Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour contains the names of the aircrew of No. 550 Squadron (Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force) who gave their lives while the Squadron was on operations against the enemy between 26 November 1943 and May 1945.

In addition to those on this list who died ca. 85 members of No. 550 Squadron took to their parachutes over the continent. The great majority of these became Prisoners of War but a small number evaded capture and were helped back to England.

An extended view of the Roll of Honour providing more detailed information is available here.

Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.


Rank Initials
(First Name)
Last Name Decorations Service
F/O J C
(John Charles)
Adams - RCAF
Sgt P A O
(Percy Alfred Oliver)
Adams - RAF
F/O K L
(Kenneth Lee)
Agnew - RAF
F/O O L
(Oliver Leslie)
Albutt - RAF
F/L E S
(Eric Sidney)
Allen - RAF
Sgt A
(Alfred)
Anderson - RAF
Sgt J N
(John Neville)
Andrew - RAF
Sgt K R
(Kenneth Raymond)
Ansell - RAF
W/O W H S
(Washington Henry Samuel)
Ansell - RAF
Sgt D
(David)
Anthony - RAF
F/O R W
(Robert William)
Archer - RCAF
F/O B B
(Borden Bramshott)
Ashley - RCAF
Sgt J C
(John Carman)
Atherton - RAAF
Sgt M
(Maxwell)
Austin - RAF
Sgt H J
(Harry James)
Bailey - RAF
Sgt A D
(Alfred Douglas)
Baker - RAF
F/L J B
(John Benjamin)
Barnes - RCAF
Sgt W
(Wilfred)
Barratt - RAF
Sgt L A
(Leon Asher)
Bassman - RAF
F/O H W
(Harold Weston)
Batt - RAF
F/Sgt G W
(Geoffrey Wilkinson)
Battersby - RAF
Sgt E C
(Ernest Cecil)
Beacham - RAF
F/Sgt C W
(Clarence Walter)
Beckingham - RAAF
F/Sgt H S
(Herbert Sydney)
Bennett - RAF
F/O J J
(John Joseph)
Berg - RAF
Sgt W
(William)
Berry - RAF
F/O H
(Henry)
Black - RAF
Sgt C A
(Charles Aidan)
Bonner - RAF
F/O W
(Walter)
Boocock - RNZAF
F/Sgt J K
(James Kenneth)
Boothroyd - RAF
F/Sgt F W
Bradley - RCAF
F/O R
(Robert Ranui)
Bradshaw - RNZAF
F/O H B
(Harold Beverly)
Brett - RCAF
Sgt P L
(Philip Leonard)
Brooker - RAF
F/Sgt J W
(John William)
Brown - RCAF
P/O A R
(Arthur Reginald)
Brown - RAF
Sgt A H
(Albert Henry)
Brown - RAF
Sgt H J E
(Henry John E)
Brownett - RAF
Sgt D S
(Donald Sidney)
Bruty - RAF
F/O J W
(John William)
Bryan - RAF
F/O J G
(James Gilmour)
Bryson - RAF
P/O J
Buckmaster - RCAF
P/O N W E
(Norman William Ellison)
Burdett - RCAF
F/L N A
(Noel Alfred)
Burrows - RAF
P/O J R
(John Riley)
Byrne - RAF
F/Sgt J
(James)
Byrne-Lake - RAAF
F/O R F
(Raymond Francis)
Calderhead - RAF
F/O C R
(Clare Reid)
