Aircrew Remembered Aviation Personal Histories and Databases (2024)

#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMissionIncidentFateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring DatabaseNotesLinks/Archive Reports1101JobsonArthurFlying Officer125462PilotRAFVRBomber Command625Sqn
1944-08-03LancasterILM163CF:JRAF Kelstern11:36TrossyDaylight attack on the flying- bomb storage site at Trossy St.Maximin. Reason for loss unknownPoW, Stalag Luft 31102JohnDavid Alan VaughanSergeant3858381916PilotRAFVRBomber Command35Sqn (Madras Presidency)
1942-08-28HalifaxIIW7676TL-PGraveley2047NurnbergHit by flak and crashed at 2230 into the WesterscheldeKilledFlushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row C Grave 23The body of Sgt John was Washed up near Domburg 6 September 1942

Son of Arthur S. and Ethel E. John

1103JohnsonArthur DouglasPilot Officer171726Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command7 Sqn
1944-02-19LancasterIIIND470MG-SRAF Oakington00:02LeipzigSee Archive ReportKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Coll. Grave 6.E.23-28.Read Archive Report1104JohnsonRobert Cummin RobsonSergeant1366007Age 29Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command40Sqn1943-10-05WellingtonXMF845BL-AFoggia Main, ItalyGardening See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedMalta Memorial. Panel 15. Column 1. Read Archive Report 1105JohnsonMichael ArthurSergeant1802410Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command97 Sqn
1944-05-03LancasterIIIND706OF:AConingsby21:59Mailly-le-CampClaim by Oblt Walter Riedlberger 1/NJG4 - Gallardon-Ablis area (BD 8/9): 1,800m at 01:07. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten) Crashed 3km South West of Allainville 20km SSE of Rambouillt.KilledSt-Desir War Cemetery Plot 8 Row B Collective Grave 5-81106JohnsonThomas WilliamWarrant Officer1526829Age 22Air GunnerRAFVRTraining Command10 Air Gunners School1945-01-02AnsonILT741-RAF Walney, Barrow-in-FurnessTraining FlightSee archive report for further brief details.KilledLiverpool Cemetery (Allerton). Sec. 33. C. of E. Grave 682Son of Thomas William and Janet Johnson, of Liverpool, England

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1107JohnsonRobert Hetherington2nd LieutenantPilot OfficerO-7685721920AmericanCo-PilotUSAAF8th Air Force303rd Bombardment Group (H), 359th Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division1944-11-21B-17 Heller’s AngelsG42-102484BN:KMolesworth (Station #107), Huntingdonshire, EnglandMerseburg (Mission #720), GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, GermanyArchive Report1108JohnsonElwood FrankStaff SergeantSergeant385484543rd September 1922 in Kenedy, Karnes County, TexasAmericanBall Turret GunnerAM (3 Oak Leaf Cluster)

USAAF8th Air Force327th Bombardment Squadron (H), 92nd Bombardment Group (H)1945-04-17B-17G44-8903UX:GPodington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, EnglandDresden (Mission #957), GermanySee Archive report for detailsKiARepatriated and interred on the 25th January 1950 in a joint graveArchive Report1109JohnstonArthur MaxwellFlight Sergeant4047849 March 1915, Mt Molloy, QLD, AustraliaAustralianPilot (Skipper)RAAFBomber Command460 Sqn RAAF
1942-07-02WellingtonIVZ1381UV:HBreighton23:7BremenSee Archive Report for detailsKiAReichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 15 Row B Collective Grave 9-18.Archive Report1110JohnstonArthur GordonFlight Sergeant1554598July 1919 in Farnham, SurreyPilotRAFVRBomber Command239 Sqn
1944-08-27MosquitoIVDZ654HB?West RaynhamTrainingTook off on a Haystack exercise and failed to return by its due home time of 23:30KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 219Son of Frederick Arthur and Alice (née Wise) Johnston of Farnham, Surrey, England1111JohnstonArthur HenryFlight Sergeant19195AustraliaRAAF31Sqn RAAF
1945-06-11RAAF Honour Roll1112JohnstonArthur MaxwellFlight Sergeant404784AustraliaRAAF460Sqn RAAF
1942-07-03RAAF Honour Roll1113JohnstoneRonald ElliottFlight SergeantR130242Age 26CanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command576 Sqn
1944-01-30LancasterIW4245UL:S2RAF Eltham Wolds, LincolnshireBerlinW4245 was one of four probable claims by three German pilots; 463 Sqn Lancaster ED772, ED545 or JA973, or 576 Sqn Lancaster W4245.

