Admiralty
Lt-Commander L. Lane, RNVR
Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
Rear-Admiral E. de F. Renouf
Director of Special Weapons, the Admiralty
Air Ministry
Group Captain J. W. Baker
Director of Bomber Operations (DB Ops) at Air Ministry
Air Vice-Marshal Norman H. Bottomley
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Ops) (ACAS)
Group Captain Sydney O. Bufton
Deputy Director of Bomber Operations (D/DB Ops) at the Air Ministry
Air Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff, Air Ministry
Air Vice-Marshal Frank Inglis
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (ACAS (I))
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal
Chief of the Air Staff
Air Vice-Marshal R. S. Sorley
Assistant Chief of the Air Technical Requirements (ACAS[TR]), Air Ministry
Wing Commander Fred Winterbotham
Head of Air Intelligence Section, MI6
A. V. Roe
Roy Chadwick
Chief Designer at A. V. Roe (and designer of Lancaster)
Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP)
Air Vice-Marshal F. J. Linnell
Controller of Research and Development (CRD) at MAP
Benjamin Lockspeiser
Deputy Director of Scientific Research (D/DSR) at MAP. Civilian
Air Commodore Bernard McEntegart
Deputy Controller of Research and Development (D/CRD)
Air Commodore G. A. H. Pideock
Director of Armament Development (D Arm D) at the MAP
Dr David Pye
Director of Scientific Research (DSR), MAP. Civilian
Norbert Rowe
Director of Technical Development (DTD), MAP. Civilian
Sir Henry Tizard
Scientific advisor to MAP. Enemy of Prof. Lindemann
Group Captain W. Wynter-Morgan
Deputy Director of Armaments (D/D Arm D), MAP
Ministry of Home Security
A. R. Collins
A scientific officer in the Concrete Section at the Road Research Laboratory (RRL), part of the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP)
Dr A. H. Davis
Assistant Director at the Road Research Laboratory
Dr W. H. Glanville
Director of the Road Research Laboratory (and pro-Wallis)
Prime Minister's Office
Professor Frederick A. Lindemann (Lord Cherwell)
Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister
RAF Bomber Command
Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. R. A. Cochrane
Air Officer Commanding (AOC) No. 5 Group, Bomber Command
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
Since February 1942, Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command
Air Vice-Marshal Robert Oxland
From February 1943, Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO)
Group Captain H. V. Satterly
SASO, 5 Group
Air Vice-Marshal R. H. M. S. 'Sandy' Saundby
Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Bomber Command, later Deputy Commander-in-Chief
Vickers-Armstrong
Sir Charles Craven
Chairman, Vickers-Armstrong
Captain R. C. Handasyde
Assistant Chief Test Pilot, Vickers-Armstrong
Major Hew Kilner
Managing Director, Vickers-Armstrong Aviation
Squadron Leader 'Shorty' Longbottom
Test pilot seconded from the RAF
Rex K. Pierson
Chief Designer, Vickers-Armstrong Aviation Department, Weybridge
Captain 'Mutt' Summers
Chief Test Pilot, Vickers-Armstrong
Barnes Wallis
Assistant Chief Designer, Vickers-Armstrong Aviation Department, Weybridge
617 Squadron
Avro Lancaster aircraft: Codes AJ
Order: Pilot, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Wireless Operator, Bomb-aimer, Front Gunner, Rear Gunner (mid upper turret not fitted)
'G' ED932
G-George
W/C G. P. Gibson DSO DFC
Sgt John Pulford
F/O Harlo 'Terry' Taerum RCAF
F/L R. E. G. 'Bob' Hutchison DFC RAAF
P/O F. M. 'Spam' Spafford
P/O George A. Deering RCAF
F/L R. A. D. Trevor-Roper DFM
(Deering had been commissioned before the operation, and
Taerum promoted to F/O, without their knowledge.)
