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Dane, Eric John Son of Herbert Victor Dane, and Beryl Florence Dane (née Bayley), of Belvedere, Kent. His brother P/O G.H. Dane, RAFVR also died on service.	(03?).1921 Dartford district, Kent - 04.05.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Villers-le-Chateau Churchyard, France, military plot, row 1, collective grave 1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1394932] P/O (prob) 29.05.1943 [144340] (WS) F/O (prob) 29.11.1943	29.05.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.05.1944 navigator, 103 Squadron RAF (Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire) [his Lancaster III [ND905 PM-B] had taken off at 21.58 hrs from Elsham Wolds for an operation against the military camp at Mailly-le-Camp; while outbound, believed shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Vlilliers-le-Chateau (Marne), killing all crew members]
Dane, Gerald Herbert Son of Herbert Victor Dane, and Beryl Florence Dane (née Bayley), of Belvedere, Kent. His brother F/O E.J. Dane, RAFVR also died on service.	(03?).1923 Dartford district, Kent - 13.05.1943 (KIA) [age 20] [Haasrode Churchyard, Belgium, grave 1]	Sgt. ? [1389038] P/O (prob) 19.04.1943 [146425] MID 13.06.1946 ?	19.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.05.1943 pilot, 78 Squadron RAF [his Halifax II [JB873 EY-J] had taken off at 23.29 hrs from Linton-on-Ouse for an operation against Bochum; shot down by a night-fighter (Lt. Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer, II./NJG1) and crashed betweeen Oud-Heverlee and Haasrode; only both pilots were killed]
Daniels, Harry Joseph Son of Joseph Daniels, and Caroline Annie Statham, of Coventry.	1917 ? - 26.07.1941 (KIA) [age 24] [Koersel Communal Cemetery, Belgium, grave 2] [commemorated at Stivichall (St. James) Churchyard, Warwickshire]	Ldg.Acm. ? [925262] P/O (prob) 20.04.1941 [68738] Comdn 01.07.1941 ?	Solicitor. 20.04.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.07.1941 navigator, 10 Squadron RAF (Leeming) [Whitley V [T4231 ZA-A] took off 22:28 hrs for an operation against Hannover. Crashed at Koersel, 15 km NNW of Hasselt, Belgium. All 5 crew memebers were killed.]
Darby, Leslie John Son of Henry John Darby, and Beatrice Eleanor Baldock (1889-1961). Married (22.12.1943, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Barbara Cheek, of Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey; one son.	12.05.1914 Mile End Old Town, London - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 7.G.9]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1375670] P/O (prob) 15.10.1943 [153895] (WS) F/O 15.04.1944	Served in the police, London. 08.1940     joined RAFVR       served Air Sea Rescue 13.02.1943     trained as bomb aimer in Canada 15.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.08.1944 - 19.09.1944 air bomber, 106 Squadron RAF [Lancaster PB359 [ZN-T] was airborne 19:10 hrs from Metheringham for an operation against Rheydt. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 23:50 hrs at Giesenkirchen, 5 km ESE from the centre of Rheydt.]
Davidson, Henry John Son of Sidney John Davidson (1885-), and Eliza Jessie Jones (1887-). Married ((09?).1940, Barton district, Greater Manchester, Lancashire) Muriel Dawson, of Stretford, Manchester.	(09?).1915 Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire - 06.10.1942 (KIA) [age 27] [Manchester Crematorium, Lancashire, panel 10]	Airm. 02.1938? [741340] Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 12.03.1941, seniority 05.03.1941 [61945] (WS) F/O 12.03.1942, seniority 05.03.1942	02.1938?     joined RAFVR (under training as pilot) 01.09.1939     mobilized 19.05.1940     5 Operational Training Unit RAF (Aston Down) 09.06.1940     pilot, 249 Squadron RAF [Crash landed 15.07.1940 his Hurricane I (L1715) at RAF Acklington, Northumberland, but due to enemy action or simply in error is not clear. He was apparently uninjured in the crash. Claimed a Dornier Do17 destroyed 07.08.1940. On 15.08 & 02.09 he shared in the destruction of Me110’s, on 05.09 he got a probable Me109, on 07.09 claimed a Do17 destroyed and a Me109 damaged, on 27.09 he shot down a Ju88 (3Z+DC of Stab II/KG77) and shared another Me110 and on 29.10 he destroyed a Me109.] 12.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.05.1941     pilot, Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) (Speke) [Operating on what were known as CAM ships. Made the first experimental launch from the SS 'Empire Rainbow' on 31.05. First operational MSFU voyage 08.06, without seeing action.] ? - 06.10.1942 pilot, 285 Squadron RAF (Calveley, Cheshire) [Crashing after stalling his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I (coded AA297, msn 667) while in the circuit after an anti-aircraft co-operation exercise. Both F/O Davidson and his passenger were killed.]
