SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(thanks to Michael Turner)
(thanks to Malcolm Barrass)
No. 57 Squadron joined No. 5 Group on 4 September 1942 to operate Lancaster heavy bombers. Lancaster Mark I and III were flown from Sep 1942 to Nov 1945.
Stations
Scampton 4 Sep 1942 to 28 Aug 1943
East Kirkby 28 Aug 1943 to 25 Nov 1945
Commanding Officers
W/Cdr E J Laine DFC 30 Jul 42 to 23 Sep 42
W/Cdr F C Hopcroft 23 Sep 42 to 28 Jul 43
W/Cdr W R Haskell 28 Jul 43 to 18 Aug 43
W/Cdr H W H Fisher DFC 19 Aug 43 to 15 Apr 44
W/Cdr H Y Humphreys DFC 15 Apr 44 to 8 Jan 45
W/Cdr J N Tomes 8 Jan 45 to 12 Jun 45
No. 57 Squadron flew 4,037 sorties on 348 Operations (313 bombing and 35 mining) and lost 108 Lancasters.
ROLL OF HONOUR
Description:Large wall mounted memorial with nine columns of inscribed gilt lettering on wood background. Sited in the memorial chapel.
Inscription:IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE MEN OF NO 57 SQUADRON WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OPERATING FROM ROYAL AIR FORCE EAST KIRKBY 1943 to 1945 Column 1 Flt/Sgt G.W. Ackerman P/O H.H. Adams Sgt J. McL. Adamson RCAF Flt/Sgt T. J. Adkison RCAF AC2 H.M. Aitken Flt/Sgt A.H. Allison D.F.M. Sgt E.D. Anderson Sgt F.I. Anderson Sgt R. Anderson P/O W.H. Andrews RCAF F/O R.J. Anscomb Flt/Sgt G.R. Ansdell Sgt D.P. Aplin Sgt A.M. Armin W/O2 W.H. Arnold RCAF Sgt K.C. Ashun P/O S.C. Atcheson D.F.C. Flt/Sgt F.J. Austen Flt/Sgt H.R. Bailey RCAF Sgt A.C.H. Baker Sgt F.E.F. Bale Sgt A.W.C. Ball Flt/Sgt H.L. Barron RAAF F/O C.W. Baush Sgt C. Bayford Flt/Lt L.F. Bayley Sgt A.K. Beech P/O H. Beane Flt/Sgt J.G. Beardshaw Flt/Lt R.A.W. Beaumont D.F.C. Lt P.A. Becker SAAF W/O T.F. Beecher RAAF Sgt W.J. Bellinger Sgt R. Bishop F/O A.J. Black RCAF Flt/Sgt F.A. Black RAAF Sgt F.S. Bodkin P/O G.R. Bourdon RCAF F/O S. Bowden Sqd/Ld M.I. Boyle D.F.C. F/O D.I. Brain Sgt A. Brett F/O T.W. Briggs Flt/Sgt B.H. Brown RAAF Sgt D.F. Brown Sgt L.C. Brown Flt/Sgt W.E. Brunton RNZAF Sgt E.O. Bryant P/O A.W.C. Bugden Flt/Lt J.A. Bulcraig D.F.M. F/O R.E.H. Burton Flt/Sgt M.P. Butle Column 2 Sgt. D.F. Butler Sgt F.C. Butler F/O J.G. Cahir RNZAF F/O W.F. Calderbank P/O P.E. Camille F/O V.R. Campbell RAAF Sgt D.M. Carman Flt/Sgt C.L. Carpenter Flt/Sgt J.T. Carruthers Sgt D. Carter Flt/Sgt G. Cartwright Flt/Lt M.J. Casey Flt/Sgt T.P. Chadwick RAAF