The Dieppe Raid - August 19, 1942: Close Up - The Canadian Raid on Dieppe

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Close Up - The Canadian Raid on Dieppe - Part 4 (1962)

4:00 General Montgomery: "Compromise on this. Compromise on the bombing. Compromise on everything. It's no good." 5:03 Interviewer: “Dieppe told people what not to do.” Colonel Stacey: “I think that’s essentially true. What it told them not to do was to attempt an operation with inadequate fire support. We went in at Dieppe against a very strong position with nothing stronger than four inch guns and Boston bombers to support us – and that turned out to be nonsense – and the result was that in the Normandy operation, in June 1944, we went in with battleships and cruisers and the RAF Bomber Command and the United States bombers and everything we could raise. It was an utterly different conception – and that time, of course, it worked.” 11:36 Lord Lovat: "There wasn't much cunning at Dieppe. It was a head-on collision with armor not ever being able to take on re-inforced concrete. It was a reconnaissance in force. A big probe in a very bad place."

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The Combined Operations at Dieppe

On the night of August 18th the pilots of many R.C.A.F. and R.A.F. squadrons were briefed for the great combined operation which was set to take place on the following morning. The Battle of Dieppe was about to begin. “Here it is at last,” was the common thought of air and ground crews throughout the force.

The action at Dieppe marked the largest-scale operation to date by co-ordinated forces of the Navy, Army and Air Force against the defences of enemy-occupied Europe. It provided the first test of the importance of air power to such an undertaking and of the extent to which aircraft might be utilized in any projected cross Channel assault upon the Continent.

Briefly, the objectives of the operation were two:

(a) To test German defences;

(b) To lure as many German aircraft as possible into the air.

The tasks allotted the air units were:

(a) To provide air cover for the Navy and Army. This was supplied largely by fighter aircraft;

(b) To attack coast defence batteries in the area and fortified headlands on the flanks-carried out by medium and fighter bombers;

(c) To lay a smoke screen to cover the advancing and
retiring forces-intruder aircraft;

(d) To carry out tactical reconnaissance within the area and in the immediate neighbourhood of the point of assault army

(e) To detect unusual enemy ship movements preceding the attack-Coastal Command aircraft.

The operation may be divided roughly into five phases:

(a) The outward passage and landings;

(b) The assault on the shore objectives;

(c) The withdrawal to the beaches;

(d) The embarkation;

(e) The return passage.

The work of the different types of aircraft in each of the five phases is discussed in the appropriate chapters. At dawn on the 19th, the pilots were standing at readiness and shortly afterwards the first fighter patrols were airborne to cover the landings. From that moment onwards a continuous cover was maintained by squadrons working in relays until the ground forces had withdrawn and were safely across the Channel again. The scale of Fighter Command’s operations that day far surpassed anything previously attempted-greater even than the climax of the Battle of Britain.

During the first phase of the operation, which took place from 0455 to 0550 hours, the Air Force laid smoke screens, attacked enemy defences and positions on the coast and gave air cover to the troops. There was relatively little enemy activity in the air and Canadian squadrons had no part in this preliminary phase.

During the second phase, from 0550 to 0730, enemy fighter opposition in the air increased and the Canadians fought sharp but indecisive actions with FW. 190s.

In the third phase, when progress on the right of the landing was seen to be satisfactory but Canadian troops and tanks in the centre were being held up, enemy air activity increased materially, and reached a peak about ten o’clock with the appearance of Nazi bombers who concentrated their attacks on our naval vessels and landing craft lying off shore. The fighting was heavy during this period and the enemy lost many bombers. One R.C.A.F. squadron destroyed two bombers but lost three of their own pilots; another destroyed one and lost two in a combat in which they were outnumbered three to one.

At ten minutes to eleven, re-embarkation was scheduled to commence. From then until the convoy had cleared the French coast and was well across the Channel on the return, our fighters continued to cover the ships against bomber and fighterbomber attacks, while other formations of Hurricanes, Blenheims and Bostons bombed enemy gun positions and laid another protective smoke screen. To hamper enemy operations during this critical period a heavy diversionary raid was made on the Luftwaffe aerodrome at Abbeville-Drucat by a force of 24 American Flying Fortresses escorted by a wing of Spitfires which included R.C.A.F. squadrons. The Fortresses once again did extremely accurate bombing despite heavy flak which burst close to their aircraft; direct hits by bombs were observed on dispersal areas, runways and flak positions. Aerodrome facilities received a severe hammering and the field was put out of action for several hours.

After completing their escort duties during this attack, one of the R.C.A.F. squadrons turned off towards Dieppe to join in the action there, during which S/L K. L. B. Hodson and his pilots intercepted four Dos. on their way to bomb our ships and drove them off damaged. Morrison destroyed a FW. 190 but his own aircraft was damaged by pieces flying from the enemy plane and he was forced to bale out into the Channel, from which he was later picked up by a rescue boat. In other engagements over the convoy our ships and drove them off damaged. Morrison destroyed a FW. 190 but his own aircraft was damaged by pieces flying from the enemy plane and he was forced to bale out into the Channel, from which he was later picked up by rescue boat. In other engagements over the convoy our fighters picked off two more FWs. when L. S. Ford (now a S/L) and F/L G. U. Hill each destroyed one and their formation damaged several others.

During the return of the combined forces S/L Lloyd V. Chadburn’s formation was very heavily engaged and fought a brilliant action without loss. As the Spitfires were approaching the convoy to commence their patrol a formation of from twelve to fifteen FWs. dived on them from the rear. Chadburn brought his squadron round in a tight turn on the tails of the attackers and reversed the tables so effectively that three of the FWs. were destroyed. Hurriedly reforming, Chadburn and his pilots resumed their protective patrol and saw seven Ju.88s approaching the convoy. Flying in to attack the Nazis head-on, the Canadians succeeded in driving off the whole formation, damaging at least six. Again the Spitfires reformed as a large group of FWs. appeared several thousand feet above but did not attack. But Chadburn’s pilots were not finished yet, as one section engaged a formation of Me. 110s and drove them off, after which, their job finished, the Spit pilots flew, home for their first hot meal of the day.

Another squadron, on duty high above the convoy, also saw action during the day and damaged several fighters but lost two of their own. Later patrols saw less action as the convoy approached the English coast, but Ford and P/O H.J. Murphy each destroyed an FW., while Newton chased off a Dornier 217 and forced it to jettison its bombs.

Total enemy casualties that day were assessed at 93 aircraft destroyed, with twice that number of probables or damaged. Allied losses were set at 98 aircraft, the pilots of 30 of which were rescued. But mere figures do not give a correct picture of the destruction caused by our pilots. The losses of the G.A.F., considered in relation to the size of the forces available and involved, were several times higher than those of the R.A.F. Fighter aircraft destroyed disregarding those claimed as “probably destroyed” or “damaged”-constituted almost a fifth of the estimated fighter strength of the Luftwaffe in the western part of Europe. (RCAF Overseas)

The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for gallant and distinguished services in the combined attack on Dieppe:

To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Acting Squadron Leader Peter James Booth Reynolds
Acting Squadron Leader James Humphrey Sprott

To be an Additional Member of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Acting Flight Lieutenant Gerald Le Blount Kidd

Distinguished Service Order
Air Commodore Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., Royal Australian Air Force

Emperingham Family - South Saskatchewan Regiment

Private William Henry Emperingham, pictured with his sons (L to R) (L27595) George Henry - Regina Rifles, (L27596) Eric Edgar - Regina Rifles and (H/17559) Arthur James. Arthur who was mortally wounded at Dieppe was picked up by Able Seaman Thomas, of the Royal Navy, and carried to an evacuation ship which was already filled with Canadians. William Emperian called to the dying boy found him to be his youngest son. He was so grateful to Thomas for a chance for a few words with his son that when he heard that Thomas had lost his parents in an air raid, he adopted him.

Dieppe: Seventy Years On - By Jack Granatstein (CDFAI Blog)

The Essex Scottish landed on the stony beach in front of Dieppe at 5:15 in the morning of August 19, 1942, seventy years ago. The infantrymen ran into fire from the buildings to their front and from the east and west headlands that dominated the beach, and by 5:45, their one officer who made it back to England said later, up to 40 percent of the men were killed or wounded. No more than a dozen had made it off the beach and into the town; only 52 returned across the Channel. For the Essex Scottish, for every regiment involved, Dieppe was a bloody disaster.

Why Dieppe? In the summer of 1942, the Allies were losing the war in Europe and Asia and barely hanging on in North Africa. From Moscow, the Russians demanded help to take some pressure off their long front; in Washington, the Americans called for a “Second Front” in France long before the Allies had the capacity to launch one. A big raid could ease Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s dealings with his allies, and if it could demonstrate the feasibility of seizing a defended port, it might shape the planning for the Second Front when the time was right. Just across the English Channel in France, Dieppe seemed the logical place to the planners in Combined Operations Headquarters.

Why the Canadians? The army had been in Britain in force since December 1939, their numbers increasing each year, but the Canadians had yet to see action. With the Americans now in the war, with pressure building at home for “their boys” to beat the Hun, with the troops chafing at endless training, the Canadian generals pushed hard to take on the Dieppe operation. The British eventually agreed, and the task went to the 2^nd Canadian Division whose commander, Major-General Hamilton Roberts, was believed to be the ablest of Canadian division commanders. The large raid, to involve some 5000 Canadians as well as a thousand British commandos, was initially slated for early July, but bad weather forced a cancellation. Against conventional wisdom, it was re-scheduled for the next month, the assumption being that the enemy simply would not believe that the same troops would be used to attack the same once-cancelled target. But the August raid, called Operation Jubilee, had less air and naval support, though the objective—to take and hold Dieppe long enough to allow the destruction of the harbour facilities—remained almost unchanged. The commandos were to land to the far east and west and destroy gun batteries. The Canadians were given three beaches: Puys to the east of Dieppe, Pourville to the west, and the main beach where the Essex Scottish, the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI), and the tanks of the Calgary Regiment were to land.

From the outset, nothing went right. A German coastal convoy bumped into the invasion force, alerting the defences. The attack at Puys touched down 35 minutes late, leaving the Canadians visible to the enemy on the cliff overlooking the beach. Only carnage resulted. At Pourville, the navy landed the men at the wrong place but the attack achieved surprise because of the darkness. Some objectives were taken, much heroism was shown as some infantry moved 2000 yards inland, but the landing ultimately went nowhere, and the Canadians withdrew under heavy fire.

In front of the town, the tanks had trouble moving on the stony beach and only a few managed to get on to the esplanade. A few of the RHLI managed to get through the barbed wire and into the town, clearing the heavily defended casino and then winkling the enemy out of defended houses. Unfortunately, a garbled message from the beach to General Roberts led him to send in Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, his floating reserve. They were almost wiped out, their badly wounded commanding officer dragged onto a landing craft. He was the only CO to make it back to England.

The Dieppe Raid had been a debacle. 907 officers and men died on the beaches, 586 suffered wounds, and 1946 became prisoners of war. Only 2200 returned to Britain, many of them never having gone ashore. The Royal and Royal Canadian Air Forces, providing air cover, suffered heavy losses as did the Royal Navy.

One company of the RHLI had been raised from workers at the E.D. Smith jam company in Winona, Ont. It lost every man, a devastating blow to a tiny town. The padre of the Essex Scottish, left behind at camp, had walked through the barracks, weeping at the empty beds. And in Canada when the casualty lists were printed, the shock was intense. The 2 Canadian Division, shattered, took a long time to rebuild and regain its confidence. General Roberts, largely blameless, became the scapegoat.

Prepared in advance in case of failure, the media line from British and Canadian officers was clear: great courage had been demonstrated and many lessons had been learned. In fact, only the first part was correct. The lessons should have been obvious. There were cliffs overlooking the beaches at Puys and Dieppe. Where else would the Germans have placed their weapons? Moreover, the shingle beach, a beach that British tourists had sunned themselves on for decades, was not readily traversed by tracked vehicles. How did no one know this? The poor planning, the utter military incompetence of those in command at Combined Operations HQ, had guaranteed that Dieppe would be a shambles. The soldiers, as is always the case, paid the price. Fortunately, the D-Day invasion two years later would be better planned.

August 21, 2012: I watched the O’Keefe documentary on Dieppe last night. I believe O’Keefe has found some important documentation that was hitherto largely unknown and for this he deserves great praise. But he ignores a few critical points. The Enigma machines in Allied hands came off U-boats or ships captured by the RN. The Germans did not know that the coding devices (and documents) were in British hands; thus they continued to use them. But if a 4-rotor Enigma and code settings had been snatched at Dieppe, the Germans would have instantly been aware of the loss and instituted changes—newer machines, new settings, bogus messaging, etc. Where then is the huge war-winning advantage to the Allies?

O’Keefe has added to our understanding of the raid, but his material—in my view, based only on a 90-min TV programme rather than a book where one can assess the evidence presented—does not fundamentally change the story.

J.L. Granatstein is a senior research fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute

"Send more Leigh-Mallory."

Major Peter Wright on HMS Calpe:

"Later in the morning, our best information from the shore came from Major McCool, who was the principal military landing officer on the main beach – and as I learnt later, he would run across the beach to a scout car where there was a set in communication with the Calpe and he would then give us a report or ask us for help.

"I remember on one occasion he said, 'Send more Leigh-Mallory’ because that was the only thing, as I understand it, that kept down the enemy fire on the beach.

"And then finally, at about ten after one, I was talking to Major McColl about some other aspects and he said, ‘I can see our men coming up the beach down by the casino with their hands up. I think it’s over.’” (CBC Closeup 1962 interview)

Ron Beal - 1992 CBC The Journal Interview

"You read the history of different battles in different wars and there's never been an attack of this kind from the sea, or from land, where there's never been a softening-up process. If they wanted to determine if they could take a fortified seaport, why didn't they do it properly?

"Why didn't they send in the bombers?

"Why didn't they soften up?

"Why didn't they make the job a little easier for the infantry soldier?

"I think you can justify it (heavy losses) if you want to make a point. To try and take a seaport, a very heavily-fortified seaport, from the sea without any softening-up process. They certainly proved their point - it could not be done."

Jack Moldover - 54th Battery

The umbrella of planes provided troops taking part in the raid on Dieppe was the "finest thing I ever saw."

Just before Dieppe his battery was called to a channel port to take part in defense of the barges being massed for the raid.

"The air was thick with Spitfires and other Allied aircraft. Jerry was afraid to come over. A few Nazi planes that did show up were shot down by the navy. We didn't have an alert all the time we were there. Coming back, the barges had the same thick cutain of aircraft above them. They were well protected."

Leaman Patterson - Calgary Tanks -“A lot of good men went to meet their Maker that day.”

(By Quentin Dodd - The Tyee 2005) For Patterson, his first engagement with the enemy, on the shell-torn beach of the French seaside resort of Dieppe, was his last. The tank he drove was among the last to arrive and the battle was already well under way when finally the ramp went down on the Tank Landing Craft (TLC) he was aboard. Patterson’s taste of warfare lasted only a scant four or five hours after that. He then spent close to three years as a prisoner of war.

Many of the men who fought and died or were wounded and captured that summer’s morning had impulsively joined Patterson’s regiment as it was sent to training at Camp Borden in Ontario. They had heard that they, already enlisted in other forces, were probably going to be left behind while the Calgary Tanks went abroad to the fighting. So they leapt at the chance to join the Calgary Tanks.

And then, almost to a man, they were slaughtered in the Dieppe raid.

The raid was a combined-forces operation with almost all Canadian ground-troops. The Calgary Tanks and their machines were expected to stay behind to try to give cover and covering fire to the retreating infantry as the British Navy tried desperately to take them off the beach, back to the safety of England.

The evacuation too brought more than its share of danger and death. On the steeply sloping beach, there was some cover from the deadly fire of the Germans in the town. When the retreating troops moved out to get aboard the waiting evacuation vessels, they were seen to come under devastating fire.

“I saw one craft. They were just pulling out and the Germans just dropped a mortar shell right on it and they were likely all killed,” Patterson said.

It was not the first or the last time he saw men killed and wounded that day as the Germans rained fire down on the invading troops from the tall buildings of the once-peaceful casino town and from the gun emplacements on the top of the high, sheer cliffs at each end of the small, deep bay.

“We didn’t really hear very much when the ramp went down on the TLC (Tank Landing Craft). There was some racket of the battle but we didn’t hear much because of the tank engines,” Patterson said, remembering the roar given off by two other tanks on the landing craft with him.

By then it was broad daylight. The attack had been meant to go in before dawn, under cover of darkness.

All three tanks in the TLC Patterson was aboard had been fully sealed in case they landed in five or six feet of water, and they had to blow their sealing off explosively once they reached the beach.

It was immediately after blowing that seal that Patterson saw his first death through the three-inch perspex of his driver’s slot.

“The first casualty I saw was a young engineer I had been chatting to the night before, who was meant to go up and blow up the concrete obstructions the Germans had put there. He tried to crawl up the bank (of the beach) with his explosives. His explosives kit was hit and was blazing. He must have been in agony. I’m glad I couldn’t hear him screaming.”

When it was his Churchill tank’s turn to leave the landing craft, Patterson followed the other two as they made towards the town. The others managed to get out of the sight of the deadly fire into the initial part of the town before the German gunners could get the range. But as Patterson steered after them and crested the bank of the beach, the tank instantly took a direct hit on its exposed front, totally destroying the steering column in his hands.

Patterson estimates his group had been on the beach no more than about five minutes. He was momentarily knocked unconscious by the blast and his co-driver alongside him received a neck wound which was pumping blood until they slapped a field dressing on it.

But the tank, which had been knocked some 30 feet back down the slope by the blast, was still operable. The steering was gone but it could still move backwards and forwards and the turret and its gun were still in good working order. So, directed by an officer on the beach picking targets, the tank, given the name Canny, popped up to fire a two-pound shell at selected targets and then quickly fall back behind the cover of the cobble-stone beach. That continued for some hours, until the tank had to be abandoned and one of the crew tossed in a special explosive to disable it and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

“I got separated from the rest of the crew after that,” Patterson recalled. “We were all in a shell-hole and when I came out there was nobody around. I later remember being in a shell-hole and they were trying to get me with a mortar. They were getting pretty close too. I think I must have been a bit shell-shocked, because they found me wandering about the beach (after the cease-fire and surrender).

It was after that, Pattterson recalls, that he happened to witness a German officer execute one of his own men. The young private had been looting the Canadian dead and prisoners, taking anything he could. When he took a prisoner’s picture of his wife or family and the Canadian asked for it back, the private ripped it in two.

“The officer might just have come out of officer’s training - he was immaculate,” said Patterson. “He spoke to this private and the guy turned around, and the officer shot him right in the head, right in front of me. I have to admit I didn’t think much about it. He put his gun in his holster and looked a little sick and then just walked off.”

Patterson had been slightly but painfully wounded in the face by the mortar-shelling among the beach’s cobble-stones, and he was put into hospital in Rouen for a few days by his German captors. The Germans soon decided that Patterson was “malingering” as he put it, and he was then sent to catch up with the hundreds of other troops from the raid who were in holding camps waiting to be sent to POW camps. Those camps turned out to be not in Germany, but Poland.

Patterson therefore found himself on one of the infamous Death Marches with other POWs, as the Germans retreated before the Russians in the final stages of the war. For him the march began Robbie Burns’ Day in late January 1945 and lasted through to May, when he was finally liberated.

Patterson said he found life in the two POW camps he was mostly boring, with poor rations and food. He recalls seeing a sergeant escape carrying a small suitcase one day while the prisoners set up a diversion for the guards by staging a wrestling match. The most anxious time was when the prisoners from Dieppe were ordered tied up because some captured Germans had been tied up with short lengths of string - contrary to the Geneva Convention on the treatment of POWs - for taking back to England.

“After some weeks, Hitler ordered that they change that to (wrist) shackles and that went on for months,” said Patterson. “That was an anxious time because we didn’t know what to expect or what they were going to do with us. Eventually there was a prisoner exchange and the [German] prisoners from Canada told how well they had been treated over here, so they took the shackles off. We had to wear them from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and we used to use the key from bully-beef cans to unlock them. I spent a couple or three hours chained to a tree outside once or twice for going without my shackles.”

Patterson said while he remains unclear about the exact purpose of the raid, he thinks the commanders probably knew it was going to be a massacre but went ahead with it anyway, to draw pressure off the besieged Russians at Stalingrad and to make a point to the Russians that the Allies in England were not ready yet to mount a Second Front on the Atlantic coastline of Europe. No other frontal attack was ever made from the ocean on a fortified port during the rest of the war, and the D-Day invasion took place on beaches away from towns.

“I think it was probably done on purpose,” the 84-year-old said without apparent bitterness. “As you know, in warfare, to sacrifice 600 or 700 men to gain a point is peanuts and I believe it was to show the rest of the world we were not ready.”

Patterson said one other thing many of the tank commanders and drivers were not ready for was the cobble stones of the beach on Dieppe, which piled up on the tracks of many of the tanks, were carried round into the drive wheels, and there caused the tracks to snap and break.

Fortunately for him, he said, he and the people in the tanks in the troop aboard his landing craft were from agricultural parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, used to working with tractors and tracked vehicles on farms. They spotted the danger and warned others not to turn their tank too sharply, to avoid the big stones piling up on the tracks.

His background on a farm in Alberta had served him well, but he still counts himself lucky not to have been among the 907 soldiers killed in the brief battle that day. A total of 119 Allied aircraft were also lost in an air-battle overhead, 13 of them from eight Canadian squadrons.

“A lot of good men went to meet their Maker that day,” he said.

Americans in Canadian Army

Sergt. Everett (Arky) Oglesby of Manila, Arkansas, was a farmer until he joined up with the Essex Scottish Regiment, May 27, 1940 because, "I couldn't see why might was right and I knew we were going to get into the fight anyway."

Oglesby was wounded by scrapnel through the right lung in the Dieppe raid. His wallet and a paybook stopped another piece of scrapnel that might have pierced his heart.

In October 1943, Oglesby returned home as part of the first Allied prisoner exchange of the war with the Germans.

"I just can't visualize it. I still think I'm in Stalag No. 8 Lamsdorf. That barbed wire was like to drive me darned near crazy."

Other PoW's included Pte. George Joseph Bonner, Redford, MI and Pte. John Alexander Davers Fleming, Highland Park, MI

Western Ontario Regiment

+Maj. Thomas Edward Hayhurst, Windsor, Ont.
+Lieut. Alfred Douglas Green, Windsor
+Pte. Gordon Ernest Green, Windsor
+Cpl. Gordon Ernest Barrett, Windsor
+Acting Cpl. Irwin Clarke, Windsor
+Pte. Francis John Delisle, Windsor
+CGMS Charles Donald, East Windsor
+Pte. John David Pate, Reading, Eng.
+Pte. Richard Podger, Windsor
+Pte. James Rennie, Walkerton
+Pte. James Taylor, Windsor
+Pte. Victor Wysuki, Chicago

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Acting Wing Commander Francis David Stephen Scott-Malden, D.F.C.

(September 1942 interview) "It was difficult to see what was happening because of smoke screens and explosions. The air was full of planes. Coming back we sighted 6 Dorniers and I just couldn't hold the boys back. Other Dorniers were shooting at us as we attacked the patrol. We got 6, probably another, and damaged another."

