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In memory of by year lost:

1940

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Name: CLARKE, ROBERT HUGH
Initials: R H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.,, "K" Flight
Age: 24
Date of Death: 31/10/1940
Service No: 40513
Additional information: Son of Robert Hugh Clarke, and of Mary Elizabeth Clarke, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 239.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: GRAY-WORCESTER, ANTHONY
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 18/07/1940
Service No: 33338
Additional information: Son of William Gilbert Gray-Worcester and Eleanor Mary Worcester, of Kyreina, Cyprus.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: P. 241.
Cemetery: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY 

 

Name: HAYWARD, JACK MAURICE
Initials: J M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn., "K" Flight
Age: 21
Date of Death: 06/11/1940
Service No: 40111
Additional information: Son of Cecil John Hayward, and of Margaret Olive Hayward, of Leeds, Kent. See information below with Savage
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. B. 16.
Cemetery: KEREN WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SAVAGE, KENNETH HOWARD
Initials: K H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 06/11/1940
Service No: 37483
Additional information: Son of Howard Benjamin and Ella Mary Savage, of Ipswich, Suffolk. They were patrolling to the east of Metemma when a formation of an estimated six or seven CR.42s from 412a Squadriglia led by the unit commander Capitano Raffi attacked them from out of the sun. The Gladiator pilots were taken by surprise; 24-year-old Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Howard Savage (RAF no. 37483) (L7614) was shot down and killed while Pilot Officer Kirk (K7969) was forced to take to his parachute; neither pilot saw their attacker
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. C. 16.
Cemetery: KEREN WAR CEMETERY    

 

Name: TAIT, CHARLES JOHN WILSON
Initials: C J W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/06/1940
Service No: 565362
Additional information: Son of John Wilson and Rosa Matilda Tait, of Edinburgh. One way in which the RAF Sports Board was to give considerable assistance, was in the provision of badly needed trophies. Over the years they have kindly donated seven trophies. One of the most treasured is the Sergeant Tait silver loving cup. Sergeant C J W Tait was killed on active service in 1940 serving with No 112 Squadron. To commemorate his death his mother gave the cup to the Sports Board who considered badminton an appropriate sport. The Sergeant Tait cup has been in constant use every since. Mrs Tait was kept informed of the competition results until her death and after that the Association corresponded with her niece until contact was finally lost with the family in 1974.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 14. B. 1.
Cemetery: KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY

1941

 

Name: BANKS, EDWIN THOMAS
Initials: E T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 13/03/1941
Service No: 40978
Additional information: Son of Albert and Margaret Cameron Banks, of Nottingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. D. 18.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: FERGUSON, ARCHIBALD HENRY
Initials: A H
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 28
Date of Death: 20/12/1941
Service No: 404542
Additional information: Son of James Smith Ferguson and Bijou Marian Ferguson, of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 246.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: GLASGOW, FREDERICK DUNFORD
Initials: F D
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/11/1941
Service No: NZ402469
Additional information: Son of Frederick Dunford Glasgow and Lizzie Carrie Glasgow, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 246.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: HOUSTON, WILLIAM EARL
Initials: W E
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/12/1941
Service No: 402473
Additional information: Son of Arthur Robert and Agnes McLean Houston, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 245.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: JOHNSTON, FAIRBANKS KOEN
Initials: F K
Nationality: South African
Rank: Second Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 20
Date of Death: 20/08/1941
Service No: 102205
Additional information: Son of Nicholas U. Johnston and Maria E. Johnston, of Steynsrust, Orange Free State. JOHNSTON (2/Lt) FAIRBANKS KOEN Estate file of Fairbanks Koen JOHNSTON, dated 1941, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria) Rank: Second Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 20 Date of Death: 20/08/1941 Additional information: Son of Nicholas U. Johnston and Maria E. Johnston, of Steynsrust, Orange Free State. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. C. 8. Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. C. 8.
Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY  

 

Name: SCORROR, THOMAS HENRY
Initials: T H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 14 Sqdn., On the morning of 08/02/1941, four Blenheims of 14 Sqdn where sent on an bombing mission over 44 Gruppo air base at Asmara. The aircraft fell victim to anti aircraft fire, all perished in the crash.. Among it's members was a pilot from "K" Flight, P/O Scorror, who was acting as their gunner.
Date of Death: 08/02/1941
Service No: 89780
Additional information: Son of Henry Kay Scorror and Anne Elizabeth Scorror, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 4. A. 3.
Cemetery: ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

 

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Sgt Everard Harvie Mills RAAF

Fayi Egypt. August 1941. A cross marks the grave in the Fayid War Cemetery, Plot 1, Row C, Grave 17, of Sergeant (Sgt) Everard Harvie Mills RAAF, of No. 112 Squadron RAF, who died 31 August 1941 as a result of an aircraft accident. The service number 404168 shown on the cross is incorrect. Sgt Mills' correct number is 404180. He was the son of Albert Thomas Mills and Eleanore Frances Mills of Toorak, Vic. Fayid is a town, twenty kilometres south of Ismailia

Name: MILLS, EVERARD HARVIE
Initials: E H
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 28
Date of Death: 31/08/1941
Service No: 404180
Additional information: Son of Albert Thomas Mills and Eleanore Frances Mills, of Toorak, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. C. 17.
Cemetery: FAYID WAR CEMETERY

 

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Sergeant Edward McCormack, RAAF

Egypt. September 1941. A cross and wreath mark the grave in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Row K, Grave 136, of 404181 Sergeant Edward McCormack, RAAF Pilot, of No. 112 Squadron RAF, who died 16 September 1941 (the date on the cross is 17 September 1941). He was the son of John and Emily Constance McCormack of Brisbane, Qld.

