A pilots' war     1915-1918

62 Squadron HQ personnel and flight crews This page lists 62 Squadron HQ personnel and flight crews, in approximate order of appearance and then lists those KIA or who died on active service in France (with CWGC links). Personnel from Canada, Australia, South Africa and the US are also listed separately. Finally those taken prisoner are listed. The details are not complete and are subject to further revisions and additions. [Click here for alphabetical list]   62 Squadron RFC/RAF CO and Staff Major Frank Walker Smith, Commanding Officer from 18 Oct 1917. Lt. Albert Victor Sutton,(Canadian) Equipment Officer Lt. Richard Vaughan Bramwell-Davis, Recording Officer Lt. Cyril Thomas Clarke Armament Officer  2nd Lt. G Fineran Admin Flight Commanders Capt. Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, MC AFC Capt. Douglas Stewart Kennedy MC Capt. C C Haynes Capt. George Everard Gibbons MC, DFC Capt. William Ernest "Bull" Staton MC DFC and Bar Capt. Thomas Laurence Purdom MC Capt H Rees-Jones Capt. Ernest Theophilus Morrow, DFC Capt. George Thomas Richardson Capt. Philip James Long 62 Squadron RFC/RAF Pilots and Observers, France 1918 In approximate date order: 2nd Lt. J M R Miller pilot, injured 14 Feb 1918 2nd Lt. S T Francis Pilot, deployed with Sqn Jan 1918 Capt. Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, MC AFC, Pilot (Australian) (11 victories 21 Feb - 10 May 1918) posted to HE mid May 1918. RFC Com 128, 130 (19-25 Feb, 5-11 Mar) Capt. Hugh Claye, MC, Observer (+Hughes (11) +Clarke) (11 victories 21 Feb - 10 May 1918), shot down and captured on 19 May 1918 POW. RFC Com 128, 130 (19-25 Feb, 5-11 Mar) Capt. Douglas Stewart Kennedy* MC, Pilot . KIA 12 Mar 1918, buried at CWG Cemetery Honnechy Lt. Hugh Goddard Gill*, Observer (+Kennedy) KIA 12 Mar 1918 buried at CWG Cemetery Honnechy 2nd Lt. Cyril Boyd Fenton* Pilot (Australian) POW 12 Mar 1918 Lt. Henry Basil Pridden Boyce* Observer (Canadian)(+Fenton) POW 12 Mar 1918 Lt. Leonard C F Clutterbuck**, Pilot POW 12 Mar 1918 2nd Lt. Henry J Sparks** MC Observer (+ Clutterbuck) WIA/POW 12 Mar 1918 * Lothar von Richthofen's 28th & 29th victims on 12th March 1918 ** Noted as Manfred von Richthofen's 64th victim on 12th March 1918 Lt. John Alvin A Ferguson Pilot (Canadian) POW 12 Mar 1918 Sgt. Leonard Stanley Long Observer (+Ferguson) WIA/POW 12 Mar 1918 Lt. Francis Joseph Batt, Pilot (US/UK) KWF 13 Mar 1918 buried Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery 2nd Lt. F J McNiff, Observer (+Batt), KWF 13 Mar 1918 buried Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery 2nd Lt. Cyrus Allen, Pilot, RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) KIA 13 Mar 1918 buried Cambrai East Military cemetery Lt. N T Watson, Observer (+Cleary +Allen) RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) POW 13 Mar 1918 2nd Lt. N B Wells Pilot POW 13 Mar 1918 Lt. George Reginald Crammond Observer (+Wells) POW 13 Mar 1918 Capt. George Everard Gibbons MC, DFC, Pilot (17 victories 12 Mar - 4 Sep 1918) posted to HE. Capt.  Sidney Arthur William Knights MC, Observer (+Gibbons) (8 victories 12 Mar- 28 May)(RAF Com  5, 3 May, Com 8 end May,) Capt. William Ernest "Bull" Staton MC DFC and Bar , Pilot, 26 victories (12 Mar - 24 Sep 1918), WIA 24 Sep 1918 2nd Lt. Stephen White Symons Pilot, WIA 28 Mar 1918  Sgt Holmes,  his observer, flew their aircraft home. RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) Capt. Alyn Reginald James Pilot KIA 24th Mar 1918 Arras Memorial, RFC Com 131(12-18 Mar) Capt. Thomas Laurence Purdom MC, Pilot (13 victories 21 Mar - 19 May 1918) returned to HE in July 1918. 