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Daeppen, James Christian	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101655] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Daglish, Eric Fitch Son of James William Daglish, and Kate Annie Fitch. Married 1st (08.03.1918, St John the Evangelist's Church, Finsbury Park, Hackney district, London; divorced 12.1933) Alice Lesley Mary Archer (02.11.1896 - 01.2000), daughter of Percy George Archer; one daughter, two sons. Married 2nd ((06?).1934, Honiton district, Devon) Esther Lena Rutland (30.10.1910 - 08.1996); one daughter, one son.	29.08.1892 Hackney district, London - 05.04.1966 St Mary's Hospital, Paddington district, London W2	P/O (prob) 16.05.1941 [68217] (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1945 (WS) F/Lt. 23.04.1946 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	Education: Hereford County College; University of London. WW I     2nd Lt., 78th Brigade Royal Field Artillery - Supplementary Reserve (went to France 1917; British War Medal; Victory Medal) 16.05.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF Naturalist, book illustrator (wood engraver) & writer.
Dale, Alfred "Freddy" Son (with six brothers and three sisters) of William Dale (1865?-1929), and Janet McHarg (1865-1945), of Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Unmarried.	26.11.1902 Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire - 08.05.1983 Nursing Home, Brighton, East Sussex (formerly of Hove, Sussex) [Hove Cemetery]	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103316] P/O (prob) 18.09.1941 P/O 15.08.1942 (WS) F/O 18.09.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.04.1944, seniority 01.07.1943 (demobilized 28.02.1946) (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MID 14.06.1945 ?	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission] 15.11.1945 - 28.02.1946 No. 104 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF (Hednesford) Worked for the Michelin Tyre Company pre-war and afterwards until his retirement as a Sales Representative for the south coast.
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 between 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 members were killed.]
Daniels, Walter Percy Frank Son of ... Daniels, and ... Middleditch. Married ((06?).1943, Chatham district, Kent) Norah Edith Channon (02.07.1921 - 03.1987); one son.	20.02.1922 Medway district, Surrey - 04.1993 Truro district, Cornwall	Sgt. ? [1800781] P/O (prob) 13.06.1944 [179279] (WS) F/O 13.12.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 13.06.1946 F/O 13.08.1948 03.05.1951, seniority 09.01.1950 F/Lt. 19.11.1953 DFC 22.05.1945 ?	13.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 17.09.1944 - 06.11.1944 550 Squadron RAF (13 operations) 07.11.1944 - (1945) 150 Squadron RAF (23 operations) (DFC) 13.08.1948     RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) 03.05.1951     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 03.05.1959 - 03.05.1963 Reserve of Air Force Officers
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.]
Daubeny, Ralph De Pomeroy Bulteel Son of Lt.Col. Giles Bulteel Daubeny, DSO (1882-1967), and Daisy De Pomeroy. Married ((09?).1948, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Pauline Dunn, daughter of P. Dunn.	(09?).1922 Christchurch district, Hampshire - 14.03.2009 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire	Hon. F/Lt. 04.01.1945 [71691] (reld 17.04.1946)	Education: Wellington College (1935.3-1940.2; VI, Dormitory Prefect); Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe; 1st class Hons. BSc Metal Mining). 1943     Ministry of Aircraft Production 1943 - 1944 Operational Research RAF Fighter Command 04.01.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [honorary commission] 1945 - 1946 Air Command South East Asia Command Employed by ICI Plastics Division Research Department, 1946.
