Can you identify any of the people or places in the gallery photos? Do you recognize any of the names from Jim’s schools, workplaces or RAF postings?
Losses 2
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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-
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