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6s6 JUNE 2";fH, 1942 4 SERVICE AVIATION Fit. Sgt. C. A. LIVINGSTONE, NO. 608 Sqn.—This airman has completed 28 operational sorties. Many of these have been carried out in extremely adverse weather. In tire last lew months, Fit. Sgt. Living stone has achieved much success In his attacks on enemy shipping. He has succeeded in scoring hits on uo less than three heavily escorted vessels. As captain of aircraft, he has shown a strong sense of responsibility, great courage and devotion to duty. Fit. Sgt. A. R. ROBSON, R.N.Z.A.F., No. 485 (N.Z.) Sqn.—Fit. Sgt. Robson has completed 32 sorties over enemy occupied territory. From the start he has shown both courage and determination in his desire to engage the enemy. He has destroyed one and probably destroyed another hostile air craft. Sgt. A. P. GOLDSMITH, R.A.A.F., No. 126 Sqn. —This pilot has destroyed at least five enemy air craft. On one occasion he dived through a strong enemy fighter screen to destroy a bomber. When engaged by the fighters he shot one of them down. Roll of Honour Casualty Communique No. 137. T Hfi Air Ministry regrets to announce the following casualties on various dates. The next-of-kin have been informed. Casualties "in action" are due to flying operations against the enemy; "on active service" includes ground casualties due to enemy action, non-operational flying casualties, fatal accidents and natural deaths. Royal Air Force KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. E. G. S. Gould; Sgt. J. D. Hawkins; Fit. Sgt. A. B. Horn; Sgt. G, K. Johnston; Fit. Sgt. L. A. Ovens, D.F.M.; Sgt. K. L. Thomas; Act. Sqn. Ldr M. D. H. Wilson. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION, NOW PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION.-Sgt. J. D. Anderson; P/O. D. TJ Barn well, D.F.C.; Sgt. W, A. Blackburn; Sgt. E. Fieldsend; Sgt. E. J. R. Fowler; P/O. C. A. C Havelock; P/O. W. H. Hughes; Sgt E. W. Ireland; Sgt. S. Johnson; Sgt. G. A. Painting; Sgt. E. G. Knight; P/O. G. K K. K. Pelmore; Sgt. J. D. Pugh; Sgt. J. Rooney; Sgt. W. Ruther ford; Sgt. R. Shuttleworth; P/O. C. J C Walker; Sgt. P. C. Williams. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW PRE SUMED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. J. Ahem; Sgt W. E. Austin; Sgt. F. A. Axe; Sgt. V. E Baker; Sgt. K. M. Bird; F/O. P. A. Bitmead; P/O. W H. Budd; Sgt. N. J. Bull; Sgt. J. R. Carney; Sgt D. T. Clark; Sgt. W. N. Collins; Sgt. S. A. McC. Crothers; Fit Sgt. K. Crouch; Sgt. G. H. Dartnall; P/O. A. J. Dearden; Fit Sgt. M. S. Duder; Sgt. B.C. Edwards; Sgt. W. R. Furzey; Sgt. E. F. G. Gill; F/O. R. H. Gordon, D.F.C.; Fit. Sgt. G. C. P. Haines: P/O. D. A Halsali: P/O. A. C. L. Hodge; Sgt. G. M. Hol-stead; Sgt J. W. Horrocks; Sgt. A. W. Humphries; Fit. Sgt. A. G. C. Hunter; Sgt. J. St. G. John ston; Sgt. J. Kyle; Act Wing Cdr. F. A. G 1-ascelles, D.F.C.; Fit. Sgt. J. W. Lucas; Sgt. T. P. MacHale; Sgt. D. W. Marshall; Sgt. R. Murphy; Fit. Sgt. J. R. Noble; Fit. Sgt. A. J. Park; Sgt. T. A. Peters; Fit. Sgt. D. F. Pickerill; P/O. J. H. Richardson; Sgt. C. D. Rose; Sgt. J. F. Skingsley; Fit. Lt. A. J. C. Simpson, D.F.C.; P/O. P. R. Smith Sgt L. Stock; Sgt, G. E. Warren; Fit. Sgt. C. P. Weir; P/O. H. V. Wilgai-Robinson; Sgt. E. 1. C. Wood. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. NOW RE PORTED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. T. McNeill. WOUNDED OR INJURED IN ACTION.