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Lilian Noble Friend

Lilian Noble joined London's Civil Defence organisation at the outbreak of the Second World War at the age of 19.


Lilian apparently secured her first job for the British Postal Telephone service as a telephonist in August 1936.

Harold William Powter

As with so many of the airmen who were Jim Ives' contemporaries Harold Powter's luck eventually ran out.


 Having completed a tour of operations with the 625 Squadron crew of Canadian pilot P/O Reginald Price DFC,


Cecil Henry Gardener Friend

Information has come to light concerning Jim's friend and work colleague Cecil Henry Gardener.


Cecil was a few weeks older than Jim, born in late August 1922 in Muswell Hill and was educated at Coldfall Elementary School, and Tollington Boys Grammar School, both in Muswell Hill.



Cecil left school in the summer of 1939 having passed the General Schools' Certificate with exemption from matriculation. Initially working in his mother's café for a short time Cecil secured a clerical job with Gaumont British Films

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405Sqn ND462


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F/Lt Warren Roberts, RCAF 23yrs +


Sgt.Ivan Smedley 19yrs +


F/O Ernest Guiton, RCAF  25yrs +


F/O Douglas Hackett, DFC, RCAF 23yrs +


W/O Alan Hazelhurst 21yrs +


W/O Joseph Boileau, RCAF 22yrs +


P/O Arthur Schultz, RCAF +



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433Sqn  Halifax III


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P/O Gerald Ernest Hagerman, RCAF 20yrs+


LV797 Sgt John Wannop   34yrs +


F/Sgt Kenneth Hargreaves, RCAF +


F/Sgt Cecil Phillips, RCAF +


P/O John Charlton RCAF +


Sgt M D Park-Taylor, RCAF pow


P/O James Watters, RCAF  25yrs +



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463Sqn   ED545


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P/O Lindsay Fairclough, RAAF 20yrs +


Sgt. Norman Verner 20yrs +


F/Sgt. Leonard Carius, RAAF 23yrs+


F/Sgt. P.K. Giles, RAAF pow


F/Sgt. Alan White, RAAF 25yrs +


F/Sgt. John McLean, RAAF 21yrs +


Sgt. Dennis Robinson 19yrs +



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463Sqn  ED949


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P/O Douglas Dunn, RAAF 22yrs +


Sgt. Frederick Adams 23yrs +


F/O Frederick Fidler +


Sgt. M.Y. Smith pow


Sgt. Andrew McConnell   23yrs +


Sgt. Harry Deakin +


F/Sgt. Edward Gloster, RAAF 20yrs +



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463Sqn  ED772


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P/O George Messenger, RAAF 24yrs +


Sgt. Harold Marshall 19yrs +


Sgt. M.F. Holmes pow


Sgt. E. Brown pow


Sgt. Frederick Wooldridge  32yrs +


Sgt. Ronald Young 24yrs +


Sgt. Gavin Borradaile +



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463Sqn JA973


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P/O Peter Hanson, RAAF 23yrs +


Sgt. E.A. Hughes pow


Sgt. Maurice Stevens 21yrs +


F/Sgt. George Edgecombe 23yrs +


Sgt. Laurence Bowes 20yrs +


Sgt. Norman Bligh 19yrs +


Sgt. James Wilson, RAAF 27yrs +



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467Sqn DV378


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P/O Alexander Riley, RAAF +


Sgt. Sidney Tupper +


Sgt. Norman Allen 23yrs +


W/O2 Jan Valastin, RCAF pow


Sgt. John Nixon +


W/O2 Clifford Baker, RCAF 23yrs +


Sgt. Fred Barrett 22yrs +



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514Sqn DS706


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F/L George Boyd, DFC 25yrs +


Sgt. Peter Webb 28yrs +


Sgt. Lawrence Adkin 21yrs +


F/Sgt. Peter Martindale 23yrs +


Sgt. John Dowding +


Sgt. Reginald Mirams 19yrs +


Sgt. Alexander Nicholson  25yrs +



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514Sqn DS735


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F/L George Chequer, RCAF 22yrs +


F/Sgt. R.L. Gulliford pow


Sgt. J. Carey pow


F/Sgt. Kenneth Mortimer pow


F/Sgt. E.J. Wallington pow


Sgt. Robert Montgomery +


F/Sgt. John O'Brien, RAAF 23yrs +


F/Sgt. A.J. Robertson, RAAF pow



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550Sqn ND396


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Sgt. G. Hunter pow


Sgt. J.C. Cartwright pow


F/O Pickavance, RCAF pow


Sgt. L.I. Smith pow


Sgt. W.C. Frost pow


Sgt. T.W. Vittle pow


Sgt. C.V. Gale pow



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550Sqn DV305


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F/O Godfrey Morrison


Sgt. P.W. Wise


F/O F.W. Bennett


F/O R. Warren pow


Sgt. H.C. Gilbert


Sgt. John  McKenzie 25yrs +


Sgt. Jack Cantor 23yrs +



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576Sqn W4245


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P/O Edward Childs +


Sgt. V.E.T. White pow


Sgt. E. Bardsley pow


F/Sgt. Ronald Johnstone, RCAF 26yrs +


Sgt. Herbert Bowles 21yrs +


Sgt. Clive Giffard +


Sgt. Clifford Brewster 20yrs +



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622Sqn ED364


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F/L Ronald Brown 23yrs +


Sgt. Alec Woolhouse 23yrs +


Sgt Frank Tidmas 31yrs +


F/Sgt. Russell Robertshaw, RCAF  25yrs +


Sgt. Frank Forde 25yrs +


Sgt. Walter Wootten 20yrs +


F/Sgt. Joseph Piche, RCAF  38yrs +



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625Sqn JB122


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P/O Roy Gallop +


Sgt. Stanley Harrison 21yrs +


Sgt. George Prigg +


Sgt. Peter Rawlings 23yrs +


F/Sgt. Patrick Moylan, RAAF 21yrs +


F/O Alexander Normandin, RCAF 23yrs +


W/O David Johnson, DFC 30yrs +



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626 Sqn  ME587


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F/O John Wilkinson +


Sgt. William Anderson 30yrs +


F/Sgt. Charles Noad 30yrs +


F/Sgt. Albert Lafferty, RCAF +


F/Sgt. Andrew Neeson, RAAF 31yrs +


Sgt. James Pomeroy 27yrs +


Sgt. Robert E. Allan, RCAF +


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640Sqn  Halifax III


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P/O Douglas Affleck 22yrs +


LW513 F/O James Cutler 37yrs +


F/Sgt Stanley Kennett 21yrs +


F/Sgt David Price 22yrs +


Sgt Williamson Milne 21yrs +


P/O Reginald Andrews, RAAF 22yrs+


F/Sgt Colin Tate, RAAF 26yrs +


Crashed on return to Leconfield, less than a mile from base.


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