Royal Air Force Survivors rescued after the sinking of

HMT Lancastria on Monday 17 June 1940


The superscript JH indicates that the survivor was brought back to Plymouth in the SS John Holt and FL is SS Floristan


Document Nos. AIR 81/979/1 and AIR 81/979/2


98 Squadron


564109 Sergeant Adams Dennis

515325 Sergeant Adams Robert Albert

571202 Aircraftman 1st Class Adams Ronald Albert

569366 LAC (Fitter 2nd Class) Ainley Alfred John

580933 Sergeant (Air Observer) Aitken John Seton

799877 AC 2 (Driver/Petrol) Alcock Joseph B.

560515 Sergeant (Electrician) Alexander H. E. SS John Holt

517978 Sergeant Alford Herbert James George

745436 Sergeant (Pilot) Allton Leslie Charles SS John Holt

523215 Sergeant Anderson Ian James

975633 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Archer Reginald Ernest

522861 Sergeant (Air Observer) Ash Reginald Geoffrey

741156 Sergeant (Pilot) Atkins William Evan

581027 Sergeant (Air Observer) Atkinson Harold SS John Holt

544626 Aircraftsman Aust Leslie Roy

638410 Aircraftman 2nd Class Austin Arnold

628060 Aircraftman 1st Class Avery Peter George

634090 LAC (Electrician) Bailey James Clifford

Sergeant Baker Leslie George (19)

581430 Sergeant Banfield Francis Harold

612125 Leading Aircraftman Barton Henry

581494 Sergeant (Air Observer) Batch Alexander Richard JH

906918 Aircraftman 2nd Class Bayley George Albert

771967 Sergeant Beattie Evan Montgomerie

745763 Sergeant (Pilot) Bendall Jack SS John Holt

507458 Corporal Bennison Alfred

580495 Sergeant (Air Observer) Berriedale-Johnson Edward   William

623092 AC 1 (Air Command HQ) Blackburn Jack

581080 Sergeant (Air Observer) Blake Leonard Ernest

Charles SS John Holt

751147 Aircraftman 2nd Class Bogue James Joseph Aloysius

570734 LAC (Fitter 2nd Class) Bolt Philip Charles

534276 Leading Aircraftman Bond James

948507 Aircraftman 2nd Class Booth Claude Cecil

532933 Leading Aircraftman Booth Ernest

633089 Leading Aircraftman Borrows John

905891 Aircraftman 1st Class Boxall Alvah John George

551898 Leading Aircraftman Brett Edward Samuel John

903578 AC 2 (Instrument Repairer) Bright Horace

972493 Aircraftman 2nd Class Broadbent Thomas Harrop

640008 LAC (Cook & Butcher) Brogan James Hendrie

552771 Aircraftman 2nd Class Brown Alexander

564057 Sergeant Brown Frederick William

581014 Sergeant (Air Observer) Brown Joseph Alfred SS John Holt

700446 Sergeant Brown Percival George

581266 Sergeant Brown Ralph Clayton

551014 LAC (Armourer) Bucknell John Hugh

973844 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Burgess Thomas

751687 Sergeant Butcher Thomas Derrick

565516 Corporal (Fitter 1st Class) Button H.

947778 AC 1 (Driver/Petrol) Caddick Arthur

561494 Sergeant Calder George Jones

967416 Aircraftman 2nd Class Cameron John

967629 Aircraftman 2nd Class Campbell John

581438 Sergeant Canham John Lorimer Neville

353643 Warrant Officer (AC HQ) Carr Richard

581497 Sergeant Carter Gerald Wilfred Charles

638511 Flight Sergeant Carter Harry Frederick

77786 Pilot Officer Castle John Filleul SS John Holt

619270 AC 1 (Flight Mechanic) Cawton Albert

505024 Sergeant (Photographer) Chadwick Walter Leslie

909610 Aircraftman 2nd Class Chapman Roy

949299 AC 2 (Driver/Petrol) Cheeseman Alan Douglas

542110 LAC (Cook & Butcher) Cheevers Robert Moore

612670 Aircraftman 2nd Class Clarke Charles

629868 AC 1 (Air Command HQ) Clarke D.

975634 Aircraftman 2nd Class Coggans George Muirhead

551334 Corporal Conneeley Joseph

535011 LAC (Air Command HQ) Cook David George

937080 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Corbett Albert Charles