Sgt J.H. Chambers Sgt R. Chambers Flt/Sgt W.M. Ching RNZAF F/O G.K.H. Christensen RNZAF Sgt R.A. Chumbley F/O H. Clark Flt/Lt A.T. Clark D.F.C. RCAF Flt/Sgt M.A. CLARK Sgt W. Clark Flt/Lt R.T. Clarke D.F.M. Sgt C.V. Clarke Sgt W. Clarke Flt/Sgt T.R. Clayton P/O R.K. Clements RCAF P/O E.P. Cliburn F/O C.A. Cobern RAAF F/O W.G. Cockwill RCAF Flt/Sgt R.M. Cocozza Sgt A. Cohen Sgt T.J. Colston Flt/Sgt R.A. Cook RAAF Sgt T.P. Cookson F/O J.A.G. Cooper RAAF Flt/Sgt N. Cooper Sgt B.J. Cooper Sgt F.W. Cornwell Flt/Sgt N. Cottrell Sgt. J. Coulter Sgt R.S.W. Cowdrey P/O A.T. Cox Sgt. K.J. Cresswell Sgt C. Cross P/O E.F. Crossley P/O R.F. Culliford RAAF F/O N.S. Culpan RNZAF Sgt J. Dalby P/O J.P. Dalton Sgt. G.E. Dandy Sgt C.K. Davey Column 3 F/O D.L. Davies D.F.C. P/O W.G. Davies Sgt J. Davies P/O S.H. Davis Sgt E. Davis Flt/Sgt N.T. Deacon Sgt E.A. Dickhart Sgt R. Diggle P/O H. Dixon Sgt D.A. Dixon Sgt J. Dixon RCAF Sgt J.H Donovan P/O K.A.R. Douglas Sgt P.J. Doye F/O L. Draysey RAAF F/O G.A. Duff RAAF Sgt R.J. Dunster Sgt F.V.J. Dunstone F/O B.P. Duval Sgt W. Dwyer Sgt W.G.T. Edmunds Sgt T. Edwards P/O G Eley RAAF Sgt A.E. Eley F/O A.C. Elliott Sgt H.R. Ellmer Sgt T.J. Evans P/O S. Ewart F/O J. Farnhill Sgt D.F. Faulkner F/O G. Ferguson P/O J. Finch P/O S. Findley Sgt D.A.J. Fisher Sgt J.C. Flello F/O K.A. Foley W/O D. Forbes Sgt R.R. Frost Sgt W. Fyfe Flt/Sgt N.L.E. Gale D.F.M. Sgt D.C. Gallagher F/O A.E.W. Gardner D.F.C. F/O J.R. Garling Flt/Sgt F.J.H. Garrick Flt/Sgt C Gidman D.F.M. Sgt K.E. Gilson Sgt J.M. Gittoes Sgt A.A.F. Goddard W/O2 E.H. Goehring RCAF Flt/Sgt H. Gordge Flt/Sgt J.P.C. Gordon RCAF Sgt H. Gordon Column 4 Sgt L. Gorman P/O E.G. Graves Sgt E.W. Graves Flt/Sgt S.C. Green Sgt L.H. Green Flt/Sgt J. Greenhalgh Sgt H. DeG. Griffiths P/O W.E. Grindley RCAF Sgt I.F. Groves Flt/Lt A.E. Grubb AC2 A.N. Gurney P/O G.P. Guy Sgt D.H. Hall Sgt T.J. Hall Flt/Sgt A. Hamilton P/O G.A. Hampion RAAF P/O G.M.T. Hargrave Sgt K.H. Harper Sgt C.A. Harris Sgt E.E.J. Harris Sgt C.T. Harston Sgt J. Healy Sgt F.P. Heaton Flt/Sgt J. Henderson P/O F.N. Henley Flt/Sgt B. Hesford RAAF Sgt E. Hibbert Sgt J.W. Higdon Flt/Sgt E.F. Hill – Cottingham P/O J.W. Hinde F/O J.P. Hodges RAAF F/O J.D. Hogan RCAF Flt/Sgt C.F.J. Hole Flt/Sgt R.W. Homewood P/O F.W. Hood RCAF F/O A.T. Hook RCAF Flt/Sgt E.G. Hopkins Sgt J. Horton Sgt R. Howarth Sgt