Sixty Squadron R.A.F.: A History of the Squadron from its Formation

by A. J. L. Scott

Together with the Decorations gained by them, not necessarily in the Squadron; all Officers are shown in the Highest Rank to which they attained during the War.

Name.	Casualty.	Date.
2/Lieut. A. R. Adam	Missing	July	1917
Lieut. J. R. Anderson	Killed	Aug.	1918
Capt. D. V. Armstrong, D.F.C. (151 Sqdn.)	Killed	May	1916
Lieut. J. L. Armstrong.	—	Jan.	1918
Lieut. (A/Capt.) F. L. Atkinson	Injured	April	1917
2/Lieut. W. R. Ayling	—	Nov.	1918
Lieut. J. Baalman	—	Aug.	1917
Lieut. D. H. Bacon	Missing	Nov.	1916
Lieut. C. G. Baker	—	Jan.	1917
Major H. H. Balfour, M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre (French)	—	May	1916
Capt. A. Ball, V.C., D.S.O. and 2 Bars, M.C., Order of St. George (Russian, 4th Class), Croix de Chevalier (French)	Killed	Sept	1916
Lieut. A. C. Ball	Missing	Feb.	1918
Lieut. H. J. O. Barnett	—	Jan.	1918
Lieut. J. N. Bartlett	—	June	1918
F/Officer H. F. V. Battle	Wounded	Sept.	1918
Capt. A. Beck, D.F.C.	—	June	1918
Capt. J. D. Belgrave, M.C. and Bar	Missing	April	1918
Major A. D. Bell-Irving, M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre	Wounded	May	1916
2/Lieut. I. Bigood	—	May	1916
Capt. A. Binnie, M.C.	Missing	April	1917
Lieut.-Col. W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O. and Bar, M.C., D.F.C., Croix de Chevalier, Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre with Palm (French)	—	April	1917
Capt. C. T. Black	—	March	1917
Capt. C. L. Blake	—	June	1917
Lieut. R. C. W. Blessley (U.S. Air Service)	Wounded	Sept.	1918
2/Lieut. F. Bower	Killed	April	1917
Lieut. H. S. Brackenbury	Injured	March	1917
Capt. N. A. Browning-Paterson	Killed	May	1916
Capt. W. E. G. Bryant, M.B.E.	Wounded	May	1916
Lieut. H. E. W. Bryning	—	June	1918
2/Lieut. H. Buckley	Wounded	Aug.	1918
2/Lieut. E. A. Burbidge	—	Sept.	1918
2/Lieut. C. M. H. M. Caffyn	Killed	March	1917
Major K. L. Caldwell, M.C., D.F.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre (Belgian)	—	Jan.	1917
Lieut. K. T. Campbell	Died	June	1918
Lieut. L. H. T. Capel	—	Feb.	1918
Capt. C. W. Carleton, A.F.C.	—	Dec.	1916
2/Lieut. W. M. Carlyle	Missing	Oct.	1916
Lieut. A. Carter, M.M.	—	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. W. E. Cass	Died	Aug.	1916
Lieut. G. F. Caswell	Missing	Sept.	1918
Capt. J. C. A. Caunter	Missing	Oct.	1917
2/Lieut. L. C. Chapman	Missing	April	1917
Capt. L. S. Charles	Missing	July	1916
Capt. R. L. Chidlaw-Roberts, M.C.	—	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. E. W. Christie	Missing	April	1918
Capt. S. Clare, M.B.E.	—	Jan.	1918
Capt. F. W. Clark, A.F.C.	—	Jan.	1918
2/Lieut. L. L. Clark	Killed	May	1916
2/Lieut. R. B. Clark	Died of Wounds	April	1917
Major A. C. Clarke	—	Aug.	1918
Lieut. J. H. Cock	Missing	April	1917
A/Capt. E. S. T. Cole, M. C.	—	Sept.	1916
Capt. J. Collier, D.F.C. (80 Sqdn.)	—	July	1917
Capt. W. H. K. Copeland	—	March	1918
Lieut. G. F. Court	—	Nov.	1917
2/Lieut. G. B. Craig	Missing	Feb.	1918
Lieut. F. D. Crane	—	Jan.	1918