Distinguished Service Order
Citation: “During the past 6 months, this officer has led his wing on a large number of sorties. In this period, the wing has destroyed 49 enemy aircraft and probably destroyed and damaged many others. During the combined operations at Dieppe on the 19th August, 1942, the wing completed a large number of sorties; 21 enemy aircraft were destroyed, and many others damaged. Wing Commander Scott-Malden led the wing on 3 of these sorties. The splendid success achieved on this and other occasions is largely attributable to the magnificent leadership displayed by Wing Commander Scott-Maiden. He is a brilliant pilot and a fine tactician, whose thorough knowledge and personal example have proved worthy of the highest praise.”

Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “In the combined operations against Dieppe on 19th August, 1942, this officer flew with great distinction. He completed several sorties during which he constantly flew amongst enemy bomber and fighter patrols. Although he was several times engaged by hostile aircraft, 1 of which he destroyed, Group Captain Broadhurst displayed great skill and furnished much valuable information regarding the trend of the air operations. In the course of his duties he flew alone for some 8 hours in an area where hostile patrols were operating in great strength. His skill and gallantry were of the highest order.”

Wing Commander Peter Russell Walker, D.F.C.

No. 3 Squadron

Op 1: Took off from base at 4:30 a.m. detailed to carry out operations against anti-aircraft gun positions and buildings in the town of Dieppe, in conjunction with other aircraft. The aircraft were over the target area at 5:14 a.m. and immediately went into the attack. During the second attack Sgt. Banks' Hurricane was separated from the rest of the squadron, thought to be due to having sustained damage by anti-aircraft fire over the target area and carried out a landing in the sea.

F/L Herbert Edward Tappin - Hurricane BE371 hit by ground fire

+(R/72892) Stirling David Banks - (Co. 39 14 SF) - Hurricane BD867 flak, Conway, P.E.I.

+(NZ40323) S/L Alex Edward Berry DFC Hurricane AM286 attacked by Fw.190

Acting Flight Lieutenant Herbert Edward Tappin
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “Flight Lieutenant Tappin who was appointed flight commander in April, 1942 has participated in a number of hazardous operations. He led his squadron in the first sortie during the combined operations at Dieppe, on 19th August, 1942, and although his aircraft was severely damaged, he returned to base safely. Flight Lieutenant Tappin led the squadron in a further three sorties during these operations and despite the fierce enemy opposition he pressed home his attacks. He has displayed courage and devotion to duty of a high standard.”

(J/8645) Rodney Svoboda Croome (Co. 36 11 SF); (NZ412705) Byron Court Lumsden; +(111562) Robert Matley Walmsley - KIA 1943; (106195) Ronald William Alexander MacKichan; (1251517 - 66522) F/O Eric James Pullen - Hurricane AG665 hit by flak; F/L Herbert Edward Tappin - Hurricane BE371 hit by ground fire; (R/62937 - J/17350) Glenn Roland Graham - 412 Sqn.; (1252321) F/S Peter Desmond Hendra, Montreal - died 1943 264 Sqn.; Sgt. Donald J. Butcher RAF; (655983 - 138650) Sgt. Robert Edward 'Bob' Barckley - DFC 44; +(119876) Kenneth Albert Wigglesworth - KIA 1944; (NZ413061) Douglas Ross Hall - KIA May 18, 43; (NZ413862) Alan Trevor Little - KIA July 1, 43; Sgt. R.G.L. Armstrong

No. 13 Squadron

0410 hours: smoke bomb AA batteries 'Bismarck' east headland

(44517) F/L Eric Latham Beverley (P) (Z6089-F)

F/Sgt. B.R. Frost

F/Sgt R.K. Hooker (AG)

Pilot Officer David Liffitte Rogan (P) (Z5811-P)

P/O R.B. Ward

Sgt. R.A. Bramhill (AG)

+(47768) P/O Cecil Lloyd Woodland (P) V5380
+(1112889) Sgt. Austin Stanley Boyd (O)
+(401392) Henry George 'Harry' Neville - (5 BGS) WAG

(44536) F/L John Herbert Malet 'Jack' Shaw (P) Z5882

P/O E.A. Martin

F/Sgt. R.C. Roberts (AG)

(80204) P/O Cyril Aubrey Hudson-Beck (P) Z6558
Sgt. A.C. Younghouse (O)

Sgt. J. Rough (AG)

(118398) P/O Alaric Jickling N3545

Sgt. H.M. Martin (O)

Sgt. J.V. Welsh (AG)

11:10 - 12:20

F/L W.L. Thomas

(111098) P/O Richard Harold Blackmore (O)

F/Sgt. F. Pitt

(149844) P/O R.J. Broughton Z5882
Frank Herbert Westbrook (O)

Sgt. A.A. Smith

P/O J. Kilpatrick

P/O J.A. Bush (O)

F/Sgt. P. Lunt

+Corrigan (AL736)
+Marks (AL680)

+(118398) Alaric Jickling - died Dec. 18, 42 Malta; Sgt. A.H. Smith (AG)

No. 19 Squadron

08:40 hours: Patrol at 5,000 feet with 121 Sqn.

08:51 hours: Top cover with 121 Sqn. at 10,000 feet. P/O Jack Henderson attacks Fw.190's.

11:50 hours: Patrol with 121 Sqn. sighted Fw.190's

16:15 hours: Patrol with 121 Sqn., tangle with Fw.190's.

Acting Squadron Leader Patrick Bernard George Davies
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has participated in sorties over enemy occupied territory as well as in several attacks on shipping. On one occasion, in March, 1942, he led a formation as escort to a force of bombers detailed to attack the aerodrome at Abbeville. Some 30 enemy fighters attempted to intercept the bombers but their efforts were frustrated. Squadron Leader Davies, displaying extremely skilful leadership, contributed materially to the success achieved. In the combined operations at Dieppe on 19th August, 1942, his fine qualities were well to the fore. Squadron Leader Davies has destroyed at least 2 enemy aircraft."

Flying Officer Jack Henderson
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has participated in numerous sorties over enemy-occupied territory in several shipping reconnaissances and took part in the combined operations at Dieppe. Throughout, he has displayed coolness and determination. He has destroyed 1 and probably another 2 hostile aircraft."

(NZ413133) William Harkness Sloan - KIA Jan. 18, 43; (80403) Ian Meynel Mundy, Rhodesia - KIA Aug. 25, 44; F/L Charles Frank Bradley; (134757) John Watson Foster (32 SF) BL573 Cat B; (778731 - 80454) Eric Sidney Opie; +(1194649) Eric Albert Blore; (106193) Jack Henderson - died 234 Sqn. Dec. 22, 42; (76972) William Basil Van Nostrand Wedd; (1077035 - 132894) Desmond William Connor, Belfast killed Aug. 18, 44; Sgt. J.L. Brown; Sgt. E.R. Davis wounded; F/O Bernard Fuchs; Sgt. H.A. Plummer; P/O H.A.L. Simpson

No. 23 Squadron

Squadron Leader William Winder McConnell, D.F.C.
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Squadron Leader McConnell has led his squadron in a number of successful offensive operations which have included attacks against enemy shipping, docks and aerodromes. He also participated with distinction in the combined operations at Dieppe on 19th August, 1942. Squadron Leader McConnell has consistently displayed gallantry and devotion to duty of a high order, whilst his leadership has been an example to others."

No. 26 Squadron

+(NZ413380) Arnold George Christensen - PoW, executed March 29, 1944 (Co. 42 4 SF); (119556) John Edward Anthony Hartill - killed May 23, 45 64 Sqn.; (122151) Colin Bowden McGhee DFC; (647147) F/Sgt Prince Paul Bannerman - died Sept. 21, 42; (122423) P/O James Alexander Manson died Aug. 26, 42; (108142) P/O Edward E. O'Farrell - PoW; (655461 - 47363) Royson Jack Charles William Giles - KIA 225 Sqn. Nov. 42; (49745) P/O James Frederick Kelly - KIFA Aug. 26, 42

+(1271760) Geoffrey Denys Maynard Cliff - KIA
+(43959) F/L Donald Newton Kennedy

No. 32 Squadron

0445 hours: Attack gun positions

Acting Squadron Leader Edward Roland Thorn, D.F.M.
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “Squadron Leader Thorn, by his personal example and untiring energy, has built his squadron into a highly efficient unit during the five months in which he has been its commanding officer. During the combined operations at Dieppe on 19th August, 1942, he displayed great courage and determination when under heavy fire from the ground defences and he refused to be diverted from his task when warned that he was being attacked by an enemy fighter. The successes achieved by the squadron on this and other occasions have been primarily due to Squadron Leader Thorn’s gallantry and fine leadership both in the air in on the ground.”

(1332002) Sgt. Reginald Ernest Tickner; Hugh Stanage; P/O E.M. Bishop; P/O R.S. Davidson; P/O C. Mehrhof; F/S D.R. Higgin; Sgt. W. Sherman; Sgt. G. Francis; Sgt. Robert W. Dunn

41 Squadron

Kenneth George Warren; (GB1114209) Sgt. Edward Ernest Vine; (1126985 - 139816) Kenneth Basil Robinson - KIA June 7, 44; (112428) Thomas Adams Hume Slack

Op 1
(400800) Sgt. William Michael Coombes
(108809) Reginald Hoare
(117493) Rycherde Henry Wilshere 'Dickie' Hogarth - died 1943
Douglas H. Hone
Geoffrey C. Hyde
(401823) Jeffrey Cecil King
(80270) Harold Crosbie Knight, South Africa died 1944
(1177131 - 139274) John 'Maxwell' Wauchope Lloyd
Rex Poynton
(NZ412744) Sgt. Kenneth Victor James Schou EATP
Thomas Slack
Stepp
Walker

(1218340) Thomas Guy Atkinson died 1944
Maxwell Lloyd
(1114209) Edward Ernest Vine
Kenneth George Warren

Stepp
Hoare

Op 2
Thomas Guy Atkinson died 1944
(AUS.403800) William Michael Coombes
Douglas Hone
(37403) Geoffrey Cockayne Hyde
Jeffrey C. King
Harold C. Knight
Andre Imbert died 1943
Poynton
(1126985) Sgt. Kenneth Basil Robinson
(NZ.412744) Kenneth Victor James Schou
Thomas A. W. Slack
Stepp

Op 3
Atkinson
Coombes
(119918) Ronald Harrison KIFA 1942
+S/L Hyde shot down
Imbert
King
Knight
John M. W. Lloyd
(86361) Thomas (Rex) Poynton, South Africa died 1943
Schou
Slack
Stepp

No. 43 Squadron

Sortie 1: Depart (3/43/245 Sqns.) at 04.25 hours for attack on gun positions and buildings west of harbour.

S/L DuVivier FT-A BN230

F/L Frederick 'Freddie' Lister badly damaged Hurricane BN234

(126717) P/O Anthony Edward Snell - Hurricane BP703 flak picked up by allied landing craft

Sgt. N. Smith Hurricane Z3687

Sgt. W. Webster Hurricane Z3169

(R/60588) Hank Wilk, PoW BD712 flak

(1073648/117519) Robert Wilkinson Turkington damaged

(403606) Edgar 'Ted' Trenchard Smith - (Co. 33 2 SF) damaged - Hurricane Z5153

Sgt. Pilot Godfrey Ball, of Monto, Queensland, was among the Australians in the first thrust. and his squadron began operations as dawn was breaking. Hurricane Z2915

"The flak was extremely thick at that stage causing the day's heaviest casualities. Beaches, cliffs and houses were honeycombed with machine gun nests and blockhouses which were able to crossfire to our commandos. Our job was to silence them and this proved tough going.

"Once half a dozen Focke-Wulfs dived at us but the Spitfires - who did a marvelous job that day - drove them off. The air over us simply swarmed with aircraft."

Acting Flight Lieutenant Frederick Wooldridge Lister
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “During the combined operations at Dieppe this officer skilfully led his section on 4 low-level sorties against the enemy. On the first of these, his aircraft was badly damaged by enemy fire but he flew it back to his base and executed a skilful landing. Throughout the operations he set a splendid example. Flight Lieutenant Lister has destroyed a Junkers 88.”

(J/15375) Pilot Officer John Trent Wills, Saint John, N.B., Hurricane HL560 was the first Canadian pilot over Dieppe. No man in the squadron outside of the commanding officer made more trips over Dieppe. His work began in the pre-dawn darkness, and he paused during the day only long enough to snatch a bite and a bit of rest to step from one bullet and flak- riddled Hurricane into another. Willis and his squadron mates strafed ground defences and made low-level attacks against enemy shipping off the coast. He said they flew so low they were within revolver shot of the ground defences. Wills was killed in action, February 22, 1943.

(41967) Sgt. Wilfred Joseph Webster RNZAF BCATP; Harold Rodney Lea; (AUS404227) Godfrey Massey Ball; (R/67983) John Dortch Lewis (Co. 30 6 SF); +(116831) P/O Ronald Owen Barker - KIA 1943; Sgt. D.W. Nelson; (AUS.410975) Ross William Leeming - (Co. 41 14 SF); P/O Jack Torrance; Bierer; (R/62987 - J/15375) John Trent Wills - KIA Feb. 22, 43 (Co. 21 2 SF); (AUS.401950) Peter John Hedderwick - killed Feb. 8, 45; Sgt. M.D. Smith RNZAF; Sgt. C. Figgis (776102) Claude Lawrence Dundas 'Larry' ?

Sortie 2: Depart at 07.50 hours E-Boat search.

Sortie 3: Depart 1115 hours: Attack gun batteries east headland

Sortie 4: Depart 1345 hours: Attack on gun batteries - 'Bismarck'. Squadron attacked by Fw.190's. Hurricane flown by Sgt. Bierer damaged. No. 129 Squadron provided cover.

No. 65 Squadron

Acting Flight Lieutenant Colin Roy Hewlett
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has completed a large number of sorties. He is a skilful flight commander whose leadership has proved most inspiring. In the combined operations at Dieppe on the 19th August 1942, Flight Lieutenant Hewlett flew with distinction.”

(655138 - 136573) Sgt. James Butler; (403434) James Reginald Richards; (402493) Robert Leopold Cunningham (Co. 33 2 SF); Sgt. Thomas Davy Tinsey - Do217 claim KIA 1944; Sgt. Kenneth Mathew Rogers, Umtali, Rhodesia; (AUS.267930) George Robson Gratwick Sarll; (1333300 - 129957) Sgt. Peter Joseph Hearne; (1367781 - 117488) PO James Rankine Diack - died 80 Sqn. Nov. 1942; (121320) Noel Rees Macqueen - KIFA Sept. 3, 42; (1377311 - 115915) P/O Alexander Augustus Vale - DFC 126 Sqn.; (742999) Ronald Leslie Stillwell DFM; (778066 - 80139)Thomas Archibald Burke - DFC; Sgt K.A. Biggs -(65 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ½/0/0 (with Sgt. R. Brown); Sgt. R. Shorthouse; (1270394) Sgt. Robert Raistrick Law - died Sept. 15, 42;Sgt. J. Long; +(R/80806 - J/18928) William John Bentley - 152/65/249/443 Sqns., Willowdale (Co. 29 2 SF) Spitfire BL753 Logbook: "Cover for landing - Dieppe. No bandits seen - landing party heavily engaged."; Sgt. D. Reeve; P/O W. Idema; F/S D. Smith

No. 66 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Robert Duncan Yule, D.F.C.
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in February this year, Squadron Leader Yule has displayed untiring devotion to duty, fine fighting spirit and excellent leadership which have been an example of the highest order. He has participated in many operational sorties and in the combined operations at Dieppe. He has destroyed several and damaged a number of other enemy aircraft.”

Squadron Leader George Craig Banning-Lover AFC; Sgt. John Tilston; (AUS407762) Kevin Milne Barclay - (Co. 28 11 SF); +(R/62462) Sgt. Ronald Harvey Loyns - 66 Sqn. - (Co. 34 6 SF), Saskatoon; +(SAAF102203V) Victor Robinson Englestoft Nissen; Sgt Michael McSpedden; (954259 - 114080) Arthur Edwin Tomblin; W/O B. Setter; (NZ41394) P/O Russell Maurice Mathieson EATP Aug 8, 41; (135141) Sgt. Walter John Ives; Sgt. R. Saunders

No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron

Flight Lieutenant Gregory Augustus Daymond, D.F.C.
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has completed many sorties over enemy territory. He has always led his flight with great skill and courage and has. destroyed 7 enemy aircraft. In the recent Dieppe operations, Flight Lieutenant Daymond flew with distinction."

P/O William (Brewster) Morgan; P/O William T. O’ Regan; P/O Alfred Henry Hopson; P/O Howard D. Hiveley; P/O Walter J. Hollander; P/O Richard D. McMinn died 1944; P/O Robert L. Prizer; P/O Gilbert G. Ross; P/O Hubert L. Stewart; P/O Harold H. Strickland - 1 Fw.190 prob.; P/O Gordon H. Whitlow - died 1943; Sgt. P.J.E. Evans - died Aug. 27, 42

No. 81 Squadron

+(J/15790) Harry Elmore Fenwick - DFC 401 Sqn., Toronto (Co. 32 6 SF); (J/8147 - R/69328) William Sydney Large - KIA Jan. 16, 43 DAF, Kirkland Lake, Ont. (Co. 34 11 SF); (J/3199) James Elmslie Walker - 243 Sqn. DFC & 2 Bars, Edmonton KIFA 1944 (2 SF); (149858) P/O Harry Albert Byford; (960345 - 120490) P/O Peter John Anson -claimed: Fw190 0/1/0; (117303) Herbert Cecil Rigby; P/O J.B. Rigby; (126771) Kenneth Leslie Waud; (1380253) James Friar - KIA Nov. 15, 42; Sgt. L. Lowery; Sgt. A.K. Stodhart

No. 87 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Denis Graham Smallwood
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer is an exceptionally keen and skilful pilot who has rendered excellent service, especially in night flying operations. In the recent combined operations at Dieppe, Squadron Leader Smallwood led his squadron on two low
level attacks on gun emplacements in the face of strong opposition from the ground defences; his leadership proved a valuable asset. By his personal example, he has contributed materially to the high standard of morale and efficiency of his squadron."

Pilot Officer Robin John McNair
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer is a most capable operational pilot. In night-flying operations, he has destroyed a Heinkel 111 and probably destroyed 2 Junkers 88's. In the combined operations at Dieppe, his cool and courageous work set an inspiring example.”

Warrant Officer Kenneth Gildner of Sudbury and Windsor described his flights over Dieppe.

"There were more planes at Dieppe in the air than I have ever seen before. I was on two trips over and on each trip saw at least ten go down. There were ships diving and parachutes going down and rubber dinghies floating around. You could map read your way home by just following the line of dinghies across the channel. Sure there were Germans going down - lots of them - you can't tell a man's nationality by the way he looks in a parachute."

Kenneth Butterworth McGlashan; Alexander Henry Thom; (403306) Sgt. Robert Bawden; (AUS.404959) Sgt. Richard Vernon Beckwith Dulhunty; (AUS.400832) F/O Michael Stanley Lewis; +(47723) George William Mosley- KIA 8/10/43; (112522) Robin John McNair - 3/249/247 Sqns. DFC & Bar; (117706) David George Metzler - died Sept. 17, 44 65 Sqn.; P/O Frank W. Mitchell; P/O J. Baker; (121439) P/O Hugh Kenneth Hughes; (104542) Frederick Andros Grantham died 1944; Sgt. T. Lowe; Sgt. P.M. Forster

No. 88 Squadron

0430 hours: Lay smoke screen

W/C James Ernest Pelly-Fry (P)
(46338) P/O Thomas Henry Joseph 'Jock' Cairns (O)
(132354) Sgt. Cecil Arthur 'Buster' Evans (AG) DFM, DFC

(90392) S/L Richard Geoffrey 'Dickie' England DFC (died 1943)

P/O Abbott

P/O Dennis Grundy

F/S New

P/O Campbell

0645 hours: Bomb Rommel battery

12:10 Hours bomb Hindenburg battery

S/L Griffiths (P)

S/L 'Dickie' England (P)

F/L Adams (P)

P/O P/O John C. 'Jack' Peppiatt Peppiett (P)

P/O Abbott (P)

P/O Campbell (P)

P/O Dennis Grundy (P)

P/O Powell (P)

W/O J.A. Gallant (P)

Sgt. D.R. Carpenter (P)

Sgt. J.A. Mayne (P)

Sgt. (1291133 - 132170) Edward Wickins Simkins (P)

Acting Squadron Leader Desmond Robert Griffiths
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “In the combined operations at Dieppe on August 19th, 1942, this officer led a formation of six aircraft. When nearing its target, the formation was attacked by a much superior number of enemy fighters. In the combat which ensued, Squadron Leader Griffiths led his formation brilliantly, and due to his tactical skill considerable damage was inflicted on the attacking aircraft and one was probably destroyed.”

Pilot Officer Harold Jack Archer
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “In the combined operations on 19th August, 1942, Pilot Officer Archer was the air gunner of the leading aircraft of a formation of bombers detailed to attack a heavy battery position commanding the approaches to Dieppe harbour. When nearing the target, the formation was intercepted by a force of enemy fighters. In the ensuing engagement, Pilot Officer Archer maintained a running commentary of the progress of the combat and skilfully directed the defensive fire; with his own guns - he probably destroyed a Focke Wulf 190. By his splendid fighting spirit and high skill, this officer rendered most valuable service.”

Pilot Officer Alan Cheyne Baxter, R.N.Z.A.F.
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On August 19th, 1942, he was observer in the leading aircraft of a formation which participated in the combined operations at Dieppe. When the formation was attacked by some 20 enemy fighters, Pilot Officer Baxter calmly gave directions to his captain, and subsequently his skilful navigation was an essential contribution to the success achieved by the formation and to its safe return to base.”

