431212 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 12-12-1943

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

431212 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 12-12-1943

From Henk's list -

UK
BARLOW, William Herbert - AC2 - 1689458 - RAFVR - Wilmslow, Cheshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

WAAF
UK
TITLEY, Marjorie Sylvia - LACW - 2136002 - WAAF - Bramley, Yorkshire.[958(Balloon) Sqn].

CANADA
GRIEVESON, Lawrence Vincent - LAC - 1607672 - RAFVR - St. Jean-Sur-Richelieu R C, Quebec, Canada. [ Road Traffic Accident ].
JONES, Thomas Glyndwr - LAC - 1655638 - RAFVR - Thunder Bay (Mountain View), Ontario, Canada. [ Tiger Moth - 1253 - 2 EFTS ].
PRIHODA, Bohnstav - F/S - 787087 - RAFVR - Medicine Hat (Hillside), Alberta, Canada. [ Harvard II - 2742 - 34 SFTS ].
THOMAS, William Daniel - AC1c - 1416529 - RAFVR - Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada.[DOAS].

IRAQ
BELL, John Joseph - AC1c - 1684129 - RAFVR - Basra, Iraq.[Anti Locust Flt].

USA
BEUKEMA, Richard - LAC - 1814953 - RAFVR - Burbank (Valhalla) Memorial Park, California, USA.[ Cornell III - 15027 - 31 EFTS ].

Alex

[Bill Walker]

Concerning Jones (Tiger Moth 1253) I think my web page is in error,and needs updating. The Record Card of 1253 does not list the unit at the time of the crash.

Concerning Prihoda, here is what I have for Harvard 2742:

Category A damage on 12 December 1943 while with No. 34 Service Flying Training School at Medicine Hat, Alberta. Crashed at 09:30 local time, north of Seven Persons, Alberta, while performing authorized aerobatics. F/Sgt Bohuslav Příhoda, a Czechoslovakian citizen in the RAF, killed. He had been a mechanic in No. 310 Squadron RAF, and had remustered as a pilot.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

TITLEY, Marjorie Sylvia - LACW - 2136002 - is listed in the casualty communiques as DOAS, and her death is registered in Neath, Glamorganshire.

Martyn

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
BARLOW, William Herbert - AC2 - not Eng/Wales?.
TITLEY, Marjorie Sylvia - LACW - registered in Neath.[958(Balloon) Sqn].

CANADA
GRIEVESON, Lawrence Vincent - LAC - confirmed in Road Traffic Accident.

USA
BEUKEMA, Richard - LAC - confirmed in Cornell III - 15027 - 31 EFTS.

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

BARLOW, William Herbert - AC2 - 1689458 - died of injuries after being knocked off his bicycle by an apparent stolen car which did not stop in Evesham.

Source - Gloucestershire Echo - 15 December 1943, via British Newspaper Archives

Death registered Evesham in Q1 1944

Martyn

[dennis_burke]

W H BARLOW, M S TITLEY, L V GRIEVESON, W D THOMAS, J J BELL ALL DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE CASUALTIES

ANCESTRY.COM, Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948

W D Thomas was with 38 SFTS, died from meningitus.
L V Grieveson was walking back to the base, 9 Air Observer School, St Johns Quebec from the town of that name, when he was hit by a car while snow was drifting. Weather conditions recorded as a contributary cause.

[CZ_RAF]

Hi Alex,

just one correction for:

PRIHODA, Bohnstav - F/S - 787087 - RAFVR - Medicine Hat (Hillside), Alberta, Canada. [ Harvard II - 2742 - 34 SFTS ].

- his first name was Bohuslav (as mentioned by Bill)

All other details - provided by Bill - are correct

Pavel

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Henry Alan Sheppard 1391502, he died as the result of an accident at Eagle Moor. When cycling to see his wife, when he came into collision with a car which pinned him underneath it, the weight of which caused his death by suffocation

[jonheyworth]

Joseph Theodore Vannerum, 1424899, attached to 6530 SE, died in St. Mary's hospital , Eastbourne of apoplexy

[jonheyworth]

John Joseph Bell 1684129 attached to the Anti Locust Flight Persia , was taken ill at Bandar Abbas and as facilities were poor there, he was flown at ultra low level to Sarjah but despite all the efforts to save him, he died of pneumonia and MT malaria