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Winter 1943/44 'Battle of Berlin',  RAF Bomber Command, Arnold Scheme pilot training 1942,  55,573 aircrew were killed during the second world war, Research, 625 Squadron RAF Kelstern, 626 Squadron RAF Wickenby, 100 squadron RAF Waltham, research into RAF Bomber Command operations.  Berlin op 30th/31st January 1944.  WWII Pilot A/W/O James Kenneth Ives RAFVR.

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Research List 4

30OTU RAF Hixon 4-12-42 to 31-3-43

27OTU RAF Church Broughton 1-4-43 to 8-7-43

F/Sgt McPherson -

F/O Wharton DFC - Likely to be A404566 F/O Alan Wharton.

S/Ldr H H Grant-Dalton  OC ‘C’ Flight - 88036 Acting  S/Ldr Hugh  Harold Grant-Dalton, pilot, received his commission to P/O from LAC on 7 th  November 1940

Sgt Duke - 640975 Sgt Stanley George Duke RAFVR.

Sgt Geoffrey Yates - 1237041 Sgt Geoffrey  ‘Curly’ Yates. Ives crew’s B/A

Sgt Andrews - Thought to have been the Ives crew’s original W/Op- Ag.

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Sgt Boylan – Possibly 1109107

F/Sgt Stephen McQueen Boylan, P/O 145665 w.e.f. 1-4-43, gaz. 29 th  June 1943.

F/O Tilbury - 1251925 Peter Robert Hickman Tilbury,P/O 69641.

Sgt Knight -

F/S Peacock -

Sgt Minty - Sgt John Minty crewed up with Jim Ives at 30OTU RAF Hixon as navigator.'Jock' Minty dedicated  page.

F/S Guy - Possibly 171285 P/O William Francis Guy, commissioned w.e.f. 20-1-44.

Sgt Daniels -

S/Ldr Parker OC ‘C’ Flight - Possibly 37609 Sqn Ldr Douglas Parker DFC & Bar.

F/Lt C Bartlett Officer i/c link trainer -

27OTU RAF Church Broughton 1-4-43 to 8-7-43

F/O Wright (subsequently F/Lt) -

F/O Ormonroyd - Probably F/O Frank Ormonroyd DFM, commissioned w.e.f. 24 th  January 1942.

F/Lt Miller DFC  - Possibly 86425

F/Lt Ninian S Miller DFC   Or - 937643 LAC N S Miller commissioned w.e.f. 8 th  September 1940

2 passengers ATC -

F/O Clarke -

F/Sgt McKiggan - A407530 P/O M E McKiggan RAAF, killed on a training flight on 6th November 1943

F/Sgt Galley - Possibly F/Sgt S Galley, A/g with 156 crew of  F/Lt L Kilvington RAAF DFC, shot down

20 th /21 st  January 1944, P.o.W. 171173

P/O Samuel Galley was commissioned w.e.f. 20-1- 44.

Capt. Hooper USAAF - It is assumed that Captain Hooper was a combat pilot with the US Eighth Air Force.

S/Ldr Coton OC ‘D’ Flight - 70851 Sqn Ldr Elmer Coton DFC & Bar AFC RAFVR.

Sgt Goodrick -  A415522 James Thomas Goodrick RAAF, joined Jim Ives’s crew at 27 OTU in the

summer of 1943 as replacement Nav.

Sgt Hay - 1330616

Sgt Evander William C Hay joined the Ives crew as wireless operator, probably during the early stages of 27OTU course.

Evander Hay dedicated page.

W/Co Barclay OC Training Wing 27 OTU -

Sgt R C Claypole Link Trainer Section -

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