Below is a list of known 488(NZ) Squadron Aircrew. I have published it in order to assist relatives and other 488(NZ) Squadron researchers. If you would like any more information on any of the airmen listed below, please get in touch using the “Contact” page and I will do my best to help you.
Equally, if you have any information about one of the airmen in the list that you wish to share, please do let me know.
(This list was originally complied by Graham Clayton, with additions, amendments and corrections made by myself.)
Last update: 23/10/2015
| RANK | SURNAME | NAMES | AWARDS | SERVICE | NUMBER | TRADE |
| WO | Addison | William Nathan | DFC, DFM | RAF | 622688 | Navigator |
| Plt Off | Adkins | Peter Ernest | RAF | 123855 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Affleck | James | RAF | 130906 | Navigator | |
| FS | Anderson | John | RNZAF | NZ415234 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Andrewes | Arthur Edmund | RNZAF | NZ1946 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Andrews | Arthur Charles | RAF | 131662 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Arthur | Clifford C | RNZAF | NZ424406 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Austin | PC | RAF | Pilot | ||
| SLt | Bale | William Arthur | RNVR | Pilot | ||
| Flt Lt | Ball | Edward Cecil | RNZAF | NZ40749 | Pilot | |
| Plt Off | Ballard | Ronald Leonard | RAF | 187031 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Barnson | James Dudley | RAF | 134040 | Navigator | |
| FS | Behrent | Ernest Henry | RNZAF | NZ416079 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Bergemann | R Douglas | RNZAF | NZ412191 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Bishop | Kenneth Richard | RAF | 143214 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | Boulton | Pilot | ||||
| Flt Lt | Bourke | Roderick Francis David | RNZAF | NZ413993 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Bowman | Peter | RAF | 116573 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Brandon | Lewis | DSO, DFC & Bar | RAF | 116886 | Navigator |
| FS | Breithaupt | William Ransom | DFC | RCAF | J17271 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Breward | Noel | RNZAF | NZ421668 | Navigator | |
| FS | Bricker | Ralph | RAF | 146684 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Brock | George Herbert | RNZAF | NZ429138 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Broodbank | Andrew John | RAF | 145037 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Broom | Philip William | RAF | 50924 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Browne | Allen Edward | DFC | RNZAF | NZ404986 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Brumby | Harold Edward | DFC | RNZAF | NZ421827 | Navigator |
| Sqn Ldr | Bryers | Phillip R P | RNZAF | NZ429938 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Buddle | Joe | Pilot | |||
| Sqn Ldr | Bunting | Edward Nigel | DFC & Bar | RAF | 60523 | Pilot |
| Wg Cdr | Burton-Gyles | Peter Robert | DSO, DFC | RAF | 40077 | Pilot |
| Sgt | Bush | DM | USAF | Pilot | ||
| Flt Lt | Cairns | John Paul Wargrave | DFC & Bar | RAF | 124540 | Navigator |
| Sgt | Carcasson | George Vincent | RAF | 115004 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Cheetham | Ronald William | RAFVR | 1473152 | Navigator | |
| FS | Church | Arthur James | RNZAF | NZ427188 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Clark | William Terence Montague | DFM | RAF | 126026 | Navigator |
| FS | Clark | Ian | RNZAF | NZ425491 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | Collins | CW | Pilot | |||
| Fg Off | Concannon | James Joseph | RAF | 1506938 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Cook | William R | RNZAF | NZ411375 | Pilot | |
| FS | Cottrell | Rex Frederick | RNZAF | NZ416214 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Craig | William Albert | RNZAF | NZ4210081 | Pilot | |
