166 Squadronn Losses - Netherlands

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Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HF596 Squadron Designation: AS-A Missing: August 15th, 1943

F/Sgt Albert Peter Bates - Pilot - KIA

F/O Robert Philpot Swallow - Navigator - KIA

Sgt Ronald Carlon - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Arthur Bromby - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Gordon William Davidson Dean - Rear Gunner - KIA

missing North Sea 55km N Vlieland, Friesland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE924 Squadron Designation: AS-C Missing: June 22nd, 1943

Sgt Arthur Burgess - Pilot - KIA

Sgt George Rowland Wright - Navigator - KIA

F/Sgt William Francis Payne - Air Bomber - KIA

F/Sgt James Karl Stanley Somers - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Eric Jeffss - Rear Gunner - KIA

Neerkant, Noord-Brabant, Limburg

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HZ280 Squadron Designation: AS-Q Missing: May 14th, 1943

F/O William Wahl RCAF - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Stuart Arthur Hamilton Davis RCAF - Navigator - POW

P/O Henry Wilson Newby RCAF - Air Bomber - POW

F/Sgt William Norman Partridges RCAF - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt William Arnold Wright RCAF Rear Gunner - POW

crashed near Haelen (Limburg)

Aircraft: Wellington Mk III Aircraft S/N Number: X3965 Squadron Designation: AS-L Missing: March 30th, 1943

Sgt Owen Eastwood Collins RNZAF - Pilot - KIA

F/O Leslie Young - Navigator - POW

Sgt John Gordon Hubbard - Air Bomber - POW

F/Sgt Jack Bernard Bayliss RAAF - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/Sgt Stanley Noel Curtis RAAF Rear Gunner - POW

lost North Sea 20km W of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE923 Squadron Designation: AS-R Missing: May 5th, 1943

F/Sgt Andrew Peter Uditsky RCAF - Pilot - KIA

F/Sgt John Theo Macksimchuk RCAF - Navigator - KIA

F/Sgt Ernest Nixon Moore RCAF - Air Bomber - KIA

SgtTThomas Alexander Stuart Buchanan RCAF - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/Sgt George Ernest Armstrong RCAF Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed near Boertange to Vlagtwedde road, Gronlingen

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE244 Squadron Designation: AS-? Missing: May 5th, 1943

Sgt Arthur Irving Stark - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Dennis High - Navigator - KIA

F/Sgt Harold Jackson Salisbury - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt James Arthur Beedim - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/Sgt Theodore Lafontaine - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Kievitswaard, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE752 Squadron Designation: AS-W Missing: May 5th, 1943

F/Lt Donald Thomas Tonkinson - Pilot - KIA

F/O Thomas David Brown - Navigator - KIA

Sgt Percy Guest - Air Bomber - KIA

P/O Arthur Denis Johnson - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Norman Percival Rayner - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Oele near Hengelo, Overijssel

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HF589 Squadron Designation: AS-W Missing: June 26th, 1943

F/Sgt Mervyn John Arthur RAAF - Pilot - POW

Sgt Laurence Arthur Butterworth - Navigator - POW

Sgt James Bailey - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt John Orr - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Stanley Gaskin - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Hekendorp, Utrecht

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE545 Squadron Designation: AS-H Missing: March 29th, 1943

P/O James Robert Arthur Hodgson - Pilot - KIA

P/O Stanley Robert Farley - Navigator - KIA

P/O Frederick Louis Edward Dupre RCAF - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt David Keenan - Wireless Operator - KIA

P/O Robert Allen Weese - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed near 'Zonheuvel' estate, Schaarsbergen, Gelderland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE346 Squadron Designation: AS-M Missing: June 26th, 1943

W/O Charles Alfred Mattress - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Alfred Mortimer - Navigator - KIA

Sgt John Priestley - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Norman Ronald Parry - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Thomas Ball - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Zerdijk, Holwerd, Friesland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE655 Squadron Designation: AS-D Missing: May 24th, 1943

Sgt Charles William Henry Westwood - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Arthur Benson - Navigator - KIA

Sgt Harold Walter Fields - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt William Parker Baxter - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Terence William Shadgett - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Oirschot, NW of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant

Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I Aircraft S/N Number: ME777 Squadron Designation: AS-K2 Missing: June 13th, 1944

F/O William George Grant BEM - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Joseph Eric Bawtree - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/O Herbert William Davis RAAF - Air Bomber - KIA

F/O John Henry Stopp RAAF - Navigator - KIA

F/Sgt Leslie Thomas Hunt RAAF - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/O Harry Arthur Bulger Brown RAAF - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

F/O Keith James Moses RAAF - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed S of the Wassinkbrink hamlet, Zelhem, Gelderland

Aircraft: Lancaster MkI Aircraft S/N Number: ME779 Squadron Designation: AS-S Missing: May 12th, 1944

P/O Geoffrey John Reader Clark - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Kenneth Slater - Flight Engineer - POW

F/Sgt Percy Robert Pool - Navigator - POW

F?Sgt Montague Basil Brackley RNZAF - Air Bomber - POW

Sgt Raymond James Bond - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Herbert Stanley Douglas Tulett - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt Leonard George Smith - Rear Gunner - KIA

shot down Elkerzee hamlet, Scharendijke, Zeeland

Aircraft: Lancastern MkI Aircraft S/N Number: R5552 Squadron Designation: AS-P2 Missing: May 12th, 1944

