450604 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450604 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04-06-1945

From Henk's List -

ALGERIA
HUGHES, Elwyn - LAC - 1502755 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim war Cemetery, Algeria.

UK
HAMILTON, William Newlands - Sgt - 528315 - RAF - Cambuslang (Westburn) Cemetery, Lanarkshire.
WILLIAMS, John - F/L - 149897 - RAFVR - Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CANADA
COOK, Percy Molyneux - P/O - 167967 - RAFVR - Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada. [ Mosquito B.XX - KB254 - 7 OTU ].
STEPHENSON, Frank Edward William - P/O - 168399 - RAFVR - Ottawa memorial, Ontario, Canada. [ Mosquito B.XX - KB254 - 7 OTU ].

INDIA
GRIMES, Royce Percy St. Ledger - AC2c - 3007304 - RAFVR - Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India.

SOUTH AFRICA
SINCLAIR, G. A. McK - LAC - 1313755 - RAFVR - Kimberley (West End) Cemetery, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Alex

[Oldduffer]

Cook and Stephenson confirmed as the crew of KB254. No other details located and it seems the aircraft and its crew were lost over the sea or in deep forest.

Colin Cummings

[malcolm_raf]

Hi


ALGERIA
HUGHES, Elwyn - LAC - 218 Group.

UK
HAMILTON, William Newlands - Sgt - not Eng/Wales?.
WILLIAMS, John - F/L - registered in Wolverhampton.

INDIA
GRIMES, Royce Percy St. Ledger - AC2 - 38 SP

SOUTH AFRICA
SINCLAIR, G. A. McK - LAC -2 SFTS.

Malcolm

[Oldduffer]

Sgt Hamilton's death is registered in Cambuslang and the cause of death is recorded as TB.

Colin Cummings

[RecklessRat]

SINCLAIR, G. A. McK - LAC - 1313755

Gordon Alexander Sinclair
Died Kimberly Hospital, aged 23, from a Haemorrhage from stomach secondary to cirrhosis of the liver

From the Form of Information of a Death on FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...546&cc=1779109