Davey, Horace Balfour Eldest son (with one sister and two brothers) of Col. the Hon. Horace Scott Davey, CMG (1865-1935), and Annie Caroline Cunningham (1871-1931). Married ((09?).1938, Wandsworth district, London) Eva Skudder.	14.02.1894 Amballa, India - 12.05.1972 Hampstead district, London	Army:   2nd Lt. 01.02.1913 Lt. 26.08.1914 T/Capt. 10.08.1916 Capt. 08.12.1916, seniority 08.05.1916 T/Maj. 07.01.1917 RAF:   F/O (Obs.) 22.11.1915 F/Cdr. 10.08.1916 Sq.Cdr. 07.01.1917 F/Lt. (Hon. Sq.Ldr.) 30.08.1939 (reld 01.03.1940) F/Lt. 01.03.1940, seniority 30.08.1939 [79006] (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.03.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) MC 25.11.1916 * 15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - * For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led a reconnaissance of six machines with great courage and skill. Later, although attacked by ten hostile machines, he continued to carry out this reconnaissance. He has previously done fine work.	Received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 2752 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Military School, Norwich on 6 March 1916. An F.E.2b pilot, he and his observers scored six victories in France with 25 and 11 Squadrons in 1916.       late Cadet, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps 01.02.1913     commissioned, 6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) - Territorial Force 22.11.1915     seconded, Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) [An F.E.2b pilot, he and his observers scored six victories in France with 25 and 11 Squadrons in 1916.] 21.08.1921     transferred to unemployed list - RAF (Flying Branch) 30.08.1939 - 01.03.1940 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class CC) 01.03.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 18.11.1940     transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) Director for 40 years of E.M.G. Handmade Gramophones Ltd.
Davidson, Donald	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103317] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
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.]
Davidson, Robert Hunter "Bob" Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Andrew Davidson (1886-1924), and Margaret Skinner (1892-1980). Married (10.04.1933, Aberdeen South, Scotland) Helen Ann Maitland (03.06.1912 - 20.12.1970), daughter (with one sister) of Thomas Jaffrey Maitland (1884-1965), and Christina Ingram (1886-1957); two daughters, one son.	09.04.1913 Aberdeen, Scotland - 18.06.1984 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand	Wt.Offr. ? [1050880] P/O (prob) 17.12.1943 [170258] (WS) F/O 17.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 17.12.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 09.04.1958)	17.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]  1945 - 1946 180 Squadron RAF Read the detailed war service history which has been prepared by his son.
Davies, Emanuel Raymond	16.12.1907 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales - 12.1998 East Dorset district, Dorset	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103318] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Davies, Ianto	10.03.1909 Kensington district, London - 08.1993 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103319] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
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, John Wingett Son (with two sisters) of Capt. William Davies (1862-1937), and Emma Maud Oldaker (1874-1951). Married (11.06.1931, Epping, Essex) Elizabeth Mary Mann (? - 01.11.1994), daughter (with one sister and one half-brother) of George Walter Mann (1869-1931), and May Blurton (1872-1929); four children.	22.05.1908 St Luke, Wandsworth district, London - 11.09.1991 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	P/O (prob) 16.02.1940 [77581] P/O 16.02.1941 (WS) F/O 16.11.1940 (T) F/Lt. 01.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 15.09.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. ? OBE 01.01.1977 New Year 1977: Chairman, British Cinematograph Theatres Ltd.: For services to the Cinematograph Films Council LoM 17.08.1945 ?	Entered films in 1931. 16.02.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 1940?     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) Managing director, Davies Cinemas, Ltd.; British Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. National president CEA., 1953-54; chairman London Branch CEA., 1948; member Cinematograph Films Council; director FIDO.
Davies, Leonard "Len"	17.11.1920 - 04.2014 Cardiff	Wt.Offr. ? [808429] P/O (prob) 02.12.1942 [143088] (WS) F/O (prob) 02.06.1943	Education: BSc (Eng) Durham. 15.07.1940     151 Squadron RAF in the Battle of Britain (badly injured 28.08.1940) 02.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Res. Engineer, Head Wrightson, 1949-1952. Mechanical Engineer, ICI Ltd., 1952-1956. Chief Works Engineer, Imperial Aluminium Co. (Wales) Ltd., 1956.
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.