Davies, John Rathliegn	20.08.1921 -	LAC ? [1151428] P/O (prob) 18.01.1941, seniority 10.01.1941 [60107] P/O 10.01.1942 (WS) F/O 10.01.1942 23.12.1942, seniority 10.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 10.09.1943	10.01.1941 emergency commission RAFVR Flying instructor (Miles Master) Glider Instructor (Hotspur) 501 Squadron RAF (Spitfires) 274 Squadron RAF (Tempests) Comm. Squadrons (Austers)
Davies, Trefardoe Rudolph Mother's maiden name: Davies. Married Marian Pomeroy; .. children (one son?).	(03?).1914 Pontypridd district, Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan -	Wt.Offr. ? [747885] P/O (prob) 16.12.1942 [141411] (WS) F/O (prob) 16.06.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 16.12.1944 (Emergency List; retd 16.01.1959) DFC 13.07.1943 ? DFC 13.10.1944 ?	16.12.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     103 Squadron RAF (1944)     647 Squadron RAF
Davis, Alexander "Alec" Son of Harris and Clara Davis, of Cricklewood, Middlesex.	17.11.1917 - 21.11.1943 [age 26] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 124]	Ldg.Acm. ? [655724] P/O (prob) 23.10.1942 [132781] (WS) F/O 23.03.1943	23.10.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 21.11.1943 153 Squadron RAF
Davis, Derek Henry Victor Son of ... Davis, and ... Cohen.	(03?).1924 Wandsworth district, London - 26.06.1943 (KIA) [age 19] [Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, the Netherlands, plot EE, grave 19]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1336308] P/O (prob) 31.07.1942 [127541] (WS) F/O (prob) 31.01.1943	31.07.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.06.1943 pilot, 51 Squadron RAF [Pilot of Halifax JD261, MH-J. Airborne 23:40 hrs 25.06.1943 for an operation against Gelsenkirchen. Shot down by a night-fighter (Maj Günter Radusch, 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1) and crashed 01:58 hrs 1 km E of Wanroij (Noord Brabant) on land belonging to a Mr Nabuurs, 11 km E of Uden, Holland.]
Davis, Lyndhurst Sydney Son (with four sisters and two brothers) of James Davis, and Violet Ella Domeney.	09.08.1891 Hobart, Tasmania - 27.03.1991	P/O (prob) 11.05.1941 [117054] (reld 30.06.1941 [published 16.11.1943]; on appointment to the RAAF) (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	1914 - 1918 Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Forces (France) (mentioned in despatches) 15.03.1940     enlisted, Australian Army (Plympton, South Australia) 11.05.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) sent to Tavoy in Burma in charge of ground staff, and was involved in the commandeering of a river steamer to get the ground crew to Rangoon; thereon he retreated with the RAF through Burma and then to Chittagong 16.11.1943     transferred, RAAF (to date 30.06.1941) 15.01.1944 repatriated as a casualty from Ranchi, India
Davis, Wilfred Ernest Married ...; one son.	28.11.1907 St Marylebone district, London - 30.03.1980 Brent district, Greater London	Ldg.Acm. ? [1617657] (A) P/O (prob) 29.07.1943 [148342] P/O/ (prob) 23.09.1943 (WS) F/O 23.03.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/O)	29.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "After a couple of years in the Home Guard, he joined the air force and “graduated” from No. 48 Special Course Officers’ Training School in the summer of 1943. The only other information I have on this is that I think I can remember my father saying this was in or near Yeovil, Somerset. Immediately after this he was posted to India, and was in Bombay in November 1943 and presumably thereafter. I have no information as to what his role was, I assume administrative because of his age, but on the other hand I am fairly sure that he “had his wings”. After an unknown period of time he returned to the UK and was stationed at Fighter Command HQ at Bentley Priory for the rest of the war. Like most personnel he was awarded the Defence Medal and 1939-45 Medal. After the war he worked in the Book Section of the Admiralty (Whitehall) and then took a post as Head of Print and Production (i.e. publicity and advertisements) for the English Electric Company."
