01.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
29.01.1943
(A) Sq.Ldr.
25.03.1943
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
30.01.1942
*
* This officer has successfully flown 28 missions and attacked targets in Kiel, Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt, Kessel and Lorient. In November 1941, in poor weather, he led a successful attack on two enemy cargo vessels off the Dutch Coast. 
Education: preparatory school, Gloucestershire; Eton (1933-1940)
03.03.1940


No. 2 Recruiting Centre RAF
20.06.1940
-
18.08.1940
No. 1 Recruiting Centre RAF / No. 5 Initial Tarining Wing RAF (at RAF Uxbridge then on to Bexhill and Paignton)
19.08.1940
-
27.09.1940
No. 51 Group Pool RAF
09.1940


No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Brough near Hull)
10.1940


No. 32 Service Flying Training School RAF (Ternhill, Shropshire) *
11.1940
-
01.1941
flying training at Moose Jaw, Sakatchewan, Canada
29.01.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
02.1941
-
05.1941
No. 25 Operational Training Unit RAF (Finningley, Yorkshire)
22.05.1941
-
07.1942
44 Squadron RAF (Waddington, Lincs.) (flying Hampden bombers)
12.1941
-
02.1942
service trials at Boscombe Down, Wilts.
07.1942
-
12.1942
No. 1654 Conversion Unit (Wigsley, Notts.)
12.1942
-
22.03.1943
50 Squadron RAF (Skellingthorpe, Lincs.) (flying Lancaster bombers)
25.03.1943
-
17.05.1943
"B" Flight Commander, 617 'Dambusters' Squadron RAF (Scampton, Lincs.)
[was in the first wave of nine aircraft that attacked the Mohne and Eder Dams in the heart of industrial Germany; his Lancaster ED937 AJ-Z 'Zebra' was badly damaged in the attack on the Eder Dam and the Lancaster bomber was eventually shot down by anti-aircraft fire near the town of Emmerich at 02.35 hrs; there were no survivors]
* other source states: 28.09.1940-21.05.1940 No 10 Service Flying Training School
Maurer,
Aubrey
A. Maurer
?
Australia
-
28.09.1943
[Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt, 2.B.11]
(A) P/O (prob)
05.06.1941 [117590]
P/O (prob)
05.08.1941
P/O
05.06.1942
(WS) F/O 05.08.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
05.08.1943?
05.06.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]



possibly 221 Squadron RAF
Maxfield,
William Wallace
W.W. Maxfield
Son of William Wallace Maxfield (1884-), and Ethel Wild.
Married ((06?).1941, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) Betty I. Smith.
(09?).1916
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire
-
27.12.1943
(MPK) [age 27]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 120]
Ldg.Acm. ? [903591]
P/O (prob) 11.10.1941 [108947]
(WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 11.10.1943
11.10.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 27.12.1943 502 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command)
May,
Herbert John
H.J. May
14.11.1922
-
29.10.1997
Truro, Cornwall
Ldg.Acm.
? [1585001]
(A) P/O (prob)
27.02.1943 [139890]
P/O
27.02.1944?
(WS) F/O 27.02.1944?
(WS) F/Lt.
27.02.1945
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
02.06.1944
?
27.02.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1944)


9 Squadron RAF
Maynard,
Francis Herbert
F.H. Maynard F.H. Maynard (Photo courtesy of Mr Lionel V. Kerry)
Son of Martin Wilkins Maynard, Canadian Civil Service, and Ellen Dickey, daughter of Senator Hon. R.B. Dickey, Father of Confederation.
Married (21.02.1914) Ethel Bates, daughter of E.C. Bates, of March, Cambridgeshire; three daughters.
21.12.1881
Ottawa, Ont., Canada
-
30.03.1979
London W1
Indian Army:  
Col. 01.02.1929 (retd 21.12.1938)
Hon. Brig. 21.12.1938
RAFVR:  
P/O (prob) 05.02.1940 [77493]
(WS) F/O 05.02.1941
(T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942
(T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(A) W/Cdr. 1945?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 1937 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO 1937 ?
Military Cross MC 1916 ?
Education: Model School and Elgin Private School, Ottawa; RMC Kingston, Canada (Hon. DScMil 1976; in his capacity as oldest surviving graduate attended centenary celebrations of  RMC Canada, October 1976, took salute at parade of about 1000 serving and ex­cadets, unveiled commemorative statue and received hon. degree).
      commissioned to Indian Staff Corps 1901; joined 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment in Bombay, 1902, 25th Bombay Rifles, 1903; served in European War with 5/6 Rajputana Rifles, 57th Wildes Rifles, 4th Suffolks, 4th Black Watch, 2/30th Punjabis (despatches twice, MC); 3rd Afghan War 1919; Waziristan 1920-21; with Wana Column, operations in Waziristan, 1936-1937 (CB); Waziristan, 1937 (despatches twice, DSO); operations Waziristan, 1938 (despatches); Commanded 5/6  Rajputana Rifles; held appointment Inspector of PT India 1930-1934; Commander Bannu Brigade, Bannu, NWFP, India, 1934-1938; ADC to HM George VI, 15.09.1937-1938; retired, 1938, awarded good service pension; Honorary Colonel 5/6 Rajputana Rifles, 1939; Jubilee medal; Coronation medal; Indian Army Regular Reserve of Officers 1938-21.09.1945; Commanded the London Town Centre until outrbreak of WW II
05.02.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
McAnany Jr.,
Robert Adrian
R.A. McAnany Jr. (Photo courtesy of Mr Dennis McAnany)
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Robert Adrian McAnany (1894-1973), and Anne Marie Gumminger (1894-1971), of Shawnee, Kansas.
12.09.1918
Shawnee, Kansas, USA
-
01.10.1941
(KIA) [age 23]
[repatriated to the USA, Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Shawnee, Shawnee Twp, Johnson, KS, section F1-M1, row 1]
[commemorated in the Maidenhead Register]

