440607 - Unaccounted Airmen - 7-6-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440607 - Unaccounted Airmen - 7-6-1944

From Henk's list -

EGYPT
BROWNSON, James Benjamin - Sgt - 945613 - RAFVR - Heliopolis, Egypt.
JENKINS, Alfred Roy - Cpl - 637052 - RAF - Heliopolis, Egypt.

ISRAEL
MACKAY, Iain Douglas - P/O - 55520 - RAF - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.

UK
ELGY, Albert - Sgt - 542686 - RAF - Chester-Le- Street (Ropery Lane), Durham.
JOHNSON, Charles William - AC1c - 1034617 - RAFVR - Beverley (Queensgate), Yorkshire.
SWEETSER, Frederick Charles Warwick - Cpl - 155526 - RAF - Hawarden, Flintshire.
YUILE, Peter McCoil - AC1c - 1349182 - RAFVR - Glasgow (Craigton), Glasgow.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

FRANCE
BAINES, Arthur James - LAC - 1449013 - RAFVR - Cayeux-Sur-Mer, Somme, France.
HARMAN, Herbert Kenneth - LAC - 1464926 - RAFVR - Abbeville Communal, Somme, France.

UK
BOWDEN, George Vernon - Sgt (WoP/Air) - 1682849 - RAFVR - Cheadle & Gatley, Cheshire. [ Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
CORDON, Leslie Theodore - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - 2211649 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Allerton), Lancashire. [ Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
CROFTS, Jack Henson - LAC - 1678283 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
DAVIES, Arthur James - Sgt (A/G) - 1100499 - RAFVR - Burgh Castle (SS. Peter & Paul), Suffolk. [ Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
DRURY, Herbert - F/L - 115811 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
GATE, Kenneth - F/L - 115817 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
HOUGH, Maurice - Sgt(A/G) - 1819715 - RAFVR - Birmingham (Brandwood End), Warwickshire. [ Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
MARKWICK, Stanley Ronald Frederick - LAC - 1117534 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
McGOLDRICK, Joseph - Sgt(A/G) - 638160 - RAF - Byer Moor (Sacred Heart) R C , Durham.
SMITH, Gordon - F/O (Pilot) - 150048 - RAFVR - Selby Yorkshire. [Martinet I - MS870 - 82 OTU ].
SWYERS, James - Sqdn/Ldr (Pilot) - 40575 - RAF - Lincoln (Newport), Lincolnshire. [ Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
THOMPSON, Cyril - LAC - 1535592 - RAFVR - Ilkley (Menston), Yorkshire.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
BROWNSON, James Benjamin - Sgt - serving at ME Signals School.
JENKINS, Alfred Roy - Cpl - serving at 168 MU.

ISRAEL
MACKAY, Iain Douglas - P/O - serving at 74 OTU.

FRANCE
BAINES, Arthur James - LAC - He was serving with No 6225 BD Flt and was possibly killed aboard LCT 715 when it was torpedoed whilst waiting to land on the Normandy beaches.
HARMAN, Herbert Kenneth - LAC - He was serving with No 6225 BD Flt and was possibly killed aboard LCT 715 when it was torpedoed whilst waiting to land on the Normandy beaches.

UK
ELGY, Albert - Sgt - registered in Northallerton.
JOHNSON, Charles William - AC1 - registered in Holderness.
SWEETSER, Frederick Charles Warwick - Cpl - registered in Aldershot.
YUILE, Peter McCoil - AC1 - not Eng/Wales?.
BOWDEN, George Vernon - Sgt (WoP/Air) - Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
CORDON, Leslie Theodore - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
CROFTS, Jack Henson - LAC - serving with No 3207 SCU and was killed aboard LCT 715 when it was torpedoed whilst waiting to land on the Normandy beaches.
DAVIES, Arthur James - Sgt (A/G) - Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
DRURY, Herbert - F/L - He was serving on the HQ Ship, HMS Bulolo, and was probably killed when it was damaged in a bombing attack off the Normandy beaches.
GATE, Kenneth - F/L - He was serving on the HQ Ship, HMS Bulolo, and was probably killed when it was damaged in a bombing attack off the Normandy beaches.
HOUGH, Maurice - Sgt(A/G) - Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
MARKWICK, Stanley Ronald Frederick - LAC - He was serving with No ? and was killed aboard LCT 715 when it was torpedoed whilst waiting to land on the Normandy beaches.
McGOLDRICK, Joseph - Sgt(A/G) - died in York Military Hospital from injuries sustained whilst flying in Halifax II, DT554 GV-P of No 1652 HCU, which crashed near Ripon during a fighter affiliation exercise.
SMITH, Gordon - F/O (Pilot) - Martinet I - MS870 - 82 OTU ].
SWYERS, James - Sqdn/Ldr (Pilot) - Stirling III - LK594 - 1654 HCU ].
THOMPSON, Cyril - LAC - registered in Weston-Super-Mare