Davison, Wilfred Edmund	(12?).1903 Coventry district, Warwickshire - (03?).1967 Christchurch district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 07.07.1941 [104153] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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)
Dawson, Leslie James	23.06.1908 Surrey - 11.1990 Chichester district, Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104758] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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]
Day, Lawrence Ernest James Son of ... Day, and ... Wakefield. Married ((09?).1946, Edmonton district, Essex) Grace A. Addison; ... children (one son?).	(06?).1923 Edmonton district, Essex -	Sgt. ? [1392468] P/O (prob) 11.03.1944 [173520] (WS) F/O 11.09.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 11.03.1946 (reld 24.02.1947) DFC 12.12.1944 * * In October, 1944, this officer piloted an aircraft detailed to attack Duisburg. When nearing the target considerable anti-aircraft fire was encountered. Almost at the commencement of the bombing run the aircraft was hit. Although control, was temporarily lost, Flying Officer Day quickly regained control and executed a successful attack in the face of fierce fire from the ground defences. His determination and devotion to duty were typical of that which he has shown throughout his tour.	1942 - 1943 flying training in Alberta & Saskatchewan, Canada 11.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       41 Base RAF 10.06.1944 - ? 158 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Daynton, Cyril John Son of Claudian Penrose Daynton (1895-1968), omnibus driver, and Mary "Molly" O'Connor (1891-1960), of Sutton, Surrey.	(03?).1920 Lambeth district, London - 31.12.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 205]	F/Sgt. ? [1160708] P/O (prob) 26.04.1943 [146297] (WS) F/O (prob) 26.10.1943	26.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 31.12.1944 248 Squadron RAF [Mosquito HP922 (U) was subsequently lost returning from an Anti -shipping strike in Flekkefjord Norway after sustaining flak damage to one engine. Ditched returning. 31.12.1944. An attack on shipping in Flekkefjord left two German vessels badly damaged and two sunk. The merchant vessels sunk were the PALERMO of 1461 tons, the ACHIlLLES of 998 tons with one of the damaged ships being the WALLY FAULBAUM of 1675 tons. 143, 235 and 248 Sqns returned to Banff with an aircraft missing from 248 Sqn. This was Mosquito "U" which was ‘seen to be hit’ by flak. Whilst attempting to return to base on one engine it was forced to ditch after apparent failure of the live engine. The aircraft broke up after hitting the water, the pilot was seen to evacuate the plane and get into the aircraft’s dinghy, but despite an intensive air sea search of the area, was not found. The crew were; F/Lt J.F. Lown who was never found and F/O Daynton who went down with the aircraft.]
de Amodio, The Marquis Julio	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 27.06.1940 [81212] ... ...	27.06.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF
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]
Dear, Ian Eric Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Charles James Dear (1869-1920), and Florence Dorothy Dixie Tripp (1883-1962). Married (05.1930, Chelsea, London) Adelaide Mary Shaw (née Stone) (05.1901 - 09.03.1979); one daughter, one son.	09.1906 Sunderland, Durham - 19.05.1965 Westminster, London	P/O (prob) 07.06.1940 [80615] (WS) F/O 07.06.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 25.08.1942 (reld 14.09.1945) (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. 23.08.1941	07.06.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] 06.1940 - 10.1943 HQ No. 10 Group RAF (Rudloe Manor near Corsham, Wiltshire) (acting as an assistant controller in the Operations Room) 10.1943 - 12.1943 RAF Station Colerne (as Section Controller) 01.01.1944 - 1945 HQ IX Tactical Air Command USAAF (Middle Wallop, Wiltshire) (as liaison officer) His son writes: "He was a radar specialist who was recruited, I believe, because he had the reputation on the Stock Exchange as someone who was discreet. At Middle Wallop in 1944 he first met the Polish fighter ace, Teddy Sawicz. They remained friends for some years after the war and I have a photograph of Teddy with his then wife Diana in our garden. During the Normandy invasion my father served in the Operations Room aboard USS Ancon, the HQ ship for American troops landing on Omaha beach where he landed on D+3. A letter of commendation he received at that time said he "served with distinction on the Headquarters Ship, USS Ancon, during the invasion phase" and that he was "one of the first members of the IX Tactical Air Command to land on the Continent and assisted materially in its organisation on this shore." He remained with the advancing Allied forces until they reached Brussels in September 1944 before returning to the UK shortly afterwards. He was demobbed on 14 September 1945 and returned to the Stock Exchange. In 1953 he was made a partner in the stockbroking firm of Thompson-Schwab and ten years later he became a senior partner in the new firm of Spence, Veitch."
