A pilots' war     1915-1918

62 Squadron RFC/RAF HQ personnel and flight crews France 1918 This page lists 62 Squadron personnel and flight crews, in alphabetical order. The details are not complete and are subject to further revisions and additions. Flt. Sgt. A Abel (Ch Mech) AMI D V Akeroyd Ae Gunner Sgt. H E D Adams Motor Cyclist 2nd Lt. N F Adams Observer 2nd Lt. Ian Paterson Aitken, Observer Lt. Clifford Allday Pilot 2nd Lt. Cyrus Allen Pilot 2nd Lt. J (?James) Appleby 2nd Lt. Charles Henry Arnison MC Pilot 2nd Lt. Hugh Newton Arthur Pilot 2nd Lt. Frank Atkinson Observer AMI F R Atkinson MT AMII W R Baker MT AMI A D Bancroft Electrician Spr. H Barnley RE Chief Mech R C Barr Driver Petrol 2nd Lt. Wallace Roy Baskerville Pilot (Canadian) AMII G Bassett Ae Gunner AMI A Bate Motor Cyclist AMIII J C Bateman Rigger Lt. Francis Joseph Batt, Pilot (US/UK) AMI D W Bell Fitter Cpl Mech H B Bell Armourer AMII W L Bevan Ae Gunner Lt. A W Blowes Pilot (Canadian) Sgt. Joseph Borwein Observer AMI F Bowen AMI W Bowen Motor Cyclist Sgt. F R Bower Observer AMI Albert Boxall 2nd Lt. R A Boxhall Lt. Henry Basil Pridden Boyce Observer (Canadian) Sgt. C C Brammer Observer Lt. R V Bramwell-Davis, Recording Officer AMII R S Bridges Rigger Lt. Thomas Harding Broadley Pilot AMII E H Brook (59440) Fitter AMIII F M Brook Fitter Pte. C Brown RAMC Medic AMI J Brown Rigger Cpl Mech W Brownridge Rigger Sgt. Mech. F M Bruce Observer 2nd Lt. John Bruce-Norton Observer 2nd Lt.  E M Buckley, Observer Sgt Mech J S Buckley Electrician Capt. Lynn Campbell Pilot (Canadian) Sgt. Mech. A Cashmore Carpenter Cpl. H Chadwick Fitter 2nd Lt. Percival V G Chambers Observer Lt. John Anthony Chubb Pilot Lt. Cyril Thomas Clarke Armament Officer  2nd Lt. Hubert Arthur Clarke Pilot (South African) 2nd Lt. R A Clarke Capt. Hugh Claye MC Observer 2nd Lt. Michael Hugh Cleary Pilot (Australian) AMI S P Cleave Telegraphist AMII Clemens AMII Clogg Lt. Leonard Cyril Frederick Clutterbuck Pilot AMIII H Collindell Batman Lt. E W Collis Observer Sgt Maj R Cook AMI J Coombes Driver Petrol Lt. N N Coope Pilot 2nd Lt. T C Cooper MC Observer Lt. Archibald Bernard Cort Pilot 2nd Lt. W E Coulson AMII J Cowley Blacksmith Lt. George Reginald Crammond Observer Cpl. (Mech) E F Cruchley Fitter aero engine Sgt. W J Cruwys (RE) 2nd Lt. F B Dawson Observer 2nd Lt. E C W Deacon (KOYLI) Observer AMI A J Desmond Carpenter 2nd Lt. Reginald Herbert Dilloway Observer AMIII F G Down Fitter Sgt C W Drury ?Observer 2nd Lt. Ernest Dumville Observer AMII A Eager MT 2nd Lt. Les Egan Observer Lt. Thomas E Elliott Observer AMII E K Emanuel Rigger AMI J Emerson Driver Petrol 2nd Lt. A J P Evans Pilot AMI W Evans Driver 2nd Lt. Cyril Boyd Fenton  Pilot (Australian) Lt. John Alvin A Ferguson Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. G Fineran Admin (EO3) AMIII J Fletcher Clerk Lt. Kivas Burton Forster DFC (Canadian) Lt. D S Fox 2nd Lt. S T Francis Pilot Pte. A Franklin Cook AMIII E French Fitter Pte. William J Gale Motor Cyclist Lt. G W Gant Pilot AMII H Garrett Ast Armourer Capt. George Everard Gibbons MC DFC Pilot Lt. Hugh Goddard Gill Observer Lt. John Morrissey Goller Pilot (South African) Lt. John Rutherford Gordon MC Observer (Australian) AMII C H Graham Ast Armourer Lt. Edward Gladstone Grant  Observer (Canadian) 2nd Lt. G M Gray Observer AMI L Green Ae Gunner Cpl Green Clerk AMIII R E Griffin Fitter