P/O ? [100990]
Education: Shawnee Mission North High School (...-1936).
? - 01.10.1941 1 (C) Operational Training Unit (Silloth)
[was flying a North Sea patrol over the Bournemouth area, when his Airspeed Oxford crashed in the “Todhills” area near Carlisle, NW of Silloth]
McBride,
James Tait
J.T. McBride (Photo courtesy of Mr John Lucey)
Son of of Mr & Mrs John S. McBride, of Fermoy, co. Cork.
Brother of V.Adm. Sir William McBride, KCB, CBE, RN.
1897
Cork, Ireland
-
05.05.1963
RN:  
A/Paym.S.Lt. 15.11.1917
Paym.Lt. 15.11.1919 (retd 26.05.1925)
RAFVR:  
F/Lt. 01.09.1939 [76100] (reld 18.05.1945; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1940
(01.1919)     no appointment listed
(08.1923)     no appointment listed
(01.1925)     no appointment listed
01.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission]
McCormack,
William Hancock
W.H. McCormack

Son of John McCormack, and Sarah Jane Hancock, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Married ((06?).1942, Newcastle-upon-Tyne district, Northumberland) Catherine Agnes McNulty, of Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(09?).1916
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
-
09.09.1942
[age 26]
[Newcastle-upon-Tyne (St John's Westgate and Elswick) Cemetery, Northumberland, section B, new ground, grave 289]
Sgt. ? [1310981]
P/O (prob) 24.01.1942 [119574]
Education: St Mary's University College (BSc).
Schoolmaster.
24.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 09.09.1942 No. 5 Flying Training School RAF
[P/O W.H. McCormack, Instructor, and 1424874 AC2 Jean Delperdange (Belgian) killed at Chetwynd as result of flying accident. ]
McEwan,
James Albert Newlyn
J.A.N. McEwan
(09?).1894
St Pauls Canonbury, Islington district,  London
-
Army:
 
T/2nd Lt.
05.10.1914
RAFVR:
 
(A) P/O (prob)
30.06.1941 [100732]
P/O (prob)
30.08.1941
P/O
30.08.1942
(WS) F/O
30.08.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
13.04.1946
(WS) Sq.Ldr.
14.08.1946 (emcgy list) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Wg.Cdr.)
05.10.1914
 
 
commissioned, Royal Field Artillery [temporary commission]
30.06.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]



based in Torquay and served in No. 5, 7, 13 & 14 Initial Training Wing
1945


British Military Government in Berlin ?
McGlone,
Charles Gerard
C.G. McGlone (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian McGlone)
From Salford, Lancashire.
?
-
Sgt.
? [1236385]
P/O (prob)
13.08.1943 [172137]
P/O
08.03.1944
(WS) F/O 08.03.1944
(WS) F/Lt.
08.09.1945
F/O
01.05.1947, seniority 08.09.1944
F/Lt.
02.05.1947, seniority 08.03.1947 (retd 01.05.1955)
1938/39?
 
 
signed up to serve in the ranks, RAFVR
13.08.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
 
 
 
served mainly in the Far East (possibly court-martialled twice – once in India and once in Malaya)
01.05.1947


extended service commission (for 8 years)
 
 
 
trained officers at RAF Cranwell
01.05.1955
 
 
transferred to reserve
09.06.1959


commissioned, Training Branch RAFVR
Boxing and squash champion at various times.
McGown,
William Lachlan
W.L. McGown (Photo courtesy of Mr Sinclair T. Ronald)
01.10.1913
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
-
1984
West Kilbride, Scotland
[aged 71]
Wt.Offr.
? [1118708]
P/O (prob)
30.03.1944 [174120]
P/O
30.09.1944
(WS) F/O
30.09.1944 (reld 11.04.1946) (emgcy list) (reld 01.10.1958)
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
28.11.1944
In air operations this officer has displayed outstanding bravery, fortitude and devotion to duty.
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
26.10.1945
?
22.09.1940
 
 
enlisted, RAFVR
30.03.1944


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1943)
-
(1944)
514 Squadron RAF (Waterbeach)
[flying a Lancaster which came down at Le Celles Les Bordes France on the morning of the 8th of June '44; evaded capture]
30.03.1944
-
31.03.1944
Lancaster LL683 JI-P took part in an operation against Nuremberg - crashed on return. Airborne 2230 hrs from Waterbeach. On return was instructed to divert to Stradishall, but this airfield was fog bound. subsequently, and after two crew members had baled out, a forced- landing was made in a field near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Wt.Offr. McGown had no injuries.
07.06.1944
-
08.06.1944
Lancaster DS822 JI-T took pat in an operation against Massy Palaiseau. Airborne 0037 hrs from Waterbeach to bomb rail facilities in tactical support of the Normandy Landings. Crashed at la Celle-le-Bordes (Yvelines), 11 km ESE from Rambouillet. P/O W.L.McGown evaded capture.
(1945)


162 Squadron RAF
McGrouther,
Duncan Milton
J.A.N. McEwan
Married Jem ...; one daughter, one son.
1923 ?
-
24.04.2009
hospital
(of Alloway, Ayr)
Ldg.Acm.
? [1564853]
P/O (prob)
11.06.1943 [152446]
(WS) F/O (prob)
11.12.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
11.06.1945
Education: MA; LLB; NP
11.06.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]



70 (Bomber) Squadron RAF
Board Secretary with the S.S.E.B. thereafter with the Electricity Council, London.
McIntosh,
Duncan
D. McIntosh (Photo courtesy of Mrs Evelyn Dods) D. McIntosh (Photo courtesy of Mrs Evelyn Dods)
D. McIntosh
Married 1st (14.04.1942, Edinburgh; divorced 14.07.1977) Marjorie Isabella Smail; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (22.09.1977, Edinburgh; divorced 01.06.1983) Lady Strathcona (Lady Jane Mary Waldegrave (25.01.1934-), second daughter of Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave (12th Earl Waldegrave) and Mary Hermione Grenfell, and previously married to Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal).
20.12.1922
Edinburgh
-
31.01.1987
Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Sgt. ? [1373252]
P/O (prob) 10.02.1943 [144397]
(WS) F/O (prob) 10.08.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 10.02.1945 (reld 23.02.1947)
F/O 22.01.1948, seniority 10.10.1947
F/Lt. 01.04.1950 (reld 01.02.1956)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 12.06.1976