Dearden, Jack	? -	F/Sgt. ? [1483511] P/O (prob) 19.12.1943 [170893] (WS) F/O 19.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 19.12.1945 F/O 08.07.1963 (reld 08.07.1967) DFC 15.09.1944 ? AM 18.01.1944 for meritorious achievements in photographic reconnaissance for the USAAF [presented 10.43 at a US Army Air Station in the UK]	19.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     542 Squadron RAF (DFC) 08.07.1963 - 08.07.1967 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch)
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 exhausts 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.]
De La Torre, Bernard Eugene [Raphael] "Spy" Married 1st (09.09.1918, Brompton Oratory, Knightsbridge, London) Virginia Christine Perez-Triana (03.06.1897 - ); two daughters. Married 2nd ((12?).1952, St Marylebone district, London) Pamela Anne Edith Law (née Goff) (04.08.1917 -1963).	1896 ? France - 27.04.1965 Dublin, Ireland	P/O (prob) 29.07.1940 [83828] P/O 29.07.1941 (WS) F/O 05.09.1941, seniority 28.04.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 12.12.1942 (Emgcy, List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	29.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       Intelligence Officer, RAF Station Biggin Hill His stepson wrote: "He ran the RAF club in Dublin in the ‘50s.".
Delve, Arthur Archibald Son of Frederick and Lily Delve. Married ((06?).1933, Lambeth district, London) Phyllis Amelia Hicks, of Shirley, Surrey; one daughter.	(03?).1909 Barnstaple district, Devon - 04.07.1942 [age 33] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 69]	Cpl. ? [1177487] P/O (prob) 20.01.1942 [116592]	20.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.07.1942 a navigator, helping to transport Bristol Beauforts from Malta to Alexandria when his plane got in to trouble and crashed in to the sea about 10 miles from Alexandria; the other planes circled but no survivors were spotted.
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 Ste Croix, Geoffrey Ernest Maurice	? - ?	Ldg.Acm. ? [1273048] (A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 12.07.1941 [101768] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
De Ville, Eric Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Martin De Ville (1871-1944), and Harriett Elizabeth Saltmarsh (1871-1941). Married ((09?).1940, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Irene Frances Hills (21.01.1908 - 1987); one son.	22.07.1905 Coulsdon, Croydon district, London - 26.09.1982 Eckington, Pershore district, Worcestershire	(A) P/O (prob) 19.07.1938 [72383] (A) P/O 25.08.1939 (reld 06.07.1950)	Education: University of London (1924-1928; BSc (Eng.)); Selwyn College, Cambridge (MA 1931). Joined Oundle School 1929 as Assistant Master. 19.07.1938     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Published: Elements of electrical engineering (1935); Electricity simplified (1939); 1,000 questions and answers for A.T.C. Cadets (1943); Electricity (1955); Heat engines (1960). A relative writes: "At the beginning of the war he took over the organization of the Air section of the Officer Training Corps at Oundle School and he remained in charge throughout the war. After leaving Oundle in 1957 he went to the Naval College at Dartmouth."
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 main force recrossed the English coast enemy intruders were patrolling over England. At 0420 hours, the Halifax was over Ely, Cambridgeshire 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.]
Dickins, Frederick James Douglas	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101656] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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, John Hellewell Married ...; ... children (one son?).	17.10.1922 Doncaster district, West Riding of Yorkshire - (03?).1971 Don Valley district, West Riding of Yorkshire	F/Sgt. ? [1452310] P/O (prob) 21.06.1944 [178058] (WS) F/O 21.12.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 21.06.1946	21.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "Served RAF North Creak amongst others."