Name: McCORMACK, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 16/09/1941
Service No: 404181
Additional information: Son of John and Emily Constance McCormack, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: K. 136.
Cemetery: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY   
Date of Birth 10 Jan 1919
Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD 
Date of Enlistment 21 Jun 1940 
Locality on Enlistment Unknown 
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD 
Next of Kin MCCORMACK, EMILY 
Date of Death 16 Sep 1941 
Rank Sergeant 
Posting on Death 112 Squadron 
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No 
Roll of Honour SURAT QL

 

Name: McDONALD, ROBERT HALDANE
Initials: R H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 07/05/1941
Service No: 42316
Additional information: Son of Colonel J. H. McDonald, formerly of the Indian Medical Service, and of Rosina McDonald, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: K. 19.
Cemetery: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY        

 

Name: JEFFRIES, ROBERT JAMES DANIEL
Initials: R J D
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/12/1941
Service No: 406179
Additional information: Stepson of Charles Frederic, and son of Lillian Blanche Jeffries, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 245.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

 

Name: NEDWILL, RICHARD JOHN COURTNEY
Initials: R J C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 26/03/1941
Service No: 31469
Awards: AFC
Additional information: Son of Courtney Llewelyn Nedwill, and of Ida Constance Nedwill (nee Peache), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 5. D. 16.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: STIRRAT, IAN HARPER
Initials: I H
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 25
Date of Death: 04/10/1941
Service No: 404186
Additional information: Son of Andrew Harper Stirrat and Mary Ethel Louise Stirrat, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. A. 10.
Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: WEIR, WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Initials: W D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 58 Sqdn. attached to 112 Sqn at time of death?
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/05/1941
Service No: 967309
Additional information: Son of John Stewart Weir and Gladys Weir, of Swansea.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 271.
Cemetery: SWANSEA (OYSTERMOUTH) CEMETERY 

 

1942

 

Name: ATKINSON, ERIC
Initials: E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 04/06/1942
Service No: J/8414
Additional information: Son of Francis Atkinson, and of Winefred Atkinson, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 263.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: BARROW, JOHN SATTERTHWAITE
Initials: J S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 22/07/1942
Service No: 118054
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 248.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: BROWN, EPHRAIM HUGH
Initials: E H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 230 Sqdn. had served with 112 Sqn
Age: 24
Date of Death: 25/07/1942
Service No: 41777
Additional information: Son of Ephraim Hugh and Elizabeth Brown, of Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 247.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: BRUNTON, PETER CHARLES LINDSAY
Initials: P C L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 03/02/1942
Service No: 89774
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. B. 10.
Cemetery: BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: BURNEY, HENRY GEORGE
Initials: H G
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 30/05/1942
Service No: 402343
Additional information: Son of Charles William David and Mary Ellen Burney, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 265.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: CUDDON, BRIAN ANTHONY FREDERICK
Initials: B A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 11/12/1942
Service No: 115619
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 247.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: CROCKER, ALBERT THOMAS
Initials: A T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 04/01/1942
Service No: 1259818
Additional information: Sgt. A. T. Crocker OF No. 112 Sqn, R.A.F., crashed soon after taking off, the pilot was on his first flight in the new Kittyhawk .photos page 6
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. C. 32.
Cemetery: BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: DAVEY, JOHN VERNON
Initials: J V
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 24
Date of Death: 19/05/1942
Service No: R/74906
Additional information: Son of John and Kate E. Davey, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 264.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: DICKINSON, ERIC
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 28/05/1942
Service No: 64920
Additional information: Son of Alec and Mary Alice Dickinson, of Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. D. 7.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 

 

Name: DREW, ROY ARTHUR
Initials: R A
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Birthplace: Gumbowie, S. A.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/06/1942, Sidi Rajegh, Libya,
Service No: 407415
Awards: DFM
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Gertrude Cecilia Jane Drew, of Peterborough, 31Victoria Street, South Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 265.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 
Date of Birth 5 Aug 1914
Place of Birth PETERBOROUGH, SA 
Date of Enlistment 12 Oct 1940 
Locality on Enlistment Unknown 
Place of Enlistment ADELAIDE 
Next of Kin DREW, ARTHUR 
Prisoner of War No 
Roll of Honour PETERBOROUGH SA

 

Name: DONKIN, ALEXANDER TAIT
Initials: A T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 08/02/1942
Service No: 1055285
Additional information: Son of John and Marian Donkin, of Ashington, Northumberland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 12. B. 14.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

 

Name: EDWARDS, FELIX FRANCIS JOSEPH
Initials: F F J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 13/06/1942
Service No: 80140
Additional information: Of Southern Rhodesia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. H. 5.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA        

 

Name: ELWELL, GUY WILTON
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 08/02/1942
Service No: 1160921
Additional information: Son of Leslie E. and Lilian M. Elwell, of Sutton St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 249.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: ELLIOTT, PHILIP THORNTON
Initials: P T
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 09/03/1942
Service No: 404618
Additional information: Son of the Revd. Joseph Elliott and Constance Emily Elliott, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 17. E. 5.
Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: FISHER, JOHN REDVERS
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 17/05/1942
Service No: 118192
Additional information: Son of Matthew and Margaret Elizabeth Fisher, of Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 248.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: GARDENER, KEITH RONALD
Initials: K R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Service No: 103554
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Christina Louisa Gardener, of Muswell Hill, Middlesex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. C. 26.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Following from : http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_zemella.htm