Davison, Derek Harold	20.08.1921 Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 19.10.2007 [Westoning, Bedfordshire ?]	A/Wt.Offr. ? [1425261] P/O (prob) 29.04.1945 [197787] P/O 29.10.1945 (WS) F/O 29.10.1945 CBE ? ?	29.04.1945 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 614 Squadron RAF Chairman, Britannia Airways.
Daw, Stanley	03.12.1909 - 2000 North Yorkshire district, Yorkshire	F/Sgt. ? [508153] (A) P/O (prob) 25.03.1943 [141425] P/O (prob) 23.09.1943 (WS) F/O 23.03.1944 (A) F/Lt. (1944) (WS) F/Lt. 23.03.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 01.11.1947, seniority 25.09.1946 24.02.1948, seniority 25.09.1946 (T) F/Lt. RAF 01.10.1948, seniority 25.09.1946 (retd 01.12.1949 F/Lt. RAF 04.02.1952 (retd 21.03.1962) MID 01.01.1945 ?	25.03.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] 01.10.1948     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [permanent commission] 04.02.1952 - 21.03.1962 restored to the active list from the retired list, RAF (Equipment [later: Supply] Branch)
Dawson, John Stafford	? -	Sgt. ? [1452270] P/O (prob) 09.02.1944 [173305] (WS) F/O 09.08.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 09.02.1946	09.02.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Wireless Operator, 630 Squadron RAF (East Kirkby)
Day, Colin James Son of Henry Colin James Day and Ethel Alice Day, of Reading, Berkshire.	1921 ? - 12.08.1941 [age 20] [Reading (Henley Road) Cemetery, block 10, grave 16013]	Sgt. ? [1190807] P/O (prob) 22.06.1941 [102080]	22.06.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Deacon, Henry Hazard "Harry"	(06?).1920 ? Edmonton district ? - 1989 ? Buckinghamshire ?	F/Sgt. ? [932943] P/O (prob) 23.03.1943 [143239] F/O (prob) 23.09.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 23.03.1945 DFC 07.01.1944 ?	(1941) - (1943) 39 Squadron RAF (Malta) 23.03.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Deck, Charles George Frederick Son of Frederick James Deck (1884-1939), and Violet Mabel MacFarlane, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of P/O James Frederick Deck, RAFVR, and of P/O Harold Frederick Deck, RAFVR. Married ((09?).1944, Shrewsbury district, Shropshire) Pauline Anne Foggo, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; one son.	24.05.1918 - 19.04.1945 Neumünster, Germany (KIA) [Runnymede Memorial, panel 265] [commemorated at a memorial window at St Peter, Westleton, Suffolk]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1395263] P/O (prob) 25.09.1942 [131032] (WS) F/O (prob) 09.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 09.11.1944	25.09.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 19.04.1945 222 Squadron RAF [Tempest V EJ883 was shot down by Flak from Neumünster airfield.]
