460221 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 21-02-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460221 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 21-02-1946

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
HOLMES, Patricia Florence Rose - LACW - 2144393 - WAAF - Beckenham Crematorium & Cemetery, Kent.

LIBYA
OTTLEY, Derrick Keith Tasman - W/O(WoP-A/G) - 1271496 - RAFVR - 220 Sqdn - Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya - [ Liberator C.2 - AL528 - BOAC ].

UK
BOYCE, Kenneth Dudley - F/Lt - 134529 - RAFVR - D.F.M - Northampton ( Billing Road ) Cemetery, Northamptonshire.
EVANS, Bernard - LAC - 1738627 - RAFVR - Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
HICKSON, Herbert - LAC - 1132097 - RAFVR - Ashton-In-Makerfield (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Lancashire.
PALMER, Herbert James - AC2c - 724400 - RAFVR - Bath ( Haycombe) Cemetery, Somerset.

From CWGC & Geoff's Lists -

CANADA
RAY, Donald Walter - F/Lt - 156105 - RAFVR (Attached to BOAC) - D.F.C - Sherwood Cemetery, Prince Edward Island, Canada - [ Liberator C.2 - AL528 - BOAC - (?)].

UK
BERRY, Frederick Reginald - F/Lt(Air Bomber) - 154518 - RAFVR - 115 Sqdn - Stapleford Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
CANTRELL, John Douglas - F/Lt(Pilot) - 153835 - RAFVR - 115 Sqdn - Fulford Cemetery, Yorkshire.
NEWMAN, Maurice John - F/Sgt(Nav) - 1410814 - RAFVR - 115Sqdn - Bristol (Avon View) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
CRUTCHLEY, Dennis William - F/Sgt(WoP-A/G) - 1819939 - RAFVR - 115 Sqdn - Burton-Upon- Trent Cemetery, Straffordshire.
PAYNE, Donald Frederick - F/Sgt(Flt/RNVR) - 1737531 - RAFVR - 115 Sqdn - Stockerston (St. Peter) Churchyard, Leicestershire.
SREDMAN, Ronald - F/Sgt(A/G) - 1811928 - RAFVR - 115 Sqdn - City of London Cemetery & Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex.
The six airmen listed above were in Lancaster B.3 - PB373 - 115 Sqdn.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK


LIBYA
OTTLEY, Derrick Keith Tasman - W/O(WoP-A/G) - not on Liberator C.2 - AL528 - BOAC

CANADA
RAY, Donald Walter - F/Lt - he was on Liberator C.2 - AL528 - BOAC

UK
HOLMES, Patricia Florence Rose - LACW - registered in Dartford.
BOYCE, Kenneth Dudley - F/Lt - registered in Poole.
EVANS, Bernard - LAC - registered in Nottingham.
HICKSON, Herbert - LAC - registered in Ormskirk
PALMER, Herbert James - AC2 - not Eng/Wales?

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex/Malcolm

LIBYA
OTTLEY, Derrick Keith Tasman - W/O (WoP-A/G) - 1271496 - curiously the National Probate Calendar records that he died at 'Castle Benito, Italy' - presumably R.A.F. Castel Benito, Libya.

UK
PALMER, Herbert James - AC2c - 724400 - not on Scotland's People.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Dudley Boyce 134529 , attached to the Secondment holding section, died following a tonsilectomy in Cornelia hospital, Poole.

[jonheyworth]

Henry James Palmer 724400 , died of hypertension after being ill since October 1945

[jonheyworth]

Patricia Florence Rose Holmes 2144393 , a driver MT attached to RAF Sandtoft, was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Halton on 28 November 1945 and transferred to Kettlewell hospital, Swanley, Kent where she died of pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Derrick Keith Tasman Ottley 1271496 , was a member of a training crew flying to India staging through Castel Benito. He was seen by members of his crew in the Airfield transit hotel ante room at 23:10 hours but failed to turn up in the morning. A search was instigated but no trace was found of him and this was extended to the road and RAF stations East and West of Castel Benito. Civil police patrols and SIB and CIB investigations proved fruitless

On 16th April the septic tank near the hotel was drained, revealing his body at the bottom

HE did NOT die in Liberator AL528 as stated in this forum