Wing Commander James Ernest Pelly-Fry; (1291133 - 132170) Edward Wickins Simkins; (113754) Arthur James Savage; (1375341 - 131499) Stanley Warren Scruse - (WAG); Sgt. J.A. Mayne pilot; (651189 - 49211) Arthur John Acres - (AG); F/S George W. Attenborough - (P); Sgt. Albert Edward Truesdale - WAG KIA 1944 630 Sqn.; W/O J.A. Gallant (P); (104352) Roger Hubert Powell (P) - died April 29, 43 98 Sqn.; (1281932) Leonard George Dunkling - (O) KIA Aug. 29, 42; (101567) P/O Dennis Grundy (P); (108044) P/O Frank Thomas Coxall (N); Sgt Leonard M. Dellow WAG; F/O Sidney D. Abbott RAAF; (J/18091) Sgt. Harry Leo Bradden - died Aug. 16, 43; (106807) R.S. Windmill (AG); P/O John C. 'Jack' Peppiatt (P); (1260083 - 133540) Sgt. Peter Joseph Stack (O) DFC; (104409) P/O Leslie Albert Bond (O); P/O W.L. Alley (O); P/O Edward Armitage (O); (964919 - 106567) P/O Herbert Leonard Ashman - KIA 7 Sqn. 1944; P/O Gerald S. Baker (O); (46338) P/O Thomas Henry Joseph Cairns (O); F/S J.H. Millins (AG) died Aug, 29, 42?; F/S A.R.New (P); Sgt. W.M. Ledge (AG); Sgt. +(1029512) Sidney Kirk (OBS) died March 30, 43 18 Sqn.; Sgt. Denis W. Jacobs (AG); Sgt. J. Hepworth (OBS); Sgt. D.R. Carpenter (P); Sgt. P. Clarkson (AG); (400425) P/O John Francis Warren 'Jack' Ledbetter (P) (Co. 19 4 SF); Sgt. B.R. Rodgers (WAG); Sgt. J. Robertson (AG); Sgt. C. Rand (P); Sgt. I.S. Stewart (WAG); (1053109 - 132983) Sgt. Lawrence Gerald Purcell (AG) (Died in 1944 226 Sqn.); Sgt. J.D. Ashton (O); Sgt. Cox (WAG); Sgt. Andrew J. Duncan (O); Sgt. L.J. O'Neill (AG); Sgt. J.C. Morley (AG); Sgt. A. McLellan (AG); Sgt. J. Moore (O)

Vincent Hughes (P)
Edward 'Ted' Armitage (O)
(923588 - 132350) Sgt. Norman George Payne (WAG)

No. 91 Squadron

5.45 - 06.20 Recco

(116035) P/O Ronald M. Batten 'O'

F/Sgt. R.N. Hoornaert 'T'

(655261 - 135000) Sgt. Melville Kerson Eldrid 'P' KIA Dec. 42

RAAF Thomas Otto Omdahl; Sgt. E.C. Sutton; (1291736 - 141526) Albert George O'Shaughnessy; Sgt. C.H. Evans - engine failure picked up by ASR; +(111264) Edwyn Tonge - died Aug. 20, 42; (108132) Frank Norman Gillitt - KIA Oct. 42; P/O Ron M. Ingram; F/O E.F. 'Knobby' Clarkson; F/S Arthur Carl Young (Co. 25 2 SF); (114998) P/O Ian George Sterwart Matthew - 611/66/41/33 Sqns. DFC; P/O John B. Edwards - KIA 1942; Sgt. K. Hawkins

No. 107 Squadron

Op 1 - with 226 Squadron
0500 hours: Smoke laying 'Rommel' battery

Sgt. Ronald C. Grant (P)

Sgt. George E. Nicholls (P)
Sgt. R.J. Hathaway (OBS) wounded

Wing Commander Lewis Alan Lynn (P)
F/L Ronald John Neil Maclachlan (P)

Sergeant W.A. Wilson -air gunner; (1053439) George Tough - KIA Nov. 13, 42; (135484) James Brown Simpson; (107913) P/O Herbert Leslie Besford (Obs); (106096) John Patrick Crump (P); (133333) Alfred Reginald Verrier - WAG KIA 1944; Sgt R.S. Twidell - WAG; Sgt. Glen R. Stewart - RCAF WAG; (109896) P/O Desmond Ernest Healey - pilot; Sgt. G. Littlejohn - AG; Sgt. A. Western - (O); (1170427 - 68165) Robert Arman Bance (P); (104576) W.A.J. Pike (Obs.); F/S E.R. Edwards (AG - RCAF); (AUS.403308) William (Rex) Berriman (P); (NZ404417) Kenneth Ewen Smith(O) EATP KIA Dec. 27, 42; (755548 - 127169) Robert William Lonsdale (O); (920230) Gordon Turnbull Relph (O) - KIA Aug. 27, 42; (751129) William John Alton Spriggs - died Dec. 6, 42; Sgt. A.B. Snelling (WAG); Sgt. S.T. Smith RCAF (AG); P/O R.F. Bate (WAG); P/O J.A. Allen (P); P/O S.R. Adams (O); P/O D.J. Bowyer (WAG); (149874) P/O Philip Kenneth Burley (P) DFC KIA 1944 692 Sqn.; P/O R.W. Gould (WAG); P/O W.M. Hale (P); P/O D.E. Hammond (P); Sgt. H.A. Jones (AG); Sgt. S. Brady (WAG); P/O Basil B. Kennett (O)-(106980) P/O Norman James Alexander Paton (WAG) died Dec. 6, 42; (NZ404098) Sgt. Ronald William Secord (WAG) KIA 1943; (108867) Thomas James Lever Rushton DFC died July 9, 1943; Sgt John D Russell (OBS)

(1195329 - 115613) George Alexander Turner DFC & Bar - pilot
(1132613 - 155549) Arthur Liddle DFM - Navigator
(1289978 - 155345) Ronald Charles Chatfield - WAG DFC
P/O George Murray - AG

Ron Chatfield (1992 interview IWM): "It (Dieppe) wasn't much of a success I'm afraid. The Germans all knew that it was going to happen long before it did.

"We were all dispatched to Ford aerodrome a couple of days or so before the raid. I went by transport. During our journey there, we got lost on the road. The driver stopped and asked where he was. He didn't ask the way to Ford aerodrome, he asked where it was and the person who we asked never said where it was, they just turned around and said, 'Oh, I know what you want, you want Ford aerodrome. There's a number of you going down that way.'

"So I firmly believe that almost everybody knew what was happening in some way or another. It was incredible.

"Dieppe was our first operation. We were bombing troop movements to enable the Canadians to make an organized retreat from Dieppe. I can't say from the height we were bombing whether we were effective or not. The leader dipped his aircraft and my pilot followed suit. I never had my safety belt on and I came out of my seat and hit the canopy on top. God, it was an experience. The ammunition all came up in the air. It never happened again."

+(R/79257 - J16163) John William Beck

(751129) William John Alton Spriggs - died Dec. 6, 42

1:10 Circus operation at Dieppe on large gun emplacement

1:25 Circus operation at Dieppe on large gun emplacement, bombed from 2500. Fighters seen but did not attack

Sgt. K.E. Stillborn (AG); Sgt K.E. Smith (OBS) NZ; Sgt. J.A. Scott (P); Sgt. J. Ploughman (AG) James? Nfld.; Sgt. W. Pitchford (OBS); Sgt. J. Doyle (AG); Sgt. L.H. Osborne (WAG); Sgt. B. Goldswain (O); Sgt. F. Morris (O); Sgt. G. Murray (AG); F/S Francis L.H. Wilde (WAG); F/S W.J. Snow (AG); F/S D.J. Reid (P); (1002386 - 159080) Lionel Cranfield Poll (O)

No. 111 Squadron

Squadron Leader Peter Reginald Whalley Wickham, D.F.C.
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer who has led his squadron in a large number of operational sorties, has displayed outstanding leadership, skill and initiative. During the combined operations at Dieppe on 19th August, 1942, Squadron Leader Wickham led his squadron in the first sortie before dawn and in a further four during the same operations. He has personally destroyed 9 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 5 and damaged several others."

Mel L. Tushingham, Toronto (Co. 39 13 SF); (1071855) Sgt. Nigel Basil Quiggin Steevenson - KIA Nov. 19, 42; (1314336) Sgt. Brian Alfred Calverley Spranger - half claim with F/L Vance Dornier 217 damaged; Ernest Leonard Mouland, Niagara Falls (Co. 30 1 SF); (1258834) Colin John Telfer; (1380348) Frank Tyrrell - shot down in Spitfire W3814 picked up by ASR launch; (401116) Barry Edward 'Gusty' Gale - claimed Fw.190 probable; +(1031086) Sgt. John Edward Gallon - KIA Aug. 27, 42; (AUS.400779) Harold David Christian - died Dec. 22, 42; (778543 - 80450) Hugh Chicheley Ballance - DFC 266 Sqn. Rhodesia; Sgt. F. Taylor; F/S Denis Frank Randell; +(1217279) Sgt. Edward James Hindley KIA; F/S A. Williams

No. 118 Squadron

The wing moved from Ibsey to Tangmere

Op 1: Escort 614 Sqn. Blenheims smoke laying - recalled

Op 2: With 66 Sqn. escort Hurricanes of 32 and 174 Sqns. to cover withdrawl of assault force

Op 3: With 41 and 501 Sqns. covered withdrawl

Acting Flight Lieutenant John Shepherd
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has taken part in many sorties over enemy occupied territory and in several reconnaissance missions and attacks on shipping. He has destroyed at least 2 enemy aircraft. In the combined operations at Dieppe, Flight Lieutenant Shepherd assisted in the destruction of a Dornier 217. He has at all times displayed great skill and determination.”

(785048 - 130674) Cyril Lionel Francis Talalla (7 SF Co. 33); (1256301 - 115106) Basil John Blackburn; (1201670 - 143686) Patrick Frank Lovell Nickless - PoW 111 Sqn. 1943; F/O Ian Gordon Stewart -(118 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with F/Lt Shepperd, F/Sgt Sid A. Watson and F/Lt Ingham (129 Sqn)) died as a S/Ldr with 65 Sqn 25/3/45; +(R/67815 J/17641) Thomas Joseph De Courcy (Co. 32 14 SF) Claimed: Do217 ½/0/0 (with W/C Gibbs); (1059166 - 121082) P/O Frank Thorburn Brown - DFC died July 43; (1251533 - 137292) Sgt. Stanley Alfred Jones DFM; P/O E.A. Ireland; P/O W.S. Lindner or Linder

No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron

08:40 hours: Patrol at 5,000 feet with 19 Sqn. Barry Mahon PoW, Gene Fetrow bailed out over channel; +(110338) James Larue Taylor killed in Spitfire AD569

08:51 hours: Top cover with 19 Sqn. at 10,000 feet.

11:50 hours: Patrol with 19 Sqn. sighted Fw.190's

16:15 hours: Patrol with 19 Sqn., tangle with Fw.190's.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Selden Raymond Edner
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has participated in many operational sorties and has destroyed at least 5 enemy aircraft, a locomotive, and 3 barges. Flight Lieutenant Edner is a fine leader whose, skill and determination have greatly inspired other members of his flight.”

Flight Lieutenant Robin Peter Reginald Powell; Sgt. Leon Blanding 1 FW 190 damaged; Sgt. George Carpenter; Sgt. Aubrey Charles Stanhope

No. 122 Squadron

Sergeant A. Williams - claimed: Dornier 217 shared with Squadron Leader Killan, Pilot Officer Collignon and (1246392 - 156101) Sergeant William Edward Peet - KIA 1944; (R/102863) Emile Ernest Joseph Regis, Drummondville, Que. - KIA Oct. 15, 42; (1366000 - 130463) Donald Gillespie Mercer - KIA Feb. 26, 43; (1376092 - 102078) John Edward Fowler?; (J/15101) William Arnold Prest - 443 Sqn. (Co. 20 1 SF); (R/69392) Raymond Alexandre (Georges) Nadon - (Co. 32 14 SF); (1180062 - 101014) PO Brian John Bland -(122 Sqn)- died 232 Sqn April 26, 43; Sgt. D. McIntosh

No. 124 Squadron

Acting Flight Lieutenant William Gregson
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has participated in a large number of sorties, including 4 executed in the combined operations at Dieppe when he led his flight with skill and courage. He has at all times set a splendid example. Flight Lieutenant Gregson has destroyed 1 and damaged a further 2 enemy aircraft."

Pilot Officer Michael Plaistowe Kilburn
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has participated in a large number of operational sorties. During the recent Dieppe operations, Pilot Officer Kilbum participated in 4 sorties. He is a skilful pilot, and has destroyed at least 2 and damaged several more hostile aircraft.”

Squadron Leader Thomas Balmforth DFC; (1291762) Sgt. Eric John Phelps - KIA May 14, 43; (1192260) John Burton Shanks - PoW, The Hollies Farm Norton Pattingham Wolverhampton Staffs (died Nov. 11, 2014); (1169226) PO Bernard John Hull DFM -(124Sqn) Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Ju88 0/1/0. Died 1943; (125723 - 128994) F/Sgt Peter Edward George Durnford DFM - Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0 and Do217 1/0/0; P/O Oliver E. Willis; (1167303 - 119286) Basil Robert Murphy; (516456) W/O Reginald Arthur Breeze - died 1945; F/S Derek Richard Denholm Barritt; Sgt. George Ernest Mirsch; P/O Anthony G. Russell claimed Fw 190 probable

No. 129 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Rhys Henry Thomas, D.F.C.
Distinguished Service Order
Citation: "Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has completed many sorties over enemy territory. He is a fine leader and a tenacious fighter. In June, 1942, whilst escorting a force of bombers from an attack on Le Havre,his skilful tactics frustrated the efforts of 12 Focke Wulfe 190s to engage the bombers. In the ensuing engagement, 3 of the enemy's aircraft were destroyed without loss. In August, 1942, he led a daring and determined attack on a number of enemy float planes which were destroyed despite the presence of, enemy fighters. The next day, in low-level attacks on certain positions during the combined operations on Dieppe, Squadron Leader Thomas's magnificent work won the admiration of the attacking forces. This officer is an outstanding squadron commander, whose great skill and faultless judgment have contributed materially to the many successes achieved by his squadron."

No. 129 Squadron

0447 hours: Dick Reeves was probably one of the first aircraft into France in advance of the Dieppe Raid. He was on a special mission to attack a lighthouse that was being used as a spotting position for a heavy battery of guns called 'Rommel.' The squadron was to strafe the gun position and Lord Lovat's commandos were to attack it. Flying Officer Harry Jones and Dick Reeves went in to attack the lighthouse and Jones, who was the #1, was shot down before reaching the objective. Dick, who was the #2, carried on and strafed the target. En route back to England, his plane was attacked, heavily damaged, and he was wounded, but he and his aircraft survived after shooting down the enemy plane. That part of the Dieppe Raid worked very well and Dick received a personal letter of thanks from Lord Lovat. When he left 129 Squadron the 'ERKS' mechanics gave him a sterling silver cigarette case engraved with an image of 'The Saint' kicking down the lighthouse, identical to that which they had previously painted on his Spitfire. (Globe and Mail)

0540 hours: Attack gun position Hess

Escort No. 43 Squadron

Air cover for retreat

+(44881) F/O Harry Gwyn Jones - Spitfire Vb BL934 flak; (403013) Edward Smith Hall - (Co. 28 11 SF); (405473) Ernest Arthur Roy Esau - (Co. 40 1 SF); (126541) P/O Ernest Eugene Owen Irish; F/S Harold Groombridge; P/O A. Gibson

Sergeant M.P.S. Young; Richard Leonard Reeves (Co. 35 12 SF), Toronto; (69479) P/O John Burton 'Peter' Shillitoe - KIA Nov. 9, 44 127 Sqn.; (139278) Maurice William Frith - 229 Sqn. Malta - KIA May 10, 44 602 Sqn.; (NZ404962) P/O Philip Walter D'Arcy Stewart EATP; (144012) Sgt. Anthony Bradshaw DFC 1944; Sgt. Peter Gatley killed 1944

No. 131 Squadron

Wing Commander Michael George Foster Pedley
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "Within the past 3 months, this officer has participated in 38 operational missions, including shipping reconnaissances. During the combined operations at Dieppe on the 19th August, 1942, he displayed great keenness and a fine fighting spirit. In the evening, when the enemy attempted an air attack in the vicinity of one of our aerodromes, they were intercepted by the squadron led by Wing Commander Pedley; at least 2 enemy bombers were destroyed. This officer, is a squadron commander of outstanding ability."

S/Ldr R.H. Allen -(131 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1; (411389) Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe - (Co. 41 14 SF); (1293333) Sgt. John David Thorogood - claimed Do217 with (37328) W/C Michael George Foxter Pedley; (NZ41469) P/O Horace George 'Horry' Copland EATP and Sgt. John Lavery Davidson. (115189) P/O Ivan Kenneth Crawford claimed Dornier 217 with (87445) F/L John Christopher Shaboe 'Chris' Doll, F/O H.S. Jackson and P/O Emrys A.J. Williams; (1387675?) Sgt. J.B. King; (R/58697 - J/15344) Albert Fremont Eckert, Sandpoint, Idaho; (87447) F/Lt Ray Hiley Harries -(131Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Do217 ¼/0/0 (with FO Wilson, PO Eckert and Sgt A.W. Bower); (67105) Neil Stewart Wilson - died Oct. 22, 42; (AUS.405302) Alfred Vincent Noel Ede

No. 140 Squadron

Pilot Officer Charles Dugdale Harris-St. John (Co. 30 11 SF)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "In August, 1942, this officer was detailed for a low level photographic reconnaissance over Dieppe. A large-scale operation depended upon the results which must be obtained at all costs. On the outward flight weather over the channel was very bad with heavy rain and poor visibility; at times, Pilot Officer Harris-St. John was forced down within 30 feet of the sea. When within three miles of the enemy coast visibility became clear and Pilot Officer Harris-St. John found himself heading straight for Dieppe at 100 feet. There was no cloud cover nearer than 12,000 feet, but fully alive to the importance of his mission he decided to fly straight ahead at only 100 feet. Whilst still a mile from the objective, the defences opened fire, but he courageously pressed on and flew right in over the harbour mouth in the face of intense light anti-aircraft and machine gun fire. He took exposures of the harbour and docks flying only just high enough to clear the house tops. His aircraft was hit by a shell which blew a hole twelve inches square in the starboard main plane and splintered the engine cowlings. Pilot Officer Harris-St. John was now inland with the nearest cloud cover some three miles out to sea. Displaying great resource, he dived towards the coast-line, opening fire on the nearest gun emplacement to cause confusion, thus he was able to fly out to sea and reach the safety of the cloud cover. His photographs of the objective were first class and provided Combined Operations with extremely valuable information.”

No. 154 Squadron

Sergeant J.S. Whaley claimed Dornier 217 shared with eight others; (NZ411854) Norman Bruce - KIA Nov. 42;

Sgt. Henry David 'Hank' Costain

"Hank Costain first flew a Spitfire in 1942, at the age of 19. He described flying a Spitfire as "absolutely marvellous".

"When you first got into the seat and opened the throttle it felt as if someone had given you a good kick up the bottom and away you went.

"It would do everything you asked of it. Compared to other aircraft it was light on the controls, you could do all the aerobatics and you would come up to speed very quickly.

"If you treated a Spitfire properly, it treated you properly. Treat it roughly or be careless with it and you were in trouble, in that it would do all sorts of things such as ground looping. It also had a very fragile undercarriage and could collapse."

"Everyone that joined the air force wanted to fly a Spitfire."

A Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft Mr Costain describes the Spitfire as "England's saving grace"

During and since his flying days, Mr Costain says he has often been asked if he was frightened during the war years.

"I was terrified, but I was terrified of letting my own friends see that I was frightened. One made one's self very determined that you wouldn't show that.

"If you were attacked when you were flying a Spitfire during the war years, you turned hard into the attacking aircraft and they just couldn't get behind you! It was much more manoeuvrable than the German aircraft.

"I don't think we should ever forget what the Spitfire did for England. It was virtually England's saving grace." (BBC News Dorset)

(J/7460) P/O Frederick Alan Aikman (Co. 32 1 SF) DFC & Bar, Toronto; (41563) F/Lt Alan Francis Eckford DFC damaged Do.17; (NZ404334) P/O Hansford Ward Chambers - claimed Do.17 destr. shared with 8 others; (1253456 - 174779) Edward Artus - killed 1945 8 Sqn.; (86625) F/O Alexander Stewart Turnbull - claimed Do.217 shared - KIA Jan. 18, 43 153 Sqn.; (106648) Idris Trevarthen Garrett - claimed 1 Do.217 with 8 others - 232 Sqn., Rio; Sgt. P.J. Brown; Sgt. G.M. Haase; Sgt. Hall; (NZ403966) David Franklin Livingstone; Sgt F.J. Flote cl. 1/8 Do217 destr.

No. 174 Squadron

Op 1 4:40 hours: Hurribombers depart with 175 Squadron

S/L Emile Fayolle

(104549) Pilot Officer Harry Davies
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has completed numerous sorties during which the enemy's aerodromes, industrial plants, docks and other targets have been attacked. He flew with distinction in the recent combined operations at Dieppe. Pilot Officer Davies has displayed great devotion to duty and a fine fighting spirit.”

Pilot Officer James William Bromley Reynolds
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has. completed numerous sorties involving low flying attacks on important enemy industrial targets and aerodromes in Northern France. In the recent combined operations at Dieppe, Pilot Officer Reynolds participated in attacks on the enemy's gun positions. He has displayed excellent leadership and initiative.”

Flight Sergeant John William Brooks
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: “Flight Sergeant Brooks has completed 32 operational sorties. These operations have included high and low level raids and dive bombing attacks against industrial installations, aerodromes and sea ports. He also participated in the combined operations at Dieppe on 19th August, 1942. Flight Sergeant Brooks has at all times pressed home his attacks with great courage and determination and has proved himself to be a skilful section leader.”

(146329) Flying Officer Walter Cyril Vatcher Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has operated with this squadron since March, 1942, and took part in the attack on Dieppe. Since then he has participated in many varied operations and has completed a large number of sorties over enemy occupied territory involving the bombing of well defended targets such as airfields, military installations and shipping. Since April 1944, he has acted as flight leader and since the invasion of Normandy has done fine work attacking enemy tanks and transport columns. On all his missions he has operated with great keenness in the face of heavy opposition."

+(1380108) Sgt. Charles Frederick James - Hurricane BP649 brought down by small arms fire

+P/O Maurice du Fretay - Hurricane HL705 flak

Pilot Officer Raymond van Wymeersch became a PoW. He recalled the op over Dieppe: "Towards 12-12:30, I took off for my second mission in Hurricane BP299 - bombing and strafing of a coast station north of Dieppe.

"Still many planes circling in every sense, the sea covered with boats and barges on fire; a few beaches teeming with injured and dead bodies, tanks burning.

"Thick smoke obscured part of the sky above our goal, we passed below to see it, and that's when, coming out of the cloud, a Focke-Wulf hits me hard and some of my rear stabilizer.

"Completely unbalanced and I lose control - drop canopy, unbuckle the harness out of the plane and excluding statutory six seconds, pull the handle of the parachute.

"The parachute opened I suddenly struck the ground.

"Ankle and fractured right foot, I undo my parachute harness and get rid of my mae west."

(1313416) Sgt. Lionel Frank Seeley - killed Nov. 29, 42; (AUS.405114) William Henry Moore - KIA June 18, 43 (Co. 36 1 SF); (1257831 - 137304) John William Brooks; +(J/15356) James William Bromley Reynolds - (Co. 30 1 SF) Pembroke, Ont.; (400849) Charles Bryce Watson PoW Hurricane BE505 shot down by FW.190; G. Ian Mallett; (NZ404975) James Himiona Wetere; (1385556 - 115703) P/O John Frederick Cobbett - died 1944; F/S W. Montgomery; (1332744 - 174408) Sgt. Ernest George Boucher died 1944

No. 175 Squadron

Op 1 Hurribombers attack Goring gun position

S/Ldr John R. Pennington-Leigh DFC

(R/71492 - J/15929) Druval 'Duvie' Wookey Westcott, Winnipeg Hurricane BP705

Ronald MacGarva (10 SF Co. 35) Hurricane BE404

(J/15366) F/L Burton Durrell Murchie - DFC, (Co. 18 6 SF)
Colchester, N.B. Hurricane BE489

(AUS.404795) F/L Donald George Andrews DFC RAAF - (Co. 26 - 1 SFTS) Hurricane BP295

(996843) F/S Ronald Clunie Hurricane BE687

(1438459) Sgt. Tom Everard Johnson Hurricane BE503

P/O A.C.N. Stewart Hurricane BE668

Op 3 target Hindenburg - attack troop positions depart 12:50 hours

S/L John R. Pennington-Leigh Hurricane BE502

F/L Burton Durrell Murchie Hurricane BE417

P/O Derek Leyland Stephenson Hurricane BE687 flak damage bailed out over channel

P/O A.H. McLaren Hurricane BE492

F/S Norman Howe Hurricane BE668

F/S Duvie Westcott

F/S A.J. Long

Sgt. Francis Cawthray

(1292518) Sgt. Henry Walter Read - KIA Dec. 24, 44; (120534) P/O William Ostle Peacock; (139493) Sgt. George Daykin Cockbone - KIA June 19, 43; (149954) Osmund Randolph Kelsick, Montserrat, Antigua; (R/83919-J/15930) Norman Charles Russell Howe - (Co. 32 14 SF); (1438459) Sgt. Tom Everard Johnson; (1100657 - 137448) F/Sgt. John Eutychus Meredith - shot down He.111 in Hurricane BE394; Ronald MacGarva (10 SF Co. 35); (R/56105 - J/15585) Clarence Ronald John Emberg - DFC (2 SF Co. 13); (R/78848 - J/16049) Walter John Robins; (996843) F/S Ronald Clunie; (524646) Sgt. Dennis Samuel Conroy; Derek Leyland Stephenson; (NZ405233) Sgt. Francis Arnold Cawthray EATP; A.H. McLaren (14 SF?); P/O A.C.N. Stewart; (102628) Derek Leyland Stevenson - author of 'Six Crashes Later'.; Sgt. E. O'Bart

(NZ404467) Raymond Albert Peters DFM (Co. 24 6 SF) KIA Dec. 30, 43 486 Sqn.
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: "This section leader has displayed great energy and initiative in all his work. In attacks on shipping he has sunk a merchant ship and an 'E' boat at night; he has also destroyed one and probably destroyed two other enemy aircraft."

