Historic Sites of Manitoba: RCAF Second World War Memorial Wall - B

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Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Michael Joseph McDoctor Badre

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 2nd Class

18 April 1916

24 January 1942

Arthur James Bagg

15 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Observer

21 December 1920

8 March 1943

Martin Bailey
[Glenboro]

75 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

29 December 1916

28 August 1943

Russell Norman Bailey

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

7 March 1919

6 June 1942

Gordon Douglas Russell Baird
[Eatons]

111 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

6 September 1920

16 July 1942

Jack Douglas Baird
[Westminster]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

29 March 1924

6 December 1944

Nelson George Baird

408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer

14 December 1923

7 March 1945

Henry Douglas Baker
[Neepawa]

418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

5 March 1919

9 April 1943

Herbert Allan Baker
[Carman, Graysville, Graysville School]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

30 November 1917

29 January 1944

James Hamilton Balloch

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

10 November 1917

22 October 1943

James Henry Bambridge
[Melita]

619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

1 September 1916

9 June 1943

Maurice Jean Barbe
[Flin Flon]

50 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

2 January 1912

27 January 1943

Herbert Boyd Barber

83 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

17 December 1917

26 July 1942

Arnold Smedley Barclay
[Tyndall]

640 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

29 November 1907

20 February 1944

Philip Grimshaw Barclay

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

25 June 1920

31 May 1942

Joseph Roger Baril

354 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

16 September 1925

22 April 1945

Gerald Louis Barker

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

25 August 1917

22 July 1943

James Melvin (Jimmy) Barker
[Glenboro, Holland]

406 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

23 April 1924

9 August 1945

Percy Barlow
[Souris]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

26 December 1909

17 December 1944

Thomas Barlow
[Flin Flon]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

28 February 1911

17 February 1944

Arthur John George Barnes
[Eatons, St. James the Assiniboine Anglican Church]

138 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

15 May 1921

28 April 1944

Joseph Roy Barnett
[Eatons]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

17 August 1921

14 January 1943

Arthur Theodore Barnson
[Selkirk]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

26 August 1922

3 December 1943

Raymond John Baroni
[Neepawa]

9 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

6 December 1922

16 December 1943

Henry Charles Barr

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

9 January 1925

10 January 1945

Martin Barrett

49 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

9 September 1923

9 July 1943

Percival Edward Barron
[Flin Flon]

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

9 March 1915

29 March 1943

Paul Jack Barske
[Whitemouth]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

16 November 1917

26 November 1943

John Edward Baskerville
[United College]

51 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

9 July 1914

19 March 1940

Arthur John “Jack” Bate
[Memorial Park Circle]

101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

2 August 1923

6 November 1944

Thomas Cecil Bate
[CAT Plaque MacGregor, Oakville]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

25 June 1900

26 January 1942

John Hawthornthwaite Bateman

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

23 May 1923

19 September 1943

Harold Mark Batters
[Portage la Prairie]

401 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

2 September 1918

4 December 1942

Raymond Lamport Baumgarten

428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

29 November 1919

13 May 1943

Edward Granville Bayer
[Selkirk, St. Andrew’s]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

20 January 1923

7 March 1944

Roy Bernard Beach

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

20 February 1915

31 March 1944

Alexander Farquhar Beaton
[Brandon Collegiate]

428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

24 August 1918

28 May 1943

Herbert John Beaton
[Shoal Lake, Strathclair]

431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

19 February 1915

5 March 1945

Hugh Donald Beattie

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

28 April 1922

14 May 1943

James Murray Beatty
[Westminster]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

16 October 1923

2 December 1943

Gerald McKee Beech
[Argyle]

9 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

12 April 1918

29 July 1942

William Lionel Beech
[Argyle]

234 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Pilot Officer

circa 1920

16 January 1941

David Bell DFC

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

18 March 1916

30 November 1944

John Alwain Bellamy

424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

10 August 1913

7 March 1945

Adam Sidney Bellingham

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

15 March 1915

24 July 1943

Allan Conway Belyea

103 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

23 February 1923

31 March 1944

Donald Edward Bennett

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

21 January 1915

5 March 1943

Donald Howard Bennett
[Stonewall, Stony Mountain]

166 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

14 June 1920

31 December 1944

Gordon Bennett DFC, DSO

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Squadron, Leader

15 May 1920

25 May 1944

Stanley Albert Bennett

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Flying Officer

1890

2 August 1945

Ivor Bruce Benson
[Manitou]

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

17 August 1917

25 February 1945

Lawrence John Benville
[Portage la Prairie]

408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

7 August 1923

5 January 1945

Edwin Robert Bergquist
[MacGregor]

83 Squadron, Pathfinder Force, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

16 February 1915

13 October 1942

David Bernard
[Oak Lake]

166 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

26 August 1923

20 December 1943

John La Pointe Berry
[Roland]

424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

21 May 1922

31 March 1944

Wallace Llewellyn Berry
[Virden]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

2 November 1915

15 August 1941

Bruce Martin Berven DFM
[Flin Flon]

40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I

1 April 1905

17 September 1943

Frank Frederick Bestick

38 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Sergeant

17 November 1913

12 April 1940

Norman Garnet Betts

434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

25 January 1916

23 August 1943

George Beverley

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

27 December 1916

26 February 1943

Alexander Edward Beyak

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

26 October 1920

22 October 1943

Wilbert Jacob Bieber
[Miniota]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

8 June 1921

7 August 1943

William McKay Biehl
[Morden]

78 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Sergeant

?

