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207 Squadron Royal Air
Force Association Individuals named on memorials elsewhere on the Web If you find any 207s or 7RNAS on war or other memorial websites please email the editor via the 'Contact Us' page |
Links are provided to both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission record and to the Local War Memorial/Commemoration website, and where applicable, to other relevant pages.
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ADDISON, Sgt William Walter
George RAF(VR) 28 August 1943 age 21: Wireless Operator
Lancaster ED627 EM-N: Fitzgerald crew: op Nuremberg:
all killed
West End, Southampton
added May 2007
BELL*, P/O Cyril RAF(VR) 4 May 1944 age 22: Pilot
Lancaster ND575 EM-M: Bell crew: op Mailly-le-Camp: all killed
Bardney, Lincolnshire
BISHOP, F/Sgt Leon Eric Gordon
RNZAF 11 June 1943 age 21: Rear Gunner
Lancaster ED537 EM-O: Elliott crew: op Dusseldorf:
all killed, NKG
Norsewood Memorial, New Zealand
BOWS, Sgt Thomas RAF(VR) 26 February 1943 age 31: Mid Upper Gunner
Lancaster W4815 EM-C: killed when a/c attacked on
return flight: op mining Nectarine II area
Bramley, Leeds
BURNE, F/O Colin RAF(VR): 28
July 1943 age 20: Pilot
Lancaster W4962 EM-B: Burne crew: op Hamburg 5 killed 2 pow
Barming, Kent
CARROLL, Flight Lieutenant
Howard Bertram RAF(VR): Pilot
He was killed in an accident Monday, 19th November 1945. Age 24, buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Germany
On 207 Squadron on 14 October 1941, Manchester
L7321 EM-D: Unsworth crew: op Cologne: 5 kia, 2 Evaded: 2nd Pilot
Evaded to Spain with Jack Newton and returned to active service.
A Belgian Family's story
CARTER, Sgt Andrew Joseph RAF(VR) 13 October 1941 age 26:
Wireless Operator
Manchester L7312 EM-L: Bowes-Cavanagh crew: op
Essen: 6kia, 1 POW:
see Over St Mary and Over, Cambridgeshire War Memorial
CARTER, LAC Leslie Wilfred
RAF(VR): 15 September 1941 age 24: Instrument Mechanic
Manchester L7318 EM-K: Crump crew: training, dived into ground S
Hykeham, Lincs, whilst in circuit near Waddington with 6 ground
crew aboard : 10 killed
Lincoln War Memorial
CHALDECOTT, Sgt Eric William
John RAF(VR): 28 August 1942 age 32: Flight Engineer
Lancaster W4129 EM-R: Brown crew: crashed in North Sea op Kassel:
4 killed 3 pow
Bournemouth St Clements, Dorset
CHALMERS, Sgt Kenneth Stuart
RAF 17 October 1942 age 19: Flight Engineer
Lancaster L7583 EM-A: Wilson crew: combat with Arado seaplanes:
op Le Creusot
Hanworth War Memorial (Sgt Chalmers is not on the memorial but is
commemorated by a short write-up in the church)
CHAPMAN, Sgt Thomas Arnold
RAF: 20 May 1943 age 22: Flight Mechanic
Barnard Castle, Durham
COLLIN, Sgt Henry Oswald RAF(VR) 21 March 1945 age 23: Mid
Upper Gunner
211, Dogsthorpe Road.
Lancaster PA196, EM-D, Lewis crew, from Spilsby to bomb a
synthetic oil plant at Bohlen. Aircraft lost without trace, all
seven crew commemorated at Runnymede.
Peterborough War Memorial - Air
The Lewis crew
added May 2007
COWHAM*, P (Sgt Stanley William?)
