400913 - Unaccounted airmen - 13-9-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and what were the places of death tregistration for:

AC2 Alec A. BURGESS - 1156188 - 600 Sqn (Redhill, Surrey) - died of wounds or injuries received on active service;
Sgt (Pilot u/t) EDGAR, Dermot D.S. - 741642 - killed on active service;
F/O (Pilot) Grosvenor L. EDMONDS - 41565 - 613 Sqn (Firbeck, Yorkshire) - died of wounds or injuries received on active service, and
P/O (Pilot) John W. HIND-SMITH - 84335 - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Harvard I - N7174 - CFS - crashed in forced landing near Grimston, Norfolk;
Magister I - T9746 - 24 EFTS - crashed on approach Hatfield;
Spitfire I - K9967 - 7 OTU - crashed, location not known,
Spitfire I - X4159 - 7 OTU - dived into ground Tatton Hall near Broxton, Cheshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Edgar,20,is registered in W Cheshire which is the right office for Broxton, Hind-Smith,27, is registered at Devizes,Wiltshire. The other 2 don't come up so may be in Scotland
Regards
Dick

[davew]

Henk

Edmunds is registered at Worksop, Notts which is near the Netherthorpe Airfield, Yorks. Possibly in hospital there after being involved in the crash of Lysander P1692 on the 6th

Hind Smith was killed in Harvard N7174 at Casterley Camp, Netheravon.

regards

DaveW

[Amrit]

Edgar was killed in X4159 when the Spitfire crashed due to oxygen failure

[paulmcmillan]

"Spitfire I - K9967 - 7 OTU - crashed, location not known, "


It crash-landed at Hawarden (or Hawkinge) - However I also have the date as both 14-9-40 and 13-9-40 from difference sources

As 7 OTU was at Hawarden I would suggest this is the correct location

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Gents for all your support.

Henk.