Dickinson, John Patrick Son (with one sister) of William John Wentworth Dickinson (1884-1952), and Madeline Blanche Beresford (1885-1959). Married ...; ... children.	29.01.1918 Axbridge district, Somerset - (09?).1971 Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [903304] P/O (prob) 30.11.1940, seniority 14.11.1940 [88863] (WS) F/O (prob) 30.11.1941, seniority 14.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 30.11.1942, seniority 14.11.1942 F/Lt. 20.10.1947, seniority 30.11.1946 (commission resigned 07.01.1958) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1947) MID 07.01.1947 ?	30.11.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.11.1941 pilot, 99 Squadron RAF (Waterbeach) [His Vickers Wellington T2554 (LN-F) had taken off 17:21 hrs for a bombing mission of Berlin. Aircraft was lost. Five of the crew were taken prisoner, one was killed.] 1941 - 1945 POW in German captivity 20.10.1947     short service commission, RAF (Secretarial Branch) His grandson writes: "He was in Stalag luft 3 in April 1942 and was involved in a tunnel escape there, this was discovered and he ended up in solitary. Two further escape attempts with Vincent " Bush " Parker resulted in him being transferred to Colditz in May 1945. He took part in 4 escape attempts while in colditz, the tunnel from the attic in the British officers quarters (discovered),  he also jumped the wall on 2 occasions and rode to Chemnitz. He also hid under a bread van..... Unfortunately the tail gate fell down as it was leaving and a German guard noticed him while putting it back up. His nicknames were "Bag" and "Ming". He was also stationed in Cyprus and Bridgnorth."
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 evasive 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.]
Dickson, John Son (with one sister) of John Dick Dickson (1878-1960), and Jessie Kerr (1881-1944). Married (10.07.1939) Jessie Gow Frame; one daughter.	15.02.1911 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 30.03.1978	Sgt. ? [1366738] (A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1944 [172661] P/O (prob) 18.05.1944 (WS) F/O 18.11.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 15.02.1956; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	23.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.02.1946 an Assistant to the Provost Marshal
Dineen, Thomas George	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101657] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Disley, Ronald Max	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101658] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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.]
Dix, Reginald John Henry "Reg" Son of Henry Alfred Dix (1887-1945), and Grace Florence Bentley (1891-1978). Married ((09?).1952, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Evelyn Martha Ormston; no children.	26.08.1921 Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London - 14.05.1995 Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey	(T) F/Sgt. ? [1181873] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [122822] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.11.1942	07.1940     enlisted, RAFVR 01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       141 Squadron RAF       239 Squadron RAF 10.1943     169 Squadron RAF (eventually in India; commanded the squadron's 173 Group, finishing as a wing leader) Construction and engineering consultant. Sales Manager, Celotex Ltd., United Kingdom, 1961 (joined the company in 1953 as London representative and in June 1956 was promoted Manager, Standard Products Sales). Then moved to The Stone Firms, Ltd., then Building Management and Marketing Consultants. Chairman of the Council, The Modular Society.
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
Dixon, Walter Harry Married ...; ... children (one son?).	? - ?	Ldg.Acm. ? [1439925] P/O (prob) 26.06.1943 [146078] (WS) F/O (prob) 26.12.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 25.06.1945 (reld 21.10.1945; medical unfitness for Air Force service)	26.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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
Dobson, Eric George Son of ... Dobson, and ... Hammond. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	28.11.1920 Ilford, Romford district, Essex - 04.1999 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	F/Sgt. ? [1394317] P/O (prob) 21.03.1944 [175306] (WS) F/O 21.09.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 21.03.1946	21.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "He volunteered for RAF in 1942 and was part of Arnold Scheme and gained his wings in Alabama USA. Served with AFU, 2 AGS, 74 Squadron, 11 Squadron."
