222577 4B Canning, Flt Sgt Douglas Henry, RAF, bomb aimer and one of the seven crew of a 196 Squadron Stirling bomber, piloted by Flt Sgt P W Brett, POW No 222486, see his entry above. Photograph of D H Canning at right courtesy of Andy Canning.

222578 Luft III Carpenter, Sgt L R A, 115 Sq RAF

222579 4B Case, Sgt W R, R/184772, RCAF

222580 Luft III Casey, Flt Sgt J, 35 Sq, RAF

222581 4B Catterick, Flt Sgt D, 75 Sq RAF

222582 4B Cooper, F/Sgt L G, 7 Sq RAF

222583 4B Cooper, Sgt M C, 214 Sq RAF

222584 Luft III Crompton. P/O D, 78 Sq RAF

222585 4B Dart, W/O A J, 7 Sq RAF

222586 4B Daulby, Flt Sgt G, 657141, RAF

222587 4B Davidson, W/O A, 7 Sq RAF

As evidenced by the two identity swaps below and the many RAF personnel listed above, it seems to be at around the 222400 point that a batch of POW RAF aircrew interrupts the flow of Other Ranks Army POWs from Italy in the Stalag 4B number allocations. POW details on the small sample of RAF aircrew listed here are extracted and rearranged from the squadron by squadron listing in the excellent W R Chorley book Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1943. It's also interesting to note that unlike Army Other Ranks, the RAF POWs, batch by batch, seem to have been assigned their German POW numbers in surname alphabetical order.

222588 4B Davies, W/O R L, 1653069, RAF

222589 4B Dickenson, Flt Sgt J, 623 Sq RAF

222590 4B Dixon, Flt Sgt T D, R/69259, RCAF

222591 4B Field, Flt Sgt F J, 158 Sq RAF

222592 4B Flanagan, Flt Sgt G E, 77 Sq RAF

222593 4B Froats, Flt Sgt T, 620 Sq RAF

222994 4B Gnam, Sgt H C, R/131645, 415 Sq RCAF. Aircraft X2898 downed 18/8/43.

222595 4B Goddard, Sgt R, 158 Sq RAF

222596 Stalag Luft III, 262907 Gordon-Powell, Sgt S K, 1332785, RAF, exchanged identity with 262907 4D Leiper, Pte C,

222597 4B Gosling, F/Sgt P E M, 1300797, 51 Sq, RAF

222598 4B Gosling, F/Sgt R J, 1288639, RAF

553340, DLI

222597 4B Bosling, F/Sgt P E M, 51 Sq, RAF

222598 4B Gosling, F/Sgt R J, 1288639, RAF

222599 4B Gray, Flt Sgt B, 1366745, RAF,

222600 4B Grieve, Flt Sgt H W L, 158 Sq RAF

222601 4B Hart, Flt Sgt F S, 100 Sq RAF

222602 4B Hawkins, Flt Sgt A V, 1396219, RAF

222604 4B Hogg, W/O R S, 591667, 35 Sq RAF

222605 4B Hood, F/O J F S, 156004, RAF

222606 4B Horten, Sgt R W, 1314104, RAF

222607 4B Huggins, Flt Sgt Louis Henry, 1383644, RAF, WOP/AG, one of the seven crew of a 196 Squadron Stirling bomber, pilot Flt Sgt P W Brett, POW No 222486, see his entry.

222608 4B Humphreys, Flt Sgt W E, 1622145, RAF.

222609 4B Hurley, W/O G J, 999563, 35 Sq RAF

222610 4B Kerr Flt Sgt Eric Walter J, 1093647, navigator and one of the seven crew of a 196 Squadron Stirling bomber, pilot Flt Sgt P W Brett, POW No 222486, see his entry above..

222611 4B Kerr, Flt Sgt W S, R/105117, RCAF

222612 L3 Lane, Sgt A, 1356193, RAF

222613 4B Laverick, W/O H G, 1138484, RAF. Serving with 415 Sq RCAF.

222614 4B Lawton, Flt Sgt Edward, 1577907, RAF, air gunner, one of the seven crew of a 196 Squadron Stirling bomber, pilot Flt Sgt P W Brett, POW No 222486, see his entry.

222615 L3 Lloyd, Sgt A M, 973490, RAF

222616 4B Lott, Flt Sgt C R, 1126792, RAF

222617 4B Lydall, Flt Sgt K, 1045322, RAF

222618 4B Mabbs, J F, 1386529, RAF

222619 4B MacKenzie, WOI A G, R/78574, RCAF

222620 4B McKinnon, W/O H N, 623970, RAF

222621 4B Maxwell, Sgt W L, 1551037, RAF

222623 4B Minguy, Flt Sgt J T J J, R/96906, RCAF

222624 4B Morrison, Flt Sgt D M, 1366005, RAF

222625 4B O’Neil, WOII P J, R/164698, RCAF

222626 L3 Parsons, Flt Sgt L P, 1455528, 75 Sq RAF

222627 4B Patterson, G W, RCAF

222628 4B Payne, W/O J, DFM, 755925, 7 Sq RAF

222629 4B Poyser, F, 1670209, RAF

222630 L3 Primmet, J F, 1600858, RAF

222631 4B Quelch, Flt Sgt R N, 1319114, 75 Sq RAF NEXT PAGE