Cameron - RCAF
Sgt D
(Daniel)
Campbell - RAF
Sgt J M
(Jack Marshall)
Cantor - RAF
Sgt M G
(Michel George)
Capel - RAF
F/Sgt A O
(Alan Osborn)
Chapman - RAF
F/O H A T
(Hollis Andrew Taylor)
Clark - RCAF
F/O C J
(Charles John)
Clarke - RCAF
Sgt S M
(Sydney Mervyn)
Clarke - RAF
Sgt P P
(Philip Peter)
Clarkin - RAF
Sgt G W
(Gordon William)
Claydon - RAF
F/O D W
(David Webb)
Cobbin - RAF
F/Sgt F L J
(Francis Leman Jesse)
Colbourn - RAF
W/O A T S
(Albert Thomas Stanley)
Collier - RAAF
Sgt P L
(Percival Leonard)
Colman - RAF
W/Cdr P E C C
(Patrick Edward Geoffrey )
Connolly - RAF
Sgt H H M
(Hugh Henry Mills)
Connolly - RAF
F/Sgt W H
(William Henry)
Cook - RCAF
P/O W R
(William Richard)
Cooper - RAF
Sgt S W
(Stanley William)
Courtenay - RAF
F/L J F
(James Fraser)
Craig DFC RNZAF
F/L J S G
(Jack Simon Gustav)
Crawford - RAF
Sgt R G
(Reginald George)
Crump - RAF
Sgt L E
(Leonard Eagles)
Dagless - RAF
F/Sgt V C
(Vincent Campbell)
Davidson - RAF
P/O J E H
(John Edward Henry)
Davies - RAF
F/O N A
(Norman Arthur)
Davies - RAF
Sgt D R M
(Desmond Roy Morgan)
Davies - RAF
Sgt D G
(David Gwyn)
Davies - RAF
F/Sgt J G
(John Gilbert)
Day - RAF
Sgt K H F
(Kenneth Harold Fontain)
de Lengerke - RAF
F/O G M G
(Georges Marie Ghislain)
de Menten de Horne - RAF
Sgt C A
Delaveleye - RAF
Sgt R G
(Ronald George)
Dennett - RAF
Sgt G C
(George Charles)
Dennis - RAF
F/Sgt A B
(Alexander Beveridge)
Dennison - RAF
Sgt F C
(Frank Charles)
Diggle - RAF
F/O H
(Harry)
Dodds - RAF
Sgt D A
(Daniel Anthony)
Donoghue - RAF
Sgt W F
(William)
Dowson - RAF
P/O D C
(Donald Campbell)
Dripps - RAAF
Sgt R A
(Ronald Archibald)
Drury - RAF
P/O P J
(Peter James)
Dukelow - RAF
P/O L R
(Leslie Ronald)
Dunham - RAF
Sgt K R
(Kenneth Reginald)
Dye - RAF
F/O M C
(Morris Charles)
Eckhold - RNZAF
F/O W R
(William Robert)
Elcoate - RCAF
Sgt L
Elliot - RAF
Sgt J
(James)
Ellis - RAF
Sgt W
(William)
Essar - RCAF
Sgt K A
(Kenneth Albert)
Essex - RAF
Sgt K M
(Kenneth McLean)
Fairbairn - RAF
Sgt T W
(Thomas William)
Farmer - RAF
W/O H L
(Harry Lawrence)
Farmer - RAF
Sgt W
(William)
Field - RAF
Sgt T E
(Thomas Edward)
Flanagan - RCAF
F/Sgt C G
(Charles Grierson)
Foster - RNZAF
F/L D J
(Donovon John)
Foster - RAF
F/L K W L
(Kenneth William Lipscomb)
Fuller DFC RAF
F/Sgt M V
(Martin Victor)
Fuller - RAF
Sgt A G
(Alan George)
Furber - RAF
F/O H A G
(Harry Albert George)
Gadd - RAF
Sgt J D
(James Douglas)
Garland - RAF
Sgt R
(Ralph)
Garrad - RAF
F/Sgt J C
(John Charles ("Jack"))
Garratt - RAF
