Name: ANDRE, Edmond Gabriel
Rank: P/O
Service Nr: 188601
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 07-12-1944
Squadron: 227
Aircraft: Lancaster PB646-9J-P
Station departure: Balderton, Nottinghamshire
Crash location: Altenkirchen
Cemetery: Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Coll. grave 11. D. 13-19
Operation: Giessen
Reason of loss: Crashed 800 metres north of Altenkirchen, Braunfels, Hessen
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Name: BATTAILLE, Etienne
Rank: Pte
Service Nr: 3427
Trade: Belgian Special Air Service
Date of death: 19-04-1943
Squadron: 22 OTU
Aircraft: Wellington DF743-LT-L
Station departure: Gaydon, UK
Crash location: Withington, SE of Cheltenham, UK
Cemetery: Buried: Wevelgem Communal Cemetery
Operation: Training- cross country flying exercise
Reason of loss: Emerged from cloud, crashed and exploded near Withington, SE of Cheltenham
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Name: COURTOIS, Jean Eugene
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: 1424977
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 23-05-1944
Squadron: 166
Aircraft: Lancaster LL954-AS-E
Station departure: Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Crash location: Birgelen, Wassenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Cemetery: Brussels Town Cemetery Belgian Airmen's Field of Honour
Operation: Dortmund
Reason of loss: Crashed close to the Dutch border at Birgelen-Wassenberg
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Name: D'URSEL, Jacques Marie
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 60506
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 07-08-1942
Squadron: 78
Aircraft: Halifax W1237-EY-P
Station departure: Middleton St. George
Crash location: Into the sea, off Holland
Cemetery: Commemorated to Runnymede, panel 66
Operation: Duisburg. The last of series of raids, this time involving 216 aircraft. Most of the bombs fell in open countryside west of the target
Reason of loss: Shot down by a night-fighter on return leg and crashed into the sea off the Hook of Holland
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Name: DE MENTEN DE HORNE, Georges Marie
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: FX117431
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 2/01/1944
Squadron: 550
Aircraft: Lancaster BV345-BQ-H
Station departure: North Killingholme
Crash location: Whaplode Drove (UK)
Cemetery: Repatriated in Belgium
Operation: Local sortie
Reason of loss: Aircraft crashed at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire on return from sortie.
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Name: DE SAINT AUBAIN, CAMILLE ALBERT JOSEPH
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 130771
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 19/10/1944
Squadron: 349
Aircraft: Spitfire PT841
Station departure:
Crash location: Breksen (NL)
Cemetery: DEINZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Operation: Breksen
Reason of loss: Shot down by German fighter
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Name: DEBROCK, Fernand Camille
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 168843
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 15-07-1944
Squadron: 156
Aircraft: Lancaster PA984-GT-Q
Station departure: Upwood, UK
Crash location: Ancerville, France
Cemetery: Brussels Town Cemetery
Operation: Revigny- to attack rail facilities. Part of a 253 aircraft force on railway facilities at both Revigny and Villeneuve. The Revigny raid was abandoned as the target could not be identified. The Villeneuve target was hit, although much of the bombing missed the target.
Reason of loss: Hit by cannon fire from a night-fighter while in the target area and broke into two. Crashed at Ancerville (Meuse), France
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Name: DELAVELEYE, C. A.
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: 1814844
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 07-03-1945
Squadron: 550
Aircraft: Lancaster ME503-BQ-
Station departure: North Killingholme
Crash location: Sollitz, D
Cemetery: Repatriated in Belgium
Operation: Dessau
Reason of loss: Crashed at Sollitz, near Dessau
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Name: DEPAUW, Florent
Rank: Pte
Service Nr: 3434
Trade: Belgian Special Air Service-RAFVR
Date of death: 19-04-1943
Squadron: 22 OTU
Aircraft: Wellington DF743-LT-L
Station departure: Gaydon
Crash location: Withington, SE of Cheltenham
Cemetery: Charleroi-Nord Cemetery
Operation: Training- cross country flying exercise
Reason of loss: Emerged from cloud, crashed and exploded near Withington, SE of Cheltenham
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Name: DULAIT, Andre Joseph
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 145279
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 13-06-1944
Squadron: 408
Aircraft: Lancaster DS772-EQ-T
Station departure: Linton-on-Ouse
Crash location: Avesnes-les-Aubert, France
Cemetery: Mont-sur-Marchienne Communal Cemetery
Operation: Cambrai to bomb railway facilities. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'.
Reason of loss: Crashed at Avesnes-les-Aubert, ENE of Cambrai, France
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Name: HANCHAR, Charles Armand
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 145468
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 13-06-1944
Squadron: 408
Aircraft: Lancaster DS772-EQ-T
Station departure: Linton-on-Ouse
Crash location: Avesnes-les-Aubert, France
Cemetery: Buried in Liège Cemetery
Operation: Cambrai to bomb railway facilities. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'.
