The lists on this page are of those servicemen who failed to return from an operation. Sadly the marjoity of these will have been men who lost their lives on active service, but some will have survived. In addition to those on 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.
Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.
The men who lost their lives on active service are listed in the Roll of Honour (or Roll of Honour (extended version)).
The following were captured following the loss of their aircraft.
| Rank | Initials (First Name) |
Last Name | Medals | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F/O | A (Alec) |
Abrams | - | RCAF |
| F/O | S R (Stephen Roy) |
Angill | - | RAF |
| F/O | S C (Stanley Christmas) |
Beeson | - | RAF |
| W/Cdr | B (Bryan) |
Bell | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D B (Dennis Bertin) |
Boyce | - | RAF |
| Sgt | G E (George Edward) |
Brown | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J C (John Christopher) |
Cartwright | - | RAF |
| F/O | A J (Arthur Lawrence) |
Coldwell | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | A C (Anthony Constantine) |
Crilley | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | J A (John Andrew) |
Cromie | - | RAAF |
| Sgt | R B (Roy Barton) |
Cumberlidge | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D P |
Dingle | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J E (James Edmund) |
Donnan | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J R |
Drury | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | P H (Paul) |
Evans | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | D V H |
Evans | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D F (Donald Francis) |
Fadden | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | L F (Leslie) |
Figg | - | RAF |
| Sgt | A |
Finnigan | - | RAF |
| Sgt | W C |
Frost | - | RAF |
| Sgt | C V |
Gale | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R L (Raymond Leslie) |
Gibbs | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R (Rodney) |
Gray | - | RAF |
| F/O | D H |
Grundy | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | W C (Charlie) |
Gundry | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | J P |
Harrison | - | RAF |
| Sgt | K J R |
Hewlett | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D J (Douglas James) |
Hicks | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | G |
Hunter | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D |
Hunter | - | RAF |
| Sgt | P H |
Hurst | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J |
Jackson | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | D S |
Jeffrey | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J S |
Jenkins | - | RAF |
| Sgt | S A |
Keirle | - | RAF |
| Sgt | G P |
Kelleher | - | RAF |
| W/O | E W |
King | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | R H |
Laney | - | RAF |
| F/L | R J (Robert) |
Liefooghe | - | RAF |
| P/O | J W |
Lowe | - | RCAF |
| S/L | K |
MacAleavey | DFC | RAF |
| Sgt | F M |
Main | - | RAF |
| Sgt | J |
Matthews | - | RAF |
| P/O | J L |
McKeown | - | RCAF |
| W/O | R C (Roy) |
McLauchlan | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | E J |
Morgan | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | F |
Neal | - | RAF |
| F/O | G J (Gordon James) |
Nicol | - | RCAF |
| F/O | G H (Geoffrey Howard) |
Packham | - | RAF |
| Sgt | S (Stanley) |
Pelham | - | RAF |
| Sgt | C C C |
Pettit | - | RAF |
| Sgt | H C |
Petty | - | RAF |
| F/O | G |
Pickavance | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | J J (Jack) |
Sawkins | - | RAF |
| Sgt | L I |
Smith | - | RAF |
| Sgt | M B (Maurice Braham) |
Smith | - | RAF |
| Sgt | P W |
Smith | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R F |
Stevens | - | RAF |
| Sgt | S (Stanley) |
Sykes | - | RAF |
| Sgt | W G |
Upton | - | RAF |
| Sgt | T W |
Vittle | - | RAF |
| F/O | R |
Warren | - | RAF |
| Sgt | S J |
Webb | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R E |
White | - | RAF |
| Sgt | F A |
Willson | - | RAF |
| Sgt | K D (Kenneth Douglas) |
Winstanley | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D |
Yardley | - | RAF |
| F/O | E |
Yaternick | - | RCAF |
| F/Sgt | D J (David Johnston) |
Yemen | - | RCAF |
The breakdown of servicemen across the participating Air Forces is:
| Royal Air Force | 55 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | 1 |
| Royal Canadian Air Force | 13 |
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | 0 |
| TOTAL | 69 |
The following either evaded capture or, in one or two cases, were captured and then escaped.