Sgt. S E Grimshaw Observer AMIII A Grocock Armourer AMII L Gryson MT AMIII H Hale Fitter 2nd Lt. J Hall 2nd Lt. Walter E Hall, Observer (Canadian) AMII W H Hall Ast Armourer Lt. David Shaw Hamilton Pilot AMIII D E Hammond Fitter Lt. Percy R Hampton Pilot (Canadian) (AMII F M Harvey Fitter poss dupl below) AMII F S Harvey Instrument Repairer AMIII A W Harvie Fitter Pte. W Harwood Batman Lt. John Mathews Hay,  Observer Capt. Charles Cecil Haynes Pilot (Flt Cdr  14-21 Mar 1918) AMII R E Haynes Ast Armourer AMII S Hayward Ae Gunner Flt. Sgt. J Haywood Chief Mech W.O.  Hedges Tech WO AMI G Helliwell Rigger 2nd Lt. Gore William Hemsworth Pilot AMII R Henley MT 2nd Lt. V K Hilton Pilot Lt. H S Hind Observer Sgt. George Frederick Hines Observer 2nd Lt. William Hodgkinson Observer 2nd Lt. Joseph Marshall Holling Observer Sgt. William Norman Holmes MM Observer Sgt. Mech. P Holt Fitter AMII W Holton Ae Gunner AMI A Honeybill Carpenter AMI G S Hubbard Carpenter Lt. Leslie Wilson Hudson, Pilot Capt. Geoffrey Forrest Hughes MC AFC Pilot (Australian) 2nd Lt. Henry Condie Hunter Pilot 2nd Lt. R F Hunter Flt. Sgt. A J Hutchings Fitter 2nd Lt Leonard Inggs Pilot (South African) AMII J Ingham Rigger Sgt. Mech. H H Inglis  Observer AMIII A J Inkersole Batman Cpl J Irving  A Flt AMIII H E J Jackson Driver petrol 2nd Lt. N W Jackson  Observer Capt. Alyn Reginald James Pilot Sgt. Mech. E T Jefferies Observer AMI E A Jeffries Rigger Sgt. Mech. W J Jenkins Observer Cpl. C P Johnson MT Sgt. Frank Johnson DCM + Bar, Pilot Chief Mech. A F W Johnstone Armourer AMII S Joinson Driver AMI W Jones Rigger AMII J E Kay MT (Civilian) E Kahn Interpreter 2nd Lt. F Keith Observer Pte. J E Kemp Asst Armourer Capt. Douglas Stewart Kennedy MC Pilot AMIII H Kilvert Blacksmith Capt. Sidney Arthur William Knights MC Observer Sgt. John Lake Observer 2nd Lt. L C Lane Observer 2nd Lt. W H E Labatt Observer Clk. A W Lear Storeman AMII G D Leslie Armourer 2nd Lt. John Vincent Lind Pilot Sgt. J B Little Observer then Armourer Capt. Philip James Long Pilot Flt Cdr Sgt. Leonard Stanley Long Observer AMI W Lord  Rigger aero 2nd Lt. Reginald Lowe Observer AMIII J H Ludgate Batman AMII C Lyons Armourer AMII N J C Maddison Rigger 2nd Lt. Patrick Sarsfield Manley Pilot (Canadian) Pte. G Manning Fabric worker 2nd Lt. Herbert Stanley Mantle Observer Cpl S Mason A Flt 2nd Lt. John McCallum 2nd Lt. David Allan McGregor Pilot Cpl. L G McKnight Armourer Lt. W A McMichael Pilot 2nd Lt. Francis Joseph McNiff Observer Lt. Horace Ernest Merritt Observer 2nd Lt. J M R Miller 2nd Lt. L Miller AMI F Milsom Turner AMII E Mitchell Fitter 2nd Lt. Leslie Edwin Mitchell Observer 2nd Lt. James Norman Mitchell Observer Cpl Mech. C N Moore Fitter AMI H A Moore Telephonist Capt. Ernest Theophilus Morrow DFC Pilot (Canadian) Lt. C H Moss Pilot (Canadian) Lt. Robert William Murray Pilot (US) Lt. Hugh Cuthbert Milo Nangle Pilot 2nd Lt. E M Nicholas Observer AMII H Northfold Driver AMII J G Norton, Driver Lt. Richard Hamilton O'Reilly Pilot (Canadian) AMIII W C Osman Rigger Pte B S Ottley ? Motor Cyclist Sgt. (Mech) C J Oxley Fitter aero engine (i/c CC gears) AMII J W Padbury Rigger 2nd Lt. Guy Palardy (US) 2nd Lt. A W Palmer Observer AMI F C Parker Cpl Mech C H Parr Fitter Lt. Samuel Parry Observer Lt. J W Parsons Pilot Pte G E Pascall, Fabric worker 2nd Lt. G E T Payne Pilot 2nd Lt. A Perren Pilot Sgt. Mech. W S