Name |
Rank |
Service Number |
Date of Death |
Remarks |
LEECH, Henry Fiddes | Plt Off | - | 02/09/39 | Crashed near Wattisham in Spitfire Mk I K9985 |
BANKS, James Rodgers | LAC | 811104 | 31/10/39 | Killed in road accident, Buxton |
BRUCE, Alfred Eric Andrew | Sgt RAFVR | 740984 | 28/02/40 | Crashed into North Sea in Spitfire Mk I L1051 went down into the sea, probably between the Outer Dowsing and East Dudgeon lightships, from where the last "pipsqueak" transmission was heard. Age 23, no known grave, commemorated at Runnymede memorial, Surrey. Panel 12 |
CROMPTON Ralph Kenyon Ken | Fg Off RAF (AuxAF) | 90361 | 02/06/40 | Missing (Dunkirk) in Spitfire Mk I N3064 Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave reference 46. C17 Age 24 |
LITTLE, Thomas Donald | Fg Off RAF (Aux. Air Force) | 90364 | 02/06/40 | Missing (Dunkirk) in Spitfire Mk I N3055 Age 23. Buried Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands. Plot J, grave 2 |
GOULDING, H. E. | LAC | 334035 | 25/07/40 | Natural causes - heart attack |
SHEPHERD, Frederick Ernest Richard | Sgt RAF (Aux Air Force) | 811129 | 11/09/40 | Shot down near Croydon in Spitfire IIa P7298 Reputedly hit by AA fire from Brooklands, abandoned aircraft crashed behind Walton & Hersham Motors, Weybridge. Baled out but parachute destroyed by abandoned aircraft. Site subject to extensive post-war redevelopment and investigated by the Air Historical Group without success. 22 years old, buried St Luke's church, Whyteleafe, Surrey. Row G grave 33 Assumed he came from Prestatyn, see reference in text on 19 September 1954. |
PATTISON, Kenneth Clifton | Sgt RAFVR | 742457 | 13/10/40 | From Tern Hill Crash-landed Spitfire IIa P7323 at Crooksey Green near Kidderminster on 11.10.40 after becoming lost on return from sortie; admitted to Barnsley Hall Hospital, Bromsgrove critically injured and died on 13th October. 27 years old. Buried Nottingham Southern Cemetery, West Bridgeford. Section 016, grave 26 |
SADLER, Herbert Samuel | Plt Off RAF | 44825 | 05/02/41 | Shot down on offensive sweep off the French coast by Bf109 in Spitfire Mk I X4547. Age 24. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede memorial, Surry, Panel 34 |
STANLEY, Donald Arthur | Plt Off RAFVR | 83271 | 25/02/41 | Missing (Calais) in Spitfire Mk I X4592 Age 19. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, panel 34 |
PENNINGS, Abraham Ephraim | Plt Off | Dutch | 28/04/41 | Shot down by AA in sea off Walcheren in Spitfire IIa P7774 |
CLAXTON, Jack Lionel | Sgt RAFVR | 903471 | 07/05/41 | Missing from patrol off Deal in Spitfire IIa P7817 Age 26 No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey panel 41 |
THOMAS, Bruce Kentish | Fg Off RAF | 42028 | 18/05/41 | Wings broke off Spitfire IIa P8245 in dive over Dengie Flats. Age 20. Buried Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent, Sec 11A, Grave 101 |
POLLARD, Phillip Selwyn Covey | Fg Off RAF | 41462 | 22/06/41 | Missing (Circus 16) in Spitfire Va R7209 Age 21. Buried Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot 2, Row 1, Grave 46. Last of the original 611 Auxiliary pilots with the Squadron |
BUYS, Theodorus Franciscus Andre | Flt Lt | Dutch | 24/06/41 | Shot down over France in Spitfire Vb R7349 |
McHUGH, Martin Kean | Sgt | RNZAF 401281 | 03/07/41 | Shot down in Spitfire Va R7293 Age 23, buried at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Pl07 9, Row B, Grave 17 |