Deck, Harold Frederick Son of Frederick James Deck (1884-1939), and Violet Mabel MacFarlane, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of F/Lt. Charles George Frederick Deck, RAFVR, and of P/O James Frederick Deck, RAFVR. Married ((03?).1942, Fakenham district, Norfolk) of Delia Maria Battistessa, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; one daughter.	14.01.1913 - 26.07.1942 [age 29] [Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Germany, 13.A.6] [commemorated at a memorial window at St Peter, Westleton, Suffolk]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1267631] P/O (prob) 09.08.1941 [104388]	09.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.07.1942 observer, 226 Squadron RAF [Boston III AL746 (MQ-S) had taken off 21:23 hrs from Swanton Morley and headed for Jever for an intruder operation. Crashed on the eastern edge of Langeoog, and all four killed crew members were buried on Wangerooge. Since 1945 their bodies have been brought to Sage War Cemetery.]
Deck, James Frederick Son of Frederick James Deck (1884-1939), and Violet Mabel MacFarlane, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of F/Lt. Charles George Frederick Deck, RAFVR, and of P/O Harold Frederick Deck, RAFVR.	12.11.1914 - 01.11.1941 [age 27] [Honington (All Saints) Churchyard, Suffolk, D.5] [commemorated at a memorial window at St Peter, Westleton, Suffolk]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1377722] P/O (prob) 06.07.1941 [100648]	06.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 01.11.1941 pilot, 56 Squadron RAF
Larry Forrester, Fly for your life, p. 277 on the last mission of P/O J.F. Deck: "They were having a little teething trouble with the Tiffies. Carbon monoxide fumes were coming back from the stub ex-hausts into the cockpit, sometimes in sufficient quantity to nauseate the pilots. The boffins came and tinkered with the exhausts and said they thought they'd reduced the amount of fumes. To make sure, they fitted in the cockpit of one machine a little box which could measure the exact percentage of carbon monoxide in the air inside the cabin. They asked for a number of test flights: Prosser Hanks did most. Tuck [W/Cdr Roland Robert Stanford-Tuck, DSO DFC and bar] a few. There seemed to be a definite improvement. One day [1st November 1941], towards the end of the test programme, he [Tuck] was walking out to the test Tiffie with his parachute over his shoulder when an airman stuck his head out of the dispersal office and called: "Telephone, sir!" At that moment the ground crew finished their starting drill and the Typhoon's [R7592] huge Napier Sabre engine exploded into life: if she wasn't taken-off quickly she would overheat. He signalled that he couldn't take the call and continued out to the aircraft, but the airman came running after him and bawled through cupped hands: "It's the station commander, sir. Says it's very important!" He groaned, dumped his 'chute and started back. At the door of the dispersal hut stood one of his best pilots, a young Argentinean named [sic; P/O James Frederick Deck] Dack. This boy had flown one or two of the tests. "Dacky, you take her. You know the drill." The kid nodded, grabbed his gear and hurried out as Tuck lifted the 'phone. Group Captain MacDonald wanted to discuss arrangements for night-flying during the coming week. It was important, but it could have waited an hour or so. They talked for perhaps ten minutes, then Tuck went out and sat in one of the cane chairs, smoking and looking out over the fields. Out of the hazy blue he saw a Tiffie diving. It didn't pull out. It disappeared behind some trees about a mile on the other side and raised a tremendous cone of flame and smoke.  He rode out with the crash trucks. A big, smoking crater and a field littered with scraps of metal. Twelve feet down in the brown earth: the remains of the big engine. Of the pilot: only little red lumps, half a shoe, scraps of clothing, part of a watch strap. A check with control proved it could only be Dack. There had been no enemy activity all day, so he hadn't been shot down. The cause of his death might always be a mystery, because there wasn't enough left of his machine to give the technical experts a clue.  But the Aviation Medicine people solved it. They found a piece of Dack's liver and analysed the contents: enough carbon monoxide to kill an elephant.  Probably something had gone wrong with the Boffins' little box. Instead of trapping the fumes it must have pumped out enough to make the pilot pass out. There but for the grace of a 'phone call. . . . He got through to Group Captain MacDonald and in a quiet, earnest tone said: "Sir, I want you to know you can ring me up just any time."