Sgt D P
(Derek Picken)
Gates - RAF
F/Sgt L A J
Gauthier - RCAF
Sgt J W
(John William)
Geran - RAF
Sgt M E
(Montague Ewart)
Giles - RAF
W/O A T
(Albert Townend)
Gill - RAF
Sgt R
(Raymond)
Gillies - RAF
Sgt L K
(Leslie Kenneth)
Gilmar - RCAF
F/Sgt D
(Dennis)
Gosling - RAF
F/O D A
Goulden - RNZAF
F/L A J
(Arthur James)
Grain DFM RAF
Sgt W J
(William James)
Green - RAF
Sgt A C
(Alan Curnow)
Griffiths - RAF
Sgt T H
(Thomas Henry)
Guest - RAF
F/Sgt G W
(George William)
Guest - RCAF
Sgt D
(Donald)
Gunn - RAF
Sgt F H
Habgood - RAF
F/Sgt E H
(Eric Holberry)
Hagyard - RAF
Sgt E R
(Ernest Ronald)
Hall - RAF
Sgt A G
(Arthur Graham)
Hall - RAF
Sgt T
(Thomas)
Hamilton - RAF
Sgt G
(Gordon)
Hancock - RAF
F/O R D
(Robert Douglas)
Harris - RCAF
F/O G H R F
(George Henry Richard)
Harris - RAF
Sgt H
(Horace)
Hartley - RAF
F/Sgt L W
(Leslie Wallace)
Harvey - RCAF
Sgt A
(Arthur)
Hatfield - RAF
F/O M D
(Michael Dermot)
Hayes - RAF
F/O J
(James)
Heath - RCAF
F/Sgt R
(Robert)
Henderson - RAF
F/Sgt A E
(Alfred Edward)
Higgins - RAF
P/O G W
(Geoffrey William)
Hinde - RAF
Sgt H
(Henry)
Hindle - RAF
F/O G B
(Gordon Bruce)
Hoddle - RAAF
Sgt J
(Jack)
Holding - RAF
F/O I H R
(Ivor Harold Robin)
Hood - RAF
Sgt T J
(Thomas Joseph)
Hooper - RAF
Sgt W W
(William Walter)
Hopper - RAF
F/Sgt J
(John)
Hough - RAF
W/O W J
(William Johnson)
Howson - RAF
Sgt S G
(Stanley George)
Hubbard - RAF
F/O R E
(Robert Emrys)
Hughes - RAF
Sgt D
(David)
Hughes - RAF
F/Sgt D A
(Derek Arnold)
Isley - RAF
Sgt A
(Andrew)
James - RAF
Sgt E C
(Ernest Cornelius)
Jarvis - RAF
Sgt S A
(Sidney Alfred)
Jarvis - RAF
F/Sgt A J H
(Arthur Harrington)
Jefferies CGM RAF
Sgt R G
(Ronald George)
Johns - RAF
Sgt R
(Robert)
Johnson - RAF
Sgt W
(William)
Johnstone - RAF
Sgt F G
(Frederick George)
Jones - RAF
Sgt I
(Ivor)
Jones - RAF
F/O E C
(Edward Crowther)
Jones - RCAF
Sgt S J L
(Sidney James Louis)
Jones - RAF
F/O H
(Harry)
Jones - RAF
F/O C J
(Cyril John )
Jones - RCAF
Sgt D L
(David Lynn)
Jones - RAF
Sgt J A
(Joseph Anthony)
Jordan - RCAF
Sgt L
(Leslie)
Kendrew - RAF
F/O F M
(Falconer Milne)
Kennedy DFM RAF
Sgt J T
(James Thomson)
Kermack - RAF
Sgt R
(Robert)
Kerr - RAF
Sgt P C M
(Peter Charles Morrell)
King - RAF
Sgt P R
(Philip Reginald)
Kingman - RAF
F/Sgt W
(Walt)
Klementoski - RCAF
Sgt J E
(John Edward)
Knott - RAF
Sgt A
(Albert)
Laidlaw - RAF
Sgt R
(Raymond)
Laverick - RAF
Sgt A R
(Alan Robert)
Lawrence - RAF
F/Sgt F G
(Frank George)
Lebano - RCAF
F/Sgt P A
(Peter Alan)
Lee - RAF
F/Sgt J R E