Capt. K. Crawford	Missing	April	1918
Lieut. H. D. Crompton	—	Sept.	1917
Lieut. (A/Capt.) J. B. Crompton	—	Sept.	1917
Major C. M. Crowe, M.C., D.F.C.	—	July	1918
Lieut. C. F. Cunningham	—	Jan.	1918
F/Lieut. A. P. V. Daly	—	Nov.	1916
Capt. I. Meredyth Davies	—	April	1918
Lieut. W. B. Day	—	Oct.	1918
Capt. G. C. Dell-Clarke, M.C.	Killed	July	1918
2/Lieut. E. W. C. Densham	—	Sept.	1918
F/Lieut. G. W. Dobson, O.B.E.	—	Oct.	1916
Capt. J. E. Doyle, D.F.C.	Missing	Sept.	1918
Lieut. L. Drummond	—	Aug.	1916
Capt. J. M. Drysdale	Wounded	Aug.	1916
Lieut. G. L. Du Cros	—	June	1918
Capt. G. M. Duncan, D.F.C.	—	Aug.	1918
Capt. W. J. A. Duncan, M.C. and Bar	—	Nov.	1917
2/Lieut. (Hon. Lieut.) J. Elgood	—	July	1916
Lieut. G. F. Elliott	—	Sept.	1917
Lieut. J. McC. Elliott	Missing	April	1917
Lieut. C. D. Evans	—	Jan.	1918
2/Lieut. J. J. Fitzgerald	Missing	Oct.	1917
2/Lieut. H. T. Flintoft	—	July	1918
2/Lieut. J. H. Flynn	Killed	Sept.	1917
Major E. L. Foot, M.C.	—	Oct.	1916
2/Lieut. C. V. Forsyth	—	Nov.	1918
Lieut. C. W. France	—	Aug.	1918
Capt. W. M. Fry, M.C.	—	Jan.	1917
Capt. P. E. M. Le Gallais, A.F.C.	—	Aug.	1916
Lieut. W. P. Garnett	Missing	March	1917
Lieut. F. O. Gibbon	—	July	1917
Major E. J. L. W. Gilchrist, M.C., D.F.C.	Wounded	Dec.	1916
Lieut. W. Gilchrist	Missing	May	1917
Capt. G. A. Giles	—	Jan.	1917
Lieut. H. Good	—	May	1916
Capt. F. E. Goodrich, M.C.	Killed	Sept.	1916
Lieut. H. A. Gordon	Missing	July	1918
2/Lieut. R. J. Grandin	Missing	July	1917
Major E. P. Graves	Killed	March	1917
Hon. Capt. D. B. Gray, M.C.	—	May	1916
F/Lieut. E. O. Grenfell, M.C., A.F.C.	Wounded	Dec.	1916
F/Officer J. S. Griffith, D.F.C. and Bar, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class	Wounded	July	1918
2/Lieut. W. H. Gunner, M.C.	Missing	July	1917
Capt. H. W. Guy, Croix de Guerre (Belgian)	—	June	1917
Lieut. C. S. Hall	Missing	April	1917
Lieut. J. G. Hall	Missing	Nov.	1918
Lieut. H. Hamer, A.F.C.	—	Feb.	1917
Capt. H. A. Hamersley, M.C.	—	Sept.	1917
Lieut. H. T. Hammond	Missing	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. L. P. Harlow	—	Nov.	1918
Lieut. H. Harris	—	May	1916
2/Lieut. R. M. Harris	Killed	June	1917
2/Lieut. J. J. A. Hawtrey	Missing	Sept.	1917
Lieut. J. Headlam	Killed	May	1918
Major J. N. D. Heenan	—	June	1916
Capt. H. G. Hegarty, M.C.	—	Jan.	1918
Lieut. G. W. Hemsworth	—	Jan.	1918
Lieut. C. R. Henderson	—	March	1918
Lieut. N. P. Henderson	Wounded	April	1917
Capt. E. G. Herbert	Wounded	Jan.	1917
Lieut. H. E. Hervey, M.C. and Bar	Missing	April	1917
2/Lieut. F. A. Hickson	—	Sept.	1918
Sqdn.-Ldr. R. M. Hill, M.C., A.F.C.	—	Aug.	1916
Capt. C. Holland, M.C.	—	Dec.	1916
2/Lieut. R. Hopper	Killed	Jan.	1917
F/Lieut. S. B. Horn, M.C.	—	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. E. S. Howard	Killed	May	1917
2/Lieut. G. D. Hunter	Missing	May	1917
2/Lieut. W. E. Jenkins	Killed	Nov.	1917
Lieut. O. P. Johnson	—	July	1918
Lieut. B. S. Johnston	—	Aug.	1918
Lieut. R. N. K. Jones, M.C.	—	July	1916
Lieut. P. S. Joyce	Missing	March	1917
Capt. R. C. Kean	—	Jan.	1917
Capt. G. D. F. Keddie	—	May	1916
