| KEY Camp 1 - Bellande Camp 2 - Richeray name - role - squadron - loss details - helpers - period in Sherwood - fate - c fate = year of decease (or loss info in the case of the 38
who returned to operations and were killed) At present the register is by service. There may be errors in the transcription of the names. The helpers and organisers associated with Sherwood are very welcome to be included in the Register. |
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Free to Fight Again is the book by Alan Cooper on RAF Escapes and Evasions 1940-45 (William Kimber, 1988)
MACR = Missing Air Crew Report (US)
whitepages = www.whitepages.com
ssdi = Social Security Death Index [ http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
]
WW II Registry : The World War II Registry at www.wwiimemorial.com
NARA Serial Number Database : http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ [ > in "Show
by category" click on "All Series" >> "World War II Electronic
Army Serial Number Merged File" – Note: some Air Corps data are in the
"Reserve" Merged File ]
* added as a result of listing in Lou Greenburgh's book
With thanks to:
Phillipe Save and Edouard Renière for much
of the information on the Americans;
Bill Chorley for the information on failing to return on Bomber Command
ops;
Oliver Clutton-Brock for access to his Freteval lists in 2008, now used
following publication of his excellent book (RAF Evaders -The comprehensive story of thousands of
escapers and their escape lines, Western Europe, 1940-45:
Grub Street 2009) has been published.
Another list is on the Comète Kinship website - scroll to Section D
The WWII Escape & Evasion website
has another excellent listing.
RAAF (11)
ANDREWS, Ken G
- Sergeant: Northern Territory, Australia: W/Op same crew as Ted Greatz
- c
ELIOT, Noel S - Flying Officer: W Australia
Evans, FO - Flight Sergeant
FLYNN, William Joseph - Flight Sergeant: New South Wales
GREATZ Edwin
Herman - Flight Sergeant: S Australia
F/Sgt E H Greatz RAAF, navigator
44 Sqn Dunholme Lodge: Lancaster ME694 KM-L: t/o 2110: Stuttgart 25/26
Jul 1944: hit by bomb from a/c on fire above them: crew all baled out
but F/Sgt Whitehead (MUG) did not survive jump: rest evaded: Camp 1 - d
21 June 2004 - c (family)
HOURIGAN, Edward - Flying Officer: New South Wales
IBBOTSON, Dudley Thomas - Flying Officer: W Australia - see Greatz - c
KING, Wilfred John Edgar - Warrant Officer: S Australia
LYNCH, KJ - Flight Sergeant: New South Wales
MURRAY, Ronald Ian - Flight Sergeant: Victoria - see Greatz - c
SCHWILK, CW - Flight Sergeant
WRIGHT, Sgt Evans - South Australia
RNZAF (4)
(based partly on information from Errol Martyn, 12 Apr 2005)
MORRIS, John
Moore - Flying Officer: New Zealand: born Cambridge, New Zealand 1 Jul
23
F/O JM Morris RNZAF NZ422424, pilot: served RNZAF 27 Mar 42 to 11 Jan 46
Later joined the NZ Army and served in Japan with 'J' Force
75 Sqn Lancaster III NE148 AA-H: t/o 2155 Mepal, op Stuttgart. Aircraft
was badly shot up shortly after crossing the Rhine on the outbound
journey later crashing when half-way across France trying to make for
England, at Yevres in the Department of Eure-et-Loire, 2km E of Brou.
Morris was aboard as '2nd dicky pilot' (RAF slang for along for the
experience, usually before commencing ops with his own crew). The Pilot
and Rear Gunner were killed and are buried in Yevres Communal Cemetery.
Six of the eight aboard were New Zealanders. All the survivors evaded.
Morris's evasion debriefing report reference is WO208/3321 SPG2090.
F/O Morris was shot down again on 3 Feb 45, with 15 Sqn from Mildenhall,
during an op to Dortmund, this time becoming a PoW in Camp 13D Nürnberg.
(Lancaster I PD419 LS-V).
RAYNEL, WG - Flight Sergeant
SANDERS, GH - Flying Officer
SPEIRS,
Allan Robert - Pilot Officer: Christchurch, New Zealand: born Nelson,
New Zealand 13 Apr 23
P/O AR Speirs RNZAF NZ413136, pilot: served RNZAF 25 May 41 to 11 Mar 46
7 Sqn Lancaster III ND901 MG-B: t/o 2245 on the night of 1/2 May 1944
Oakington, tasked to destroy the key railway and stores depot at
Chambly, north of Paris. Crashed at Nointel in the Department of
Seine-et-Oise, 38km NE of Versailles. The rest of the crew, including
two other New Zealanders, were killed and lie in Nointel Communal
Cemetery. He returned to England 14 weeks later. His evasion debriefing
report reference is WO208/3321 S/PG 2132.