Norm Howe and his childhood buddy Jack MacLean were both 19 years old when war broke out in 1939.

The duo were inseparable.

They spent time together in their hometown of Toronto, played competitive tennis together and decided to enlist together.

“We were getting a little antsy that we’d be called up to the army, so we decided to join the air force,” Howe said.

In December 1939, they began training for their pilot’s licence.McLean was unable to complete his training after he burst his ear drum during a training exercise.

“He was ruled out as a pilot and became a navigator,” Howe said. “I got my wings.”

Howe was sent overseas in 1941 and flew an impressive 90 combat missions in bombers and fighter planes over France, Holland and Belgium during the Second World War.

In 1944 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts.

In a letter endorsed by his squadron commander, Howe was described as a keen and enthusiastic officer who set an example for the rest of his squadron.

“This officer never misses a chance of taking part,” the commander wrote in the letter. “He has good record of sustained effort. His 32 dive-bombing attacks were particularly worth of notice."

"He took part in the Dieppe Raid when he led his section in low level attacks on gun positions.

"During a dive-bombing attack in France, he was “very badly shot up and in spite of severe damage he brought the aircraft safely home."

One of the planes he flew during the war was the Hawker Typhoon.

“It was a big bird of an aircraft. I never dreamed I’d be flying an aircraft … let alone an aircraft filled with guns and bullets.”

During his missions, Howe said he felt like he was invincible.

“You always thought that you’d make it back … somehow. You thought you were immortal,” he said, adding he always returned to base even on the few occasions his plane suffered major damage.

Howe made it back. His childhood friend MacLean did not.MacLean was on board an aircraft when it crashed into a mountain in North Africa. (Niagara Falls Review)

No. 222 Squadron

0620 hours: Patrol

1015 hours: Cover troop embarkation

1430 hours: Cover withdrawal

1700 hours: Cover vessel return

Sgt. P.R. Fowler and Sgt. R.A. Wright - on loan from 72 Sqn.; (403676) Alan Roy Menzies - (Co. 36 1 SF) - KIA Oct. 11, 42; (J/9359) Leslie Cyril Gosling, KIA 229 Sqn. Malta DFC (7 SF), North Battleford, Sask.; (AUS.404971) John William McDonald; P/O F. Ogden; F/S L.F. Foster (8 SF); (1379909 - 145863) Joseph Scarisbrick 'Joe' Ekbery - 243/232/145/93 Sqns. DFC; F/O R.H. Fletcher; Sgt. J.R. Miller

No. 226 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Joseph Shaw Kennedy
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On 19th August, 1942, Squadron Leader Kennedy and Flying Officers (Harold Albert) Asker (D.F.C., D.F.M.) and (George Allan) Casey (D.F.C.) were pilot, navigator and wireless operator/air gunner respectively of the leading aircraft of a formation of bombers detailed to carry out an attack in support of the combined operations at Dieppe. The formation was met with formidable anti-aircraft fire and Squadron Leader Kennedy's aircraft was repeatedly hit, one engine being put out of action. Flying Officer Casey was wounded in both thighs, whilst his co-gunner was critically injured. In spite of this, Squadron Leader Kennedy, resolutely supported by the skilful navigation of Flying Officer Asker, led his formation over the town at low level and released his smoke bombs with precise accuracy on the target. Meanwhile, Flying Officer Casey, disregarding his injuries, engaged the enemy's defences whenever they came within reach of his guns. Squadron Leader Kennedy eventually flew his damaged aircraft to base and landed safely. Throughout, this officer, gallantly supported by Flying Officers Asker and Casey, displayed great courage, skill and determination.”

(1379861 - 102564)Flying Officer Donald Taylor Smith, Oakville, Ont.
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On 19th August, 1942, this officer was the pilot of an aircraft detailed to lay a smoke screen along An area at Dieppe during the combined operations. In the face of intense opposition from the ground defences, Flying Officer Smith began his release run. When half-way over the-target area, a shell shattered the windscreen; wounding him in the face, and a piece of perspex became embedded in his right eye. Despite this, he bravely pressed on and completed his task successfully. On the return flight, Flying Officer Smith's left eye also became affected by powdered perspex, causing him great discomfort -but he eventually flew his aircraft back to this country and made a safe landing. Throughout, this officer displayed the highest qualities of courage and resolution.”

Pilot Officer Leonard James Longhurst
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On the 19th August, 1942, this officer was air gunner in an aircraft detailed to attack gun positions during the combined operations, at Dieppe. Intensive anti-aircraft fire was encountered, which caused the destruction of the foresight of his guns. Despite this, he continued firing. Later, when withdrawing from the target, his aircraft was engaged by a Focke Wulf 190. As he was unable to sight his guns accurately, Pilot Officer Longhurst coolly withheld his fire until the attacker, was in close range; he then delivered a most effective burst at the enemy aircraft which broke away and when last seen, it was falling towards the sea with smoke pouring from it. This officer has invariably displayed skill, courage and resource in action.”

(NZ404573) Flying Officer Renton Stewart Rutherford (RNZAF - 1 B&GS)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On 19th August, 1942, Wing Commander Surplice and Flying Officer Rutherford were pilot and navigator respectively of the leading aircraft of a formation of bombers detailed to release smoke bombs to screen the landing of troops on the beaches near Dieppe. On the accuracy of this, the first smoke sortie, depended not only the success of the subsequent smoke laying operations by following aircraft but, in a great measure, the safety of the entire combined operation. Fully aware of the importance of his mission Wing Commander Surplice, skilfully guided by Flying Officer Rutherford, flew in to the target at a low level and, defying an intense barrage from the unhampered ground defences, dropped his smoke bombs with precise accuracy. Both these officers displayed the highest standard of courage, skill and devotion to duty in the successful accomplishment of a most vital and dangerous task. Wing Commander Surplice planned the details of all the smoke laying operations allotted to the Squadron.”

No. 226 Squadron

Target Hindenburg battery - smoke bombs

Smoke screen troop withdrawl 14:14 hours

(39236) S/L Graham Reese Magill

1 crew from 88 Squadron
S/L Joseph Shaw Kennedy (P) Boston AL278 flak damage
F/O (Harold Albert) Asker (N) D.F.C., D.F.M.
(J/4432) F/O George Allen Casey (WAG) D.F.C.

+P/O Robert James Corrigan (P)
+(937288) F/S William Osselton (AG)
Sgt. Stanley Moth

F/O Robert A. Marks (P) POW ditched
(116770) P/O Kenneth Arthur Ian Warwood (O)
(1310649 - 116498) P/O Leigh Kerfoot Brownson (WAG) POW

(59332) P/O Wilfred Ronald 'Ron' Gellatly (P)Boston L710 flak damage
+(NZ411111) P/O Laurence John Braithwaite Waters (AG) killed
(118630) P/O Frederick John Starkie (O) wounded

(1379861 - 102564)Flying Officer Donald Taylor Smith DFC (P)
(1061527 - 126523) Gordon Bennett Tolputt (WAG)
(925011 - 135156) F/Sgt. John Conway Bicknell (O) died as a FO with 21 Sqn 10/7/44)

(534430 - 49945) Sgt. William Lyle (P) Boston L680
Sgt. T. Goodman (P) Boston R708
+(127796) Lemuel George Littell (P) Boston L736 KIFA 1943

Boston Z2264
R. Parsons pilot
A. Law Observer
Sgt. J.B. Wicks - WAG

(1061527 - 126523) Gordon Bennett Tolputt (WAG); Sgt. E. Traynor - WAG; Wing Commander Wilfred Edward Surplice, D.S.O., D.F.C.; (1013281) William Elwyn Ronald Wareham WOP/AG - KIA Sept. 22, 42; (J/4432) George Allen Casey DFC (1 B&GS Co. 5), Mitchell, Ont.; Sgt. E. Lever (WAG); Sgt. C.W. Richards (WAG); Sgt B.F. Newton (OBS)

P/O J.P.L. O'Malley (P); (AUS.404489) Donald Curtis Walch (OBS)

P/O B.R. Miles (P)

(100050) F/O A.W.J. Simmons (O)

(J/4813) F/L Arthur (Brian) Wheeler - (P) KIA 88 Sqn. Feb. 15, 44

Sgt. A. Law (OBS); (AUS.405054) Bertram William Mervyn Klemm (WAG)

177445 Sgt. Eric Raymond Bowden (O) DFC 578 Sqn.?

(1375818) Sgt. Walter Joseph Bryan (WOP/AG) - KIA 1943

(NZ404931) P/O George? Nimmo -(O)

F/L A.B. Wheeler (P) Boston AL680

Sgt. S. Praeger (WAG)

(121208) P/O Kenneth Henry Houghton DFC (O)

Note from Douglas Newton:

"I have a few additional points to add to the 226 Sqn record.

1. You have a reference to Sgt Stanley Moth who was an Observer Navigator on the Raid. He was injured and lost both his legs. He was found in the floating nose cone of a Boston.

He survived his wounds and lived a fruitful life as Headmaster of the Grammar School at Kesteven nr Gt Yarmouth.

My father's second operational sortie was in the final mission of 226, to lay smoke across the beaches in order to screen the withdrawal.

His Log reads

"19 Aug Boston III AL708 Sgt Goodman

"Operations Low Level screen of guns behind Dieppe. Much flak, mostly from R.N. Cannon shell damaged wing. Duration of flight 1h45m.

The damaged plane was left at Thruxton and they flew back to Swanton Morley in Boston z2258;

"My father Basil Flemington Newton volunteered RAFVR in 1939, and was eventually sent to train as a Navigator/Bomb Aimer/Observer/Air Gunner at Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

He was posted to 18 Sqn in May 1942 and on May 15 to 226 Sqn who were training up in Bostons. Thereafter he flew for most of the war with Tom Goodman, both completing 30 Ops and moving to 13 OTU at Finmere training with radiolocation and airbourne radar. "

In May 1945 he was posted to RAF Melsbroek ( Brussels Airport) and flew in 98 Sqn as navigator to Sqn Lr McPhee flying Mitchells and Mosquitos.

He left the service as Flt/Lt in November 1945 and a well deserved rest in a Merchant Bank."

Of further interest, he was, 2 days after the first "Torch" landings in N Africa lent for a month to 35 Squadron US Army Air Corps to fly C53 transports to Casablanca and flew many times, including close operational support in a/c 26585 with Lt Paul as Pilot.

He returned to UK in a Liberator On Dec 9th 1942 and was back on Ops bombing St Malo docks on Dec 23d.

No. 232 Squadron

Henri Alphonse Clement Gonay
Croix de Guerre
Citation: "Belgian Pilot Officer that led his squadron in an exellent way during three attacks on Dieppe, and that flying at a low altitude, assured the safety of the groundforces and fought off attacks of enemy bombers in an excellent way."

(NZ.413204) Ian Stretton Lowman - (Co. 40 6 SF): "On the morning of the eighteenth all the pilots were summoned to the Operations Room for a briefing. The reason for our movement to Graves End became clear. An action to place troops on the French coast at Dieppe was scheduled for the next day. Fighter squadrons were poised to provide cover and support for the operation, and a strenuous battle could be expected. Needless to say all leave was cancelled. Those detailed to fly, who lacked previous experience of such action, would have a largely sleepless night. A young Englishman occupying a bunk next to mine once awakened me with threshing. He was the only one of the Squadron not to return from a sortie next morning.

"I was not wanted on the early sorties, but the C.O. took me as his number two on an incursion over France in the late afternoon. By then the main battle was over, but the navy would be withdrawing with the remnants of the army which had suffered grievously. Fighters would still be required to provide cover. I was mainly concerned with maintaining station with the other aircraft as we were weaving violently, but at the same time it was a new experience for me to hear the calls of battle through my ear phones. Not seeing any enemy we returned to base.

"Although I was not directly involved in the principal actions of that day, the date of 19 August had continued to be memorable to me. Doubtless even the waiting was traumatic. It must have been one of the most intense and bloodiest mornings of the war. About three thousand Canadian families would have gone into mourning. The Royal Air Force lost 106 aircraft and 113 aircrew from 67 squadrons involved, and the Germans have admitted even heavier losses with 170 aircraft going down.

"Seemingly the raid on Dieppe was a dummy run to test German defences at an Atlantic port in anticipation of a subsequent invasion. A secondary intention may have been political as the destruction of aircraft on the German Western Front would weaken the war effort on the Eastern Front. The balance of power was shifting with the allied forces gaining in strength and starting to take the war to Germany and its occupied territories."

+(42277) F/L Percy Drinkwater Strong - Spitfire Vb EN845 - shot down by FW.190's; +(1312347) Sergeant Kenneth George Walker - Spitfire Vb AB134 shot down by FW.190's, Bournemouth, Hampshire; (63097) P/O Derry Carlyon Higson; (639444 - 46631) Glendon Joseph Lynes (Cdn.) KIFA 1955

Sergeant R.R. Willan; James G. Woodill, Halifax (Co. 18 1 SF); (1377074 - 131478) Sgt. Leslie Austin Plummer; (131481) Sgt. Dudley Patrick Sampson; (83719) Gerald North - KIA Feb. 10, 43; F/O I.A. Krohn; (AUS.406017) Jack Martin Kirkman; P/O Bellamy; P/O H.R. Mitchell; F/S G.T.S. Smith; Sgt. R.R. Fisher

242 Squadron

(GB1382523) Joseph Henry Watling - KIA Malta Nov. 26, 42; Barry Hamblin; (754688 - 116806) Claude Gordon Hodson - Rhodesian; (657247) Sgt. William Cyril Meachen - 242 Sqn died 29/8/42; P/O D. Fowler wounded;(1379875 - 126579) William Gordon Lamberd; (126580) P/O William Goulding - KIA Nov. 26, 42; (126760) P/O Arthur Hampshire - died Jan. 1943 Malta; P/O T.L. Parker; Sgt. H. Moore

(J/15614) P/O Gordon Eric 'Gordy' Mather (8 SF), of Ottawa, Canada, and P/O John Maxwell 'Max' Portz (Co. 31 12 SF), of Weyburn, Saskatchewan recalled providing low cover during the Dieppe raid.

"Shucks, we didn't do anything."

"I didn't even fire my guns once," said Mather.

"I was 'jumped' once and that's all that happened to me," chimed in Portz.

No. 245 Squadron

Op 1 with 3/43 Squadrons: Last in heavy flak

(70870) Henry Harold Brownlow 'Dicky' Mould Hurricane BN233 flak damage crash landing

+(NZ402433) James Edgar Barton - Hurricane BD766 flak, Christchurch, N.Z. (6 SF Co. 24)

+(42387) F/L Geoffrey Ryding Bennette - Hurricane BR471 flak, Carshalton, Surrey

+(117308) Alfred Enoch Scott - Hurricane HL669 flak, Nottingham

(111578) Christopher Llewellyn 'Chris' Gotch - Hurricane BE495 flak wounded

Acting Flight Lieutenant Denys Henson Hugh Gathercole
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “This officer has completed numerous sorties against the enemy, both by day and night. During the recent combined operations, he led his flight in attacks on the beaches at Dieppe. Flight Lieutenant Gathercole is a leader of distinction and has rendered much valuable service.”

No. 245 Squadron Pilots: +(42387) F/L Geoffrey Ryding Bennette - Hurricane BR471 flak, Carshalton, Surrey; +(117308) Alfred Enoch Scott - Hurricane HL669 flak, Nottingham; (400718) William Robert Kilpatrick - KIA July 31, 43 (Co. 23 2 SF); Sgt. E. Ward; (1005777 - 101482) Gordon Alan Hayhurst; (1291985) John Douglas Flyn - KIA 1943; (1114343 - 134307) Kenneth Stanley Butterfield; (70870) Henry Harold Brownlow Mould - wounded flak - KIA Dec. 23, 42; +(NZ404336) Thomas (Barker) Clift (Co. 24 6 SF); A.H. Norris; F/S C.G. Cummings; Sgt. Clarance B. Dickenson (Co. 32 14 SF); (104558) P/O Peter William Reading - KIA 43 Sqn., July 4, 43; P/O Graham? H. Bennett; P/O I. Behal

No. 253 Squadron

0430 hours: Attack gun positions

S/L Derek Sidney Yapp

(940640 - 62288) Harry Daffern Seal - PoW ground fire Hurricane BP771

John Chiefton Tate - flak BP769 (Co. 22 10 SF)

1630 hours: Scie Valley

F/L John L. W. Ellacombe - hit by flak, bailed out rescued by ASR; (AUS.402854) Sgt. Ross Edwin Dodson, Sydney (Co. 26 - 1 SFTS); (401979) Richard Owen Lloyd - (Co. 41 14 SF); (566738) Sgt. Robert Charles Santley - KIA Aug. 27, 42; (NZ436099) Sgt. Corran Perry Ashworth; (R/69217) John Hugh Stitt, Schreiber, Ont.; Sgt. B.A. Shaw; P/O K. Darley; F/O P. Landers; F/O D.W. Shaw; Sgt. D. Maxwell; Sgt. D. Campbell; Sgt. D.K. Foster; (778508 - 80455) Sgt. William Ivan Hartley Maguire; Sgt. Partridge; F/S D. Porter

No. 277 (A.S.R.) Squadron

(1284386) Flight Sergeant John Lewis Barber
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: “In the course of many searches and patrols, Flight Sergeant Barber has displayed both skill and devotion to duty as a member of the Air Sea Rescue Service. On one occasion he rescued four members of the crew of an aircraft who had been afloat in their dinghy for 16 hours. During the combined operations at Dieppe on August 19th 1942, this airman rescued the pilot of a Spitfire in most hazardous circumstances.”

W/O Ralph Allison Knowlton, Amherst, Nova Scotia; Robert A. Morrison, Hamilton; (J/85964) Sgt. William Ernest Uptigrove, Penticton, B.C.; P.C. Standen; F/S Shepherd; F/S Sealer; F/S Rose

No. 400 Squadron

Flying Officer Manville Bancroft Pepper
Mention in Despatches
Citation: "His aircraft was struck by light flak as he began his task on a Jubilee operation. Although struck just above the eye by glass splinters, so as to affect his sight, he completed his sortie at ground level and reported first enemy movements of the operation. This was his first operational trip."

(C827) Wing Commander Robert Charles Arthur Waddell
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has always performed his duties in an exemplary manner. He flew during the Dieppe combined operations and since has taken part in many operational sorties
including a number of anti-shipping patrols. On one occasion he penetrated far over France where he damaged a locomotive and returned with an excellent and valuable report. A fine commander and leader, Wing Commander Waddell's example of steady devotion to duty has inspired the squadron and has
been a material factor in the many successes achieved."

(J/5833) F/L Paul Bissky (Co. 25 9 SF), Saskatoon; George A. Rogers; John A. Roberts, Calgary; John A. 'Jack' Morton, Didsbury, Alberta; (J/5970) James Anthony 'Tony' Stephens (Co. 26 - 11 SF), Leader, Saskatchewan; (J/7816) James Wesley Pace (Co. 34 1 SF) Lanark; (J/5982) Duncan Marshall 'Bitsy' Grant - (Co. 26 11 SF) KIA 1943, Waltrous, Sask.; Arthur Duane Jones; (J/8947) Alan Theophilus Carlson - (Co. 37 10 SF) DFC, Calgary; (J/3510) Frederick Edsall 'Knobby' Clarke (Co. 7 1 SF) Calgary; (J/5695) Wilfred Herman Gordon MID Dieppe (Co. 23 4 SF), Red Deer; Frank Grant; F/O E.T. Hall; (R/60389 - J/5661) F/O Stanley Melvin Knight - (1 SF Co. 24), Calgary; (J/7765) Manville Bancroft 'Mel' Pepper - (9 SF Co. 33); (C1653) F/L William Blakeney Woods; +(J/8347) P/O David Garrett Burlingam, Winnipeg (Co. 35 2 SF)

One day in August 1942 came the day for which the army co-operation pilots had waited so long. At last they had an orthodox army co-op. job to do! Their role in the attack on Dieppe was to make low tactical reconnaissances of the roads in the Dieppe area, to watch for enemy troop movements while our forces were making their landing, consolidating their positions and retiring. When August 19th, Dieppe day, arrived, the original R.C.A.F. army cooperation squadron had been reinforced by another similar R.C.A.F. unit and both had a part in the day’s activities. At first light, both squadrons were in readiness and at 0445 the first aircraft took off. From then until the land forces had been withdrawn from the beaches, nine hours later, pilots of the two squadrons, working in pairs, maintained a constant surveillance over the roads in the area. The first sorties covered the districts immediately west and east of the landing points, and as the day advanced they penetrated deeper in both directions until they covered an area extending from Le Tréport, Abbeville and Amiens on the east to Le Havre, Yvetot and Rouen on the west. The dawn patrols had found no movement whatsoever on the roads of the immediate neighbourhood and the later pilots found little anywhere in the district.

On that day, one-half of the army co-operation work was done by R.C.A.F. pilots.

Heavy flak was encountered in many places and the Mustangs suffered a considerable amount of minor damage, but only one of our pilots, P/O Burlingam, was shot down by one of the many FW. 190s which were encountered throughout the day. Another pilot, attacked by FWs. over Dieppe, was forced to ditch his aircraft in the Channel, but was later picked up by a destroyer. His weaver, F/O H. H. Hills, had in the meantime shot down the attacking Focke-Wulf, probably the first time an enemy aircraft had been destroyed in the air by a Mustang.

Another weaver, P/O C. H. Stover, while protecting his partner on a deep reconnaissance, was attacked by a low-flying FW. and took such violent evasive action that he ran into a telephone pole and lost three feet from the tip of his starboard wing. Despite this, Stover got his kite back to base, where he had to make a crash-landing.

"They seemed to be packs of four and I went down so low I didn't notice a cement telephone pole which clipped off half my wing."

