440209 - Unaccounted Airmen - 9-2-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440209 - Unaccounted Airmen - 9-2-1944

From Henk's list -

CANADA
HEMINGWAY, Raymond - Sgt - 1074680 - RAFVR - Humboldt (St. Augustine), Saskatchewan, Canada.

EGYPT
ADAMS, Ivor Morcombe- Sgt (Pilot) - 1587575 - RAFVR - Moascar, Egypt.

UK
BROWELL, Frank Vincent - Cpl - 924258 - RAFVR - City of London, Essex.
CHERRY, William - AC2c - 1861463 - RAFVR - Skipton (St. Stephen's), Yorkshire.
COLES, Charles Cunningham - LAC - 1498602 - RAFVR - Great Bourton (All Saints), Oxfordshire.
GEROSA, Enrico Cecil - AC2c - 1878192 - RAFVR - Croydon (Mitcham Road), Surey.
HALL, Rowland Hindle -AC2c - 2214602 - RAFVR - Bolton (Heaton), Lancashire.
HARPER, Frederick John - W/O - 352665 - RAF - Chester (Blacon), Cheshire.
WILLIAMSON, Herbert - Cpl - 530003 - RAF - Moston(St. Joseph's) R C , Lancashire.

From CWGC & Geoff's site's -
UK
CROSS, Percy Robert - Sgt (WoP/A/G) - 1578025 - RAFVR - Houghton-on-the-Hill (St. Catherine), Leicestershire.

Possible aircraft:
Avenger II Ferry sqn FAA USA/Sea JZ493
Warhawk P-40N 18 sqn (RNZAF) South Pacific NZ3127
Typhoon Ib 56 sqn UK/Sea JR442
Mitchell II 180 sqn UK FL689
Beaufighter TF.X 252 sqn Greece/Sea LZ141
Beaufighter TF.X 252 sqn Greece/Sea LZ271
Beaufighter TF.X 252 sqn Greece LZ287
Spitfire LF.IX 331 sqn Channel MK129
Spitfire IX 504 sqn UK MH480
Mosquito PR.IX 540 sqn UK LR412
Mosquito IV 109 sqn Limburg DZ558


Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

HEMINGWAY, Raymond - Sgt - killed whilst flying in an aircraft of No 5 BGS, which cause not known.

EGYPT
ADAMS, Ivor Morcombe- Sgt (Pilot) - serving at RAF Abu Sueir.

UK
BROWELL, Frank Vincent - Cpl - registered in Nottingham.
CHERRY, William - AC2 - registered in Wharfedale.
COLES, Charles Cunningham - LAC - registered in Oxford.
GEROSA, Enrico Cecil - AC2 - registered in London Central.
HALL, Rowland Hindle -AC2 - possibly killed whilst flying in Anson I, N4919 of No 2 (O) AFU, which crashed near Lancaster after becoming iced up.
HARPER, Frederick John - W/O - registered in Wenlock (RAF Hospital Cosford?).
WILLIAMSON, Herbert - Cpl - registered in Macclesfield.
CROSS, Percy Robert - Sgt (WoP/A/G) - registered in Aylesbury (RAF Hospital Halton?).

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

CANADA - HEMINGWAY

8-2-1944
No.5 B&G School, Dafoe.
Bolingbroke 10195*

Engine cut as throttles opened for overshoot, struck ground in vertical bank. DBF.

R/91753 F/Sgt (Pilot) Douglas Kitchener WILSON RCAF +
1074680 Sgt (A/G Instructor) Raymond HEMINGWAY RAFVR - seriously injured, died the next day.
NZ ? LAC I A HORSLEY RNZAF - injured
NZ ? LAC P G PETERSEN RNZAF - injured
NZ ? LAC T WILLCOX RNZAF - injured

The Bristol Blenheim (2nd ed.)/Warner p.631.

* See Alex's listing of possible aircraft, 8-2-1944.

Col.

[Bill Walker]

My notes had Bolingbroke 10195 crashing on 12 February 1944, with the dead being Hemingway and R/91753, F/Sgt. D.K. Wilson, RCAF. The aircraft burned completely after crashing. CWGC databases lists date of death of Wilson as 8 February 1944 and Hemingway as 9 February 1944, my notes now corrected.

[alclark]

No one was killed in the crash of N4919, see http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co...ninesn4919.htm the injuries to the three named airmen are comfirmed by the No.2 (O)AFU ORB and the names of the two stated to be uninjured were not recorded.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Al and Col

Thanks for the updates.

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

BROWELL, Frank Vincent - Cpl - 924258 - accidental death, found lying near his bicycle in the road near Blenheim Lane, Hucknall.
(Nottingham Evening Post, 10 February 1944)

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Roy Hamilton 1500783 , was very severely burned on 1 February in a tent fire. Admitted to Number 63 general hospital, he died of toxameia from 100 percent 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Surprise was expressed that he had lived for so long after such extensive burns

[jonheyworth]

Ivor Morecombe Adams 1587575 , attached to RAF Abu Sueir , was killed when Kittyhawk AL 158 crashed 4 miles N.E. of Abu Sueir at 14:10 hours

[jonheyworth]

Rowland Hindle Hall 2214602 , attached to Number 8 SOTT , was killed in a motorcycle accident 100 yards South of Dretton Bridge, Carnforth