RAF(VR) 29 April 1943 age 20: Air Gunner
Lancaster W4945 EM-Z: Rees crew: op Gardening 'Daffodil' (dropping
sea mines) : all killed
Skegness, Lincolnshire
CROSS, F/Sgt Raymond Jack
RAF(VR): 4 May 1944 age 26: Navigator
Lancaster ND575, EM-M, Bell crew: crashed
1 km E of Donnermarie-Dontilly, 15 km.SW of Provins
Seine-et-Marne - all killed: op Mailly-le-Camp
Boston, Lincolnshire War Memorial
DAVIS, Sgt Clifford Francis
Charles RAF(VR): 31 March 1944, age 21: Flight Engineer
Lancaster ND568 EM-L: Thornton crew: op Nuremburg: all killed
Vauxhall Motors, Luton, Bedfordshire
DEARMAN, P/O Derrick Roy DFC RAF(VR): 21 October 1944, age 20 Air Gunner
Lancaster ND564 EM-H: Burgess crew: op La Chapelle: 6 kia, 1
evaded
Stopsley, Bedfordshire
EVERETT, Sgt Donald Charles
RAF(VR): 20 February 1944 age 22: Mid Upper Gunner
Lancaster ME633 EM-Y: Clark crew: op Leipzig: all killed
Stainton by Langworth Baptist Church War
Memorial, Lincolnshire
Stainton by Langworth, St John the Baptist Church
Langworth Cemetery Memorial, Lincolnshire
FRY, W/O David Wyndham
RAF(VR): 12 August 1942 age 21: Pilot
Lancaster R5760 EM-Y: Fry crew: op Mainz: all killed
Baldock, Hertfordshire
GALLIMORE, Sgt John James
RAF: 25 November 1942 age 26: Flight Engineer
Lancaster R5695 EM-C: Parkyn crew: op Haselunne: all killed
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire WW2 Roll of Honour
HAGUE, F/Sgt John RAF(VR):
19 July 1944 age 22: Navigator
Lancaster PD210 EM-C: McNaughton crew: op Revigny: 6 killed 1
evaded
Stalybridge, Cheshire
HAWKES, P/O William Dick RAF(VR): 13 May 1943 age 26: Pilot
Lancaster ED418 EM-G: Hawkes crew: op Duisburg from RAF Langar,
crashed at Hilversum, Netherlands: all killed. AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL
CEMETERY: Plot 13. Row 6. Grave 109.
Soham Grammar School, Cambridgeshire (1928-31)
Swaffham Prior, St Mary
Shire Hall Cambridge Roll of
Honour
A bent sixpence
added July 2008
HENDERSON, F/Sgt Arthur
RAF(VR): 2 March 1945 age 21: Air Bomber
Lancaster ME473 EM-H: Lawson crew: collided with a 57 Sqn
Lancaster ND572 during a fighter affiliation exercise on the
night of 2nd March 1945. Both aircraft crashed into the
Ruskington Fen area near Sleaford, Lincolnshire - both crews
killed.
Sherburn Village War
memorial
Crew of Lancaster EM-H ME
473, Cambridge City Cemetery - see this account of how his
Unknown Airman war grave was finally attributed to him.
HOLLAND, Sgt John William Edward
RAF: 6 August 1942 age 26: Rear Gunner
Lancaster R5761 EM-T: Ings crew: op Essen - all
killed
Marshland Smeeth & The Fens War Memorial,
Norfolk
added January 2009
JEPPS, Flt Lt Arthur Charles
RAF: 12 July 1943 age 29: Navigator
Lancaster ED412 EM-Q: Badge crew: op Turin - all killed
Stepps
Village War Memorial, North Lanarkshire
LACEY, F/O Arthur Norman
RAF(VR): 3 March 1945 age 26: Air Bomber
Lancaster NG204 EM-M: Miller crew: op Ladbergen:
all killed
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire
West Somerton, Norfolk
LAWTON, Sgt Thomas Arnold RAF(VR): 21 March 1945 age 25:
Rear Gunner
Lancaster PA196 EM-D: Lewis crew: t/o 2343 on 20th
March from Spilsby to bomb a synthetic oil plant at Bohlen.