(Joseph Reginald Evariste)
Legere - RCAF
Sgt J E
(Joseph Edward)
Legg - RAF
F/O A
(Arthur)
Leonard - RAF
Sgt J
(James)
Leonard - RAF
Sgt H V
(Harold)
Lewis - RAF
P/O E
(Egan)
Lindsay - RCAF
F/O P A
(Patrick Arthur)
Lockton - RAF
F/O A C
(Alfred Churchill)
Lockyer - RNZAF
F/O J J
(John James)
Logan DFC RAF
Sgt S J
(Stuart John)
Lovett - RAF
Sgt D
(Dennis)
Lucey - RAF
F/L D E A
(Derek Eustace Arthur)
Luger - RAF
Sgt A E
(Alex Ernest)
Lukeman - RAF
P/O H E
(Herman Earl)
MacDuff - RCAF
Sgt D B
(Douglas Bowman)
MacKenzie - RAF
Sgt E J
(Ernest)
MacKenzie - RAF
Sgt R
(Ronald)
MacLeod - RAF
Sgt D W
(Daniel William)
Magan - RAF
F/Sgt G A
(George Albert)
Maginley - RAF
Sgt V H
(Victor Hugo)
Mate - RAF
Sgt S
(Sidney)
Matthews - RAF
P/O R R
(Reginald Raymond)
Matthews - RAF
P/O R H
(Roger Hanson)
Maule - RAF
W/O J R
(John Robert)
Mawhinney - RCAF
Sgt D A W
(David Alfred William)
Mayo - RAF
F/O L J T
(Leonard John Thomas)
McCarthy - RAF
F/L A D
(Alexander Donovan)
McConnell DFC RNZAF
Sgt J
(John)
McConnell - RAF
P/O D
(Donald)
McCrae - RCAF
P/O W E
(Wesley Ernest)
McDonald - RCAF
Sgt J
(John (Jock))
McGhie - RAF
F/Sgt J D
(John David)
McIntosh - RCAF
Sgt P L
(Patrick Louis)
McIver - RAF
F/O J M
(James Morris)
McKay - RAF
Sgt P W
(John)
McKenzie - RAF
Sgt J
(James)
McVey - RAF
Sgt A W
(Andrew Whitelaw)
McWhirter - RAF
F/O E T
(Edward Thomas)
Meaker - RAF
F/Sgt H E
(Harold Edward)
Miell - RCAF
F/O P G
(Philip Giles)
Milburn - RCAF
W/O J I
(John Irving)
Miller - RAF
F/Sgt E
(Edward)
Moody - RAF
Sgt V C
(Victor Charles "Ted")
Morgan - RAF
F/Sgt W P
(William Penri)
Morris - RCAF
F/L J P
(Joseph Phillip)
Morris - RAF
Sgt W V
(William Victor)
Moss - RCAF
Sgt J F
(James Frederick)
Moyle - RAF
F/Sgt A J W
(Alan James Wesley)
Mudford - RAAF
Sgt R E
(Raymond Ernest)
Muffett - RAF
Sgt M
(Malcolm)
Muir - RAF
W/O2 J K
(John Kay)
Murray - RCAF
F/O J E
(James Edward)
Murray-Shirreff - RAF
Sgt J D
(John Douglas)
Naunton - RAF
F/O D F
(Donald Fullerton)
Neilson - RCAF
Sgt K W
(Kenneth William)
Nettleton - RAF
Sgt F P
(Frederick Parkinson)
Newcombe - RAF
P/O S W
(Sern Wrist)
Nielson - RAAF
Sgt J K
(John Kenneth)
Norgate - RAF
F/O N
(Norman)
Nunns - RAF
Sgt D E
(David Edward)
Nutter - RAF
F/O R G
(Robert George)
Nye - RAF
Sgt P P
(Patrick Peter)
O'Meara - RAF
F/O M R
(Melvin Robert)
Oliver - RCAF
F/O G C
(Geoffrey Charles)
Orme - RAF
Sgt L W F
(LAurence William Frederi)
Overend - RAF
Sgt A T
(Arthur Thomas)
Paget - RAF
F/O J
(Joseph)
Palfrey - RAF
F/Sgt L