For services to the community in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Scottish Air Ambulance Service)

Air Force Cross AFC 01.01.1954 New Year 54
Mention in Despatches MID 14.06.1945 ?
Test pilot with Miles aviation.
1941/42     flew Spitfires at Malta
10.02.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
22.01.1948     commissioned, Reconstituted RAuxAF (General Duties Branch)
20.06.1955 - 01.02.1956 RAuxAF Reserve of Officers
Founder & managing director of Loganair, 1962-12.1982.
McKenny,
Gordon Laurence Ashton
G.L.A. McKenny (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike McKenny) G.L.A. McKenny (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike McKenny)
Second son of George Ashton McKenny (1882-1969), and Margaret Millicent Henley (1880-1967).
Brother of Lt.Col. Robert Ashton McKenny.

Married (31.08.1951, Nairobi, Kenya) Lucie Suzanne Fournier.
15.07.1915
Knaresborough, Harrogate, Yorkshire
-
22.01.1997
Plymouth, Devon
Aircraftman 2nd cl. 10.04.1940 [963188]
Leading Aircraftman 05.08.1940
P/O (prob) 09.03.1941 [62002]
(WS) F/O 09.03.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 09.03.1943 (reld 06.01.1946) (emgcy list; reld 01.07.1957; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(A) Sq.Ldr. 27.09.1944-27.07.1945
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 15.10.1943 Middle East *
Mention in Despatches MID 14.06.1945 ?

* Squadron Navigation Officer; Sorties (second tour) 23. Flight Lieut McKenny, now in his second tour of operational duty, has participated in many successful night operations against the enemy in Sicily and Tunisia. As Squadron Navigating Officer he has set a magnificent example of skill and efficiency and the high standard of navigation displayed during long sea crossings by the navigators in the squadron has been due, in no small measure, to his untiring efforts.

Clerk.
10.04.1940     enlisted, RAFVR (mobilized 07.06.1940 No. 2 Recruitment Centre RAF, Cardington)
10.06.1940     5 Initial Training Wing RAF
05.08.1940     51 General Reconnaissance Pool RAF (initial pilot training remustered to observer training 30.08.1940)
06.09.1940     1 Reconnaissance Wing RAF
20.09.1940     51 General Reconnaissance Pool RAF
10.01.1941     No. 7 Bombing & Gunnery School RAF (for air observer training)
09.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
15.03.1941     13 Operational Training Unit RAF (for air observer training)
20.03.1941     80 Squadron RAF (for air crew (a/o) training)
10.06.1941     HQ RAF Middle East (for air crew duties) (air observer with ?? Squadron) [10.09.1941-04.10.1941 General Hospital Habbanyia]
31.12.1941     72 Operational Training Unit RAF (as instructor)
28.12.1942     No. 22 Personnel Transit Camp RAF, Middle East (supernumerary; pending posting)
08.01.1943     462 Squadron RAF (Middle East) (as navigator) (DFC)
08.10.1943     HQ 203 Group RAF (supernumerary as instructor; pending posting)
21.04.1944     No. 22 Personnel Transit Camp RAF, Middle East
?     276 Squadron RAF (despatches)
15.06.1945     No. 1 Aircrew Despatch Centre RAF, Area 20 (?)
27.07.1945     Aircrew Allocation Centre RAF, Area 21
22.08.1945     No. 10 Air Navigation School RAF, Area 25 (as Staff Officer)
22.11.1945     No. 100 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF, Area 23 (28?)
McLeod,
Donald Murdoch
D.M. McLeod
Son of Allan McLeod, and Johanna Campbell.
Married Sarah Dodd.
1916
Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada
-
21.09.1973
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
F/Sgt. ? [986897]
(A) P/O (prob) 22.07.1943 [148072]
P/O (prob) 16.09.1943
(WS) F/O 16.03.1944 (reld 27.06.1944; on appointment to RCAF)
Played ice hockey for the "Maple Leafs" which brought him to Scotland.
22.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
McPhee,
Thomas
"Tom"
T. McPhee

Married (1941) Elvina Duncan (died 2007); two daughters.

30.11.1917
Greenock
-
22.02.2009
Sgt.
? [742055]
P/O (prob)
27.06.1941 [100603]
P/O
27.06.1942
(WS) F/O
27.06.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
27.06.1943 (reld 12.1945)
(A) Sq.Ldr.
?
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
07.07.1944
*
Distinguished Flying Medal DFM
02.05.1941
attack on IJmuiden steel works 07.04.41 **
Air Efficiency Award AEA
12.1945?
-
* This officer has taken part in a large number of sorties and has displayed a high standard of leadership and skill throughout. His determination to press home his attacks has always, been apparent and has won him much success. One evening in June, 1944, he played a prominent part in an operation against a concentration of locomotives which were attacked with good effect. This officer has at all times displayed outstanding devotion to duty.
** In April, 1941, this pilot was detailed to participate in an attack on a target at IJmuiden. In spite of intense anti-aircraft opposition which forced his leader to take violent evasive action, Sergeant McPhee kept close company with his leader so that both were successful in bombing the target from a height of only 50 feet. On leaving the target area, Sergeant McPhee was attacked by enemy fighters who followed him for a considerable distance across the North Sea. Although his aircraft was damaged, he succeeded in flying back to his base and landing safely. Sergeant McPhee has carried out numerous operational missions and has displayed great courage and determination throughout.
Education: Preston Technical College.
Draughtsman at Vauxhall Motors in Luton.
09.1938
 