E.R. Hughes P/O N.E. Hughes – Games RCAF P/O B.O. Hunt W/O C.H.T. Hurley Sgt H.J.W. Hynds Flt/Sgt A.Ife Flt/Sgt J.P. Irwin RAAF W/O T. Jackson W/O C. Jardine RAAF Column 5 P/O L.K. Johnson RCAF Sgt H.I. Jones Sgt C.L. Kingsnorth Sgt W.D. Kinnes Flt/Sgt P.L. Kirkpatrick RAAF Flt/Sgt J.C. Kitchen RAAF Sgt R. Large Sgt F.D. Leahy Sgt C.G. Lees Sgt H. Lees P/O R.A. Lewis Sgt S. Lewis Sgt H. Lewis Flt/Sgt T.J. Lightfoot P/O G.O.H. Lind RAAF Flt/Sgt D. Livingstone RAAF Sgt R.E. Locke F/O A.G. Lodge Sgt T. Loughlin Sgt W. Low Sgt C.J. Ludlow P/O H.W. Lugg RCAF Flt/Sgt P. Lunt P/O J.C. MacGillivray RCAF Sgt P.J. Macinnes Sgt J. Mackay W/O J.F Macmillan D.F.C. RAAF Flt/Lt J.J. Mahoney RAAF Flt/Sgt P.D. Mann Sgt P. Mann Sgt J. Manson Sgt C.L. Manuel F/O J.C. Marland Sgt K.R. Marriott Sgt J.G.L. Martin D.F.M. F/O L.E. Mason RCAF Sgt S. Mason P/O T.H. Mayne RCAF P/O A.P. McCall P/O D.J. McCrudden Flt/Sgt R.T. McCudden RAAF Flt/Sgt N.F.D. McGladrigan RAAF Sgt J. McGuirk Flt/Sgt R.C. McIntyre Sgt H.F. McKernin Sgt R.S. McKillop Sgt J.A. McLaughlin P/O R.H. McNabb RCAF Column 6 Sgt W.J.B. McNaught P/O K.C. McPhie D.F.C. RAAF Sgt A.D. Medcalf F/O H.N.T. Medrington P/O G.J. Mee RNZAF Sgt E. Mell Sgt R.D. Mercer F/O R.N. Millar RCAF P/O D. Miller Sgt D.R. Mills Flt/Sgt W.R. Minter RAAF Flt/Sgt H.A. Moad RCAF Flt/Sgt W.R. Moore RCAF Sgt A. Moore Sgt A.J. Moore Sgt J.A. Moore Sgt P.W.L. Moore Flt/Sgt B.E. Moreau RCAF W/O K. Moreton D.F.C. RAAF Flt/Sgt J.K. Morey RACAF Flt/Sgt S. Morris Sgt A.R. Muir Flt/Sgt A, Munday Sgt. R.R. Mutton Sgt J.W. Naylor Sqd/Ld W.A.S. Neil Sgt W.F. Neill P/O R.W. Newcomb F/O G.F. Nixon RCAF Sgt G. Nixon Sgt J.T. Nixon Sgt R.K. Nixon Flt/Sgt W.T.N. Norris Sgt L. North Sgt G.H. Norton Flt/Lt A. Novick RCAF P/O A.E. Oberg RAAF Flt/Sgt P O’Callahan RNZAF P/O R.G. Odden Sgt R. Odgers Sgt J. O’Leary Flt/Sgt M. O’Loughlin Sgt A.J. Osborn Sgt G.T. Osbourne Sgt R.C. Osman Sgt P.R. Oxley Flt/Lt A.R. Palling RAAF P/O D. Park Column 7 P/O F.E.S. Parker Sgt W.R. Parkinson P/O E.H. Patrick F/O C.D. Pauline RAAF W/O O.J. Pawsey Flt/Sgt D.M. Pearce Flt/Sgt H.M. Peckett Flt/Sgt G.E. Penny F/O D.L. Pickard RCAF Sgt A.S. Pilbeam P/O H.R. Pizzey Sgt H.E. Pollard F/O P.S. Porteous Flt/Sgt H.M. Porteous RCAF Sgt A.R. Powell Flt/Sgt W. Pryde RAAF F/O T. Quayle P/O H.E. Quinn RCAF Sgt C.Q. Rafferty Sgt A. Ramsbottom Flt/Sgt I.A. Rands