FEELY, Brian William | Sgt | RNZAF 39788 | 08/07/41 | Missing from Circus in Spitfire Va R7277 Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Panel 64 |
JOHNSTON, Robert Alan | Plt Off RAFVR | 86369 | 09/07/41 | Shot down in Spitfire Vb W3325 Age 23. Buried Pihen-Les-Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Row B Grave 3 |
HEMINGWAY, Leslie | Flt Sgt RAFVR | 742467 | 10/07/41 | Missing (Circus 42) in Spitfire Vb P8539 No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Panel 36 |
DEXTER, Peter Grenfell, DFC | Fg Off | 41680 | 14/07/41 | Collided in Spitfire Vb P8581 with an aircraft of 54 Sqn over Boulogne on bomber escort to Hazebrouck. Buried Samer Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Grave 5 |
GRAINGER, William Eric | Sgt RAFVR | 1164137 | 21/07/41 | Missing (Circus 54) in Spitfire Vb W3329. Age 20, from Old Hill, Staffs. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 44 |
SUTTON, James Ronald Gabert | Fg Off | 90758 | 23/07/41 | Missing (Circus) in Spitfire Vb W3246. Age 21 from Combe Martin, Devon. Buried St Pol War Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Row G, Grave 17 |
LOCK, Eric Stanley, DFC and Bar DSO | Flt Lt RAFVR | 81642 | 03/08/41 | Missing (Boulogne) in Spitfire Vb W3257. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 29 |
LAMB, Edwin John | Plt Off RAFVR | 88434 | 16/08/41 | Shot down in Spitfire Vb W3567 over Gravelines No known grave, commemorated Runnymede Memorial Panel 33 |
REEVES, John Frederick | Fg Off RAFVR | 86670 | 21/10/41 | Missing in Spitfire Vb W3327 on sweep over northern France. Age 27, from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 30 |
BOSCH, John Willem Voshirato Roeper | Plt Off | 89295 | 21/10/41 | Missing in Spitfire Vb W3227 Horsham & District on sweep over northern France. Crashed into the sea 4 miles off Boulogne |
SMITH, Norman Jagoe | Plt Off RAFVR | 102563 | 21/10/41 | Missing in Spitfire Vb W3515 on offensive sweep over Northern France. Age 24 from Wimbledon, Surrey. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede memorial, Panel 34 |
CAREY-HILL, Anthony | Fg Off RAFVR | 85938 | 27/10/41 | Shot down in Spitfire Vb W3838 by Bf109s in Channel Age 26 from Kenilworth, Warwicks. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Plot 11, Row A, Grave 20 |
DALES, William Philip | Sgt RAFVR | 955028 | 05/11/41 | Missing (Rhubarb) in Spitfire Vb AB984. Age 22 from Grantham, Lincs. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede memorial, Panel 42 |
WALTON, Alexander James Proctor | Sgt RAFVR | 1385958 | 05/07/42 | Killed in crash of Magister near Kenley. Age 25 from Pinner, Middlesex. Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex, commemorated on panel 3 |
WHEELER, Victor Cecil Mayo | Warrant Officer RAF | 566827 W E Mech | 05/07/42 | Passenger killed in crash of Magister near Kenley. Age 24 from Leicester. Buried Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery, Leicestershire; Sec EE, Grave 239 |
VILBAUX, | Sgt Free French | - | 19/08/42 | Shot down in Spitfire BS179 IX by Fw190 near Dieppe |
FRIDAY, Albert Hugo | Plt Off RAFVR | 119493 | 30/08/42 | Accident during interception of a Ju88 over Maidstone in Spitfire BS185 IX at 20,000 feet the aircraft broke up, and although he baled out he was struck by parts of the aircraft and was killed. Age 20, from Hackney, London and buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. Grave 22 A 6 |
