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RAF Bourn was situated in Cambridgeshire, it was constructed during 1940. 648 airmen lost thier lives flying from RAF Bourn during World War Two. Today a civilian flying club uses part of the runway.





Squadrons stationed at RAF Bourn

  • No: 7 Squadron.
  • No: 15 Squadron
  • No: 97 Squadron. until April 1944.
  • No: 101 Squadron From Feb 1942
  • No: 162 Squadron
  • No: 105 Squadron. from March 1944
  • No: 23 O.T.U.
My Uncle, Philip Frederick Hoare (Dad's brother) was a pilot officer in the RAF serving as a Navigator on Wellingtons and then on Mosquito's, according to his log books he flew 62 Sorties and won the DFC.

He was a member of the Pathfinder force and served with 75 (NZ), 105 and 162 Squadrons. He flew in the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne and his last Sortie was a bombing raid on 25th April 1945 on Berchtesgaden.



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List of those who served.

  • F/O F. Allison DFM 97 Sqd.
  • P/O F.N. Alexander DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/O H.C. Aley RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.W. Angell 97 Sqd.
  • F/O J. Anstee 97 Sqd.
  • P/O G.W. Armstrong RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.E. Bacon 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.E. Baht RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O V. Baker 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.M. Baldwin RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT F. Ball 97 Sqd.
  • W/O A.N. Barrowman DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.A. Batholomew DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/S E.J. Battle RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT L.T. Beard 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J. Bell 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.S. Bennett DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P.J. Bennett 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G.H. Bentinck RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O S. Blackhurst 97 Sqd.
  • F/S H.J. Boal RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.V.T Bowerman 97 Sqd.
  • F/L G.W.S. Borthwick DFC 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.B. Bradford DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Brett 97 Sqd.
  • F/L D.J. Brill 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R. Bromley 97 Sqd.
  • F/L C.M. Brown RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.H. Brown 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.T. Brown 97 Sqd.
  • F/L K. Brown DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.E. Brown 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.T. Bundle DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/L F.P. Burbridge DFC 97 Sqd.
  • P/O R. Butler 97 Sqd.
  • F/L A.R. Cadman DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/O N.J. Callan RNZAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D. Cameron 97 Sqd.
  • F/S N.D. Cameron 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.A. Campbell 97 Sqd.
  • F/O E.J.L. Carpenter 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P. Cassidy 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt. Peter Lewis Chapman pilot 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • SGT W. Chapman 97 Sqd.
  • SGT H. Chappell 97 Sqd.
  • F/O T.E. Charles RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.T. Charles 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.G. Christie DFM RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L S. Clark MID. 97 Sqd.
  • Flight Lt. Peter Clayton. Pilot
  • SGT R.G. Cleeve 97 Sqd.
  • SGT T.L. Clifton 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.G.W. Climo 97 Sqd.
  • P/O W.D. Coates DFM 97 Sqd.
  • W/O G.R. Cobby 97 Sqd.
  • P/O A.J. Coleman RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.W. Collishaw 97 Sqd.
  • F/O W.A. Colson DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/O F. Colville 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.H.W. Cook 97 Sqd.
  • SGT G.E.W. Coombs 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A.J. Cossins 97 Sqd.
  • SGT F.T. Coulter 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.R. Cowen 97 Sqd.
  • P/O W.J. Craddock 97 Sqd.
  • F/O J. Craig DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L E.G. Crockett 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.E. Croft 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R. Crossgrove DFM RNZAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Cumming 97 Sqd.
  • F/O E.J. Currie 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J. Curry 97 Sqd.
  • P/O Colin Hubert Curtis. Pilot 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • SGT J.W. Darroch 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.C. Datta 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.B.S David RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A. Davie 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G.S. Davies 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.G. Davies 97 Sqd.
  • SGT L.L. Davis 97 Sqd.
  • SGT T. Deacon 97 Sqd.
  • S/L E.A. Deverill DFC AFC DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT E.J. Devine 97 Sqd.
  • W/O R.J. Dickie RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O E.G. Dolby DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.E. Doyle 97 Sqd.
