Pilots

A roll of all known pilots who are confirmed as having flown on the strength of 609 (West Riding) Squadron.

1936 - 1945

Auxiliary Pilots are marked with an asterisk after their rank

 Flight Sergeant Robert 'Jock' Adam

1943 - 44 Killed 31st July 1944

 Flying Officer Klaus 'Ken / Heinie' Adam

1943 - 45

 Flying Officer Noel Le Chevalier 'Aggy' Agazarian

1940 - 41 (Belgium) Killed with 274 Squadron 16th May 1941

 Sergeant Richard Aitken - Quack

1943 POW 1st December 1943

 Squadron Leader* Geoffrey Ambler AFC

1938 - 39

 Pilot Officer Henry Amor

1942 Killed 15th December 1942

 Flight Sergeant B Andrews

1942 (USA)

 Warrant Officer Tom Annear

1944 (New Zealand)

 Pilot Officer* Michael Appleby

1939 - 40

 Flight Sergeant Roland 'Roly' Ashworth

1944 Missing 29th July 1944

 Flying Officer J Astbury

1942

 Flight Lieutenant John ‘Joe’ Atkinson DFC

1940 - 43

 Squadron Leader* Mark Avent

1939 - 40

 Flying Officer* George ‘Desmond’ Ayre

1938 - 40 Killed 30th May 1940

 Pilot Officer Paul Baillon

1940 Killed 28th November 1940

 Flight Lieutenant John 'Johnny / Baldy / Killer' Baldwin DFC

1942 - 43 Missing during Korean War

 Pilot Officer F ‘Jimmy’ Baraldi

1940 - 41

 WO Tom Barker

1943 Killed 1st April1943

 Pilot Officer D Barnham

1941

 Flight Lieutenant* Phillip Barran

1937 - 40 Killed 11th July 1940

 Warrant Officer Raymond Bavington

1943 - 44 (Australia)

 Squadron Leader Roland ‘Bee’ Beamont DSO DFC & Bar

1942 - 43 POW with 150 Wing 12th October 1944

 Sergeant John Beard

1939 - 40

 Flight Lieutenant* Stephen Beaumont

1936 - 40

 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Bennett

1939 - 41 Missing 29th April 1941

 Flying Officer Bennett

1945

 Pilot Officer Count Yvan ‘Duke’ Du Monceau De Bergendael DFC

1941

 Sergeant W Berry

1943

 Flying Officer Guy 'Bubu' De Beuger

1944 - 45 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer Walter Bewg

1942 Killed with 182 Squadron 17th August 1943

 Pilot Officer Allen ‘Bill / Lord’ Billam

1944 - 45

 Flight Lieutenant John 'The Bishop' Bisdee DFC

1939 - 41

 Sergeant S Blackwell

1942 (Rhodesia)

 Flight Lieutenant Andre 'Le Men' Blanco

1942 - 44 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer* Adolf ‘Jarvis’ Blayney

1939 - 40

 Flight Sergeant Laurence Bliss

1944 Killed 11th July 1944

 Sergeant Norman Booth

1943 Killed 9th March 1943

 Sergeant Robert 'Bob' Boyd

1940 - 41 Killed as Flying Officer with 41 Squadron 6th September1943

 Pilot Officer Bradley

1945

 Sergeant Kenneth Bramble

1941 Killed 21st July 1941

 Sergeant Graham Breckon

1941 (New Zealand) POW with 72 Squadron 24th July 1941

 Sergeant Bromhall

1942

 Flying Officer Jean - Florent De Bruyn

1944 - 45 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer F Bryan

1943 (Canada)

 Sergeant A Bryant

1942

 Pilot Officer James 'Buck' Buchanan

1939 - 40 Killed 27th July 1940  

 Pilot Officer John 'Buck' Buchanan

1943 - 44 (Canada) Killed 27th July 1944

 Pilot Officer Colin 'Doomie' Cables

1944 - 45

 Flying Officer Matthew ‘Paddy’ Cameron

1943 (Ireland)

 Flight Lieutenant Martin Carrick

1944 Killed 18th August 1944

 Flight Lieutenant Edgar Carruthers

1945 Killed 8th August 1945

 Flight Sergeant Serge Castermanns

1945 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer C Chappell

1940

 Sergeant Guy Chestnut

1941 (Canada) Killed 11th June 1941

 Flying Officer Maurice Choron

1941 (Fr) Killed with 340 Squadron 10th April 1942

 Flight Sergeant D Clarke

1942 (New Zealand)

