440609 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 9-6-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440609 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 9-6-1944

From Henk's list -

WAAF

SOUTH AFRICA
ROBBERTSE, Maria - Air Woman (Miss) - F/270334V - WAAF (SAAF) - Johannesburg ( West Park ), Gauteng, South Africa.

UK
CONWAY, Mary Jane - LACW - 430977 - WAAF - Redcar, Yorkshire.
DICKENS, Emily Marjorie - ACW1c - 2021702 - WAAF - Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

CANADA
JOHNSON, Otto A - AC1c(Pilot U/T) - U213033 - [ I could not find this man in CWGC lists].

SOUTH AFRICA
WALKER, Ronald - Sgt - 1438266 - RAFVR - Johannesburg ( West Park ), Gauteng, South Africa.

UK
AINGE, Thomas Henry - Cpl - 1206528 - RAFVR _ Bitterley (St. Mary), Shropshire.
BEVAN, Kenneth David - AC1c - 1836137 - RAFVR - Coedffranc, Glamorganshire.
CONNOLLY, Thomas Jack - AC1c - 1669734 - RAFVR - Tidworth Military, Wiltshire.
DULGARN, Cyril George - Cpl - 762507 - RAFVR - Ipswich Old, Suffolk.
HOARE, Harold Frank - Cpl - 32810 - RAFVR - Charing ( Kent County ), Kent.
JACKSON, Robert - LAC - 1492414 - 2817 Sqdn RAF Reg - RAFVR - Southampton (Holybrook ), Hampshire.
WILKES, Harry - F/O (Pilot) - 156139 - D F M - RAFVR - Frampton-On-Severn (St. Mary ), Gloucestershire. [ Wellington X - HE854 - 26 OTU ].

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

ATA
UK
EGGINTON, Roy Leonard - First Officer - ATA - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

INDIA
MACKERCHER, Donald - LAC - 992259 - RAFVR - Calcutta (Bhowanipore ), Kolkata, India.

UK
ALSTON, John James - F/S (Pilot) - 1335314 - RAFVR - Pinner, Middlesex.
BOLTER, Sidney Ronald - F/O (Pilot) - 124812 - RAFVR - Harrogate (Stonefall), Yorkshire. [ Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
HUBAND, Richard Francis (Dick) - F/O - 161253 - RAFVR - Fladbury ( St. John the Baptist ), Worcestershire. [ Wellington X - HE854 - 26 OTU ].
IRWIN, James Thomas - F/O (Air Bomber ) - 153129 - RAFVR - Feltham, Middlesex. [ Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
KILNER, Ronald Henry - Sgt (Flt Engr ) - 979520 - RAFVR - LLanfair Kilgeddin ( St. Mary ), Monmouthshire. [ Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
MONTAGNON, Hubert Etienne - F/O ( Pilot ) - 170189 - RAFVR - Harrogate ( Stonefall ), Yorkshire. [ Martinet TT. I - HP223 - 3 AGS ].
RICHARDSON, Albert Frank - F/O ( Pilot ) - 150066 - RAFVR - Chester (Blacon ), Cheshire. [ Martinet TT. I - HP223 - 3 AGS ].
TIDMARSH, Albert Frederick - F/O ( A/g ) - 149066 - D F C - RAFVR - Northfield (St. Laurence ), Warwickshire. [ Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].

ZIMBABWE
BROCKLEHURST, Norman - LAC - 1355814 - RAFVR - Gweru, Zimbabwe.
ROBINSON, Maurice Anthony - LAC - 1151613 - RAFVR - Gweru, Zimbabwe.

Alex

[alclark]

Your list is correct with Montagnon (given as Montagon in the ORB) & Richardson for Martinet HP223.

[Dakota]

G'day

"CANADA
JOHNSON, Otto A - AC1c(Pilot U/T) - U213033 - [ I could not find this man in CWGC lists]."

This man did not die in an aviation related accident according my record cards. The only flying accident on that day involved a Tiger Moth from No. 12 E.F.T.S. The student pilot was only slightly injured.

Cheers...Chris

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

INDIA
MACKERCHER, Donald - LAC - serving at 5 BSD.

