Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Empire Airman

British steam merchant


This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Empire Airman.

Aboard Empire Airman when hit on 22 Sep 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishArmstrong, John, Merchant Navy39FiremanEmpire Airman +
BritishBailey, Richard Watson, Merchant Navy35Able SeamanEmpire Airman +
BritishBaynes, S.C., Merchant NavyCrew memberEmpire Airman
BritishBrown, George Edward, Merchant Navy19BoyEmpire Airman +
BritishForrest, Douglas, Merchant Navy45Chief OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishForster, Lancelot Edwin, Merchant Navy18Second Radio OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishHaikoff, Sergei, Merchant Navy44CarpenterEmpire Airman +
BritishHall, Cyril Martin, Merchant Navy17Mess Room BoyEmpire Airman +
BritishHansen, Frederick, Merchant Navy20Cabin BoyEmpire Airman +
BritishHarris, James, Merchant Navy34DonkeymanEmpire Airman +
BritishHarvey, James, Merchant Navy23Second OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishHolland, Joseph Sidney, Merchant Navy17Deck BoyEmpire Airman +
CanadianHughes, Robert J.D., Merchant NavyFiremanEmpire Airman +
NorwegianJacobsen, Hogbart, Merchant Navy54Able SeamanEmpire Airman +
BritishKane, Walter, Merchant Navy15Galley BoyEmpire Airman +
BritishLemmon, John Allen, Merchant Navy17Deck BoyEmpire Airman +
BritishLindsay, Stanley, Merchant Navy42FiremanEmpire Airman +
BritishMarshall, Thomas, Merchant Navy19SailorEmpire Airman +
BritishMayfield, Frederick, Merchant Navy24Able SeamanEmpire Airman +
BritishMole, William, Merchant Navy43DonkeymanEmpire Airman +
BritishMoore, Charles Henry, Merchant Navy60DonkeymanEmpire Airman +
BritishPickard, William, Merchant Navy43Water TenderEmpire Airman +
BritishRaine, John Brown, Merchant Navy48MasterEmpire Airman +
BritishRobins, Reginald Gilbert Charles, Merchant Navy45Chief Engineer OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishRodger, Charles, Merchant Navy24CookEmpire Airman +
BritishStephenson, Lemuel John Rodham, Merchant Navy44Water TenderEmpire Airman +
BritishStephenson, Richard H., Merchant Navy23Able SeamanEmpire Airman +
BritishStevens, Cecil Sydney, Merchant Navy31First Radio OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishWaggett, John William, Merchant Navy22SailorEmpire Airman +
BritishWigan, Jack, Merchant Navy29Third OfficerEmpire Airman +
BritishWilliams, Cecil Guy, RM40Marine (DEMS gunner)Empire Airman +
BritishWilliams, Stanley, Merchant Navy41Boatswain (Bosun)Empire Airman +
BritishWilson, David Pritchard, Merchant Navy42Water TenderEmpire Airman +
BritishWood, Arthur Hayden, Merchant Navy21Fourth Engineer OfficerEmpire Airman +

34 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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