Petty Fitter AMII A E Pickhaver Fitter aero engine 2nd Lt. Peter Pilkington, Observer AMIII A Pooley Fitter AMI L Postle MT Sgt. Mech. R V Potter Rigger A Flt Capt. (Thomas Frederick) Preston Pilot AMI J Proctor Fitter AMIII W Proctor Electrician Sgt. Mech. A Pullan Observer Capt. Thomas Laurence Purdom MC Pilot AMI S Rattenbury Telegraphist Lt. L B Raymond Observer Capt. H Rees-Jones Pilot Capt. George Thomas Richardson Pilot Flt Cdr 2nd Lt. Charles Rigby Observer Pte. A W C Roberts Batman AMI A E Robinson Fitter Lt. C W Robinson Pilot AMII W Robinson Clerk 2nd Lt. Harold Arthur Rolls Pilot AMIII J H Rose Rigger 2nd Lt. Maurice Ross-Jenkins Observer Lt. George Kennedy Runciman Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. John Russell Pilot AMII W J Salmon Driver Sgt. W Sarsby Fitter AMIII H A Satchwell Rigger Lt. Douglas Alfred Savage MC Pilot AMII A Say Rigger 2nd Lt. Marshall Saynor Pilot Lt. R Schallaire Pilot (Canadian) Sgt. Mech C B Scott, Observer Lt. Francis Charles Dudley Scott Pilot 2nd Lt. Leslie Raymond Shaw Observer AMII A E Shepherd Armourer 2nd Lt. A A Simpson Observer AMIII G F Simpson Armourer 2nd Lt. Joseph Pierpoint Skredlant Pilot (US) AMII E Smith Armourer AMI F Smith Fitter aero engine (AMI F Smith Instrument Repairer poss same as above) Major Frank Walker Smith Commanding Officer Pte M R Smith Clerk AMI R C Smith MT Lt. S A R Solomon Pilot 2nd Lt. Henry J Sparks MC Observer Lt. Hermon Kinsey Spoonley Pilot Sgt. W Stainer A Flt 2nd Lt. Victor George Stanton Observer Capt. William Ernest "Bull" Staton MC DFC and Bar Pilot Cpl Mech B Stead Coppersmith AMI W Stebbing Electrician Spr M Steele RE Sig Dept Lt. J K (?James Karl) Stewart Pilot (Canadian) Lt. James Ernest Stitch Lt. R H Stone Pilot Lt. Francis Sumsion Pilot AMII J Sunderland Motor cyclist Lt. Albert Victor Sutton Equipment Officer (Canadian) Lt. William Keith "Pete" Swayze Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. Stephen White Symons Pilot Lt. R G Taggart Pilot(22.8.18 Gibbons commend) 2nd Lt. Walter Phillips Taltavall Pilot (Canadian) Lt. J S (?John Stanfield) Tarbolton Sgt. W Tetstall (Fitter aero engine & A Flt) Lt. Louis Mark Thompson Observer (Canadian) Sgt. F Thorne Clerk AMII A Thoro(ugh)good (Asst CC gear) Flt. Sgt. E F Tilsley (A Flt Chief Mech) Cpl A P Tinker Clerk AMII T Titherington Armourer 2nd Lt. A J Todd Observer AMIII E Tranter AMII Tunnicliffe Rigger AMIII H R Vymter Armourer Pte A F Wagland (166832)? Telegraphist Capt. William Geoffrey Walford Observer AMIII H T Walters Wireless Operator Lt. N T Watson Observer AMI J J Ward Fitter 2nd Lt. C L Wealthall Observer Capt. F G C Weare Pilot AMII J W Webb Ast Armourer 2nd Lt. Norman Buist Wells Pilot Lt. Charles Douglas Wells MC Observer Cpl E J Westover Rigger 2nd Lt. C F (?Cecil Frederick) Whistance Pilot AMII W G Whittle Rigger AMII G Whitworth Armourer (i/c Amourers) Lt. Frederick Williams Pilot 2nd Lt. J W Withers Observer AMII S Woodhead Coppersmith AMII P Wright Telephonist Lt. George Montague Yuill Pilot Lt. Zieman Note: "Observer" above is shorthand for "observer/gunner" Sources: theaerodrome.com; 62 Sqn history (1919); 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; RAC certificates; 62 Sqn History file AIR 1/693/21/20/62, National Archives. Return to detailed 62 Sqn personnel list Return to 62 Sqn

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