1939 Unaccounted Airmen Database Reconciliation

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Leading Aircraftman Albert Charles HYLAND (39480)

Born 11th June 1888

Enlisted Class E Reserve 4 years 22 Oct 1938 Civil Occupation: Inspector Gauges

Originally in RAF (RFC) 1916 to 1920

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Corporal Ernest STEVENSON (5992)

Service file says he was killed in a Road Accident

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Leading Aircraftman Albert Edward CURTICE (100866) 1939-11-18 United Kingdom Hanwell (Kensington And Chelsea)

His Service record just has 'Died' he enlisted AC2 23 Aug 1939 Class E reserve for 4 years and was last serving at Yatesbury he was born 12.11.1888 and was previously in RFC/RAF

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CURTICE was with 4 Wing Yatesbury at time of death

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Aircraftman 2nd Class Stanley Clarence SMITH (861137) 1939-12-18 929 Balloon Sqdn AIR27 United Kingdom Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery


Bristol Evening Post - Wednesday 20 December 1939


SMITH.—Stanley Clarence (Auxiliary Air Force), beloved husband Lilian Smith, of 335, Filton Avenue, passed suddenly away December 18. aged 44. Service St. Gregory’s, Horfleld. 11.45. to-morrow (Thursday); interment, Greenbank following. [2O SMITH —In memory of our dear brother, Stanley .


Based on that sounds like something like a heart attack etc

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Aircraftman 1st Class Alexander McINNES (85063)

His service record just says "Died" while he was at 21 AD. He was a Butcher/Cook ex WW1 and had re-enlisted as Class E Reserve 27th June 1939 and was from Campbelltown Scotland

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McInnes was born 29-1-1889 so in all possibility he died of natural causes

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At this eriod up to early 1940 casualty service numbers were published by Flight magazine so

Smith, McInnes, Hyland, Yates, Collins are all DOAS

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Frank Ashton Bowyer an RAF mechanic was the driver of a motor cycle that was in collision with a bus 4 miles from Chester on 1st Sept 1939. He subsequently died but his passenger Thomas Ernest Jones a RAF Flight Mechanic survived and gave evidence at Inquest from a stretcher. I assume as he died 2 days later in hospital and as a result qualified for inclusion in CWCG list

Source: Liverpool Evening Express - Monday 11 September 1939 page 4

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Aircraftman 1st Class Horace Stephen GRAY (352243)


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939
DEATH OF AIRMAN. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. CRU S MLIN MAN FOR TRIAL. At a special court in Crumlin,
before Captain S. Waring, J.P., Patrick M'Cann, Crosshill, Crumlin,
was charged with the manslaughter of Horace Stephen Gray, an airman,
an airman, at Seacash, County Antrim, on September 9. The prosecution was conducted by Captain W. F. Creery, D. 1. ...

Published: Thursday 19 October 1939
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 570 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Gray was knocked down and killed by a newspaper van

Northern Whig - Tuesday 12 September 1939 Page 8

He was walking with another airman: Aircraftsman Robert Andrew Heath when he was hit. The Van was on wrong side of the road and the driver had been drinking that is why he charged with Manslaughter