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RAF and Commonwealth Air Forces Roll of Honour - The Unaccounted Airmen Project

122,433 casualty records in this database.
120,838 records (98.70%) are "Accounted for".
99932 are aviation. 20906 are non-aviation deaths.
1,595 (0.00%) are still unaccounted.
355 records (486.30%) have photographs

This is a database of all commonwealth airforces casualities in the Second World War. The primary data is taken from the CWGC site, and has been enhanced by the AIR81 data from the National Archives and the Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project that was initiated by the late Henk Welting, and being continued by the forum members. This site helps you to easily search for a casualty based on partial name or number, exact date or year of death, provide the aircraft associated with the casualty or details. Click on Surname to see more details, and sources.

The data continously feeds into some Graphical Charts : View some of the charts here

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Your current query terms 1941-04-09 returns 73 records, 73 records (100.00%) have circumstances of death. 0 records (0.00%) do not have details. 0 Photos are available.

For additional details around the circumstances of some of the casualities, Check the "Unaccounted Airmen" thread at 410409 - Unaccounted Airmen - 09-04-1941
Rank Name, Number, Trade & Details DateUnit Country Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Aircraftman 2nd ClassIrvine Douglas BOWLES (701578) He was killed when his car col....  Forum Post 1941-04-09 United KingdomCompton Dundon (St. Andrew) Ch
Warrant OfficerRobert GOWLAND (345161) Drowned on active service, 9th....  Forum Post 1941-04-09 United KingdomWashington Cemetery
Aircraftman 1st ClassEdward Michael John O'DONOVAN (1187116) He was fatally injured in air ....  Forum Post 1941-04-09 United KingdomMortlake Cemetery
Leading AircraftmanAlfred Ernest WEBB (39552) Almost certainly Died in Air R....  Forum Post 1941-04-09 United KingdomEastwick (St. Botolph) Churchy
Flight SergeantEdwin Charles William BROAD (353669) He was admitted seriously ill ....  Forum Post 1941-04-091 SoTT United KingdomHalton (St. Michael) Churchyar
SergeantThomas Robert SAVIN (542315) Accidently drowned at at the h....  Forum Post 1941-04-0910 OTU United KingdomLiverpool (Allerton) Cemetery
Flight SergeantHerbert Phillip ADAMS (745709) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 EgyptAlamein Memorial
SergeantKenneth Welby CLIFTON (755808) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 EgyptAlamein Memorial
SergeantJoseph Lewis McNAMARA (40725) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 EgyptAlamein Memorial
SergeantHenry Louis MOODY (937841) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 EgyptAlamein Memorial
Flight SergeantPhilip CRAMP (745809) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 MaltaMalta Memorial
SergeantJoseph Edward SELLORS (747887) Wellington IC T2952  AIR81/5769 1941-04-09148 Sqdn AIR27 MaltaMalta Memorial
SergeantAlfred George COSTER (545351) Air Gunner Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
Pilot OfficerJohn Alastair GRAHAM (401207) Observer Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantJohn Barker Churchill JAGO (904013) Pilot Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantAlbert William ROSE (986176) Wireless Op Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantFrank Maitland JARRETT (904430) Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantPeter Eric Montague MERTENS (915446) Wellington IC X3167  AIR81/5766 1941-04-09149 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
Flight LieutenantLionel Mountjoy SQUIRE (2525) Vildebeest NZ 117  Forum Post  Ext Link 1941-04-092 Sqdn RNZAF AIR27 New ZealandHamilton East Public Cemetery
Aircraftman 1st ClassLindo James THOMSON (391981) Vildebeest NZ 117  Forum Post  Ext Link 1941-04-092 Sqdn RNZAF AIR27 New ZealandInvercargill (Eastern) Cemeter
SergeantRichard BROWN (944326) Wireless Op Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantJames Clark CATTELL (40932) Observer Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantJohn Philip CUSWORTH (745758) Pilot Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantCornelius Matthew Flinders HITCHCOCK (904310) Pilot Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantAlexander John McHARDY (973376) Air Gunner Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
SergeantDouglas Cyril ROWLAND (910608) Wireless Op Wellington IC T2542  Archive Post 1941-04-09214 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyKiel War Cemetery
Pilot OfficerClaude Galliard GIBSON (85023) Blenheim IV N3609  AIR81/5780 1941-04-09254 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
Pilot OfficerJohn Alfred PARRY (84950) Blenheim IV N3609  AIR81/5780 1941-04-09254 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantRobert Kendrick WEST (755094) Blenheim IV N3609  AIR81/5780 1941-04-09254 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantLeslie Roland TRUMAN (748307) Pilot Hurricane I V6611  NA/PRO 1941-04-09257 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomCardington (St. Mary) Church C
Flight SergeantLeonard Hilary Borlase PEARCE (741920) Pilot Hurricane I V7610  Ext Link 1941-04-0946 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomKirkby Wharfe (St. John The Ba
Leading AircraftmanLeslie Heath SMITH (1110716) Magister I L8085  Forum Post 1941-04-095 EFTS United KingdomBrentwood (London Road) Cemete
Pilot OfficerIan Francis ANDERSON (43082) Pilot Blenheim IV V5862  NA/PRO 1941-04-0953 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomWokingham (All Saints) Churchy
SergeantEdward Albert James (Sonny) FABIAN (908487) Air Gunner Blenheim IV V5862  NA/PRO 1941-04-0953 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomSt. Eval Churchyard
SergeantHenry Hilton WALKER (754774) Observer Blenheim IV V5862  NA/PRO 1941-04-0953 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomChigwell (St. Mary The Less) C
SergeantRobert BURTON (R/60228) Pilot Spitfire Ia N3250  Forum Post 1941-04-0957 OTU United KingdomHawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchy
SergeantJohn Edward CADDICK (949386) Air Gunner Wellington Ic R1437  AIR81/5778 1941-04-0957 Sqdn AIR27 GermanySage War Cemetery
SergeantDonald DAY (758035) Pilot Wellington Ic R1437  AIR81/5778 1941-04-0957 Sqdn AIR27 GermanySage War Cemetery
Pilot OfficerJohn Hampton ROWDEN (83249) Pilot Spitfire IIa P7784  Ext Link 1941-04-0964 Sqdn AIR27 FranceDunkirk Town Cemetery
Flight SergeantAnthony Charles JUPP (581459) Wireless Op Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
SergeantWilliam Edward OSTERFIELD (644162) Wireless Op Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Flight LieutenantVictor Fernley Baker PIKE (41868) Pilot Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Flight SergeantGordon Percy Carver SMITH (755541) Observer Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
SergeantClifford SUMNER (742439) Pilot Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
SergeantAlan James WHITBY (900277) Wireless Op Stirling I N6011  Ext Link 1941-04-097 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery
SergeantJohn Pyott ELSWORTH (779042) Hurricane I V7483  AIR81/5833 1941-04-0973 Sqdn AIR27 EgyptAlamein Memorial
Flight LieutenantMichael Hilton FRANKLIN (33423) Blenheim IV V6148  AIR81/5787 1941-04-0986 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantEdgar Stewart JONES (759235) Blenheim IV V6148  AIR81/5787 1941-04-0986 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantFrank Charles SLOANE (755852) Blenheim IV V6148  AIR81/5787 1941-04-0986 Sqdn AIR27 United KingdomRunnymede Memorial
SergeantJoseph ANDERSON (974017) Wireless Op Wellington IC T2473  AIR81/5765 1941-04-099 Sqdn AIR27 GermanyReichswald Forest War Cemetery