2nd Lt. Percival V G Chambers, Observer (+Purdom) (12 victories 21 Mar - 17 May 1918) invalided home (appendicitus) 26 Jun 1918 Lt. Percy R Hampton Pilot (Canadian) RFC Com 131 (12-18 Mar) POW 3 May 1918 2nd Lt. L C Lane Observer (+Hampton) RFC Com 131 (12-18 Mar)  POW 3 May 1918 Lt. William Keith "Pete" Swayze, Pilot (Canadian) POW 4 September 1918 (6 victories 22 May -12 Aug 1918) 2nd Lt. Charles Henry Arnison, MC, Pilot (9 victories 12 Apr -15 May) two observers shot dead behind him [Parry & Wells] in the course of a few days. Lt. Douglas Alfred Savage, MC Pilot (7 victories 26 Mar -2 June) posted to HE June 1918. Capt. Ernest Theophilus Morrow, DFC (2 Nov Gazette), Pilot (Canadian) (7 victories 26 Mar -22 Aug 1918) finally seriously wounded 22 Aug after claiming two EA and extricated from a burning machine by his observer, 2/Lt L M Thompson. RAF Com 21 refers Sgt. John Lake (107798) Observer (+Hunter) WIA 14 Mar, MIA 19 May 1918 POW repatriated 1 Jan 1919 Capt. C C Haynes Pilot Flt Cdr  14-21 Mar 1918 Sgt. S E Grimshaw Observer 2nd Lt. F B Dawson Observer (one week then 25 Sqn) Lt. A W Blowes Pilot (Canadian) [World altitude record 2 Jan 1919 + Capt. Lang, 30,500ft] Lt. C W Robinson, Pilot, RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) Lt Charles Douglas Wells, MC Observer (+Robinson +Arnison) RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) KIA 16 May 1918 buried Corbie Communal cemetery extension Lt. Kivas Burton Forster DFC (Canadian) (posted to Italy 13 Mar) 2nd Lt. F Keith Observer (+Yuill) WIA (24 Mar) 2nd Lt. V K Hilton Pilot WIA (27 Mar) 2nd Lt. Michael Hugh Cleary, Pilot, (Australian) RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) KIA 28 Mar 1918 a/c B1211 (ref Australian Flying Corps web site) Arras Memorial 2nd Lt. Victor George Stanton, Observer (+Cleary) (Canadian) POW/DOW 29 Mar 1918 buried Peronne Communal Cemetery AMI Albert Boxall, Observer WIA/DOI 28 Mar 1918, buried Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension Lt. John Rutherford Gordon MC, Observer (+Staton) (Australian) (15 victories 21 Mar - 8 Jun 1918) posted to HE to have a second attempt at pilot training. [Joined 62 Sqn 25 Dec 1917] Lt. Horace Ernest Merritt,  Observer (+Staton, +Morrow, +Arnison, +Yuill, +Hudson) (9 victories 13 Mar - 24 Jun) Sgt. William Norman Holmes MM, Observer (+Symons, +Sgt Johnson, +Purdom, +Savage, +Staton) (8 victories 11 Mar - 8 Jul 1918). RFC Com 130 (5-11 Mar) Lt. John Mathews Hay,  Observer (+Allen, +James) KIA 24th Mar 1918 Arras Memorial, RFC Com 130 & 131 (5 -18 Mar) Lt. Frank Atkinson Observer captured on 19 May 1918 POW died 10 July 1918 buried Niederzwehren Cemetery Lt. Hermon Kinsey Spoonley Pilot WIA 3 May 1918 Lt. Edwrad Gladstone Grant Observer (Canadian) WIA 3 May 1918 2nd Lt. Hugh Newton Arthur Pilot seriously injured 28 Mar 1918   2nd Lt. John Bruce-Norton, Observer (+Arthur, +Rees-Jones)  (5 victories 20 Mar - 3 May) RAF Coms 5, hospitalised 3 Jul 1918. Sgt. Frank Johnson DCM + Bar, Pilot (16 victories, 3 with 62 Sqn 27 Mar -12 Apr 1918) Sgt. C C Brammer, Observer (+Sgt