RCAF (34)
AGUR*, Pat WO208/3348 [no S/PG
ref found]
Agur PG F/O RCAF J/24984: Pilot 429 Sqn 28 June 1944: Halifax III MZ302
AL-E op Metz: t/o 2205 Leeming to bomb rail communications: 3 others of
crew evaded, 3 others pow
BANKS, Robert H Rod- Ontario, Canada - see Hand
BEAUCHESNE, Noé E - Canada d.1989 c - see Vickerman
BENDER, William F - Ontario, Canada - see 1945 reunion
BESTER, Jack F - Ontario, Canada - see 1945 reunion
BINNIE,
Norman - Quebec, Canada
Sgt N Binnie RCAF, Flight Engineer
420 Sqn Tholthorpe: Halifax III LW674 PT-E: t/o 2203 Op: Versailles, to
bomb rail facilities. Crashed at Theuville (Eure et Loire) 15km SSE of
Chartres and just to the W of the main road between Chartres and
Orleans: 6k 2e: The pilot P/O L Holowaychuk was flying as P/O Holway or
Holoway RCAF: He and the other 5 who were kia are buried in Theuville
Communal Cemetery. F/S Bert E Brakes also evaded but has so far not been
listed as at Freteval - see 1945 reunion - Norman Binnie d1991 - c.
BONLACLEONE*, N
BRAYLEY, William EJ - Quebec, Canada - see also the Brayley Collection of photos
CALDERBANK, James R - Ontario,
Canada
F/O JR Calderbank RCAF, Mid-Upper Gunner J/27605 WO208/3321 S/PG 2107
429 (Bison) Squadron Leeming: LV973 AL-X: t/o 2228 to bomb marshalling
yards at Versailles 10-11 June 1944. Crashed at Friaize (Eure et Loir),
9 km WSW of Courville-sur-Eure. Pilot F/L A MacDonald buried at Friaize,
rest of crew evaded - see also Harry Guild, and TB Chapman and possibly
McCarthy.
CAMPBELL, Alex - Ontario, Canada
F/L E A Campbell RCAF, Pilot
514 Sqn Waterbeach: Lancaster LL692 JI-C2: t/o 2147: Stuttgart: shot
down by Ju88, 25th op, Orleans midnight July 28 1944: cr. near village
of St-Cloud-en-Dunois (Eure et Loir), 8km SSE Chateaudun: 1k 1 pow 6e:
helpers - Mom & Pop ARTHUR, Marcel LIGER, Robert and/or Roger, met
Micheline: arrived Fréteval July 31 1944: camp 2?: "liberated" mid
August by Patton's 3rd Army: met de Blommaert: injured in truck upset
with 14 other evaders: see 1945 reunion - c
on-line
video re-enactment of his last flight - broadband
preferable
CHAPMAN, JE Jack - Ontario, Canada
CHAPMAN, Thomas B Bert
- Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sgt TB Chapman RCAF, Rear Gunner R/174900 WO208/3321 S/PG 2101
429 (Bison) Squadron Leeming: LV973 AL-X: t/o 2228 to bomb marshalling
yards at Versailles 10-11 June 1944. Crashed at Friaize (Eure et Loir),
9 km WSW of Courville-sur-Eure. Pilot F/L A MacDonald buried at Friaize,
rest of crew evaded. [Robert Chapman, grandson 22/05/08: Bert recalled
the a/c being attacked simultaneously by two Ju88. ] see also front of banknote 2 and Harry Guild,
and JR Calderbank etc.
DUNSEITH*, Sam
WO208/3324 S/PG 2554
Dunseith, S F/Sgt RCAF R/191859 300 Sqn Air Gunner(R) 24 July 1944:
Lancaster I LM178 BH-U Op Stuttgart: t/o 2137 Faldingworth: shot down by
a night fighter and crashed just to the N of St Laurent des Bois
(Loir-et-Cher), 5km NE of the small town of Marchenoir. 4 of crew kia, 2
other evaded. All evaders wounded, Dunseith went to hospital in Le Mans.
See also Forman, CM.