622330 Leading Aircraftman Corlett Bernard Francis

570150 Leading Aircraftman Cornish Cecil William 'Oscar'

645498 Aircraftman 2nd Class Courtney Ronald James

755434 Sergeant (Air Observer) Cox Kenneth Victor SS John Holt

937864 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Cox Thomas Harold

977293 Aircraftman 2nd Class Crossley John Thomas

359177 Flight Sergeant Cubitt A. SS John Holt

544264 LAC (Flight Rigger) Curry Harold Herbert

356911 Sergeant (Armourer) Daniel Frank Henry SS John Holt

620868 LAC (Photographer) Dannit Edgar John

946588 Aircraftman 2nd Class Davies Edgar Charles

566109 Corporal Denyer James

626974 Sergeant (Flight Mechanic) Dickins Thomas Edward

633687 AC 2 (Flight Mechanic) Dickinson Wilson

906912 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Dolby Douglas James

572019 Aircraftman 1st Class Done George Kyffin

616987 AC 2 (Flight Rigger) Doyle John Joseph

534336 Corporal Draycott Donald

522610 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Dunleavy Thomas

619678 AC 1 (Flight Mechanic) Edwards Thomas Roy

971742 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Egan Arthur Raymond

524780 Corporal Fell Charles Arthur

580771 Sergeant (Air Observer) Fenner Raymond Nigel

581444 Sergeant (Air Observer) Finch Albin James

970660 AC 1 (Driver/Petrol) Findlay Mathew

519982 Leading Aircraftman Firby Albert John 'Jack' SS John Holt

510100 Sergeant (Air Observer) Forder William George SS John Holt

756709 AC 1 (Driver/Petrol) Forney Walter D.

356338 Sergeant (Driver Petrol) Foster Leslie Austin SS John Holt

614527 AC 1 (Driver/Petrol) Fullerton Donald Benjamin

514548 Sergeant (Armourer) Gale Cyril Percy

517540 Sergeant Gardiner Frederick Henry

751546 Sergeant (Air Observer) Gibbons Frederick J.

613743 Sergeant (Air Gunner) Gibbons Michael Francis

540695 LAC (Flight Rigger) Gleasure Richard William

580592 Sergeant (Air Observer) Glenn William James

907027 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Godfrey Thomas Robert

633764 AC 1 (Electrician) Green Douglas Edward

612214 Corporal (Armourer) Greenfield Alan

350887 Corporal (Driver/Petrol) Gregory Arthur George

749468 Sergeant (Air Observer) Guyton Hugh D. F. SS John Holt

625357 Leading Aircraftman (Electrician) Halligan James

906874 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Ham Sidney David

581216 Sergeant Harding Reginald Alfred

908777 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Hart Walter Thomas

580955 Sergeant (Air Observer) Haslop Edmund Ronald

567384 Corporal Hatelie Donald Moscrop

629428 Leading Aircraftman Hazelwood G.

613992 Aircraftman 1st Class Heaton Alan Frederick John

526154 Cpl (Air Command HQ) Heineman Frederick George

523113 Sergeant (Air Observer) Hicks Frank Edward Malcolm

644779 Ldg Aircraftman (Driver/Petrol) Higgs Thomas Gwilym

561945 Sergeant Hill Arthur James SS John Holt

551526 Aircraftman 1st Class Hill William Henry

620880 AC 1 (Armourer) Hind Frank William SS John Holt

749422 Sergeant (Air Observer) Hindle David L.

623077 Aircraftman 2nd Class Hoey Frederick Bertram

636913 Leading Aircraftman (Flight Rigger) Holt Richard

333911 Corporal Hopkins D.

751763 Leading Aircraftman Hopkins Reginald Albert

971917 Aircraftman 2nd Class Hopkinson Kenneth Graham

522642 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Hopper Maurice Leslie