At around 09:00 in the morning on 26 October seven MC.202s of the 9o and 10o Gruppi (Tenente Giulio Reiner (leader), Tenente Vittorio Squarcia (73a Squadriglia), Sottotenente Giorgio Bertolaso (91a Squadriglia), Sergente Maggiore Alessandro Bladelli, Sergente Ferruccio Terrabujo (91a Squadriglia), Sottotenente Vittorino Daffara (97a Squadriglia) and Sergente Maggiore Amleto Monterumici (90a Squadriglia)) took off to intercept a reportedly eighteen Bostons, escorted by thirty P-40s and ten Spitfires, heading to bomb Fuka. A few minutes earlier, at 08:50, twelve MC.202s of the 23o Gruppo, 3o Stormo, (four from the 70a Squadriglia, three of the 74a Squadriglia and five of the 75a Squadriglia) led by Capitano Mario Pinna (CO of the 75a Squadriglia) had taken off from Abu Aggag for a patrol mission (one of the aircraft was flown by Sottotenente Franco Bordoni-Bisleri of the 83a Squadriglia, 18o Gruppo).
Both Italian formations spotted the enemy bombers at the same time and the attack of the 4o Stormo and the 23o Gruppo made the bombers aiming inaccurate, so most of the bombs fell out of the target. Daffara claimed the left wingman of the head formation of Bostons, and damaged two more. Reiner strafed the bomber leader, which began to slip out of formation sideways. He then climbed and found a Spitfire in front of him, fired and hitting it. The Spitfire exploded when hitting the ground 20 kilometres south-east Fuka. Another Spitfire was claimed as a probable by Bertolaso, who also damaged two Bostons. Squarcia, after having damaged several Bostons and a P-40, pursued another Curtiss together with pilots of the 23o Gruppo, and forced it to make a wheels-up landing south of El Daba (the pilot, Sergeant Emy Meredith, was subsequently rescued by the same Squarcia together with Maggiore Simeone Marsan in the Stormo's Fiesler Storch). Bladelli damaged four Bostons and a P-40, but was hit and had to made an emergency landing at Fuka. Another P-40, shared by many, was seen to explode when hitting the ground. Monterumici, after having fired at the bombers, was hit by three rounds from a P-40; one stopped against the head armour, one hit the armoured windshield and one destroyed the instrument panel. Monterumici recalled:

"A sharp overturn when my armoured windshield explode, whose splinters injured my face. Meanwhile, the canopy exploded too and I, while slowing down a bit to take breath, was attacked by five or six P-46 [Note: in the reports of the time, "P-46" probably meant the P-40F], that were firing at me from everywhere. Pieces of the rudder and of the right wing flew off, many bullets hit the fuselage. To escape, I decent to the ground until my propeller touched the ground. Then I shut off the engine, but the aircraft at 700 km per hour seemed to never end to skim over the desert; I'll never forget that endless run [...]"
Monterumici was rescued same day around 18:00 by a companion that was patrolling on a motorcycle, after being missed by an Italian Storch (probably that one of Squarcia).
From the 23o Gruppo formation Bordoni-Bisleri claimed one of the fighters, which crash-landed about 15 km south-east of Fuka and Pinna claimed one probable Boston and a damaged fighter while Sergente Antonio Franciosi claimed a probable Kittyhawk and two damaged Bostons. Sergente Maurizio Mandolesi damaged two fighters and two bombers and all of the Gruppo's pilots damaged twelve aircraft. Sergente Maggiore Zemella jumped and parachuted in the El Quteifiya area due to an engine failure. According to some sources Bordoni-Bisleri’s victim was Sergeant J. G. Meredith of 344 Squadron (i.e. the same pilot as was claimed by Squarcia).
It is possible that the Allied fighters were those of 2 Squadron SAAF, whose Flight Lieutenant Pearson claimed a "Bf109", Flying Officer Burlus claimed a MC.202, Pilot Officer Blignault claimed a probable "Bf109", Pilot Officer Allen-White and Pilot Officer Lowens damaged respectively a "Bf109" and a MC.202. It is also possible that 260 Squadron RAF encountered the Italian fighters of the 23o Gruppo and Pilot Officer Aitchison and Meredith claimed a shared MC.202.
Meredith was taken to Fuka but the same evening the 4o Stormo was obliged to hand him over to the Germans by an order coming directly from the HQ.
The Luftwaffe claimed only two planes in these combats (one Kittyhawk each by Unteroffizier Erich Krainik of III/JG 27 and Leutnant Jürgen Harder of III/JG 53).
The Desert Air Force reported a general attack in the Fuka and Daba areas conducted by twenty-four Kittyhawks of 260 Squadron and 2 SAAF covering twelve Bostons and six Baltimores bound for Fuka while twelve Kittyhawks of 112 Squadron escorted bombers. Ten Hurricanes of 274 Squadron covered by others of 127 Squadron, six Kittyhawks of 450 Squadron and seventeen Spitfires of 92 and 601 Squadron were also up, the Spitfire doing a “delousing” sweep. These large formations reported widespread combat with enemy fighters and while no bombers were reported lost five fighters failed to return, one Hurricane of 274 Squadron (Flying Officer Graves MIA), two Kittyhawks of 112 Squadron (Pilot Officer Wright wounded and 21-year-old Flying Officer Keith Ronald Gardener (RAF No. 103554) KIA), and two Kittyhawks of 260 Squadron (Flying Officer Meredith POW and 22-year-old Pilot Officer Charles Edwin Ody (RAF No. 135396) KIA). The RAF claimed eight Bf109s (in fact only a Messerschmitt and one Macchis were lost).

