450912 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 12-09-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450912 - Unaccounted Airwomen & Airmen - 12-09-1945

From Henk's List -

WAAF
EGYPT
FRENCH, Hilda Mary - LACW - 2079792 - WAAF - 107 MU - Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
YOUNG, Annie McDonald. Patrick - LACW - 467218 - WAAF - 107 MU - Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

EGYPT
TEBBUTT, Donald Alan - Sgt - 610405 - RAF - Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

MALTA
BANNERMAN, Oliver - AC1c - 1845033 -RAFVR - Malta (Capuccini ) Naval Cemetery, Malta.

SOUTH AFRICA
WATSON, A.G - Air Cpl - 327946V - SAAF -

UK
CALDWELL, William Morton - AC2c - 973428 - RAFVR - Manchester Crematorium, Lancashire.
COOPER, Thomas Henry - LAC - 1106641 - RAFVR - Oldbury Cemetery, Warley, Worcestershire.
EARNSHAW, William A - AC2c - 1193878 -RAFVR - Sheffield (Wisewood ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
FALLA, Leonard Ernest - F/L - 70210 - RAF (RAFO ) - Broughton Old Churchyard,Peeblesshire.
MAWDSLEY, John Raymond - AC2c - 2206051 - RAFVR - Formby ( Our lady of Compassion ) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Lancashire.
OUGHTON, George Edward - Cpl - 1262754 - RAFVR - Harrogate ( Stonefall ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
WHEELER, John - F/L (Pilot) - 125735 - RAFVR - Chichester Cemetery, Sussex.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

UK
TURNER, John Charles Sheldon - Sqn/Ldr (Pilot) - 77789 - RAFVR - Oxford Crematorium, Oxfordshire - [ Vampire F1 - TG279 - De H ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
TEBBUTT, Donald Alan - Sgt - 5451 Wing.

MALTA
BANNERMAN, Oliver - AC1 - RAF Catania.

UK
CALDWELL, William Morton - AC2 - not Eng/Wales?.
COOPER, Thomas Henry - LAC - registered in Solihull.
EARNSHAW, William A - AC2 - registered in Sheffield.
FALLA, Leonard Ernest - F/L - not Eng/Wales?.
MAWDSLEY, John Raymond - AC2 - registered in Southport.
OUGHTON, George Edward - Cpl - registered in Tadcaster.
WHEELER, John - F/L (Pilot) - registered in Chichester.
TURNER, John Charles Sheldon - Sqn/Ldr (Pilot) - Vampire F1 - TG279 - De H ].

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Malcolm/Alex

CALDWELL, William Morton - National Probate Calendar states he died at Nobles Isle of Man Hospital, Douglas.

FALLA, Leonard Ernest - his death is announced in the Lancashire Evening Post of September 15th 1945, stating he died at Broughton, Peeblesshire. A further report in the same newspaper on September 17th states that "he had served as an instructor during the Euopean war [and] was a prominent figure in gliding and amateur aero clubs over a wide area. He was a founder member of Preston Gliding Club in 1931, and a moving spirit in the development of gliding and all phases of amateur flying in the district."

Regards

Simon

[Lyffe]

Google gives quite a few hits for Falla, who was born in 1897 and served in the RFC/RAF during WW1. There are also a number of hits in Flight in respect of gliding and civil aviation.

Brian

[jonheyworth]

Oliver bannerman died in An unspecified accident

[jonheyworth]

John Raymond Mawdsley 2206051 died in Formby hospital from injuries sustained when he crashed his car on church road, Formby

[jonheyworth]

George Edward Oughton 1262754, committed suicide on a railway foot crossing at Copmanthorpe, dying of multiple injuries when struck by a train

[jonheyworth]

Edward Bernard Coulter 1269456, attached to number 944 balloon squadron, was electrocuted when a barrage balloon cable came into contact with power lines

[jonheyworth]

Maurice Cornfield 1689154, attached to 51 OTU, died in Bedford County Hospital of gas gangrene which developed in injuries sustained when he was injured in a collision between the fire tender and the control van

[jonheyworth]

Sydney James Veal 1191892, attached to 123 Wing, committed suicide by severing his left jugular vein in number 105 British general hospital