Johnson) POW 19 May 1918 Lt. Deacon Observer (PRO 7/4/18) 2nd Lt. Cecil Frederick Whistance Pilot (PRO 21/4/18) 2nd Lt. Alfred Perren Pilot (PRO 20/4/18) (one week then to HE) Lt. H S (Harry Selkirk) Hind Observer (PRO 27/4/18) Sgt. Mech C B Scott, Observer Capt H Rees-Jones Pilot, May 1918 (RAF Coms 5, 9) 2nd Lt. Gore William Hemsworth, Pilot (RAF Com 2) 2nd Lt. A J Todd, Observer (+Hemsworth +Runciman +Whistance) injured 17 June 1918 (RAF Coms 2, 6, 10) Lt. George Montague Yuill, Pilot (RAF Com 3) Lt. E W Collis, Observer, injured 14 Feb 1918 (+Savage +Yuill) (RAF Com 3) 2nd Lt. Hubert Arthur Clarke, Pilot (South African), shot down and captured on 19 May 1918 POW Lt. R G Taggart Pilot (22.8.18 Gibbons commend) 2nd Lt. Henry Condie Hunter, Pilot (+Atkinson) POW 19 May 1918 Lt. Thomas Elliott, Observer (+Swayze May 18, +Allday +Gibbons Aug-Sep 18) (11 victories May-Sep 1918) 2nd Lt. E M Nicholas, Observer (+Swayze) (RAF Com 10) 2nd Lt. Walter E Hall, Observer (Canadian)(+Swayze) POW 4 September 1918 Sgt. F R Bower WIA 24 June 1918 Lt. John Anthony Chubb, Pilot forced down 16 May, survived, captured on 8 July 1918 POW Sgt. Joseph Borwein Observer (+Chubb) captured on 8 July 1918 POW 2nd Lt. Ernest Dumville Observer (+Chubb +Williams) forced down 16 May,  KIA 24 June 1918 buried at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Souchez Lt. Frederick Williams Pilot KIA 24 June 1918 buried at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Souchez Capt. Preston (C Flight Commander) (mentioned 16 May) ?? Lt. Louis Mark Thompson, Observer (Canadian) (+ Lt Savage + Lt Morrow) (9 victories 26 Mar -22 Aug 1918) Lt. Guy Palardy (US) DOI 7 May 1918 buried Huby-St. Leu British CemeteryPas de Calais Lt. Hugh Cuthbert Milo Nangle, Pilot (5 victories 27 Mar - 3 May) injured in crash (?with Parry) 3 May 1918 2nd Lt. T C Cooper, Observer  (+Nangle) RAF Com 5 Lt. Samuel Parry, Observer (+Arnison +Nangle) (9 victories 27 Mar - 3 May) KIA 3 May 1918 according to the roll of honour flying with Arnison though theaerodrome.com claims it was in a crash with Hugh Nangle, buried Huby-St. Leu British Cemetery, Pas de Calais 2nd Lt. G M Gray Observer Lt. John Stanfield Tarbolton Pilot WIA 11 July 1918 2nd Lt. N W Jackson  Observer injured 12 Aug 1918 Lt. Shirley Alfred Rens Solomon  Pilot WIA 22 Aug 1918 2nd Lt. James Appleby  Pilot injured 29 Aug 1918 2nd Lt. Joseph Marshall Holling Observer (+Appleby) injured 29 Aug 1918 2nd Lt. R A (Reginald Avent) Boxhall injured 17 Sep 1918 2nd Lt. L Miller Observer (+Blowes) injured 17 Sep 1918 Capt. Lynn Campbell, Pilot (Canadian) (7 victories 12 Apr - 9 Oct 1918) KIA  9 Oct 1918,  buried Preseau Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais 2nd Lt. William Hodgkinson, Observer (+Campbell)  (5 ?6 victories 12 Apr - 9 Oct) KIA 9 Oct 1918 buried Preseau Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Lt. G K Runciman, Pilot (Canadian)(RAF Coms 6 & 10) injured 17 June 1918 2nd Lt. P Pilkington, Observer (+Campbell) (RAF Com 15) 2nd Lt. L Egan, Observer (+Campbell + Solomon)  Lt. C Allday, Pilot,  May 1918 (RAF Com 22) 2nd Lt. C L Wealthall, Observer (+Rees-Jones)  end of May 1918 (RAF Com 9) Lt. J W Parsons Pilot Lt. John Morrissey Goller Pilot (South African) KIA 16 June 1918 buried Roye New British Cemetery 2nd Lt. Maurice Ross-Jenkins Observer (+Goller) KIA 16 June 1918 buried