Lieut. S. W. Keen, M.C.	Died of Wounds	Aug.	1916
Lieut C. M. Kelly	—	Aug.	1916
2/Lieut. W. M. Kent	Missing	Feb.	1918
Lieut. J. F. M. Kerr	—	Aug.	1918
2/Lieut. J. L. Kight	—	Aug.	1916
2/Lieut. R. E. Kimbell	Missing	April	1917
2/Lieut. C. H. M. King	Killed	Sept.	1916
Capt. A. N. Kingwill	—	Feb.	1917
Lieut. R. A. Kirkpatrick	—	April	1918
Capt. H. Kirton	—	Jan.	1917
Capt. M. B. Knowles	Missing	April	1917
Lieut. R. H. Knowles	—	—
Lieut. T. Langwill	Missing	April	1917
Capt. J. D. Latta, M.C.	—	Nov.	1916
2/Lieut. J. Laurie-Reid	—	May	1916
Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) J. K. Law	Missing	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. L. H. Leckie	—	April	1917
Lieut. H. M. Lewis	—	July	1917
Lieut. R. G. Lewis	Missing	March	1918
Lieut. D. R. C. Lloyd	Missing	June	1917
Capt. E. A. Lloyd	—	Jan.	1917
Major G. L. Lloyd, M.C., A.F.C.	—	June	1917
Lieut. L. B. Loughran, American Air Service	Killed	July	1918
2/Lieut. J. C. Louw	—	March	1918
Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) R. J. S. Lund	—	Sept.	1918
Capt. J. D. McCall	—	Nov.	1917
Lieut. W. F. McCarthy	Wounded	Nov.	1918
Lieut. E. J. C. McCracken	Missing	Aug.	1918
Major J. B. McCudden, V.C., D.S.O. and Bar M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre, Mil. Medal	Killed	July	1918
F/Lieut. B. McEntegart	—	Aug.	1918
Lieut. I. C. MacGregor	Injured	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. N. C. Mackey	—	Sept.	1918
2/Lieut. C. W. McKissock	Missing	May	1917
2/Lieut. R. D. McLennan	Killed	Dec.	1917
Lieut. J. E. C. MacVicker	Killed	June	1918
2/Lieut. H. E. Martin	Killed	Nov.	1916
F/Officer S. J. Mason	—	Sept.	1918
Major H. Meintjies, M.C., A.F.C.	—	May	1916
Capt. P. Middlemas, M.B.E.	—	Feb.	1917
2/Lieut. S. C. Millar	—	July	1918
Major J. A. Milot	Missing	April	1917
Capt. W. E. Molesworth, M.C. and Bar, Italian Medal (Silver) for Military Valour	—	March	1917
Capt. H. A. S. Molyneux, D.F.C.	—	March	1918
Lieut.-Col. B. F. Moore	—	Jan.	1918
Lieut. A. W. Morey, M.C.	Killed	Jan.	1918
Lieut. D. H. Morris	—	Oct.	1917
Capt. F. J. Morse, Croix de Guerre (French)	—	Dec.	1918
Lieut. A. W. M. Mowle	Injured	July	1917
Lieut. D. C. G. Murray	Missing	June	1917
2/Lieut. W. B. Newth	Killed	Sept.	1918
2/Lieut. H. J. Newton	Missing	May	1916
Lieut. B. Nicholson	—	Sept.	1917
Lieut. J. I. M. O’Beirne	—	May	1916
Lieut. A. R. Oliver	—	Aug.	1918
Lieut. J. A. N. Ormsby	Missing	July	1916
Lieut. H. C. M. Orpen	—	Sept.	1918
Lieut. E. R. Ortner	—	March	1918
Lieut. F. H. Osborne	—	Sept.	1918
Lieut. G. E. Osmond	—	March	1917
Lieut. C. F. Overy	—	May	1916
Capt. G. A. Parker, M.C., D.S.O.	Missing	Nov.	1916
Major S. E. Parker, M.B.E., A.F.C.	—	Aug.	1916
2/Lieut. F. C. Parkes	—	June	1917
Lieut. G. A. H. Parkes	Missing	July	1917
Capt. C. Parry, D.F.C.	Wounded	July	1918
Major C. K. C. Patrick, D.S.O., M.C. and Bar	—	Aug.	1917
Major C. Patteson, M.C., A.F.C., Croix de Guerre (French)	—	May	1917
Capt. A. R. Penny, M.C.	—	June	1917
Lieut. E. W. Percival	—	May	1917
2/Lieut. R. M. Phalen	Missing	May	1917
Capt. G. Phillippi, M.C.	Wounded	Sept	1916