Lt. Robert Wolf, his 10th Abschuss, from 3./NJG5 at 20:08; Ofw. Erich Kaschig, his 2nd Abschuss, from 10./NJG5 near Wittstock area at 20:23; Oblt. Arnold Brinkmann, his 2nd Abschuss, from Stab I./NJG3 North Berlin at 20:35. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)

KilledBerlin 1929-1945 War Cemetery, 9.K.10
Courtesy Lucy Childs and Clay Johnstone

(relatives of crew members)

Paradie Archive DatabaseCommissioned and promoted to Plt Off. (J87253) with effect 29th January 1944

Born on the 31st August 1918 in Holloway, London. The youngest son of William John Childs and Rosetta Gertrude Childs (née Brookes). He had 2 older brothers, William Reginald Childs ( my grandfather) and Robert Joseph Childs. Early in WW2 Ted had been a police officer and was awarded for bravery in the course of his duties during the bombings on London. Ted then trained as a pilot in Canada, earning an award of merit. He was engaged to be married to Bunny.

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1114JohnstoneGeorge ArthurSergeant1212187Age ?BritishPilot (U/T)RAFVRBomber Command56 OTU
1941-11-24HurricaneIV6864Collided with Manchester I R5792KilledSutton Bridge (St. Matthew) Churchyard. Sec R. Grave 51Next of kin details not currently available - are you able to assist?Read Archive Report1115JonesPeter ThomasAircraftman 1st Class5405541918Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFBomber Command37Sqn
1939-12-18WellingtonIaN2889LF-PFeltwellReconnaisanceBroke up in the air and crashed into the sea off Borkum following a sustained attack by Lt. Helmut Lent of 3./ZG-76.KilledRunnymede memorial Panel 3. Son of Thomas Arthur and Mabel Ada Jones, of Colchester, Essex.

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1116JonesArthur WilliamSergeant6126211921Air GunnerRAFBomber Command76Sqn
1942-05-03HalifaxIIR9451MP-HMiddleton St George2255HamburgCrashed at Ottensen, 3 km SSW of BuxtehudeKilledRunnymede Memorial, Panel 87.Son of George and Elizabeth Ada Jones, of Tooting, Surrey.1117JonesJohn Reginald ArthurPilot Officer394411916ObserverRAFBomber Command88Sqn
1941-08-26BlenheimIVL8788RH-NAttlebridge1030Anti ShippingAttacked convoy in Western Approaches, bombs missing ships. Hit by flak and burst into flames after hitting the the sea off IJmuiden, Holland.KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 33Son of Maj. William Henry Jones and Mary Jones; husband of Marguerite Mary Yvonne Jones (nee Besant)1118JonesDan DaviesSergeant1253004Age 24W/Op/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command106Sqn
1941-11-30HampdenIP1228ZN-LRAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire1620Hamburg See archive report for further details Missing- believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 46 Read Archive Report 1119JonesHarold ArthurP/O Air BomberJ/45644RCAFBomber Command1659 HCU
1945-05-17HalifaxlllHX268RAF Topcliffe2235Conversion TrainingCrashed into seaKilledMontrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery Sec. 2. Class C. Grave 3.Paradie Archive DatabaseThis aircraft was on a cross country exercise and was last seen spinning into the sea with its starboard engines feathered. This could indicate either engine failure or the fact that control was lost whilst practising flying with one or more engines feathered.. 1659 ORB is vague, saying a coast guard vessel and a convoy reported an explosion and fire on the sea 10 miles out to sea off Fife Ness. Crashed at 5621N 0158W 10 miles 070 degrees from Fifeness at 22.35 . Jones was one of two recovered from the sea. Pilot Officer Jones, RCAF, son of Sidney Arthur Jones and Marie Alma Jones, lived at 12 St Clair Avenue East Toronto (in those days the address would be at Victoria Park Avenue and St Clair Avenue in the Township of Scarborough.He attended Oakridge Public School and East York Collegiate.His name is memorialized on the Cairn outside the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 73 Oakridge, Oakridge Public School and the Memorial at East York Collegiate, East York.1120JonesLouis ArthurSergeant415911912New ZealanderAir BomberRNZAFBomber Command218Sqn
1942-08-27StirlingIR9160HA-GDownham Market2045KasselClaim by Oblt Ludwig Becker 6/NJG2 - North Sea West of Bergen aan Zee: 3,600m at 0140KilledRunnymede Memorial 117Son of Arthur and Rachel Jones, of Putiki, Auckland, New Zealand1121JonesPhilip MarsdenSergeant1052291Age 20BritishWireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRCoastal Command51 Sqn
1942-10-16WhitneyVZ9153MH-?RAF Chivenor, Devon1010Anti-submarine patrolClaimed by Lt Meister of 13./KG40 in pos. PLQ 14W/0817 at 1614hrs crashed Bay of Biscay - see archive reportMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial Panel 87Son of John Percy and Lillian Jones, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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1122JonesArthur EdwardSergeant34647AustraliaRAAF112 AIR Sea Rescue Flight Darwin1945-04-06RAAF Honour Roll1123JonesArthur SelwynFlying Officer409152AustraliaRAAFAttached RAF Station Gibraltar1943-02-05RAAF Honour Roll1124JonesStanley ArthurSub Lieutenant (A)Age 20PilotRNZNVRFleet Air Arm (RN)748Sqn1943-06-27HurricaneIicNF716-HMS. Vulture, St. Merryn1414TrainingSee archive report for further details - Collided with R6887KilledSt. Merryn Churchyard. Grave 9Son of Thomas J. Jones and Ethel M. Jones, of Wallasey, Cheshire, England

