431223 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 23-12-1943

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

431223 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 23-12-1943

From Henk's list -

WAAF
UK
NELSON, Elizabeth Cameron - ACW2 - 435219 - WAAF - Kirkcaldy (Bennochy), Fifeshire.
WILKINS, Elizabeth Janet - ACW1 - 470549 - WAAF - Hull Crematorium., Yorkshire.

BANGLADESH
JOHNSON, Frank - F/S (Nav/WoP) -1513452 -RAFVR - 684 Sqdn - Maynamati, Bangladesh.

UK
BILLENNESS, Albert Frederick - LAC - 1662256 - RAFVR - Pitcombe (St. Leonard), Somerset.
BRADLEY, William - F/O (Pilot) - 128944 - RAFVR - Upavon, Wiltshire.
BRAILSFORD, Harold John - LAC (WoP) - 1108724 - RAFVR - Gawber (St. Thomas) Yorkshire.
COBLE, Percy Sidney - P/O (Pilot) - 52756 - RAF - Portsdown (Christ Church), Hampshire.
FALLOWES, Edward Peter Ivan - F/O (Pilot) -152032 - RAFVR - Doveridge (St. Cuthbert), Derbyshire.
GARWARE, Ramo Digamber - W/O (Pilot) - 1190419 - RAFVR - Leigh (St. Catherine), Gloucestershire.
HIGGS, Geoffrey - F/S (Pilot) - 1231514 - RAFVR - Wolverhampton Borough, Staffordshire.
HOLLAND, Kenneth - F/L (Pilot) - 116708 - RAFVR - Sutton, Surrey.
REID, Cyril Thompson - F/O (Pilot/Flg Instr) - 128057 -RAFVR - Dundee Crematorium, Angus.

From CWGC & Geoff's lists -

SOUTH AFRICA
BILBOW, Joseph Robert - LAC - 125590 - RAFVR - Cape Town (Maitland), Western Cape, South Africa.

SRI LANKA
CHANCE, Albert Edward - P/O - 147544 - RAFVR - Colombo (Liveramentu), Sri Lanka.

UK
GOUGH, Lawrence Frederick - AC1c - 1221770 - RAFVR - Mansfield (Nottingham Road), Nottinghamshire.
GRIGGS, Charles - Sgt - 1141059 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
LE MESURIER, Eric Clive - W/Cdr - 37883 - D.S.O; D.F.C; MiD - RAF(RAFO) - Radipole (St.Ann) Dorset.
LIPSHITZ, Arthur - F/S (Nav) - 1383809 - D.F.M - RAFVR - Edmonton Federation Jewish, Middlesex.
MILES, Arthur Charles Reece - Sgt - 1339546 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
MITTONETTE, Frederick William - Sgt - 2220959 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
QUINN, Joseph - Sgt( Flt Eng) - 1675148 - RAFVR - Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK (2) - GOUGH & Le MESURIER

23-12-1942
No.8(C) OTU
Mosquito T.III HJ964

Air bottle in rear fuselage blew up, causing aircraft to spin in at Granholme Farm, near Dyce aerodrome after tail fell off.

37883 W/C (Pilot) Eric Claude Le MESURIER DSO.,DFC.,MiD. RAFO + (Chief Flying Instructor)
Passenger 1221770 AC1 Lawrence Frederick GOUGH RAFVR +

De Havilland Mosquito Crash Log/Smith. p.10

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK (2) - GRIGGS, LIPSHITZ, MILES & MINTONETTE.

23/24-12-1943
No.15 OTU
Wellington IC W5714

Took off 1832, Harwell, to carry out a night cross-country flight and air-to-sea firing. An SOS was received from the aircraft at about 0115, when the aircraft was plotted as being on track and west of the Scillies. Soon after a second SOS was received and then nothing further. The aircraft failed to return to base.

J/24590 F/O (Capt./Pilot) Donald Eugene RAYMOND RCAF +
1383809 F/Sgt (Nav.) Arthur LIPSHITZ DFM RAFVR +
1339545 Sgt (2nd Nav.) Arthur Charles Reece MILES RAFVR +
AUS421272 F/Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Geoffrey Alfred HEBBLEWHITE RAAF +
2220959 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Frederick William MINTONETTE RAFVR +
1141059 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Charles GRIGGS RAFVR +

The body of F/Sgt Lipshitz DFM, was recovered from the sea at Portreath and buried in Edmonton Federation Jewish Cemetery, Middlesex. The other crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

See: BCL7/267 and...

http://www.awm.gov.au/catalogue/rese...9125z017_1.pdf

See: p.369 of 479. (per Alan Storr).

