Aircrew Remembered Aviation Personal Histories and Databases (2024)

#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMissionIncidentFateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring DatabaseNotesLinks/Archive Reports8201KalenJohnFlying OfficerJ/21856CanadianPilotRCAF2 TAF439Sqn RCAF
1944-07-18TyphoonIbMN5745V-B-9 LantheuilArmed recceFlak, crashed near Mesnil-FrementelKilledBretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Xix. G. 6. France
Accident reportParadie RCAF Database8202KalheimB IFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-08-27LancasterIIIPB365 (corrected courtesy John Jone)PM-BElsham Wolds2057StettinKilledPoznan Old Garrison Cemetery PolandParadie Archive Database8203KallA DFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command153Sqn
1945-02-20LancasterINN785P4-DScampton2125DortmundCrashed at HasslinghausenPoW Paradie Archive Database8204KalleR AFlight LieutenantDFC

RCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1944-07-30HalifaxIIINA528PT-GTholthorpe529AmayeCrashed at White Waltham Berkshire on returnInjured Paradie Archive Database8205KalmsMichael Yorke ZisslinSergeant1600536July 1924 in West Ham, Essex.Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-03-15LancasterIILL718EQ:QLinton on Ouse19:03StuttgartSee archive report for detailsMiARunnymede Memorial Panel 232Read Archive Report8206KalytaPSergeantRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-05-22LancasterIIDS759EQ-ALinton on Ouse2241DortmundCrashed HartefeldKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8207KanakosTass JoeSergeantR/144074CanadaAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command161Sqn
1943-07-22HalifaxVDK119MA-URAF TempsfordRAF Tempsford23:42SOECrashed at le BoucherouxEvader
Courtesy Alain Godignon Paradie Archive Databaseborn on January 16th 1920 and worked as a lorry­ driver when he was engaged in the Royal Canadian Air Force on November 19th 1941. He lived inToronto (Canada).Tass Joe Kanakos was discharged in Toronto in September, 1945. Later, he set up his own auto parts business, married Vivian Pavlis on February 5th 1948, had two sons and six grand­children (42). He came and mourned on L.M. Lavallée’smemorial in 1995 at Saint­-Sauvier and also revisited the hiding places where he had lived at Ayat­sur­Sioule.

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8208KanelakosJFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command7Sqn
1943-09-27LancasterIIIJA849MG-FOakington1939HannoverCrashed at OsteressenPoW Paradie Archive Database8209KapanauikE AFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1945-02-02Halifax VIINP757EQ-BLinton on Ouse2010Wanne-EickelAbandoned and crashed near North WithamParadie Archive Database8210KapelB GSergeantBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-10-18LancasterIIDS717OW-Linton on Ouse1741HannoverDitched E of Aldeburgh SUFFOLK 8211KapuscinskiWilliam GeorgeSergeantR/80897Age 23CanadaFlight EngineerRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-04-16HalifaxIIJB925EQ-RRAF Leeming, North Yorkshire2104Plzen See archive report for further details KilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Coll. Grave 8.L. 6-11
Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report 8212KapuscinskiW GSergeantRCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1943-03-12HalifaxIIDT790EQ-SLeeming1916EssenCrashed on return to baseParadie Archive Database8213KaraimTony JohnSgt. Air GunnerR/210272RCAFBomber Command22 OTU 1944-02-14WellingtonIIIHZ110Not known RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire Training - night circuits and landings Undershot runway - crashing at Snitterfield KilledStratford On Avon Cemetery. Grave 4167.Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report 8214KarczaGeorgeFlight SergeantR/176146Age 28CanadaAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command620Sqn
1943-08-27StirlingIIIBF576QS-FRAF Chedburgh, Suffolk2135NurnbergCrashed at IrschKilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Collective grave 8. H. 14-16
Courtesy Oleg Marin

Paradie Archive DatabaseBorn 22 Aug 1922 in Saskatchewan. Son of Peter (died 1950, age 69) and Francis Karcza (née Solnicka - died 1952, age 52), of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Epitaph 'In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son'.