 
trained as a pilot
late 1940
-
05.1941
139 Squadron RAF (flew 40 sorties, flying Blenheims)
27.06.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
1941
-
1943
instructor
12.1943
-
 (1945?)
464 (RAAF) Squadron (flying Mosquitos)
[02.1944 took part in Operation Jericho, a daring low-level attack to breach the walls of Amiens prison to liberate members of the French Resistance who were due to be shot the next day; completed 72 operations]
Draughtsman, working for de Havilland Aircraft Company before moving to Bristol to work for Rolls-Royce until he retired.
McTernaghan,
James Leslie Martin
J.L.M. McTernaghan
(09?).1920
Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
F/Sgt. ? [977442]
P/O (prob) 26.06.1944 [179246]
(WS) F/O 26.12.1944
(A) F/Lt. (1945)
(WS) F/Lt. 26.06.1946
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 17.04.1945 ?
26.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1945)     582 Squadron RAF (DFC)
McWilliam,
Ormiston Galloway Edgar
H.J. May
Son of Ormiston Galloway Reid McWilliam and Jessie Elizabeth McWilliam.
Husband of Ida Margaret McWilliam, of Sydenham, London; three sons.
Lived at Shoreham.
(03?.)1893
Kensington, Greater London
-
19.08.1942
(DOW) [age 49]
[Old Shoreham Cemetery, grave 574]
P/O (prob)
11.05.1940 [79101]
F/O (prob) 15.01.1941
F/O
11.05.1941
(T) F/Lt.
01.06.1942
Education: M.A. (Oxon.): Scholar of University College.
Schoolmaster.
11.05.1940


commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative duties)
?
-
19.08.1942
226 Squadron RAF
[passenger aboard a Boston III (AL278) during the Dieppe raid, and died of wounds after being hit by a cannon shell]
Meadows,
John Pierrepont
"Jack"
J.P. Meadows
Son of Charles Alfred Gordon Pierrepont Meadows (1879-1952), and Marion Julia Muir (?-1967).
Married (17.09.1942, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada) June Hankinson; two daughters.