(Frederick)
Papple - RAF
Sgt E W
(Ernest William)
Parker - RAF
F/Sgt A S
(Arthur Stuart)
Parsons - RAAF
Sgt R H
(Robert Henry)
Paxton - RAF
Sgt A J
(Arthur Joseph)
Pearce - RAF
W/O G K
(George K)
Peasgood - RAF
Sgt J H
(John Henry)
Peckham - RAF
Sgt J R
(Jack Ronald)
Penton - RAF
Sgt E G R
(Ernest George Richard)
Pepper - RAF
Sgt S
(Sydney)
Pick - RAF
F/L R W
(Richard William)
Picton DFC RAF
Sgt H S
(Horace Sydney)
Picton - RAF
F/Sgt R E
(Reginald Edward)
Porter - RAF
F/O J F
(John Foster)
Potter - RCAF
Sgt J L
(John Lyndon)
Powell - RAF
Sgt J R
(John Reginald)
Powell - RAF
F/L P J M
(Peter John Matcham)
Prangley - RAF
Sgt L O
(Lois Octave)
Precieux - RAF
F/O L
(Leslie)
Pulfrey - RAF
P/O E C
(Elvin Curtis)
Purney - RCAF
Sgt C M
(Cyril Martin)
Pyke - RAF
Sgt T F
(Thomas Frederick)
Quine - RAF
Sgt J
(Jack)
Rawson - RAF
Sgt R
(Ronald)
Redfern - RAF
F/Sgt D F
(Douglas Finne)
Reid - RAF
F/O F S
(Francis Swan)
Renton - RAF
F/Sgt S J
(Sidney John)
Richards - RAF
Sgt W
Roberts - RAF
Sgt W B
(William Bertam)
Robertson - RAF
Sgt E R
(Eric Raymond)
Robinson - RAF
Sgt H P
(Henry Power)
Robinson - RAF
F/O P M
(Paul Martin)
Roche - RCAF
Sgt J R
(John Raymond)
Rounding - RAF
Sgt T F M
(Thomas Francis Maude ("R)
Roxby - RAF
F/O D
(Donald)
Rudd - RAF
F/O E V
(Ernest Vernon)
Sage - RNZAF
F/Sgt K R
(Kenneth)
Salton - RAF
Sgt R D
(Reginald Douglas)
Samuels - RAF
Sgt W P
(William Percy)
Scott - RAF
Sgt J C
(James Clark)
Scott - RAF
Sgt F E
(Frederick Edward)
Self - RAF
Sgt T
(Trevor)
Setchfield - RAF
F/O M
(Martin)
Shapiro - RCAF
F/Sgt C C
(Clifford Cyril)
Sharland - RAF
Sgt J L
(John Leonard)
Sheahan - RAF
Sgt J P
(John Patrick)
Sheridan - RAF
P/O T M J
(Tyrrell Michael John)
Shervington - RAF
Sgt J D
(James Douglas)
Shilcock - RAF
Sgt W T
(Walter Thomas)
Sibley - RAF
P/O P C
(Peter Charles)
Siddall - RNZAF
Sgt H
(Harold)
Simpson - RAF
W/Cdr A F M
(Alan Francis Moir)
Sisley DFC RAF
Sgt E
(Edward)
Skelton - RAF
Sgt A
(Albert)
Small - RAF
S/L G S
(Gavin Strang)
Smith DFC RAF
Sgt K J B
(Kenneth John Boucher)
Smith - RAF
F/Sgt F J W
(Francis James William)
Smith - RAF
Sgt R S
(Ronald Sedgeley)
Smith - RAF
F/Sgt E T
(Edward Thomas)
Smith - RAF
Sgt A P
(Albert Percy)
Soper - RAF
P/O R T
(Roy Tyldesley)
Sowter - RCAF
F/O S G
(Stanley George)
Spakowski - RCAF
Sgt J
(John)
Stanley - RAF
F/O R W
(Richard Walter)
Stephens - RAF
F/Sgt B
(Benjamin)
Sterman - RAF
F/O J E
(John Edgar)
Stewart - RCAF
Sgt F T
(Frederick Thomas)
Stilling - RAF
F/Sgt J
(John)
