440521 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-5-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

4405221 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-5-1944

From Henk's list -

UK
BAKER, Charles Gordon - Cpl - 1547786 - RAFVR - Stockport Crematorium, Cheshire.
GRAY, William Ferguson - F/O (Nav) - 152377 - RAFVR - Dunure, Ayrshire.
PARK, Stanley - F/L(Pilot) - 45846 - RAF - Manchester Southern, Lancashire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
KIRSOPP, Frank Owen - F/S - 1540346 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
TAYLOR, David Frank Haigh - F/S - 1439607 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

UK
HOLBROW, Stanley Charles - F/L (Pilot) - 39823 - RAFVR - Wick (St. Mary), Worcestershire. [ Mosquito IV - DZ528 - 1655 MTU ].
REA, George Malcolm - F/O (Nav) - 159692 - RAFVR - Cheadle & Gatley, Cheshire. [ Mosquito IV - DZ528 - 1655 MTU ].
WILCOX, George John - F/O (Pilot) - 151803 - RAFVR - Dunure, Ayrshire.
Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
KIRSOPP, Frank Owen - F/S - serving at Shallufa.
TAYLOR, David Frank Haigh - F/S - serving at Shallufa.

UK
BAKER, Charles Gordon - Cpl - registered in Meriden.
GRAY, William Ferguson - F/O (Nav) - not Eng/Wales
PARK, Stanley - F/L(Pilot) - not Eng/Wales?.
HOLBROW, Stanley Charles - F/L (Pilot) - Mosquito IV - DZ528 - 1655 MTU ].
REA, George Malcolm - F/O (Nav) - Mosquito IV - DZ528 - 1655 MTU ].
WILCOX, George John - F/O (Pilot) - not Eng/Wales.

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Re: UK (1) - William Ferguson GRAY, and UK (2) - George John WILCOX. Also buried at Dunure Cemetery, are two Canadians:

R99699 WO1 (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Walter Henry HARRIS RCAF

and...

R/164611 F/Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Joseph Patrick O'NEILL RCAF

Does Les Allison have anything to say on these two airmen? (Can't access my copy of TSGNO at the moment).

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

Harris and O'Neill were killed whilst flying in Ventura V, FP659 of No 5 (C) OTU, which crashed on take off from Turnberry following an engine failure, I don't know how I missed it first time. There were three non RCAF casualties so these were probably Gray, Wilcox and Park

Malcolm

[Dakota]

G'day

First off, the serial number FP695 is for an Avro Anson Mk. II used by No. 4 Bombing & Gunnery School at Fingal, Ontario

The 'FP' serial range for Lend-Lease Ventura G.R. Mk. V's is from FP549 to FP684.


R/99699 W.O.1 Walter Henry Harris was the son of James and Mary Harris as well as the husband of Glarya Hurst Harris, of Kitchener, Ontario. He is buried Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference: Section E, Grave 292.


R/164611 Flight Sergeant Joseph Patrick O'Neill was the son of Michael and Mary O'Neill, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He was the husband of Annie Carmen O'Neill, of Charlottetown. He is buried in the Dunure Cemetery Ayrshire, United Kingdom. Grave Reference: Section E, (Blue) Grave 195.

Cheers...Chris

[COL BRUGGY]

Chris,

We're looking at Ventura V FP659, not FP695 !

Col.

[Dakota]

G'day Col

That's twice in a week my eyes have failed me. Thanks for the correction mate.

Cheers...Chris

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK.

1547786 Cpl Charles Gordon BAKER RAFVR.

BAKER, Corporal Charles Gordon BAKER, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (1547786), Police, 2 Tactical Air Force HQ, Uxbridge, Middx, 2nd Tactical Air Force, 21 May 1944, Died in a Road Traffic Accident, Killed while on motor cycle escort duty for a convoy, Aged 20, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, Stockport Crematorium, Cheshire.

See: Failed To Return, Part Two, A-B/Hobson/N&MP/2019.p.317,

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Frank Owen Kirsopp 1540346 and

David Frank Haigh Taylor 1439607

Both attached to RAF Shalluffa , were lost in Beaufighter NE606 which went missing over Suez Bay at 06:15 Hours

[jonheyworth]

Arthur Tomkinson 856024 , attached to Number 5014 A.C. Squadron, died in Dumfries Infirmary from generalized peritonitis secondary to intersusseption operative enteropathy