440315 - Unaccounted Airmen - 15-3-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440315 - Unaccounted Airmen - 15-3-1944

From Henk's list -

EGYPT
PEPPER, Leslie Floyd - Sgt(Pilot) - 1622294 - RAFVR - Moascar, Egypt.

ITALY
HARRIS, James - (N.Ireland) - Cpl - 541809 - RAF - Naples, Italy.

UK
ASKEN, Hugh - AC1c - 1559451 - RAFVR - Haddington (St. Martin's), East Lothian.
CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Wallace - AC2c - 1572477 - RAFVR - Camelon, Stirlingshire.
WHITELAW, Hugh Ferguson Davidson - Sqdn/Ldr - 60035 - RAFVR - Largs, Ayrshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

BANGLADESH
BALL, Kenneth Herbert - F/S - 1172890 - RAFVR - Chittagong, Bangladesh.

UK
BARLOW, Reginald Dennis - Sgt(A/G) - 1807428 - RAFVR - Birmingham (Brandwood End), Warwickshire.[ Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU ].
HUDSON, George - F/S (WoP/A/G) - 1080378 - RAFVR - Rotherham (Masbrough), Yorkshire. [ Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU ].
KEMP, Robert Reginald - Sgt (WoP/A/G) - 1397621 - RAFVR - Pentney (St. Mary Magdalene), Norfolk. [ Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU ].
NEWMAN, Jack Reginald - F/S (Pilot) - 658762 - RAF - Oxford (Rose Hill), Oxfordshire.
TAYLOR, Rennie - F/O (Air Bomber) - 152830 - RAFVR - Oakworth, Yorkshire. [ Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU ].

ZIMBABWE
CHRITCHLEY, John Robert Murray - AC2c - 1623755 - RAFVR - Harare (Pioneer), Zimbabwe.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
PEPPER, Leslie Floyd - Sgt(Pilot) - serving at 71 OTU.

ITALY
HARRIS, James - (N.Ireland) - Cpl - serving with 242 Group.

BANGLADESH
BALL, Kenneth Herbert - F/S - serving with 379 AMES.

UK
ASKEN, Hugh - AC1 - 1559451 - not Eng/Wales?.
CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Wallace - AC2 - not Eng Wales.
WHITELAW, Hugh Ferguson Davidson - Sqn Ldr - died in Inverness, cause unknown.
BARLOW, Reginald Dennis - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU.
HUDSON, George - F/S (WoP/A/G) - Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU.
KEMP, Robert Reginald - Sgt (WoP/A/G) - Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU.
NEWMAN, Jack Reginald - F/S (Pilot) - killed whilst flying in Spitfire VA, R7022 of No 61 OTU, which is believed to have been shot down at night near Montford Bridge by a Bf 110.
TAYLOR, Rennie - F/O (Air Bomber) - Wellington X - LN660 - 11 OTU.

ZIMBABWE
CHRITCHLEY, John Robert Murray - AC2 - possibly killed whilst flying in Harvard I, P5962 of No 20 SFTS, which crashed near Headlands in Southern Rhodesia whilst carrying out aerobatics.

Malcolm

[alclark]

There is nothing in the 61 OTU ORB to suggest enemy action:
March 15th 1944, “No.658762 Flight Sergeant Newman J.R. flying Spitfire R7022 was killed while night flying at 20.35 hours, crashed in a field adjacent to the communal site.”

[malcolm_raf]

Thanks for confirming this Al

[jonheyworth]

Aiken died in SSQ RAF East Fortune from a heart attack, see facebook plugin comment for details

[jonheyworth]

Whitelaw died of meningitis, see facebook plugin comment for full details

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Herbert Ball, 1172890, a radio operator attached to 379 AMES, died as the result of an unspecified accident

[jonheyworth]

James Harris 541809 , attached to 242 Group, was killed in Naples in an Air raid

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Herbert Ball 1172890 , was a passenger in the RX vehicle along with the driver AC1 Newtown as part of a convoy of 9 vehicles and 5 trailers which moved off from Ramu at 07:30 Hours bound for Maungdaw. At 10:15 hours, the RX vehicle overturned, fatally injuring Ball, who died in a nearby CCS