Deeley, Geoffrey Hampton	? - 13.02.2007 [aged 95]	F/Sgt. ? [1269767] P/O (prob) 20.05.1942, seniority 27.04.1942 [121491] ... ... (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MBE ? ? LM ? ?	1940 - 1946 in RAF with 'V' Section A.C.I.U. 20.05.1942 emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) ARCA. Formerly with the Art Department of the Goldsmiths College and the Polytechnic, Regents Street.
Deere, Robert [Cuthbert] Son of Sydney Robert Deere (1880-1953), and Mary Cuhtbert, of East Finchley, Middlesex.	(06?).1918 Barnet district, Middlesex - 23.04.1943 (MPK) [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 124]	Ldg.Acm. ? [658267] P/O (prob) 27.04.1942 [123982] (WS) F/O (prob) 27.10.1942	27.04.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 23.04.1943 navigator/bomb aimer, 547 Squadron RAF (Chivenor, Barnstaple, North Devon) (Coastal Command) [Wellington Mk. VIII HX743 was lost with loss of life of all six crew members on a "minor operation" assisting Bomber Command]
De Keyser, John Lionel Son of William and Asneth de Keyser, of Johannesburg, South Africa.	1915 ? - 15.10.1940 (MPK) [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 8]	Sgt. ? [754912] P/O (prob) 12.05.1940 [79166]	12.05.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] From: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman Pilot Officer with 206 Squadron RAFVR, Coastal Command. His AJEX card says he was a former member of Stepney Jewish Boys club and his name occurs in Morris. He was killed in action 15/10/40 age 25 years and is inscribed on the Runnymede memorial on panel 8. He was the son of William and Asneth of Johannesburg, South Africa. His death was announced in “The Stepnian” club journal in August 1941 and in the JC of 13/2/40.
De la Coze, John Rushbrook Son of America Rushbrook de la Coze (1884-1957), and Evelyn Madge Wales (1899-1965). Married ((12?).1939, Hailsham district, Sussex) Rita Andrew * (23.04.1918 - 21.03.2004), only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.V. Andrew, of Eastbourne and London W1; one daughter. * She remarried (1951) Douglas Charles Rogers.	19.01.1915 Midhurst, Sussex - 13.03.1943 (MPK) [age 28] [Malta Memorial, panel 6, column 2]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1330874] P/O (prob) 13.09.1941 [106876] (WS) F/O 13.09.1942	Education: BSc; MIME. Officer of Customs and Excise, 29.09.1934. 13.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.03.1943 270 (Flying Boat) Squadron RAF [He was employed as a Pilot of Catalina PBY-5B. Aircraft serial number FP248 of 270 Squadron, West Africa Command. On 13th March, 1943 the aircraft took off on an operation flight. At 05.30 hours the aircraft crashed into the sea near West Bunce River, Sierra Leone. Missing, presumed killed.]
Densham, Ronald Richard Son of William Richard Densham, and Edith Maria Ellicott. Husband of Beatrice Elizabeth Densham, of Whitfield, Kent.	(09?).1918 Eastry district, Kent - 07.06.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Bayeux War Cemetery, France, joint grave XXVI.B.15] [commemorated at St Peter Church, Whitfield]	F/Sgt. ? [904423] P/O (prob) 28.04.1942 [121088] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 28.04.1944	28.04.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 07.06.1944 pilot, 29 Squadron RAF [Mosquito NF.XIII (HK413) lost on a defensive patrol over the Channel]
Denson, George James Son of George Edward Denson, and Lily Neill.	(06?).1922 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 24.02.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Dürnbach War Cemetery, Germany, joint grave 9.K.26-28]	Sgt. ? [1451533] P/O (prob) 15.01.1944 [170954]	15.01.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 02.1944 - 24.02.1944 pilot, 9 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LM433 WS-H was airborne 18:44 hrs 24.02.1944 from Bardney for an operation against Schweinfurt. The aircraft crashed at Tiefenbronn, some 12 km SE of Pforzheim. P/O Denson and his crew had been on 9 Squadron for less than a week.]
