401218 - Unaccounted airmen - 18-12-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what were the places of death registration for:
LAC (Pilot u/t) Albert E. HALLS - 961773, killed on active service, and
AC2 Thomas JONES - 1021753 - Runnymede Panel 27, missing (could have been on board SS Napier Star ?).
Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Anson I - N5147 - 12 FTS - flew into ground at night near Harlaxton landing ground.
Magister I - T9740 - 24 EFTS - crashed in forced landing Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
Tiger Moth II - N9324 - 13 Sqn - spun into ground Hooton Park, Cheshire.
Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[thorne83]

Halls death registered in Grantham (just to the NE of Harlaxton), aged 21, so it looks like the Anson.

Tom

[Henk Welting]

As ever thanks Tom for your excellent answer.
Regards,
Henk.

[malcolm_raf]

Jones was with No 16 Balloon Centre at the time of his death

Malcolm

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Malcolm.
Henk.

[John Larder]

Henk

I have Halls as 12 FTS Anson N5147.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks John. That what I did after msg rcvd from Tom 6th July.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

F/Lt PEBODY, JACK ETHELBERT 36105 is listed on GRO overseas index as SS Napier Star
And he is here listed: https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship723.html