| FS | Creek | Ronald Arthur | RAFVR | 1254796 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Crookes | Arthur norman | DFC & Bar(2), MBE | RAF | 135428 | Navigator |
| Fg Off | Cutfield | Arthur Stapley | RNZAF | NZ40719 | Navigator | |
| Sqn Ldr | Davies | H | RN | Pilot | ||
| FS | Davison | Frank W | RNZAF | NZ41885 | Pilot | |
| SLt | DeRenzy | Thomas David | RNZAF | NZ415751 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Doherty | HE | RNZAF | NZ40645 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Dosier | J | USAF | |||
| Sgt | Duncan | Colin Campbell | RNZAF | NZ427193 | Navigator | |
| FS | Earl | Allan C | RNZAF | NZ42101 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Edwards | Ernest Frank | RNZAF | NZ422378 | Navigator | |
| WO | Emerton | EG | RAF | 1324264 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Evans | HJ | Navigator | |||
| Flt Lt | Ferri | Raymond A | Pilot | |||
| Fg Off | Fleming | Keith | RNZAF | NZ413401 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Folley | Roger Roland Westwell | RAF | 88502 | Navigator | |
| WO | Follows | Noel Evans | RAF | 187006 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Fox | John David | 61485 | Pilot | ||
| Flt Lt | Fritchley | NA | RNZAF | NZ421697 | Pilot | |
| Sqn Ldr | Gabites | Allot | RNZAF | NZ413054 | Pilot | |
| Plt Off | Gard’ner | John Rushton | RNZAF | NZ2177 | Pilot | |
| WO | Gordon | Samuel John | RAF | 155089 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Graham | Malcolm DB | RNZAF | NZ422566 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Grant | Brian C | RNZAF | NZ429663 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Green | Dennis Norman | RAFVR | 149208 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Green | WW | RNZAF | NZ421044 | Pilot | |
| Wg Cdr | Gunn | James Athol | RNZAF | NZ402866 | Pilot | |
| WO | Haine | Richard Cummins | DFC | RAF | 43147 | Pilot |
| Flt Lt | Hall | John Anthony Sanderson | DFC & Bar | RAF | 107269 | Pilot |
| Flt Lt | Hall | Peter Francis Locking | DFC & Bar | RNZAF | NZ413841 | Pilot |
| Wg Cdr | Halligan | JP | RNZAF | NZ424040 | Pilot | |
| Lt | Hamley | Peter Hoare | AFC | RAF | 32010 | Pilot |
| Plt Off | Hardern | Bruce | RN | Navigator | ||
| Flt Lt | Harding | F | RAF | Pilot | ||
| Flt Lt | Head | Norman Sidney | RAF | 66516 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Heckels | J | Navigator | |||
| Fg Off | Henderson | AB | Navigator | |||
| Flt Lt | Herd | Donald | RNZAF | NZ427054 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Hickmore | Edward Stanley | DFC | RAF | 109497 | Navigator |
| Sqn Ldr | Hills | Oliver Lilburne Rieu | RAFVR | 161337 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Hobbis | Dudley Ormston | DFC | RAF | 42709 | Pilot |
| Sgt | Hoile | Reginald Thomas S | RAF | 1254287 | Navigator | |
| WO | Horspool | A | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Plt Off | Hughes | Cyril Patrick Francis | RNZAF | NZ414629 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Irvine | Alexander | RAF | 139513 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Jacobs | Henry | DFC | RAF | 78685 | Navigator |
| WO | Jameson | George Esmonde | DSO, DFC | RNZAF | NZ41479 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Jeffs | Raymond G | RNZAF | NZ40645 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Keeping | Kenneth Charles | RAF | 135154 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Kemp | William | RAF | 122557 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Kennedy | VA | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Flt Lt | Knox | Neil McAllister | RNZAF | NZ413537 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Knox | Gordon | ||||