Denton, Jack Banfield Son of ... Denton, and ... Hunt.	(03?).1923 Amesbury district, Wiltshire - 24.05.1943 (KIA) [age 20/21] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein- Westfalen,  Germany, 5.D.7]	F/Sgt. ? [1330297] P/O (prob) 10.05.1943 [146336]	10.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.05.1943 pilot, 10 Squadron RAF [Halifax HR696 [ZA-G] took off 22:32 hrs 23.05.1943 from Melbourne for an operation against Dortmund. Cause of loss and crash-site not established. All were buried in the Nordfriedhof at Düsseldorf, later transferred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.]
Derrick, Christopher Hugh Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Thomas Corrie Derrick (1885-1954), illustrator & cartoonist, and Margaret Mary Clausen (1884-1946). Married ((06?).1943, Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands) Katharine Helen Sharratt; eight sons, one daughter.	12.06.1921 Hungerford district, Berkshire / Hampshire / Wiltshire - 02.10.2007	F/Sgt. ? [1353383] P/O (prob) 22.10.1944 [186364] (WS) F/O 22.04.1945	22.10.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Author, reviewer, publisher's reader & lecturer.
Derry, Archibald Frederick	(03?).1909 Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex - 26.12.1994 Hampshire	F/Sgt. ? [846160] P/O (prob) 08.3.1944 [172200] P/O 08.09.1944 (WS) F/O 08.09.1944 F/O 08.03.1946 Sq.Ldr. (Suppl. List) 01.07.1959 (retd 10.03.1964; retaining the rank of W/Cdr.) (T) W/Cdr. ? MBE 20.05.1955 Malaya	08.03.1944 emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 01.11.1947 transferred, Secretarial Branch 15.04.1948 permanent commission, RAF 29.12.1955 transferred to Branch List category Published: an article on the psychological warfare in Malaya
De Ville, Eric Married ((09?).1940, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Irene Frances Hills (21.01.1908 - 1987).	22.07.1905 Croydon district, London - 1982 Pershore district, Worcestershire	(A) P/O (prob) 19.07.1938 [72383] (A) P/O 25.08.1939 (reld 06.07.1950)	19.07.1938     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Dewhurst, Vernon Bramwell Son of William Edward Dewhurst, and Ada Sophia Gregory, of Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.	(03?).1922 Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire - 02.05.1941 [age 19] [Kirk Malew (St Malew) Churchyard Extension, row W, collective grave 10]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1164820] P/O (prob) 02.03.1941 [61506]	02.03.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 02.05.1941     co-pilot to F/O J.W.L. Bruxner-Randall RAF on a Blackburn Botha on training flight from his base at St. Annes, Lancashire; it came down in the sea just a few hundred yards from the coast of the Isle of Man (Port St. Mary)
Dibbins, Douglas Robert "Doug" Son (with two brothers and two sisters)of Robert Henry Dibbins (1895-1961), and Kate Elizabeth Stannard (1888-1976), of Southmead.	(06?).1923 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 25.04.1944 [age 21] [Bristol (Canford) Cemetery, section SS, grave 253]	F/Sgt. ? [1316323] P/O (prob) 07.02.1944 [171730]	07.02.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 25.04.1944 pilot, 76 Squadron RAF [On 24th April 1944, the crew of Halifax III LK789 (MP-L) took off at 2209 hours from Holme-on-Spalding Moor to attack Karlsruhe, a large industrial city in south-west Germany. They were part of operation involving 637 aircraft – 369 Lancasters, 259 Halifaxes,9 Mosquitoes – of all groups except 5 Group. Later, as mainforce recrossed the English coast enemy intruders were patrolling over England. At 0420 hours, the Halifax was over Ely, Cambridgshire when attacked by a Me410 (piloted by Ltn. Wolfgang Wenning of II./KG 51). Heavily damaged, the pilot made an attempt to land the aircraft, but crashed near Welney, 7 miles south west of Downham Market, Norfolk. Only the rear gunner, Flight Sergeant J. Anderson escaped alive to be admitted to hospital with injuries.]