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We acknowledge that the data compiled here comes from multiple sources. National Archive ORBs (links given) and other external websites. Even for external websites - it is quite likely that they refer to published material on RAF history and losses. Some of these books/authors are acknowledged in our Essential RAF Researchers Book List. These Authors include (But not limited to) Bill Chorley, Colin Cummings, David Gunby, J J Halley,Ross McNeill and Pelham Temple. Additionally, the data on this site could not have been made possible without the serious contribution and help of the following websites. International Bomber Command Centre | Malcolm Barrass' RAFWEB : Air of Authority | National Archives (UK) | Air Crew Remembered | Jagan Pillarisetti's Bharat-Rakshak.

The Updated Data in its current form is the copyright of RAFCommands.com unless otherwise stated. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is acknowledged as the source of the primary material. Additional Contributions by RAF Commands Forum Members: wwrsimon, Alex Smart, Dennis Burke, COL BRUGGY, Dick, Paul McMillan, Ross McNeill, alclark, Martyn A Critchlow, davew, Pavel Vancata (CZ_RAF), thorne83, Kiran Toor (Amrit), Rich Allenby, AlanW, alieneyes, Resmoroh, Bill Walker, Theletterwriter, phill jones, John Larder, Brian (Lyffe), AL90, Ken MacLean, Marks, Andy Ingham, John Engelsted (JohnE) and many others. Off Forum Contributions by Jonathan Heyworth, Andrew Curtis, Russell Guest and Glenda Godfrey.

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