 

Name: GUNDRY, KENNETH CRADOCK
Initials: K C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 22/05/1942
Service No: 81371
Additional information: Son of William Leonard Deighton Gundry and Eliza Gundry.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 248.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: GROVES, JACK LAWSON
Initials: J L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot Instr.)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/06/1942
Service No: 42305
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of Claud Albert and Ethel Maud Annie Groves, of Hounslow, Middlesex. had prior service with 112 Sqn see plane loss page 12/10/41 On 21 June 1942 he became lost in unexpectedly very bad weather conditions whilst on a flight in Hurricane P3170, and crashed into the sea in Doone Bay, near Kirkudbright, Scotland, losing his life.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C.C. Grave 27575.
Cemetery: CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

 

Name: HOARE, BRIAN PATRICK
Initials: B P
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 20
Date of Death: 08/02/1942
Service No: 404365
Additional information: Son of James Patrick and Imilda Hoare.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 265.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: HOLMAN, NEVILLE
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 11/02/1942
Service No: 932152
Additional information: 112 Squadron flew Kittyhawks from Gambut, Libya. Son of Albert and Mary Holman, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

 

Name: JACKSON, EARL MORSE
Initials: E M
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 27/02/1942
Service No: R/75046
Additional information: Son of Alfred Henry and Hazel Edith Jackson, of Langford, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 264.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: JANDER, WITOLD
Initials: W
Nationality: Poland
Rank: por. (F/O)
Regiment: RAF/Polish Fighters Group
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 25/10/1942
Service No: P76746
Additional information: Shot down by Lt. Hans J Marseille, pilot suffered a broken leg in the forced landing, his leg was set in Tobruk and he was sent to England for convalescence on 25/10/42 the hospital was bombed by 2 FW190's, Lt W Jander was killed in this action..
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: originally buried in Exeter Cemetery
Cemetery:

 

Name: JOHNSON, STANLEY CHARLES
Initials: S C
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 02/01/1942
Service No: 404504
Additional information: Son of Walter Charles and Mary Rendall Johnson, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. F. 7.
Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: KNOLL, FELIKS
Initials: F
Nationality: Poland
Rank: Unknown
Regiment: RAF/Polish Fighters Group
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/07/1942
Service No: P0768
Additional information: Last Polish pilot left in 112 Sqn. (F/O) Feliks Knoll shot down and KIA 10 July 1942 -, when anti aircraft fire scores a direct hit on the bomb slung under his Kittyhawk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:
Cemetery:

 

Name: MARTIN, ARTHUR FREDERICK GEORGE
Initials: A F G
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 27/10/1942
Service No: R/97115
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Lillie A. Martin, of Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 264.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: MASON, ERNEST MITCHELSON
Initials: E M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 94 Sqdn., had prior service with 112 Sqn
Age: 28
Date of Death: 15/02/1942
Service No: 40734
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of E. A. Hill Mitchelson Mason, and of Teresa Mason, of Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 247.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORI

 

Name: MATUSIAK, CZESLAW
Initials: C
Nationality: Poland
Rank: Flg Off
Regiment: RAF/Polish Fighters Group
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/02/1942
Service No: P0304
Additional information: Training flight accident.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: originally buried in Tobruk Cemetery
Cemetery:

 

Name: MITCHELL, STUART STEWART
Initials: S S
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 21
Date of Death: 31/05/1942
Service No: 41348
Additional information: Son of Alexander Stewart Mitchell and Margaret Ethelinda Mitchell, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 265.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: RAE, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 02/10/1942, Kittyhawk I AL192 dived into ground after take-off from LG.90, Egypt due to engine fire.
Service No: 1179958
Additional information: Son of George and Sophie Lillian Rae, of 111, Northfield Road.Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXXIII. D. 7.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Grave reference: XXXIII. D. 7
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. C. 6.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA  

 

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Flight Lieutenant Joseph Jean Paul Sabourin J/3519 RCAF, DFC, 16/09/1942

Name: SABOURIN, JOSEPH JEAN PAUL
Initials: J J P
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 & 145 (R.A.F.) Sqdns
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/09/1942
Service No: J/3519
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of Leon-Xiste Sabourin and Amelia Sabourin, of St. Isidore de Prescott, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (Ottawa University). 6,5 victories
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. E. 24.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY XII.E.24

 

Name: SCHOFIELD, HAROLD VERNE
Initials: H V
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 25
Date of Death: 15/08/1942
Service No: R/83903
Additional information: Son of William Vincent Schofield and Ella Ethel Schofield, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXXIII. C. 4.
Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: SIMONSEN, ROBERT EMIL
Initials: R E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 14/03/1942
Service No: R/69710
Additional information: Son of Emil and Beatrice M. Simonsen, of Highland Creek, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. G. 17.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 

 

Name: WEBB, RAYMOND
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/11/1942
Service No: 1313162
Additional information:

Son of Robert and Bathanna Lydia Webb, of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset., Note: Robert (had been a  Policeman) visited Australia in 1901 as part of the Army bodyguard/ guard of honour for the Royal Visit by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. He met his cousin Elizabeth OSBORNE (Mrs Thompson, while on this visit]
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 262.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL  

 

Howard Mayers DSO DFC & BAR
Pilot

From Sydney, Howard attended Cambridge University joining the University Air Squadron in 1937. In 1940 he was called up to be commissioned in the RAFVR, posted to 601 Squadron. Posted to the Middle East in May 1941, he took command of 94 Squadron in July.

In April 1942 he moved to 239 Wing (112's wing) to become Wing Leader. On 20 July he was seen to shoot down a Macchi C202, but did not return. His aircraft was found but he wasn't. It is believed that he was lost when the Axis ship carrying him to a prison camp in Italy, was sunk by British aircraft. He went down with the ship. His final tally was 11 destroyed and 1 probable.