EDWARD - Canada
FAIRBORN DWR - Canada
FORMAN, C M - Ontario, Canada
- see 1945 reunion: WO208/3321 S/PG 2130
Forman CM, F/O: 24 July 1944: Lancaster I LM178 BH-U Op Stuttgart: t/o
2137 Faldingworth: shot down by a night fighter and crashed just to the
N of St Laurent des Bois (Loir-et-Cher), 5km NE of the small town of
Marchenoir. 4 of crew kia, 2 other evaded. All evaders wounded, Forman
reached England on 18 August 1944. See also Dunseith. Also listed by
Greenburgh
GREENBURGH, Lou - Winnipeg, Canada. Also listed by Greenburgh!
GRIMSEY, Maurice FC - Manitoba, Canada
HARVEY, Sam A
- British Columbia, Canada
F/S S A Harvey RCAF
514 Sqn Waterbeach: a/c - see Campbell
HEARTY - Canada
HORTIE, Robert H - Ontario, Canada
HYDE, DB Bruce - Alberta, Canada
JONES, Earl -
Alberta, Canada:
F/S E R Jones RCAF
514 Sqn Waterbeach: a/c - see Campbell
LAWRENSE, Stanley - Ontario, Canada
MOLLINSON, Joseph J - British Columbia, Canada
MUSGROVE, Gerry A - Ontario, Canada - see 1945 reunion
NEWBEY*, H
SANDULAK,
John (428 Sqn) - Canada: contact via his daughter: new
link
SHIELDS, William C - Ontario,
Canada
F/O WC Shields, Navigator WO208/3321 S/PG 2106
429 (Bison) Squadron Leeming: LV973 AL-X: t/o 2228 to bomb marshalling
yards at Versailles 10-11 June 1944. Crashed at Friaize (Eure et Loir),
9 km WSW of Courville-sur-Eure. Pilot F/L A MacDonald buried at Friaize,
rest of crew evaded - see also TB Chapman, JR Calderbank and H Guild.
STRUCK WE - Canada
TAYLOR, Sam D- Saskatchewan, Canada
TRIMSEY - Canada
VICKERMAN,
William K - Alberta, Canada
F/O WK Vickerman RCAF, pilot
432 Sqn East Moor: Halifax III LW582 QO-M: t/o 2304 on 7 Jun 1944: rail
yards at Achères. Probably shot down by a night fighter, whose fire set
light to the fuel tanks. Abandoned and crashed at St.Denis le Ferment
(Eure), 7km NW of Gisors. 1k 4evd 2pow - R/G Sgt FW Layton RCAF buried
at Beauvais in Marissel French National Cemetery. William Vickerman
d.1976 c
see http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/photos&casualty=2234362
WINGROVE*, AW
RAF/RAFVR (33)
BERRY, Peter - London, England/Berry, LF - Flight Lieutenant
BLAKEY, J - Sergeant
BRAKES, BE - Flight Sergeant
BROWN, WC - Sergeant
CHAMBERLAIN, H - Pilot Officer
CHARMAN, AF - Sergeant
CLAY, Larry N - Flight Sergeant: Nottinghamshire, England
DICKENS, Jack D - Sergeant: Northamptonshire, England
DICKIE, KJA - Flying Officer
DONALDSON, WA - Sergeant:
Inverness, Scotland: F/E
514 Sqn - a/c - see Campbell
ELMHIRST-BAXTER, JC - Flight Lieutenant
FINN JPT (466 Sqn) - Sergeant: Canada
? FISHER, JM - Sergeant
FOLEY, AJ - Flight Sergeant
GORDON, Robert B - Flying Officer: Lanarkshire, Scotland
GUILD, Harry - Flight
Sergeant: Northamptonshire, England. Wireless Operator WO208/3321 S/PG
2102
429 (Bison) Squadron Leeming: LV973 AL-X: t/o 2228 to bomb marshalling
yards at Versailles 10-11 June 1944. Crashed at Friaize (Eure et Loir),
9 km WSW of Courville-sur-Eure. Pilot F/L A MacDonald buried at Friaize,
rest of crew evaded - see also TB Chapman and JR Calderbank.