 Flight Sergeant J Collins

1943

 Flight Lieutenant Paul ‘Paulo’ Cooreman DFC

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 WO W Corbett

1945 (Australia)

 Flight Lieutenant Digby ‘Digger’ Cotes - Preedy GM

1942

 Flying Officer Armand Crekillie

1944 - 45 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer Jean 'Le Canard' Creteur

1942 - 43 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer* David Crook DFC

1938 - 40 Missing with 8 OTU 18th December 1944

 Pilot Officer Douglas Cropper

1941 Killed 16th August 1941

 Pilot Officer John 'Johnny' Curchin DFC

1940 - 41 (Australia) Missing 4th June 1941

 Flight Lieutenant Jean-Noël Van Daele

1944 (Belgium) Killed 28th September1944

 Flying Officer Georges Daix

1943 - 44 (Belgium) Missing 4th January 1944

 Squadron Leader Horace ‘George’ Darley DSO

1940

 Flight Lieutenant Idwal Davies DFC

1943 - 44 Killed as Officer Commanding 198 Squadron 22nd June 1944

 Sergeant Alan Davis

1942 Missing 23rd December 1942

 Flying Officer* Joseph 'Joe' Dawson

1938 - 40 Missing 1st June 1940

 Squadron Leader Charles 'Windmill Charlie' Demoulin DFC

1943 - 44 POW 5th December 1944  

 Sergeant Artur 'Tutur' Deschamps

1944 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer Charles Detal DFC

1943 - 44 (Belgium) Killed 23rd March 1944

 Warrant Officer Deveson - Summerfield

1945

 Sergeant D ‘Russell’ Dickson

1941 (New Zealand)

 Flying Officer Giovanni Dieu

1941 (Belgium)

 Sergeant N Dixon

1944 - 45

 Sergeant Dolan

1942 (Canada)

 Pilot Officer Raymond Dopere

1942 (Belgium) Killed 23rd October1942

 Flying Officer* Peter Drummond - Hay

1936 - 40 Missing 9th July 1940

 Flight Lieutenant* John 'Scruffy / Dogs' Dundas DFC & Bar

1938 - 40 Missing 28th November 1940

 Flight Sergeant Dunman

1945

 Warrant Officer R Dunne

1945

 Flying Officer Richard ‘Rik’ Dupré

1944 - 45 (Mauritius)

 Warrant Officer Ecclestone

1945

 Flying Officer* Alexander 'Paul' Edge

1937 - 40

 Flight Sergeant R Ellis

1943 POW 17th November 1943

 Pilot Officer P Etienne

1942 (Canada)

 Flying Officer George ‘Moose’ Evans

1941 - 43 (Canada)

 Sergeant W Evans

1943

 Flying Officer Farley

1945

 Pilot Officer J Farmer

1945

 Sergeant Alan Feary

1940 Killed 7th October1940

 Sergeant  Featherstone

1942

 Flight Sergeant Laurence 'Peewee' Fidgin

1944 Killed 13th May 1944

 Flight Sergeant Brian 'Stud' Foley

1943 (Australia)

 Sergeant A Folkard

1941

 Flight Lieutenant T Forshaw

1940 - 41

 Flying Officer Jean Fromont

1944 (Belgium)

 Sergeant K Galloway

1941 (Canada)

 Pilot Officer J Gardner

1940

 Pilot Officer Jack Garton

1939 - 40 Killed with 54 Squadron 9th July 1940

 Pilot Officer* Geoffrey Gaunt

1939 - 40 Killed 15th September 1940

 Squadron Leader Lodewijk - Emmanuel ‘Manu’ Geerts DFC

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Gibson

1944 - 45 (Australia) Killed 14th February 1945

 Flying Officer* John Gilbert

1937 - 40 Killed 31st May 1940

 Pilot Officer H Gilbert

1942

 Warrant Officer Charles Gill

1945

 Squadron Leader* George ‘Sheep’ Gilroy DFC & Bar

1941 - 42

 Flying Officer Henri Goblet

1944 - 45 (Belgium) POW 3rd March 1945

 Flight Lieutenant G Golledge

1939

 Flying Officer* Henry 'Mac' Goodwin

1940 Killed 14th August 1940

 Warrant Officer A Gracie

1945 (Australia)

 Flight Lieutenant Jacques Le Grand

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer Ronald Grant

1944 POW 14th August 1944

 Sergeant W Greenfield

1941

 Pilot Officer Count Rodolphe De Hemricourt De Grunne

1941 (Belgium) Missing 21st May 1941

 Flying Officer Joseph Gueffen 1943

(Belgium) POW 4th October1943

 Flight Lieutenant Erik Haabjoern DSO DFC

1943 (Nor)

