450623 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 23-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450623 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 23-06-1945

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
BELK, Doreen Frances - LACW - 2137772 - WAAF - Loxley United Reformed Chapelyard, Yorkshire.

GERMANY
McCALLUM, William - LAC - 1691674 - RAFVR - Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany .

ITALY
ROBINSON, James Henry - LAC - 1488001 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.

UK
JONES, Rees Harold - F/O - 171937 - RAFVR - Caerhun (St. Mary ) Churchyard, Caernarvonshire.

.From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
DONALDSON, George - F/O - 176101 - RAFVR - Richmond War Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.

CANADA
BENNET, James - Sgt - 1891553 - RAFVR - Abbotsford (Hazelwood ) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada.

GERMANY
FORDHAM, William Walter - Cpl - 914792 - RAFVR - Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany.
HURLEY, Thomas Alfred - LAC - 1411269 - RAFVR - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

UK
MAYNE, Kenneth George - F/S (Pilot) - 1586747 - RAFVR - Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon - [ Anson I - N5064 - 3 (O) AFU ].

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

GERMANY (I) - McCALLUM
GERMANY (II) - FORDHAM

23-6-1945
No.6224 Bomb Disposal Flight.

1691674 LAC. McCallum, W. - Killed
914792 Cpl. Fordham, W. W. - Killed

Both killed at Kaltenkirchen, in explosion of GAF munitions during off-loading into crater.

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA - DONALDSON.

24-6-1945
Kittyhawk III A29-307 (43-5435)
Ferry Flight, No.2 AD, Richmond.
Ferry to 2 OTU, Mildura.

Took off from Richmond airfield, NSW, on a ferry flight to Mildura in Victoria. The aircraft failed to gain altitude after take-off from Richmond airfield and managed to do part of a circuit, when it stalled in the turn, hit the ground and burst into flames.

176101 F/O George DONALDSON RAFVR +

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ITALY
ROBINSON, James Henry - LAC - not in GRO Lists.

CANADA
BENNET, James - Sgt - accidentally drowned.

GERMANY
HURLEY, Thomas Alfred - LAC - 55073 OB MSU

UK
BELK, Doreen Frances - LACW - registered in Thorne
JONES, Rees Harold - F/O - registered in Swindon
MAYNE, Kenneth George - F/S (Pilot) - Anson I - N5064 - 3 (O) AFU ].

Malcolm

[paulmcmillan]

Name Missing from list above


Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948


Name: Charles Hardy Leigh
Death Date: 23/06/1945 (23 Jun 1945)
Rank: L A C
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Service Number: R .279462
Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Burial Place: London Ontario Canada

Base Pneumonia with pulmonary odoema: Death due to Service

[paulmcmillan]

Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948

Name: James Bennett
Death Date: 23/06/1945 (23 Jun 1945)
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: NO 5 OTU Detachment
Service Number: GB1891553
Cemetery: Harewood Cemetery Legion Plot
Burial Place: Matsqui British Columbia Canada


Accidently drowned while swimming in Mills Lake, Mills Roa, Abbotsfield BC at Approx. 1530 hours