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8215KarloffJ VFlying OfficerRCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1944-04-10HalifaxIIILV883ZL-MLeeming2030GentAbandoned & crashed near Ipswich Paradie Archive Database8216KarrelCSergeantRCAFBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1944-07-28HalifaxIIILK833SE-RCroft2209HamburgCrashed at HohenaspeKilledKiel War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8217KarstensW RSergeantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1944-04-10LancasterXKB745VR-VMiddleton St George605BergenCrashed at GoldscleughKilledHarrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery Paradie Archive Database8218KashmarWWarrant OfficerR119924RCAFBomber Command427Sqn RCAF
1943-06-25HalifaxVDK190ZL-Leeming2328GelsenkirchenCrashed near Gorssel HollandKilledGorssel General Cemetery Paradie Archive Database8219KastnetJ J MFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1945-03-05Halifax IIINP959PT-NTholthorpe1630ChemnitzInj/ DoWCholoy War Cemetery FranceParadie Archive Database8220KasubeckWilliam JamesFlying OfficerJ/29254 / R/29254PilotRCAFFighter182Sqn
1944-08-09TyphoonIbMN694XM-?PatrolCrashed near CrecyKilledBayeux War Cemetery, Basse-Normandie, France Plot: XV. M. 26Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report8221KaterRobert George EphraimFlight SergeantR/87959W/Op/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit 1942-07-25BeaufortIDE121Not knownRAF Lyneham, Wiltshire900Air TestSee archive report for detailsKilledNorwich Cemetery. Sec. 54. Grave 25Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report 8222KaucharikJoseph AnthonyFlying OfficerC/85909Flight EngineerRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1945-02-13LancasterIII PB183LQ-C RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire 2214Dresden See archive report for further information KilledDurnbach War Cemetery. Grave 1.J.5 Paradie Archive DatabaseRead Archive Report8223KaucharikJoseph AnthonySergeantC/85909Air/BmrRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-09-01HalifaxIIBB216LQ-DRAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire2303SaarbruckenSee archive report for further informationInjuredKilled later in the war see Lancaster PB183 Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report 8224KaufmanW JFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command420Sqn RCAF
1942-07-31HampdenIAE355PT-AWaddingtonDusseldorf?KilledRunnymedeParadie Archive Database8225KaufmanH KSergeantR164464CanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command434Sqn (Bluenose), RCAF
1944-08-16HalifaxIIILK796WL:SCroft21:55KielThe aircraft was hit by heavy flak approx. 5 mls short of the target. two tanks were holed, and petrol was exhausted 28 mls ENE of Scarborough. The aircraft ditched and two of the crew slightly injured . All were saved after 13hrs in the dinghy.SafeParadie Archive Database8226KaufmanJohn HymanSergeant1255416Bomb AimerRAFVRBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1942-09-23HalifaxIIW1274LQ-RTopcliffe19FlensburgHit by flak from 1./306 in cooperation with 1./Schein 609 at 04:08 and crashed in Elsø Moor West of Kelstrup plantation killing all onboardKilledAabenraa Cemetery Allied Mil.Plot. Row 2. Coll.grave 138227KavanaghJ PPilot OfficerJ17135RCAFBomber Command166Sqn
1943-03-09WellingtonIIIBK368AS-PKirmington1843GardeningCrashed twixt Grinsted and Filskov DenmarkKilledEsbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery DenmarkParadie Archive Database8228KavanaughJ G SFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1943-11-23LancasterIIIJA939LQ-CGransden Lodge1712BerlinCrashed at Ter Apel HollandKilledVlagtwedde {Ter Apel} General Paradie Archive DatabaseAttacker8229KavizaJ FFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command156Sqn
1945-01-28LancasterIII PB186GT-AUpwood2020StuttgartCrashed at VaihingenKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8230KawuchaJoseph FrancisFlight Sergeant
P/OR/103354 - J/89925Born on the 16th March 1918 Troy, Ontario CanadaCanadaA/BRCAFBomber Command12Sqn
1944-06-30 died 1944-07-01LancasterIIIND842PH-KWickenby2212Vierzon JunctionTook off 2212 30 June 1944 to bomb the railway yards. Crashed at Magny (Eure-et-Loir) 20 km SW from the town of Chartres.

Shot down at 01:44 hrs after being intercepted by Hptm Gerhard Raht of 1/NJG-2 flying a Ju88. (see Kracker Luftwaffe Archive)

Killed Age 26Magny Churchyard, Eure, FranceParadie Archive Database

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Worked for Collins Never-Fail Company Ltd as a sheet metal worker/machinist Enlisted on the 10th June 1941.
Son of Stanley and Mary Kawucha; (née Batorski - Parents of Polish descent) of 61 Lloyd Street, Troy, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Stella Kawucha and father of two sons, Randolf and Joseph, of 56 Chester Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,.

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8231KaySFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command405Sqn RCAF
1944-02-24LancasterIIIJB241LQ-KGransden Lodge1854SchweinfurtExploded and crashed Bermering {Moselle}KilledBermerange Communal Cemetery Paradie Archive Database

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8232KayJohn HenrySergeantR14244826th September 1918 in Maple Creek, SaskatchewanCanadianNavigatorRCAFBomber Command428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
1945-04-26LancasterXKB879NA:YRAF Middleton St. GeorgeCross Country Flying Training See archive report for detailsKilledChester (Blacon) Cemetery Section A Grave 932
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See Archive Report8233KayH LSquadron LeaderRCAFBomber Command428Sqn RCAF
1945-01-28LancasterXKB770NA-DMiddleton St George1638StuttgartKilledDurnbach War CemeteryParadie Archive Database

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8234KayG HPilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command44Sqn
1943-12-02LancasterIIIEE179KM-BDunholme Lodge1647BerlinCrashed Gross KienitzKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database