Name: MAYERS, HOWARD CLIVE
Initials: H C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Wing Commander
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 250 Sqdn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 20/07/1942
Service No: 77976
Awards: DSO, DFC and Bar
Additional information: Son of George Russell Mayers and Penelope Mayers; husband of Betty Mary Mayers.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 247.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL    

1943

 

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WD Brown and Kittyhawk

Name: BROWN, WILFRED DAVID
Initials: W D
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birthplace: 13/10/1919 in Hamiota, Manitoba Canada 
Date of Death: 19/09/1943
Service No: R/86267
Additional information: The second son of Wilfred Haddon Brown and Ellen Robbins. He was educated in Kenton and Virden, Manitoba Canada, attending Virden Collegiate for his high school years.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 272.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

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Name: BRUCE, DAVID ALISTAIR
Initials: D A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/03/1943
Service No: 80213
Additional information: Son of Colonel and Mrs. G. D. Bruce, of North Berwick, East Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 267.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL   

 

Name: CROFT, HERBERT
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/08/1943
Service No: 539303
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Margaret Emma Croft, of Longsight, Manchester; husband of Frances Croft, of Beswick, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. D. 5.
Cemetery: SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY  

 

Name: CURPHEY, LEWIN HENRY
Initials: L H
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 13/01/1943
Service No: J/7769
Additional information: Son of Robert Lewin Curphey and Gabrielle Pernault Curphey, of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 271.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: DARWEN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Group Captain
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: Cdg. 239 Wing
Age: 27
Date of Death: 07/10/1943
Service No: 33237
Awards: DSO, DFC and Bar
Additional information: Son of John Darwen and of Beatrice May Esther Darwen (nee Power); husband of Marjorie Cicely Darwen (nee Gordon), of St. John's Wood, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. E. 27.
Cemetery: SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: DE BOURKE, RICHARD
Initials: R
Nationality: American, A US citizen, DeBourke joined the RCAF. He flew with 112 Squadron in North Africa claiming 3 destroyed and 1 probable during late 1942. On 10th March 1943 he was 1 of 5 Kittyhawks shot down by Luftwaffe enemy fighters of JG77 over Tunisia, he failed to survive
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Date of Death: 10/03/1943
Service No: R/79049
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 272.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: HARBOTTLE, RONALD WILFRED (CWGC has middle name listed as Winfred)
Initials: R W
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 27
Date of Death: 13/03/1943, details unknown at this time, he was not with RAF 112 Sqdn at the time of his death
Service No: R/91806
Additional information: Son of W. A. Harbottle and Jessie Harbottle, of Dummer, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Irene Gertrude Harbottle (nee Hubbard), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. R. 12.
Cemetery: BASRA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: HOUNSELL, JOHN TREVOR
Initials: J T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 22/04/1943
Service No: 1268030
Additional information: Son of Edwin Henry Hounsell, M.B.E., and Winifred Florence Hounsell, of Eltham, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 269.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: LAMONT, MICHAEL HUGH
Initials: M H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 22/04/1943
Service No: 776196
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 269.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL        

 

Name: MARSDEN, THOMAS ARTHUR
Initials: T A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 27/02/1943
Service No: 993301
Additional information: Son of Jonathan James Marsden and Hannah Mary Marsden, of Crigglestone, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 269.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: MIDDLEMIST, KENNETH FORREST
Initials: K F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/09/1943
Service No: 1376378
Additional information: Son of James and Ann Anderson Middlemist, of Shilbottle, Northumberland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. D. 48.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: NORTON, GEORGE HAROLD
Initials: G H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 13/07/1943
Service No: 89308
Additional information: Son of Morris L. Norton, and of A. Dorothy Norton (nee Nicholson), of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 6, Column 1.
Cemetery: MALTA MEMORIAL   

 

Name: OLIVER, JOHN HENRY
Initials: J H
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Date of Death: 10/03/1943
Service No: R/84086
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 272.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL  

 

 

Name: PRAIN, ARCHIBALD EDWARD
Initials: A E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/04/1943
Service No: 1366355
Additional information: Son of Gordon B. and Eleanor N. Prain, of Dundee.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 271.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

 

Name: SAVILLE, ERIC COWLEY
Initials: E C
Nationality: South African
Rank: Major (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 260 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. prior to his death he served with 112 Sqn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/09/1943
Service No: 103255V
Awards: DFC and Bar
Additional information: Distinguished Flying Cross (U.S.A.). Son of William C. and Marjorie Saville, of Richmond, Natal, South Africa. SAVILLE (Capt) Eric Cowley The South African National Museum of Military History, in Johannesburg, has the citation (reference: 920) for his DFC awarded on 24 November 1942 - 25 January 1943. Estate file of Eric Cowley SAVILLE, dated 1943, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pietermaritzburg) Rank: Major (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 260 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 19/09/1943 Awards: DFC and Bar Additional information: Distinguished Flying Cross (U.S.A.). Son of William Cowley and Marjorie Saville, of Richmond, Natal. Mother's maiden name: Manuell. She was born in Cornwall, England, and died in 1971. Father was born in Compensation, Natal, and died in 1963. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. P. 11. Cemetery: NAPLES WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. P. 11.
Cemetery: NAPLES WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: SMITH, RUDOLPH CHARLES CARLYLE
Initials: R C C
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 25
Date of Death: 10/03/1943
Service No: J/16175
Additional information: Son of Rudolph and Alberta C. Smith, of Merlin, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 272.
Cemetery: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 