WALKER, Peter Alan | Sgt RAFVR | 1261990 | 16/09/42 | Missing (Rodeo 94) in Spitfire IX BS170. Age 26 from Surbiton, Surrey. Buried Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, Plot 5, Row E, Grave 20 |
FULFORD, David, DFC | Fg Off RAFVR | 63787 | 02/11/42 | Missing (Rodeo) in Spitfire IX BR622 over Le Touquet by FW 190s; same action as Sgt G W Keans. Age 22 from Dinnington, Yorkshire. No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 67 |
KEANS-KRAUS, George William | Sgt | - | 02/11/42 | Shot down in Spitfire IX BS113 into sea by Fw190 near Dungeness, location of grave unknown |
HELMORE, Paul Ernest | Fg Off RAFVR | 46704 | 29/11/42 | Missing (Rhubarb) in Spitfire IX BS112. Age 24. Buried Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot 6, Row C, Grave 19 |
GILBERT, John Richard | Sgt RausAF | Aus.412611 | 27/01/43 | Collided in Spitfire Vb EN822 with Sgt Mackay in BL691. Age 20 from Coogee, NSW, Australia. Buried Orpington (St Mary Cray) Cemetery, Kent, Plot E, Div 3, Grave 111 |
MACKAY, Alton Richard | Sgt | Aus.409163 | 27/01/43 | Collided in Spitfire Vb BL691 with Sgt Gilbert in EN822 and crashed near Westerham. Age 25 from Carnegie, Victoria, Australia, buried Orpington (St Mary Cray) Cemetery, Kent, Plot E, Div 3, Grave 110 |
ARMSTRONG, Hugo Throssell DFC and Bar | Sqn Ldr Officer Commanding 611 Squadron | Aus.406022 | 05/02/43 | Shot down into sea in Spitfire IX BS435. Bounced by eight Fw190s of II/JG26 while attempting another such interception, shot down by Ofz Heinz Gomann (13 victories) Age 26 from Travancore, Victoria, Australia, No known grave, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 187 |
PEARCE, Allan Edgar | Flt Sgt RAusAF | Aus 416280 | 11/02/43 | Hit water while low flying in Spitfire IX BS318. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Panel 193. Age 21 |
McLAY, Robert Maxwell | Flt Sgt | Aus.401995 | 14/03/43 | Shot down in Spitfire IX BS510. By Fw 190 near Hardelot. Age 23, from Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Grave 46 D 9 |
SLATER, James Howarth AFC | Wg Cdr | 33174 | 14/03/43 | Shot down near off French coast in Spitfire IX BS240 of Biggin Hill Station Flight commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Panel 118. Age 27 |
NORTH, Jonathan | Plt OffRAFVR | 139423 | 18/04/43 | Shot down in sea off Somme estuary in Spitfire IX EN571. No Known grave, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey Panel 132. Age 24 |
NEILL, Victor Stephenson | Fg Off RAFVR | 127166 | 04/05/43 | Thought to have collided with B-17 in Spitfire EN567. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey on Panel 127. Age 24 |
TRADIN, Rolf Torbjorn | Lt | Nor.Q1019 | 30/05/43 | Shot down in Spitfire IX EN562 by Fw190 |
LINDSAY, Gordon Rowland | Fg Off RAFVR | 117505 | 11/06/43 | Shot down in Spitfire IX EN570 by Fw190 Buried at St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France. Plot 1, Row 3, Grave 13 Age 24 |
GIELSTRUP, Jens Henning (Danish) | Fg Off RAFVR | 151006 | 23/08/43 | Shot down in Spitfire Iia P8545 by AA. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede memorial, Surrey, Panel 124. Age 26 |
BEVAN, John Curtis | Flt Sgt RAFVR | 1314667 | 09/11/43 | Shot down in Spitfire Vc EE732 near Bethune. Buried Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 4, Row AA, Grave 17. Age 21 |
TOWNS, Stephen William | Flt Sgt RAFVR | 1334105 | 06/04/44 | Crashed in Spitfire ? near North Walsham while practice flying. Buried St Albans Cemetery, Hertfordshire, Sec M, Row T, Grave 5. Age 22 |