902801 LAC (Clerk/General Duties) Hornby Harry

633022 LAC (Carpenter) Hort Eric

762508 Aircraftman 1st Class Hubbard G. B.

620414 Aircraftman 1st Class Hudson George

751868 Leading Aircraftman Hughes P. D.

906911 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Hughes Stanley Frederick William

571509 LAC (Fitter 2nd Class) Hughes Thomas Marius

611809 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Inglis Alexander Marshall

571119 AC 1 (Fitter 2nd Class) Isaacs Leslie Charles

571236 AC 1 (Fitter 2nd Class) Jackson Thomas Edward

567622 Corporal Jagger David Colin Tansley

581457 Sergeant (Air Observer) Jenkins Rayner Harvey

618360 Sergeant (Air Gunner) Jessep Walter Arthur Samuel

521792 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Johnson Norman

743048 Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Operator) Johnston S.

650587 Corporal Jones George

903110 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Jones John Francis

752051 AC 1 (Photographer) Ketcher William G.

365530 Sergeant (Fitter 1st Class) Kettley Walter J.

973662 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Kingdom Robert Henry

973660 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Kingdom William

571526 Aircraftman 1st Class Kinghorn William

642404 Aircraftman 1st Class Kingston John Alfred

511943 Sergeant (Machine Gun) Kirton George Ernest

625929 Aircraftman 2nd Class Laing Alexander Edward

535508 LAC (Air Command HQ) Lamb George Thomson

634222 AC 2 (Flight Mechanic) Lancaster Dennis

975642 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Ling Wilfred Harold Samuel

618442 Aircraftman 1st Class Linklater Ian Alistair Hardy

509184 Corporal (Blacksmith/Welder) Lord Herbert

619491 LAC (Flight Rigger) Luton Ernest Edward

550208 Sergeant (Air Observer) Macken Dennis John

40313 Flight Lieutenant Martin John Claverley

978411 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Martin Ernest SS John Holt

531606 Corporal (A/C HQ - Postman) Mason David

241295 Flight Sergeant (Fitter 1) McArdle William H.

617975 AC 2 (Flight Rigger) McAskie John

534801 Cpl (Clerk/General Duties) McCarthy Andrew Frederick

543959 Leading Aircraftman McCaw William John

534983 Ldg Aircraftman (Air Command HQ) McDougall John

581109 Sergeant McFadyen Andrew

552738 Aircraftman 2nd Class McGrory William

644943 AC 1 (Cook & Butcher) McKenzie Francis

746938 Leading Aircraftman McKenzie J. SS John Holt

619721 AC 1 (Air Command HQ) McWilliam John

581291 Sergeant (Air Observer) Mellor F.

906884 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Mills Arthur

617394 AC 2 (Coppersmith) Mirrlees William

560838 Sergeant (Fitter 1st Class) Moon Laurence Charles

560176 Sergeant Moore Maurice Sydney

365559 Corporal Moore W. A.

614008 Ldg Aircraftman (Flight Rigger) Moorhouse Roy Trevor

570266 Ldg Aircraftman (Fitter 2nd Class) Morgan Leslie

581292 Sergeant Morgan Ronald

195706 LAC (Driver/Petrol) Morris Cecil Christopher

581111 Sergeant Morrison Dugald Price

937092 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Moss Douglas Wallace

358970 Sergeant Mullen H.

940347 AC 2 (Clerk/General Duties) Mullins John Herbert

910197 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Murray Michael SS John Holt

618873 AC 1 (Flight Mechanic) Needham Ronald

540343 LAC (Flight Rigger) Newman Sydney

569002 LAC (Fitter 2nd Class) Nicholas William Murray

613084 LAC (Photographer) Oates John Travis

616256 AC 1 (Flight Rigger) O'Hagan John G. B.

563359 Sergeant Onions John

946591 AC 2 (Shoe Repairer) Page William James

528990 LAC (Fitter 2nd Class) Paice Charles Thomas

577042 Sergeant Parker Eric Lancelot

515938 Aircraftman 2nd Class Parker John

627891 AC 1 (Flight Mechanic) Parkin Frank SS John Holt 

526031 Leading Aircraftman Parsons Kenneth Ernest

512886 Flight Sergeant (Air Command HQ) Peall Charles

628931 Aircraftman 2nd Class Pearce Alfred George

338091 LAC (Driver/Petrol) Pedley Albert E.

620742 Ldg Aircraftman (Flight Mechanic) Philipson Alan

632840 Aircraftman 1st Class Phillips Raymond

640478 Aircraftman 2nd Class Phillips William Gwyn

618516 Leading Aircraftman Poole William Edward

755154 Sergeant (Air Observer) Prentice John Marshall

581416 Sergeant (Air Observer) Pugsley James Douglas

Ronald SS John Holt

973843 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Ramsay George Stephen