Aircraft lost without trace, all seven crew commemorated at
Runnymede.
Odde Rode War Memorial
The Lewis crew
LISTER, Jack AC2 RAF(VR): 15 September 1941 age 26: Ground crew
Manchester L7318 EM-K: Crump crew: training, dived into
ground S Hykeham, Lincs, whilst in circuit near Waddington with 6
ground crew aboard : 10 killed
Lincoln War Memorial
added September 2008
MANSER, Sgt Dennis Rodney RAF(VR): 6 August 1942 age 20: Air Gunner
Lancaster R5761 EM-T: Ings crew: op Essen: all killed
All Saints, Parish Church of Maidstone, Kent
MASON, P/O Frank RAF(VR): 14 October 1941 age 26: Rear Gunner
Manchester LM7321 EM-D: Unsworth crew: op Cologne Railway Station
5 killed, 2 evaded
St Margaret's Church, Swinton, near Mexborough, South Yorkshire.
Visit to Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium
McINTOSH, F/O Peter Cameron RAF(VR): 25 July 1944 age 20: Pilot
Lancaster PB294 EM-G: McIntosh crew: op Donges: all killed:
Queen's College Cambridge Roll of
Honour
MILLWARD, P/O Maxwell Benjamin
RAF(VR): 22 June 1944 age 33: Flight Engineer
Lancaster ME827 EM-I: Gallagher crew: crashed on Moestraatsebaan
at Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands: op Wesseling: 7 killed 1pow
Leatherhead, Surrey
MOULDING, F/Sgt
Ernest RAF: 14 October 1941: age 21:
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Manchester L7321 EM-D: Unsworth crew: crashed at Hozemont,
Belgium: op Cologne, 5 killed, 2 evaded
Branston, Lincolnshire
MORRIS, F/O Gordon RAF(VR):
5 March 1945 age 25: Navigator
Lancaster NG320 EM-F: De Garis crew: op Bohlen: lost at sea: all
killed
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire WW2 Roll of Honour
PAINE, Sgt Keith RAF(VR): 19
July 1944 age 20 (Kenneth in 207 RoH): Rear Gunner
Lancaster ME681 EM-T: Weekes crew: crashed at Margny, 10km NE
Montmirail, France: op Revigny: all killed
Barton, Bedfordshire
Weekes crew, Margny
PAYTON, Sgt Stanley RAF(VR): 23 June 1943 age 22: Wireless Operator
Lancaster ED692 EM-W: Herrin crew: op Mulheim: all killed
Ely World War II - Roll of Honour
READ, F/Sgt John Thornton
RAF(VR): 6 April 1944 age 21: Air Bomber
Lancaster ME685 EM-C: Senior crew: op Toulouse: all killed
Barrington,
Cambridgeshire
REEMAN, P/O Edward Arthur
RAF: 13 August 1941 age 20: Observer
Manchester L7381 EM-R Smith crew: Shot down by Dornier 215
crashed Lange Dijk, Holland: op Berlin: all killed
Grantchester,
Cambridgeshire
RICHARDSON, Sgt Arthur William
RAF(VR): 29 June 1943 age 22: Air Bomber
Lancaster ED569 EM-B: Russell crew crashed near Wognum, 7km NNW
Hoorn, Netherlands: op Cologne: all killed
Looe, Cornwall
| ROPER, Sgt Albert
Derrick RAF(VR): 5 July 1944 age 19:
Rear Gunner Occupation: Apprentice Joiner Lancaster LM125 EM-G: Wilson crew: op St Leu d'Esserent: all killed Northallerton War Memorial |
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SIMMONS, F/Sgt Alfred John
RAF(VR): 6 January 1944 age 21: Rear Gunner
Lancaster ED586 EM-F: Ebert crew: crashed near target: op