WILSON, Maurice Keith Hasard | Flt Sgt RAusAF | Aus.414872 | 14/06/44 | Shot down in Spitfire R6888 by Bf.109. Buried at Culey-le-Patry Communal Cemetery, Calvados, France, plot unknown. Age 20. |
CLEAVER, Richard Bath | Sqn Ldr RAFVR | 40889 | 19/06/44 | Missing in Spitfire Vb BL520 during beach head patrol. No known grave, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Panel 200. Age 25 |
CLIFFORD, John Thomas | Fg Off | 52615 | 24/07/44 | Crashed near Roguiny in Spitfire. Buried Reguiny Communal Cemetery, Morbihan, France. Plot 2, Row 3, Grave 6. Age 28 |
GOUBY, Robert G. | Lt | French | 14/08/44 | Crashed at Guigles, Normandy, in Spitfire IX MA755. Hit by flak whilst strafing a convoy |
KING, Leonard Vincent | Flt Lt RAFVR | 120930 | 16/09/44 | Straffing low level near Utrecht Hertzenborsch in Spitfire IX MH363. Buried Hardinxveld General Cemetery, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Plot 17, Row 26, Grave 70. Age 22 |
PRISONERS OF WAR |
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SMITH, M. J. "Mushroom" | Sgt | 742558 | 06/07/41 | Shot down on Circus to Lille attacking a Bf109 in Spitfire Vb W3311. Uninjured and reported as a PoW on 23 07 41. Camp 357 no 39229. |
FAIR, Donald Ernest | Sgt | RNZAF NZ401263 | 11/07/41 | Shot down at Lens in Spitfire Va R7208 City of Liverpool III on Circus 45 to Longuenesse, PoW No 39277 in Stalag Luft 357 at Kopernikus. |
HOLDSWORTH, A. P. | Sgt | RAFVR | 07/08/41 | Missing (Circus 67) over St Omer in Spitfire Vb P8756. PoW Camp L6 PoW No 186 |
GRAY, Albert Edward | Sgt | 929821 | 26/08/41 | Missing (Circus 87) near St Omer in Spitfire Vb W3247 ‘City of Hull III’. Nov 06 contacted by his son, not killed but taken POW; became PoW No 179; escaped from Stalag Luft IV Kirchhain camp 12 May 1942 then to Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekug; more info awaited |
BARCLAY, R George A, DFC | Flt Lt | - | 20/09/41 | Missing (Circus 100A) near French coast in Spitfire Vb W3816 ‘THE SHOPMATE’ force landed on beach , 20 09 41 He evaded capture and returned to 611 Sqn via Spain; info Nov 06. |
EVANS, G. T. | Sgt | Can.R65407 | 27/09/41 | Missing escorting 12 Blenheims to Hazebrouck in Spitfire Vb W3442. PoW Camp L3 No 261226. |
BAY, D. M. | Lt RNVR | - | 13/05/43 | Missing on sweep near Abbeville in Spitfire IX EN574 |
CLARKE, G. | Sgt | 1318934 | 15/05/43 | Collided in Spitfire LFIX EN558 with enemy aircraft, Bf109 near Nieuport on Ramrod 73. Injured and PoW Camp 357 No 98 |
DALY, J. V. P. | Sgt | 969744 | 09/11/43 | Shot down in Spitfire Vc AR509 near Béthune POW Camp L3 No 269761 |
STORY, J. B. | Flt Lt | 125584 | 05/09/44 | Crashed near Utrecht in Spitfire IX BR982:T PoW camp L1 |
POST WAR |
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GRIFFITHS, R. H. P. | Fg Off | - | 08/05/48 | Crashed on Freckleton Marsh near Grange Farm after losing consciousness due to oxygen starvation at 21,000 ft. Spitfire RN210 (FRXIV). Buried St Peters Churchyard, Formby, Merseyside |
BAILEY, R. A. | P II | - | 03/07/49 | Stalled and spun in on approach to Woodvale on return from Exercise Foil at Coltishall in Spitfire XXII PK521 |
LOWTHIAN, Peter | P II | - | 11/06/50 | Touched wings with 613 Sqn aircraft whilst formation flying at Biggin Hill. Spitfire XXII PK322 |
PRICE, T. A. R. | Sgt | 2688178 | 22/07/51 | Dived into ground at Over Kellett near Carforth, Lancs whilst on ROC Exercise in Meteor F4 VT121. |