A live document with the purpose of summarising research carried out whilst recording the stories of some of the airmen who sadly lost their lives whilst serving or flying from RAF Beaulieu.
| Date | Crew | Airforce | Squadron | Aircraft | Where Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/10/1942 | Flt/Sgt John Eric Armstrong Sgt Sidney Burr Sgt Francis Thomas George Hamlyn Sgt Leonard Clarke Race |
RAF | No. 224 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk III (FK230) | RAF Ayr |
| 30/10/1942 | F/O Victor Edward Crowther P/O William Allen Cruickshanks Sgt Harry Olsen Dawe Sgt William Gilmour Fraser P/O William Ballantyne Martin Fl/O Gavin Morton Sellar |
RAF | No. 224 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk III (FK242) | Fullamore Farm, Devon |
| 06/11/1942 | Sgt Hugh Gordon Gillespie | RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (W7768) | Died of wounds 14/11/1942 |
| 07/11/1942 | Flt/Sgt Kenneth Crabtree Sgt Ronald Sydney Horsley Sgt Kenneth Edward Hunt Sgt Arthur William Colston Flt/Sgt Eric Simonds Bayley Sgt Roland Williams James Harrison Sgt Henry Rupert Jennings |
RAF | No. 224 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk III (FK245) | South West of Beaulieu |
| 09/11/1942 | Flt/Sgt Wendell Clifford Black Flt/Sgt Adam Kidd Hodgins Flt/Sgt Paul Jones Maroney Flt/Sgt Woodrow Wilcox Waddell Flt/Sgt Ward Ralph Waddle Sgt Allan Clarance Walland Sgt Gordon M. Manning (He survived and became a POW in Stalag 344 and was freed in 1945) |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (W1152) | Failed to return from anti-shipping raid Gironde estuary, France |
| 17/11/1942 | Sgt Arthur John Dolding Fl/O Hyme Landau W/O Gordon Hubert Richards Sgt Robert Joseph Cavanaugh |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (W1096) | Wicken Bonhunt, Essex |
| 29/11/1942 | Cpl Joseph Victor Raoul Beaudry P/O Allen Catto Bradley P/O Samuel Stewart Clark Fl/O Benjamin Hugo Enns W/O I Stephen Frederic Gannon Sgt Orlando Delmar Conrad Hamel Sgt Francis Hooton Sgt Joseph Jones Flt/Sgt William Michael Kostenuk Flt/Sgt Ralph Elliott Milliken Flt/Sgt William Stanley Milne Sgt Earl Lewis McGillivray Flt/Sgt Norman Wilbur Ross Flt/Sgt Melville James Stanley Sgt George Robert Ian Taylor |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (DT576) | Melmerby, Ripon (en route to RAF Beaulieu) |
| 15/12/1942 | W/O II Robert William Stewart Flt/Sgt Richard Alan Rollins Sgt James Ryan Flt/Sgt Louis Gilbert Watson Albert George Henry Gapes Harold William Gunn Sgt Robert James Abadore Shaw |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (DT624) | Harepath, East Boldre |
| 20/12/1942 | Sgt Morris William Croft Sgt Michael William Fugere W/O II Lloyd Elsworth Snarr Fl/O Ernest Stollery Flt/Sgt Norman Albert van Brunt Flt/Sgt Gerald Edward Wagner P/O Robert Washer |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (W7768) | Eades Farm, Newbridge, Isle of Wight |
| 21/02/1943 | Sgt William John Hart Sgt Roy Victor McLean Flt/Sgt Frank James O’Donoghue Sgt Benjamin Frederick John Parker Flt/Sgt Ernest Harold Stellar F/O Carl John Shagena Sgt Benjamin Warren Turner |
RCAF | 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Mk II (DT633) | Stubbs Wood, Beaulieu |
| 13/08/1943 | F/L Beverley W. Pritchard F/O Nicholas J. Tuchtie F/O Harold M Tarver F/S Alan A. Johnston F/S Thomas Main F/O Allison G. Tatton This aircraft was not based at Beaulieu, but had been diverted to the airfield due to bad weather. After taking off to return to its home airfield, it was involved in an accident. |
RCAF | No. 407 Squadron | Vickers Wellington XII (MP622) | Sway, New Forest |
| 21/08/1943 | Wg/Cdr Jindřich Breitcetl DFC Sgt Josef Felkl F/Lt František Fencl F/Sgt Jozef Halada Sgt Vilda Jakš P/O Emilián Mrázek F/O Eduard Pavelka F/Sgt Michal Pizúr |
RAF | No. 311 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ780) | Bay of Biscay |
| 29/08/1943 | F/O Adolf Musálek Sgt Stanislav Jelínek F/Lt Bruno Babš Sgt Eduard Blaháček Sgt Hanus Polák Sgt Jiri Rubín F/O Miroslav Čtvrtlík Sgt Vaclav Blahna |
RAF | No. 311 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ775) | Crashed on take off |
| 30/08/1943 | Sgt Andrej Šimek | RAF | No. 311 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (FL948) | Died of wounds in flight |
| 30/08/1943 | Flt/Lt Emil Palichleb Sgt Josef Bittner Sgt Zdeněk Řezáč Sgt Theodor Schwarz Sgt Emil Szeliga Sgt Josef Fisera |
RAF | No. 311 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ785) | Dilton Copse, Brockenhurst |