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1125JonesArthur HenryFlight SergeantR/218186CanadaAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command1664HCU1945-03-16HalifaxMZ481Cross country training exerciseKilled 1945-03-16 Age 19Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
Paradie Archive DatabaseCommemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 282. United Kingdom. Son Of Henry J. And Florence E. Jones, Of Somme, Saskatchewan, Canada.

L-R: Fl/Lt. Frank Earl Connors, Fl/Lt. John Mackintosh Fowlie, Fl/Sgt. Arthur Henry Jones, F/O. James Charles Pearson. Seated: Fl/Sgt. John Howard James Grahame, Fl/Sgt. James Graham, (courtesy Ken Greenaway)

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Aircrew Deaths Database1126JonesFrank Knighton2nd LieutenantPilot OfficerO-779881AmericanCo PilotUSAAF8th Air Force327th Bombardment Squadron (H), 92nd Bombardment Group (H)1945-04-17B-17G44-8903UX:GPodington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, EnglandDresden (Mission #957), GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, Unknown CampArchive Report1127JoplinArthur WilliamFlying Officer424044New ZealanderPilotRNZAFBomber Command617 Sqn
1944-12-21LancasterIME561KC-TWoodhall Spa16:54PolitzOn return to base the crew were ordered to divert to Ludford Magna and land by aid of FIDO, due to fog blanketing the local area. On approach to the diversion airfield, the Lancaster’s port wing brushed the ground causing the bomber to crash at 02:40 hrs at Tealby, 3 miles ENE of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.Seriously injuredReturned to New Zealand in December 1945. Demobilised in December 1946

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Obituary

1128JordanDonald ArthurSergeant1815777Age ?BritishNavigatorRAFVRTraining Command1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit. 29 Group1945-02-08AnsonIW2637-RAF Wigtown, Scotland200TrainingSee archive report for detailed informationMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 275Son of Arthur and Rose Jordan, of Evesham, Worcestershire; husband of Hazel Jordan, of Harvington, Evesham, England.