  • F/S P.W. Dries RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S L.A. Drummond 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R. Dudley DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.A. Dunbar 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.G. Duncan 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt. Francis Ernest Dunn. wireless op/air gunner 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • F/S H.N. Dunnett RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D. Dushman 97 Sqd.
  • F/S F. Edwards 97 Sqd.
  • F/S T.W. Elder 97 Sqd.
  • F/L R.S. Emersson 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P.C. Evans 97 Sqd.
  • P/O K. Fairlie RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S F.R. Farr 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.T Fathers 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.C. Fentiman 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R. Ferguson 97 Sqd.
  • SGT H.T. Finch 97 Sqd.
  • P/O V.S. Flack 97 Sqd.
  • S/L J.N. Forrest DSC DFC 97 Sqd.
  • S/L K.J. Foster DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT K.E. Foxcroft RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.D. French 97 Sqd.
  • F/O J.C. Frizzell RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A.E. Gadsby 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.C. Gadsby 97 Sqd.
  • S/L J.M. Galick DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A.N. Gibbons 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.E. Glanvill 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.C.S. Golding 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J. Gomersall 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.W. Gooch 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Graham 97 Sqd.
  • P/O L.K.A. Grant RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT F.B. Grey 97 Sqd.
  • SGT G. Grundy 97 Sqd.
  • Corporal Eric Hall 97 Sqd.
  • F/O G.N. Hammond 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt. Alan Herbert Hancox. Air observer. 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • F/L R.E. Handley DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.A. Hare 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G.K. Harper 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A.R. Harris 97 Sqd.
  • P/O A.R. Hart RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O A. Hazell 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.St.C. Hebb RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.F. Hicks 97 Sqd.
  • F/S E. Hill 97 Sqd.
  • W/O W. Hill DFM RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O W.J. Hills 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R. Hinde 97 Sqd.
  • P/O Philip Frederick Hoare. nav. 162 Sqd. Raed his story
  • P/O W. Hodgson 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.M. Hogg DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.C.H. Holding 97 Sqd.
  • P/O G.J. Homersham 97 Sqd.
  • SGT S.F. Hone 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.L. Hope RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT M.D. Horner 97 Sqd.
  • F/S E.G Hubbard 97 Sqd.
  • F/S F.A. Hughes 97 Sqd.
  • F/L L.V. Hyde DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.R. Irvine RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/O M. Jenkins 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A. Jones 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.R.W. Jones 97 Sqd.
  • F/S L.G. Jones 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.J. Jones 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A.A. Johnson DFM RNZAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A. Johnson DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT H.H. Kendall 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.A. Kerckhove 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P.G.L. Kerr 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Killen 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.V. King 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J. Kirkwood 97 Sqd.
  • F/S B.G. Knoesen 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.R Kraemer RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT F.M. Lamb 97 Sqd.
  • W/O O. Lambert DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.M. Lane 97 Sqd.
  • SGT L.N.J. Laver 97 Sqd.
  • F/O N.C. Law RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.A. Lawrence 97 Sqd.
  • F/O E.E. Lawton 97 Sqd.
  • SGT B.E. Lewis 97 Sqd.
  • SGT H.J. Lewis 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.H.W. Little 97 Sqd.
  • P/O G.J. Little RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S L.G.K. Lock 97 Sqd.
  • S/L D.F. MacKenzie DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT L. Madeley 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Mallaber 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.J. Mansfield 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt Herbert William "Bert" Mantle. Air Gunner. 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • SGT J.E. Marchant RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • P/O D.J. Marks DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S P.A. Marsh RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P. Martin 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.P. Matthews 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D. MacDonald 97 Sqd.
  • P/O E.F. McEgan RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L A.S. McFadden 97 Sqd.
  • F/S T.W. McGrath RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • S/L R.A. McKinna DFC 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.C. McLeish DFC 97 Sqd.
  • S/L J.P. McMillin RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • Ir. Adolph Philip Meijer KvV. dutch 15 B Sqd (d. 03/03/1943 )
