400503 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-05-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400503 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-05-1940

From Henk's List -

PAKISTAN
POPE, Robert Edward - F/Sgt - 349414 - RAF.
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
DOAS - Cause ?

UK
DILGERT, Henry William - AC2c - 770519 - RAFVR.
Greenwich Cemetery, London.
Cause of death ?

From CWGC -

GERMANY
BUTTERWORTH, John Leslie Gilbert - P/O(Pilot) - 40798 - RAF - 53 Sqn.
PEARCE, Maurice George Arthur - Sgt(Obs) - 565936/- RAF - 53 Sqn.
WOOD, Robert Arthur - AC2c - 624992 - RAF - 53 Sqn
These three airmen all rest at Dernbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Germany.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L9329 - 53 Sqn.

UK
TOWNEND, Ernest - Lac(A/g) - 535545 - RAF - 206 Sqn.
Great Bircham ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Norfolk.
[ Hudson I - N7319 - 206 Sqn ].

EVANS, Leslie - Sgt - 741838 - RAFVR - 5 ETS.
Long Eaton Cemetery, Derbyshire.
POLGLASE, Geoffrey - P/O(Pilot) - 75995 - RAFVR - 5 ETS.
Blindley Heath ( St. John ) Churchyard, Surrey.
These two airmen were crew of Magister I - P2150 - 5 ETS.

CARTER, Reginald John - P/O(Pilot) - 78271 - RAF.
South London Crematorium, Mitcham, Surrey.
LAMBERT, William Kirby - AC1c(Wop) - 358419 - RAF.
Bosham ( Holy Trinity ) Church Cemetery, Sussex.
LONGLEY, John Miller - Sgt(Obs) - 581463 - RAF.
Kenton Mewssey ( Holy Trinity ) Churchyard, Hampshire.
WADMAN, Christopher Arthur - AC2c(A/g) - 630909 - RAF.
Barking ( Ripple side ) Cemetery, Essex.
These four airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - L9297 - 2 SoAC.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

Dilgert - He was serving at RAF Biggin Hill when he died in the Royal Herbert Hospital after being ill for 17 weeks.

Malcolm

[Andy Marden]

The unit in the Magister entry should read 5 EFTS I think.

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Andy, you are right, but am now unable to edit ��

[jonheyworth]

Robert Edward Pope 349414 , attached to the India Aircraft Depot, was admitted seriously ill to British military hospital, Karachi on 16 April suffering from Pneumonia . He was removed from the seriously ill category, but became dangerously ill on 2 May , dying of pleurisy with effusion

[jonheyworth]

Henry William Dilgert 770519 , attached to RAF Biggin Hill , was taken seriously ill on 25 April and admitted to the Royal Herbert hospital, Woolwich with kidney stones, where he died of pyelonephritis