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

THOMPSON is reported in The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on Monday 19 June 1944, page 6 to have died as follows:
'A Guiseley man, L.A.C. Cyril Thompson, whose wife lives Bingley Road, Menston, has died the result of an accident his R.A.F. station. While playing football he tripped over a wire and fell heavily on stake protruding from the ground, sustaining fatal injuries'

Via British Newspaper Archives

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

JOHNSON, Charles William - AC1c - 1034617 - the National Probate Calendar record that he died at the Base Hospital, Beverley.

YUILE, Peter McCoil - AC1c - 1349182 - the Statutory Deaths Register on the Scotland's People website records that he died at 4.55 p.m. at the Emergency Hospital, Lennoxtown, due to chronic pulmonary TB.

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

FRANCE.

1449013 LAC Arthur James BAINES RAFVR.

BAINES, Leading Aircraftman Arthur James, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (1449013), 6225 Bomb Disposal Flight, Kenley, Surrey, Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, 07 June 1944, Killed in Action (Ground), Killed in action in Keyser troop-carrying boat 390 during the amphibious landings at Omaha Beach, Age 23, Bermondsey, London, Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, France.

See: Failed To Return, Part Two, A-B/Hobson/N&MP/2019/p.310.

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Iain Douglas Mackay 55520 , A PILOT and described as such on CWGC but not in this database, and attached to 74 OTU, died in a flying accident when Hurricane IIC BP 339 crashed in Palestine North

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Charles Warwick Sweetser 155526 , attached to Number 511 FRU , was admitted dangerously ill to Cambridge military hospital, Aldershot on 6 June suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg sustained when he stepped on a pavement into the path of an RAF vehicle, dying the following day

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Sidney Hannam 1337350 , attached to 287 Squadron, died in Bolingbroke hospital, Wandsworth Common , of a ruptured gangrenous appendix

[paulmcmillan]

UK

Sergeant Albert ELGY (542686) of the Royal Air Force

ELGY, Albert - Sgt - registered in Northallerton.

No details of cause of death but location telling... so possibly accident or other cause at home


Published: Friday 09 June 1944
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
ELGY. Cbester-Le-street. 9. Square, residence mother-in-law, 7th June, aged 26, Sergt. Albert Elgy. R.A.F., dearly beloved husband of Iris, L.A.C.W.. R.A.F. Interment Ohi-*:er-.e-Street Cemetery. Saturday, cortege residence, 3. 1 n. Service Pariah Church. 5.30. Friends kindly invited

http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?...isplayorder=28

[paulmcmillan]

Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Henry VALE (1522095) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1944-06-07 .

Thomas Henry Vale – RAF - his
squad was based on the coast of
North Africa. So during hot days
the men used to land on the
beach and cool down in the sea.
Unfortunately Thomas was
drowned on one such excursion.


source https://stourporttown.co.uk/wp-conte...SLETTER_57.pdf

Saying that this below on record so why still unaccounted marker ?

Circumstances of Death: drowned while bathing in the sea near Tocra a/f. (via Russell Guest) Thomas Henry VALE is one of the 4.32% of the airmen from the Second World War, whose cause of death is not known. Can you add details on how he died? Please contact us at admin ^ rafcommands.com to let us know