 

Name: STAVELEY, RONALD WILLIAM
Initials: R W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/09/1943
Service No: 1231263
Additional information: Son of Harold and Ellen Staveley.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 48.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: TRELOAR, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Warrant Officer
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/08/1943
Service No: 401551
Additional information: Son of Lt.-Col. John Linton Treloar and Clarissa Maude Weir Treloar, of Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 11.
Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

 

Name: VANCE, FRED RENSHAW
Initials: F R
Nationality: American
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 25
Date of Death: 13/07/1943
Service No: R/80721
Additional information: Son of Captain Deane Harold Vance, M.C., U.S.N., and Harriet Alcithe Vance, of Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. L. 29.
Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY  

 

1944

 

Sergeant ARTHUR   BANKS RAF V.R. 112 Sqdn
   born Llanddulas 6th October 1923 who was tortured and executed by his captors   on 20th December 1944, at Ariano, Italy. The events surrounding the   death of this very gallant airman only emerged after the end of the war and   following an investigation and war crimes trial. Sergeant Banks' remains were   subsequently recovered and interred in Argenta Gap War Cemetery. Posthumously   awarded the George Cross. Presented to his father by King George VI. The righteous are in the hands of God and there shall no tortnent touch   them.

Photo by Alessandro Voltolina.
Romagna Air Finders.
(http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/viewdiscussioni.aspx?f=61117&idc=13)

Name: BANKS, ARTHUR
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 20/12/1944
Service No: 1607992
Awards: GC
Additional information: Son of Charles Chaplin Banks and Harriet Margaret Banks, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III, A, 7.
Cemetery: ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY        
Citation: The following details are taken from the citation in the London Gazette of 5th November, 1946, announcing the posthumous award of the George Cross: On 29th August 1944, Sgt. Banks took part in an armed reconnaissance of the Ravenna and Ferrara areas. Making a forced landing when his aircraft was damaged, he decided, after the aircraft had been destroyed, to try and reach the Allied lines. He made contact with a group of partisans, among whom he became an outstanding figure for his advice and encouragement in action against the Germans. Early in December, a crossing by boat into Allied territory was planned, but the whole party was captured. Sgt. Banks was cruelly tortured at his interrogation, which was presided over by the German district commander. Getting hold of a machine gun, he might have killed most of his captors His conduct was in all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the service, even in the face of brutal and inhuman treatment.

 

Name: CARR, JAMES ROY
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 02/06/1944
Service No: 1620942
Additional information: Son of Reginald and Dorothy Mary Carr, of Greenhill, Sheffield.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXI. F. 12.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO  he had been previously interred at Subiaco cemetery.

 

Name: CHAPMAN, THOMAS CHARLES
Initials: T C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Service No: 635953
Additional information: Son of Charles Chapman, and of Lydia Chapman, of Barnstaple, Devon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, E, 17.
Cemetery: ROME WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: CLARK, GEORGE GORDON
Initials: G G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 08/11/1944
Service No: 185335
Additional information: Son of George and Annie Lillian Clark, of Stanwick, Northamptonshire; nephew of Arthur Clark, of Stanwick.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. G. 9.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: COCKS, WILLIAM EDWARD
Initials: W E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 07/04/1944
Service No: 1393866
Additional information: Son of Frederic Edward and Emily Charlotte Cocks.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, F, 4.
Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: DAVIS, GEORGE FREDERICK
Initials: G F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/05/1944
Service No: 1614505
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Davis, of East Dulwich. London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 15.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: DEEBLE, ROBERT JAMES
Initials: R J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 06/11/1944
Service No: 181078
Additional information: Son of James and Lilian Isabel Deeble, of Three Milestone, Cornwall.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 10A. D. 5.
Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: FOSTER, WILLIAM EWEN
Initials: W E
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: South African Air Force
Age: 20
Date of Death: 23/04/1944
Service No: 207365 V
Additional information: Son of Gildart F. and Shelagh M. O'D. Foster, of Newcastle, Natal, South Africa.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. H. 16.
Cemetery: BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: GREENAWAY, JACK ROBERT
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 02/09/1944
Service No: 184791
Additional information: Son of Robert Alfred and Ada Margaret Greenaway, of Mottingham, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI, C, 11.
Cemetery: CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: HOLMES, ERNEST DOUGLAS
Initials: E D
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Warrant Officer
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/02/1944
Service No: 403927
Additional information: Son of Ernest John Holmes, and of Alice Lucy Holmes, of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 16, Column 1.
Cemetery: MALTA MEMORIAL  

 