635047 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Rayner Victor Herbert SS John Holt

618539 Sergeant (Air Gunner) Rennie John

533757 LAC (Air Command HQ) Rimmer Fred

631038 AC 1 (Flight Rigger) Roberts Clifford

552402 LAC (Armourer) Rouse P. G.

525271 Sergeant (Air Observer) Rowe William David

641181 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royser Thomas Edward

799788 LAC (Driver/Petrol) Scoulding P.

540707 Leading Aircraftman Searle Joseph Charles Arthur

503227 Leading Aircraftman (Driver/Petrol) Shears Jack

370868 Corporal (Clerk/Accounts) Sheldrake Norman

562324 Sergeant (Fitter 1st Class) Sherwood Osborne Watson

528672 Leading Aircraftman Silk William Henry

620712 AC 2 (Flight Mechanic) Singleton Harold

621188 Aircraftman 2nd Class Slimmon John

520984 Sergeant (Air Observer) Smith Charles Verdun SS John Holt

617100 Leading Aircraftman (Armourer) Smith Sidney

541206 LAC (Flight Mechanic) Snape Thomas SS John Holt

620009 Aircraftman 1st Class Soden Lelsie

570832 Aircraftman 2nd Class Spellissy Turlough Brian

936232 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Stephenson Herbert Ronald

563488 Sergeant Storar Allan Ainsley

619871 AC 2 (Driver/Petrol) Sutherland Wilfred Gordon

580186 Sergeant (Pilot) Talbot Henry James SS John Holt

654002 AC 1 (Cook & Butcher) Taylor Richard

976774 Aircraftman 2nd Class Taylor Ronald Samuel George

937862 Corporal (Air Command HQ) Thomas Gordon

350845 Flight Sergeant (Fitter 1) Thompson James Pennock (36)(death recorded as 24 Sep 1947)

646079 AC 1 (Wireless Operator) Torrington William Edward Victor

519065 Sergeant (Pilot) Townsend Frederick William

615783 Leading Aircraftman Tuddenham Elvin Raymond

567845 Corporal Underhill Frederick

941837 AC 2 (Air Command HQ) Underwood Jack

619123 LAC (Electrician) Unsworth Peter James

750074 AC 2 (Equipment Depot) Vangorph Ellis D. (19) SS John Holt

571243 Aircraftman 1st Class Vincent Eric Oswald

552681 Aircraftman 2nd Class Vinicombe Charles Walter

526050 Sergeant (Air Observer) Walder Richard George

616110 Aircraftman 2nd Class (Flight Rigger) Walker Rowland

887426 Flying Officer Waters Joseph J.

567392 Corporal (Fitter 2nd Class) Watkinson Charles

610429 Aircraftman 2nd Class Watson Alexander

527652 Leading Aircraftman Watson Robert William

530296 LAC (Air Command HQ) Wells Joseph Albert

629484 Leading Aircraftman Wever Constantine Emelyn

645794 AC 2 (Wireless Operator) White David Charles Leslie

702809 Aircraftman 1st Class Williams Herbert Alan

625162 Aircraftman 2nd Class Williams Leonard Henry

632216 Aircraftman 1st Class Wilson Fred

631154 Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilson Norman Trevor Hamilton

646180 AC 2 (Wireless Operator) Withington Raymond

619977 AC 1 (Flight Rigger) Wood David John

751846 Leading Aircraftman Woods Jack Cecil

564483 Sergeant (Air Observer) Woodward H. P.

913262 Aircraftman 2nd Class (Nursing Orderly) Work John

751504 Sergeant (Air Observer) Wright W. A.


Total: 269