Reason of loss: Crashed at Avesnes-les-Aubert, ENE of Cambrai, France
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Name: HENRI Walter Joseph
Rank: F/L
Service Nr: 130027
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 22/03/1945
Squadron: 10
Aircraft: Mosquito MM792
Station departure: B77 Glize-Rijen
Crash location: Viesen (D)
Cemetery: BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Operation: Patrol
Reason of loss: Shot down by German Fighter
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Name: HUENS Robert Nicolas
Rank: F/SGT
Service Nr: 1899804
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 23/01/1945
Squadron: 350
Aircraft: Spitfire NH711-MN
Station departure: Y32, Ophoven, Belgium
Crash location: Heckhalenfeld (D)
Cemetery: Communal cemetery of Rixensart - Belgium
Operation: Armed Recce
Reason of loss: Shot down by German fighter
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Name: HUYNEN Henri Pierre François
Rank: F/O
Service Nr: 161710
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 22/03/1945
Squadron: 10
Aircraft: Mosquito MM792
Station departure: B77 Glize-Rijen
Crash location: Viesen (D)
Cemetery: BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Operation: Patrol
Reason of loss: Shot down by German Fighter
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Name: LIVIJNS Georges, Joseph, Gustave
Rank: P/O
Service Nr: 132.421
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 1/06/1942
Squadron: 350
Aircraft: Spitfire BL822-MN-T
Station departure: Debden (UK)
Crash location: In sea, off Belgian coast.
Cemetery: MIA-Commemorated in Runnymede, PL 70
Operation: Armed Recce
Reason of loss: Shotdown by a German fighter
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Name: LUCK, William Ernest
Rank: F/S
Service Nr: 562643
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 07-08-1942
Squadron: 78
Aircraft: Halifax W1237-EY-P
Station departure: Middleton St. George
Crash location: Into the sea, off Holland
Cemetery: Commemorated to Runnymede
Operation: Duisburg. The last of series of raids, this time involving 216 aircraft. Most of the bombs fell in open countryside west of the target
Reason of loss: Shot down by a night-fighter on return leg and crashed into the sea off the Hook of Holland
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Name: MORASSI, Allan
Rank: P/O
Service Nr: 161088
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 02-01-1944
Squadron: 156
Aircraft: Lancaster ND384-DT-D
Station departure: Warboys
Crash location: Berlin
Cemetery: Chièvres Communal Cemetery
Operation: Berlin. 421 Lancasters, 28 losses (6.7%). German fighters were directed to the main bomber stream early in the approach and the German controller was not deceived by the Mosquito diversion on Hamburg. However, the night-fighters were not particularly effective over the target and the flak was also restricted in height due to their presence. Berlin was cloud covered once again and the sky-marking was not especially accurate. Bombing was scattered but mainly in the southern suburbs. Only 21 houses and one industrial building were destroyed and 79 people killed.
Reason of loss: Crashed at Grandrieu on the French/Belgian border whilst on the homebound leg
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Name: RICHELET Armand
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: 1299973
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 23-05-1944
Squadron: 166
Aircraft: Lancaster LL954-AS-E
Station departure: Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Crash location: Birgelen, Wassenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Cemetery: Brussels Town Cemetery Belgian Airmen's Field of Honour
Operation: Dortmund
Reason of loss: Crashed close to the Dutch border at Birgelen-Wassenberg
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Name: RONDELET, Reve Achille
Rank: P/O
Service Nr: 160504
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 22-01-1944
Squadron: 427
Aircraft: Halifax LL139-ZL-D
Station departure: Leeming
Crash location: Berlin
Cemetery: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Grave 2. K. 13
Operation: Magdeburg- the first major raid on this target. 648 aircraft, 57 losses (8.8%). The Halifax loss rate was especially high at 15.6%. The German controller tracked the bomber stream across the North Sea and many night-fighters were already in the stream before it reached the German coast (using the newly developed Tame Boar methodology). The controller was slow in identifying Magdeburg as the target but this was of little consequence as the fighters were able to stay in the stream for the duration of the approach. Despite the high loss rate, this was not a successful attack. Stronger tail winds than anticipated placed some of the stream over the target before Zero Hour and dropped their bomb load anyway, making the target marking much less effective. German decoy markers exacerbated the situation. No local report is available but it is thought that most of the bombs fell outside of the city.
Reason of loss: Attacked by a night-fighter immediately after the bombing run and while at 19500'. The order to abandon was given but before the crew were able to react, the aircraft exploded, throwing clear F/O W V Thom, who became a PoW
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Name: ROUSSEAU, Henry Edwin
Rank: F/S
Service Nr: 1026535
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 17-12-1942
Squadron: 75
Aircraft: Stirling R9247-AA-W
Station departure: Newmarket
Crash location: Vechta - Germany
Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Grave 17. H. 20.
Operation: Fallersleben (Opel works). 22 aircraft, 8 losses (36.4%). A costly failure since on three aircraft bombed the target due to cloud cover
Reason of loss: Crashed near Vechta airfield, Germany
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Name: TIXHON, Walther
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: 1814861
Trade: RAFVR
Date of death: 27-05-1944
Squadron: 166
Aircraft: Lancaster ND996AS-N
Station departure: Kirmington
Crash location: Dutch border at Stahe (D)
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Coll. grave 21. C. 5-8.
Operation: Aachen
Reason of loss: Victim of a night fighter, crashing close to the Dutch border at Stahe
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