Name: HOYLE, JOHN CLIFTON
Initials: jJ C
Nationality: South African
Rank: Second Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 23/08/1944
Service No: 282449V
Additional information: Son of Clifton Hoyle, and of Elizabeth Hoyle, of Nkana, Northern Rhodesia. HOYLE (2/Lt) J C Estate file of John Clifton HOYLE, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Cape Town) Rank: Second Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 23/08/1944 Additional information: Son of Clifton Hoyle, and of Elizabeth Hoyle, of Nkana, Northern Rhodesia. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 12. Cemetery: MILAN WAR CEMETERY  "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 12.
Cemetery: MILAN WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: IBBOTSON, DESMOND
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 23
Date of Death: 19/11/1944
Service No: 129238
Awards: DFC and Bar
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ibbotson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, H, 4.
Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: JONES, ARTHUR HENRY
Initials: A H
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 01/08/1944
Service No: 542465V
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Maud R. B. Jones. JONES (Lt) A H Estate file of Arthur Henry JONES, dated 1944, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria) Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 01/08/1944 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Maud R. B. Jones. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. N. 4. Cemetery: FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. N. 4.
Cemetery: FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: LUND, JOHN RAYMOND
Initials: J R
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 22/10/1944
Service No: 329087V
Additional information: Son of John P. and Gladys Lund, of Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. LUND (Lt) JOHN RAYMOND Estate file of John Raymond LUND, dated 1944, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria) Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 22/10/1944 Additional information: Son of John P. and Gladys Lund, of Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, C, 2. Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY  "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, C, 2.
Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: MANN, KENNETH RICHARD
Initials: K R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 05/08/1944
Service No: 1332895
Additional information: Son of William Richard and Violet Bess Mann, of Barkingside, Ilford, Essex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. J. 4.
Cemetery: FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: McFIE , GRAHAM
Initials: G
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/09/1944
Service No: 542252V
Additional information: Son of George and Madeleine McFie; ward of Mr. J.T. McFie, of Lowlands, Natal, South Africa. McFIE (Lt) GRAHAM Estate file of Graham McFIE, dated 1944, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pietermaritzburg) Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/09/1944 Additional information: Son of George and Madeline Amelia McFie; ward of Mr. J.T. McFie, of Lowlands, Natal. Mother's maiden name: MILLER. She died in 1933. Father died in 1938 (then married to Olive Ellen, maiden name STUART) Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, C, 13. Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII, C, 13.
Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: PARKINSON, CHARLES JOHN
Initials: C J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/05/1944
Service No: 1800971
Additional information: Son of Arthur F. and Lilian M. Parkinson, of Finchley, Middlesex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXI. G. 12.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO   

 

Name: RONEY, JACQUES WILLIAM JAMES
Initials: J W J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 16/11/1944
Service No: 156137
Additional information: Son of William Leonard and Solange Jeanne Roney, of East Sheen, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 15.
Cemetery: ANCONA WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: TICKNER, ERIC
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 05/06/1944
Service No: 1800763
Additional information: Son of William Edward and Ethel Lilian Tickner, of Pinner, Middlesex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV, E, 11.
Cemetery: BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: WADSWORTH, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 09/11/1944
Service No: 1181560
Additional information: Son of William Wadsworth, and of Amelia Kate Wadsworth, of Dedworth, Windsor.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 13.
Cemetery: ANCONA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: WALKER, JAMES ARTHUR
Initials: J A
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 31 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 08/02/1944
Service No: 40768
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of   George Henry and Edith Walker, of Gleichen, Alberta, Canada. Walker was born in Canada and travelled to England to Join the RAF in 1938.   He was posted to 112 Squadron in the Middle East in early 1942. He claims totaled 6 and 1 shared Flew in Battle of Britain. All victories achieved during Battle Of Britain.
He then went on to command 250 Squadron, which he led until September 1943.served with 111, 603, 610, 112, 250, 31Sqdns After his spell with 250 Squadron, he moved to the Far East as a transport pilot flying Dakotas with 31 Squadron. On 8th Feb 1944 his aircraft was shot down by Japanese fighters on a supply drop over Burma, he was killed
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 432.
Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL     

 

Name: WEEBER, JACOBUS HERCULES 
Initials: J H
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 18/11/1944
Service No: 280286V
Additional information: Son of Lambrecht C. Weeber and Cicilia J. Weeber, of Brits, Transvaal, South Africa. WEEBER (2/LT) J H Estate file of Jacobus Hercules WEEBER, dated 1944, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria) Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 18/11/1944 Additional information: Son of Lambrecht Carel and Cecilia Jacoba Weeber, of Brits, Transvaal Father died in 1957. Mother's maiden name: DREYER. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 10A. D. 9. Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 10A. D. 9.
Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: WHITAMORE, WILLIAM MICHAEL
Initials: W M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 81 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/03/1944
Service No: 102107
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of Sqdn. Ldr. E. D. Whitamore and Mrs. Whitamore, of Bedford. had prior service with 112 Sqn.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 431.
Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

Name: WHITE, DONALD JEFFREY BIRCHALL
Initials: D J B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/06/1944
Service No: 1016777
Additional information: Son of George and Elizabeth Mary White, of Ainsdale, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 6.
Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

 

Name: WHITE, MICHAEL GRANT
Initials: M G
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 03/05/1944
Service No: 75645V
Additional information: Son of Albert and Lyndal White, of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. WHITE (Lt) MICHAEL GRANT Estate file of Michael Grant WHITE, dated 1944, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Cape Town) Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 03/05/1944 Additional information: Son of Albert and Lyndal White, of Kenilworth, Cape Town Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. J. 7. Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. J. 7.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

In memory of
Flight Lieutenant
GEORGE WILLIAM WILEY
who died on March 31, 1944.
Date of Birth 24 Jan 1922

Service   Number: J/7234

Name: WILEY, GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials: G W
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Date of Death: 31/03/1944
Service No: J/7234
Additional information: From Windsor, Ontario. Flight Lieutenant Wiley was   taken Prisoner of War in March 1943 after escaping from his Kittyhawk aircraft which crashed northwest of Tatauin, Egypt. He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during the (GREAT) escape from Stalag Luft 3, recaptured near Gorlitz,
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. D. 2.
Cemetery: POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY 

1945

 

