470904 - Unaccounted Airmen- 04-09-1947

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

470904 - Unaccounted Airmen- 04-09-1947

From Henk's List -

UK
CLARKE, George Ramon - AC1c - 2290704 - RAFVR.
Grimsby ( Scartho Road ) Cemetery, Lincolnshire.
EBBATSON, Stanley Samuel - LAC - 1548574 - RAFVR.
Scunthorpe ( Brumby and Frodingham ) Cemetery, Lincolnshire.
ORPIN, Charles Edward - W/O - 1246513 - RAFVR.
Gloucester ( Coney Hill ) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
PERRATT, Eric Bernard - LAC - 1165388 - RAFVR.
Bognor Regis Cemetery, Sussex.

From CWGC -

JAPAN
NISSEN, Cyril Hans - F/Lt - 8211 - RAAF.
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

JAPAN.

8211 F/L Cyril Hans NISSEN RAAF.

8211 F/L (Pilot) Cyril Hans NISSEN RAAF, was killed on 4 September, 1947, when No.77 Sqn RAAF Mustang A68-787 (BCOF), overshot on landing at Bofu airfield, Japan. The Mustang overturned and came to rest in a drainage ditch, and unfortunately, F/L Nissen RAAF was drowned as a result.

Nissen had flown four ops with 467 Sqn RAAF late in WW2:

4.4.45 - Nordhausen - Lanc R5869:PO-S - 2nd Dickie (AUS250720 W/C I H A Hay RAAF)
16/17/.4.45 - Pilsen - Lanc LM233:PO-M
18/19.4.45 - Komotau - Lanc LM646:PO-A
23.4.45 - Flensburg - Lanc ME488

Col.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

UK
CLARKE, George Ramon - AC1c - 2290704 - registered Stamford, Lincs.

EBBATSON, Stanley Samuel - LAC - 1548574 - registered Scunthorpe.

ORPIN, Charles Edward - W/O - 1246513 - registered Gloucester. An announcement in the Gloucester Citizen on September 5th records that he died at 24, Kendal Road, Gloucester, his home address.

PERRATT, Eric Bernard - LAC - 1165388 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at St. Richard Hospital, Chichester.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Clarke died in a road accident, see facebook plugin comment for full details