—Sgt. G. Edmund; Fit lit. S. E. Goddard; Fit. Lt. P Nixey; Sgt. W. F. Perkins; Sgt. D. H. L. Smith; Sgt. D. N. Southey. DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED IN ACTION.—Sgt. F. Woodfield. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. V. C. R. Baker; Sgt. R. B. Blatchley; P/O. P. R. S. Brooke; Sgt. A. Burns; Sgt. P. J. Cole man; Sgt. E. F. Collins; Sgt. V. R. Dufton; Sgt. R. H. Emery; Sgt. P. A. G. Finch; Sgt. R. Freak; Sgt. E. Hainsworth; Sgt. F. G. Huntley; Sgt. R. Jacques; Sgt. D. M. Laing; Sgt. C. V. Maddock: Fit. Sgt. G. H. Mays; Sgt, W. L. •Mogford; Sgt. A. Naylor; Wing Cdr. R. Sawrey-Cookson, D.S.O.. D.F.C.; P/O. G. G. Soames; Sgt. D. P. Stock; Sgt. L. E. Taylor. MISSING.—Sqn. Ldr. A. P. Burdett; Fit. Sgt. M. Bunting; Sgt. S. Burtwell; Sgt. S. Davis; Sgt H. Downs; Sgt. J. C. Dunn; Sgt. S. Elmes; Fit. Sgt. E. H. Erby; Sgt. R. O. Francis; Act. Fit. it. A. J. Love; P/O. A. MacTaggart; Sgt. A. 8. Marlev; Sgt. D. C. Martin; Sgt. G. E. Newman; B&t. A. E. Rees; Sgt. E. G. W. Shotter; Sgt. V. L. Stephens; Sgt. H. M. Tapley; Sgt. K. H. Tibbatts; Fit. Sgt. H. E D. Tilbv; Sgt. J. Walker; Sgt. P. Wood. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. —Sgt. A. G. Mackinnon. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—L.A/C. J. H. Attwood; P/O. M. H. Ball; L.A/C. T. D. Bower; L.A/C. F. C. Cannings; Sgt. E. Coleman; Sgt. The signalman. A control officer at a bomber station checking off his list of departures. Only strict adherence to carefully made time-tables enable operations of .the magnitude of the Cologne raid to be carried out. S. A. Coleman; Sgt. V. G. Deacon; L.A/C. M. D. Ellis; Sgt. 11. W. Everett; Sgt. F. A. Fair clough; Sgt. W. F. Good; A/C.l J. D. Greenard; L.A/C. W. J. Hawes; P/O. G. R. Heppell, D.F.M.; L.A/C. S. F. Hoskins; Sgt. S. H. Kittson; P/O J. R. Lee; W/O. G. E. Leeke; A/C.2 W. McElhutton; Sgt. R. W. Marshall; Fit. Lt. C. J. S Metford; Cpl. J. Pitt; Fit. Sgt. S. W. Pook; Act. Fit. Lt. F. R. Povey; Sgt. H. Shaw; Sgt. W. A. Skinner; Cpl D. L. Wills; Sgt. L. J. Wilson; Sgt. W. Wilson; L.A/C. P. W. Winter. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, NOW PRESUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—Fit. Sgt. E. W. Berriedale-Johnson; L.A/C. P. Bond; Sgt. E. A. Hafner; Sgt. B. Jepson; Fit. Sgt. H. R. Main; Fit. Sgt. E. V. Message; Sgt. C. L. Naylor; Sgt. J. E. Stoddart: Sgt. G. R. Stookes; Sgt. H. Tweedie; Fit. Sgt. B. Yeadon, D.F.M. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW PRE SUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE—Sgt. C. W. Almond; Sgt. R. E. Arnold; A/C.l L. W. Bayley; Sgt. F. W. Church; L.A/C. R. A. G. Cleave; A/C.2 G C. G. Cross; Sgt. W. A. C. Dickinson; A/C.l W. G. Richardson; P/O. R. G. C. Rus-bridge; Sgt. A. Smith; Sgt. H. Tattersfield. WOUNDED OR INJURED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.— Act. Sqn. Ldr. F. J. Austin; Sgt. W. B. Cooper; A/C.2 J. Crabtree; L.A/C. J. W. Cutler; Act. F/O. M. 1. Davies; Sgt. R. Hulme; L.A/C. J. Somerville. DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.-Sgt. G. H. Elliott; P/O. G. L. Gosnell. DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—A/C.2 G. R. Butler; A/C.l C. V. Fairweather; Sgt. A. T. G. F. Gibson: Cpl. Si. G. Glen; Sgt. H. R. Harvey; L.A/C. G. D. Hastie; L.A/C. S. Heald: Cpl. P J. McVeigh; A/C.2 T. J. Malone; A/C 1 F. McGrath; A/C.l T. Robson; A/C.l E: D. Rudd; A/C.2 C. Storer; A/C.2 W, Turner; A/C.l A. M. Williams. Amendment to Casualty Communique^ No. 129. Under the heading KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE : For Act. Fit. Lt. J. D. W. H. Clutterbuck, D.F.M., read Act. Fit. Lt. J. D. W. H. Clutter buck. For Sgt. T. E. Coogan read 8gt. T. E. Coogan, D.F.M. Amendment to Casualty Communigui No. 131. Under the heading PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION.