451221 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 21-12-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

451221 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 21-12-1945

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
FISHER, Beryl Annice - LACW - 2141804 - WAAF - Bognor Regis Cemetery, Sussex.

EGYPT
FLUKE, Sydney - Air Mech - 606776V - SAAF - Attached to the RAF - Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.

From CWGC, Krzystek's & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
PETTIFORD, Stanislaus - Cpl -63133 - RAAF - Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.
SCHOFIELD, John Charles - F/Lt - 407377 - RAAF - Adelaide ( Centennial Park ) Cemetery, South Australia.

CANADA
PICHE, Henri Paul - Cpl - R/127294 - RCAF - The Quebec Memorial Pointe Claire Field Of Honour, Quebec.

EGYPT
GORDON, James Gordon - F/Lt - 46601 RAF - Alexandria ( Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

INDONESIA
FROST, William George Edward - Cpl - 1435253 - RAFVR.
KUPINSKY, Phil - LAC - 1687510 - RAFVR - [ Served as BOYD ].
ROWBOTHAM, George Eric - AC1c - 1624267 - RAFVR.
WILLIAMS, Ralph Ernest - F/Sgt - 1652758 - RAFVR .
The four airmen above all rest at Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.

UK
DAVIES, Morris - F/O(Pilot) - 175714 - 595 Sqdn - RAF - Sale Cemetery, Cheshire.
HAMMOND, George Horace - F/Lt - 109431 - 595 Sqdn - RAFVR - Arnold Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
Both of the above airmen were in Martinet I - HN888 - 595 Sqdn.
KALINOWSKI, Bronislaw - Sierzant ( Mechanic) - 782545 - PAF - Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA - 407377 F/L John Charles SCHOFIELD RAAF

F/L (W.Op/Air Gnr.) John Charles SCHOFIELD RAAF (of the Base Torpedo Unit, Nowra, NSW), drowned in the River Murray at Mannum, South Australia, on 21 December, 1945, whilst on leave. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48683547

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA - 63133 Cpl Stanislaus Henry PETTIFORD RAAF

Cpl (Cook) Stanislaus Henry PETTIFORD RAAF (of No.5 OTU, Williamtown), died in No.3 RAAF Hospital, Concord, NSW, on 21 February, 1945, from the effects of Cirrhosis of the Liver.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
GORDON, James Gordon - F/Lt - RAF Aboukir.

INDONESIA
FROST, William George Edward - Cpl - 31 Sqn.
KUPINSKY, Phil - LAC - not in GRO Lists, but possibly 31 or 215 Sqn?
ROWBOTHAM, George Eric - AC1 - 31 Sqn.
WILLIAMS, Ralph Ernest - F/Sgt - 215 Sqn.
The four airmen above all rest at Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.

UK
FISHER, Beryl Annice - LACW - serving at Cosford, registered in Bridgenorth.
KALINOWSKI, Bronislaw - Sierzant ( Mechanic) - died from a heart attack.

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

INDONESIA - FROST, KUPINSKY (BOYD), ROWBOTHAM & WILLIAMS.

In December (1945), more casualties. Four days before Christmas, seven airmen were being conveyed from the airfield to their mess area when the lorry, which had stopped at a corner, was fired on from nearby houses. The airmen immediately ducked down and the driver was about to move off when the lorry was lifted by the explosion from a grenade or home-made bomb rolled beneath it. Flight Sergeant R B Williams (WOP/AG), Corporal W G E Frost (Instrument Repairer), LAC P Boyd (SEW), and AC1 G E Rowbottom (Electrician) were killed while Sergeant Weeks and LAC Taylor were injured. A Sikh soldier nearby, shot and killed several of the attackers.

See:
First in Indian Skies (No.31 Squadron RAF).
Franks,Norman.
Newland:Life Publications,1981
pp.152-3

Col

[jonheyworth]

Doreen Knesevich 2994504, A nursing orderly at 107 MU, was found dead in the building 19 of the ironing compound when off duty, electrocuted with the iron still grasped in her hand

[jonheyworth]

James Gordon Gordon 46601 , attached to RAF Aboukir , was found dead at around 22:00 hours. A post mortem found he had suffered a shot gun wound of the head from the rear and was missing his left ring finger and had a penetrating wound of the right eye, destroying the orbit.. the injuries could not have been self inflicted but no investigation results have been found to date

[jonheyworth]

Sydney Fluke 606776 , a Wireless mechanic attached to RAF Shandur , died on duty at 21:00 Hours of a self inflicted gun shot wound, being dead on arrival at Number 19 General hospital

[jonheyworth]

P/782454 Bronislaw Kalinowski died in the Sergeants mess at RAF Newton. A post mortem found he had died of pneumonia and cardiac faliure