420129 - Unaccounted airmen - 29-1-1942

[COL BRUGGY]

Henk,

Re: Nevill Vintcent.

Nevill Vintcent O.B.E.,D.F.C. 1902-1942 South African aviator and airline founder.

Loss in a Hudson in 1942 confirmed.

See: http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Vintcent

Col.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Col for confirmation Nevill VINTCENT.
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 John CURRIE - 1552545 - the Northampton Mercury of February 6th 1942 reported the following:

NORTHANTS MAN IN LINCS ACCIDENT
Driving home from Stamford, Lincs., Mr. Arthur R. Heygate, jun., of Bugbrooke Mills, was involved in a motoring accident at Great Casterton, near Stamford. Following the accident, and R.A.F. man died.
Mr. Hetgate was approaching a car driven by Sergt.-Pilot J. Arrowsmith, with whom, Aircraftman John Currie, of Glasgow, was riding as a passenger. It is believed the car driven by Arrowsmith skidded; it was completely wrecked, most of the bodywork being forced away.
Both Arrowsmith and Currie were injured, and removed by ambulance to the Stamford Infirmary, where Currie died some hours later. Mr. Heygate excaped badly shaken but only slightly injured.

No other 'John Currie' of the R.A.F. for that period on the CWGC website.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Gordon Francis Albert Barrett 1338130, attached to R&D Blackpool, was taken seriously ill with pneumonia and admitted to SSQ in the Park House hotel, Blackpool on 7 January. Transferred to RAF hospital Kirkham on 8 January, he died there of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Douglas Samual Baraclough 1417096 , attached to Number 5 (C) OTU , was killed at Braunton Burrows at 12 :00 hours when a Smith gun blew up on a field firing exercise

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Douglas Bailey 1168446 , was admitted dangerously ill to the Alexandra hospital, where he died the same day at 06:15 Hours of acute gastritis

[jonheyworth]

Ronald George Ashton 72471 , attached to 108 Squadron, was dangerously injured in an air raid between 03:45 Hours and 04:25 Hours on 12 August at Abu Sueir. He was admitted to Number 15 Scottish General hospital suffering with shrapnel wounds and shock, dying there of a pulmonary embolism