Stettin: all killed
Haywards Heath, Sussex
added May 2007
SPENCE, Sgt James Arthur
RAF(VR) 12 July 1943 age 21: Air Gunner
Lancaster ED412 EM-Q: Badge crew: op Turin: all killed
Althorpe, Lincolnshire
SPICER, Sgt Stanley Oswald
RAF(VR): 19 August 1942 age 31: Wireless Operator
Lancaster R5863 EM-K: Fordwych crew: crashed at
Normanton, Notts., when on overshoot, training: all killed
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
STAPLETON, Sgt Cyril
RAF(VR): 5 July 1944 age 19: Mid Upper Gunner
Lancaster LM125 EM-G: Wilson crew: crashed between Apremont
(Oise) and Vineuil-St-Firmin, 2km NE Chantilly: op St. Leu
d'Esserent: all killed
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
TAYLOR, F/Lt John Gordon RAF(VR): 29 January 1944 age 21: Pilot
Lancaster LM366 EM-H: Taylor crew: op Berlin 7killed 1pow
Esher War Memorial - 1939-45
panels
TOOHILL, Sgt Noel Messines RAAF: 9 January 1942 age19: 2nd Pilot
Manchester L7322 EM-Q: Bayley crew: op Gardening, Brest: all
killed
Churchie OBA (Anglican Church
Grammar School, East Brisbane, Australia)
TYLER, Sgt George RCAF: 29 April 1943 age 22: Flight Engineer
Lancaster W4945 EM-W: Rees crew: op mining Daffodil sea area: all killed:
Crescent Heights High School,
Calgary; Fatal Casualties World War Two
UPSALL, Sgt Walter RAF(VR): 27 April 1944 age 20: Mid Upper Gunner
Lancaster LM526 EM-R: Muir crew: op
Schweinfurt: all killed
Boston, Lincolnshire War Memorial
WALKER, F/Sgt Thomas Jack
RAF(VR): 12 March 1943 age 24: Mid Upper Gunner
Lancaster ED604 EM-A: Doble crew: op Essen: all killed
Symington, Ayrshire
added May 2007
WEBB, Sgt Windsor Francis Richard
RAF(VR) 25 November 1942 age 19: Air Gunner
Lancaster R5695 EM-C: Parkyn crew: op Haselunne: all
killed, NKG
Peterborough Cathedral - King's
School War Memorials
WELCH, Sgt Roy Desmond
RAF(VR): 13 March 1941 age 26: Wireless Operator
Manchester L7313 EM-C: Matthews crew: shot down
by Ju88 intruder of I/NJG2 Gilze-Rijen, Oblt H Hahn after take
off, crashed at Whisby, Lincs: op Hamburg: all killed
Portslade & West Hove, Sussex
WHEELER, F/O George Howard RCAF: 25 February 1943 age 24: Observer
Lancaster ED356 EM-W: Sexton crew: op Nuremberg: all killed
Wingham Ontario Cenotaph
added August 2008
WHITEHOUSE, Fg/Off Gordon
RAF: 3 December 1954 age 23: Navigator
Canberra WH906: Hasler crew: crashed on approach to Marham
Darlington Crematorium On-Line Book of
Remembrance
WILLIAMS, Thomas Ross RAF: 28 November 1939 age 21: Pilot
Battle L5729: training: crashed on take off, Bassingbourn,
Cambridgeshire
Cranfield - Roll of Honour
WOODHOUSE, F/Sgt Roland Reuben
RAF(VR): 2 October 1943 age 20: Navigator
Lancaster DV184 EM-O: Bremner crew: crashed on take-off, Langar:
5 killed
Shaw and Crompton War Memorial, Lancashire
WORTHINGTON, Sgt Denis Leonard
RAF(VR): 24 July 1942 age 26: Wireless Operator
Lancaster R5867 EM-T: McCarthy crew: op Duisberg: all killed
Studham, Bedfordshire
207 Squadron Royal Air Force Association websites
last updated 28 January 2009