— For Sqn Ldr. W. A. A. De Freitas read Wing Cdr. W. A. A. De Freitas. Royal Australian Air Force KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. W. A .Allen; Sgt. T. E. Pollock; Sgt. C. J. W. Reed; Sgt. K. D. Riordan. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW PRE SUMED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. R. J. Bell; Sgt. G. N. Church; Act. F/O. J. Kinnane. MISSING.—P/O. B. J. Halse; Sgt. L. W. Hanson; Sgt L. D Orbuck, KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—Sgt. J. A-McNamara. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, NOW PRESUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—Sgt. P. Spackmau; Sgt. A. G. White. Royal Canadian Air Force KILLED IN ACTION.—P/O. H, P. McKee. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION, NOW PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION.-FH. Sgt. E. D. Ozment. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW PRE SUMED KILLED IN ACTION.-Sgt J. B. Anderson; Sgt. J. S. Calderwood; Sgt. L. J. George; Fit. Sgt. E. O. Grimsdick; Sgt. J. J. Kelly; Sgt. A. P. McLean; Fit. Sgt. B. P. O'Neill; Sgt. J. D. Robertson; P/O. D. Schafheitlin. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW RE PORTED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. J. H. G. Matthews. WOUNDED OR INJURED IN ACTION.—P,0. L. II. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION.—Act. F/O. G. E. Mitchell, D.F.M. MISSING.—Act. Fit. Lt. E. D. Baker; P/O. N. F. Bowsher; Fit. Sgt. W. J. Cadger; Fit. Sgt. S. S. Dawes; Fit. Sgt. L. W. Fletcher. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SER VICE.—Sgt. R. G. Smith. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—P/O. J. F. Ander son; Act. Fit. Lt. W. H. Fetherston; Sgt R. St. J. Gregory; Act. Sqn. Ldr. J. McCormack; P/O. J. E. Piggott; P/O. L. B. Sceales; Sgt. W. J. Stevenson; Sgt.. B. W. Taylor,. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, NOW PRESUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. Sgt. L. R. Brunette; P/O. A. J. Jodoin. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, No<fl SUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—Sgt. Evans. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, Now RE PORTED PRISONER OF WAR.—Sgt. R. S. Daniel; Fit. Sgt. G. R. Foster; Fit. Sgt. A. Moran; Sgt. W. J. Oxendale. Royal New Zealand Air Force KILLED IN ACTION.-Sgt. K. W. Brett; P/O. E. P. Smith. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION, NOW PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. H. J. Grut; Sgt. R. A. Hamilton. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW PRE SUMED KILLED IN ACTION.—Sgt. A. J. Higgison; P/O. M. S. Luml; Sgt. E. B. Whitaker; Sgt. F. L. R Wood. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION.—P/O. W. F. Budge. KILLED ON- ACTIVE SERVICE,—Fit. Sgt. D. L. C. Liddell. WOUNDED OR INJURED CN ACTIVE SERVICE.— Sgt. J R. Harvey. South African Air Force KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE—Lt. G. de V. Leach. "liSS.KE-
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