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8235KayL RFlight SergeantRCAFBomber Command76Sqn
1944-10-09HalifaxIIINA567MP-WHolme on Spalding Moor1713BochumKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database

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8236KayR JSergeantBomber Command424Sqn RCAF
1944-11-01HalifaxIIIMZ376QB-KSkipton on Swale1654OberhausenKilledNederweert War Cemetery

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8237KayF APilot OfficerCanadianPilotDFC

RCAFCoastal Command407 Sqn RCAF
1942-05-15HudsonVAM906RR:OBircham Newton20:35Strike MissionLed the first formation of a strike force from 320 Sqn (9 aircraft) and 407 Sqn (12 aircraft) which was sortied to attack an east-bound convoy of German ships off the Dutch Frisian Islands.

A destroyer and M/V were lying close together and attacked from mast height and the both engines of the a/c were badly damaged. Pilot brought the a/c back to Docking, but before it could land both engines failed and the a/c crash-landed and hit a gun pit killing an AC2 Pilkington RAF an AA Gunner.

InjuredSuffered gunshot wounds and a broken ankle.RAF General Hospital Ely

Awarded an immediate DFC

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8238KayeP ASergeantRCAFBomber Command83Sqn
1944-08-18LancasterIIIPB362OL-WConingsby1138I'Isle-AdamCrashed target areaEvader Paradie Archive Database8239KayeP ASergeantRCAFBomber Command83Sqn
1944-08-11LancasterIIIND465OL-LConingsby2043GivorsCrash landed at base on return Paradie Archive Database8240KearlEldon EasthamFlight LieutenantJ/18810PilotDFC

RCAFBomber Command408Sqn RCAF
1944-01-27LancasterIIDS709EQ-PRAF Linton-on-Ouse1750Berlin See archive report for full details KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 5.D.23Paradie Archive Database Read Archive Report 8241KearneyR ESergeantRCAFBomber Command166Sqn
1945-02-20LancasterING183AS-DKirmington2135DortmundCrashed near Hansa Bergwerk DortmundKilledReichswald Forest War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8242KearneyL JPilot OfficerFighter410Sqn RCAF
1944-06-12MosquitoNFXVIIHK459APatrol 8243KearnsW RFlight LieutenantRCAFBomber Command419Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterXKB787VR-MMiddleton St George1723BonnCollided with next and crashed S of Vielsalm [Luxembourg]KilledHotton War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8244KearnsT MLeading AircraftmanRCAFBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1943-07-16WellingtonXJA119QO-Air TestDisintegrated and crashed near MaltonKilledRiponParadie Archive Database8245KearnsGerald John PatrickFlight SergeantR/652426 April 1919CanadianWireless OperatorMiDRCAFBomber Command7Sqn
1942-05-19StirlingIW7520MG-SOakington2258MannheimClaimed by Oblt Friedrich Gutezeit 6/NJG1 - Brustem 1km East of St Trond: 3,000m at 02:24.

Oblt Fritz Gutezeit St Kapt 6/NJG1 and his Funker Uffz Januschewski intercepted a homeward bound 7 Sqn Stirling W7520 over Brustem. Their victim exploded, burning wreckage plunged into his Bf110 E-1 (G9+HP) and both crews crashed to their deaths. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years - Theo Boiten)

KilledHeverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row C Grave 10.Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of William Henry and Eva Mary Kearns, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada8246KearsePercy HaroldFlying OfficerJ258408th February 1922CanadianPilotRCAF2nd Tactical Air Force440Sqn RCAF
1945-01-21TyphoonIbPD601I8:XB-78 Eindhoven13:10Armed recceSee archive report for detailsKiAJonkerbos War Cemetery, Grave 18. F. 6. Netherlands.
Paradie RCAF DatabaseRead Archive Report8247KeastH ASergeantRCAFBomber Command426Sqn RCAF
1943-12-02LancasterIIDS770OW-Linton on Ouse1702Berlin?KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive Database8248KeatW HPilot OfficerBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-04-18HalifaxIIILW643QO-EEast Moor2058Noisy-le-SecKilledClichy New Communal Cemetery8249KeatesJ APilot OfficerRCAFBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1945-03-25LancasterXKB874SE-CCroft611HannoverCrash landed at Manston KentInj Paradie Archive Database8250KeatingJohn PatrickSergeantR13929223rd February 1943 in Guelph, OntarioCanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command138Sqn (Special)
1943-05-13HalifaxIIBB328NF:UTempsford23:00SOE - Operation Physician 10/Roach 6.Briefed to deliver 10 containers at the first drop site and 5 at the second but the aircraft crashed at Pont-Audemer, some 20 miles SE of Le Havre killing all aboardKiAPont-Audemer Communal Cemetery Row A. Coll.Grave 2-7

Paradie Archive DatabaseSon of Patrick and Rosella (née Phelan) Keating of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (His mother predeceased him in Feb 1937)