Roye New British Cemetery 2nd Lt. W E (William Eugene) Coulson POW 22 July 1918 2nd Lt. W H E Labatt POW 22 July 1918 Lt. Richard Hamilton O'Reilly Pilot (Canadian) KIA 29 Sep 1918 buried Rumaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France 2nd Lt. Leslie Edwin Mitchell, Observer (+Staton (8)+O'Reilly), (8 victories 12 Aug - 24 Sep 1918) RAF Coms 23, Sep 1918. KIA 29 Sep 1918 buried Rumaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Lt. Archibald Bernard Cort Pilot KIA 12 Aug 1918 buried Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France        2nd Lt. James Norman Mitchell, Observer (+Cort)  KIA 12 Aug 1918 buried Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France   Lt. David Shaw Hamilton Pilot KIA 1 Sep 1918 buried Auberchicourt British Cemetery Lt. L B Raymond Observer (+ Hamilton) POW 1 Sep 1918 Lt. J R Stewart (Canadian) WIA 1 Sep 1918 2nd Lt.  E M (Edward Maurice) Buckley, Observer (+ Stewart) (STB 23 Aug) 2nd Lt. J Hall WIA Observer 1 Sep 1918 Sgt. H H Inglis Observer 2nd Lt. R H (Richard Harris) Stone Pilot POW 16 Sep 1918 Lt. N F Adams Observer (+Stone) POW 16 Sep 1918 Lt. L W Hudson, Pilot (RAF Com 13) (STB 24 Sep) 2nd Lt. A W Palmer Observer (+Hudson) (STB 24 Sep) 2nd Lt. Patrick Sarsfield Manley, Pilot (Canadian) POW 27 Sep 1918  (5 victories 15-24 Sep 1918) Sgt. George Frederick Hines, Observer (+Manley), POW 27 Sep 1918 Lt. R (Robert Olivier) Schallaire, Pilot (Canadian),  RAF Coms 23, Sep 1918 2nd Lt. R  Lowe, Observer (+Schallaire, +Moss, +Long) RAF Coms 23, Sep 1918 Lt. N N (Nathaniel Nicholson) Coope, Pilot,  RAF Coms 24, Sep 1918 captured on 24 Sep 1918 POW 2nd Lt. H S Mantle, Observer (+Coope), RAF Coms 24, Sep 1918 captured on 24 Sep 1918 POW 2nd Lt. A A Simpson Observer Lt. C H (Charles Halliday) Moss, Pilot (Canadian) RAF Coms 25, Sep  WIA 16 Sep 1918 Capt. George Thomas Richardson, Pilot Flt Cdr  RAF Coms 26, Sep 1918 2nd Lt. Ian Paterson Aitken, Observer (+Richardson) RAF Coms 26, Sep 1918 Lt. Thomas Harding Broadley,  Pilot, KIA 15 Sept 1918. Buried Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas de Calais, France. 2nd Lt. Reginald Herbert Dilloway, Observer (+Broadley), KIA 15 Sept 1918. Buried Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas de Calais, France. 2nd Lt. John Vincent Lind, Pilot, KIFA 18 Sep 1918, buried St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-Sur-Ternoise Pte. William J Gale, Motor Cyclist (+Lind), KIFA 18 Sep 1918, buried St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-Sur-Ternoise Capt. Philip James Long, Pilot Flt Cdr (mentioned in ATT 1 Nov + Lowe) 2nd Lt. Wallace Roy Baskerville Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. John McCallum Observer Lt. Robert William Murray Pilot (US) Sgt. C W Drury 2nd Lt. R F (Robert Ferguson) Hunter Observer WIA 27 Sep 1918 2nd Lt. R A Clarke Observer WIA 9 Oct 1918 Lt. James Ernest Sitch Pilot captured on 9 Oct 1918 POW Lt. D S Fox Observer (+Sitch) captured on 9 Oct 1918 POW Lt. Francis Charles Dudley Scott, Pilot,  RAF Coms 31 & 32, Oct/Nov 1918 KIA 4 Nov 1918 Arras Flying Services Memorial 2nd Lt. Charles Rigby, Observer (+Scott) RAF Coms 31 & 32, Oct/Nov 1918 KIA 4 Nov 1918 Arras Flying Services Memorial Lt. Francis Sumsion, Pilot KIA 4 Nov 1918 buried Blaugies Communal Cemetery Capt. William Geoffrey Walford, Observer (+Sumsion) KIA 4 Nov 1918 