F/Officer G. A. H. Pidcock, Croix de Guerre (French)	—	Jan.	1917
F/Officer S. L. Pope	—	May	1917
Sqdn.-Ldr. C. F. A. Portal, M.C., D.S.O. and Bar	—	May	1916
2/Lieut. O. Price	—	June	1918
Lieut. J. O. Priestley	—	Nov.	1917
Lieut. H. N. J. Proctor	—	March	1918
Capt. E. B. A. Rayner	—	Jan.	1917
Capt. J. W. Rayner	—	Aug.	1918
Lieut. F. K. Read, American Air Service	—	June	1918
F/Lieut. C. A. Ridley, D.S.O., M.C.	Missing	May	1916
2/Lieut. D. M. Robertson	Missing	April	1917
Lieut. N. McL. Robertson	Killed	Oct.	1916
Lieut. H. G. Ross	Injured	May	1917
Lieut. J. A. Roth, United States Air Service	—	Oct.	1918
Capt. B. Roxburgh-Smith, D.F.C. and Bar Croix de Guerre (Belgian)	Injured	Feb.	1917
Lieut. N. C. Roystan	Injured	Feb.	1918
Lieut. W. O. Russell	Missing	April	1917
Capt. W. J. Rutherford	—	May	1917
Lieut. A. W. Saunders, D.F.C.	—	Feb.	1918
Capt. O. J. F. Scholte, M.C.	Killed	July	1918
Grp.-Capt. A. J. L. Scott, C.B., M.C., A.F.C.	Wounded	April	1917
Capt. J. Seabrook, A.F.C.	—	Oct.	1916
Capt. F. H. B. Selous, M.C., Italian Silver Medal	Killed	Sept.	1917
Lieut. W. B. Sherwood	Missing	Oct.	1917
Lieut. R. G. Sillars	—	May	1917
F/Lieut. J. H. Simpson	—	May	1916
2/Lieut. M. D. Sinclair	—	June	1918
2/Lieut. G. O. Smart	Missing	April	1917
Sqdn.-Ldr. H. G. Smart	—	May	1916
Lieut. J. E. Smith	Missing	Sept.	1918
2/Lieut. L. H. Smith	Missing	Oct.	1918
Lieut. R. H. Smith	—	Sept.	1918
Lieut.-Col. R. R. Smith-Barry, A.F.C., Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold	—	May	1916
F/Lieut. F. O. Soden, D.F.C.	—	July	1917
2/Lieut. L. V. Southwell	Injured	March	1918
Sqdn.-Ldr. W. Sowrey, A.F.C.	—	Nov.	1916
Lieut. J. M. J. Spencer	Missing	Oct.	1916
Lieut. F. Stedman	Missing	April	1917
2/Lieut. R. B. Steele	Injured	Sept.	1917
2/Lieut. L. G. Stockwell	Missing	Oct.	1918
T/Capt. V. A. Stookes, M.C.	—	Oct.	1916
2/Lieut. H. S. Stuart-Smith	Missing	Sept.	1918
Lieut. E. A. Sullock, A.F.C.	—	March	1918
Capt. A. S. M. Summers	Missing	Sept.	1916
2/Lieut. H. E. Talbot	—	Dec.	1918
Capt. H. S. Taylor	—	Aug.	1916
Capt. G. J. Temperley	Injured	Oct.	1917
Lieut. G. E. Tennant	—	Sept.	1918
Lieut. O. Thamer	Missing	Jan.	1918
2/Lieut. S. A. Thomson	Missing	Sept.	1918
F/Officer E. Thornton	—	Jan.	1918
Capt. H. C. Tower	Missing	May	1916
F/Lieut. E. J. D. Townesend	Missing	April	1917
Lieut. J. W. Trusler	—	Feb.	1918
2/Lieut. F. E. Upton-Smith	—	Feb.	1918
Capt. S. F. Vincent, A.F.C.	—	July	1916
Lieut. B. M. Wainwright	Missing	July	1916
Major F. F. Waldron	Killed	May	1916
Lieut. Walker	—	Aug.	1916
Lieut. A. M. Walters	—	Sept.	1916
Capt. L. S. Weedon	—	Sept.	1916
2/Lieut. A. N. Westergaard	—	June	1918
2/Lieut. M. West-Thompson	Killed	Sept.	1917
Lieut. A. D. Whitehead	Missing	March	1917
Capt. L. E. Whitehead	Wounded	June	1916
Lieut. J. O. Whiting	Missing	Sept.	1917
Lieut. R. K. Whitney, D.F.C.	Wounded	Aug.	1918
2/Lieut. R. C. R. Wilde	—	Oct.	1918
Lieut. C. Williams	Missing	May	1916
2/Lieut. V. F. Williams	Missing	April	1917
2/Lieut. J. Winslow	—	Oct.	1918
Lieut. C. O. Wright	—	Aug.	1917
Lieut. G. C. Young	—	May	1917

