410408 - Unaccounted airmen - 8-4-1941

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of:

AC2 James S.W. BALLANTYNE - 1342610 - death registered at Hull - not found Flight archives;
LAC John S. BENNETT - 746135 - death registered at Durham - not found Flight archives;
Sgt Henry DAWSON - 516339 - death registered at Andover - not found Flight archives;
LAC (Pilot u/t) Thomas R. GRAHAM - 1014960 - death registered at Barrows - not found Flight archives, and
LAC Joseph W. SAVAGE - 1109070 - death registered at Holderness - killed on active service.

What caused the death of and/or what was the place of death registration for:

AC2 Raymond NESBITT - 1195501 - not found Flight archives.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Blenheim I - L1185 - 54 OTU - crashed on approach Church Fenton.
Hurricane I - N2386 - 55 OTU - crashed in forced landing Usworth.
Tiger Moth II - N6738 - 18 EFTS - damaged 8-4-1941 - SOC 15-4-1941.
Tiger Moth II - T5691 - 7 EFTS - abandoned Bradgate Park near Newtown Linford, Leicestershire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Nesbitt is registered at Northumberland Central. It may be co-incidence but on the same page there are about 6 other Nesbitts registered around the Tyneside , Newcastle, and Tynemouth area. A batch of deaths like that suggests an Air Raid. There is nothing to link them as relatives.
Warner reports no injuries on Blenheim L1185
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thank you Dick, as we say: Dank je wel.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Fligth status found for:

AC2 J S.W. BALLANTYNE - death registered at Hull - KOAS; June 26th 1941 magazine
LAC J. S. BENNETT - death registered at Durham - KOAS, may 22 1941 magazine

Sgt Henry DAWSON - 516339 - death registered at Andover - Probably, Flight magazine May 22nd - DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED
ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—;

LAC (Pilot u/t) Thomas R. GRAHAM - death registered at Barrows - KOAS, May 22 1941 magazine, and
LAC J. W. SAVAGE - death registered at Holderness - killed on active service.

AC2 Raymond NESBITT - DOAS - Scanned as "Nesbilt, A/C. 2nd Cl. R.:

[Henk Welting]

Dank je wel Dennis.
Thanks and regards,
Henk.

[Ross_McNeill]

F1180 confirms Graham as sole fatality on Tiger Moth T5691

Ross

[phill jones]

Hurricane N2386 55 OTU 8/4/41 Engine caught fire in flt (Glycol Leak ), Landed U/C Retracted at Usworth Pilot Unhurt

Malczewski Eugeniusz Sgt P-1688 /783620

This pilot had the missfortune to be involved in two Other Prangs while at 55 OTU
14/4/41 f/l safe Hurricane L1571
15/4/41 Crashed safe Hurricane N2648

Phill Jones

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 James S.W. BALLANTYNE - 1342610 - the Aberdeen Press and Journal of May 13th 1941 reported that he "died as the result of enemy action."

LAC John S. BENNETT - 746135 - the National Probate Calendar records "BENNETT John Samuel of Tyneville, Whitburn Road, Cleadon, Co. Durham, who was last seen alive on April 7 1941 and whose dead body was found on April 8 1941." His unit on the G.R.R. Form is 55 O.T.U.

Regards

Simon

[Nick Cooper]

AC2 James S.W. BALLANTYNE - 1342610 - the Aberdeen Press and Journal of May 13th 1941 reported that he "died as the result of enemy action."

Death certificate states body found Wilberforce Street, Hull, on 8 May 1941. There was a very heavy air raid on Hull on 7/8 May, and another the following night, but he was probably kill in the first; cause of death "war operations." The main railway station is close to Wilberforce Street, and one civilian was killed at the junction of it and the main Anlaby Road on the same date.

[jonheyworth]

Henry Dawson 516339 ,attached to RAF Andover, was dangerously injured in an air raid at 22:45 Hours on 7 April at Andover. Admitted to SSQ at RAF Andover and transferred to Tidworth Military hospital, He died there the following day of head Injuries