  • SGT L.E. Melbourne 97 Sqd.
  • F/L W.A. Meyer DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT C.A. Mills 97 Sqd.
  • F/S H.G. Mitchell 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A. Monaghan 97 Sqd.
  • SGT E.S. Monaghan 97 Sqd.
  • F/L D.McN Moodie DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.L. Mooney DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.M. Moore 97 Sqd.
  • F/L J.L. Moore DFC 97 Sqd.
  • P/O W.P. Moroney 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.S. Mortham 97 Sqd.
  • SGT H.E. Mottishaw 97 Sqd.
  • F/L J.F. Monro DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.D. Murdoch RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A.J. Newell 97 Sqd.
  • SGT B.H. Nicholas 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.C. Nicol 97 Sqd.
  • F/S S. Nuttal 97 Sqd.
  • F/S H.R. Page 97 Sqd.
  • P/O K. Painter 97 Sqd.
  • F/L E.H. Palmer DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.B.D. Palmer 97 Sqd.
  • S/L E.H. Parrott 97 Sqd.
  • F/O H.W. Parry 97 Sqd.
  • W/O W.A. Parsley RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT S.J. Peek DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Peers 97 Sqd.
  • W/O D.J. Penfold DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A. Pestell 97 Sqd.
  • F/O V.C. Peters 97 Sqd.
  • P/O R.C. Pike DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S H.J Pleydell 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A. Porritt 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Powell 97 Sqd.
  • P/O J.T. Pratt DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/s C.M. Price RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt."Taffy" Pritchard 97 Sqd.
  • SGT T.G.G. Pugh 97 Sqd.
  • F/s M.E. Putt 97 Sqd.
  • SGT S.S. Ramsden RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/O K.P. Rand 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.A. Read 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A. Reilly 97 Sqd.
  • P/O L.G. Rembridge 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.C. Renolds 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.H. Richards 97 Sqd.
  • SGT G. Ridley 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A.E. Roberts DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/L F.J. Roberts DFC 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Roberts 97 Sqd.
  • F/O O.B. Robertson DFC RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT S. Robson 97 Sqd.
  • F/L D.H. Rowlands DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A. Russel 97 Sqd.
  • F/O E. Sanderson 97 Sqd.
  • W/O W.T. Saunders 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J.W. Scholey 97 Sqd.
  • F/S I.M. Scott RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L F.P. Seward 97 Sqd.
  • F/S T.R. Shaw DFM 97 Sqd.
  • P/O C. Shnier RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L A.J.W. Silk DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S R.W. Sinden RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • W/O C.J. Skinner 97 Sqd.
  • F/O D.R. Smith 97 Sqd.
  • P/O G. Smith 97 Sqd.
  • F/S K.I. Smith 97 Sqd.
  • SGT N.R. Smith 97 Sqd.
  • F/S T.W. Smith 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt. Arthur Sidney Spackman. Wireless op/air Gunner. 101 Sqn (d. 20 Jan 1942)
  • F/S T.E. Stamp 97 Sqd.
  • F/O A.F. Stanislaus 97 Sqd.
  • F/L B.J. Starie DFC 97 Sqd.
  • T/S B.H Stedman USAAF
  • SGT W. Stephens 97 Sqd.
  • P/O W.J. Steven DFC 97 Sqd.
  • W/O L. Stevenson 97 Sqd.
  • F/S S.B. Stevenson DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.C. Stewart 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Stone 97 Sqd.
  • Sgt.Henry William Street 97 Sqd.Read his story
  • F/S J.T. Sullivan DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S H.S. Tait 97 Sqd.
  • P/O R. Taylor DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/O E. Thackway 97 Sqd.
  • SGT F. Thompson 97 Sqd.
  • F/S A. Tomlinson 97 Sqd.
  • F/L R.A. Trevor-Roper DFC DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/S D.O. Tunbridge 97 Sqd.
  • F/S V.N.W. Turner RNZAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT B.F. Tutt 97 Sqd.
  • SGT J. Tye 97 Sqd.
  • F/O J.V. Tyler 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J.N. Underwood 97 Sqd.
  • SGT P.H. Unwin 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.J. Vaughan 97 Sqd.
  • P/O P. De Villiers 97 Sqd.
  • SGT N.D.J. Vincent 97 Sqd.
  • P/O C.A. Wakley 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.G. Waller 97 Sqd.
  • F/L G.A. Watling 97 Sqd.
  • P/O T. Watson 97 Sqd.
  • P/O C.W. Webb RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/O L.S. Webb DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/O R.J. Weller DFM 97 Sqd.
  • SGT A.R.E. West 97 Sqd.
  • SGT R.C. Whale 97 Sqd.
  • F/O G.A. Wigley 97 Sqd.
  • F/S W.I. Wilkes 97 Sqd.
  • SGT D.E. Williams 97 Sqd.
  • F/S F.A. Williams RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G.I. Williams RCAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/L C.T. Wilson DFC 97 Sqd.
  • F/L R.P. Wishart RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G.W. Wood DFM 97 Sqd.
  • W/O John Woods DFC. Air gunner.
  • F/S N. Woodward 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W. Woodward 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G. Woolf RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • F/S J. Worsdale DFM 97 Sqd.
  • F/O I. Worth RAAF 97 Sqd.
  • SGT W.L. York 97 Sqd.
  • F/S G. Young 97 Sqd.

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