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APPENDIX II
BATTLE CASUALTIES

In this list each officer is given in the rank which he held at the time he was wounded or missing. It is very apparent that it was during April 1917 that the squadron went through the bitterest fighting. There were 20 casualties in this month alone. The worst month after this was September 1917, with 8 casualties, while in July and again in September 1918, 6 pilots “went west.”

These figures show clearly the increase in the intensity of air fighting as the contest wore on. In August 1916, when 60 was still a two-seater squadron with only one scout flight, we lost 5 pilots and 2 observers; this was thought at the time to be high, as indeed it was according to the standard of those days, though several other squadrons lost more heavily during the Somme. Nevertheless, the figures show only too clearly that the Arras fighting was far the severest trial 60 ever had, for during April 1917 the losses were 105 per cent. The total number of Battle Casualties is 115, sustained during 29 months of war flying, giving an average of just under 4 per month, or nearly one a week.

An analysis of the figures shows that 76 of these 115 were killed, while 39 are alive, unless, indeed, they were killed with another squadron later in the war: but this could only have happened to the 21 wounded who got back to their own side of the lines.

Of the 72 missing, 54 are dead, 17 were repatriated from Germany, while one, Ridley, escaped.

Though it was true to say that roughly half of our missing in the Air Force were alive, it will be seen that in 60’s case the average was much smaller, only 25 per cent. instead of 50 per cent.