Dieppe had given the two R.C.A.F. army co-operation squadrons overseas their first full workout in action. Repeatedly in the past they had co-operated with units of the Canadian Army in training exercises. (RCAF Overseas)

No. 401 Squadron

Flight Sgt. Mehew Zobell, of Raymond. Alberta, brought this Spitfire back safely home after the Dieppe air battle despite the fact that his forehead had been injured by an exploding cannon shell from an enemy fighter. The holes which the shell made in the cowling of his cockpit are clearly visible. The severe damage to his rudder can be seen. Despite this, he made a perfect landing. His only complaint was that the medical officer would not allow him to fly during the rest of the day. "I missed a lot of fun," he said bitterly. (RCAF photo)

No. 401 Squadron Pilots

(R/77493) F/S Robert Mehew Zobell - one FW.190 shared and Dornier 217 shared. Wounded; (J/15709) Stanley Cyril Cosburn - two Do.217's damaged; Calgary; (R/84071) John Archibald Chapin - (Co. 39 2 SF) Brantford, Ont.; +(R/66343) Morton Haist Buckley - (Co. 30 6 SF): (J/17656) Andrew Lloyd Sinclair - later 185 Sqn. Malta (Co. 33 9 SF); (R/86846) Robert Dunham Reesor (b. MI) - KIA Oct. 2, 42, Pouce Coupe, B.C. - Mt. Reesor named in his honour: Ed Gimbel (Co. 32 14 SF); Harold Westhaver Co. 12 4 SF); (J/15476) George Bremner Murray, Halifax (Co. 26 11 SF); Donald Robert Morrison DFM (Co. 27 10 SF); (J/9238) Thomas Karl Ibbotson, Radisson, Sask. - (Co. 38 4 SF) died 1943; (J/15281) James Whitham, Edmonton (11 SF) - KIA Aug. 28, 42; F/S James 'Jimmy' Coburn - 417 Sqn.

Don Morrison - No. 401 Squadron

The Squadron was brought to readiness at first light (05.07) but did nothing until we took off at 09.30 to escort 24 Fortresses which were to bomb Abbeville aerodrome. We made rendezvous with the Fortresses and the other escort squadrons and went straight to Abbeville. The flak was fairly heavy, but caused no trouble. I saw the bombs burst squarely on all the buildings surrounding the aerodrome.

The bombers then turned left and headed for home. We encountered no opposition from enemy aircraft. Blue section became separated from the rest of the squadron. Red and Yellow sections then proceeded to Dieppe, losing height to approximately 10,000 feet. I did not have time to pay much attention to what was going on below, but at a glance could see that there was terrific activity on land, on water and in the air.

Being chiefly concerned with the aerial side of the battle I saw several FW. 190s flying singly, but stayed with my section until I saw a single FW. 190 just ahead and about 1,500 feet below me. I did a slipping barrel roll, losing height and levelled out about 150 yards behind and slightly to the starboard and above the enemy aircraft. I opened fire with a 2-second burst closing to 25 yards. I saw strikes all along the starboard side of the fuselage and several pieces which seemed about a foot square flew off from around the cowling.

Just as both the enemy aircraft and myself ran into cloud, he exploded with a terrific flash of flame and black smoke. Immediately after this, my windshield and hood were covered with oil and there was a terrific clatter as pieces of debris struck my aircraft.

I broke away, hardly being able to see through my hood or windshield. My number 2 (Yellow 4—Flight Sergeant Reesor) said he saw a piece about 10 feet long break off the enemy aircraft. We then rejoined Yellow 1 and 2 and headed for home.

I was quite unaware that my own aircraft had been damaged and we were flying at about 1,000 feet. Suddenly my engine started to cough and the aircraft shuddered violently. I realized that I was going to have to bale out so I started to climb, running into a low cloud.

My engine cut out completely but I had managed to reach 2,000 feet. I took off my helmet, and undid my straps and opened the hood. I crouched on the seat and then shoved the stick forward. My parachute became caught somehow and I figured I was about 200-250 feet above the water when I got clear. The aircraft plunged into the water below me as my parachute opened.

Almost immediately I pressed the quick release, just as I hit the water. I inflated my dinghy without any trouble and then climbed in. Two of the aircraft that were with me kept circling while the third (Yellow 1 F/L Whitham) went for a rescue boat which was not far away. I put up my flag, which aided the rescue boat to come straight to me.

The aircraft of my own squadron being short of petrol left me but another squadron circled me until I was picked up by the rescue boat. I had only been in the water for about 15 minutes. The captain of the boat estimated my position as 17 miles off Dieppe. I was picked up about 1110 hours and immediately got into dry clothes. Unfortunately, I was told that I would have to stay on the boat until it returned to port at night, so that I would miss the rest of the day’s fun.

During the afternoon we went on several other crash calls without success, often operating within sight of the French coast. We saw the attack by bombers on the convoy beaten off by heavy ack-ack fire. We saw the explosion and pall of smoke caused by two Spitfires colliding head on.

We saw gunfire from the shore and from the boats and aircraft laying smoke screens. Later on in the afternoon two FW.190s passed over us about 5,000 feet. Shortly afterwards, I saw them attack and set on fire another A.S.R. boat. Knowing that we could not do much with our light armament, we raced back towards England to get the help of a Navy boat which we had previously noticed.

As we went back towards the burning launch, we saw another rescue boat trying to give aid to the first one. Suddenly four more FW. 190s appeared and attacked, setting the second launch on fire. Two Spitfires appeared in answer to our calls for help and as one of the pilots circled as close as he could, we indicated the trouble ahead, and they set out.

No sooner had they left us than six more FW. 190s dived down to attack us. We escaped serious damage but our radio was put out of action. The trifling fire put up by our own inadequate Lewis guns had not appeared to bother the enemy aircraft in the least, but the fire from the 20 mm. Oerlikon gun on the Navy boat evidently struck them.

About this time, I believe they ran out of ammunition, and they left us. We picked up the survivors of the two burning launches, all of whom were in the water. The two rescue boats were burning furiously and the ammunition aboard was exploding. As we were picking up the survivors, two Spitfires arrived and circled us. We picked up 14 survivors and the Navy boat picked up about four, believe. There should have been 22. The enemy aircraft had also attacked the men as they were in the water.

Most of the men picked up were very badly wounded, so we returned to port at full throttle. One of the Spitfires escorted us to within about six miles off Beachy Head, the other staying with the slower Navy boat. On the way home we also saw the convoy attacked and I saw a stick of bombs hit the water, but not within half a mile of any ship. We raced to port where there was an ambulance waiting for us. We unloaded the wounded men and then went ashore ourselves.

No. 402 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Norman Hobson Bretz
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "Squadron Leader Bretz has completed many operational sorties including 4 low level raids in Hurricane bombers as a result of which 2 enemy destroyers were severely damaged. During the combined operations at Dieppe on August 19th, 1942, he led his squadron in 4 sorties and destroyed 1 enemy aircraft and damaged another. Squadron Leader Bretz has displayed great courage and initiative which have contributed largely to the successes achieved by his squadron."

During an April 1943 interview, Bretz described his service during the Dieppe raid as, the "busiest day of his life.

"We knew we had them at Dieppe. The Nazis best fighters are pretty good, but they're no match for the new Spitfire.

"In my opinion the German Air Force is as strong as it ever was. Dieppe may have disorganized the Luftwaffe for a short time, but it's pretty strong right now.

"While we have air superiority, the losses would inevitably be heavy in any invasion attempt.

"A fighter pilot is not the scatterbrain some people seem to think. He must be level-headed and know enough to do the right thing at the right time - or else he doesn't come back."

No. 402 Squadron

(J/2975) F/L Norman Hobson Bretz (Co. 1 2 SF); (C/1072) F/L Dennis Garland Malloy (1 SF); James Cartwright Uniacke Bayly (Co. 17 2 SF); +(J/16506) Hugh Edward McGraw - (Co. 38 6 SF) KIA Dec. 4, 42; Harlan Perry Fuller (Co. 34 11 SF); (R/79310) Joseph Gordon Roan - (Co. 38 6 SF); (R/106644) Walter Alfred Hayes - KIA Aug. 29, 42, Armstrong, B.C.; (J/16636) Gregory Donald Angus Tunnicliffe Cameron - Oct. posted to 249 Sqn. Malta (Co. 39 14 SF); (R/69268) Joseph Louis Osias Primeau, Sturgeon Falls, Ont. - KIA Aug. 28, 42 (Co. 32 1 SF); (J/15884) Orlan Roderick Brown (Co. 26 11 SF) - KIA 1943 Palmer, Sask.; (J/15374) George Noel Keith (Co. 26 11 SF) KIA 72 Sqn., Raymond, Alta.; (J/15158) Keiver Le Bert Magee - (Co. 16 6 SF) 417 Sqn., Moncton, N.B.; (J/7455) Ian George Secord Keltie (Co. 32 11 SF), Edmonton; (C/1445) Eric Alexander Bland (1 SF); Sgt. C.J. Ross

No. 403 Squadron

(C/977) F/L Patrick Terrance O'Leary KIA Feb. 27, 43, Armdale, N.S.; +(J/15619) Norman Monchier, (Co. 34 11 SF) Dartmouth, N.S.; +(J/15477) Leclare Allerthorn Walker (Co. 30 1 SF); (C1075) F/L George Urquhart Hill (1 SF); Harry James Dowding (Co. 40 1 SF); Moss K. Fletcher ( Co. 40 1 SF); Victor Cabas (Co. 40 1 SF); Albert Haynes (Co. 40 1 SF); Lemuel George 'Lem' Barnes - 126 Sqn., Calgary; (J/15622) Charles Robertson Olmsted, Ottawa KIFA 1944 1 OTU (Co. 27 2 SF); (R/84222) Kenneth P. Marshall (Co. 30 6 SF) later posted to 615 Sqn.; Harry Murphy (8 SF); +(J/8140) John Edwin Gardiner (Co. 34 11 SF); M. Johnston; George Dennis Aitken (Co. 29 10 SF), Edmonton; (J/5975) Charles McLaughlin Magwood (Co. 26 11 SF); Sgt. J. Norman; (J/15622) Charles Robertson Olmstead (Co. 27 2 SF) - KIFA 1944

Dieppe Raid 70th Anniversary

August 18, 2012 Globe and Mail - Roman Wozniak was a Spitfire pilot, charged with covering the troops below. There were four Canadian Spitfire squadrons that day, with each squadron spending an hour over the boats before rotating out.

“We protected them and we did a very good job, but the boats sent up smoke to 3,000 feet – the sweet spot for flying. The smoke made them vulnerable to attack, so they dropped to 2,000 feet.

“We broke up into twos. That worked very well because if the Germans popped through the smoke and jumped one group of two, another two would jump them. So as a squadron we had a successful day. We got six German fighters and only lost three.

“One of those that we lost was my roommate. We’d been together for about a year flying in combat. We were almost like brothers.”

The friend was Ed Gardiner, son of Jimmy Gardiner, the minister of agriculture in William Lyon Mackenzie King’s government.

Mr. Wozniak visited his friend’s grave 15 years after Dieppe, and will be there again this weekend.

“I’m not only happy but I’m honoured I was selected to return.

But Wozniak had felt that the deadly battle was largely forgotten.

“It was a disaster,” he said. “It was sort of swept under the rug and very little was said about it.”

Edmonton Journal - November 1, 2005:

The bullet from the Nazi fighter tore through the canopy of George Aitken's Spitfire, missing him by inches.

"My engine and wing were riddled with fire," he says. "Pieces of my aircraft broke off and I began to lose height."

Aitken was flying over Nazi-occupied France with his Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) squadron on June 2, 1942, when it was attacked by a much superior number of German fighters.

"I had gone to the aid of a pal who was being attacked when I suddenly found myself being fired on by two enemy fighters," says Aitken.

"My friend went down and the Nazis backed off their attack on me, probably because they were low on fuel.

"I could see the white cliffs of Dover and safety ahead. But I fell to about 1,000 feet in altitude from 6,000 feet and I realized I wasn't going to make it."

The attack on Aitken's squadron set a record for losses by a single RCAF offensive patrol. One pilot was killed and five became prisoners of war after ditching their damaged Spitfires.

"I dived out and my parachute opened immediately," says Aitken. "I landed feet-first in the Channel, climbed into my dinghy and a motor torpedo boat picked me about 20 minutes later."

Edmonton-born Aitken tried to get a job in a bank on graduating from school. But he was told he would be wanted by the Forces. He applied to become a pilot and joined the RCAF in December 1940.

He trained in Canada and southern England before joining the 416 Spitfire squadron at a new airfield at Peterhead in northeast Scotland in August 1941.

"The threat of a Nazi invasion was still very much on the minds of authorities," says Aitken, 19 at the time.

"Airmen were trained in the intricacies of bayonet fighting while officers practised with Tommy guns."

Despite constant patrolling, few contacts with the enemy were reported.

Just as well, perhaps.

"Our Spitfires had been flown during the Battle of Britain by the likes of Polish, French, South African and Australian pilots," says Aitken.

"The planes were a bit greasy. The Spitfire was one of the fastest and most effective single-seat fighters of its day."

On Aug. 19, 1942, Aitken, flying out of southern England, did two missions over the ill-fated raid on Dieppe.

The Dieppe attack was planned as "a reconnaissance in force" to test the defences of Hitler's continental fortress and the capability of the Allies to launch large-scale amphibious assaults.

"The raid was a disaster," says Aitken. "It lasted only nine hours, but among nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers involved, more than 900 were killed and 1,874 taken prisoner."

The Allies lost 106 aircraft and 81 airmen, the RCAF losing 13 machines and 10 men.

"Two of our 403 squadron pilots collided on the way out and are buried at Dieppe," says Aitken. "Another of our pilots was also lost that day.

"We flew back over ships lost there and the equipment caught on the rocky shorelines. The Nazis had picked it off easily."

Aitken says philosophically that war should be forgotten. But pilots he flew with gave their lives to overthrow a tyranny that could have swept the world.

"We should not forget them," he says.

No. 411 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Robert Buckley Newton
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation:“This, officer has completed some 60 sorties over enemy territory. His leadership, zeal and courage have inspired the pilots in his command. During the combined operations at Dieppe his fine qualities were well to the fore.”

Flt. Lt. R.W. McNair, D.F.C., of North Battleford, Sask., who recently distinguished himself over Malta, scored a probably FW.190. He took part in the early-morning "umbrella" sweep.

"We went over with other squadrons of Spits, we met just as many Jerries as over the channel, so we waded right in. From occasional looks at the ground we could see a helluva lot of smoke and plenty of flak coming up."

The squadron's second sweep provided the first action of the day for Sgt. Gordon Page Bray, of Toronto, who later served with a convoy escort to troop-carrying vessels returning over the channel.

"They must have gone home for tea," said Bray, commenting on the absence of Nazi airmen during the final phase of the operation.

"It was most surprising not to see any Jerries about when those ships were stretched for miles across the Channel. I could see much of what happened around Dieppe on our last trip, there was so much smoke."

(42279) F/L Phillip Valentine King Tripe, Ottawa, Ont.; F/L David L. Ramsay, (2 SF) Calgary; (R/90478) Sgt. George Charles Warcup, London, Ontario; (R/76719) Flt. Sgt. Douglas Randolph Matheson (Co. 32 6 SF), Edmonton; R.F.M. Walker, Fairview, Alberta; (J/15507) Esli Gordon Lapp - (Co. 26 11 SF) later 185 Sqn., Medicine Hat, Alta; (J/17673) Gordon Page Bray - KIA June 29, 43 1435 Sqn., Toronto (Co. 39 2 SF); (R/76710) Sid A. Mills - wounded Spitfire AD263; John Andrew Stock (Co. 34 1 SF) Ottawa; (J/15509) Gordon Charles 'Charlie' Semple - DFC, Toronto (Co. 25 9 SF); John Matthew 'Matt' Reid, Winnipeg also 185 Sqn. Malta; (R/78623) Dwayne Linton - PoW not KIA Spitfire Vb BL452 shot down by FW.190 (Co. 25 10 SF); +(J/7009) Paris Richmond Eakins - (Co. 30 11 SF) Spitfire Vb BM406 shot down by FW.190, Minnedosa, Manitoba; Sgt. Dawson; (J/15109) Dennis William Patrick Connolly, Benton, N.B.

No. 412 Squadron Pilots

+(J/15112) John Neville Brookhouse - flak in Spitfire Vb EN831, Baie d'Urfee, Quebec (Co. 19 2 SF)

(J/15071) F/L Frederick Ernest Green, (Co. 21 2 SF), Toronto; (J/2972) F/L Frederick Wishart Kelly, (Co. 1 2 SF) DFC Toronto; (C/1106) F/L Malcolm George MacLeod, KIA March 11, 43 249 Sqn. Malta, Pictou, N.S.; F/O George Garrett Davidson, Brantford, Ontario (later KIA No. 126 Squadron Malta); J.A. Gunn; (J/3257) Vernon Foster Patterson - KIA 411 Sqn. Nov. 20, 42, Moose Jaw, SK; Boyd Whitford Dunning - (Co. 39 14 SF); Frederick Henry 'Joe' Richards, Toronto (Co. 33 9 SF); +(R/92085 - J/15962) Robert Nevill Earle (Co. 32 11 SF) - KIA Dec. 31, 44 Oliver, B.C.; (R/85165 - J/7454) Lloyd Arthur Stewart - Dec. 42 1435 Flt. Malta (Co. 32 11 SF); H.V. Thompson - (Co. 25 2 SF); William Barry Needham, Wynyard, Sask. (Co. 26 11 SF); Kenneth Ivan Robb - 411 Sqn. also; (J/15338) Stewart William Pearce - KIA Dec. 12, 42, Toronto (Co. 25 2 SF); (J/15056) Richard Attwill Ellis (Co. 17 2 SF), Montreal; (J/7906) Maurice David Boyd (Co. 34 6 SF) DFC; F/S Michael W. Ashley (C-12279 p. 781)

No. 412 Squadron

Squadron Leader Clarke John Fee

Distinguished Flying Cross

Citation: "This officer is a fine pilot and a skilful leader. By his outstanding ability he has been mainly responsible for the high standard of, fighting efficiency of the squadron he commands. He has completed a large number of sorties, including some during the combined operation at Dieppe. Squadron Leader Fee has at all times set a most inspiring example."

Acting Flight Lieutenant Frederick Ernest Green

Distinguished Flying Cross

Citation: "This officer has participated in numerous sorties over enemy territory and has destroyed at least 3 enemy aircraft. During the combined operations at Dieppe, he completed 3 sorties, 2 of which were low-level escort duties. Flight Lieutenant Green has invariably displayed high skill and great determination."

Asked why he got the DFC, Green replied: "Damned if I know. Because I'd lived so long, I guess."

Green also recalled his flying time over Dieppe: "Dieppe was bloody hell for the guys on the ground. I was up over eight times escorting bombers. Other planes were upstairs knocking Jerry down and Jerry was tumbling past us all the time. I wasn't more than 500 feet up all day. I was only fired two bursts all day. It was back and forth, back and forth."

In December 1942, Air Vice-Marshal J. A. Sully of Winnipeg visited the squadron, he showed deep interest in all phases of activity flying, ground entertainment and athletic diversion. To one group of pilots he was stressing the value of athletics in keeping airmen in shape during bad weather periods, when there was little flying and more than enough leisure time. Suddenly he turned to Aldcorn and said:

"How long is it since you have been swimming?"

Aldcorn thought deeply calculating.

"About three months, sir", he said.

"Where?" Air-Vice-Marshal Sully asked.

Aldcorn paused. The men around him were laughing.

"It was In the English Channel, sir", he said. "Just a short distance off Dieppe."

Then the vice-marshal laughed with the men.

No. 414 Squadron

Flying Officer Raymond Charles MacQuoid
Mention in Despatches
Citation: "During the Battle of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, this officer accompanied his Flight Commander on two low reconnaissances over the approaches to the battle area. During the second of these he showed great skill and complete disregard for personal safety in strafing anti-aircraft positions to protect the Flight Commander. In so doing, he silenced several guns, inflicted numerous casualties and damaged an RDF station. In this action his aircraft was badly damaged but with defective engine he returned to base and made a successful crash landing."

MacQuoid radioed ahead: Here I come, no landing gear, no flaps, no nothing."

Flying Officer Hollis Harry Hills
Mention in Despatches
Citation: "During the Battle of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, this officer accompanied his Flight Commander on two low reconnaissances over the approaches to the battle area. During the second of these, they were attacked by three FW.190s. When Flying Officer Hills found he could not warn his Flight Commander, owing to a radio failure, he engaged the three enemy aircraft, shooting down one and driving off the other two, until the Flight Commander became aware of the situation."

Press report:

Cliff Horncastle and Charlie Stover do thing in pairs in their Canadian Army Co-operation squadron, but they were of different minds today as they told of the part they played in the battle of Dieppe. Cliff, a tall, smiling flying officer from Edmonton, thought luck had been against him.

Charlie, a husky Sarnia, Ont. P/O, knew Lady Luck had given him nothing but smiles. With the rest of their flying mates, members of a squadron commanded by S/L Roy Begg, of Vancouver, they sat around the mess after their combination breakfast-lunch and discussed the first real action of Canadian army troops against the Germans in this war.

And they were all in good spirits, for F/L Freddy Clarke, of Calgary, the only Canadian troop pilot who didn't come home on schedule, had just wobbled in from a hospital with little more than a sore head and a black eye to show for a crash landing in the sea. Word went round to keep away from Horncastle, who was described as temporarily a bad man to know — "definitely a dangerous character."

A scrap with a F.W. 190 that was first a cinch, then a flop, was to blame.Horncastle didn't look dangerous as he sat at the table, dangled his leg over the side and grinned at a group of officers standing around him, all of whom apparently had been giving him quite a ride.

"I guess I was pretty sore for a while. But I'm feeling better now. After all, Holly (Hills) got a Jerry. But boy, it would have been nice to make it two."

Horncastle and Stover were flying together on one of the dawn-to-dusk flights members of this squadron made. They went out about 8 a.m. and were 25 miles inside France when, said Cliff, a FW-190 "jumped on us."

"He turned on me when he saw me coming, but somehow or other I got on his tail. I chased him for about five minutes and if it hadn't been for the guns it would have been a set up. Couldn’t Fire But as luck would have it, only one of the guns of Horncastle's Mustang would fire. Boy, oh boy, I sure am a disappointed guy."

Not Stover, however. About the time Horncastle was chasing his FW-190, four more of these newest Nazi fighters "jumped" at his partner from above. Horncastle saw them coming and shouted "quick, get out of it," over the intercommunications phone to Charlie. Stover got out of it, diving to "naught" feet in the most evasive action of his life. He eluded the FW-190 all right, but did not notice a cement telephone pole coming up at him from the ground.

"There was a crash. The next thing I knew I'd left four feet of wing behind me. I sure wasted no time getting out of that place."

These two experiences taken at random from scores of stories of pilots told on their return are typical of the job the army co-ops did in the course of their reconnaissance patrols.

(J/3510) Frederick Edsall 'Knobby' Clarke (Co. 7 1 SF); +(J/3512) F/L Herbert Peter Peters (1 SF) KIA 1943; (J/3515) John Arthur Amos (1 SF); (J/8922) Charles Herbert Stover - DFC (Co. 37 13 SF); David A. Bernhardt (Co. 34 11 SF) Preston, Ont.; James Colin Davidson (11 SF); (J/9171) Stuart C. Chapman (Co. 38 11 SF); (J/9939) Frank James 'Jim' Champlin (1 SF); (J/9940) William Tupper Blakeney DFC. Toronto (1 SF); (J/9392 - R/102707) George Whitehead Burroughs (Co. 39 14 SF), Toronto; (J/5801) Raymond Charles MacQuoid (Co. 25 10 SF), KIA April 1, 43, St. Andrews, N.B.; +(J/3520) Clifford Leonard Horncastle - 414 Sqn. Dieppe, (Co. 7 1 SF) KIFA Nov. 3, 42; (J/5974) Frank H. Chesters (Co. 26 11 SF)

No. 416 Squadron

Acting Squadron Leader Lloyd Vernon Chadburn
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: "This officer has led his squadron with great skill. During the combined operations at Dieppe on August 19th, 1942, the squadron destroyed 3 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 1 and damaged 7 others without loss to themselves. This achievement reflects the greatest credit on this officer's excellent leadership and he has inspired confidence in those under his command. He has personally destroyed 1 enemy "E" boat, and has probably destroyed a Junkers 88 and damaged other enemy ships and aircraft."

