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'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940Author: Henk Welting (Guest)
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16:42:03 Saturday, September 29, 2007
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What caused the death of the following airmen, commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial and listed in Flight archives as: Previously reported 'Missing believed killed' now presumed killed on active service:
LAC Alfred C. BEECH - 751022 - Panel 22, and
P/O John P. DALTON - 41524 - Panel 7.
Aircraft write-offs for this day:
Hart Trainer - K4959 - 11 FTS - crashed at Shawbury.
Monospar ST-25 - X9365 - 6 AACU - dived into ground Saighton Camp, 2 miles SE of Chester, Cheshire.
Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.
RE: 'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
Author: tomthorne83
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16:47:39 Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Hi Henk, it's not the Hart, the undercarriage collapsed during an overshoot. The pilot was Wallace "Jock" Cunningham who flew with 19 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
Cheers, Tom
RE: 'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
Author: Andy_Ingham
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17:28:03 Saturday, September 29, 2007
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According to RAF Death Index Beech's unit was 4 B&G School at the time of his death.
Daltons unit is listed as 4 AOS
Regards
Andy
RE: 'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
Author: Finn Buch (Guest)
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18:54:59 Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Hello Henk,
LAC Alfred C. BEECH - 751022 - Panel 22
Unit:
4 B and G Sch. (School?)
Regards
Finn Buch
RE: 'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
Author: mcmillan_p
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20:01:37 Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Henk...
Missing, presumed killed, prob means lost over water. Air Britain Aeromilitaire only lists crashes on land
Paul