| Rank | Initials (First Name) |
Last Name | Medals | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgt | G B C (Guy Claud) |
Capon | - | RAF |
| P/O | W (William ("Bill")) |
Dinney | RCAF | |
| F/O | R (Roy) |
Kay | - | RAF |
| Sgt | E J (Eli Joseph) |
Molnar | - | RCAF |
| Sgt | J G (John Goffin (Jack)) |
Pearce | - | RAF |
The breakdown of servicemen across the participating Air Forces is:
| Royal Air Force | 3 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | 0 |
| Royal Canadian Air Force | 2 |
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | 0 |
| TOTAL | 5 |
The following survived crashes with injuries.
| Rank | Initials (First Name) |
Last Name | Medals | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgt | C E G (Cyril Ernest George) |
Bream | RAF | |
| F/Sgt | C W |
Graham | RAF | |
| P/O | H S |
Vaughan | - | RAF |
The breakdown of servicemen across the participating Air Forces is:
| Royal Air Force | 3 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | 0 |
| Royal Canadian Air Force | 0 |
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | 0 |
| TOTAL | 3 |
The following survived crashes.
| Rank | Initials (First Name) |
Last Name | Medals | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F/Sgt | W G (Bill) |
Anderson | - | RAF |
| Sgt | W (William) |
Aspinall | - | RAF |
| F/O | F W (Frederick William) |
Bennett | - | RAF |
| Sgt | P E (Paul Edward) |
Binder | - | RAF |
| Sgt | I V (Ivor Victor) |
Browse | - | RAF |
| F/O | W K (William Kenneth) |
Campbell | - | RAAF |
| F/Sgt | S G (Sidney George) |
Card | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | V B (Vincent Bernard) |
Cassapi | - | RAF |
| P/O | L C |
Davies | - | RAF |
| Sgt | F E (Frederick Edward) |
Drawbridge | - | RAF |
| Sgt | T |
Elliott | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | T (Thomas) |
Fairclough | RAF | |
| F/Sgt | F G |
Ferguson | - | RAAF |
| Sgt | H C |
Gilbert | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R F J (Ronald Frederick John) |
Gorman | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R H |
Hoggard | - | RAF |
| P/O | R (Richard) |
Hopman | UNUSED | RAAF |
| F/Sgt | G W |
James | - | RCAF |
| F/Sgt | A (Alan) |
Jarnell | - | RAF |
| Sgt | W E |
Johnson | - | RAF |
| F/O | A W L (Aubrey) |
Lohrey | - | RNZAF |
| Sgt | D L (David Lesley) |
Marks | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | G R |
Martin | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | R E |
McKenzie | - | RAAF |
| Sgt | R W |
Metcalfe | - | RAF |
| Sgt | A J |
Miles | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | D (Denis) |
Porter | - | RAF |
| Sgt | L D |
Purser | - | RAF |
| F/Sgt | W E |
Reed | - | RAF |
| WO2 | E |
Salte | - | RCAF |
| F/Sgt | J K |
Sharpe | - | RAAF |
| F/Sgt | R E (Robert (Bob)) |
Sloan | - | RAAF |
| Sgt | R C (Ronal Charles) |
Smith | - | RAF |
| Sgt | D A |
Stanley | - | RAF |
| P/O | S B |
Taylor | - | RAF |
| Sgt | A W E (Albert William Edward) |
Walters | - | RAF |
| Sgt | W J |
Watson | - | RCAF |
| F/Sgt | E C (Eddie) |
Westhorpe | - | RAF |
| Sgt | A (Alexander) |
Wilson | - | RAF |
| Sgt | P W (Percy William) |
Wise | - | RAF |
| Sgt | R L |
Wood | - | RAF |
The breakdown of servicemen across the participating Air Forces is:
| Royal Air Force | 31 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | 6 |
| Royal Canadian Air Force | 3 |
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | 1 |
| TOTAL | 41 |
The details were last updated: 21 November 2024
this list is still being built and will take some time to complete
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