HALLETT,
Clifford L - Sergeant: Somerset, England
Sgt C L Hallett RAFVR, M/U
10 Sqn Melbourne: Halifax MZ630 ZA-S: t/o 2233: rail Trappes:
nightfighter: 2/3 June 1944: cr. St-Andre-de-l'Eure (Eure) 2k 4pow 1e:
other details tbc: c
HAMPTON, R - Sergeant
HAND, Gordon
- Yorkshire, England
Sgt G Hand RAFVR, M/U WO208/3348 IS9/WEA/2/160/312
432 Sqn East Moor: Halifax III LW594 QO-G: t/o 0130: rail
Haine-St-Pierre: night fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab
IV./NJG4): 8/9 May 1944: crashed 0332 at Grand Reng (Hainaut) a small
Belgian town on the border with France, 16km SE of Mons: 3k 2 pow 2e
(the other was Sgt R B Haxton RCAF [actuallly Sgt RH Banks RCAF]): went
from Camp 1 to help construct Camp 2 - Free to Fight Again
p93: c
HOLLAND, FE - Flight Lieutenant
KEMLEY, HJS - Flight Lieutenant
LYONS, AR Ben
-Sergeant: London England: W/Op
514 Sqn Waterbeach - a/c - see Campbell
MARTIN, Charles HT - Sergeant: Cardiff, Wales
MCCARTHY, NJ - Sergeant: Sussex, England - Sgt NR McCarthy was a member of the Macdonald crew - see TB Chapman etc
?MEANLEY, R - Sergeant
? NOAKES, EEG -Sergeant
PEPALL, Dennis RRJ - Flight Sergeant: Surrey, England - c - d.31 Mar 2005
PRYER, WR - Sergeant: Cheshire, England
SMITH, M - Sergeant
WEIR, Charles F- Sergeant: Midlothian, Scotland
WELLS, FA (Frank) - Flight Sergeant: see Greatz d. c
WORRALL, JRW (Ray) - Sergeant: Yorkshire, England - see Greatz - c
WRIGHT*, Eric W - Sergeant:
(Birmingham):
WO208/3321 S/PG 2080 Sgt 218 Sqn
Polish Air Force (1)
WITRYLAK, Z - Flight Sergeant
South African Army (2)
ADAMS, Everett - Private: Capetown, South Africa
HOOVER, Rudy - Private: Durban, South Africa
USAAF (55) Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society § = AFEES member in 2001
Ranks are (in seniority): Capt – Captain; 1/Lt – 1st Lieutenant; 2/Lt – 2nd Lieutenant; F. O. – Flight Officer; T/Sgt – Technical Sergeant; S/Sgt – Staff Sergeant; Sgt – Sergeant; Cpl – Corporal.
Crew positions are: P –
Pilot; CP – Co-pilot; N – Navigator; B – Bombardier; RO – Radio
Operator; BTG – Ball turret gunner; TTG – Top turret gunner; TG – Tail
gunner; LWG/RWG – Left/Right waist gunner.
Notes source: Oliver Clutton-Brock
ALLEN, Eacott G - 2/Lt:
Robstown, Texas, USA: pilot d 1989
P-51B 42-106823 QP-K: 4FG 334FS: cr 8 Jun 44
MACR 5613 see www.littlefriends.co.uk
www.fourthfightergroup.com
Collision with 43-7150 QP-P 4FG 334FS, pilot James F SCOTT kia: MACR for
43-7150 is 5605
see also front of banknote 2 which
he has signed twice
ANDERSEN, Eugene R or C - Sgt;
BTG: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
B-24H; 42-9433; 489th BG/846th BS; 2 June 1944
NARA #16095735, Kenosha County, WI:
ssdi - b 12 Mar 21, d 15 Feb 2000 Pinellas, FL
BARR, Stuart K - F O; CP:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
B-24H; 42-64447; 448th BG/712th BS; 20 March 1944
BIES, Walter E - S/Sgt; TG:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
B-24J 42-100294 Victory Belle 93BG 328BS: cr 24 Jun 44 S of
Dreux
MACR 6742 see http://perso.wanadoo.fr/forcedlanding/roggenkamp.htm
§ BLAIR, Clare or Clara A -
Sgt; RWG: Ravena, Ohio, USA
B-24H 42-95310 491BG 852BS: cr 2 Jun 44
Beaumont-sur-Oise
MACR 5391
NARA #15320739, Portage County, OH, b 1923: listed as in Killeen, TX
BOGGAN*, Thomas L - Army?