| Fg Off | Lamond | L | RN | Navigator | ||
| SLt | Lawrence | George Bruce | RNZAF | NZ4211018 | ||
| Plt Off | Lewis | WRV | RAAF | 407969 | Pilot | |
| SLt | Linstead | ES | RN | Pilot | ||
| Fg Off | Longhorn | Robert Henry | DFM | RAF | 49736 | Navigator |
| Flt Lt | Longley | Harold Watson | DFC | RNZAF | NZ416576 | Pilot |
| FS | MacKay | Thomas Gilbert Campbell | RNZAF | NZ421074 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Maclean | Thomas Allan | RNZAF | NZ422344 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Mallon | Thomas Alexander | RNZAF | NZ415338 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Mansill | NMW | RNZAF | NZ4212686 | Navigator | |
| Sqn Ldr | Marriott | Richard D’Arcy | DFC & Bar | RAF | 141337 | Navigator |
| Flt Lt | Marshall | John William | MID | RNZAF | NZ42784 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Martin | F | USAF | |||
| Plt Off | Masters | Dereck Gordon | RAF | 143873 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | McBride | Patrick Stewart | RNZAF | NZ40980 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | McCabe | Owen J | RNZAF | NZ42424 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | McChesney | Robert Ian | RNZAF | NZ40194 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | McDonald | FJ | RNZAF | NZ4216517 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | McIntyre | Athol Gordon | RNZAF | NZ36257 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | McKinnon | Athol Charles | RNZAF | NZ40722 | ||
| Fg Off | Mitchell | Reginald W | RNZAF | NZ416812 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Moore | James Herbert | AFC | RNZAF | NZ415351 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Moores | Gordon William | RAF | 128682 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | Morgan | A | Navigator | |||
| Fg Off | Muldrew | JK | RNZAF | NZ422086 | Pilot | |
| WO | Nagle | Kenneth Louis | RAF | 146343 | Navigator | |
| Sqn Ldr | Neiderer | Rex Keith | RNZAF | NZ426179 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Nesbitt-Dufort | John | DSO | RAF | 29164 | Pilot |
| WO | Newman | JF | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Plt Off | Norton | Raymond C | RNZAF | NZ41649 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | O’Gara | Rupert Clark | RNZAF | NZ414327 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | O’Neil-Dunne | Patrick Cecil | RAF | 116609 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Patrick | Gordon Stewart | RNZAF | NZ415010 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Payne | |||||
| Fg Off | Peacocke | Raleigh John Brandon | RNZAF | NZ403049 | ||
| Fg Off | Pearson | JM | RNZAF | NZ421651 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Perfect | Richard | DFC | RAF | 149495 | Navigator |
| SLt | Pickthall | AH | RN | Navigator | ||
| Fg Off | Pittwood | George Ernest | RAF | 129725 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Prescott | Philip F | RNZAF | NZ424516 | ||
| Fg Off | Procter | Luther Donald | RAF | 149326 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Pryor | Clifford Alfred | RAF | 133211 | Navigator | |
| Sqn Ldr | Rabone | Paul Wattling | DFC | RNZAF | NZ2171 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Rawlings | Leslie McDonald | RNZAF | 413474 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Ray | AC | RNZAF | NZ421007 | Navigator | |
| FS | Rayner | Edgar Ronald | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Fg Off | Reed | Charles Phillip | DFC & Bar | RAF | 104432 | Navigator |
| Flt Lt | Reed | Graeme Frederick | DFC | RNZAF | NZ402215 | Pilot |
| SLt | Richardson | R Murray | RN | Navigator | ||
| Plt Off | Riley | JT | RAF | 187896 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Riwai | Tohunga Richard | RNZAF | NZ421764 | Pilot | |
| Plt Off | Robins | EP | Pilot | |||
