Expanded Notes Pages 43&44

The Crew:
The Log mentions Ross, Barney and Wally. The pilot Joe usually flew with was a F/O Charlton, so I tried "Ross Charlton" in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web Site. Results!

Name:	CHARLTON, ROSS CONGER
Initials:	R C
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	25
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	J/14047
Additional information:	Son of Harry P. and Pauline Charlton; husband of Jacqueline Charlton.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. XV. 88.
Cemetery:	HELSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY

Sad, but gratifying.  Figuring that the other two would be in the same cemetery, I scanned the list of other Commonwealth graves but there were no Barneys or Wallys to be found. So I did a " Find in Page" using the date of death as the search criterion and...

Name:	BARNES, GORDON JOHN LUNNEY
Initials:	G J L
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	20
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	K/267555
Additional information:	Son of Herman and Beatrice Barnes, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. XV. 86.
Cemetery:	HELSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY

So, "Barney" was a nick-name derived from his surname.  And...

Name:	FEDORCHUK, WOLODEMIR
Initials:	W
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Pilot Officer (Flt Engr.)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	20
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	J/94221
Additional information:	Son of Dmytro E. and Lemeria Fedorchuk, of Insinger, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Sec. XV. 87.
Cemetery:	HELSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY

Again, a nickname, this one based on his given name.

The others I found through a book called 'They Shall Grow Not Old", a compilation of all Canadian airmen killed in WWII. I found this book at the  Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton.

There I found:

Thorne, Robert Aubrey f/o from Fort Sask Alberta kia feb 15/45 age 22. Halifax #MZ 865 went down in the sea off Sweden during a mine laying op in the western Baltic south of Copenhagen
Nav/bomb aimer

Rainford, Keith Willard F/O Vancouver BC. age 22 wireless/airgunner
buried Karlsund Denmark

Fedorchuk, Wolodemir P/O age 20, Flt. Eng.  Palsjo

McCallum, Robert John, P/O  Ottawa, age 22, no known grave, bomb aimer

Bostwick, Stanley Edwawrd  F/S, Frances, Washington.  age 22 buried Magleby Denmark Langeland Is. airgunner

Barnes, Gordon John Lunney, F/S, St Johns, NB age20 wireless/airgunner,  buried Palsjo, Sweden.

Feeding these new names back into the Commonwealth War Graves Site, I got:

Name:	THORNE, ROBERT AUBRAY
Initials:	R A
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Flying Officer (Nav./Bomber)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	22
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	J/27139
Additional information:	Son of Selby Edward and Helen May Thorne, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	MALMO EASTERN MUNICIPAL CEMETERY,  Sec. IV. D. 2B.

and

Name:	RAINFORD, KEITH WILLARD
Initials:	K W
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Flying Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	J/24809
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Grave 607.
Cemetery:	KARLSLUNDE CHURCHYARD

And

Name:	BOSTWICK, STANLEY EDWARD
Initials:	S E
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	22
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	R/255759
Additional information:	Son of Anthony and Mary Bostwick, of Frances, Washington, U.S.A.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	A. 11. 29.
Cemetery:	MAGLEBY CHURCHYARD, LANGELAND

And

Name:	McCALLUM, ROBERT JOHN
Initials:	R J
Nationality:	Canadian
Rank:	Pilot Officer
Regiment:	Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text:	429 Sqdn.
Age:	22
Date of Death:	15/02/1945
Service No:	J/89343
Additional information:	Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wilfrid McCallum, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Panel 280.
Cemetery:	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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