| 04/10/1943 | Flt/Sgt William Anthony Dearman Flt/Sgt Alan Fieldhouse F/O Chris William Foster Flt/Sgt Walter Francis Garrod Flt/Lt Ernest Melville Charles Guest Flt/Sgt Fraser Frederick Mercer Flt/Sgt Daniel William McInnis Flt/Lt John Rintoul F/O Donald Burton Stewart |
RAF | No. 53 Squadron RAF | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ753) | Bay of Biscay |
| 15/11/1943 | Flt/Sgt Ernest Frederick Barge Sgt Robert John Clarke F/O Douglas Roland Cooper F/O Leslie Harold Lister Flt/Sgt Arnold James Pudfin Sgt Francis Quinn F/O Daniel Boyd Sinclair WO II Gerald Young |
RAF | No. 53 Squadron RAF | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ817) | Swinesleys Farm, Beaulieu |
| 17/11/1943 | Flt/Sgt Ladislav Černohorský Sgt Linhart Fajt Flt/Sgt Albert Fuksa Sgt Felix Arnošt Heller Sgt Josef Novák Flt/Sgt Miroslav Procházka Flt/Lt Metoděj Šebela DFC Fl/O Hannes Edgar Urban-Emmrich Fl/O Alois Vávra |
RAF | No. 311 Squadron | Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mk V (BZ872) | Bay of Biscay |
| 05/02/1944 | Fl/O Norman Peter Blacklock | RAF | No. 263 Squadron | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB (JR251) | France or at Sea |
| 13/02/1944 | Flt/Sgt George Williams | RAF | No. 263 Squadron | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB (JR215) | France |
| 22/02/1944 | Fl/O Robert Bruce Tuff | RAF | No. 263 Squadron | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB (JR302) | English Channel (20miles off Guernsey) |
| 22/02/1944 | Fl/O Robert Charles Hunter | RAF | No. 263 Squadron | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB (JR304) | English Channel (20miles off Guernsey) |
| 22/02/1944 | Sqn/L Geoffrey Berrington Warnes DSO DFC | RAF | No. 263 Squadron | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB (MN249) | English Channel (20miles off Guernsey) |
| 09/03/1944 | Maj Damon Jesse Gause | USAAF | HQ / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75236) | Monkshorn Farm, East Boldre |
| 07/04/1944 | 2LT Stanley Eugene Fish | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-22454) | Allington, Wiltshire |
| 20/04/1944 | 2LT James M Allen | USAAF | 387th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75603) | RAF Selsey |
| 24/04/1944 | Cpt Milton E Soward | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75620) | Arras, France |
| 01/05/1944 | 1LT Frederick William O’Donnell | USAAF | 388th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75107) | France |
| 06/06/1944 | 1LT Robert L Shipe | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75168) | Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont, Normandy, France |
| 06/06/1944 | 2LT Jack J Martell | USAAF | 388th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-76203) | Saint-Lô-d’Ourville, Normandy, France |
| 07/06/1944 | 1LT Edsel J McKnight | USAAF | 388th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75044) | France |
| 07/06/1944 | 1LT Mahlon Tallmadge Stelle DFC | USAAF | 387th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-76355) | Villers-Bocage, France |
| 07/06/1944 | 1LT Harold M Jones | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-26128) | Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, Normandy, France |
| 09/06/1944 | 2LT William J Shaffer | USAAF | 326th Ferry Squadron / 27th Air Transport Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75143) | RAF Beaulieu |
| 10/06/1944 | Cpt Raymond Noriega Moraga | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-26324) | Cherbourg, France |
| 10/06/1944 | 2LT John Alfred Weese | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-76297) | Juno Beach, Normandy, France |
| 10/06/1944 | 1LT Donald R Swinburne | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75542) | France |
| 15/06/1944 | 1LT Thomas C McAllister | USAAF | 388th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75661) | France |
| 22/06/1944 | 2LT Wallace Eugene Rock | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-76455) | Cherbourg, France |
| 24/06/1944 | 1LT Lloyd Irvin Riff | USAAF | 388th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-76244) | France |
| 25/06/1944 | 2LT Marcel DuPont | USAAF | 386th Fighter Squadron / 365th Fighter Group | Republic P-4D Thunderbolt (42-75067) | Verneuil-sur-Avre, France |
| 31/07/1944 | 1LT Theodore Ralph Lindholm Jr | USAAF | 454th Bomb Squadron / 323rd Bomb Group | Airspeed Oxford Mk II | Parnholt Wood, Winchester |
| 02/08/1944 | LT Robert C. Steinhaus | USAAF | 454th Bomb Squadron / 323rd Bomb Group | Martin B-26B Marauder (42-95975) | RAF Beaulieu |
