There follows below lists of the officers and men who served in 550 Squadron. The information used to build this page was taken in the first instance from the lists provided on the original Squadron Association web-site, but have been augmented by new and additional information gathered since that time.
This information is not yet complete: it has been build from the Roll of Honour, Decorations and Senior Officer lists, and then by working through other available records. So please don't shout just yet if you spot an omission - work continues to build a more complete, and accurate, list.
Do however shout if you spot an error! Please email any corrections or information to the contact details in the link at the bottom of the page.
Serviceman Details: The column headers should be fairly self-explanatory. The final column (Web links) contains, where given, links to other items on this web-site or indeed to external sources where further information or photographs, etc can be found.
Aircraft: When a link to a particular aircraft is given, this only indicates aircraft it is known the crewman was associated with (such as when flight logs are available or the aircraft has failed to return from an operation). It does not exclude the fact that the crewman may well have flown on other aircraft too, that is either just not documented in the currently available records or simply not known to the author. The aircraft links will take you to the operations listed for that aircraft.
Note that the vast bulk of the information available about squadron servicemen presented below concerns air-crew; almost no information is available about the men, and women, of the technical and other ground crews who played their part in making the squadron an effective fighting unit. This is a shame, given the key role they played in keeping the aircraft in the air and the men flying them able to do their job. So if you have ground-crew information do please send it in so that it too can be included in the squadron record.
Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.
| Serviceman Details | Aircraft | Rank | Initials (First Name) |
Last Name | Decorations | Service | Service No. | Role | Flight | Other Information | Links | FTR? | Date | Service Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F/Sgt | D J (David Johnston) |
Yemen | RCAF | R.206017 | Nav | - | Posted to 550 Sqdn from No. 71 Base w.e.f. 8-1-45 Inj. Incorrectly included in original Roll of Honour as KIA. SURVIVED Phforzeim on NF998 - SOURCE F/O D.J.Hicks RCAF See also the reports on the investigations into the loss of Harris crew in ME428 in the RCAF Archives, Ottawa Married 21 May 1945 (Douglas Hicks best man) A book published in 2020 includes photographs of David Yemen in the years 1945-1985. Died 30 May 1986 aged 71 |
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FORDHarris/index.php /pages/st-denys-church.php http://www.airmuseum.ca/mag/0503.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52832661-the-harris-crew https://www.theharriscrew.com |
POW | 7/8 Mar 1945 |
LM273 ME428 NF998 PA995 PB843 |
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The details were last updated: 21 November 2024
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