431030 -Unaccounted Airmen - 30-10-1943

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

431030 -Unaccounted Airmen - 30-10-1943

From Henk's list -

EGYPT
CORNISH, James Henry - (S.Africa) - LAC - 1268027 - RAFVR - Alexandria (Hadra) Egypt. - [DOAS - CAUSE ?].
SMITH, Frederick Bernard - LAC - 1182107 - RAFVR - Alexandria (Hadra) Egypt. - [DOAS - CAUSE ?].

UK
CARR, Frank E - Sgt - 612438 - RAF - Bishop Auckland, Durham.
MASKERY, Harry - LAC - 1190887 - RAFVR - Nottingham Southern, Nottinghamshire - [DOAS - CAUSE ?].
SANDS, Philip Alan - AC1 - 2207100 - RAFVR - Lydney(St Mary) Gloucestershire - [DOAS - CAUSE ?].

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
WILLIAMS, Alyn Emrys - AC1c - 1357057 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

USA
LEWIS, Arthur Roydon - LAC - 1803547 - RAFVR - Mesa City, Arizona, USA.

ZIMBABWE
EVANS, Charles Gordon - Sgt(Pilot) - 1390423 - RAFVR - Bulawayo (Athlone) Zimbabwe.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Carr has been mentioned here before as a possible (probable?) member of the crew of Oxford BG665 of 15 (P)AFU.:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...ford-Loss-Crew

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Alex

EGYPT
CORNISH, James Henry - (S.Africa) - LAC - 55 RSU, possibly died from injuries sustained in the same incident as the others from this unit a few days before.
SMITH, Frederick Bernard - LAC - He was serving with No 294 Sqn, and possibly died from injuries sustained when Wellington IC, DV492 skidded into a truck on take off from LG91.

UK
CARR, Frank E - Sgt - registered in Newark.
MASKERY, Harry - LAC - registeed in Grimsby.
SANDS, Philip Alan - AC1 - registered in Gloucester Rural

EGYPT
WILLIAMS, Alyn Emrys - AC1c - serving with 101 MU.

USA
LEWIS, Arthur Roydon - LAC - serving at 4 BFTS.

ZIMBABWE
EVANS, Charles Gordon - Sgt(Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Oxford I, AR824 of No 21 SFTS, which crashed at Khami near Bulawayo.

Malcolm

[dennis_burke]

A R Lewis is given as killed in "Flying Accident" only by the CWGC records on ancestry.com

[wwrsimon]

UK
CARR, Frank E - Sgt - 612438. See this entry on the N.E.W.M.P. site:

http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?...displayorder=5

Regards

Simon

[noggin1969]

CARR, FRANK EMMERSON
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 612438
Date of Death: 30/10/1943
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Grave Reference: Sec. 7. Row B. Grave 55.
Cemetery: BISHOP AUCKLAND CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Francis and Alice Carr; husband of Edith Mary Carr. of Bishop Auckland. Newark coroner was told that Sergeant Carr the son of an engine fitter from County Durham who had married Edith Mary Atkinson in 1935, had been found shot dead in his bunk on 30 October. After hearing he was worried by his health and his RAF work, the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide.

[jonheyworth]

Alan Emrys Williams 1357057 , was reported missing believed killed with a presumed date of death

[jonheyworth]

Philip Alan Sands 2207100 , attached to 24 OTU , died in Gloucester general hospital of meningitis

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Bernard Smith 1182107 , died in Number 64 General hospital at 23:15 Hours of injuries sustained when Wellington DV 492 hit GMC lorry WD 50697 on take off LG 91

James Henry Cornish 1268027 , died of injuries in Number 64 General hospital at 06:48 hours as a result of the same incident. 27 Airmen of the unit were in the lorry as it returned from a liberty run.

[jonheyworth]

Harry Maskery 1190887 , attached to Number 1481 B&G Flight was dangerously injured in a road accident in Binbrook village at 03:00 Hours on 2 October, dying of his injuries at 04:00 Hours the following day in Grimsby General hospital