Flight Lieutenant Jack Beach interviewed Chadburn and Dal Russel shortly after the raid.

Chadburn reported in a broadcast interview that his squadron shot down three enemy machines, probably destroyed another and damaged at least six.

All the pilots in Chadburn's squadron returned safely, he said. Specifically, Chadburn said, the squadron shot down three 190’s, probably destroyed a Junkers 88, damaged five Junkers 88's and damaged one Messerschmitt 110.

F/L Russel explained how he shot down one aircraft when the enemy pilot "wasn't looking."

"It was pretty shaky all around. I was very lucky. I got him when he wasn't looking and I think he was probably a fairly green pilot."

Asked how Dieppe looked from the air, Russel said:

"There was fire all over. The town was really shaken. There's nothing left of it at all, I believe."

He said the Canadian pilots "did an excellent job all the way through."

He said he might have bagged another plane, but "ran out of ammunition and I don't know what happened to that one."

Air and land co-operation was perfectly timed, Russel said, and "everything worked out well."

He believed the presence of Canadian land troops gave the pilots added confidence.

Chadburn said it was "the biggest show this squadron has ever been on. We had quite a good time, I'd say, all the way through."

In February 1943, Lloyd Chadburn returned to his home in Aurora, Ontario on a 30 day leave. He recalled the Dieppe raid during an interview.

"The chaps on the ground were definitely brave. I'd hate to be down there, personally. The whole raid went off according to schedule, and when we left Dieppe was all ablaze."

(C/1090) F/L Foss Henry Boulton (1 SF); F/L Phil Archer, Barbados - (Co. 7 1 SF) KIA 421 Sqn.; Pilot Officer Burritt Blake Brooks, Port Hope, Ontario; Sgt. William James Anderson - KIA March 30, 45; (R/83497) Thomas Cecil 'Rusty' Gates - 416 Sqn. (Co. 38 6 SF); (R/80574 - J/16145) Robert Dulmage 'Dagwood' Phillip, Toronto (Co. 30 1 SF) claim 1 Fw.190; F/S Howard McDonald - claimed Ju88 0/0/1, Sydney Mines, N.S.; Phillip Blades, Victoria, B.C.; William T. Johnston, Calgary - KIA 411 Sqn.; (J/7235) Robert Jack Turp, Aurora died 1943 (Co. 31 9 SF); Arthur John 'Jack' Moul (Co. 29 2 SF), Pt. Alberni, B.C. PoW ; (J/15246) Robert Andrew Buckham claim FW.190 (Co. 29 2 SF), Vancouver; (J/15493) John Arthur 'Jackie' Rae (Co. 30 1 SF); D.B. Rogers; (J/6823) William Thomas Johnstone (Co. 29 2 SF) KIA 411 Sqn. 1943; (J/7231) John Samuel McKendy - claimed Fw190 and Ju.88 damaged, Bathurst, N.B. (Co. 31 9 SF); (R/65427 - J/15277 Edward Reid Burrows (Co. 27 2 SF); John M. Maffre; Winslow Michael Sobanski

No. 485 Squadron

(NZ411457) Sgt. Eric James Shaw (Co. 36 6 SF) 185 Sqn. Malta;(NZ414279) Harold Leonard Francis Goggin - KIA Nov. 17, 42 - 253 Sqn. Malta; (NZ405225 - 131589) PO Douglas Gordon Elliot 'Bruno' Brown - EATP; (NZ412377) John Leighton Montgomerie - EATP - KIFA 1944; NZ40229 & 130327 F/O David John Verdun Henry; (NZ413506) Malcolm G. Sutherland; (NZ413876) Murray Metcalfe - died 1943; +(NZ412256) George John Moorhead - died in 1943; (46538) PO Colin Chrystall - claimed: Fw190 1/0/0; (NZ403990) Anthony Ridley Robson (Co. 24 6 SF); NZ Sgt. Royce de Touret; (NZ40961) F/O Lindsay Stuart Black - claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. Died March 5, 45; (402468) P/O Bruce Edward Gibbs - EATP; (NZ411909) Hector Ronald Leckie - POW 1943 152 Sqn.; (NZ41487) Irvine Philip John Maskill EATP; (NZ41520) Evan Dall Mackie - DSO, DFC & bar, DFC (US) EATP

No. 418 Squadron

Sergeant Clarence Garfield Scott
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: "This airman was the wireless operator air gunner of an aircraft detailed to attack a selected target for a landing by our combined forces at Dieppe. The bombing task was successfully accomplished but on the return flight, whilst some three miles out to sea from Dieppe, the aircraft was attacked by a Focke Wulfe 190. A burst of enemy fire raked the fuselage and set the starboard engine on fire. Sergeant Scott's gunseat was shot from under him but he fired a short burst at the attacker although he was unable to observe the effect. The pilot's cockpit became filled with smoke and fumes, and the pilot himself was unable to see as he could not jettison the cockpit hood. The aircraft was forced down, and on impact with the water it broke into two by the rear gunner's compartment. Sergeant Scott was thrown into the water without his dinghy. The front portion of the bomber turned over and sank. The pilot and observer were still inside but eventually both came to the surface in an unconscious condition. Sergeant Scott immediately swam to the assistance of the pilot, inflated his safety jacket, removed his dinghy inflated, and got the unconscious pilot safely aboard. Some 15 yards away the observer was struggling with the shroud of his parachute which was around his neckband dragging his head under the water. Sergeant Scott swam to his aid, freed him, but was unable to inflate his dinghy as the fabric was torn. He therefore swam with the observer to the pilot's dinghy and managed to get him aboard. The dinghy was not large enough to hold three occupants but with complete disregard for his own safety Sergeant Scott commenced swimming towards Dieppe. Fortunately, soon afterwards, a friendly aircraft flew overhead. Anticipating that help would be forthcoming. he swam around and about fifty minutes later both he and his comrades were rescued by a launch of the rescue service. In the face of extreme danger this gallant airman displayed conspicuous courage and determination in his resolve to save his comrades, both of whom were injured and in great distress. Sergeant Scott sustained a sprained ankle and a deep cut over the right eye."

(J/16162) William Lysle Buchanan - KIA Nov. 8, 42; (106029) Hugh Drummond Venables - died April 9, 1943

No. 501 Squadron

+(934095) Allan Lee; (R/2535) Alexander Robert McDonald, Hamilton - KIFA Spitfire struck by lightning Aug. 27, 42 (Co. 32 14 SF); (915324) Ernest William Shadbolt - KIFA Spitfire also struck by lightning; +(R/51795) Flt. Sgt. Cornelius John Carmody, (6 SFTS Co. 32) Schreiber, Ont. - KIA 185 Sqn. Malta 1943; +(403112) Granville Allan Mawer - (Co. 28 11 SF); (115146) Richard Challenor 'Dickie' Lynch - KIA Sept. 17, 42; Eric H. Moore; F/S R.J. Long; P/O J.A. Jackson; (1269041) Leslie Robert Charles Foxwell - died Sept. 7, 42; PO John M.B. Scott died Sept. 17, 42

Flew from Tangmere that day

0750 hours: Blenheim escort cancelled

1024 hours: No. 87 Squadron Hurricane bomber escort to attack gun batteries at East Beach

1455 hours: Scrambled tangled with FW.190 bomber escort for Do. 219's. +(934095) Allan Lee killed. (1384769 - 119573) PO Warren Maurice Lightbourn wounded

No. 602 Squadron

Peter Brothers

Julian Marryshow; (1165339) Arthur Sidney Ronald Strudwick; (156934) Sgt. William Edward Caldecott claimed: Do217 shared with Sgt. Loud; (116753) Ralph William Frazer Sampson claimed 2 Fw190 destr. and 2 Do217 prob.; Eric Percy William Bocock; (1313675) Peter Leonard Hauser - KIA Dec. 11, 42; (111769) Eric Dudley Murray Rippon; (109061 - 120512) John Brown Niven claimed FW190 then shot down bailed out, picked up; William Urquhart 'Bill' Lethbridge (Co. 38 6 SF) - claimed Do.217 damaged; (136179) William Walter John Loud; Michael Frederick Goodchap - POW; (1251517 - 66522) F/O Eric Dudley Murray Rippon -claimed: Ju88 0/0/1 and Do217 0/0/1; (1375336 - 142198) Joseph Frank Kistruck; Sgt. S.B.A. Smith

Wing 165/222/602 Sqns.

0550 hours: Patrol with 222 and 307th Sqn., along with 133/401 Sqns.

No. 611 Squadron

Douglas Herbert Watkins

R.A.F. veterans who have gone out on countless raids with their own bombers in the past two years exultantly recounted at their mess the remarkable performance of United States Fortresses at Abbeville and Rouen.

R.A.F. Squadron Leader Douglas H. Watkins, D.S.C., a youthful survivor of the Battle of Britain whose Spitfires escorted the Fortresses on both daylight, raids over France, did not seem able to get over the extraordinary accuracy with which the Fortresses' crews destroyed their objectives.

Young Watkins, who was a surveyor before the war, sat in a remote corner of a comfortable hut where British and American fighter pilots were quietly chatting and playing checkers, and recounted in detail the story of Fortresses' two sallies to France.

"My lads," he said, "kept a rendezvous with a dozen of your Fortresses early on Monday evening. We had two of our Spitfires to each Fortress. The American bombers flew at over 20,000 and we were terraced above. It was clear over
the Channel and within forty-five minutes we were deep inland over our target-Rouen.

"The Fortresses moved along in perfect formation at an astonishing clip. When they began to drop their stuff the results fairly made our eyes pop. Bombs were dropped on the full length of the Rouen railroad and marshalling yards, and completely wrecked them. The Fortresses laid the next load smack on industrial targets, and they smashed their objectives one by one without getting out of perfect formation.

A few moments after the Fortresses had dropped the last of their bombs a flight of Focke-Wulfs showed up under their left wing. The R.A.F. Spitfires dived to meet them and two of them fell. Watkins' lads got one and Fortress guns disposed of the other. The remainder, as Watkins put it, "Pushed off."

The American hombers moved to Britain in formation still unbroken, tile Spitfires hovering over and beside them to keep off any possible fresh Nazi attack.

Watkins' squadrons were out early as part of the aerial umbrella over Dieppe.

"An incredible sight that was, incidentally," the flier said. "Our sorties went over at 6 a.m, to cover the landing. From a high altitude we saw tiny British craft wheeling round and round cutting a wake of spume. It looked like someone dragging his fingers through the water, and the water looked like jelly. Jerry was firing his guns from the Dieppe cliffs - it was his six-gun batteries we know so well - trying to get our seacraft. We would have loved to go down for a try at him but that was not our job. We had to keep cover then go back and pick up your Fortresses again."

Watkins' R.A.F. crews refuelled and took to the air again and kept the rendezvous with the two squadrons of Fortresses at 9:30 a.m. Again their meeting was at an aerial crossroads four miles high and again the Spitfires terraced above the giant bombers.

There were twenty-four Fortresses and forty-eight Spits, and
there was "hell to pay" at Dieppe. The fighter and bomber crews saw British seacraft still surging along the beaches, saw great. smoke clouds rising ashore, saw tracer bullets like red wool basting cutting through the black billows, saw red flashes of German cannon and anti-aircraft and saw the sky swarming with other British fighters.

"Really an excellent show," the squadron leader said. "But we had this bombing job and we got on with it. The Fortresses kept perfect formation under the six planes in each formation -simply wonderful formations that never seemed to drop off an air's-breadth.

"It, was clear below as we made as if to attack Dieppe. We headed straight for it, but sheered off to the left and drummed on for Abbeville. We gave your Iads plenty of roof because their armament is good and they seem well able to take care of themselves. Abbeville lay under us a clear target."

The objective was Abbeville's Nazi fighter base, from which German fighters to the last two years had attacked Britain and intercepted British sailies over France. When the Fortresses dropped their first bombs, smashing the base's runways, the Nazi ground defenses suddenly blazed away. Their fire dented the armor of some Fortresses, but still the formations droned on in perfect alignment. Squadron Leader Watkins and his men scanned the skies for possible enemy squadrons, but saw none.

"The Fortresses moved right along, dropping more of their stuff," the British officer said.

"The effect of their bombs was quite the most accurate any of us has seen so far - really astonishing. We know that base. We even know all the motor cars the Jerries use around it. There is one fellow who dashes around in a whopping big car, for example, and we have often thought that we would like to dust him off a bit. Anyway, your lads again got everything they aimed at. I would say that they are absolutely ideal for daylight bombing. They splashed the northwest end of that base, popped another set of Jerry's buildings and dropped more on his dispersal huts. They have these huts under trees and keep their ships in them. Your lads hit them beautifully and quite smeared them."

(119829) F/O John Alexander Carlisle Aiken; Sergeant Robert George Williams - (Co. 34 6 SF); (NZ411985) Robert Gordon Kleimeyer - (Co. 36 6 SF); B.M.L. Tapley; (NZ411004) John Badcock - KIA 152 Sqn. June 4, 43; (119493) Albert Hugo Friday - KIA Aug. 30, 42; (745252 - 127166) Victor Stephenson Neill - KIA 1943; William Crawford-Compton; (NZ411897) Dennis Edward Hogan - 111 Sqn., 19 NZ Sqn.; F/O I. Thompson; P/O M.P. Sims

No. 614 Squadron

Acting Flight Lieutenant John Edgar Scott, D.F.C.

Pilot Officer Denis Sloan
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: “On August 19th 1942, this officer was the rear gunner of the leading aircraft of a formation of five detailed to lay a smoke-screen at Dieppe. Whilst over the target area, intense light anti-aircraft fire was encountered and, as the aircraft was being flown in line astern at 50 feet, it was difficult for the pilot to take avoiding action. However, Pilot Officer Sloan, skillfully handling his guns, fired continuously and effectively and thus prevented the following aircraft from becoming another target for the enemy's anti-aircraft gunners.”

614 Squadron

W/C H.C. Sutton returned

F/L P.G. Roberts (P)

(43981) F/L John Edgar Scott (P) DFC damaged crash landing
+(1054964) Sgt. William Johnson (O)
+(553963) F/S George Richard Gifkins (AG)

Sergeant Wilner air gunner; Sgt. J.A. Limoges (4 B&GS); (111260) Cyril Hollingsworth Georges (P) - KIA Dec. 42; F/O Iain G. MacLaren (P); (111941) Robert Louis Walter Baelz; (101581) F/O Derek Reeve Lindsay Wallace (O); (118400) P/O Philip Hugh Capel Hanbury (P) - died 1945; P/O A.G. Hannah (P); Sgt. J. Liddell; Denis Christopher Ager (O); Patrick T. Stapleton (WAG); Sgt. W.T. Dobson (AG); (1252997) Robert George Allenby Fowler (O) died 1943 18 Sqn.; Sgt. A.W. Switger (AG); Sgt. F.W.O. Stallwood (AG); Sgt. G.L. Robinson; Sgt. L.S. Phillips (OBS); Sgt. Dougherty (AG); Sgt. L.S. Phillips (O); Sgt. Frederick Perkins (O) died 1943; Sgt. F. O'Neil (O); F/S John Taylor (O) died 1942; P/O M.E. Porter

616 Squadron

Sgt. N.G. Welch - forced landing in Spitfire BR255 after encounter with a FW.190.; Sgt. Jock K. Rodger; (AUS404939) Phillip Charles Miller - (Co. 33 2 SF); +(778619) Norman William Coldrey, South Africa; (J/16701) Sgt. Sandy Harold Kendall Goodyear - KIA 229 Sqn. Feb. 15, 43 (Nfld.); (AUS.401252) John Harold Smithson (Co. 31 2 SF); (AUS.60096) Frederick Owen Anthony Gaze; (121517) Peter James Blanchard - killed 1943; (101490) Gordon Baird Maclachlan claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 died 16/4/43; (113371) PO Ronald Geoffrey 'Bob' Large - claimed: Fw190 damaged; Sgt. Mike Cooper - 1 FW.190 probable; F/S J.A. Wilson

Dieppe Casualties

F/L Graham Newstead Dawson (DFC) (26 Sq.), F/L Roland Herbert Leslie Dawson (266 Sq.), S/L Geoffrey Cockayne Hyde (41 Sq.), F/L Geoffrey Ryding Bennette (245 Sq.), F/L Harry Connolly (32 Sq.), F/L Donald Newton Kennedy (26 Sq.), F/L Peter Desmond Pool (610 Sq.), F/L Percy Drinkwater Strong (232 Sq.), F/O Philip Arthur Leo Gompertz (239 Sq.), F/O Harry Gwyn Jones (129 Sq.), F/O Antoni S.M. Waltos (PL - 87 Sq.), Lt Victor R.E. Nissen (SA - 66 Sq.), P/O James E. Barton (NZ - 245 Sq.), (J/15112) P/O John N. Brookhouse - 412 Sq., P/O David Garrett Burlingam (Cdn. 400 Sq.), P/O Robert J. Corrigan (Cdn. - 226 Sq.), P/O James R. Cruickshank (239 Sq.), P/O Adam Damm (PL - 303 Sq.), P/O Paris R. Eakins (Cdn. - 411 Sq.), P/O John Edwin Gardiner (Cdn. - 403 Sq.), P/O Maurice P. Halna-du-Fretay (FR - 174 Sq.), (J/15647) P/O Paul Clark McGillicuddy (Cdn./Obs. 418 Sq.), P/O Norman Monchier (Cdn. - 403 Sq.), P/O Alfred E. Scott (245 Sq.), P/O Wilfred Samuel Smithyman (266 Sq.), P/O James K. Stewart (R - 64 Sq.), P/O James LaRue Taylor (US - 121 Sq.), P/O Edwin Tonge (91 Sq.), P/O Leclare A. Walker (Cdn. - 403 Sq.), P/O L.J. Waters -(A/G - 226 Sq.), P/O Cecil L. Woodland -(Plt. -13 Sq.), WOII Carl Adrian Beach (RCAF/US - Plt. 88 Sq.), F/S Eric N. McCuaig (Scot. - 64 Sq.), F/S Alfred W. Utting (130 Sq.), F/S H. Wik (Cdn. - 43 Sq.), F/S Peter S. Woolston (A/G - 88 Sq.), Sgt. Stirling D Banks (Cdn./RCAF - 3 Sq.), Sgt. Eric A. Blore (19 Sq.), Sgt. Austin S. Boyd (A/G - 13 Sq.), Sgt. Morton H. Buckley (Cdn. - 401 Sq.), Sgt. Geoffrey D.M. Cliff (26 Sq.), Sgt. Norman W.J. Coldrey (SA - 616 Sq.), Sgt. Ronald Gibson (87 Sq.), Sgt. D.F.J. Hinde (Obs. - 88 Sq.), Sgt. Edward J. Hindley (111 Sq.), Sgt. Charles F. James (174 Sq.), Sgt. S.G. Jenssen (Nor. - 129 Sq.), Sgt. William Johnson (Obs. - 614 Sq.), Sgt. Allan Lee (501 Sq.), Sgt. John G. Leech (610 Sq.), (R/62462) Sgt. Ronald Harvey Loyns - 66 Sqn. - Co. 34 6 SF, Sgt. Henry G. Neville (Aus./Obs. - 13 Sqn), Sgt. William Osselton (W/AG - 226 Sq.), Sgt. André P.F. Vilboux (Fr. - 611 Sq.), Sgt. Kenneth George Walker (232 Sq.)

Editing

S/Ldr R.H. Allen -(131 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
S/Ldr Thomas Balmforth DFC -(C/O 124 Sqn)
S/Ldr G. Banning-Lover AFC -(66 Sqn)
S/Ldr Alex E. Berry DFC RNZAF (25)
-(New Zealander)-(C/O 3 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)
S/Ldr Ronald Berry DFC -(C/O 81 Sqn)
S/Ldr Norman H. Bretz (Canadian)-(C/O 402 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Peter M. Brothers DFC -(C/O 602 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1
S/Ldr Harry L.I. Brown -(C/O 616 Sqn)
S/Ldr Donald C. Carlson -(New Zealander)-(C/O 154 Sqn)Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 (shared with eight others). (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Jan Cermak -(Czech)-(C/O 312 Sqn)
S/Ldr Lloyd V. Chadburn (C/O 416 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/1/1. (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Tadeusz Czerwinski KN -(Polish)-(C/O 306 Sqn)- (Died 22/8/42)
S/Ldr Patrick .B.G. Davies DFC -(C/O 19 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190: 0/0/½ (with Sgt Mundy)
S/L Jean E.F. Demozay DFC -(French)-(C/O 91 Sqn)
S/Ldr Frantisek Dolezal -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Do217 0/1/0. (Awarded DFC)
S/L W.G. Duncan-Smith DFC -(C/O 64 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1⅓/0/0 (⅓ with PO Doherty and F/S Batchelor) (Awarded DSO)
S/Ldr Hugh S.L. Dundas DFC -(C/O 56 Sqn)
S/Ldr Richard G. England -(Pilot-88 Sqn)- (Died as W/C with 107 Sqn 22/10/43)
S/Ldr John C. Fee DFC -(Canadian)-(C/O 412 Sqn)- (Died as a W/C with Kenley Wing 17/1/43)
S/Ldr Leslie S. Ford DFC -(Canadian)-(C/O 403 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 2/0/0. (Awarded * to DFC) (Died as W/C with Digby Wing 4/6/43)
S/Ldr Michael Goodale -(C/O 26 Sqn)- (Awarded Cross de Guerre)
S/Ldr Richard J.C. Grant DFM -(New Zealander)-(C/O 485 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Charles L. Green -(Rhodesian)-(C/O 266 Sqn)
S/Ldr Desmond R. Griffiths -(Pilot-88 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Desire A. Guillaume DFC -(Belgium)-(C/O 350 Sqn)
A/S/Ldr Herbert J.L. Hallowes -(C/O 165 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/1.
S/Ldr Keith L.B. Hodson (28) -(Canadian)-(C/O 401 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Geoffrey C. Hyde (27) -(C/O 41 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)
S/Ldr Johnny E. Johnson DFC
-(C/O 610 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Bf109F ⅓/0/0 (with PO Smith and Sgt Creagh).
S/Ldr Joseph S. Kennedy RAFVR -(Pilot-226 Sqn)- (Awarded * to DFC)
S/Ldr J.R.C. Killan -(New Zealander)-(C/O 122 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (Shared with PO Collignon, Sgt Peet and Sgt
Williams). Wounded (Awarded Croix de Guerre)
S/Ldr Julian Kowalski -(Polish)-(C/O 302 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Wojciech Kolaczkowski -(Polish)-(FCHQ)-
S/Ldr P. de Le Cheminet -(Pilot-614 Sqn)-
S/Ldr D. A.R.G. Le Roy du Vivers DFC -(Belgium)-(C/O
43 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Graham R. Magill -(Pilot-226 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Harry P. McClean -(239 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Andrew McDowell -(C/O 232 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Desmond A.P. McMullen DFC -(C/O 65 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
S/Ldr Henry H.B. Mould -(C/O 245 Sqn)-Injured (Died 23/12/42)
S/Ldr Robert R. Newton -(Canadian)-(C/O 411 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 ½/0/0 (with ?) and Do217 0/0/½ (with F/Sgt Matteson). (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr Tadeusz Nowierski DFC -(Polish)-(Deputy C/O Northolt(1 Polish)Wing)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/2
S/Ldr Robert W. Oxspring DFC
-(Acting C/O 222 Sqn-Transferred from 72 Squadron)- (Awarded * to DFC)
S/Ldr Thomas C. Parker -(C/O 242 Sqn)-
S/Ldr John R. Pennington-Leigh DFC -(C/O 175 Sqn)- (Awarded * to DFC)
S/L Chesley G. Peterson DFC -(American)-(C/O 71 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 1/0/1. (Awarded DSO)
S/Ldr A.M. Phillips -(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Paul H.M. Richey DFC* -(C/O 609 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Peter J. Simpson DFC -(C/O 130 Sqn)-
S/Ldr J.E.J. Sing DFC -(501 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Stanislaw F. Skalski DFC, VM -(Polish)-(C/O 317 Sqn)- (Awarded * to DFC)
S/Ldr Dennis G. Smallwood -(C/O 87 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr K.R. Sutton -(New Zealander)-(Pilot)-(605 Sqn)-
A/S/Ldr Thomas -(C/O Defiant Flt)-
S/Ldr Rhys H. Thomas DFC -(C/O 129 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Awarded DSO)
S/Ldr Edward R. Thorn DFM* -(C/O 32 Sqn)- (Awarded a DFC)
S/Ldr John W. Villa DFC* -(C/O 501 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Douglas
H. Watkins DFC -(C/O 611 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0.
S/Ldr Wheller -(171 Sqn attached to 26 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Pete Wickham DFC -(C/O 111 Sqn)- (Awarded * to DFC)
A/S/Ldr William D. Williams -(Acting C/O 121 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Ernest W. Wootten DFC -(C/O 118 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Derek S. Yapp -(C/O 253 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
S/Ldr R.D. Yule DFC -(New Zealander)-(C/O 66 Sqn)-
S/Ldr Walerian Zak -(Polish)-(C/O 308 Sqn)-
A/S/Ldr Jan E.L. Zumbach VM, KW, DFC -(Polish)-(C/O 303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/1/0 and He111 ⅓/0/0 (with F/Sgt Giermer and F/Sgt Stramko (317 Sqn)). (Awarded * to DFC)

