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On Sunday 6th June 1993, the 627 Squadron Book of Remembrance was dedicated by the Rev A McMasters at St Peter's Church, Woodhall Spa. This book is now on display at Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre.
Thirty five members of 627 Squadron lost their lives while serving with the squadron - their names are listed below.
Flying Officer Francis F Fahey AFM RAAF Aged 31 from Wiluna, Western Australia Flight Lieutenant Stanley C Hicks RAAF Aged 34 Flying Officer Francis K Evans DFM Aged 24 of Ealing, Middlesex Pilot Officer Anthony P Willmott Aged 22 of Lustleigh, Devonshire Flying Officer John D Hughes Aged 23 of Sudbury, Suffolk Pilot Officer Percy K Turnor RAAF Aged 31 from Richmond, Victoria Warrant Officer John F Hewson Aged 25 of Quinton, Birmingham Flight Lieutenant Thomas L Hogg DFM Aged 29 of Ouchan, Isle of Man Flight Lieutenant Ronald Woodhouse Aged 30 of Bicester, Oxfordshire Flying Officer Phillip S Foxcroft DFC of Bardsey, Yorkshire Flying Officer Dennis H Ackworth DFC Aged 21 of Plaidstow, Essex Flight Lieutenant Harry Steere DFC DFM Aged 30 of Wallasey, Cheshire Flying Officer Kenneth W Gale DFC RAAF Aged 24 from Surfers Paradise, Queensland Flying Officer James A Saint-Smith DFC DFM RAAF Ages 26 from Earlswood, New South Wales Flying Officer Geoffrey E Heath DFC DFM RAAF Aged 26 from New South Wales and of Skipworth, Yorkshire Flying Officer Dennis K Flaherty Aged 23 of Bradford, Yorkshire Flying Officer John Christie Aged 32 of Brechin, Angus Flight Lieutenant Norman B Rutherford AFC Aged 31, RAF but originally from Australia Pilot Officer Frederick H Stanbury Aged 27 of Eccles, Lancashire Flying Officer Andrew Matheson Aged 21 of Edinburgh, Midlothian Flying Officer Allan T Fitzpatrick DFM RAAF Aged 22 of Dulwich, London Flight Lieutenant Harold E Brown RCAF Aged 29 from Rolla, North Dakota, USA Flight Lieutenant Hugh W Cowan Aged 29 of Dollar, Clackmannanshire Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey E Bray Aged 27 of Kings Lynn, Norfolk Flight Lieutenant Peter N G Herbert DFC Aged 27 of Knebworth, Hertfordshire Flying Officer Reginald H Cornell Aged 33 of Forest Hill, London Flight Lieutenant Anthony G St John RNZAF Aged 30 from New Zealand and of Saskatoon, Canada Flying Officer La Verne J Dick RCAF Aged 28 from Brantford, Ontario, Canada Flight Lieutenant John A Reid Aged 26 of Winchester, Hampshire Flight Lieutenant Wesley D Irwin RCAF Aged 34 from Stratford, Ontario and of Pitsea, Essex Flight Lieutenant Ronald Baker RCAF Aged 24 from Vancouver, British Columbia Sergeant Douglas G Betts Flight Sergeant John A Day RAAF Aged 20 from Murrumbeena, Victoria Flight Lieutenant D A Johnson Aged 28 from Southport, Lancashire Sergeant Albert J Kingdon Aged 28 of Staunton-on-Avon, Herefordshire Copyright © 1943-2008 627 Squadron in Retirement or as credited
