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 –