buried Blaugies Communal Cemetery Sgt. Mech. F M Bruce Observer 2nd Lt. George Edward Theodore Payne Pilot 2nd Lt. Marshall Saynor Pilot 2nd Lt. David Allan McGregor Pilot 2nd Lt. Harold Arthur Rolls Pilot 2nd Lt. John Russell Pilot 2nd Lt. Leslie Raymond Shaw Observer 2nd Lt Leonard Inggs Pilot (South African) 2nd Lt. Joseph Pierpoint Skredlant Pilot (US) 2nd Lt. Walter Phillips Taltavall Pilot (Canadian) Sgt. Mech. W J Jenkins Observer   Abbreviations: KIA - killed in action, KWF - killed while flying, DOW - died of wounds, KIFA - killed in flying accident, DOI - died of injuries Notes: RFC/RAF Coms = RFC/RAF Communiqués  Sources: theaerodrome.com; RFC/RAF Communiqués; "Airmen died in the Great War 1914-18 Roll of Honour" (ROH) by Chris Hobson; CWGC; "Above the Trenches"(ATT) by Franks et al.; "Canadian Airmen and the First World War" by S F Wise; 62 Sqn History file AIR 1/693/21/20/62, National Archives.   62 Squadron Personnel Killed in action or who died on active service in France 1918 (34 officers and men) See Commonwealth War Graves Commission site for further details Flt. Sgt. Albert James Hutchings, died 2 Mar 1918 buried Aire Communal Cemetery Capt. Douglas Stewart Kennedy MC, Pilot, KIA 12 Mar 1918, buried at CWG cemetery Honnechy Lt. Hugh Goddard Gill, Observer, KIA 12 Mar 1918 buried at CWG cemetery Honnechy Lt. Francis Joseph Batt, Pilot KWF 13 Mar 1918 buried Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery 2nd Lt. Francis Joseph McNiff, Observer, KWF 13 Mar 1918 buried Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery 2nd Lt. Cyrus Allen, Pilot,  KIA 13 Mar 1918 buried Cambrai East Military cemetery Lt. Alyn Reginald James, Pilot KIA 24th March 1918 Arras Memorial Lt. John Mathews Hay, Observer KIA 24th March 1918 Arras Memorial 2nd Lt. Michael Hugh Cleary, Pilot, (Australian)  KIA 28 Mar 1918  Arras Memorial 2nd Lt. Victor George Stanton, Observer (Canadian) DOW 29 Mar 1918 buried Peronne Communal Cemetery AMI Albert Boxall, (?Observer) KIA 28 Mar 1918, buried Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension Lt. Samuel Parry, Observer, died 3 May 1918 (KIFA) in a crash buried Huby-St. Leu British Cemetery, Pas de Calais Lt. Guy Palardy (US) DOI 6 (?7) May 1918 buried Huby-St. Leu British Cemetery, Pas de Calais Lt. Charles Douglas Wells, MC Observer  KIA 16 May 1918 buried Corbie Communal cemetery extension, Somme, France Lt. John Morrissey Goller pilot KIA 16 June 1918 buried Roye New British Cemetery 2nd Lt. Maurice Ross-Jenkins Observer KIA 16 June 1918 buried Roye New British Cemetery Lt. Frederick Williams Pilot KIA 24 June 1918 buried at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Souchez 2nd Lt. Ernest Dumville Observer forced down 16 May,  KIA 24 June 1918 buried at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Souchez Lt. Frank Atkinson POW died 10 July 1918 buried Niederzwehren Cemetery Lt. Archibald Bernard Cort Pilot KIA 12 Aug 1918 buried Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu        2nd Lt. James Norman Mitchell Observer KIA 12 Aug 1918 buried Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu Lt. David Shaw Hamilton Pilot KIA 1 Sep 1918 buried Auberchicourt British Cemetery Lt. Thomas Harding Broadley,  ?Pilot, died 15 Sept 1918. Buried Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas de Calais 2nd Lt. Reginald Herbert Dilloway, Observer, KIA 15 Sept 1918. Buried Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas de Calais, France. 