44 Squadron Casualties - A

Extracted from "ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES 1939-1945" Volumes 1-6
Midland Counties Publications
with kind permission of the author, W.R Chorley.

Names in alphabetical order:

A B C D E F G H I-J K L M N O P-Q R S T UVW Y

Airfields: C = Coningsby; DL = Dunholme Lodge; MSG= Middleton St George; SC = Scampton; SP = Spilsby; W = Waddington;
Evd = Evaded capture; Gardening = Mining; Lon Gaz = London Gazette
Name Rank Date Aircraft Base Target / Mission Fate Fate of Crew Buried / Commemorated Take-off time
ABRAHAM RG W/O 23.10.44 Lancaster III LM645 KM-P SP Walcheren Crashed target area Killed Bergen op Zoom War Cem 1511
ADLER M Sgt 15/16.03.44 Lancaster III ND576 KM-M DL Stuttgart   Killed Durnbach War Cem 1931
AIKEN DE, RCAF PO 24/25.06.44 Lancaster III ND751 KM-J DL Pommerval Crashed at Criquetot-sur-Longueville {Seine-Maritime} Killed Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard 2330
AIREY DV F Sgt 21/22.05.44 Lancaster III ND976 KM-R DL Duisburg   PoW   2247
AKEISTER C K Sgt 14/15.06.43 Lancaster I W4949 KM-E DL Oberhausen Crashed Meijel Holland Killed   2232
ALEXANDER RC PO 7/8.05.44 Lancaster III ND741 KM-K DL Salbriz Crashed Herbilly {Loir-et-Cher} Killed Orleans Main Cem 2146
ALGER JK Sgt 17/18.12.42 Lancaster I R5666 KM-F W Nienburg Crashed at Bramsche PoW    
ALLAN J F Sgt 16-17/03/45 Lancaster III ND869 KM-M SP Wurzburg Crashed into sea off Skegness, Lincs, 18mins after t/o Killed, body not found Runnymede 1743
ALLEN EC Sgt 27/28.08.42 Lancaster I W4124 KM-D W Kassel Crashed at Haltern Killed Reichswald Forest  
ALLEN G Sgt 10/11.03.43 Lancaster I W4841 KM-W W Gardening Crashed at Sassnitz Killed 1939 - 45 Berlin  
ALLEN S Sgt 17/18.01.43 Lancaster I ED318 KM-X W Berlin ? Killed Runnymede 1709
ALLWOOD PD FO 4/5.11.44 Lancaster III PB192 KM-F SP Dortmund-Ems   PoW   1752
AMBROSE E Sgt 23/24.11.43 Lancaster III LM373 KM-V DL Berlin ? Killed Berlin 1939-45 1716
ANDERSON JA Sgt 10/11.10.41 Hampden I AE382 KM-A W Dunkerque ? PoW   1855
ANDERSON P, RCAF Sgt 15/16.07.44 Lancaster III PB206 KM-Q DL Gardening   Killed Runnymede Mem 2232
ANDREWS KG Sgt 25/26.07.44 Lancaster I ME694 KM-L DL Stuttgart   Evd   2110
ANEKSTEIN PO 8/9.09.41 Hampden I P4285 KM-U SC Kassel Collided with trees at Coningsby      
ANGUS JH Sgt 17/18.09.40 Hampden I P2121 KM- W Antwerpen Crashed W of Burcht Antwerpen Killed    
APPERSON ET Sgt 3/4.07.40 Hampden I P4352 KM- W Gardening Lost in N Sea. Killed    
APPLETON DJ FO 22/23.11.42 Lancaster I W4304 KM-C W Stuttgart ? Killed Runnymede  
ARLOW JH Sgt 21/22.06.43 Lancaster III LM330 WM-Q DL Krefeld ? Killed Runnymede 2350
ARMITT G, RAAF Sgt 14/15.01.44 Lancaster I R5729 KM-A DL Braunschweig Crashed Greboldehausen Killed Hannover War cem 1643
ARMSTRONG J H Sgt 14/15.06.43 Lancaster I W4936 KM-W DL Oberhausen Crashed Hushoven Killed Eindhoven (woensel) 2217
ARMSTRONG JG Sgt 16/17.08.41 Hampden I AE239 KM- W Dusseldorf Lost over North Sea Killed   2315
ARMSTRONG JG Sgt 30/31.07.41 Hampden I AD755 KM- W Koln Crash landed Carleton le Moorland Lincs     2340
ARMSTRONG JG Sgt 8/9.09.41 Hampden I P4285 KM-U SC Kassel Collided with trees at Coningsby Injured    
ARMSTRONG OW, RCAF FO 2-3/02/45 Lancaster I SW251 KM-X SP Karlsruhe   Killed Durnbach War Cemetery 1948
ARNETT DS FO 11/12.11.44 Lancaster III LM648 KM-K SP Harborg Collided with 207Sqn Lancaster III PB643 9J-S on return & crashed Killed   1633
ARNOLD RS, RCAF FO 12/13.07.44 Lancaster III LM638 KM-P DL Culmont Collided with 576 Sqn Lancaster ND859 UL-L2 & crashed at Auberive {Haute-Marne} Evd   2143
ASBURY R A Sgt 8/9.04.43 Lancaster I ED351 KM-Y W Duisburg Crashed near Monchengladbach Killed Rheinberg War Cem 2050
ASHFIELD LJ F/O 14/15.05.40 Hampden I P4286 KM- W Breda Crashed at Oosterhout Killed Oosterhout  
ASHFIELD LJ PO 23/24.04.40 Hampden I P1331 KM- W Patrol Damaged force landing at base      
ASHTON T F Sgt 30/31.03.44 Lancaster I ME629 KM-R DL Nurnberg Crashed Lautenhausen Killed Hannover war cem 2210
ASHURST F Sgt 8/9.04.41 Hampden I AD899 KM- W Gardening Crashed near Pihen-les-Guines Killed Pihen-les-Guines  
ASKILL ND F Sgt 5-6/03/45 Lancaster III LM654 KM-L SP Bohlen, synthetic oil plant   PoW   1704
ATKINS AR Sgt 20/21.10.40 Hampden I L4154 KM- W Berlin Force landed Colchester, Essex      
ATKINSON RH Sgt 23/24.10.41 Hampden I AE290 KM- W le Havre ? Killed Runnymede 325
AUSTIN H Sgt 18/19.10.43 Lancaster I R5901 KM-X   Hannover ? Killed    
AUSTIN WE Sgt 21/22.10.41 Hampden I AE257 KM- W Bremen Crashed North Sea Killed Runnymede 1835
AWCOCK TL W/O 11/12.09.44 Lancaster III PB535 KM-Z DL Darmstadt Crashed at Roxheim Killed Runnymede 2044


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