BONE, Emmett W - S/Sgt; LWG:
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
B-17G; 42-31380; 385th BG/548th BS; 8 February 1944
NARA # 38240400, Jefferson City, TX
ssdi - b 13 Jun 12, d 14 Oct 89 Houston, Harris County, TX
CLARK, Paul R - S/Sgt; RO:
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA: pilot
P-51B 42-106729 363FG: cr 24 Jun 44 E of Thiron
Clutton-Borck has B-17G; 42-31594; 457th BG/751st BS; 27 May 1944
MACR 6293
B-17F 42-3511 381BG 535BS: cr 24 or 25 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286
WWII Registry: honored by daughter Tracye (Claytor) Gilleland, Rockbridge County, VA
CONNABLE, Joseph M - Sgt; RWG:
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
B-17F 42-3511 381BG 535BS: cr 24 or 25 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286 see
§ COUTURE, Robert D - 2/Lt; P:
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA: pilot
P-51B 43-6895 WR-P 355FG 354FS: cr 7 Jun 44 SE of Nogent-Le-Rotrou
MACR 5565 see www.littlefriends.co.uk
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/forcedlanding/freteval.htm
§ DAVIS, William M - P: Falls
Church(?)/Leesburg, Florida, USA: pilot
P-38J 43-28464 370FG: cr 7 Jul 44 E of Chartres
MACR 6664 see www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-vl-lafferty110903,o,6540046.column
DI BETTA, Geno - 1/Lt; P: West
Virginia or Parkesburg W., PA, USA
B-17G; 42-31388; 306th BG/423rd BS; 11 February 1944
DILLON, William T - Colfax, Indiana, USA - Army?
DUER Walter A - 2/Lt; B
B-24H; 41-29468 Peg o’ My Heart; 487th BG/838th BS; 11 May 1944
NARA Walter A. DUER # 39396817, Los Angeles County, CA, b 1921
WWII Registry : One 2nd Lt Walter A. Duer = kia – Serial # O-691484 (?)
ECKLEY, Malcolm K - S/Sgt; LWG:
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
B-17G 42-97859 LD-T Any Gum Chum 100BG 418BS: cr 25 Jun 44
Ferté-Vidane
MACR 6542 see www.100thbg.com
GLEASON*, Fred D- T/Sgt; TTG
AFEES #1065 8-447 BG Arizona
B-17G; 43-37788; 447th BG/709th BS; 13 July 1944
§ GOAN, John F - S/Sgt; TG:
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
cr June 21, 1944
B-24H; 42-95280; 445th BG/702nd BS; 27 June
1944
Mentioned at www.arnold.af.mil/aedc/highmach/stories/powmia.htm
"B-24 tailgunner." PNF
NARA # 34505930
ssdi : b 21 May 21, d 28 Dec 01 in Estill Springs, Franklin County, TN
§ GOFF, Marvin T - 2/Lt; B:
Houston, Texas, USA
B-24J; 42-110087; 448th BG/713th BS; 1 April 1944
NARA #18042231, Harris County, TX, born 1918
GOLDEN jr, Guy H - S/Sgt; RWG:
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
B-17G; 42-31388; 306th BG/423rd BS; 11 February 1944
NARA #18166783, Jefferson County, AR
ssdi : b 15 Jan 22, 5 May 91 in Pine Bluff. - Army?
GORRONO or GORRANO, Joseph F -
T/Sgt; TTG: Astoria, Long Island, New York, USA
B-17G; 42-31380; 385th BG/548th BS; 8 February 1944
NARA #32419761, born 1915
ssdi : b 7 Nov 1915, d 11 Jun 96 Granbury, Hood County, TX - Army?
HALL, Ralph - 2/Lt; CP:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
B-24H; 42-95280; 445th BG/702nd BS; 27 June 1944
WWII Registry : One Ralph L. Hall (serial 15130567, b 1921, from Ohio)
shot down over France, evaded and returned to combat, is honored by his
nephew, Kenneth L. Hall (Cleveland, OH)
HARRELL, Max -P: Lake Charles,
Lousiana, USA: pilot
P-51B 43-6886 OS-E 355FG 357FS: cr 7 Jun 44 Auneau
MACR 5507 see www.littlefriends.co.uk
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/forcedlanding/harrel.htm
?aka HUIT*, Burl E - Pierce, Colorado)
HJELM*, Rex P- 1/Lt; P: Firth,
Idaho
P-38J; 42-68102; 55th FG/343rd FS; 11 June 1944
HOILMAN, Donald F- S/Sgt; TG:
Toledo, Ohio, USA
B-17G; 42-31380; 385th BG/548th BS; 8 February 1944
NARA #35337486, Lucas County, OH b 1921
ssdi : b 11 Nov 21, d 20 Jul 82, Toledo, OH
HOLT, Alfred I - Sgt; TTG:
Cardington, Ohio, USA
B-25H; 42-97188; 384th BG; 544th BS; 14 June 1944.
HOUGHTON, Kenneth L - P: San
Francisco, California, USA
B-17G 42-97859 LD-T Any Gum Chum 100BG 418BS: cr 25 Jun 44
Ferté-Vidane
MACR 6542 see www.100thbg.com
JOHNSON, Joseph - West Palm Beach, Florida, USA - Army?