 Flight Sergeant Alan ‘Babe’ Haddon

1941 - 43 Missing 14th February 1943

 Flying Officer R Hagger

1942

 Warrant Officer F 'Sidney' Hammond

1944 - 45 POW 19th March 1945

 Flying Officer E Hancock

1940

 Flight Lieutenant George Hardy DFC

1944 (Canada)

 Pilot Officer Roderick ‘Dicky’ Harkness DFC

1944 - 45 (New Zealand)

 Warrant Officer D C Hellens

1945

 Flying Officer Baudouin De Hemptinne

1941 (Belgium) Killed with 122 Squadron 5th May 1942

 Pilot Officer Leon 'Mon Oncle' Henrion

1943 - 44 (Belgium) Missing 29th January 1944

 Sergeant Geoffrey Hickman

1940 - 41 POW with 92 Squadron 20th September 1941 Shot by Gestapo December 1943

 Pilot Officer Sydney Hill

1940 - 41 Killed 18th June 1941

 Flying Officer Richard 'Spud' Holmes

1943 - 44 Killed 27th June 1944

 Flight Lieutenant Frank Howell DFC

1939 - 41 POW Far East 1942

 Flying Officer Albert ‘Pedro’ Hue

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer John Hughes - Rees DFM

1940 - 42 Died in Egypt 30th April 1943

 Flying Officer* W Humble

1936 - 37

 Flight Lieutenant J Humphries

1943 (New Zealand)

 Flight Lieutenant James ‘Don’ Inches DFC

1943 - 45 (Canada)

 Squadron Leader Alec Ingle DFC AFC

5th May - 18th August 1943. POW as Wing Commander 124 Wing 11th September 1944

 Sergeant James Innes

1941 - 42 (Rhod) Missing 25th April 1942

 Sergeant Henry Jackson

1943 Killed 29th March 1943

 Pilot Officer Emile Jacquemin

1944 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer Georges 'Poupa' Jaspis

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer J Kemp

1939 - 40

 Pilot Officer Vernon 'Shorty' Keough

1940 (US) Killed with 71 (Eagle) Squadron 15th February 1941

 Flight Sergeant Thomson 'Tom' Kerr

1945

Flight Lieutenant G King DFC

1945 Killed Postwar

 Sergeant William Krebs

1941 (New Zealand) Killed with 485 Squadron 26th March 1942

Pilot Officer Albert Laforce

1944 - 45 (Belgium)  

 Sergeant Kenneth 'Ken' Laing

1941 POW 15November 1941

 Squadron Leader Raymond ‘Cheval’ Lallemand DFC & Bar

1941 - 43, 1944

 Warrant Officer WT Lang

1945 (Australia)

 Sergeant L Lawrence - Smith

1941

 Pilot Officer Thomas Leslie

1942 - 43 Killed 11th September1943

 Flying Officer Remy ‘Mony’ Van Lierde DFC

1942 - 43 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer Willy Van Lierde

1941 (Belgium)

 Warrant Officer F ‘ David’ Linacre

1945 (Australia)

 Flying Officer* Bernard Little

1937 - 40

 Flight Lieutenant Baron Jean De Selys Longchamps DFC

1941 - 43 (Belgium) Killed with 3 Squadron 16th August 1943

Flight Lieutenant James McArthur DFC

1940

 Sergeant Jack McConnell

1941 - 42 (New Zealand) Killed with 601 Squadron 15th June 1942

 Sergeant W McConnachie

1942 (New Zealand)

 Pilot Officer Roderick McKenzie

1941 Killed with 118 Squadron 9th March 1942

 Pilot Officer John McLaughlin

1943 - 44 (Australia) POW 14th January 1944

 Flight Sergeant H McMann

1943 (Canada)

 Pilot Officer R MacKenzie

1941

 Sergeant Phillipe MacSherry

1941 (Canada) Killed 27th March 1941

 Flying Officer Roger Malengreau

1941 - 42 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer Andrew Mamedoff

1940 (US) Killed with 133 (Eagle) Squadron 8th October 1941

  Pilot Officer George Martin

1943 - 44 (Australia) Missing on D - Day – Evaded

 Flight Lieutenant H Mason

1944 (New Zealand)

