450621 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450621 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-06-1945

From Henk's List -

BAHAMAS
HASKINS, William - AC2c - 1901426 - RAFVR - Nassau War Cemetery, Bahamas.
BANGLADESH
MUTTON, Leslie Owen - LAC - 1219823 - RAFVR - Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh.
FRANCE
GOUGH, Leslie - LAC - 1088200 - RAFVR - Mazargues War Cemetery, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

UK
SIMPSON, John - AC1c - 1563189 - RAFVR - Cambuslang ( Westburn ) Cemetery, Lanarkshire .

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

UK
COOK, Neil - Sgt (Pilot) - 1675405 - RAFVR - Gainsborough General Cemetery, Lincolnshire.
FAIRLIE, John Cavanagh - LAC - 990379 - RAFVR - Kempston Cemetery, Bedfordshire - [ Mosquito NF 29 - TA282 - 12 FU ].
RUSSELL, Noel - F/L (Instr ) - 134004 - D.F.C & Bar - RAFR - Northampton (Kingsthorpe ) Cemetery, Northamptonshire - [ Mosquito VI - NT201 - 132 OTU ].
SMITH, Hilton Adams - F/O (Pilot U/T ) - 154756 - RAF - Haddington (St. Martin's ) New Burial Ground, East Lothian - [ Mosquito VI - NT201 - 132 OTU ].

Alex

[Oldduffer]

The pilot of TA282 was Warrant Officer George Gregory KENDALL 20 RNZAF. See Errol's "For Your Tomorrow - Vol 2"

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BAHAMAS
HASKINS, William - AC2 - Nassau.

BANGLADESH
MUTTON, Leslie Owen - LAC - 5768 MSU.

FRANCE
GOUGH, Leslie - LAC - 103 SP

UK
SIMPSON, John - AC1 - registered in Swindon.
COOK, Neil - Sgt (Pilot) - registered in Oxford.
FAIRLIE, John Cavanagh - LAC - Mosquito NF 29 - TA282 - 12 FU ].
RUSSELL, Noel - F/L (Instr ) - Mosquito VI - NT201 - 132 OTU ].
SMITH, Hilton Adams - F/O (Pilot U/T ) - Mosquito VI - NT201 - 132 OTU ].

Malcolm

[John Larder]

I have Cook with GPR and dying of meningitis

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Leslie John Kight R 54299 , a bandsman attached to R depot at Warrington, he died in RAF station hospital Padgate of acute infectious mononucleosis glandular fever

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Gough 1088200 , attached to Number 103 SP, died in Number 43 general hospital at 17:45 hours of mastoditis and a brain abscess

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Ridge 1108861 , an ACH /GD serving with 6201 (Bomb Disposal ) Flt, attached to 5134 (Airfield Construction) Squadron, was taken dangerously ill in Iceland on 17 June and was evacuated to the UK where he died in the Westminster hospital, London of jaundice and carcinoma of the liver

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Ridge 1108861 , an ACH /GD serving with 6201 (Bomb Disposal ) Flt, attached to 5134 (Airfield Construction) Squadron, was taken dangerously ill in Iceland on 17 June and was evacuated to the UK where he died in the Westminster hospital, London of jaundice and carcinoma of the liver

The unit is DEFINITELY airfield construction squadron on his official records and on CWGC ?

[jonheyworth]

William Haskins 1901426 , attached to RAF Nassau, died in RAF Hospital Nassau under anaesthetic during a tonsillectomy operation

[jonheyworth]

Alan Graham May 1702567 , was admitted seriously to Number 9 General hospital on 18 June where he died of meningitis