KAPLAN William - 2/Lt; P:
Weston, MA
B-24H; 42-52579; 493rd BG/862nd BS; 22 June 1944
NARA #13069740, b 1919
ssdi: b 13 Sept 19, d 4 Aug 99 in San Antonio, TX (mention of
"Massachusetts")
? KLEMSTINE, Kenneth P; CP - FL
B-24H; 42-52579; 493rd BG/862nd BS; 22 June 1944
NARA # 13083697, Blair County, PA, b 1921, enlisted in Air Corps.
ssdi: b 27 Sep 21, d 9 Jun 99 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
("issued in Pennsylvania")
KNIGHT, Marion - Sgt; TG:
Texas, USA: KNIGHT Marion
Runge, TX NARA Serial Number Database :
B-17G; 42-31387; 92nd BG/326th BS; 8 February 1944
Only one Marion D. KNIGHT, # 15140288, Lucas County, OH, born in
Michigan in 1920; enlisted in Air Corps. [ ?]
KROL(L), Theodore - 2/Lt; B:
Indiana, USAL KROLL Theodor Hammond, IN
B-17G; 42-38033; 401st BG/612th BS; 20 March 1944
LANE, Joshua D.; T/Sgt; TTG;
B-17G; 42-31568; 457th BG/748th BS; 14 June 1944 new
LAY Beirne 2/Lt; B
B-24H 41-29468 Peg O My Heart 487BG 838BS: cr 11 May 44
MACR 4750 see http://www.487thbg.org/BriefHistory.htm
b 1 Sep 1909 – d May 1982 in Los Angeles, CA
Formerly with 100th BG, was 487thBG CO from 28 Feb 44
LEWIS, Donald M - Coaling,
California, USA
NARA #96928156, Fresno County, CA, b 1921
ssdi : b 14 Jun 21, d 25 Apr 91 in CA
§ LORING, Warren E - 2/Lt; P:
Monument Beach, Massachussets, USA: pilot
P-38J 42-67876 CY- 55FG 343FS: cr 30 Jun 44
MACR 6562 see www.littlefriends.co.uk
WWII Registry : Honored by Wife, Thelma R. Loring
MIDDLETON, Charles D - S/Sgt;
B: Huntington Park, California, USA
B-17F 42-3511 MS-N 381BG 535BS: CR 24 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286 see www.381st.org
PEARSON,
Jonathan - Lt; N: Shenectady, New York, USA: Navigator
B-17G 42-31565: cr , March 4 1944: at Saint-Symphorien, Belgium
NARA #3229421, Schenectady County, NY, b 1920
d 1992 or 1994
§ PELOQUIN, Joseph O - S/Sgt;
TTG: Biddeford, Maine, USA
B-24H 42-94999 44BG 506BS: CR 11 May 44 Patay
MACR 4849 see http://greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHMay44.pdf
p293
and the Dinner Table photo in the Brayley
Collection
see also Richards, Lawrence C
PETERSON, Edward I - 2/Lt; CP:
Wentworth, Wisconsin, USA
B-17G; 42-31648 Ensign Mary; 379th BG/526th BS; 16 June 1944
NARA (Edward "E.") # 36296987, Waupaca County, WI, b 1923 ?
ssdi : b 19 May 23, d in Waupaca 1 Mar 01 ? - Army?
RICE, Roy J - 2/Lt; CP: Salem,
Oregon, USA
B-17F 42-3511 381BG 535BS: cr 24 or 25 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286 see www.381st.org
ssdi : b 6 May 17, d 21 Nov 90 in Monmouth, Polk County, OR
RICHARDS, Lawrence C - Sgt;
LWG: Emmaus, Pennsylvania, USA
B-24H 42-94999 44BG 506BS: cr 11 May 44 Patay
MACR 4849 see http://greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHMay44.pdf
p293
see also Peloquin
SCHILLING, Kenneth W - Capt:
Tacoma, Washington, USA: Bombardier (serial O-734841)
B-24J 42-100294 Victory Belle 93BG 328BS: cr 24 Jun 44 S of
Dreux
MACR 6742 see http://perso.wanadoo.fr/forcedlanding/roggenkamp.htm
ssdi : b 1 Aug 18, d 23 Mar 93, Vancouver, Clark County, WA
SIDDERS, Robert E - S/Sgt RO:
>Hasting, Nebraska, USA
B-17G; 42-37984; 92nd BG/326th BS; 8 February 1944
NARA #18017557, Hamilton County, NE, b 1920 - Army?
SOLOMON, George - T/Sgt; RO:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
B-17G; 42-31380; 385th BG/548th BS: 8 February 1944.