UK
CONWAY, Mary Jane - LACW - registered in Cleveland.
DICKENS, Emily Marjorie - ACW1 - possibly killed when Wellington X, HE854 of No 26 OTU crashed and burst into flames into a hanger, in which he was working at Wing shortly after taking off from a night flying test.
AINGE, Thomas Henry - Cpl - registered in North Bucks.
BEVAN, Kenneth David - AC1 - registered in Chichester.
CONNOLLY, Thomas Jack - AC1 - registered in Swindon.
DULGARN, Cyril George - Cpl - registered in Horncastle.
HOARE, Harold Frank - Cpl - possibly killed when Wellington X, HE854 of No 26 OTU crashed and burst into flames into a hanger, in which he was working at Wing shortly after taking off from a night flying test.
JACKSON, Robert - LAC - 1492414 - 2817 Sqdn RAF Reg - not Eng/Wales?.
WILKES, Harry - F/O (Pilot) - Wellington X - HE854 - 26 OTU ].
ALSTON, John James - F/S (Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Typhoon IB, DN381 of No 83 GSU, which spun into the ground near Mrk Cross in Sussex after losing control in cloud.
BOLTER, Sidney Ronald - F/O (Pilot) - Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
HUBAND, Richard Francis (Dick) - F/O - Wellington X - HE854 - 26 OTU ].
IRWIN, James Thomas - F/O (Air Bomber ) - Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
KILNER, Ronald Henry - Sgt (Flt Engr ) - Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].
TIDMARSH, Albert Frederick - F/O ( A/g ) - Halifax II - LW295 - 1652 HCU ].

Malcolm

[Bill Walker]

G'day

"CANADA
JOHNSON, Otto A - AC1c(Pilot U/T) - U213033 - [ I could not find this man in CWGC lists]."

Cheers...Chris

Pardon the thread hijack, but what kind of a personal number is that? I haven't seen the "U" before.

[wwrsimon]

Bill

There's a thread here:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...ervice-Numbers

Seems to be a University Cadet?

Regards

Simon

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AINGE, Thomas Henry - Cpl - 1206528 - accidental death - knocked from his cycle by a car at Great Brickhill crossroads.
(Bucks Herald, 23 June 1944)

Martyn

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Three airmen and two WAAFs were killed and other RAF personnel injured in an accident at a home counties aerodrome. The dead are F/O Harry Wilkes; F/O Richard Francis Hubard; Corporal Harold Frank Hoare; Annie Alice Reeves, Adys Road, Peckham; Emily Marjorie Dickens, Victoria St, Dunstable. An aeroplane landing struck the WAAFs as they were crossing the runway. At an inquest on the WAAFs Monday week evidence was taken in camera and a verdict of accidental death was returned.
(Bucks Herald, 23 June 1944)

REEVES is on unaccounted 10-6-1944

Martyn



DICKENS, Emily Marjorie - ACW1c - 2021702
REEVES, Ann Alice Minnie - Lacw - 2025511

[wwrsimon]

Hello

JACKSON, Robert - LAC - 1492414 - 2817 Sqdn RAF Reg - a possibility: from K. M. Oliver's "Through Adversity - The History of the R.A.F. Regiment 1942-1992" page 132:

Nos.2817 and 2876 LAA Squadrons had embarked in Landing Craft Tank (LCT) at Gosport and were heading for the invasion beaches
where they were due to land at dawn on D+2 when they were intercepted by German naval forces. LAC Derrick Dean of 2876
Squadron described the scene: “at about 0400 a German aircraft dropped flares over the convoy which illuminated the vessels for
patrolling German E Boats. Although the convoy scattered on the orders of the commander, the enemy boats were successful in
attacking some of the LCTs. The one carrying 2817 Squadron received direct hits which smashed the ramps and pierced the hull. Our craft manoeuvred alongside to take off the dead and wounded and to tow the damaged LCT towards the beaches. Despite our efforts, she began to sink and we took the remaining personnel – RAF Regiment and Royal Navy – on board while the guns, vehicles and equipment of 2817 Squadron went down with the LCT.

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK.

1836137 AC1c Kenneth David BEVAN RAFVR.

BEVAN, Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth David, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, (1836137), Ford, Sussex, Air Defence of Great Britain, 09 June 1944, Accident on Ground, Mosquito II DD758, Hit by Mosquito of 141 Squadron which crashed on landing at Ford and collided with two Spitfires, Coedffranc Cemetery, Glam.

See: Failed To Return, Part Two, A-B/Hobson/N&MP/2019/p.624.

See also: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/70858

Col.