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1129JoyceAlan FrancisFlight Sergeant4178481919Wireless OperatorRAAFBomber Command148Sqn RAF
1944.07.30HalifaxIIJP239FS-?RAF Brindisi, ItalySOE mission to Southern France F/Sgt Humble reported that off the north coast of Corsica the aircraft had trouble with an engine. F/O Clifford ordered donning of parachutes, then smoke filled the aircraft. F/Sgt. Humble baled out and saw a flame shoot out of the nose of the aircraft, which then peeled off to port and went down KilledMalta Memorial, Panel 16, Column 2. Son of Arthur and Eliza May Joyce, of Unley, South Australia. Dip. Commerce 1130KalkaWilliam ArthurFlying OfficerNZ/415415PilotRNZAFFighter Command486Sqn RNZAF
1945-01-13TempestVEJ606SA-EALG B80 (Volkel)1430Air cover See archive report for further details Survived - killed later on Tempest NV981 Read Archive ReportLater: Uden War Cemetery. Grave: 6.F.8 Some details within: Read Archive Report 1131KalkaWilliam ArthurFlying OfficerNZ/415415PilotRNZAFFighter Command486Sqn RNZAF
1945-03-25TempestVNV981SA-?ALG B80 (Volkel)1430Standing PatrolSee archive report for further details KilledUden War Cemetery. Grave: 6.F.8Read Archive Report1132KalkaWilliam Arthur 'Wacky'FONew ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command486Sqn (NZ)

9 (8 V-1s 1 balloon)Killed 1945-03-25Ace 1133KearneyFrederick JohnLACNZ/441345Age 22New ZealandPassengerRNZAFTransport Command40 Squadron (RNZAF)1945-09-24C-47B DakotaNZ3526-Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand530TransitSee archive report for further brief details and his lossMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 9Born on the 04th February 1923 at Invercargill. Enlisted on the 31st March 1944. Son of John and Mary Kearney (died 18th February 1942, age 45), of Ocean Beach, Southland, New Zealand. Aircrafthand with No. 1 Islands Works squadron.

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1134KeastLeslie ArthurSergeant564740Age 25PilotRAFBomber Command10Sqn
1940-06-11WhitleyVP4954ZA-TRAF Dishforth, Yorkshire2047Battle area See archive report for further details KilledAbbeville Communal Cemetery Ext. Plot 5. Row H. Grave 16 Read Archive Report 1135KeenStanley AllanSergeant8448731916Air GunnerRAF (Aux)Bomber Command35Sqn (Madras Presidency)
1942-07-21HalifaxIIR9489TL-TLeemingAir TestThe a/c was put through a series of three steep turns at around 1200 ft, the first two turns were successfully carried to port and then starboard, during the third turn to port the a/c was believed to have stalled and dived into the ground after control was lost. It crashed near Catterton, Tadcaster at 1204 and all nine aboard were killed. The crash investigation believed that rudder overbalance trouble was probably the cause for the control being lost, a common cause of early Halifax accidents until the rudders was modified. Later accounts detailing this incident claim that one of the engines caught fire prior to the crash and that before the flames could be put out the fire spread and control of the aircraft was lost. There is no evidence of that on the RAF's accident record card. Of the nine aboard the a/c two were Army personnel who were aboard for flying experience. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)KilledSt.Albans (St Stephen) Churchyard Section F Grave 1. Son of Arthur and Annie Keen; husband of Kathleen Edith Keen, of St. Albans 1136KeeneArthur George WilsonF/SgtR/90459CanadaPilotRCAFTraining Command20 OTU1942-08-09WellingtonL7845ZT-EElginCross country trainingCrashed near Loch Lee after an engine cowling came loose and fouled a propellerKilled Age 23Fettercairn Cemetery Sec. D. Grave 20. Epitaph: HIS BODY LIES 'NEATH SCOTTISH SOD, HIS DUTY DONE, HIS SPIRIT RESTS WITH GODSon of Frederick and Rose Emily Keene, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.Paradie Canadian Archive, Aircrew Deaths Database1137KeirleStanley ArthurSergeant133555123 August 1922 at Orsett EssexBritishWireless Operator/Air Gunner RAFVRBomber Command550Sqn
1944-03-30LancasterIIILM425BQ-N RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire 2145NürnbergCrashed Barrage de la GileppePoW No: 119. Camp: Stalag Luft Bankau-Kreulberg. hospitalised.None Read Archive Report 1138KelhamWalter ArthurSergeant626132Age 19Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command51Sqn
1940-08-19WhitleyVP4968MH-?RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire2010Zohornewitz See Archive report for further details PoW No: 221 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria (Also served time in Barth Vogelsang) None - understood to have survived the war Read Archive Report 1139KelleyRaymond ArthurFlying Officer1432AustraliaRAAF30Sqn RAAF
1943-09-11RAAF Honour Roll1140KellyCharles DermotPilot Officer404658Born 2nd May 1918, Stanthorpe, Queensland.AustralianPilotRAAFBomber Command105 Sqn
1942-08-19MosquitoIVW4065GB-NHorsham St Faith13:02BremenFTR reason unknownKilledBacklingen War Cemetery 11.G.8Son of Dr. Arthur Francis Kelly and Mary Cecelia Kelly, of Southport, Queensland, Australia; husband of Ann Helen Kelly, of Pymble, New South Wales, Australia1141KellyW. JamesWarrant Officer Class 2RCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12LancasterXKB726VR-A RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham 2144Cambrai Shot down by night fighter piloted by Friedrich Thörl - Crashed at Gaudiempre EvaderNone
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1142KellyJack ArthurFlying OfficerJ/37186Age 20CanadaNavigatorRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-04-08HalifaxIIILW436WL-YRAF Croft, Yorkshire1029Bois de CassanSee archive report for further brief details provided by John JonesKilledDrosay Churchyard. Grave 3