Dickinson, Bernard Nelson "Barney"	1913 Argentina -	Sgt. ? [1392817] P/O (prob) 04.08.1942 [131793] (WS) F/O (prob) 04.02.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 04.08.1944 (reld 25.05.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	04.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 28.04.1944 101 Squadron RAF [His Lancaster LM493 [SR-X] was airborne 21:40 hrs 27.04.1944 from Ludford Magna on ABC duties to Friedrichshaven. Flying at 17,000 feet outbound, intercepted by a night-fighter and shot down, crashing at Oberwinden, 3 km SW of Elzach. Three crew members (including Dickinson) captured plus two injured, and three killed in action.] 28.04.1944 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft III)
Dickinson, Vernon Francis Son of ... Dickinson, and ... Mitchell. Married ((03?).1944, Welton district, Lincolnshire) Annie MacLaren, of Foyers, Inverness-shire.	(06?).1918 Fylde district, Lancashire - 29.01.1944 [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 211]	Sgt. ? [1481300] P/O (prob) 16.01.1944 [170952]	16.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 29.01.1944 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF [Stirling III EF246 [-C] took off from Swinderby, being briefed for a combined Bullseye and searchlight cooperation exercise. At around 22:00 hrs the Stirling dived into the Humber, not far from Killingholme on the Lincolnshire bank of the river. It is suggested that the pilot may have been dazzled by the searchlights, whereupon he took violent evaqsive action and, in doing so, lost control. Four, including the staff pilot instructor (F/O J.M. Greig DFC) have no known graves and four were taken to their home towns for interment.]
Disney, Philip Allan Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Alec Robert Disney, and Margaret Dodd. Residence: Hickling, Norfolk.	(12?).1921 Smallburgh district, Suffolk - 22.03.1945 (KIA) [age 23] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 18.E.16]	F/Sgt. ? [1333909] P/O (prob) 03.10.1942 [139616] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.10.1944	03.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       169 Squadron RAF (Great Massingham) 05.02.1945 - 22.03.1945 navigator/wireless operator, 23 Squadron RAF (Little Snoring, Norfolk) [Airborne 19:35 hrs from Little Snoring for Intruder operations (bomber support) in the Handorf and Münster area in Mosquito RS577 (YP-T). Cause of loss and crash-site not established.]
Dixon, George David Stuart Married ((09?).1936, Hendon district, Middlesex) Mildred Mary Maple ((03?).1907 - ); two sons.	24.10.1908 Fulham, London - 1962 Bournemouth, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 20.06.1941 [69576] P/O (prob) 20.08.1941 (WS) F/O 20.08.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. (1945) MID 14.06.1945 ?	Education: Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith; University of Cambridge. Worked in banking. 20.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       probably serving as an Intelligence Officer
Doak, George Collins Son of ... Doak, and ... Meharg.	(12?).1921 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey -	Sgt. ? [1194926] P/O (prob) 02.12.1941 [115621] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 02.12.1943 F/Lt. 18.07.1949, seniority 22.04.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1955 (retd 11.10.1970)	02.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 18.07.1949     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.10.1951     permanent commission, RAF (1960)     Commanding Officer of Edinburgh University Air Squadron
Dodge, Stanley Wilbur Son of Ralph Salem Dodge, and Amy Harlow Dodge, of Redwood City, California, U.S.A.	1921 ? ? - 17.09.1942 [age 21] [Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium, 7.K.1]	P/O ? [118574]	?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.09.1942 pilot, 21 Operational Training Unit RAF [Wellington IC HE110 (SJ-Q) took off 19:53 hrs 16.09.1942 from Edgehill for an operation over Essen, Germany. Shot down at 01:23 hrs by Oberleutnant Walter Barte, 4. Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, crashing at Spalbeek, Limburg, 8 km WSW of Hasselt, Belgium. All six crew members were killed.]