Maj Helge Mehre DFC -(Norwegian)-(C/O 331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1.
Maj Wilhelm Mohr DFC -(Norwegian)-(C/O 332 Sqn)-Wounded

Comm Bernard Duperier -(French)-(C/O 340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 with five other pilots.
Comm Emile F.R. Fayolle DFC (25) -(French)-(C/O 174 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)

F/Lt D. Adams -(Pilot-88 Sqn)- (Died 29/8/42)
F/Lt Jack A. Amos -(Canadian)-(414 Sqn)-
F/Lt Donald G. Andrews DFC RAAF -(Australian)-(175 Sqn)-
F/Lt Philip L. Archer -(Canadian)-(416 Sqn)- (Died as S/Ldr with 421 Sqn 17/6/43)
F/Lt William Armstrong -(43 Sqn)- (Died 18/2/43)
F/Lt Peter L. Arnott -(130 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/0/½. (with Sgt Braybrooke).
F/Lt J.A. Atkinson -(609 Sqn)-
F/Lt R.W. Baker -(New Zealander)-(485 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
F/Lt Ferdinand H.R. Baraldi -(111 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/01.
F/Lt Wienczyslaw Baranski -(Polish)-(Ops Officer No2 Polish Wing- Attached 306 Sqn)-
F/Lt A.G. Baring -(26 Sqn)-
F/Lt E.K. Barnes -(239 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (Awarded Cross de Guerre)
F/Lt Richard Barrett -(New Zealander)-(222 Sqn)- (Died with 65 Sqn 17/5/44)
F/Lt Roland P. Beamont -(609 Sqn)-
F/Lt Lt L.G. Bedford -(81 Sqn)-
F/Lt D.I. Benham -(242 Sqn)-
F/Lt Geoffrey R. Bennette (26) -(245 Sqn)-Killed (M)
F/Lt Eric L. Beverley -(Pilot-13 Sqn)-
F/Lt Zygmunt Bienkowski -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)- (POW as a S/Ldr with 302 Sqn 24/2/45)
F/Lt L. Bissky -(Canadian)-(400 Sqn)-
F/Lt Don J.M. Blakeslee
-(American)-(Acting C/O 133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/2 and Do217 0/0/1.
F/Lt E.A. Bland -(Canadian)-(402 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Eric P.W. Bocock -(602 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Do217 1/0/0.
F/Lt Foss H. Boulton -(Canadian)-(416 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/0/1.
F/Lt Alain L. Boussa -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1. Wounded
F/Lt Charles F. Bradley -(19 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/1.
F/Lt Edward G. Brettell -(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0. (Awarded DFC) (Murdered as a POW
29/3/44)
F/Lt P.C. Campbell -(501 Sqn)-
F/Lt Ernest W. Campbell-Colquhoun -(165 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with PO Pederson, PO B. Warren and PO D Warren).
F/Lt Antony F. Carlisle -(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
F/Lt Marian Chelmecki -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
F/Lt Vladislav Chocholin -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Died 24/9/43)
F/Lt B.P.W. Clapin -(501 Sqn-Attached from 268 Sqn)-
F/Lt Fred E. Clarke -(Canadian)-(414 Sqn)-Wounded
F/Lt Oscar H. Coen DFC (71 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/½/0 (with FO McPharlin).
F/Lt Harry Connolly (25) -(32 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)
F/Lt W.V. Crawford-Compton DFC -(New Zealander)-(611 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Denis Crowley-Milling DFC -(610 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Bf109F 1/0/0. (Awarded a * to DFC)
F/Lt W. James Daley -(American)-(121 Sqn)- (Died as a Lt Col with 371st FG 10/9/44)
F/Lt Graham Dawson (21) -(26 Sqn)-Killed (M)
F/Lt Roland H.L. Dawson (26) -(266 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 Killed (M)
F/Lt Lt Gus A. Daymond -(American)-(71 Sqn)-
F/Lt J.C.S. Doll -(131 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/¼/0 (with FO Jackson, PO Williams and PO Crawford).
F/Lt N. Durrant -(66 Sqn)-
F/Lt Alan F. Eckford DFC -(154 Sqn)-
F/Lt Selden R. Edner -(American)-(121 Sqn)-Claimed Fw190 1/0/0 (Awarded DFC) (Died as a Lt Col with 336th FS 8/3/44)
F/Lt Ivor H. Edwards -(19 Sqn)-
F/Lt John L.W. Ellacombe -(253 Sqn)-
F/Lt G.C. Endersby -(32 Sqn)-
F/Lt J.S. Fifield -(616 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Gerald Fisher -(253 Sqn)-
F/Lt Emil A. Foit -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/3.
F/Lt D.H. Fox-Male -(242 Sqn)-
F/Lt Charles G. Frizell -(124 Sqn)-
F/Lt Dneys H.H. Gatheroles -(245 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt Frederick .O.A. Gaze DFC -(Australian)-(616 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0.
F/Lt Józef Gil -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died 31/12/42)
F/Lt William M. Gilmour DFM -(611 Sqn)-
F/Lt John Morrow Godfrey (Canadian)-(412 Sqn)
F/Lt Henri A.G. Gonay -(Belgium)-(232 Sqn)- (Died as S/Ldr with 263 Sqn 14/6/44)
F/Lt Frederick E. Green -(Canadian)-(412 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt William Gregson -(124 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/2 (Awarded DFC) (Died 20/6/45)
F/Lt L.P. Griffith -(122 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
F/Lt Edward S. Hall RAAF -(Australian)-(129 Sqn)- (Awarded Croix de Guerre)
F/Lt Ray H. Harries -(131 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Do217 ¼/0/0 (with FO Wilson, PO Eckert and Sgt Bower).
(Awarded DFC)
F/Lt G.A. Harrison -(154 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 (shared with eight others). (Died with 616 Sqn 12/6/44)
F/Lt Charlton Haw -(122 Sqn)-
F/Lt J.R. Heap -(91 Sqn)- (Killed as a S/Ldr with 274 Sqn 21/11/44)
F/Lt Lt Colin R. Hewlett -(65 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC) (Died 12/12/42)
F/Lt George V. Hill -(Canadian)-(403 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1½/0/0 (½ with Sgt Fletcher).
F/Lt Douglas H. Hone -(41 Sqn)-
F/Lt Stuart Hordern -(87 Sqn)-
F/Lt Hugo Hrbacek -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
F/Lt Bernard Ingham -(129 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0. (shared with three from 118 Sqn).
F/Lt A.C. Johnson -(266 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0
F/Lt Viktor Kaslik -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
F/Lt Karel Kasal -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
F/Lt Donald N. Kennedy -(26 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)
F/Lt Bohuslav Kimlicka -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
F/Lt Donald E. Kingaby DFC** -(64 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0.
F/Lt R.C. Kitchen -(65 Sqn)- F/Lt W.R. Knocker -(222 Sqn)-
F/Lt Tadeusz Koc -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
F/Lt Stanislaw Lapka -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
F/Lt D.F. Lendon -(19 Sqn)-
F/Lt Frederick W. Lister -(43
Sqn)- (Awarded a DFC)
F/Lt D.G. Malloy -(Canadian)-(402 Sqn)-
F/Lt Jiri Manak -(Czech)-(611 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Janusz Marciniak -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0. (Died as a S/Ldr with 306 Sqn 23/6/44)
F/Lt R. MacLachlan -(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
F/Lt M.G. MacLeod -(Canadian)-(412 Sqn)- (Died as a S/Ldr with 249 Sqn 11/3/43)
F/Lt William M. McConnell DFC -(174 Sqn)- (Awarded * to DFC and promoted to S/Ldr)
F/Lt Kenneth B. McGlashan -(87 Sqn)-
F/Lt Yves du Monceau de
Bergendael -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0.
F/Lt Burton D. Murchie -(Canadian)-(175 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt R. Newbery -(118 Sqn)-
F/Lt Johnny B. Niven DFC -(602 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. Wounded
F/Lt Patrick T. O’Leary -(Canadian)-(403 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (Died 27/2/43)
F/Lt M.G. Olley -(Pilot-605 Sqn)- (Died 10/3/43)
F/Lt Herbert P. Peter -(Canadian)-(400 Sqn)- (Died 5/11/43 with 414 Sqn)
F/Lt Peter D. Pool (26) -(610 Sqn)-Killed (M)
F/Lt Jerzy Poplawski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
F/Lt D.L. Ramsey -(Canadian)-(411 Sqn)-
F/Lt P.G. Roberts -(Pilot-614 Sqn)-
F/Lt W.J. Rosser -(130 Sqn)-Claimed Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Hugh Russel -(Canadian)-(416 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0.
F/Lt Kazimierz Rutkowski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 and He111 1/0/0. (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt Sanderson -(Canadian)-(414 Sqn)-
F/Lt John E. Scott -(Pilot-614 Sqn)-Wounded (Awarded DFC) (Died as a S/Ldr with 114 Sqn 17/9/43)
F/Lt M.M Shand -(New Zealander)-(485 Sqn)- (POW 28/11/42)
F/Lt John H.M. Shaw -(Pilot-13 Sqn)- (Died 25/4/43 as a S/Ldr with 18 Sqn)
F/Lt John B. Shepperd -(118 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with FO Stewart, F/Sgt Watson and F/Lt Ingham (129 Sqn)) (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt Leo F de Soomer -(Belgium)-(174 Sqn)- (Promoted to command 3 Sqn)
F/Lt Spence -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Lt R.L. Spurdle -(New Zealand)-(91 Sqn)-
F/Lt Philip J. Stanbury DFC -(501 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
F/Lt Malta L. Stepp -(American)-(41 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 (Transferred to USAAC and died as a Capt with 2906 OTG 30/9/43)
F/Lt Percy D. Strong (25) -(232 Sqn)-Killed (F-Boulogne)
F/Lt Hebert E. Tappin -(3 Sqn)-
F/Lt W.J. Thompson -(3 Sqn)-
F/Lt Alexander H. Thom -(87 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt Chenery Thomas DFC -(64 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Bf109E 0/0/1. (Died 5/9/42)
F/Lt W.L. Thomas -(Pilot-13 Sqn)-
F/Lt Phillip V.K. Tripe -(Canadian)-(411 Sqn)-
F/Lt Marian Trzebinski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
F/Lt Frantisek Vancl -(Czech) -(111 Sqn)-Claimed Do217: 0/0/ ½ (shared with Sgt Sprager).
F/Lt Adolf Vrana -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
F/Lt Lt James W. Walker -(Canadian)-(81 Sqn)- (Awarded DFC)
F/Lt J.E.M. Williams -(Observer-605 Sqn)-
F/Lt W. Wright -(66 Sqn)-
F/Lt R.A. Yates-Earl -(Pilot-226 Sqn)-
F/Lt Józef Zulikowski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-

Capt Kaj Birksted -(Danish)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0 and Bf109 0/½/0 (with Sgt Fearnly)
Capt Maurice Claisse -(French)-(66 Sqn)-
Capt Reidar E. From -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1.
Capt Anton C. Hagerup -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ½/0/0 (with 2nd Lt Sognnes). (Died with 333 Sqn 23/6/43)
Capt Francois de Labouchere DFC -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 2/0/0 (one was shared with five
pilots). (Died 5/9/42)
Capt Réne G.O.J. Mouchotte -(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died as a S/Ldr with 341 Sqn 27/8/43)
Capt Finn Thorsager -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/2.

Lt de V Roland Béchoff -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
Lt de V André Gibert -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 shared with five other pilots.

FO Thomas J. ‘Andy’ Andrews -(American)-(71 Sqn)-
FO Bohdan Arct -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
FO Pierre H.J.M.J. Arend -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-
FO Jan Blaszczyk -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
FO Stanislaw Bochniak -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO Rudolf Borovec -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
FO Ludomir Ciastula -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
FO Marian Cholewka -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Wounded
FO Roland Claude -(French)-(118 Sqn)- (Died as a Lt de V with 807 Sqn 14/7/43)
FO Eric Doorly -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
FO Eugeniusz Ebenrytter -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)- (POW as a F/Lt 14/10/44)
FO Bernard Fuchs -(French)-(19 Sqn)-
FO Phillip A.L. Gompertz (21) -(239 Sqn)-Killed (M)
FO Jiri Hartman -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/2.
FO Eugeniusz Horbaczewski -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0. (Died as a S/Ldr with 315 Sqn 18/8/44)
FO Roman Hrycak -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO Olgierd Ilinski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (Died 16/8/43)
FO Jan Jakubowski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (Died with 318 Sqn 16/8/43)
FO Zbigniew Janicki -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)- (Died with USAAC 61st FS 13/6/44)
FO Stanislaw Kedzierski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
FO Josef Keprt -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0.
FO Zbigniew Kobierzycki -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
FO Antoni Kolubinski -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
FO Edmund Krzeminski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died as F/Lt with 317 Sqn 29/10/44)
FO Brunon Kudrewicz -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
FO Jan Kurowski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died as F/Lt with 308 Sqn 21/5/44)
FO Tadeusz Kwiatkowski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
FO Emil Landsman -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-POW
FO Witold Lanowski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO Stanislaw Lukaszewicz -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0. (Died as a F/Lt with 315 Sqn 4/4/45)
FO Andrzej Malarowski -(Polish)-(87 Sqn)-
FO Florian Martini -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO Longin Majewski -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
FO Ryszard Malczewski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
FO Stanislaw Marcisz -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
FO Michael G. McPharlin -(American)-(71 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/½/0 (with F/L Coen). (Died as a Maj with 339th FG 6/6/44)
FO Jerzy Mencel -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO Czeslaw Mroczyk -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
FO James C. Nelson -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
FO Hnetyk Paley -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)
FO Józef Regulski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
FO D.P. Robertson -(Observer-88 Sqn)-
FO Alojzy Rodziewicz -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
FO Przeslaw Sadowski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
FO George B. Sperry -(American)-(133 Sqn)- (POW 26/9/42)
FO Kazimierz Sporny -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
FO Robert S. Sprague -(American)-(71 Sqn)- (Died as a Capt with 334th FS 26/11/42)
FO Tadeusz Stabrowski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (Died 11/3/43)
FO Sergiusz Szpakowicz -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt with 303 Sqn 25/2/44)
FO Teofil Szymankiewicz -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt with 316 Sqn 2/1/45)
FO Witold Szyszkowski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died 22/8/42)
FO William D. Taylor -(American)-(71 Sqn)- (Died 31/8/42)
FO Wladyslaw Walendowski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
FO Antoni S.M. Waltos -(Polish)-(87 Sqn)-Killed (M)
FO J. Warren -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-226 Sqn)-
FO R. Watts -(19 Sqn)-
FO Jan Wiejski -(Polish)-(403 Sqn)- (Died with 308 Sqn as a 3/2/43)
FO R.E.J. Wilmet -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)-. (Died 28/4/43 as F/Lt)
FO Edward Witke -(Polish)-(87 Sqn)-
FO Zbigniew Wroblewski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-

Lt Arne Austeen
-(Norwegian)-(64 Sqn)- (Died 4/5/45 as a Maj with 331 Sqn)
Lt Rolf A. Berg
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1½ (½ with Sgt Grundt-
Spang). (Died as a Col with
132 Wing 3/2/45)
Lt Peter H. Bosch -(South
African)-(242 Sqn)- (Died as Capt with 87 Sqn 22/3/44)
Lt Francis Chauvin
-(French)-(340 Sqn)- (POW 31/10/42)
Lt Paul Coignard
-(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died 23/8/42)
Lt Jean Fournier
-(French)-(340 Sqn)-
Lt Odd Kristiansen
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ½/0/0 (with Lt Ullerstad)
Lt Lief Lundsten
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)- (Died as a Maj 9/6/44)
Lt Victor R.E. Nissen (21)
-(South African)-(66 Sqn)-Killed (M)
Lt Morton Ree
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
Lt Jon Ryg -(Norwegian)-(332
Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Do217 1/0/0.
Lt Jacques-Henri Schloesing
-(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 shared with five other pilots.
(Died as a Comdt 26/8/44)
Lt Stein Sem
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/½/0 (with Sgt Owren) and
Do217 0/0/1½ Do217 (½ with
Sgt Fossum). (Died as a Capt 12/12/42)
Lt E. Stormme
-(Norwegian)-(64 Sqn)- (Died 11/10/42)
Lt Olav Ullestad
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed ½ Do217 destroyed (with Lt
Kristiansen) (POW 2/3/45)
Lt Tarold Weisteen
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.

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2nd Lt Werner Christie
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)- (POW 18/4/45)
2nd Lt Martin Gran
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-
2nd Lt Johanes Greiner
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Wounded
2nd Lt Svein Hegland
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0.
2nd Lt Nils K. Jörstad
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-
2nd Lt E. Lindseth
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-
2nd Lt O. Malm -(Norwegian)-(331
Sqn)-
2nd Lt Kristian Nyerrød
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-
2nd Lt Nils Ringdal
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-
2nd Lt Helge Sognæs
-(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ½/1/0 (with Capt Hagerup).
(Died as a Lt 22/6/43)
2nd Lt E. Ulstein
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-
2nd Lt A. Widerberg
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-

Sous-Lt Henri de Bordas
-(French)-(242 Sqn)-
Sous-Lt Michel Boudier
-(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (POW as a Capt with 341
Sqn 9/7/44)
Sous-Lt Pieree Laureys
-(Served as Kennard)-(French)-(340 Sqn)-
Sous-Lt Oliver Massert
-(French)-(340 Sqn)- (POW as Capt 13/3/45)
Sous-Lt André Moynet
-(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 shared with five other pilots.
Sous-Lt Marcel Renaud
-(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died 13/3/43)
Sous-Lt Bernard Scheidhauer
-(French)-(242 Sqn)- (Murdered as a POW 30/3/44)

PO Adamson -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
PO Stanley M.M. Anderson -(American)-(71 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 0/0/1. (Died as a Capt with 334th FS 16/4/44)
PO Jacques Andrieux -(French)-(130 Sqn)-
PO Henry L. Ayres -(American)-(133 Sqn)-
PO William H. Baker -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1. (Awarded DFC) (Died as a 1st Lt 26/9/42)
PO Philip Balhatchet -(Observer-107 Sqn)-
PO Stefan Baran -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
PO Ernest D. Beattie -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO Richard N. Beaty -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Do217 0/0/1.
PO Beau -(129 Sqn)-
PO Michel Bernard -(French)-(232 Sqn)-
PO Andrzej Beyer -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
PO Paul-Marie Borossi -(French)-(66 Sqn)- (Died as a Lt with 340 Sqn 29/2/44)
PO Frank R. Boyles -(American)-(121 Sqn)- (Died as a Capt with 4th FG 8/4/44)
PO Stanislaw Brzeski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: He111 1/0/0. (POW as a F/Lt with 303 Sqn 21/5/44)
PO E.K. Campbell -(Observer-614 Sqn)-
PO G. Campbell -(Pilot-88 Sqn)- (Died 19/11/44 as a S/Ldr with 226 Sqn)
PO Martin J.J. Charlier (42) -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)- (Died 27/8/42)
PO James A. Clark Jr. -(American)-(71 Sqn)-
PO Léopold C. Collignon -(Belgium)-(122 Sqn)-Claimed: D0217 ¼/0/0 (Shared with S/Ldr Killan, Sgt Peet and Sgt Williams).
PO Charles A. Cook -(American)-(133 Sqn)- (POW 26/9/42)
PO Jean Y.R.C. Creteur -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)-
PO James R. Cruickshank -(239 Sqn)-Killed (F-Brachy)
PO Adam Damm -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Killed (M)
PO J. Daniels -(43 Sqn)-
PO Basil F.G. Darby -(66 Sqn)- (Died as a S/Ldr with 111 Sqn 8/3/45)
PO Maurice P. Davies -(154 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 (shared with eight others).
PO W. de Merode -(501 Sqn)-
PO Henri de Molenes -(French)-(91 Sqn)-
PO Guy R.M. de Patoul -(Belgium)-(610 Sqn)-
PO C.P.C. de Wesselow -(Pilot-614 Sqn)-
PO Georges F.D. Deltour -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-
PO J. Doherty -(64 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ⅓/0/0 (with S/L Duncan-Smith and F/S Batchelor)
PO Michel Donnet -(Belgium)-(64 Sqn)-
PO Raymond A. Dopere -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)- (Died 3/10/42)
PO Jan Doucha -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Died 7/11/42)
PO A.E. Drossaert -(Belgian)-(501 Sqn)-
PO A. Eckert -(American)-(131 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with F/Lt Harries, FO Wilson and Sgt Bower).
PO Egger -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
PO G. Evans -(609 Sqn)-
PO Roy W. Evans -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO Tadeusz Felc -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)- (POW 26/7/43)
PO Gene B. Fetrow -(American)-(121 Sqn)-Wounded
PO Prince Emanuel Galitzine -(Born to Russian parents, but a British citizen)-(611 Sqn)-
PO Maurice R. Gaudard -(French)-(610 Sqn)- (Died 2/9/42)
PO Don S. Gentile -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0.
PO Antoni Glowacki DFM -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0.
PO LeRoy Gover -(66 Sqn)-
PO M. Graham -(611 Sqn)-
PO James A. Gray -(American)-(71 Sqn)-
PO Richard D. Gudmundsen -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Died 6/9/42)
PO Maurice P. Halna-du-Fretay -(French)-(174 Sqn)-Killed (M)
PO Gilbert O. Halsey -(American)-(121 Sqn)-Claimed Fw190 0/1/0.
PO James H. Happell -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO Harris -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
PO H.G. Harwood -(501 Sqn)-
PO Józef Jeka -(Polish)-(306
Sqn)- (POW as a F/Lt with 308 Sqn 21/5/44)
PO Zygmunt Jelinski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
PO I.W. Jones -(118 Sqn)-
PO Basil B. Kennett -(Observer-107 Sqn)-
PO Michael P. Kilburn -(124 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0. (Awarded DFC)
PO J. Kilpatrick -(Pilot-13 Sqn)-
PO Tadeusz Kolecki -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 1/0/0. (Died as FO 14/9/43)
PO Marian Kotlarz -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
PO Harold C. Knight -(South African)-(41 Sqn)- (Died 21/5/44)
PO Donald E. Lambert -(American)-(133 Sqn)-
PO R.G. Large -(616 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
PO Godfrey. Le Gal -(French)-(154 Sqn)-
PO A.M. Le Marie -(Belgium)-(91 Sqn)-
PO Roland P. Leblond -(French)-(130 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0.
PO W.S. Lindner -(118 Sqn)-
PO Lindsay -(242 Sqn)-
PO Norman J. Lucas -(266 Sqn)- (Died 5/4/45 as a F/Lt)
PO Richard C. Lynch -(501 Sqn)- (Died 17/9/42)
PO Bronislaw Mach -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
PO H.E. Machal -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-POW
PO Michal M. Maciejowski DFM
-(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0, Do217 1½/0/0 (½ shared with Sgt Kolozynski) and Ju88 1/0/0. (Awarded DFC) (POW as a FO with 316 Sqn 9/8/43)
PO Stanislaw Madej -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
PO Jackson Barry Mahon -(American)-(121 Sqn)-POW
PO Jerry Malec -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
PO Jean P. Maridor -(French)-(91 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt 3/8/44)
PO E.A. Martin -(Observer-13 Sqn)-
PO W. Martin -(Observer-107 Sqn)-
PO Donat Mickiewicz -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)