Dodd, Frank Leslie	05.03.1919 - 30.04.1993	Sgt. ? [741875] P/O (prob) 28.12.1940, seniority 15.12.1940 [89766] ... ... Air Vice Marshal 01.01.1972 DSO 08.09.1944 ? DFC 08.09.1945 ? AFC 08.06.1944 ?	28.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Dodd, Theodore Laurence Son (with three sisters [two died in infancy] and one brother) of Joseph Oswald Dodd (1874-1941), and Mabel Shaw (1883-1963). Married (06.04.1940, Middlewich Methodist Chapel, Cheshire) Margaret "Peggy" Seddon (10.04.1914 - 19.05.2009), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Roland Seddon (1884-1955), and Marion Massey (1889-1974); one son, one daughter.	15.10.1915 Winsford, Northwich district, Cheshire - 09.05.1962 Shrewsbury, Shropshire	AC 2nd cl. 23.11.1937 [740886] AC 1st cl. 01.01.1941 (A) P/O (prob) 21.03.1941, seniority 04.03.1941 [62461] P/O (prob) 11.04.1941 P/O 21.03.1942 (WS) F/O 11.04.1942, seniority 25.03.1942 (A) F/Lt. 01.02.1943 (T) F/Lt. 01.07.1944	Education: Verdin Grammar School, Winsford, Cheshire. Bank clerk. 23.11.1937     enlisted, RAFVR (22.07.1938 flying accident at Barton, Manchester, resulting in a broken back) 02.09.1939     mobilized, Manchester Training Centre 09.1939 - 11.1941 Home Service (UK) Hastings, East Sussex; Hanworth, Middlesex; Meir Stoke, Staffordshire; Penrhos, Gwynedd; Calshot, Hampshire; Pwllheli, Gwynedd; Loughborough, Leicestershire; Warmwell, Dorset 21.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] 09.11.1941 - 30.09.1942 pilot, 73 Operational Training Unit RAF (Yemen, Aden) 01.10.1942 - 15.12.1942 pilot, RAF Station Sheikh Othman (Yemen) 16.12.1942 - 28.05.1943 71 Operational Training Unit RAF (Nanyuki, Kenya) (for flying control) 29.05.1943 - 07.12.1943 RAF Station Port Reitz (Mombasa, Kenya) (for flying control) 08.12.1943 - 18.01.1944 258 Wing RAF (Kenya) (for flying control) 19.01.1944 - 20.01.1944 No. 22 Personnel Transit Centre RAF (supernumerary; for passage to Italy) 21.01.1944 - 10.11.1944 334 Wing RAF (Brindisi, Italy) (for flying control) 11.11.1944 - 16.11.1944 No. 3 Base Personnel Depot RAF (Italy) (supernumerary) 17.11.1944 - 02.11.1944 No. 1 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF (supernumerary; for passage to UK) 03.11.1944 - 28.09.1945 Home Service (UK) Chivenor, Devon; St David’s, Pembrokeshire; Pembroke Dock
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.]
Dodson, Ernest Married ...; ... children (one son?).	(06?).1911 Burnley district, Lancashire - 18.01.1992	Cpl. ? [1000301] (A) P/O (prob) 11.11.1943 [159559] (WS) F/O 06.07.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 30.03.1956)	09.1943     No 60 Initial Course Officers' School 11.11.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Doherty, Robert Aubrey Alexander Son of Robert John and Sarah Doherty, of Knock, Co. Down.	(12?).1918 Belfast district, Northern Ireland - 24.02.1945 (MPK) [age 27] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 265]	Sgt. ? [754384] P/O (prob) 07.08.1941 [102594] (WS) F/O 07.08.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 27.07.1944 DFC 24.10.1941 ? MID 01.01.1945 ?	Education: Queen's University, Belfast (Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, 1934-1936). 07.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1941)     104 Squadron RAF (DFC) 07.04.1943     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 27.03.1944     transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 24.02.1945 608 Squadron RAF [Missing, presumed killed as pilot with the crash of de Havilland Mosquito B. Mk.XX "KB350" near Hohn/Rendsburg/Kiel, Germany. The aircraft, in which he and Navigator Flying Officer Leonard Moore were on their way for an operation over Berlin (taken off form Downham Market at 18:16 hrs) , was reported missing in action in the night of February 23rd/24th, 1945.]