F/Sgt Kenneth Bert Renelt - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Ernest Charles Toms - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/Sgt Alexander Bernard Sheddan RNZAF - Navigator - KIA

F?Sgt James William Thompson - Air Bomber - KIA

F/Sgt John Francis Moore - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Leslie Allan Hanson - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt David Bernard - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Middelharnis

Aircraft: Lancastern MkIII Aircraft S/N Number: ND956 Squadron Designation: AS-I Missing: May 22nd, 1944

F/Sgt Trevor Gordon Franklin - Pilot - KIA

Sgt John Frederick Tomney - Flight Engineer - POW

F?Sgt Stanley Derek Spencer - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Bruce Forrester Bird - Navigator - POW

Sgt James Kiltie - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/Sgt Allan Andrew Anderson RCAF - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt John Moffatt - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed near Peursum(Glessenburg), Zuid-Holland

Aircraft: Lancastern MkIII Aircraft S/N Number: ND579 Squadron Designation: AS-M Missing: May 22nd, 1944

P/O James William Reilly - Pilot - POW

Sgt David Dickson - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/Sgt Leonard Charles Clutterbuck - Navigator - KIA

F/O Philip Pochailo RCAF - Air Bomber - evd

Sgt Terence John Meehan - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Willliam Black Rankin - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt Arthur Patmore - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed North Sea, Rotterdam, zuid-Holland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE486 Squadron Designation: AS-L Missing: May 24th, 1943

F/O Albert Edward Stewart - Pilot - KIA

F/Lt John Gordon Eldridge DFC+Bar - Navigator - KIA

Sgt John Howard Griffiths - Air Bomber - KIA

P/O Stanley Buchan Jobes - Wireless Operator - KIA

P/O John Fryan Sanders - Rear Gunner - KIA

missing North Sea 7km W Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland

Aircraft: Lancastern MkIII Aircraft S/N Number: ND399 Squadron Designation: AS-A Missing: June 13th, 1944

P/O John Stanley Kirton - Pilot - KIA

Sgt James Patrick Coogan - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/O Jack Lesney Lochhead - Navigator - KIA

F/O Peter Lancelot Andrewes - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Alfred John Brazier - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Frederick Ivan Spencer - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt Cecil McLean - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Elkeerzee, Scharendijke, Zeeland

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE699 Squadron Designation: AS-M Missing: May 26th, 1943

Sgt Robert Lowe - Pilot - KIA

Sgt George James Mitchner - Navigator - KIA

Sgt John George Watkins - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Stanley Francis Barrow - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Leslie Malcolm Chisnall - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Proostdijk, near Nederweert, Limburg

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE235 Squadron Designation: AS-H Missing: May 26th, 1943

Sgt Roy Batterbee - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Jack Thomas Francis - Navigator - KIA

Sgt Keneth Mackintosh - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Alfred Joseph Railton - Wireless Operator - KIA

W/O Edward Alan Sproule - Rear Gunner - KIA

missing North Sea 30 km west of Den Helder

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE752 Squadron Designation: AS-W Missing: May 28th, 1943

F/Lt Donald Thomas Tonkinson - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Percy Guiest - Navigator - KIA

F/O Thomas David Brown - Air Bomber - KIA

P/O Arthur Denis Johnson - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Norman Percival Rayner - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Oele near Hengelo, Overijisel

Aircraft: Lancaster MkIII Aircraft S/N Number: LM581 Squadron Designation: AS-X Missing: June 13th, 1944

F/O Trevor Willmont Boyce RNZAF - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Joseph Burnett Carter - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/O Andrew Burgess Leonard - Navigator - KIA

F/O Maurice Arnold Monks - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Stanley Alldis - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Harold Rothwell - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

Sgt Ian Murray Ross - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Tongeran hamlet approx. 4km W of Epe

Aircraft: Lancaster MkI Aircraft S/N Number: ME647 Squadron Designation: AS-J Missing: December 31, 1944

F/Lt James Anthony Sherry RCAF - Pilot - KIA

F/O Alexander Martin - Flight Engineer - KIA

F/O Michael Bernyk RCAF - Navigator - KIA

F/O Donald Howard Bennett RCAF - Air Bomber - KIA

F/Sgt Kenneth Surman - Wireless Operator - KIA

F/Sgt Clarence Young RCAF - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA

F/Sgt John Cletus Daze RCAF - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Eygelshhoven near Heelen, Province of Zuid-Limberg

Aircraft: Wellington Mk X Aircraft S/N Number: HE290 Squadron Designation: AS-J Missing: May 24th, 1943

Sgt Edward Silas Morris - Pilot - KIA

Sgt Frederick Victor George Alloway - Navigator - KIA

Sgt Harold Blamire Thompson - Air Bomber - KIA

Sgt Alfred Joseph Railton - Wireless Operator - KIA

Sgt Ronald Frederick Williamson RCAF - Rear Gunner - KIA

crashed Leppepaalweg, Rutbeek, near Buurse, Overijssel

* Information Researched and Map compiled by Jan Nieuwenhuis & David R. Swallow*

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