400412 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-04-1940

[Alex Smart]

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400412 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-04-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
OLIVER, Sidney Ignatius - F/Sgt - 2308 - RAAF.
Hooe ( St. John ) Churchyard Extension, Devon.
DOAS, Cause ?

SMITH, Cyril Reginald - P/O - 77168 - RAFVR.
Peterborough ( Eastfield ) Cemetery, Northamptonshire.
DOAS, Cause ?

From CWGC -

DENMARK
ROBSON, Harry Wood - F/O - 39759 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
Fredrikshavn Cemetery, Denmark.
[ Hampden I - P1173 - 44 Sqn].

GERMANY
NEVINSON, William Stuart - Sgt - 580494 - RAF - 50 Sqn
Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
[ Hampden I - L4064 - 50 Sqn ].

NORWAY
BARBER, Frederick Edward - P/O(Pilot) - 36223 - RAF - 115 Sqn.
BULL, Peter Edward Tucker - P/O(A/g) - 76004 - RAFVR - 115 Sqn.
JUBY, Geoffrey James - Sgt - 514904 - RAF - 115 Sqn.
PEARCE, Alan Sydney - Sgt(Obs) - 580805 - RAF - 115 Sqn.
RANKIN, David Alexander ( New Zealand ) - P/O(Pilot) - 36180 - RAF - 115 Sqn.
WESTCOTT, Lionel Allen - Lac - 545537 - RAF - 115 Sqn
The above six airmen all rest at Stavanger ( Eiganes ) Churchyard, Norway.
They were all crew of Wellington Ic - P9284 - 115 Sqn.

TOOTLE, Frederick - AC2c - 625665 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
WAKELING, Laurie Charles - Sgt(Pilot) - 740420 - RAFVR - 149 Sqn.
These two airmen rest at Falnes Churchyard, Skudeneshann, Norway.
They were crew of Wellington Ic - P9246 - 149 Sqn.

GOAD, Geoffrey Edmund - Sgt - 563876 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
Trondheim ( Stavne ) Cemetery, Norway.
He was crew of Wellington Ic - P9266 - 149 Sqn.

GREET, John - Sgt - 580696 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
Mandala Churchyard, Norway.
He was crew of Hampden I - L4083 - 50 Sqn.

UK
HAMPTON, Denis Allen - Sgt(Pilot) - 741874 - RAFVR - 11 SFTS.
Ewell ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Surrey.
He was crew of Audax I - K3091 - 11 SFTS.

COALTER, Richard S - Lac - 616989 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
GILLOTT, Harry - AC2c - 623761 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
PARKER, William Claude - Sgt - 580804 - RAF 149 Sqn.
WHELLER, Horace James - Sgt - 562377 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
The above four airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - P9246 - 149 Sqn.

DOHERTY, Edmund Brian - AC1c - 627157 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
HENRY, James - AC2c - 630142 - RAF - 149 Sqn
LANGRIDGE, Jack Harry( New Zealand ) - Cpl - 37156 - RNZAF - 149 Sqn.
VICKERY, Roy Fox - Sgt - 530080 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
WOODCOCK, Frederick Albert - Sgt - 564824 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
The above five airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - P9266 - 149 Sqn.

McLAREN, Andrew Hood - F/Lt - 39019 - RAF - DFC - 233 Sqn
MILNE, James Alexander - Lac - 610765 - RAF - 233 Sqn.
WILSON, Matthew - Cpl - 522495 - RAF - 233 Sqn.
YORKE, George James Denzil - P/O - 36185 - RAF - 233 Sqn
The above four airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7258 - 233 Sqn.

BEDFORD, Michael Frederick - Lac - 550969 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
BESTICK, Frank Frederick - Sgt - 580598 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
BRUNDISH, George William - P/O - 77036 - RAFVR - 38 Sqn.
FLYNN, Gerald - AC2c - 628401 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
MAYBURY, Donald Conrad - F/O - 33325 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
NOLAN, Maurice - Sqdn/Ldr - 37114 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
The above six airmen were crew Wellington Ic - P9269 - 38 Sqn.

BROWN, Harold Dennis - Cpl - 613213 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
ISON, William John - Sgt - 580659 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
TAYLOR, William George - F/O - 40155 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
TONKISS, Joseph Raybould - Sgt - 564502 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
The above four airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4099 - 44 Sqn.

EVANS, John Henry - Cpl - 532819 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
EVANS, William Henry Glyndwr - Cpl - 566421 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
JOHNSTONE, Kenneth John Alan - F/O - 40229 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
The above three airmen crew of Hampden I - P1173 - 44 Sqn.
BULL, John Bartlett - P/O - 40599 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
FAWCETT, George - Cpl - 623895 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
PILCHER, Alonzo Derek - P/O - 40848 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
The above three airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4064 - 50 Sqn.

BRATTON, Harry - Sgt - 580637 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
CHAMBERS, David William Arlidge - Sgt - 740907 - RAFVR - 50 Sqn.
KERSHAW, Stanley - Lac - 611349 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
WILD, Gerald Marsden - Sgt - 580291 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
The above four airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4073 - 50 Sqn.

BARRASS, Alexander Scougal Gibson - Cpl - 550995 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
JOPLING, John Robert - Sgt - 550598 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
THOMAS, Mervyn - P/O - 40648 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
VART, Stanley Vernon - Sgt - 580261 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
The above four airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4081 - 50 Sqn.

CHALMERS, Peter William Simpson - AC1c - 619757 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
HAIRE, Oscar - Cpl - 567057 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
HEBELER, Christopher Rendell - P/O - 40390 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
IBBOTSON, John Raleigh - Sgt - 580861 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
SADDINGTON, George Edgar - F/O - 37945 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
The above five airmen were crew of Whitley V - N1347 - 77 Sqn.

AITCHISON, James Dougal - Sgt - 563022 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
BALMER, William Lockie - Sgt - 564120 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
BOWEN, Charles Ronald - Sgt - 562025 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
LAMB, Ralph John - Lac - 536874 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
RICKETTS, Percy Frank - AC1c - 540110 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
WILKIN, John Kenton - Lac - 534598 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
The above six airmen were crew of Wellington Is - P2520 - 9 Sqn.


The above fourty eight airmen are all remembered on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

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UK.

2308 F/Sgt Sidney Ignatius OLIVER RAAF.

2308 F/Sgt (Clerk General) Sidney Ignatius OLIVER RAAF (of No.10 Squadron RAAF), was found lying on a roadway at Hooe, Plymouth, at approximately 0100 hours on 6 April, 1940. The accident was due to a fall in black-out conditions, and he died as a result of the accident on 12 April, 1940. He was on authorised night leave when on active service.

The Coroner determined the cause of death was from pneumonic meningitis following a fractured skull, caused accidentally.

F/Sgt Oliver RAAF is buried in Hooe (not Hope) (St. John) Churchyard Extension. Row 12. S. Grave 9, Plymouth.

F/Sgt Oliver's father, 1857 F/Lt Charles Oliver, was a long-serving (enlisted 7 September, 1925), member of the RAAF.

Source: Storr & private sources.

Col.

[cozzy711]

Cyril Reginald SMITH died in Shenley Military Hospital from natural causes after a long illness - Peterborough Standard 19th April 1940

Chris