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Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn on the 02nd June 1924 in Toronto. Son of William Joseph and Margaret Kelly (née Moran), of 225 Christie Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Grave inscription: 'He Hath Loved God, And Shall Obtain Pardon For His Sins'.

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1143KellyBrian ArthurFlight Sergeant425314AustraliaRAAF158Sqn RAF
1943-09-01RAAF Honour Roll1144KellyArthur KeithFlying Officer401968AustraliaRAAF452Sqn RAAF
1944-09-18RAAF Honour Roll1145KellyArthur JosephPilot Officer136917Age 19UKCrew memberRAFVRTraining Command62 Operational Training Unit. 81 Group1943-02-19AnsonIDJ686-RAF Usworth, Durham907TrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledChandlers Ford Cemetery (Pine Road) . Sec. B. Grave 31Son of Arthur H. Kelly and Florence M. Kelly, of Chandlers Ford. Grave inscription: 'Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away'

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1146KellyAlan CameronSergeantNZ/40771Age 24New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command247Sqn
1941-05-23HurricaneIV7016HP-?RAF Roborough, Devon (On attachment at St. Eval, Cornwall)620PatrolSee this archive report for further brief detailsKilledIllogan Churchyard, (St Illogan). Row 1. Grave 2

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Born on the 07th May 1917 at Dunedin. Prior to enlisting he had been a teacher at Mackandrew Bay School. Enlisting at Levin on the 12th March 1940 after serving with the territorial army. Trained with No. 1 Flying aTraining School and awarded his pilots badge on the 27th July 1940 and promoted to sergeant on the 21st September 1940. 06th December 1940 embarked for England and had further training with 56 Operational Training Unit. Joined 247 squadron on the 24th January 1941. Son of George Arthur and Mary Muriel Kelly (nee Cameron), of Gore, Southland, New Zealand. Brother of Ida and Joyce Kelly. A total of 203 flying hours logged and completed 10 operational sorties.

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1147KemptonArthur Fred 'Limey'Master SergeantFlight Sergeant106015397th April 1920 in Montreal, QuebecUSAWireless Operator/Air GunnerUSAAFBomber Command429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
1944-04-22HalifaxIIILK802AL:FRAF Leeming, Yorkshire23:00DusseldorfSee archive report for further detailsPoW Stalag Luft 4Read Archive Report1148KemptonJohn WilliamAircraftman 2nd Class629791Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command82 Sqn
1940-04-08BlenheimIVP4855UX:?RAF Watton10:45TrainingThe pilot lost control in cloud due to "relaxing concentration", the aircraft became inverted, and the pilot, who was not wearing a seat harness, fell out through the co*ckpit hatch. The pilot was wearing a parachute and was able to use it, the other 3 crashed with the Blenheim in a vertical dive and were killed. Crashed near a dummy airfield at Hillborough, 5 miles south of SwaffhamKilledMarch (Eastwood) Burial Ground Section B Grave 474.Son of William Arthur and Frances Betsy Kempton, of March.1149KendallArthur DidrikLeading Aircraftman414356AustraliaRAAF1 Air Observers School Cootamundra1942-12-11RAAF Honour Roll1150KennedyPatrick Arthur Sergeant1389031NavigatorRAFVRBomber Command78Sqn
1943-06-24HalifaxIIJB962EY-?RAF Breighton2300Wuppertal See archive report for further information KilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 4.F.15 Read Archive Report