Dossett, Trevor Arthur Son of Arthur L. Dossett, and Dorothy Baldry. Married 1st (Canada) Zita Sampson; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd Janet Borlase.	29.11.1920 Rochford district, Essex - 07.2012 living at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Sgt. ? [754127] Wt.Off. ? P/O (prob) 10.08.1943 [159850] (WS) F/O 10.02.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 10.08.1945 (reld 11.03.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	(09.1940)     No. 15 Intermediate Flying School (Oxfordshire) late 1940 - mid 1942 pilot, 222 Squadron RAF (Coltishall, North Weald, Rochford, Manston etc.) 1942 - 1944 flight instructor, Weyburn, Saskatchewan & Kingston, Ontario (Canada) 10.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1944 - 1946 1401 Meteorological Flight RAF (Belgium & Holland) Property developer.
Dowse, Arthur Patrick "Paddy" Son of Herbert Dowse, and Florence Anne Andrews (1886-1956), of Dalkey.	08.02.1915 Dublin - 17.04.1943 (KIA) [age 28] [Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Germany, 11.D.28] [commemorated at Deansgrange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin]	Sgt. ? [968410] P/O (prob) 09.11.1940, seniority 03.11.1940 [88035] (WS) F/O 09.11.1941, seniority 03.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 09.11.1942, seniority 03.11.1942 DFC 30.01.1942 ? MID 14.01.1944 ?	09.11.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1941)     144 Squadron RAF (DFC) ? - 17.04.1943 pilot instructor, 78 Squadron RAF [Taken off from Linton On Ouse. His aircraft Halifax DT773 was shot down on returning form operations to Pilzen (Skoda works). Crashed dry lake bed of Max Eyth See in the Hofen district of Stuttgart. Night fighter. Lt.Joseph Nabrich III./NJG101 03:17 hours.]
Du Boulay, [Sir] Roger William Houssemayne Son of Capt. Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay, RN (1894-1967), and Mary Alice Veronica Morgan (1895-1964). Brother of Lt. Hubert Charles Houssemayne Du Boulay, RNVR. Married (1957) Elizabeth, daughter of late Brig. Francis Wyville Home, late RM, and Molly Eveline Louise Mary, Lady Pile; one daughter, and two step sons.	30.03.1922 - 01.2008 still alive in Hertfordshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1321688] P/O (prob) 06.11.1942 [134135] (WS) F/O (prob) 10.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 10.11.1944 (reld 28.02.1947) F/O 28.02.1947 (reld 28.02.1957) KCVO 26.03.1982 ? CVO 19.05.1972 ? CMG 14.06.1975 HM's birthday 75	Education: Winchester College; Oxford University 06.11.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 28.02.1947 commissioned, reconstituted RAFVR 28.02.1952 extension of service (5 years) HM Colonial Service, Nigeria, 1949-1958; HM Foreign, later Diplomatic, Service, 1959; FO, 1959; Washington, 1960-1964; FCO 1964-1967; Manila, 1967-1971; Alternate Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1967-1969, and Director, 1969-1971; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris, 1971-1973; Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides, 1973-1975.Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 12.12.1975-09.04.1982 Adviser: Solomon Islands Government, 1986; Swaziland Government, 1992.
Duncan, Robert Lawson Married; at least one child. Residence: Cupar, Fife.	19.01.1920 - 03.01.1982 Rochester, Kent (while on holiday)	Wt.Off. ? [748351] P/O (prob) 17.11.1942 [138293] (WS) F/O (prob) 17.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 17.11.1944 F/Lt. 01.07.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 17.05.1946 (retd 13.08.1953; medical unfitness for air force service; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ? AFC 01.01.1947 ?	17.11.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.02.1946 extended service commission RAF 12.10.1948     permanent commission
Dunn, Maurice Son of Sidney Thomas Dunn (1883-1946), and Elizabeth Ann Smith, of Hendon.	28.06.1914 Reading, Berkshire - 31.08.1942 [age 28] [Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex, sec. G9, grave 53753]	F/Sgt. ? [1375737] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [126682]	01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 31.08.1942 21 Operational Training Unit [Wellington Mk. IC R1232 took off from Moreton-in-Marsh for night flying training. While attempting to overshoot the runway at 21:10 hrs, it went out of control and hit a tree.  P/O M. Dunn, Sgt. B.A. Smith and Sgt. A. Perrett were killed.  Sgt. J.F. Boyer RCAF was injured.]

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