400821 - Unaccounted airmen - 21-8-1940

[Henk Welting]

Horsham St.Faith, Elton, Watton, Catfoss, Eastleigh, West Malling, Pulham, Exeter and Bircham Newton, where there were several casualties, were attacked by the Luftwaffe.
Looking for the places of death registration of following airmen:

A - Not in Flight archives:
LAC Leslie W.F. TAYLOR - 538918

B - Died of wounds or injuries received on active service:
Cpl John ANDERSON - 979309
AC2 James KENNEDY - 983513

C - Killed on active service:
AC2 Percy SUTTON - 942366

D - Also looking for:
P/O (Pilot) John F.S. PRICE - 41060 - 110 Sqn (Blenheims, Wattisham, Suffolk), buried Coity (St.Mary) Churchyard, Glamorganshire (UK8951). He was killed in action (while flying in operations against the enemy). Can't find a Blenheim-loss for this day.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

No answer required to P/O PRICE - 41060. He was killed on Blenheim R3773.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

CWGC has date of death "21th" August 1940 - Chorley in his Vol.1 page 104 lists him on "30th/31th" August 1940 (Blenheim R3773). What means that we still have a problem. Death registration could bring an answer ?
Regards,
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
There are registrations as follows:-
Leslie W F Taylor,22,at Bridgend, S Wales together with Percy Sutton,21,also Bridgend.John Anderson,24 reg. at W Ashford in Kent and James Kennedy 22,at Ely.
Warner's Blenheim also has Price as KIA in Blenheim R3773, crashing at Offton nr Ipswich on returning from an op to Emden on 30/31-08-40. His Obs. Sgt H Tune also died .Price ,24, is registered at Gipping in Suffolk which is the correct office for Offton
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick for this info. Will inform CWGC re their discrepancy on P/O Price.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/1336 1940 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31
Aircraftman 2nd Class J Anderson:
report of death from injuries. Aircraftman 2nd Class C W Clarkson: injured in an enemy bombing raid on RAF Lympne, Kent, 21 August 1940

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

LAC Leslie W.F. TAYLOR - 538918 - the Graves Registration Report records him as being with 'No. 3 G.A.S.' - any ideas what that might be anyone? Perhaps 3 A.G.S...?

Regards

Simon