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19th September 2021, 08:41

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

George Arthur Broughton, a MT driver attached to Number 58 RSU, died of dystentry

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18th September 2021, 08:53

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Alexander Reid 647108, died in the Combined Military hospital at Assenol of a neoplasm of the lung . He did NOT die in any incident associated with...

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17th September 2021, 17:26

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

James Pollock 1890535 , an ACH/PNB attached to Number 7 ACRC in Fighter Command, died in Stoke Mandeville hospital of meningitis. Born in Buenos...

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17th September 2021, 15:02

78SqnHistory replied to a thread Retraining from Wireless Operator Air Gunner to Pilot in General Category

Thank you both for your comments. I have come across this once before, but it was at the end of the war. The gentleman in this case was a Canadian,...

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17th September 2021, 12:28

78SqnHistory started a thread Retraining from Wireless Operator Air Gunner to Pilot in General Category

So I have been struggling with a puzzle over the possibility that a gentleman who served on 78 Sqn as a commissioned WAG in 1940/41, returned to the...

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17th September 2021, 09:31

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

George Olaf Clement 529445 , an RAF Policeman attached to RAF Ludlow , was riding a motorcycle from Tenbury to Ludlow and on the Tenbury side of the...

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17th September 2021, 09:09

jonheyworth replied to a thread Seeking Cause of death in General Category

He died of a fracture of the base of the Skull and lacerations of the brain

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17th September 2021, 09:02

jonheyworth replied to a thread Seeking Cause of death in General Category

Seeking cause of death ? Do you want poor Horace Gray’s actual stated injuries. ? I can get them if that’s what you want

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16th September 2021, 21:24

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Ronald William Tickell Alford 860263 , attached to Number 11 Balloon centre, died in Southmead hospital of a combination of cardiac failure ...

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16th September 2021, 21:19

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Norman Smith 523074 , at home on sick leave, died at Rose Glen, Churchill, Blagdon, of pulmonary tuberculosis

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16th September 2021, 20:29

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Mejbail Hussain 7711, attached to Number 47 Company, was shot in the abdomen by a sentry and was admitted to the Levy hospital at 16;45 hours. Where...

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16th September 2021, 20:24

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Jassim Muhammad 8820 , attached to Number 6 Company died of an acute gangrenous appendix and peritonitis dying at 12:30 hours when his lungs...

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16th September 2021, 20:20

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Mezhar Khalid 8483 , attached to Number 6 Company , was admitted to Number 6 Indian general hospital 2 hours after being involved in an MT accident...

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16th September 2021, 20:11

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Robert Spicer 1529929 , attached to Number 22 PDC , was admitted unconcious to Number 1NZ General hospital suffering from a .38 revolver wound to...

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16th September 2021, 20:05

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Edward Orlowski P 782377, was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Cosford on 13 November 1940 where he died of a gangrenous appendix

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16th September 2021, 16:38

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

I’ve found quite a number of people missed off CWGC myself and had them accepted . I submit mine through In from the cold project which is where...

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15th September 2021, 20:45

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Thomas Peake 1093063 , a medically discharged airman , died in a diabetic coma

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15th September 2021, 19:20

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Two entirely new entries to the CWGC database Cornelius Daniel Stephanus Nortje P 8095 Corporal SAAF and Lawrence Aubrey Wilmot P 102596...

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14th September 2021, 19:10

78SqnHistory replied to a thread Whitley V EDG in General Category

Peter, I think you may be on the right track as I have found another operation being abandoned due to "E.D.G. Found not to be charging" ...

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13th September 2021, 21:45

78SqnHistory replied to a thread Whitley V EDG in General Category

Ian, this is one of the entries, it doesn't give much more information I'm afraid. "Mission abandoned as E.D.G. became unserviceable" A second...

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13th September 2021, 16:00

78SqnHistory started a thread Whitley V EDG in General Category

I've been reading through some 1940 ORBs and have come across the abbreviation EDG on a number of occasions, often as reason for aborting a mission....

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13th September 2021, 11:38

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Gladys Duckworth 882377 , a medically discharged Airwoman, died in Baguley sanatorium , Manchester, of pulmonary tuberculosis

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13th September 2021, 10:23

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Bryan Edward Bennett 1273018 , attached to AHQ WD, died of wounds sustained by enemy action near Benghazi

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13th September 2021, 10:01

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Harold Reginald Hunt 81569 , attached to RAF Biggin Hill, died under anaesthesia during an operation at RAF hospital, Cosford

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11th September 2021, 22:57

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

George Barker 842252 , a medically discharged airman, died in Mayday hospital, Croydon, 5 days after admission of a duodenal ulcer . He had been...

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11th September 2021, 22:10

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Samuel Frederick Perry 913350 , attached to 39 MU , was found hanging from a pipe in the public lavatory near the Swan and Sugar Loaf public house in...

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11th September 2021, 22:00

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Violet Rose Cooke (spelled COOK in some records ) 2146969 , a clerk GD attached to RAF Cosford, was taken seriously ill on 4 May and admitted to...

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11th September 2021, 21:55

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Elizabeth Jackson 2111236 , a Clerk SD attached to RAF Hack Green, died of unknown causes in Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest. A post mortem held...

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