13 June 1944

Richard Alan Biggerstaff
[Brandon Collegiate]

426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

2 November 1925

5 March 1945

Victor Edward Bill

10 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

24 May 1920

4 September 1943

James William Billing

487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

9 December 1920

2 March 1943

Clifford Marvin Bingham
[St. James Presbyterian Church, St. James School]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

23 November 1920

20 July 1943

Richard Henry Bird

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

1 February 1915

9 November 1945

Leonard William Birkinshaw
[Rapid City]

407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

8 May 1913

20 January 1943

Denis Clive Bishop
[St. John's Anglican Cathedral]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

4 August 1916

27 October 1943

Guy Andre Rene Bisonnette

78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

10 September 1919

26 July 1942

Jack Montgomery Bissett DFM
[Manitoba Power Commission, Pilot Mound, Regents Park United Church]

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Squadron Leader

10 August 1920

31 March 1944

Albert Lloyd Bjarnason
[Langruth]

424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

12 November 1920

29 July 1943

Angus John Black
[Carman]

57 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

25 April 1923

22 June 1944

Roland Edward Black
[Ninette, Kelvin Technical School]

103 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

3 May 1923

2 December 1943

Henry Westbrook Blackwell
[Memorial Park Circle, Neepawa, Transcona Memorial United Church]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

24 November 1913

26 November 1941

James Richmond Blackwood
[Basswood]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

15 May 1922

25 September 1941

James Stanley Bladon
[Dauphin]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

6 October 1918

24 July 1942

William Blair
[St. Eustache]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

18 January 1914

28 May 1944

Claude Cecil Blamey

200 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

10 September 1921

6 January 1943

John James Blanchfield

410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

13 March 1917

26 November 1943

Herbert Blaydes

9 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

4 May 1916

25 June 1944

Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn
[Eatons, Regents Park United Church]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

4 May 1943

4 May 1943

Colin John Blyth

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

22 December 1921

29 July 1944

Stanley Bocking
[United College]

87 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

19 April 1920

30 July 1942

Alvin Graham Bodkin

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

26 June 1909

7 October 1944

William Bodley

100 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

28 November 1919

11 April 1943

Joseph Eloi Bohemier
[Ste. Anne]

441 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

12 January 1918

23 January 1945

Joseph George Louis Boisvert
[Elm Creek, Fannystelle]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

23 April 1909

19 September 1943

William Harold Boles
[Deloraine]

426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

14 December 1912

27 November 1943

Frank Dowler Bollert
[Westminster Church, United College]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 1st Class

9 July 1920

20 June 1942

Murray Wallace Bonner
[Miniota]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

1920

19 August 1943

Archibald Neville Book
[St. Alban's Anglican Church, Kelvin Technical School]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

16 March 1919

1 January 1944

James Robert Booth
[Kildonan Church]

115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

5 March 1923

28 January 1944

Robert Alexander Booth CdG avec Palm Belgium
[Kelvin Technical School]

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

24 September 1918

28 April 1944

Edward Borkofsky

78 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

21 April 1922

6 October 1944

Frank Boroski
[Selkirk]

139 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

16 September 1914

2 June 1941

Harold Wallace Botterill

424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

9 September 1923

1 November 1944

Ross Malcolm Botting
[Selkirk]

355 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

25 April 1922

19 March 1945

Clive Arkoll Boulton
[Russell, Kelvin Technical School]

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

6 November 1923

15 March 1945

William Stanley Bourke
[Brandon Collegiate]

425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

14 September 1915

9 November 1942

William Richardson Bower
[Domain, Morris, Ritchot]

14 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

7 March 1911

23 November 1942

Donald Stuart Maxwell Bowes

419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

13 October 1923

31 March 1945

Jack Marshall Boyd
[Elgin]

77 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

24 July 1916

31 October 1941

Jamie Ralph Boyd
[Powerview-Pine Falls]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 2nd Class

30 May 1923

13 December 1941

Harry Thomas Boyes
[Brandon Collegiate]

156 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

25 December 1918

21 December 1942

Harold Arthur Brad
[Miniota]

106 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

31 December 1922

27 April 1944

Frederick Bradley
[Miniota, Kelvin Technical School]

418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

3 January 1922

10 July 1942

Gordon Clark Bradley

103 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I Air Gunner

1 February 1909

3 August 1943

Irvine Clifford Bradley
[Portage la Prairie]

