391013 - Unaccounted Airmen - 13-10-1939

[Alex Smart]

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391013 - Unaccounted Airmen - 13-10-1939

From Henk's List -

UK
MONTGOMERY, Robert Eckford - AC2c - 753619 - RAFVR.
Streathham Park Cemetery, Surrey.

From CWGC -

GERMANY
HILLIER, Eric Bernard - Sgt(Obs) - 580543 - RAF - 57 Sqn.
MOLLER, Frederick George - AC2c(Wop) - 548867 - RAF - 57 Sqn.
[ Both the above were crew of Blenheim I - 57 Sqn - L1138 ].
LUMSDEN, Alexander - AC2c(Wop) - 621435 - RAF - 114 Sqn.
MARWOOD, George Walton - Sgt(Obs) - 564032 - RAF - 114 Sqn.
THOMPSON, Kenneth George Sheldon - P/O(Pilot) - 40445 - RAF - 114 Sqn.
[ The three airmen above were crew of Blenheim I - N6160 - 114 Sqn ].
All five of the above airmen rest at Rheinberg War Cemetery,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

UK
LEVITT, William Elijah - Sgt(Pilot) - 741280 - RAFV - 1 AAS.
Cambridge ( Histon Road ) Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
MELVIN, Harold Stewart - AC2c - 804282 - RAF(AAF) - 604 Sqn.
Wallsend ( Holy Cross ) Cemetery, Northumberland.
WARRY, Jack - AC2c - 804336 - RAF(AAF) - 604 Sqn.
East Finchley Cemetery and St Marylebone Crematorium, Middlesex.
[ The three above airmen were crew of Battle I - K7593 - 604 Sqn ].

Alex

[Resmoroh]

MONTGOMERY, Robert Eckford - AC2c - 753619 - RAFVR.
b. 1908 Peebleshire
d. 13 Oct 1939 – the first WW2 casualty on the Met Office RoH.
He was returning from leave (wife believed to have lived in Brixton) to RAF Bicester, where he was a u/t Met Asst. He was in the Waiting Room/Buffet on Bletchley Junction railway station. A local train was stationary at the platform. The Euston-Stranraer express ran into the rear of this train at speed. The trains telescoped, and the wreckage reared up and fell on the buffet. Montgomery was the only casualty – identified by his F1250. His s/n (753619) is in a group of 753xxx that suffered a more than average number of casualties in WW2.
HTH
Peter Davies.