Stobbs - RAF
F/Sgt A H
(Andrew Hunter)
Stockton - RCAF
Sgt H
(Harry)
Stollar - RAF
Sgt C
(Charles)
Stuart - RAF
Sgt J H
(John Henry)
Stuart-Ritson - RAF
Sgt K R
(Kenneth Rowland)
Sumner - RAF
Sgt G T
(Geoffrey Thomas)
Sutherland - RAF
Sgt A
(Arthur)
Symonds - RAF
Sgt O
(Oliver)
Tabuteau - RCAF
F/Sgt L C
(Lorne Clifford)
Taerum - RCAF
Sgt I F
(Ivan Francis)
Tait - RCAF
Sgt C
(Clarence)
Tattersall - RAF
Sgt G
(George)
Taylor - RAF
Sgt W C
(William Charles)
Taylor - RAF
Sgt C W
(Charles William)
Taylor - RCAF
Sgt R W
(Robert Walter)
Theobald - RAF
F/Sgt H G
(Harold George)
Thomas - RAF
Sgt F C
(Frank Charles)
Thomas - RAF
F/L A W
(Arthur Wynne)
Thomas - RAF
Sgt M R F
(Manning Robert Frederick)
Thomas - RAF
F/O T Y
(Thomas Yestyn)
Thomas - RAF
Sgt K
(Kenneth)
Thompson - RAF
Sgt G A
(George Alfred)
Thomson - RAF
Sgt N
(Norman)
Tinsley - RAF
F/L St. J
(St. John)
Tizard - RAF
Sgt E A
(Edward Arthur)
Topham - RAF
F/Sgt R
(Ralph)
Townsend DFM RAF
Sgt L R
(Leslie Robert)
Towsley - RCAF
Sgt L B
(Leslie Bland)
Towson - RAF
Sgt J A
(James Arthur)
Trayhorn - RAF
F/Sgt B M
(Bruce Milton)
Trowbridge - RAAF
Sgt A W
(Arthur William)
Tucker - RAF
Sgt J T
(John Tengate)
Tunstall - RAF
Sgt F
(Frank)
Turner - RAF
P/O
UNKNOWN - RAF
F/Sgt R F
(Raynold Frank)
Veness - RAF
F/Sgt G
Walker - RAF
F/O R F
(Russell Francis)
Wallace - RNZAF
Sgt E J
(Edward)
Walsh - RAF
Sgt A K
(Alan Kenneth)
Ward - RAF
Sgt E W
(Eric William)
Wash - RAF
Sgt C J
(Cecil John)
Watson - RAF
F/L W H
(William Hugh)
Waycott DFM RAF
Sgt E W
(Ernest William)
Webb - RAF
Maj S
(Sidney)
Whipp - TD
F/O D J K
(Douglas John Kenneth)
White - RAF
Sgt J W
(James Woodburn)
Whitley - RAF
Sgt T L J
(Thomas Leonard John)
Whittick - RAF
Sgt K P C
(Kenneth Percy Charles)
Williams DFM RAF
Sgt W R
(Willian Robert)
Williams - RAF
Sgt T K M
(Thomas Kenneth Morgan)
Williams - RAF
Sgt I
(Idwal)
Williams - RAF
Sgt R
(Raymond)
Willis - RAF
Sgt D
(Donald)
Willsdon - RAF
Sgt R W J
(Richard Walter John)
Wivell - RAF
F/Sgt R E
(Robert Edward)
Woodger - RAF
Sgt H F J
(Hubert Frederick John)
Woods - RAF
Sgt L F
(Leonard Frederick)
Wright - RCAF
Sgt W A J
(William Arthur John)
Young - RAF

Service Representation

The breakdown of servicemen across the participating Air Forces is:


Royal Air Force 298
Royal Australian Air Force 10
Royal Canadian Air Force 55
Royal New Zealand Air Force 11
US Air Force 0
TOTAL 374

The details were last updated: 19 February 2012


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