 Flight Lieutenant Alister Matheson

1936 - 38 (Australia) Killed with 1485 Flight 18th June 1943

 Pilot Officer Jan Mathys

1944 - 45 (Belgium)

 Sergeant Robert Mercer

1940 - 41 Killed 9th May 1941

 Flying Officer Norman 'Bambi' Merrett DFC

1943 - 44 (Australia) Killed with 164 Squadron 23rd December 1944

 Pilot Officer Charles Miller

1943 (Canada) Killed 21st December 1943

 Pilot Officer Rogers 'Dusty' Miller

1940 Killed 27th Sep 1940

Pilot Officer* Gordon Mitchell

1938 - 40 Killed 9th July 1940

Pilot Officer* G Moberly

1938

 Pilot Officer Jean Morai

1941 - 42 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer J Morgan

1945

   Flight Lieutenant L 'Monty' Mountjoy

1945

 Pilot Officer Jose Müller

1941 (Belgium) POW with 122 Squadron 17th May 1942

 Flying Officer Peter 'Nanki' Nankivell

1942 - 43 Killed 7th February 1943

 Pilot Officer Peter Nash

1941 - 42 Killed in Malta with 249 Squadron 17th May 1942

 Pilot Officer Maurice Van Neste

1943 (Belgium) Killed 30th April 1943

 Flying Officer J Newberry

1940

 Pilot Officer* J Newsome

1939

 Flying Officer John Niblett

1943 - 44 Killed as Officer Commanding 198 Squadron 2nd June 1944

 Flight Lieutenant D Nicholls

1943

 Pilot Officer Alexander Nitelet

1941 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer Tadeusz 'Novo' Nowierski DFC

1940 - 41 (Poland)

 Flight Lieutenant N Odbert

1936 - 38

 Flight Lieutenant Jean 'Pyker' Offenberg DFC

1941 - 42 (Belgium) Killed 22nd January 1942

 Flying Officer Alfred ‘Keith' Ogilvie DFC

1940 - 41 (Canada) POW 4th July 1941

 Pilot Officer Zbigniew 'Big Enough' Olenski

1940 - 41 (Poland)

 Pilot Officer Christian Ortmans

1941 - 42 (Bel) Killed with 615 Squadron 1st April1 943

 Flying Officer Victor ‘Vicki  Ortmans DFC

1941 (Belgium) POW 21st October 1941

 Pilot Officer Bruce Osborn

1941 - 42 Killed in road accident 1st May 1942

 Flying Officer Piotr 'Osti' Ostaszewski - Ostoja

1940 - 41 (Poland)

 Flight Lieutenant Charles 'Teeny' Overton

1939 - 41

 Pilot Officer Burton ‘Pancho’ Pagnam

1943 - 45 (Arg)

 Sergeant Arthur 'Goldie' Palmer DFM

1940 - 41 Missing 21st October 1941

 Flight Sergeant L Papa

1945

 Sergeant Raymond Parthoens

1944 (Belgium) Killed 9th December 1944

 Sergeant H Patterson

1941

 Flying Officer Roy Payne

1942

 Squadron Leader Harald Peake

1936 - 38

 Flight Lieutenant* Dudley 'Presser' Persse - Joynt

1936 - 40 Missing 31st May 1940

 Flight Lieutenant P Pike

1944

 Flying Officer Antoni 'Tony' Polek

1942 (Poland)

 Sergeant Ernest Pollard

1941 Killed 21st August 1941

 Flight Sergeant Peter Price

1944 (New Zealand) Killed 27th July 1944

 Flying Officer Peter 'Slosher' Raw DFC

1942 - 43 Killed with 183 Squadron 21st March 1944

 Flying Officer Frederick Reahill

1943 Missing with 268 Squadron 18th June 1944

 Flying Officer Gaston Remy

1945 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer Marcus Rendall

1945 Killed 13th April1945

 Flying Officer Joseph Renier DFC

1942 - 43 (Belgium)