| Fg Off | Robinson | Douglas Neville | DFC | RNZAF | NZ413481 | Pilot |
| Sgt | Roe | JE | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Fg Off | Rucklidge | John Michael | RAF | 109351 | ||
| Flt Lt | Ryan | Terence Patrick | DFC | RNZAF | NZ2335 | Navigator |
| FS | Scott | John Hancock | MID | RNZAF | NZ413896 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Scott | Howard George | RNZAF | NZ424527 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Shaw | Andrew Latham | RNZAF | NZ412272 | Pilot | |
| Flt Lt | Skudder | Irwin C | RNZAF | NZ423234 | Navigator | |
| Sqn Ldr | Smith | Irving Stanley | AFC | RNZAF | NZ43048 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Snoddy | V | Pilot | |||
| Fg Off | Sommerville | AA | RNZAF | |||
| Plt Off | Southall | B | Navigator | |||
| Fg Off | Spedding | Edward | RAF | 149334 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Spence | Ian Phillipson | RAF | 131661 | ||
| Flt Lt | Stewart | Kenneth William | DFC | RNZAF | NZ413145 | Pilot |
| Flt Lt | Sumner | Francis | AFM | RAF | 45840 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Tauwhare | Albert Lemcke | RNZAF | NZ437353 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Taylor | Thomas Frederick | DFC | RAF | 188134 | Navigator |
| Plt Off | Thomas | DA | ||||
| Plt Off | Thompson | AA | RNZAF | NZ42820 | Navigator | |
| Sgt | Tozer | Navigator | ||||
| Wg Cdr | Trousdale | Richard Macklow | RAF | 42163 | Pilot | |
| WO | Tufill | ES | RAF | 1801319 | Navigator | |
| Plt Off | Turner | AL | RNZAF | NZ405664 | ||
| Fg Off | Vlotman | Christiaan Johan | DFC & Vliegerkruis | RAF | 174839 | Pilot |
| WO | Waller | George Alfred | DFC | RAF | 149145 | Navigator |
| Fg Off | Warner | Leonard William | RAF | 146789 | Navigator | |
| Flt Lt | Watson | Ian | DFC | RAF | 128549 | Navigator |
| FS | Watson | Keith James | RNZAF | NZ421799 | Pilot | |
| Fg Off | Watt | Edgar | RNZAF | NZ404434 | Pilot | |
| Wg Cdr | Watts | Ronald Graham | RNZAF | NZ404974 | Pilot | |
| Sgt | Watts | SJ | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Flt Lt | Webbe | Hugh Donald Challenor | RAF | 121207 | Pilot | |
| WO | Whewell | J | RAF | Navigator | ||
| Sgt | Wilmoth | RS | RAAF | 401594 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Wilson | Alan William | RNZAF | NZ416568 | Navigator | |
| Fg Off | Wilson | Chisholm Martyn | RNZAF | NZ421128 | Pilot | |
| FS | Wise | RAF | ||||
| Sgt | Wood | John Leslie | DFM & Vliegerkruis | RAF | 182378 | Navigator |
| Sgt | Worsley | |||||
| Fg Off | Win | Frank Desmond | DFC | RNZAF | NZ404982 | Pilot |
| Fg Off | Wyman | Leonard James | RAF | 184799 | Navigator |
Broody's war 
May 9th, 2014 at 8:19 pm
Flt lt m head dso dfc was a pilot in 514sqdrn raft flying lancasters 1943. My father was his navigator .
May 9th, 2014 at 9:28 pm
That would make sense, Michael. Flt Lt head was with 488 Squadron from 13/07/1942 to 09/01/1943. Do you have any other details about him that I can use to update my list?
August 24th, 2014 at 3:04 pm
Do you have any information about FS. Longhorn?
March 14th, 2016 at 10:13 pm
Hi, it’s been a while since we had contact. Just looking at your list and would like to point out that my Dad, Leonard James Wyman, was a Flt Sgt when first posted to 488 but received his Commission and had the rank of Fg Off whilst with the Squadron.
Also, Andy Shaw was a Pilot.
Cheers,
Chris
March 15th, 2019 at 9:27 am
FYI, my Dad’s full name was Anthony Armstrong Thompson.
Really enjoying reading your research.
Cheers,
Roger
October 15th, 2020 at 4:10 pm
Roger – Firstly I apologise for taking so long to get back to you. Thank you so much for providing this information about your Dad. Really useful for the continuing accuracy of this site. Do you have any more information about him you could share? Thanks again. Adam