464 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

16 September 1922

1 January 1945

Lloyd Latimer Bradley

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

8 November 1920

22 April 1943

James Bradshaw

114 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

18 September 1919

27 October 1941

Melvyn Hamilton Brandon
[Reston]

418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant Observer

23 September 1915

1 April 1942

Roy Leonard Brandow
[Selkirk]

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

20 March 1923

29 March 1943

Reginald Shore Bray
[Alexander, Alexander United Church]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

10 March 1919

26 July 1944

William John Breen

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

24 October 1919

31 August 1943

Philip Sibbald Ogilvie Brichta DFM
[Selkirk]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I

4 January 1911

16 September 1942

Donald Andrew Brigden
[Carman]

442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying OFficer

12 January 1919

1 January 1945

Clifford McNeil Broadfoot

434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

17 July 1919

20 February 1944

John “Jack” Gordon Broder
[Kelvin Technical School]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

13 February 1916

24 February 1944

Lucien David Brooks

229 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

31 August 1920

25 April 1942

Alan Francis Brown

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

20 April 1921

23 May 1944

Cecil Allan Brown

434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

12 July 1911

18 August 1943

Duncan Stewart Brown
[Charleswood / South Headingly, Headingly]

158 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

16 May 1924

18 December 1944

Francis Norman Brown
[Rathwell]

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

26 June 1925

5 January 1945

Gordon Fred Cyril Brown
[St. Margaret's Church]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 2nd Class

23 February 1921

15 August 1941

Harold Allan Brown

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

16 October 1921

11 July 1945

Harold Earl Brown

627 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

26 April 1915

28 September 1944

Ian Stewart Brown

100 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

26 November 1919

17 April 1943

Mark Henry Brown DFC & Bar
[Glenboro, MacGregor]

249 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Wing Commander

9 October 1911

12 November 1941

Norman Conway Brown
[Portage la Prairie]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

31 July 1923

26 August 1943

Raymond Clifford Brown

415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

28 March 1925

24 February 1945

Wilfred David Brown
[Virden]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I

13 October 1919

19 September 1943

Thomas Robert Brownfield
[Norwood United Church]

219 (RAF) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

12 October 1920

17 November 1942

James Millar Brownie
[Flin Flon]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

4 January 1917

2 July 1943

David Ellis Brownlee
[Reston]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

10 May 1921

28 August 1942

George Russell Bruce

133 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Pilot Officer

?

23 October 1941

William Irvin Bruce

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

14 November 1923

7 August 1944

William Stewart Bryans

97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

25 April 1919

27 August 1944

George Bryson
[Deloraine]

106 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

4 May 1918

27 April 1944

David Buchanan

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

15 April 1915

27 March 1945

John "Jack" Andrew Buckham
[Brandon Collegiate]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 2nd Class

6 July 1922

26 August 1941

George Ellis Buckingham
[Crystal City]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

8 June 1919

7 July 1941

Kenneth Allan Buckley
[MacGregor]

257 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

20 February 1920

1 March 1944

John Albert Buick

12 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

20 April 1915

9 January 1943

George Roy Bullion
[Argyle]

273 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

9 May 1922

11 December 1944

Earl Kitchener Bulloch
[Reston]

467 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

5 May 1916

12 September 1944

Roy Victor Burch
[Selkirk]

578 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

5 August 1916

24 March 1944

Laurie Francis Burke
[Gladstone]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

23 April 1927

22 November 1943

John Alan Burkitt

58 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

22 June 1919

26 April 1945

David Garrett Burlingam

400 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

16 March 1917

19 August 1942

Leslie Gordon Emanuel Burnett
[Broadway First Baptist Church, Eatons, McCreary]

426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

5 January 1922

24 August 1943

Glenn David Welsh Burnie

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

12 December 1921

24 August 1944

William Burns
[Roblin]

431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

16 March 1922

22 October 1943

David George Davidson Burnside
[Fidelity Lodge No. 146, First Presbyterian Church]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

17 July 1913

3 September 1943

Harold Francis Burt-Gerrans

422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

3 July 1916

19 December 1942

Frank Earl Burton
[Neepawa, Lansdowne]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 1st Class

20 February 1923

12 December 1942

William Harvey Burton

434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

4 September 1923

22 October 1943

Frederick Lloyd Butcher
[Birtle, Burdette School District No. 163]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

1920

24 May 1944

Joseph Goodwin Butcher
[Carman, Law Society of Manitoba, United College]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

18 June 1915

25 February 1941

George Edwin Charles Butler
[Broadway First Baptist Church]

4 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

3 June 1918

14 November 1944

Harold Byers
[Elm Creek, Souris]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

26 November 1919

23 January 1945

Vernon William Byers
[Flin Flon]

617 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

24 September 1919

17 May 1943

See Also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: RCAF Second World War Memorial Wall (300 Commonwealth Way, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: No. 12 Service Flying Training School / Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (300 Commonwealth Way, Brandon)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 October 2025

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