Name: BLOM
Initials: WREFORD DEVISME 
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 26/07/1945
Service No: 581737V
Additional information: Son of Daniel J. and Winifred M. A. T. Blom, of Amalinda, Cape Province, South Africa. BLOM W D Estate file for Wreford Devisme BLOM, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Cape Town) Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 26/07/1945 Additional information: Son of Daniel J. and Winifred M. A. T. Blom, of Amalinda, Cape Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 4. Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 4.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: EDWARDS
Initials: GORDON  HILTON
Nationality: South African
Rank: Captain (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/07/1945
Service No: 11208V
Additional information: Son of Hilton and Florence Edwards, of Peddie, Cape Province, South Africa.  EDWARDS (Capt) G H Estate file of Gordon Hilton EDWARDS, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Cape Town) Rank: Captain (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 26/07/1945 Additional information: Son of Hilton and Florence Edwards, of Peddie, Cape Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 7. Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 7.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: EYEARS, GEOFFREY PETER NEWTON
Initials: G P N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/07/1945
Service No: 575856
Additional information: Son of Rex and Grace Mary Eyears, of Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire, peace time flying accident he and 4 others flew into a  mountainside
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 6.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: HEADLAND, ALBERT EDWIN
Initials: A E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 27/11/1945
Service No: 1584911
Additional information: Son of Isaac Edwin and Gertrude Ethel Headland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 1.
Cemetery: UDINE WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: HUMPHREYS, PETER HARRY
Initials: P H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/11/1947
Service No: 84961
Awards: DFC
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Humphreys, of Lymington. had prior service with 112 Sqn RAF
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2.
Cemetery: BOURNEMOUTH CREMATORIUM    

 

Name: GREAVES, PETER LANDLESS
Initials: P L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 13/05/1945
Service No: 1808528
Additional information: Son of Capt. John Greaves and Mary Wallwork Greaves, of Bicknoller, Somerset.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII, D, 13.
Cemetery: FORLI WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: HEARN, RAYMOND VINCENT
Initials: R V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/02/1945
Service No: 102547
Awards: DFC and Bar
Additional information: Son of William Isaiah and Lilian Hearn, of Gosport, Hampshire. Hearn flew a Mustang over Fano, Italy, during February 1945. Hearn flew two tours with No.112 Sqn on Kittyhawks and Mustangs. He was the leader of B Flight and used the individual letter "Q" on his aircraft. He downed a Ju 188 in this machine on 9 September 1944, even though only one of his four guns was working. He was killed on what would have been his last sortie on 18 February 1945, his plane exploding after being hit by flak. The letter "Q" was not used again as a mark of respect
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 8.
Cemetery: UDINE WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: JONES, OWAIN GWYNFOR
Initials: O G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 11/03/1945
Service No: 570249
Additional information: Son of John Owen and Margaret Eleanor Jones, of Llanarth, Cardiganshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 13.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: MATTHIAS, MAURICE NEVILLE
Initials: M N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 02/04/1945
Service No: 119867
Additional information: Son of Walter T. Matthias, and of Gladys E. Matthias, of Thika, Kenya.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 6. D. 10.
Cemetery: KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: NIXON, JOHN HELLON
Initials: J H
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Service No: 542313V
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Nixon, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. NIXON (Lt) JOHN HELLON Estate file of John Hellon NIXON, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria). Parents were James NIXON (died 1962) and Margaret HELLON (died 1974) Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Age: 24 Date of Death: 20/04/1945 Service No: 542313V Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Nixon, of Johannesburg, Transvaal. Mother died Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. D. 4. Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. D. 4.
Cemetery: BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY 

 

Name: PARK, RONALD DAVID
Initials: R D
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/07/1945
Service No: 543052V
Additional information: Son of David W. and Myrtle Park, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.PARK (Lt) R D Estate file of Ronald David PARK, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria). Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 26/07/1945 Additional information: Son of David William and Myrtle Park, of Pretoria, Transvaal. Mother's maiden name: ROSE. Parents divorced in 1932. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 3. Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY  "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 3.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: ROBERTS, THOMAS PHILIP
Initials: T P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/04/1945
Service No: 1623387
Additional information: Son of Thomas Philip and Gladys Roberts, of Old Colwyn, Denbighshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 18, Column 2.
Cemetery: MALTA MEMORIAL 

 

Name: ROBERTS, ERNEST NOEL
Initials: E N
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/04/1945
Service No: 328730V
Additional information: Son of Ernest N. and Eugeni F. Roberts, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. ROBERTS (Lt) E N Estate file of Ernest Noel ROBERTS, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Bloemfontein) Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 12/04/1945 Additional information: Son of Ernest N. and Eugeni F. Roberts, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III, F, 2. Cemetery: CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III, F, 2.
Cemetery: CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY  

 

Name: TEMPLER, RAYMOND HUGH
Initials: R H
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/07/1945
Service No: 581465V
Additional information: Son of Gordon B. and Irene M. Templer, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.TEMPLER (Lt) R H Estate file of Raymond Hugh TEMPLER, dated 1945, held at the National Archives of South Africa (Cape Town) Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: South African Air Force Unit Text: 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 26/07/1945 Additional information: Son of Gordon Beecham and Irene M. Templer, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 5. Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY "Anne" <zafamilyhistory@gmail.com> 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 5.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: WALKER, COLIN
Initials: C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 112 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 03/04/1945
Service No: 553859
Additional information: Son of Robert H. and Mary A. Walker, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. F. 8.
Cemetery: KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY

 

Name:

 WORBEY, STANLEY THOMAS
Initials: S T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 3 Sqdn. Prior service with 112 Sqn
Age: 24
Date of Death: 30/04/1945
Service No: 174081
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Martha Worbey, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.While with 112 Sqn he is recorded as a Sgt on 16/9/43 and again on 13/3/44 when he was shot down by flak during an armed recce. He was captured and then subsequently escaped and hid with an Italian farming family waiting for the front line to reach him. News of his release (now a P/Off) reached 112 Sqn in mid June 1944.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 268.
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 

 

 

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