'A' Flight
'A' ED887
A-Apple
S/L H. Melvin 'Dinghy' Young DFC & bar
Sgt D. T. Horsfall
F/S C. W. Roberts
Sgt L. W. Nichols
F/O V. S. MacCausland RCAF
Sgt G. A. Yeo
Sgt W. Ibbotson
'B' ED864
B-Baker
F/L W. (Bill) Astell DFC
Sgt J. Kinnear
P/O F. A. Wile RCAF
WO2 A. Garshowitz RCAF
F/O D. Hopkinson
F/S F. A. Garbas RCAF
Sgt R. Bolitho
'J' ED906
J-Johnny
F/L David J. Maltby DFC
Sgt W. Hatton
Sgt V. Nicholson
Sgt Anthony J. Stone
P/O Jack Fort
F/S V. Hill
Sgt H. T. Simmonds
'L' ED929
L-Leather
F/L David J. Shannon DFC RAAF
Sgt R. J. Henderson
P/O Danny R. Walker DFC
F/O Brian Goodale DFC
F/S Len J. Sumpter
Sgt B. Jagger
P/O Jack Buckley
'E' ED927
E-Easy
F/L Robert N. G. Barlow DFC RAAF
P/O S. L. Whillis
F/O P. S. Burgess
F/O C. R. Williams DFC RAAF
P/O A. Gillespie DFM
F/O H. S. Glinz RCAF
Sgt J. R. G. Liddell
'H' ED936
H-Harry
P/O Geoff Rice
Sgt E. C. Smith
F/O R. MacFarlane
Sgt C. B. Gowrie RCAF
F/S J. E. Thrasher RCAF
Sgt T. W. Maynard
Sgt S. Burns
'C' ED910
C-Charlie
P/O Warner Ottley DFC RCAF
Sgt R. Marsden
F/O J. K. Barrett DFC
Sgt J. Guterman DFM
F/S T. B. Johnston
Sgt H. J. Strange
F/S Freddie Tees
'F' ED918
F-Freddie
F/S Ken W. Brown RCAF
Sgt H. Basil Feneron
Sgt D. P. Heal
Sgt H. J. Hewstone
Sgt S. Oancia, RCAF
Sgt D. Allatson
F/S G. S. McDonald, RCAF
'K' ED934
K-King
P/O Vernon W. Byers RCAF
Sgt A. J. Taylor
F/O J. H. Warner
Sgt J. Wilkinson
P/O A. N. Whitaker
Sgt C. Mc. A. Jarvie
Sgt J. McDowell RCAF
'B' Flight
'Z' ED937
Z-Zebra
S/L Henry E. Maudslay DFC
Sgt J. Marriott DFM
F/O R. A. Urquhart DFC RCAF
WO2 A. P. Cottam RCAF
P/O M. J. D. Fuller
F/O W. J. Tytherleigh DFC
Sgt N. R. Burrows
'M' ED925
M-Mother
F/L John V. Hopgood DFC & bar
Sgt C. Brennan
F/O K. Earnshaw (Canadian)
Sgt J. W. Minchin
P/O J. W. Fraser RCAF
P/O G. H. F. G. Gregory DFM
P/O Anthony F. Burcher DFM RAAF
'P' ED909
P-Popsie
F/L Harold B. 'Mick' Martin DFC RAAF
P/O Ivan Whittaker
F/L Jack F. Leggo DFC RAAF (Squadron Navigator)
F/O Len Chambers RNZAF
F/L R. C. 'Bob' Hay DFC RAAF (Squadron Bombing Leader)
P/O B. 'Toby' Foxlee DFM RAAF
F/S Tammy D. Simpson RAAF
'W' ED921
W-Willie
F/L J. Les Munro
Sgt F. E. Appleby
F/O F. G. Rumbles
Sgt Percy E. Pigeon RCAF
Sgt J. H. Clay
Sgt William Howarth
F/S H. A. Weeks RCAF
'T' ED825
T-Tommy
F/L Joe C. McCarthy RCAF
Sgt W. Radcliffe RCAF
P/O D. A. MacLean RCAF
Sgt L. Eaton
Sgt G. L. Johnson
Sgt R. Batson
F/O D. Rodger RCAF
(MacLean had been commissioned before the operation,
without his knowledge.)
'S' ED865
S-Sugar
P/O Lewis J. Burpee DFM RCAF
Sgt G. Pegler
Sgt T. Jaye
P/O L. G. Weller
W/O2 S. J. L. Arthur RCAF
Sgt W. C. A. Long
W/O2 J. G. Brady RCAF
(Arthur had been promoted to W/O2 before the operation,
without his knowledge.)
'N' ED912
N-Nuts
F/L Les G. Knight RAAF
Sgt R. E. Grayston
F/O H Sidney Hobday
P/O R. G. T. (Bob) Kellow RAAF
F/O E. C. Johnson
Sgt F. E. Sutherland RCAF
Sgt H. E. O'Brien RCAF
(Kellow had been commissioned before the operation,
without his knowledge.)
'O' ED886
O-Orange
F/S W. C. (Bill) Townsend
Sgt D. J. D. Powell
P/O C. L. Howard RAAF
F/S G. A. Chalmers
Sgt C. E. Franklin
Sgt D. E. Webb
Sgt R. Wilkinson
'Y' ED924
Y-York
P/O Cyril T. Anderson
Sgt R. C. Paterson
Sgt J. P. Nugent
Sgt W. D. Bickle
Sgt G. J. Green
Sgt E. Ewan
Sgt A. W. Buck
(Anderson had been commissioned before the operation,
without his knowledge.)