2nd Lt. J V Lind, Pilot, KWF 18 Sep 1918, buried St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-Sur-Ternoise Pte. William J Gale, Observer, KWF 18 Sep 1918, buried St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-Sur-Ternoise Lt Richard Hamilton O'Reilly Pilot (Canadian) KIA 29 Sep 1918 buried Rumaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France 2nd Lt. Leslie Edwin Mitchell, Observer. KIA 29 Sep 1918 buried Rumaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais Capt. Lynn Campbell, Pilot (Canadian)  KIA  9 Oct 1918,  buried Preseau Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais 2nd Lt. William Hodgkinson, Observer  KIA 9 Oct 1918 buried Preseau Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais Lt. Francis Charles Dudley Scott, Pilot, KIA 4 Nov 1918 Arras Flying Services Memorial 2nd Lt. Charles Rigby, Observer  KIA 4 Nov 1918 Arras Flying Services Memorial Lt. Francis Sumsion, Pilot KIA 4 Nov 1918 buried Blaugies Communal Cemetery Capt. William Geoffrey Walford, Observer KIA 4 Nov 1918 buried Blaugies Communal Cemetery Abbreviations: KIA - killed in action, KWF - killed while flying, DOW - died of wounds, KIFA - killed in flying accident, DOI - died of injuries   Australian Pilots and Observers serving with 62 Squadron 2nd Lt. Cyril Boyd Fenton Pilot (Australian) POW 12 Mar 1918 Capt. Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, MC AFC, Pilot, (Australian) (11 victories 21 Feb - 10 May 1918) posted to HE mid May 1918. Lt. John Rutherford Gordon MC, Observer (Australian) (15 victories 21 Mar - 8 June 1918) posted to HE to have a second attempt at pilot training. 2nd Lt. Michael Hugh Cleary, Pilot (Australian)  KIA 28 Mar 1918  Arras Memorial   Canadian Pilots and Observers serving with 62 Squadron Lt. A V Sutton,(Canadian) Equipment Officer Lt. John Alvin Ferguson Pilot (Canadian) POW 12 March 1918 Lt. Henry Basil Pridden Boyce Observer (Canadian)POW 12 Mar 1918 Lt. A W Blowes Pilot (Canadian) Lt. Kivas Burton Forster DFC (Canadian) (30 Oct 17 to 13 Mar 18) Lt. Percy R Hampton Pilot (Canadian) POW 3 May 1918 Lt. E G Grant (Canadian) WIA 3 May 1918 Lt. R Schallaire, Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. Victor George Stanton, Observer (Canadian) DOW 29 Mar 1918 buried Peronne Communal Cemetery Lt. G K Runciman, Pilot (Canadian)(RAF Coms 6 & 10) WIA 29 JUne 1918) Lt. J R Stewart (Canadian) WIA 1 Sep 1918 Lt. William Keith "Pete" Swayze, Pilot, POW 4 September 1918 (6 victories 22 May -12 Aug 1918) 2nd Lt. W E Hall, Observer (Canadian) POW 4 September 1918 Capt. Ernest Theophilus Morrow, DFC, Pilot(Canadian) (7 victories 26 Mar -22 Aug 1918) finally seriously WIA 22 August 1918 Lt. Louis Mark Thompson, Observer (Canadian) (9 victories 26 Mar -22 Aug 1918) Lt. C H Moss, Pilot (Canadian) RAF Coms 25, Sep 1918 Lt. Richard Hamilton O'Reilly Pilot (Canadian) KIA 29 Sep 1918 buried Rumaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Capt. Lynn Campbell, Pilot, (Canadian) KIA  9 Oct 1918,  buried Preseau Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais 2nd Lt. Patrick Sarsfield Manley, Pilot(Canadian) POW 27 September 1918 (5 victories 15-24 Sep 1918) 2nd Lt. W R Baskerville Pilot (Canadian)   South African Pilots serving