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BANGLADESH
JOHNSON, Frank - F/S (Nav/WoP) -probably killed whilst flying in Mosquito VI, HJ760 of No 684 Sqn, which flew into a water tank near Feni during a training sortie, possibly as the result of a bird strike, together with A G Orr RCAF.

UK
NELSON, Elizabeth Cameron - ACW2 - not Eng/Wales?.
WILKINS, Elizabeth Janet - ACW1 - registered in Buckrose.
BILLENNESS, Albert Frederick - LAC - registered in Wincanton.
BRADLEY, William - F/O (Pilot) - possibly killed in Oxford I, LX595 which crashed into a hanger at Upavon during a night overshoot.
BRAILSFORD, Harold John - LAC (WoP) - possibly killed in Oxford I, LX595 which crashed into a hanger at Upavon during a night overshoot.
COBLE, Percy Sidney - P/O (Pilot) - registered in Cirencester.
FALLOWES, Edward Peter Ivan - F/O (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford II, ED231 of No 14 (P) AFU, which overturned on an overshoot at Dallachy.
GARWARE, Ramo Digamber - W/O (Pilot) - killed whilst flying in Spitfire IIB, P8547 of No 2 TEU, which crashed in a high speed forced landing following an engine fire.
HIGGS, Geoffrey - F/S (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Tiger Moth II, T7739 of the 28 EFTS, which crashed in an attempted forced landing near Lapley in Staffordshire
HOLLAND, Kenneth - F/L (Pilot) - possibly killed in Oxford I, LX595 which crashed into a hanger at Upavon during a night overshoot.
REID, Cyril Thompson - F/O (Pilot/Flg Instr) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford II, ED231 of No 14 (P) AFU, which overturned on an overshoot at Dallachy.
QUINN, Joseph - Sgt( Flt Eng) - killed whilst flying in Halifax V, EB191 of No 1664 HCU, which was partially abandoned and crashed into a house in Harrogate after difficulties were experienced during a night cross-country.

SOUTH AFRICA
BILBOW, Joseph Robert - LAC - DOAS at Congella.

SRI LANKA
CHANCE, Albert Edward - P/O - serving with 222 Group.

Malcolm

[davew]

The place/date of death on the death registers for Fallowes and Reid is Stracathro 23/12/43. This indicates that Oxford HN513 was the a/c involved.
regards
DaveW

[Chris Pointon]

ACW2 Elizabeth Cameron Nelson died at home in Kirkcaldy from pulmonary tuberculosis

[Lyffe]

Further to Malcolm's post.

Confirm Bradley, Brailsford and Holland were killed at Upavon. LX595 struck a flagstaff whilst attempting a night landing in bad visibility, crashed into a small 'C' type maintenance hanger on the north airfield (north of the A342 and just east of the current camp complex) and burst into flame. Bradley is buried at Upavon. (Rod Priddle's Wings over Wiltshire)

Brian

[dennis_burke]

Neither of the two WAAF appeared in Flight casualty lists
Billenness and Chance both appear in DOAS lists, I don't see Bilbow listed however in Flight.

Coble is listed as Killed on Active Service.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

BANGLADESH
JOHNSON, Frank - F/S (Nav/WoP) -1513452 - Alexander Gray Orr's R.C.A.F. records confirm that they were killed in Mosquito HJ760. It had taken off from Comilla at 10.15 hours, crashing into a water tank at 22º 47 N, 91º 33 E.

UK
BILLENNESS, Albert Frederick - LAC - 1662256 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Pitcombe Railway Station. The Western Gazette of Decembeb 31st 1943 reported that he alighted from a train onto the parapet of a bridge, having mistaken it for the station platform. The train had overshot the platform, and he fell onto the road below, sustaining multiple injuries from which he died.

COBLE, Percy Sidney - P/O (Pilot) - 52756 - the Portsmouth Evening News of December 29th carries several announcements of his death, one of which includes 'killed in flying accident.' The Graves Registration Report Form gives his unit a 3 (P) A.F.U.

Regards

Simon