440515 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 15-5-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440515 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 15-5-1944

From Henk's list -

WAAF
UK
DICKSON, Annie - ACW1 - 485781 - WAAF - Glasgow (Riddrie Park), Glasgow.

ALGERIA
HARRISON, Douglas William - Sgt(Pilot) - 1490466 - RAFVR - Le Petit Lac, Algeria.

UK

MAIR, William - AC2c - 1342809 - RAFVR - Bothwell Park, Lanarkshire.
PARTRIDGE, Norman - Cpl - 1135666 - RAFVR - Walkley (St. Mary), Yorkshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

UK
HUGHES, Gordon John Henry - P/O - 173818 - RAFVR - Whitchurch (St. Mary), Glamorganshire. [ Stirling III - EE958 - 1653 HCU ].

Alex

[alclark]

ACW1 Dickson died while assigned to RAF Grangemouth, the following is from the No.2 TEU ORB:

May 15th 1944, “ACW1 Dickson, ACH/GD, (431657) died suddenly at Grange School WAAF Hostel.”

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ALGERIA
HARRISON, Douglas William - Sgt(Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Kittyhawk IV, FX774 of No 3 ADU, which flew into high ground during a ferry flight to Blida in bad weather.

UK
MAIR, William - AC2 - registered in Border.
PARTRIDGE, Norman - Cpl - registered in Cheltenham
HUGHES, Gordon John Henry - P/O - Stirling III - EE958 - 1653 HCU ].

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

PARTRIDGE, Norman - Cpl - 1135666 - died in Cheltenham General Hospital after being injured in a road accident at c2.00am.
(Gloucestershire Echo - 15-5-1944)

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

MAIR, William - AC2c - 1342809 - the Daily Mirror of May 16th 1944 reported that he was one of three people killed when the London to Glasgow express derailed near Gretna Junction. The other casualties were Jennie McKeown, A.T.S. and Mrs. Kathleen F. Currie, both from Hamilton.

Regards

Simon