18.11.1919
Calcutta, India
-
21.07.2010
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Sgt. ? [742580]
P/O (prob) 27.07.1940, seniority 21.07.1940 [82672]
(WS) F/O 27.07.1941, seniority 21.07.1941
(WS) F/Lt. 27.07.1942, seniority 21.07.1942 (retd 29.05.1947; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(A) Sq.Ldr. (1945)
F/O 29.05.1947, seniority 25.02.1947
Sq.Ldr. 17.09.1950 (reld 02.06.1960)
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 03.04.1945 *
Air Force Cross AFC 01.01.1953 ?
Air Efficiency Award AEA ? ?
* Squadron Leader Meadows is a most keen and conscientious flight commander who has set a fine example of efficiency to the squadron. He has completed a large number of operational sorties by night and day, many of which have been in bad weather over France, Belgium and Germany. During these missions he has destroyed three enemy aircraft (including two in one night). He has always displayed exemplary courage and devotion to duty. [Destroyed two Ju.88s, 31 December 1944/1 January 1945 in Mosquito MM706, and one Ju88 on the 29/28th July.]
11.1938     enlisted, RAFVR
27.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(07.1944)     604 Squadron RAF
(12.1944) - (01.1945) 219 Squadron RAF (DFC)
29.05.1947     commissioned, Royal Auxiliary Air Force (General Duties Branch)
17.09.1950 - 04.10.1953 Commanding Officer, 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF
04.10.1953     transferred to reserve
02.06.1955     transferred to General List RAuxAF
25.06.1957     transferred to reserve
Worked for Unilever, 1946-1981.
Menzies,
William Mcdonald
W.M. Menzies
Son of William McDonald Menzies and Beatrice Menzies, of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Married (1941, Aberdeen, Scotland) Audrey Jean Menzies, of Aberdeen, Scotland; one child.
1918
St Machar district, Aberdeen, Scotland
-
07.09.1942
[age 24]
[Alamein Memorial, column 248]
(T) F/Sgt. ? [966006]
P/O (prob) 16.02.1942 [116898]
Education: Aberdeen Grammar School.
01.07.1941 - 09.07.1941 pilot, 41 Squadron RAF
16.02.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
? - 07.09.1942 pilot, 92 Squadron RAF
Merrick,
Sidney Denis
S.D. Merrick (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Merrick)
Son (with two brothers and three sisters) of William Merrick (1860-1931), and Eleanor Adele Stevens (1860-1939).
Married (24.06.1939, Barnes, Surrey) Marjorie Brown (04.08.1911 - 04.1990), daughter (with one sister) of Colin Logan Brown (1886-1917), and Laura Matilda Jenkins (1888-1985); two sons.
24.10.1902
Warminster, Wiltshire
-
24.02.1986
Norwich, Norfolk
P/O (prob) 14.05.1940 [79278]
(WS) F/O 14.05.1941
(T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 11.03.1944 (Emcgy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(A)Sq.Ldr. ?
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 ?
Merchant Navy, 1919-1936 (Master Mariner, Glen Line Shipping).
14.05.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
      attached to Coastal Command, serving at Felixstowe, as Mooring Officer Flying Boats at Pembroke Dock & Reykjavik, and 1944/45 as Commanding Officer, Blyth Air Sea Rescue
Middleton,
Peter Francis
P.F. Middleton
Son of Richard Noel Middleton (1879-1951), and Olive Christiana Lupton (1881-1936).
Married (07.12.1946, Adel Parish Church, Leeds, West Yorkshire) Valerie Glassborow (05.01.1924 - 13.09.2006), daughter of  Frederick George Glassborow (1890-1954), and Constance Robison (1888-1977); four sons (granddaughter is Kate Middleton, fiancée, from 29.04.2011 wife of Prince William of Wales).
03.09.1920
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
02.11.2010
Vernham Dean, Hampshire
Ldg.Acm. ? [1166179]
P/O (prob) 09.03.1941 [62328]
(WS) F/O 09.03.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 09.03.1943 (reld 12.08.1949)
F/O 12.08.1949
F/Lt. 01.03.1951, seniority 12.08.1949 (reld 12.08.1959)
Education: Clifton College (09.1934-05.1939; Brown's House); New College, Oxford University.
09.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
      flying instructor
12.08.1949     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch)
Air-line pilot with BEA.
Milbank,
Geoffrey Arthur
G.A. Milbank (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter G.H. Milbank)
Son of Arthur George Milbank (1871-1959), builder, and Catherine Gearon, of Howe Street, Great Waltham.
Married 1st ((03?).1922, Dover district, Kent) Queenie Victoria L. Smart (1898 - (03?).1967).
Married 2nd (1939) Margaret Louise Bye Ford (24.03.1913 - 16.12.1988); six children.
25.06.1898
Great Waltham, Essex
-
17.10.1963
St Thomas's Hospital, London
[buried at Great Waltham]
Pte. 08.02.1917 [10210]
T/2nd Lt. RAF 29.07.1918
2nd Lt. RAF 09.11.1918
P/O (prob) RAFO 30.04.1923
P/O RAFO 20.10.1923
F/O RAFO 21.10.1924 (reld 20.04.1931)
P/O (prob) 04.07.1939 [73648]
P/O 12.09.1939
F/O 12.09.1939
(A) F/Lt. 14.09.1939-30.04.1940
(WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1940
(A) Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1940-...,
01.07.1943-31.12.1943
(T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 (demobilized 28.08.1945) (reld 27.11.1950; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
Sq.Ldr. RAAF 27.11.1950, seniority 06.10.1950 (reld 27.11.1960)
1939-1945 Star
Air Efficiency Award AEA 1950 ?
1914-1920 British War Medal BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
39|45 St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Defence Medal Def Med - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Great Waltham Elementary School; King Edward VI Chelmsford Grammar School (20.09.1909-20.12.1914; Lance-Corporal & Sergeant, Cadet Corps),
08.02.1917     Honourable Artillery Company
23.11.1917     posted to Reception Depot, Personnel Supply Park pending transfer to Cadet Unit of the Royal Flying Corps
16.12.1917     No 5 Officers Cadet Wing
15.02.1918     No 2 School of Military Aeronautics
      No 2 School of Aeronautics, Oxford
14.04.1918     Armament School
11.05.1918     No 65 Training School
29.07.1918     commissioned, RAF (Aeroplane and Seaplane Officer)
29.07.1918     No 53 Training Depot Station 
02.08.1918     No 2 Fighting School
18.08.1918     No 54 Squadron (Expeditionary Force, France; wounded, hospital 09.11.1918; No 20 General Hospital, 14.11.1918; War Hospital Epsom, 21.11.1918)
25.11.1918     South East Area
25.02.1919     No 50 Training Depot Station
20.08.1919     RAF Manston
      transferred to Unemployed List
20.04.1923     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class 'A', from 20.04.1926 Class 'C') (De Havilland Civilian Flying School, 07.05-21.06.1923, 09.04-21.04.1925 & 21.05-06.06.1925)
04.07.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
06.09.1939     Operations Room, RAF Turnhouse
12.09.1940     RAF Northolt (attached for course; at Kenley 02.09-14.09.1940) (for Special Duties)
23.12.1940     HQ No 9 Group RAF (supernumerary)
09.08.1941     Operations Room, HQ Fighter Control RAF
15.12.1941     HQ No 10 Group RAF (supernumerary): Controller, RAF Middle Wallop 15.12.1941; Ground Control Interception, RAF Portreath 22.12.1941; RAF Colerne
01.05.1943     HQ No 9 Group RAF (supernumerary): Ground Control Interception, RAF High Ercall; Atcham Combined Training Centre Dundonald 10.04-01.05.1943;  Fighter Direction Training, Combined Training Centre Dundonald 01.05-16.05.1943; Ground Control Interception, No 15053 Air Ministry Experimental Station, 16.05.1943; Ground Control Interception, No 102 Mobile Air Reporting Unit, 20.03.1944
21.06.1945     No 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre (for release)
27.11.1950     commissioned, RAAF (Fighter Control Branch) (No. 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit)
09.10.1952     transferred to reserve
03.02.1955     transferred to General Duties Branch (Ground Section)
Milford,
Harold John
H.J. Milford

Son of William J. Milford, and Ada F. Adcock, of Lambeth, London.
Married ((06?).1940, Lambeth district, London) Marion Heather.
16.08.1914
Lambeth district, London
-
06.04.1944
[age 29]
[Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland, collective grave 9.A]
Ldg.Acm. ? [1375447]
P/O (prob) 09.08.1941 [103586]
(WS) F/O 09.08.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 09.08.1943
Mention in Despatches MID 08.06.1944 escape attempt as POW [posthumously]
Education: Strand Grammar School, Tulse Hill, London.
09.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 22.09.1942 observer, 226 Squadron RAF
[His Boston AL743 MQ-F was airborne 10:50 hrs from Swanton Morley to bomb a power station in Northern France.The aircraft was shot down. One crew memeber evaded, two (under which Milford) were captured.]
22.09.1942 - 06.04.1944 POW (No. 715) in German captivity (Stalag Luft III, Sagan) (recaptured & shot after the "great escape")
Miller,
Ernest Edward
E.E. Miller
?
-
(A) P/O (prob)
01.06.1940 [79943]
P/O (prob)
24.07.1940
P/O
01.06.1941
(WS) F/O
24.07.1941
(T) F/Lt.
01.09.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
07.07.1945
(WS) Sq.Ldr.
15.09.1946-01.01.1948
F/Lt.
25.02.1947, seniority 01.09.1945
10.03.1950, seniority 01.03.1946 (dismissed by sentence of a general court-martial 15.01.1954)
01.06.1940


commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
24.10.1946
 
 
extended service commission, RAF (Equipment Branch)
16.03.1949
 
 
permanent commission, RAF (Equipment Branch)
Miller,
Kenneth Roderick
K.R. Miller K.R. Miller
Son (with three sisters and five brothers) of Julius Patrick Hessenmuller (1873-1933), and Anna Elizabeth Gertrude Sotham (1875-1961).
Married (29.03.1941, St Catherine's Church, Earls Court, Kensington district, London) June C. Hill; two sons.
23.03.1918
Montevideo, Uruguay
-
13.05.1989
Croydon, Surrey
Sgt. ? [920599]
P/O (prob) 03.02.1942 [116052]
(WS) F/O 19.08.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 19.08.1943
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 26.06.1942 ?
03.02.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1942)     76 Squadron RAF
? - 21.01.1944 622 Squadron RAF
[Lancaster R5915 (GI-P) was airborne 16:51 hrs 20.01.1944 from Mildenhall for an operation against Berlin. Outbound at 22,000 feet hit by Flak in the vicinity of Hamburg-Lüneburg which set fire to the starboard wing. Exploded and crashed between Havekost and Rümstedt, 5 km ENE of Bad Bevensen. Those killed were buried at Rümstedt, five are now buried in Becklingen War cemetery while Panel 214 of the Runnymede Memorial commemorates Sgt Woodcock. F/Sgt R.A. Deacon KIA Sgt N. Butler (P2) KIA Sgt J.B. Strange KIA Sgt P.J. Irwin PoW F/L K.R. Miller PoW Sgt A.W. Woodcock KIA Sgt. J. Cunningham KIA Sgt. J.H. Kidman KIA Sgt. P.J. Irwin was wounded but interned in Camps L6/357, PoW No. 923. F/L K.R. Miller was interned in Camp Stalag Luft III, PoW No. 3378.]
Montefiore,
Neville
N. Montefiore  
Third son of Mr & Mrs Harry John Montefiore.
Married 1st (06.04.1929, St Peter's, Eaton Square, London) Gladys May F. Rogers (born 1906) (later divorced), only daughter of Mr & Mrs John Rogers; one son.
Married 2nd (04.1951) Mrs Constance May Barlow (née Gaunt) (25.11.1916 - 09.1992), divorced wife of Peter Clifford Barlow; two daughters, one son.
26.01.1906
Amersham district, Buckinghamshire
-
23.02.1968
Whitby, York, Yorkshire
P/O AuxAF
07.06.1927 (reld 14.03.1930)
Sgt.
? [758134]
P/O (prob)
23.01.1941, seniority 01.01.1941 [60319]
P/O
23.01.1942
F/O
23.01.1942, seniority 01.01.1942
(A) F/Lt.
1942?
(WS) F/Lt.
23.01.1943, seniority 01.01.1943 (emgcy) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
Air Force Cross AFC
01.01.1943
New Year 43
1927
 
 
aviator's certificate (# 8100, D.H. School)
07.06.1927
-
14.03.1930
commissioned, No. 600 City of London (Bombing) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force
17.06.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Moon,
Richard Warwick Martin
"Dick"
R.W.M. Moon
Son of Henry Frederick Moon, and Lucy Yvonne Moon (later Laws), of Bedmond, Hertfordshire.
1923 ?
-
03.04.1942
(KIA) [age 19]
[Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 3.D.24]
[Abbots Langley War Memorial]
Ldg.Acm. ? [1382864]
P/O (prob) 11.09.1941 [106647]
11.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 03.04.1942 pilot, 94 Squadron RAF
Moore,
Joseph Stanley
J.S. Moore (Photo courtesy of Mr Barry Moore)

Son of Joseph S. Moore, and Minetta B. Lee.
Married ((09?).1941, East Ham, London) Irene Lucy Madden, of East Ham; ... children (one son?).
14.09.1919
East Ham, London
-
11.05.1943
[age 23]
[City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, screen wall, square 241, collective grave 108018]
Sgt. ? [921391]
P/O (prob) 14.01.1942 [115080]
(WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942
14.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 11.05.1943 pilot, 15 Operational Training Unit RAF
[Flying a Miles Martinet I [HP425] for training purposes. Taken off from Harewell briefed to carry out a fighter affiliation exercise with a Wellington. It is not clear if the affiliation part of the flight was carried out, but at around 15:10 hrs, while attempting a second aerobatic roll, the pliot lost control and spun into the ground less than a mile south-west of West Hagbourne and about 2 miles SSW from Didcot, Berkshire. F/O Moore & F/O L.C. Martin were killed.]
Moore,
Peter John
P.J. Moore

Son of Arthur Fitzroy Moore, and Catherine Susan Morrissey, of Melbourne, Australia.
1920 ?
-
03.06.1942
(KIA) [age 22]
[Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, 46.D.5]
Sgt. ? [754288]
P/O (prob) 08.11.1941 [112401]
08.11.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
      253 Squadron RAF
? - 03.06.1942 pilot, 616 Squadron RAF
[Spitfire Mk. VI BR191 had taken off from Kings Cliffe in the afternoon for operation Circus 184 (bomber escort). It was engaged by Jagdgeschwader 26 and shot down off Le Touquet. P/O Moore was killede and was first buried at Le Touquet Paris Plage Military Cemetery, later to be reburied at Etaples.]
Moore,
Ronald Dennis
"Ron"
R.D. Moore

Son of ... Moore, and ... Cope.
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
09.03.1922
Wandsworth district, London
-
(06?).1998
Worthing district, West Sussex
Ldg.Acm. ? [1322306]
P/O (prob) 12.12.1942 [136953]
(WS) F/O (prob) 12.06.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 12.12.1944
      flying training in South Africa
12.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
      Completed 2 tours of duty as Air Bomber in Halifaxes with a total of 72 sorties and 568 hours:- First a short spell with 77 Squadron from Elvington (including Hamburg bombings) from 18.07.1943; Then from 19.08.1943 with 148 Squadron Special Duties operating out of Derna/Protville in Libya -Tunisia Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; and then from Brindisi with the Central Mediterranean Force.
Moore,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Moore
?
-
Cpl. RFC
11.1916 [16262]
Cpl. RAF
04.1918 [846016]
P/O (prob)
01.04.1943 [141916]
(WS) F/O (prob)
01.10.1943
F/Lt.
26.04.1952 (reld 07.02.1959)
Air Efficiency Award AEA
11.1949
?
Meritorious Service Medal (Army) MSM
04.06.1917

for valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field

Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1945
?
12.1915


enlisted Royal Flying Corps (served as motor transport driver in France)
04.1918


Corporal mechanic, RAF
01.04.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
07.02.1949


RAFVR (Reconstituted Section), Administrative and Special Duties Branch
< 06.1952


transferred to Secretarial Branch
07.02.1954
-
07.02.1959
extension of service by five years
Morison,
Charles John Adam
D.E. Morris

?