RAAF Sgt J. Ratcliffe Flt/Sgt E.G. Rawley Flt/Sgt J.K. Reed RAAF Sgt W. Rees Sgt W. Reeve Sgt F.S.G. Reeves Flt/Lt A.T. Richards Sgt J.S. Richards F/O W. Riddell Sgt K.T. Robbins Sgt W.A. Roberts F/O E.C. Robson Sgt J.G. Robson Sgt A.T. Rogers F/O P.N. Rolfe F/O M. Rose RAAF Sgt A.R. Roselt F/O A.G. Russell RNZAF Sgt G. Saville Sgt J. Scott Sgt D.C. Scott F/O R.A.F. Scrivener P/O G.J. Scuffins D.F.M. Flt/Lt S.L Scutt Flt/Sgt W.S. Searby F/O J.L. Searl Sgt F.C. Searle Sgt H. Shakespeare Sgt J.F. Shearron F/O D.A. Shewan RCAF P/O A.G. Simpson Column 8 F/O R.H. Simson Sgt D.J. Skeites Sqd/Ld L.H. Skinner Flt/Sgt E.C. Slaughter Sgt F.J. Sloane F/O R.H. Smart Sgt. R. Smedley F/O N.A. Smith F/O R.R. Smith RAAF Flt/Sgt B. Smith P/O G.J.L. Smith Sgt H.W.L. Smith Sgt K. Smith Sgt R.P. Smith RAAF Flt/Sgt G.W. Speicher RCAF Flt/Lt J.B.P. Spencer Flt/Sgt C.F. Spencer Sgt H.A. Spencer Sgt T. Spencer Sgt. C.N. Stalker Flt/Sgt R. Stevenson F/O A. Stienstra RCAF Flt/Sgt J.L. Stone P/O C.W. Strom RCAF Flt/Sgt W.J. Struthers RAAF Sgt A. Sutcliffe Sgt L.S.D. Swanston F/O C. Szymanski RCAF P/O E.H. Tansley Flt/Sgt E.F. Taylor Flt/Sgt W.V. Taylor Sgt V.N. Taylor Sgt B.H.M. Thomas Flt/Sgt B. Thomasberg RCAF W/O A. Thomason Flt/Sgt J.E. Thompson Flt/Sgt D.G. Townsend F/O K.J. Tubbs F/O A.V. Wardle D.F.C. Flt/ Sgt C.J. Waters Sgt G.L. Waters Flt/Sgt E.H.P. Watkins Sgt A.W. Watson Sgt A. Watton Sgt C.W. Watts F/O R.J. Waugh Sgt F.S. Weaver Sgt M. Webb P/O A.E. West RCAF Sgt H.B. West Sgt W.G.E. West Sgt W.R. Weston Column 9 P/O J.W. Weyers RCAF Sgt L. F. Whale Sgt C. Wharton Flt/Sgt J.F. Wheatley W/O2 J.A. Wheeler RCAF Sgt D. Whitefoot Flt/Sgt D.S. Whitehouse Sgt J. Whitfield Sqd/Ld P.M. Wigg Flt/Sgt C.J.G. Wilce Sgt C.J. Wilde F/O/ J.A. Williams W/O S.B. Williams Sgt L.A. Williamson Sgt J.F. Willis Flt/Sgt J.K. Wilson Sgt F. Wilson Sgt F.J. Wilson Sgt J. Wilson P/O L.H. Winneke RAAF Sgt H.C.J. Winslade Sgt E.A. Wood F/O W.T. Woodall RCAF Sgt C.J. Woodmass Sgt C.W. Woods F/O B.E. Wright Flt/Sgt D.W. Wright P/O A.O. Wright Sgt R.H. Wright Sgt W.E. Wright Flt/Sgt J.F. Yabsley RAAF Sgt H.W.J. Yardley F/O H.J. Young RCAF Sgt D. Young Sgt D.C. Youngs Capt N.C. Evensen RNAF Flt/Sgt W.G. Gulliksen RNAF Sgt N.G. Bjoroy RNAF 1st/Lt D. West USAAF F/O A.V. Donkin Sgt T.N. Dunlop P/O F.W. Logan D.F.C RCAF
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