NARA #16150721, Wayne County, MI, b 1924 - Army?
SOUDER, David W - Sgt:
Pennsylvania or Houston, TX , USA
B-17F 42-3511 381BG 535BS : cr 24 or 25 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286 see www.381st.org
ssdi : b 21 May 24, d 17 Jul 03 in Laguna Hills, Orange County, CA
SPINKS, Heyward C - 2/Lt: La
Grange, California, USA: pilot
P-51B 43-6935 OR 6985 Hurry Home Honey 357FG 364FS 20 Jun 44
MACR 5962 see www.littlefriends.co.uk
TICKNER, Russell E - 2/Lt:
Texas or Fairfield, IL, USA: Bombardier
B-24H 42-95310 491BG 852BS: cr 2 Jun 44 Beaumont-sur-Oise
MACR 5391 NARA # O-694819
ssdi : b 25 Aug 21, d Aug 94 in Conroe, Montgomery County, TX (mention
of ILLINOIS)
Jan Tickner, wife of the Bombardier, has written a book Our
Personal War (see www.eakinpress.com/warandconflict.htm) PNF
VITKUS, Raymond D - Chicago,
Illinois, USA
B-17F 42-3511 381BG 535BS: cr 24 Apr 44 Précy
MACR 4286 see www.381st.org
WESELOH, Eldo C - Los Angeles,
California, USA
NARA #19125479, Los Angeles County, CA, b 1922
WISEMAN* Abraham Lt. - Army?
WRIGHT, Norman - Sommerville,
Massachussets, USA
B-24J 42-100294 Victory Belle 93BG 328BS: cr 24 Jun 44 S of
Dreux
MACR 6742 see http://perso.wanadoo.fr/forcedlanding/roggenkamp.htm
§ YANKUS,
Thomas L - Long Island, NY , USA: Radio Operator
B-17G 42-31565: cr 4 Mar 1944 Saint-Symphorien, Belgium
MACR 2795 Tom Yankus lives in Florida - c
YANZEK, William - Dayton, Ohio,
USA
NARA #35133894, Montgomery County, OH, b 1911
ssdi: b 5 Oct 11, d Feb 72 (OH)
US Army (2)
DERLING, Clifford G - New Jersey or Jersey City, California, USA - see also Kellerman
KELLERMAN, William - New York City, NY, USA
NARA #32893590, NY City, b 1925
I am the William Kellerman that was a signer on the bank
note that Lorraine Vickerman found in her father's wallet. I
was in the US infantry and was captured by a German tank while on a
mission July 4th 1944. The Germans were walking us back to Germany I
guess when Clifford Derling and I escaped. We didn't know exactly where
we were but we got French clothes from a farmer and anyway we got picked
up by the French underground (FFI), who thought we were Germans looking
for them. When we established our identity they took us to the Fréteval
Forest where they had brought the fliers. We stayed there till we were
liberated by the advancing US army. [WK 25/12/07]
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awaiting checking
MAC DONALD Lewis: 363FG ?
Lorraine VICKERMAN
Hi Frank; I have just [July 2003] spent a couple of exciting hours reading your website and thought I would provide yet another link in that long chain of 152 men.
I am Lorraine Denise Vickerman, the daughter of William Kingswell Vickerman. In the Sherwood Register you will see my Dad's name - he is the last name of the 30 RCAF men in the list under VICKERMAN William K.
Dad died in 1976 when I was 21 and was predeceased by Mom in 1963, so a lot of his story remains a mystery, as he didn't talk much par of the war. I always knew my name, particularly the "Denise", was after a young woman in the Underground. I have done a lot of research in the past 2 years and have located Denise. She lives in Brussels, is about 77 now, and God-willing I will meet her when I go to Europe this fall. Dad was flying a Halifax III, called "Pistol Packin Momma", on a night bombing run to Achères France June 7th, 1944. He was the pilot and had only been with the Canadian 432 Squadron for less than a month. They were attacked by a Ju 88, and six of the crew made it out of the plane safely. Sgt.Frederick Layton was his rear-gunner and died that day.
On the ground Dad hooked up with his mid-upper gunner, also on your Sherwood Register, Sgt. Noé BEAUCHESNE. He and Noé stayed together for that 10 weeks, being hidden by one family, then the next, till they ended up at Freteval Forest.
When Dad got back to Britain on August 18th, 1944, he did not return to the fighting. He had burned his arm and, I presume had some time off, so headed home to Canada. He and my Mom married in October 1944 with Noé standing beside him as his Best Man. They never did stay in touch with each other.