Dorrell, Stanley George "Stan" Son of ... Dorrell, and ... Jones. Married ((06?).1941, Thurrock district, Essex) Ellen Mary Harvey (12.05.1920 - 12.08.2003), daughter of John Huron Daniel Harvey (1893-1926), and Sarah Ann Boone (1897-1951); one son.	(12?).1919 Atcham district, Shropshire - 23.11.1943 [Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, collective grave 3.K.17-21]	Wt.Offr. ? [655352] P/O (prob) 10.10.1943 [169445]	Worked for Batas in Tilbury, Essex. 10.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 23.11.1943 7 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III EE119 (MG-N) had taken off from Oakington on 16:48 hrs on 22.11.1943 for an bombing operation over Berlin. Aircraft was lost, all seven 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.
Doward, Leonard Alexander "Len"   Son (with one sister) of John Alexander Doward (1891-1974), and Edith Evelyn Green (1890-). Married ...; ... children.	28.07.1920 Sutton, Lambeth district, London - 07.11.2022	F/Sgt. ? [658062] (A) P/O (prob) 05.08.1944 [182242] (WS) F/O 05.02.1945 (reld 30.12.1947) F/O 30.12.1947 F/Lt. 12.04.1952 24.08.1954, seniority 18.07.1954 EM 26.05.1950 -	Bank clerk. 05.08.1944 - 30.12.1947 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]   - 07.11.1944 625 Squadron RAF 08.11.1944 -   550 Squadron RAF 30.12.1947     commissioned, Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 24.08.1954     transferred, Reconstituted RAFVR (Secretarial Branch)
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.
Dufour, Walter Raymond	22.09.1906 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 01.1989 Torbay district, Devon	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103320] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Duncan, James Robert	? -	P/O (prob) 12.04.1941 [63511] ... ...	12.04.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF
Duncan, Kenneth Charles	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101659] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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.]
Dwyer, Brian Robert Son (with two brothers) of John Harold Dwyer (1896-1981), and Elsie Noakes (1901-1979). Married (01.04.1944, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) ... Kingston.	21.11.1923 Leicester, Leicestershire - 02.09.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [Mertert Communal Cemetery, Luxembourg, joint grave]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1579581] P/O (prob) 23.12.1943 [154846] (WS) F/O 23.06.1944	23.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.09.1944 navigator, 107 Squadron RAF (Lasham, Hampshire) [de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.Mk VI (NS912) went missing from attack on railways in NW Germany; F/Lt. D.D. Hall RAFVR was also killed.]
Dyke, George Oswald Leonard Son of ... Dyke, and ... Brown. Married ((09?).1953, St Marylebone district, London) Susanna Exiner.	(12?).1920 Calne district, Dorset - 02.04.2010 St Saud, France	Sgt. ? [1180505] P/O (prob) 17.05.1941 [100564] (WS) F/O 14.05.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 14.05.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1945?) DFC 29.01.1946 ?	Education: Cambridge University (MA 1953; BA 1949). 17.05.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1943 - 1944 pilot, 157 Squadron RAF (UK) [flying Mosquito VI - HJ647; 2 confirmed victories (01.12.1943), 1 probable victory (20.11.1943), 1 enemy aircraft damaged (20.11.1943)] 1944 - 1945 Flight Commander, 45 Squadron RAF (Far East) Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple), 11.1952. Chief Justice of Botswana; Resident Magistrate Uganda 1954-60; Legal Draftsman Kenya 1960- 66; Parliamentary Draftsman Malawi.
Dyson, James Herbert	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101660] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

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