-
F/Sgt.
? [1366889]
P/O (prob)
25.02.1944 [173819]
(WS) F/O
25.02.1945
(WS) F.Lt.
25.02.1946
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
25.09.1945
?
25.02.1944


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(1945)


rear gunner, 186 Squadron RAF
Morison,
Walter McDonald
W.M. Morison
W.M. Morison
Son of ... Morison, and ... Cluckie.
Married Joan Devas (died 2005); two sons, two daughters.

26.11.1919
Beckenham, Bromley district, Kent
-
26.03.2009
Ldg.Acm.
? [903259]
P/O (prob)
30.11.1940, seniority 10.11.1940 [88476]
P/O
30.11.1941, seniority 10.11.1940
(WS) F/O
30.11.1941, seniority 10.11.1941
(WS) F/Lt.
30.11.1942, seniority 10.11.1942 (reld 07.1945)
Education: Stowe School; Trinity College, Cambridge (one year)
30.11.1940


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
02.1941


241 (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF



instructor, bomber training unit
05.1942
-
06.06.1942 
103 Squadron RAF (his aircraft collided with another bomber on his third operation to bomb Essen; aircraft lost, captured)
06.06.1942
-
04.1945
POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft III [escape attempt 06.1943], then Colditz)
Chartered accountant, and in 1960 he became the senior partner in Morison & Stoneham, retiring 1981.
Published: Flak and ferrets : one way to Colditz (1995)
Morris,
Basil Ivor John
B.I.J. Morris

Married ((06?).1946, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Emily M. Mercer.
?
-
F/Sgt. ? [1300849]
P/O (prob) 20.07.1943 [156140]
(WS) F/O 20.01.1944
(WS) F/Lt. 20.07.1945
F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 20.01.1947 (reld 08.06.1948)
F/Lt. RAF 12.07.1951
Distinguished Flying Medal DFM 19.10.1943 *
* As pilot and bomb aimer respectively, Flight Sergeant Morris and Sergeant [Peter James] Hayward have undertaken many sorties against targets in North Africa, Sardinia, Sicily and Italy. They have displayed great skill and determination throughout and their many successes have been well illustrated by photographic evidence. An excellent team, these airmen have set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty. [As published in London Gazette]
Flight Sergeant Morris has completed 28 operations since joining the Squadron in March 1943, and has attacked targets in North Africa, Sardinia, Sicily and Italy. His operations against the enemy have been carried out with outstanding results as is borne out by the photographs he has taken when bombing. On the night of 25-26 August 1943, Flight Sergeant Morris was detailed to bomb the marshalling yards at the Italian port of Taranto. Under intense light and heavy anti-aircraft fire, he attacked the target from 9,500 feet and dropped his bombs, scoring a direct hit in the yards and starting many fires. Again, on the night of 28-29 August 1943, Flight Sergeant Morris was detailed to locate and illuminate Taranto for the attacking force of our bombers. He located the target under adverse weather conditions and at 7,500 feet, in spite of heavy anti-aircraft fire, he dropped his flares directly over the target area, thus enabling the bomber force to make a successful attack. Again, his work is supported by photographic evidence. Flight Sergeant Morris is an inspiration to other members of the Squadron with his willingness, courage and devotion to duty. [Original citation]
(1943)     40 Squadron RAF (flying Wellingtons in the Middle East) (DFM)
20.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
12.07.1951 - 22.06.1954 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
22.06.1954 - 12.07.1963 RAF Reserve of Officers
Morris,
Desmond Edward
D.E. Morris

?
Argentina
-
04.12.1943

[Runnymede Memorial, panel 126]
Sgt. ? [1381631]
P/O (prob) 05.12.1941 [132320]
(WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 05.12.1943 (cancelled 11.02.1944)
05.12.1941


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
04.12.1943
pilot, 220 Squadron RAF
[flew Fortress FK206 'K' off the planked runway at Lagens at 03:26 hrs in the early morning of 04.12.1943 for major service at Thornaby; thirty seconds later the Fortress plunged into the Atlantic with the loss of all on board; likely cause was loss of control following the change from visual flight to instruments on a very black night]
Morris,
James Trevor Willis
J.T.W. Morris

Son of James William Charles Bala Morris, and Antoinette Paige Stallard.
Married ((03?).1944, East Glamorgan district, Glamorgan) Muriel M. Rich.
(12?).1921
Pontypridd district, Glamorgan
-
07.12.1944