Using Archives info, I was able to locate Noé's family. He died in 1989, but I have made a wonderful new friend in his widow, Rita Beauchesne. Noé was from Ottawa. I live in Richmond, which is a suburb of Vancouver B.C., Canada. My understanding is that Dad and Noé were shot down near Sérifontaine. After 2 days of hiding during daylight hours and running at night, they approached a farmer who took them in and fed them. They were then transferred to a helper from the nearby town, who took them to Neuville, then Argenteuil, where they picked up another travelling companion who was a Belgian woman. She took them to Paris, and they left the next day on a southbound train. At one point they apparently sat across from a couple of Germans which must have been an horrific experience.
They disembarked at Etampes, walked to Augerville, where they were handed over to two Frenchmen. They were then guided, by stages, to Voyes, and finally the camp at Freteval. Noé was French Canadian so I'm sure his French language helped them along. It is an amazing feat that the Underground were able to pass them through so many hands to get them to Freteval. It sounds like many, many people were involved.
Of Dad's four remaining crew members, two made it back to Britain and two were taken as POW's till the end of the war.
"Occasionally something went awry somewhere along the evasion line, and would-be evaders fell victim to deception. Assisted by the underground, F/O CR Hoffman of Vickerman's crew managed to avoid capture for almost two months. Then while he was in hiding with a group of RAF evaders in a Paris apartment, treachery took a hand. Believing themselves in friendly hands, all were taken one morning to a farm outside the city. There they were packed into a truck and driven straight to Gestapo headquarters. Then came a 12 day interrogation at Fresnes Prison. The next phase in the tale of Hoffman was Buchenwald, then Stalag Luft III". (source said to be an article by Flt Lt AP Heathcote, Air Historical Branch)
Although he survived the war, F/O Hoffman only lived till 1953. I have recently met his only daughter, Donna Gatley, who happens to live 10 minutes away from me in the little town of Ladner. He died when Donna was only 6 years old.
Tom Yankus
(Radio Operator: B-17G 42-31565: cr 4 Mar 1944 Saint-Symphorien, Belgium) wrote 15 July 2004 - "When I arrived with Jonathan Pearson, our navigator, at Philippe and Virginia d'Albert Lake's apartment in Paris on June 3, 1944, seated in easy chairs were Bill Brayley (Canadian), Denny Peppall (from Yorkshire) and Peter Berry (from Piccadilly). On June 5, 1944 we were taken to the railroad station in Paris and then on to Chateaudun, escorted by teenage boys for about 7 miles to the barn at the Rideau's house. The next morning we were taken to the [Fréteval] Forest, which was June 6, 1944."
Tom Yankus's B-17G: Yankus
17 May 1992: Yankus
Awaiting further information
England
Boness, Lawrence - (Leicester):
BONESS*, Lawrence Frank Sgt RAFVR 1649548 463 Sqn Flight Engineer 24
June 1944 LM597/JO-
RAFES: thanks to Oliver Clutton-Brock we now know that Laurie Boness,
who was an active member of RAFES, did not enter Fréteval but
was was hidden in the villages of Boubers-sur-Canche, Fillièvres, and
Monchel-sur-Canche (all Pas-de-Calais). He believed that the flak burst
that had hit LM597 had set No. 1 starboard fuel tank on fire. Overcome
by fumes as he left the aircraft he came to his senses as he floated to
earth coned by two searchlights, but was not aware of anyone shooting at
him. After walking as far as he could that night, he ‘went into hiding
for forty eight hours.’ He ‘then went to a farm house at the village of
Boubers where they gave me food and clothes. I eventually met a
schoolmistress who put me into the hands of the French Army of
Resistance at the village of Fillevres [sic], but I was later moved to
the village of Monchel.’ Here he was looked after by Mesdames
Ernestine Sainsolieux and Hermance Turpin, and by Camille and Raymonde
Soualle, until liberated by British forces on 4 September.
[Laurie's name was mentioned in a book on Lou Greenburgh who was in
Fréteval, by Lou's son.]
MEANLEY*, Ralph
WO208/3321 S/PG 2092 Sgt R Meanley 1520572 75 Sqn Flight Engineer 28
July 1944 NE148/AA-H
MURRIE*, John D (Scotland): Murrie JD Sgt 1823503 9 Sqn Flight Engineer 8 July 1944 JA957/WS-D
NZ
ELMHURST*, Baxter JC:
WO208/3321 S/PG 2124 Elmhirst-Baxter JC Flt Lt 625 Sqn
USA
TAPPAN*, Edward
Country Unknown
MORRIS*- ?