PO Morrison -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
PO Jan Mozolowski -(Polish)-(403 Sqn)-
PO Nault -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
PO Christian Ch.A. Ortmans -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)- (Died as a FO with 615 Sqn 1/4/43)
PO Julian M. Osborne -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO Jacques H. Joubert-des-Ouches -(French)-(232 Sqn)- (Died as a Lt with 345 Sqn 6/6/44)
PO Pierre R. Paboit -(French)-(610 Sqn)-
PO Cadman V. Padgett -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO H.L Pederson -(165 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with F/Lt Campbell-Colquhoun, PO B. Warren and PO D. Warren).
PO Henri A. Picard -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 ½/0/0 (with PO Plas). (Murdered as POW when a F/Lt 29/3/44)
PO Henryk Pietrzak -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
PO G. Piltingorud -(56 Sqn)-
PO Emile J. Plas -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 ½/0/0 (with PO Picard) and 1x Fw190 damaged. (Died as a FO
with 610 Sqn 28/3/43)
PO André M. Plisnier -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Ju88 ¼/0/0 (with PO Smets, Sgt Boute and Sgt Van Lerberghe).
PO Jerzy Polak -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
PO R. Poole -(65 Sqn)-
PO Karel Posta -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
PO Wladyslaw Potocki -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
PO J. Pritchard -(Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
PO L.A. Quevatre -(Observer-614 Sqn)-
PO Robert J.H Roelandt -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)- (Died 26/8/44 as F/Lt)
PO René Royer -(French)-(19 Sqn)- (Died as a Lt with 341 Sqn 3/9/44)
PO J. Russell -(Rhodesian)-(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
PO Leonard T. Ryerson -(American)-(133 Sqn)- (Died as 2nd Lt 26/9/42)
PO Marian Rytka -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)- (Died 5/12/42)
PO James M. Sanders -(American)-(121 Sqn)-
PO Tadeusz Schiele -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
PO G.M. Seydel -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
PO William C. Slade -(American)-(133 Sqn)-
PO G.W. Slater -(Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
PO John T. Slater -(American)-(121 Sqn)- (Died as a 2nd Lt with 335th FS 21/9/42)
PO D. Sloan -(Air Gunner-614 Sqn)-
PO John Small -(266 Sqn)- (Died 15/8/43 as a F/Lt)
PO Herman J. Smets -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 ¼/0/0 (with PO Plas, Sgt Boute and Sgt Van Lerberghe).
PO Fonzo D. Smith -(American)-(121 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (POW 3/8/44)
PO Lawrence A. Smith -(610 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1 and Bf109F ⅓/0/0 (with S/Ldr Johnson and Sgt Creagh). (Died
2/10/43)
PO Robert E. Smith -(American)-(133 Sqn)-
PO John H. Smithson DFC RAAF -(Australian)-(616 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/2.
PO Vojtech Smolik -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
PO David Smyth -(Pilot)-(614 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt 18/11/43)
PO Czeslaw Sniec -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
PO A.E. Snell -(43 Sqn)- (Died 31/8/43 as FO)
PO Stanislaw Socha -(Polish)-(303
Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Ju88 1/0/0.
PO Grzegorz Sologub -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
PO F.G. Starkie -(Observer-226 Sqn)-Wounded
PO Miroslaw Szelestowski -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
PO James T. Taylor (25) -(American)-(121 Sqn)-Killed (F-Etaple)
PO J.C. Thompson -(266 Sqn)-
PO Clifford S. Thomas -(Observer-226 Sqn)- (Died 29/1/43)
PO C.A. Turner -(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
PO Anthony F. Valle-Jones -(Navigator-107 Sqn)-
PO Raymond Van De Poel -(Belgium)-(122 Sqn)- (Died 11/7/43)
PO Raymond L.N. Van Wymeersch -(French)-(174 Sqn)-Wounded POW
PO Albert F. Van den Haute -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-
PO Francois A. Venesoen -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/2. (Died as a F/Lt 6/6/44)
PO Jerry Urbanski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)- (Died 8/9/42)
PO R.B. Ward -(Observer-13 Sqn)-
PO James E.L. Waring -(111 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt 25/8/44)
PO Bruce Warren -(Canadian)-(165 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with F/Lt Campbell- Colquhoun, PO Pederson and PO D. Warren).
PO Duke Warren -(Canadian)-(165 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ¼/0/0 (with F/Lt Campbell- Colquhoun, PO Pederson, PO B.
Warren).
PO L.J. Waters -(Air Gunner-226 Sqn)-Killed (UK)
PO J.H. Watson -(26 Sqn)-
PO Marian Wedzik -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
PO W.J.A. Wilson -(266 Sqn)-
PO Zbigniew Wojda -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
PO Wright -(65 Sqn)-
PO Gilbert G. Wright -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (POW 26/9/42)
PO J.D. Wright -(266 Sqn)-
PO Peter B. Wright -(610 Sqn)- (Died as F/Lt with 616 Sqn 5/4/43)
PO Russel Wythe -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-88 Sqn)-
PO Jerzy Zbrozek -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
PO Tadeusz Zdzitowiecki -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Maître Gaston Kerlan -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 shared with five other pilots.
WO Jean G. Buiron -(French)-(154 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 (shared with eight others).
W/O J. Elliott -(32 Sqn)-
WO Adolf Fornusek -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
WO Hubbard -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
WO W.M. Jackson -(610 Sqn)-
WO Knowlton -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
WO Murdoch -(Navigator-88 Sqn)-
WO Peat -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
WO Saunder -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
WO Jindrich Skirka -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
WO Jaroslav Sodek -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
Adjt Réne G. Darbins (21) -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Killed (UK-Brighton/F-Mont-de-Marsan)
Adjt Victor Durbourgel
-(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died 5/9/42)
Adjt Jacques Guignard
-(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
F/Sgt Mieczyslaw Adamek -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)- (Died as a FO with 317 Sqn 18/5/44)
F/Sgt Richard Lear Alexander -(American)-(133 Sqn)-Claimed Fw190 0/1/0 and Do217 1/0/0.
F/Sgt George W. Attenborough -(Pilot-88 Sqn)-
F/Sgt E.L. Banks -(87 Sqn)
F/Sgt W.J. Batchelor -(64 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ⅓/0/0 (⅓ with S/L Duncan-Smith and PO Doherty).
F/Sgt C. Benjamin -(174 Sqn)-
F/Sgt John C. Bicknell (Observer-226 Sqn)- (Died as a FO with 21 Sqn 10/7/44)
F/Sgt Boddy -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt Butler -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Sgt W.A. Caldwell -(Pilot-107 Sqn)-
F/Sgt C.O. Callaghan -(174 Sqn)-
F/Sgt W.F.E. Cane -(130 Sqn)-Wounded
F/Sgt D. Castle -(118 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Clarke -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
F/Sgt S. Cohen -(Observer-614 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Frederick H. Dinnage -(Observer-226 Sqn)- (Died as a FO 1/2/43)
F/Sgt Jaroslav Dobrovolny -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Peter E.G. Durnford DFM -(124 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0 and Do217 1/0/0.
F/Sgt R.E. Evans -(131 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Fletcher -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt B.R. Frost -(Observer-13 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Gare -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)
F/Sgt Gash -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt Grew -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge
Flt)-
F/Sgt G.R. Gifkins -(Air Gunner-614 Sqn)-Killed (UK-Hartford)
F/Sgt Waclaw Giermer
-(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0 and He111 ⅓/0/0 (with S/Ldr Zumbach and F/Sgt Stramko (317 Sqn)).
F/Sgt Piotr Hanzelka -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)- (Died 5/4/43)
F/Sgt Hartwell -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Sgt Alan J. Hayter -(Observer-107 Sqn)- (Died 15/12/42)
F/Sgt Holland -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt R.K. Hooker -(Air Gunner-13 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Roger Ch E. Hoornaert -(91 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Zdzislaw Horn -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died 22/8/42)
F/Sgt Fernard Horvath -(French)-(165 Sqn)-
F/Sgt R. Hutchinson -(253 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Wawrzyniec Jasinski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died as a WO 26/1/43)
F/Sgt Johnson -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Sgt Kazimierz Kobusinski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Witold Krupa -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Stefan Krzyzagorski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Lazell -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Sgt Ryszard Lewczynski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)- (Died as a WO 16/9/44)
F/Sgt P. Lunt -(Air Gunner-13 Sqn)- Phillip?
F/Sgt Marcin Machowiak -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died as F/Lt 22/7/44)
F/Sgt Wladyslaw Majchrzyk -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Frantisek Mares -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Marsden -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt MacTaggert -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt Frantisek Mlejnecky -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
F/Sgt W. Montgomery -(174 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Morton -(Canadian)-(??-418 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Tomas Motycka -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0. (Died with ?)
F/Sgt A.R. New -(Pilot-88 Sqn)-
F/Sgt R.S. Newman -(Observer-107 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Jan Okroj -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (POW 3/2/43)
F/Sgt Jan Palak -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Miloslav Petr -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)- (Died as a WO 29/1/43)
F/Sgt Josef Pipa -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
F/Sgt F. Pitt -(Air Gunner-13 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Mieczyslaw Popek -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 ½/0/0 (shared with ?). (Died 13/1/44)
F/Sgt Jaroslav Sala -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)- (Died as a WO 29/1/43)
F/Sgt Kazimierz Sztramko -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: He111 ⅓/0/0 (with S/Ldr Zumbach (303 Sqn) and F/Sgt Giermer).
F/Sgt Gilbert M.M. Vaillant -(French)-(81 Sqn)- (Died as a S-Lt with 340 Sqn 27/10/43)
F/Sgt Frantisek Vindis -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
F/Sgt Waddington -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
F/Sgt Wisdaan -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
F/Sgt Kazimierz Wunsche -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
Sgt-Chef Christian Demas -(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died as a Capt 21/5/44)
Sgt Robert A.G. Alexandre -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/3. Wounded (Died as a F/Lt 10/6/44)
Sgt Baker -(Canadian)-(??-418 Sqn)-
Sgt Barber -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
Sgt G. Bates -(Observer-226 Sqn)-Wounded
Sgt Kazimierz Benzinski -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Sgt Per Bergsland -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-POW-Escaped
Sgt B. Bjornstabt -(Norwegian)-(129 Sqn)-
Sgt Andrea R. Blanco -(Belgium)-(609 Sqn)-
Sgt Arkadiusz Bondarczuk -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Sgt with 306 Sqn 27/9/43)
Sgt Marcel Bouguen -(French)-(340 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1. (Died as a Capt 9/3/44)
Sgt Freddy E.L. Boute -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/2 and Ju88 ¼/0/0 (with PO Plas, PO Smets and Sgt Van
Lerberghe). (Died as a PO 13/11/43)
Sgt Brunckhorst -(277 Sqn/Hawkinge Flt)-
Sgt Jaroslav Chlup -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)- (Died as WO 4/5/43)
Sgt Wladyslaw Chojnacki -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Lt with 308 Sqn 1/1/45)
Sgt Frithjof Cleve -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)- (Died 2/10/42)
Sgt Stefan Czachla -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)-Injured
Sgt Ignacy Czajka -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Sgt Arnaud C.M. de Saxce -(French)-(609 Sqn)- (Died as a S-Lt with 341 Sqn 10/4/45)
Sgt Marcel A.H. Demont -(Pilot-226 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Sgt 22/9/42)
Sgt Olav Djønne -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0.
Sgt Stanislaw Domanski -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Sgt with 3 Sqn 3/7/44)
Sgt Duke -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
Sgt K.A. Edwards -(610 Sqn)-
Sgt A.J. Ellis -(Canadian)-(Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt R.D. England -(Air Gunner-88 Sqn)-
Sgt R. Engelson -(Norwegian)-(129 Sqn)-
Sgt Marius Eriksen
-(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1 and Do217 1/0/0. (Awarded DFM) (POW as 2nd Lt 2/5/43)
Sgt Halldor Espelid -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)- (Died after being murdered as a POW 3/44)
Sgt C.A. Evans -(Air
Gunner-88 Sqn)-
Sgt C.H. Evans -(91 Sqn)-
Sgt V. Evans -(222 Sqn)-
Sgt Fredrik A.S. Fearnley -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Bf109 0/½/0 (with Capt Hagerup) and Do217 0/1/0. (Died as a Lt 25/2/44)
Sgt F.A. Flohimont -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/2. (Died 22/1/43)

Sgt Erik P. Fossum (Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/½.
Sgt C.D. Forrest -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt Gunnar Fosse -(Norwegian)-(222 Sqn-Temp transferred from 72 Sqn)- (Died as a Capt with 127 Sqn 30/1/44)
Sgt Waclaw Fraczek -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
Sgt O. Fuglesong -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-
Sgt W.R. Gage -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt Ryszard Gorecki -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
Sgt Stanislaw Gorny -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
Sgt Gregory -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
Sgt Wladyslaw Gretkierewicz -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Sgt Helmer Grundt-Spang -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/1½ (½ with Lt Berg).
Sgt G. Gibbon -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt Ronald Gibson (22) -(87 Sqn)-Killed (F-Dieppe)
Sgt Johan B. Gilhuus -(Norwegian)-(332
Sqn)- (Died as a Lt with 80 Sqn 17/12/44)
Sgt B. Goldswain -(Observer-107 Sqn)

Sgt T. Goodman -(Pilot-226 Sqn)-
Sgt Wladyslaw Grobelny -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
Sgt Edgar Hansen -(Norwegian)-(154 Sqn)-
Sgt Hardy -(65 Sqn)-
Sgt Léon J.G. Harmel -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-
Sgt B. Hastings -(Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt Healy -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
Sgt Y. Henrickson -(Norwegian)-(111 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
Sgt J. Hepworth -(Observer-88 Sqn)-
Sgt Albert M.L. Herreman -(Belgium)-(124 Sqn)- (Died as a FO with 350 Sqn 8/6/44)
Sgt E.G. Hill -(19 Sqn)
Sgt D.F.J. Hinde -(Observer-88 Sqn)-Killed (M)
Sgt J. Howarth -(266 Sqn)-
Sgt J.E. Hughes -(Air Gunner-88 Sqn)-
Sgt W.E. Hughes -(87 Sqn)-
Sgt André Imbert -(French)-(41 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (Died as a F/Sgt with 165 Sqn
25/7/43)
Sgt Erwin Janusz -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)- (Died as a F/Sgt with 316 Sqn 22/8/43)
Sgt Jenkinson -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-107 Sqn)-
Sgt S.G. Jenssen -(Norwegian)-(129 Sqn)-Killed (M)
Sgt William Johnson (25) -(Observer-614 Sqn)-Killed (UK-Hetton) (DOW 22nd August)
Sgt Józef Karczmarz -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0. (POW 24/3/43)
Sgt Werner Kirchner -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-
Sgt Josef Kohout -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
Sgt Adam Kolczynski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 ½/0/0 (with PO Maciejowski).
Sgt Vladimir J. Kopecek -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
Sgt Marian Kordasiewicz -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died 9/10/42)
Sgt Waclaw Korwel -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
Sgt Søren K. Liby -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-
Sgt M.A. Liskutin -(Polish)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 1/0/0 (shared with another pilot, probably from 131 Sqn)
Sgt Janeigil Løfsgaard -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0 and Do217 1/0/0. (Died 11/10/42)
Sgt Eustachy Lucyszyn -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Sgt J.E. Major -(Observer-88 Sqn)-
Sgt F. Malan -(222 Sqn-Temporally transferred from 72 Sqn)
Sgt Feliks Marek -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
Sgt William S.M. McKean -(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner-226 Sqn)- (Died as a WO with 58 Sqn 21/8/44)
Sgt Hipolit P. Mikusek -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)- (POW 8/9/42)
Sgt V. Miller -(Canadian)-(402 Sqn)-
Sgt Josef Novotny -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
Sgt Jan Osoba -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)- (Died 14/5/43)
Sgt Guy P.L. Owren -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/½/0 (with Lt Sem-Olsen). (Died 29/11/42)
Sgt Wladyslaw Pawlowski -(Polish)-(317 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1. (Died as F/Sgt 11/8/44)
Sgt Karel Pernica -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/1/0.
Sgt M.W.F. Petric -(Air Gunner-614 Sqn)-
Sgt Viktor Popelka -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/1/0 and Ju88 0/0/1.
Sgt Antonin Prvonic -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)- (Died as a WO)
Sgt Bjørn. Raeder -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-Wounded (Died as a Capt 29/12/44)
Sgt Marcel Reeve -(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died as a S-Lt 2/5/44)
Sgt Jean L. Rigole -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-
Sgt Jan Rogowski -(Polish)-(306 Sqn)- (Died with 315 Sqn 28/5/43)
Sgt Aleksander Rokitnicki -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-
Sgt Kjeld Rønhof -(Danish)-(332 Sqn)-
Sgt Vaclav Ruprecht -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/1/0. (Died)
Sgt Alojzy Rutecki -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)- (Died post war 20/9/45)
Sgt Sealer -(277 Sqn/Shoreham Flt)-
Sgt Self -(Observer-614 Sqn)-
Sgt Einer Sem-Olsen -(Norwegian)-(331 Sqn)- (Died 29/11/42)
Sgt Antonin Skach -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 0/0/1.
Sgt Józef Stasik -(Polish)-(303 Sqn)-Claimed: Fw190 1/0/0. (Died as a F/Lt 31/8/44)
Sgt Jan Staubo -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)-POW
Sgt Josef Stivar -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-Claimed: Do217 0/0/1.
Sgt Wladyslaw Sznapka -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
Sgt R.A.J. Taconet -(French)-(340 Sqn)- (Died 5/9/42)
Sgt Adam Tiahnybok -(Polish)-(302 Sqn)-
Sgt Stanislav Tocauer -(Czech)-(312 Sqn)-
Sgt Tadeusz Turek -(Polish)-(308 Sqn)-
Sgt Ladislav Valousek -(Czech)-(310 Sqn)-
Sgt Jean L. Van Lerberghe -(Belgium)-(350 Sqn)-Claimed: Ju88 ¼/0/0 (with PO Plas, PO Smets and Sgt Boute) and 1x Do217 damaged.
Sgt André P.F. Vilboux -(French)-(611 Sqn)-Killed (M) (Awarded Croix de Guere)
Sgt Thor A. Waerner -(Norwegian)-(332 Sqn)

John Conway Bicknell - 226 Squadron

John Bicknell DFC with his mother Margaret Bicknell outside Buckingham Palace having been awarded the DFC by King George V1 in 1943. (Photo/comments provided by M. Surridge.) Congratulations on your excellent web page on the Raid on Dieppe…but I was disappointed not to see a reference to my Mother's first husband, JC Bicknell DFC, ( killed in 1944 ), who flew with the decorated Donald T Smith. John Bicknell was born in 1921 in London; educated at King Edwards School, Witney, Surrey; home as of 1943 was given as Bristol. Commissioned from the ranks in 1942. P/O John Conway Bicknell, No.226 Squadron, awarded DFC 20 April 1943 by King George V1 at Buckingham Palace. There is no citation in London Gazette but the following from Air Ministry Bulletin: "Pilot Officer Bicknell is a cool, calculating navigator. He has taken part in a large number of sorties, including five sea searches, and has participated in several other operations. His work has been worthy of high praise”.

Former soldier rejects Dieppe as pilot project - Toronto Globe and Mail August 23, 1982

Re the 40th anniversary of the Dieppe operation in which the Canadian Second Division paid such a terrible price: I was a member of the First Division (artillery) at that time. We were stationed in Sussex and I can still recall my horror at seeing truckload after truckload of severely wounded Canadian troops moving north from the Channel to hospitals in the area.I am one of those who will never accept that the Dieppe operation can be justified on military grounds as a pilot project for the later assault on Normandy of D-Day, 1944. It seems utter folly to have made a frontal attack in early daylight on a heavily defended beach where the enemy's guns were placed in a position to slaughter the invading force. Later I spoke to a German prisoner of war from Dieppe (a machine-gunner), who said they had been at action stations for about 48 hours before the raid.In brief, the planning appears to have been gravely incompetent. You do not need to sacrifice the lives of 1,000 young men, and cause the imprisonment of another 2,000, to prove that two plus two equals four. Military intelligence should have foreseen the inevitable result. - H. H. Carter Ottawa

John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe - No. 253 Squadron

The son of an English doctor who had served during the Boer War, John Ellacombe was born at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, on February 28 1920 and educated at Diocesan College (Bishops) in Cape Town. In May 1939 he went to Britain to join the RAF, trained as a pilot. Posted to No 253 Squadron as a flight commander, he found night fighting dull, and volunteered for daylight operations. He flew in support of the ill-fated raid on Dieppe, and as he attacked a gun battery his aircraft was hit by flak. Ellacombe managed to get over the sea before bailing out and being picked up by a Canadian landing craft. (The Telegraph)

Former soldier rejects Dieppe as pilot project - Toronto Globe and Mail August 23, 1982

'Jimmy' Talalla - 118 Squadron

Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his North American Mustang Mark III at B12/ Ellon, Normandy. Born of Singhalese parents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Talalla joined the RAF in 1941 and served as a sergeant pilot with No. 118 Squadron RAF, flying Supermarine Spitfires, before being commissioned in 1942. He joined 122 Squadron as a flight commander in 1944 and finished the war having shot down 5 enemy aircraft. His brother, Warrant Officer H C B Talalla, a Hawker Typhoon pilot serving with No. 182 Squadron RAF, was killed in action, over the Falaise area on 25 July 1944.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Close Up - The Canadian Raid on Dieppe - Part 4 (1962)

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