with 62 Squadron 2nd Lt. Hubert Arthur Clarke, Pilot (South African) shot down and captured on 19 May 1918 POW Lt. John Morrissey Goller, Pilot (South African) KIA 16 June 1918 buried Roye New British Cemetery Lt. Shirley Alfred Rens Solomon  Pilot (South African) WIA 22 Aug 1918   US aircrew serving with 62 Squadron Lt. Francis Joseph Batt, Pilot (US) KWF 13 Mar 1918 buried Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Lt. Guy Palardy (US) DOI 6 May 1918 buried Huby-St. Leu British Cemetery, Pas de Calais   Prisoners of War (POWs) (32) Lt.  Leonard C F Clutterbuck Pilot POW 12 March 1918 repatriated 17 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Henry J Sparks MC Observer (+Clutterbuck) POW 12 Mar 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 Lt. John Alvin Ferguson Pilot (Canadian) POW 12 Mar 1918 repatriated 18 Dec 1918 Sgt. Leonard Stanley Long Observer (+Ferguson) WIA/POW 12 Mar 1918 2nd Lt. Cyril Boyd Fenton  Pilot (Australian) POW 12 Mar 1918 repatriated 17 Dec 1918 Lt. Henry Basil Pridden Boyce Observer (+Fenton)(Canadian) POW 12 Mar 1918 repatriated 14 Dec 1918 Lt. N T Watson, Observer (+Cleary +Allen) POW 13 Mar 1918 repatriated 25 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Norman Buist Wells Pilot POW 13 Mar 1918 repatriated 17 Dec 1918 Lt. G R Crammond Observer (+Wells) POW 13 Mar 1918 repatriated 14 Dec 1918 Lt. Percy R Hampton Pilot (Canadian) POW 3 May 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 Lt. L C Lane Observer POW 3 May 1918 repatriated 30 Dec 1918 Lt. Hubert Arthur Clarke, Pilot POW 19 May 1918 repatriated 30 Dec 1918 Capt. Hugh Claye, MC, Observer (+ Hughes (11) + Clarke) (11 victories 21 Feb - 10 May 1918), POW 19 May 1918 repatriated 30 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. H C Hunter, POW 19 May 1918 repatriated 8 Dec 1918 Sgt. John Lake (107798) Observer (+Hunter) WIA 14 Mar, MIA 19 May 1918 POW repatriated 1 Jan 1919 Sgt. C C Brammer, Observer POW 19 May 1918 Lt. Frank Atkinson POW 19 May 1918, died 10 Jul 1918 buried Niederzwehren Cemetery Lt. John Anthony Chubb, Pilot POW 8 July 1918 repatriated 14 Dec 1918 Sgt. J Borwein Observer (+Chubb) POW 8 July 1918 2nd Lt. W E Coulson POW 22 July 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. W H E Labatt POW 22 July 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 Lt. L P Raymond Observer (+ Hamilton) POW 1 Sep 1918 repatriated 2 Dec 1918 Lt. William Keith "Pete" Swayze, Pilot (Canadian) POW 4 Sep 1918 repatriated 4 Jan 1919 2nd Lt. W E Hall, Observer (+ Lt Swayze) (Canadian) POW 4 Sep 1918 repatriated 24 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. R H Stone POW 16 Sep 1918 repatriated 8 Dec 1918 Lt. N F Adams POW 16 Sep 1918 repatriated 9 Dec 1918 Lt. N N Coope, Pilot,  POW 24 Sep 1918 repatriated 29 Nov 1918 2nd Lt. H S Mantle, Observer (+Coope), POW 24 Sep 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Patrick Sarsfield Manley, Pilot (Canadian) POW 27 Sep 1918  repatriated -- Dec 1918 Sgt. G F Hines, Observer (+Manley), POW 27 Sep 1918 Lt. James Ernest Sitch POW 9 Oct 1918 repatriated 27 Nov 1918 Lt. D S Fox (+Sitch) POW 9 Oct 1918 repatriated 14 Nov 1918 Return Additional sources: Cox & Co's List of British Officers taken prisoner ... August 1914 to November 1918. Flight Magazine Jan, Feb 1919.

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