 Warrant Officer G 'Snowy' Reynolds

1944 - 45

 Squadron Leader Paul Richey DFC & Bar

1941 - 42

 Flight Sergeant Riddoch

1945

 Pilot Officer Thomas 'Tommy' Rigler DFM

1941 - 42

 Squadron Leader Eric Roberts DFC

1943 - 45 POW 9th March 1945

 Squadron Leader Michael 'Micky / Robbie' Robinson DSO DFC

1940 - 41 Killed in Action as Tangmere Wing Leader 10th April 1942

 Flight Lieutenant Robert 'Balbo' Roelandt

1942 - 43 1944 (Belgium) Killed 26th August 1944

 Flight Lieutenant Arthur 'Artie' Ross

1943 - 44 (US) Later missing – Evaded

 Sergeant Stanley Rouse

1940 - 41 Killed with 227 Squadron 15th March 1945

 Flying Officer Charles Rowland

1943 - 44 Killed 29th June 1944

 Flying Officer R Royston

1945

 Flying Officer Ian 'Hack' Russell DFC

1939 - 40 (US) Killed 1st June 1940

 Flying Officer* L Sagar

1936 - 39

 Pilot Officer W Sanders

1941

 Sergeant Armand ‘Fifi’ De Saxce

1941 - 42 (Fr) Killed with 341 Squadron 10th April 1945

 Pilot Officer Alan Scott

1944 - 45 (New Zealand)

 Pilot Officer Eugene 'Strop' Seghers

1941 (Belgium) Killed with 91 Squadron 26th July 1944

 Pilot Officer M Seguin

1944 (Canada)

 Flying Officer Michael Shelton

1943 - 44 Killed 29th February 1944

 Flying Officer Howard Skett

1942 - 43

Flight Lieutenant L Smith DFC

1943 - 44

 Warrant Officer Stanley Smith

1945 (Australia) Killed 23rd April1945

 Flying Officer Pierre 'Junior' Soesman  1943 - 44

Killed 11th May 1944

 Flying Officer Jerzsy Solak

1942 (Poland)

  Flight Sergeant Alain De Blommart De Soye

1945 (Belgium) Killed 13th April 1945

 Warrant Officer Stanley 'Joe' Spallin

1942 (Canada) Killed 5th November 1942

 Flight Lieutenant Francois De Spirlet

1941 - 42 (Belgium) Killed 26th June 1942

  Sergeant Stanley

1942

 Pilot Officer Michael Staples

1940 Killed with 604 Squadron 9th November 1941

 Squadron Leader Laurence ‘Pinkie’ Stark DFC & Bar AFC

1943 - 44 1945

 Warrant Officer James Stellin Croix De Guerre (Belgian)

1944 (New Zealand) Killed 19th August 1944

 Pilot Officer Geoffrey 'Geoff' Stevens

1942 - 43

 Flight Lieutenant James 'Jimmy' Stewart DFC

1944 POW 13th May 1944

 Flight Sergeant W Stock

1942 (Canada)

 WO Frederick Taylor

1944 Killed 15th August 1944

 Squadron Leader Patrick ‘Pat’ Thornton - Brown DFC

1943 Killed 21st December 1943

 Flying Officer J Thorogood

1944

 Pilot Officer Edward Titley

1940 Killed with 5 OTU 17th July 1943

 Pilot Officer Eugene 'Red' Tobin

1940 (US) Killed with 71 (Eagle) Squadron 7th September1941

 Pilot Officer Tadeusz 'Tad' Turek

1942 - 43 (Poland)

 Pilot Officer Louis Van Arenberg

1941 (Belgium)

 Pilot Officer P Van Arenberg

1941 (Belgium)

 Flight Lieutenant Jean - Noёl Van Daele

1944 (Belgium) Killed 28th September1944

 Pilot Officer John Van Shaick DFM

1941 - 42 Killed with 59 OTU 20th February 1943

 Sergeant Baron Etienne Van Zuylen Van Nijevelt

1943 (Belgium) Missing 6th April1943

 Sergeant H Wade  1941

 Sergeant W Walker  1940 - 41

 Squadron Leader Thomas 'Bob' Wallace DFM

1944 (South Africa) Killed 11th November 1944

 Pilot Officer Georges Watelet

1943 - 44 (Belgium)

 Flying Officer Jean-Denis Wathieu

1944 - 45 (Belgium)

 Flight Lieutenant W Watts

1943 - 44

 Squadron Leader John ‘Johnny’ Wells DFC

1942 - 44

 Sergeant Chester West

1943 (Canada)

 Flying Officer Robert 'Bob' Wilmet

1941 - 42 (Belgium) Killed with 349 Squadron 28th April 1943

Flight Sergeant J Wilson

1942 (Canada)

 Flight Sergeant John 'Johnny' Wiseman

1942 - 43 Killed 14th February 1943

 Pilot Officer* Patrick Womersley

1939

 Flight Lieutenant Robert Wood

1943 - 44 Missing 11th May 1944

 Sergeant Joseph Zegers

1943 - 44 (Belgium) Killed 3rd January 1944

 Pilot Officer Janusz 'Zura' Zurakowski

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