(KIA) [
age 23]
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 26.D.16]
[commemorated at Mathry, Pembrokeshire]
Wt.Offr. ? [1377320]
P/O (prob) 23.08.1943 [156959]
(WS) F/O 23.02.1944
(A) F/Lt. ?
23.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 07.12.1944 pilot, 640 Squadron RAF
[Halifax MZ939 (C8-M) was airborne 16:01 hrs 06.12.1944 from Leconfield. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 20:05 hrs near the railway line 21 km NE from Osnabrück. F/L Morris and his two Air Gunners are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. F/L J.T.W. Morris KIA Sgt A.H. Simmons PoW Sgt E.H. Jameson PoW F/L J.L. Goldby PoW F/S T.C. McCourt RAAF PoW F/S J. O'Callaghan KIA F/S R.E. Vandette RCAF KIA.]
Morris,
Joseph Phillip
J.P. Morris
Son of Thomas Harold Morris, and Edith May Wilkes.
Married ((09?).1941, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire) Mary Eileen McKeown, of Stratford-on-Avon.
(12?).1921
Oldham district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire
-
06.12.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands, V.F.4]]
Sgt. ? [1218973]
P/O (prob) 27.06.1942 [130129]
(WS) F/O (prob) 27.12.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 27.06.1944
27.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 06.12.1944 pilot, 550 Squadron RAF
[Lancaster N251 (BQ-J) was airborne 16:34 hrs from North Killingholme for a bombarment operation against Leuna. Crashed after being crippled by Flak, 1 km W of Dölzig, 12 km W from the centre of Leipzig. Sgt Hooper, as may be expected, is buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, but the others are buried in Holland, with two being interred at Overloon War Cemetery and four at Venray War Cemetery. This unusual dispersion of bodies suggest their original graves were probably the subject of an American investigation.]
Morris,
William
"Bill"
W. Morris
Son of George Morris, and Lily Morris.
?
Liverpool
-
24.09.1944
(MPK)
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 208]
Ldg.Acm. ? [1515415]
P/O (prob) 17.09.1943 [153583]
(WS) F/O 17.03.1944
Constable, Liverpool Police.
17.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 24.09.1944 50 Squadron RAF
[Lancaster I LM264 VN-J took off from Skellingthorpe at 17:28 hrs to bomb strongpoints in the Calais area, but never returned. Only one of the crew of seven has a known grave.]
Moseley,
Eric Rosser
E.R. Moseley
Son of James Henry and Eva Elizabeth Moseley (née Rosser), of Bristol.
(09?).1921
Bristol district, Avon
-
28.06.1944
[age 23]
[Alamein Memorial, column 279]
Sgt.
? [1313440]
P/O (prob)
16.03.1942 [123142]
(WS) F/O (prob)
01.10.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 16.03.1944
Education: B.A. (Oxon.): Jesus College
16.03.1942


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
28.06.1944
8 Squadron RAF (killed in action, Gulf of Aden operations)
Moss,
Arthur
H. Moss
?
-
(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [114928]
P/O (prob) 04.03.1942
(WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (reld 07.09.1944; ill-health; retaining his rank)
31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission]
Moss,
Harry
H. Moss
?
-
(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [114929]
P/O (prob) 04.03.1942
(WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission]
      served in India
Mountford,
Robert Henry James
R.H.J. Mountford
Son of Henry James Mountford, and Alice Maud Hunt.
Married Edna Mountford, of Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham; at least one son.
(12?).1911
St Giles district, London / Middlesex
-
21.03.1944
[age 32]
[Streatham Park Cemetery, square 8, grave 35232]
P/O (prob)
23.09.1939 [74968]
P/O
23.09.1940
F/O
23.09.1940
(WS) F/Lt. 23.09.1941
23.09.1939


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
21.03.1944
pilot, 512 Squadron RAF, Transport Command (crashed)
Mullett,
Peter Derek
P.D. Mullett
Only son of George H. Mullett, and Effie Audrey Hollings (1900-1966), of Panteg, Monmouthshire.
Married (28.07.1944, St James's Church, Spanish Place, St Marylebone district, London) Doreen Mary "Dee" Davison (1919 - 1997), of Pangbourne, later of St. Peter's, Jersey, Channel Islands, eldest daughter (with two sisters and three brothers) of George Davison (1854-1930), and Florence Anne "Joan" Davison (née Austin-Jones, from 1933 Mrs Arbuthnot) (1897?-1955), of Flower's Hill, Pangbourne, Berkshire; one son. Dee Mullett remarried (1956) Peter Moxon Leslie-Smith.

(09?).1923
Pontypool district, Monmouthshire
-
15.11.1944
(MPK) [age 21]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 208]
Ldg.Acm. ? [1653023]
P/O (prob) 06.08.1943 [153056]
(WS) F/O 06.02.1944
A charismatic and talented musician who was accepted at medical school before joining the RAF.
06.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 15.11.1944 pilot, 115 Squadron RAF
[Co-pilot in Lancaster HK595 [KO-A] which took off at 12:40 hrs from Witchford near Ely in Cambridgeshire to attack Dortmund. 177 Lancaster's took part in this G-H attack (1) on the oil plant in Dortmund which had been classed as very accurate even though the raid took place with thick cloud. This Lancaster HK595 collided with another Lancaster NN706 in a mid-air collision also from the same squadron. These were the only aircraft to be lost on this raid. Complete crew of nine were killed.]
Mullin,
Derek
F.T. Murray
From Southport.
(12?).1922
Todmorden district, Yorkshire
-
Ldg.Acm.
? [1458227]
P/O (prob)
30.04.1943 [151992]
(WS) F/O (prob)
30.10.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 30.04.1945
30.04.1943


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Murray,
Fergus Thomas
F.T. Murray

Brother of Lt.Cdr. (E) Brian P.J. Murray, RNR.
1911 ?
-
21.03.1945
(KIA) [age 34]
[Runnymede Memorial]
P/O
? [?]
F/O ?
?
-
21.03.1945
464 Squadron
21.03.1945


a/c SZ999, missing in action, attack on Gestapo HQ, Copenhagen
Myers,
Geoffrey Selim
G.S. Myers
Married ((06?).1933, St Olave district, London) Marguerite Guimiot.
(03?).1906
Hendon district, Middlesex

-
P/O (prob)
02.09.1939 [74755]
P/O
19.03.1940, seniority 08.09.1939
(WS) F/O
19.03.1940, seniority 08.09.1939
(T) F/Lt.
01.12.1941
(WS) F/Lt. 25.02.1945 (emgcy list) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(A) Sq.Ldr.
(1944)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
01.01.1945
?
02.09.1939


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

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