470924 - Unaccounted Airmen - 24-09-1947

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

470924 - Unaccounted Airmen - 24-09-1947

From Henk's List -

UK
BURNSIDE, Gervan - AC1c - 1567347 RAFVR.
Dunfermline Cemetery, Fifeshire.
DENNIS, Ernest Joseph Gregory - F/O(Pilot) - 163194 - RAFVR - 74 Sqn.
Liverpool ( Anfield ) Cemetery, Lancashire.
[ Meteor F3 - 74 Sqn - EE353 ].
GUEST, Jack Anthony - Pilot IV - 1820826 - RAFVR.
Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk.
HAVARD, Vernon - F/Lt - 163917 - RAFVR - 617 Sqn.
Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk.
Both Guest and Havard were in Lincoln B2 - RE373 of 97 Sqn.
OXLEY, Henry Ernest - LAC - 1207944 - RAFVR.
Ware New Cemetery, Hertfordshire.
SIGLEY, Albert Edward -LAC - 1241773 - RAFVR.
Oxford ( Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
THOMPSON, James Pennock - F/Lt - 50126 - RAF - MiD.
Loftus Cemetery, Yorkshire.

From CWGC -

UK
CANADA
WEAVER, Leslie Edward - Air Artificer 2c - N/51745 - RCN.
Kingston ( St. Mary's ) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

UK
ALLISON, William - Engineer II - 527043 - RAF - 97 Sqn.
COOK, John George - F/Lt - 163572 - RAFVR - 97 Sqn.
CUMMINGS, Dennis Frederick George - AC1c - 2263628 - RAFVR - 97 Sqn.
The three airmen named above all rest at Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk.
TRUNDLE, Roy Andrew - Gunner II - 1866055 - RAFVR - 97 Sqn
Lowestoft ( Normanston Drive ) Cemetery, Suffolk.
WATTLEWORTH, Albert - Signaller II - 2218676 - RAFVR - 97 Sqn.
WHITLOCK, Stanley Frederick - Pilot I - 926800 - RAFVR.
WOODS, Vincent Orville - Gunner II - 3031017 - RAFVR - 97 Sqn.
The three above named airmen all rest in Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk.
The seven airmen named above were in Lincoln B2 RE373 - 97 Sqn.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Hello

UK
BURNSIDE, Girvan - AC1c - 1567347 - the Statutory Deaths Register on the Scotland's People website records that he died at 3.45 p.m. at 17 Alexandra Street, Dunfermline due to Koch's Infection [pulmonary TB] of the lung.

DENNIS, Ernest Joseph Gregory - F/O(Pilot) - 163194 - the Liverpool Echo of September 25th 1947 reported the following:

LIVERPOOL AIRMAN KILLED
Flight-Lieut. Ernest Dennis, age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dennis, of the Half Way House, Gilead Street, Liverppol, was the pilot and sole occupant of a R.A.F. Meteor plane, flying from Horsham St. Faith aerodrome, Norfolk, which crashed at Costessey, near Northwich [sic - see post #4], and he was killed. he served in the Middle East, Burma and Java, and re-joined the R.A.F. five weeks ago. He leaves a widow, who live at Rhosneigr, North Wales.

The same newspaper the next day reported the inquest into his death, and that:

Evidence was given that the plane went a short distance with its wing low and losing height. Coming out of a slow roll, it then went into a dive. As the machine was going down, the nose was pulled up suddenly and it then went over and did three successive rolls before going straight into the ground. The dead man's officer commanding said he was a fully-qualified pilot, but inexeperienced in jet-propelled planes.

OXLEY, Henry Ernest - LAC - 1207944 - registered Ware, Hertfordshire.

SIGLEY, Albert Edward - LAC - 1241773 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. The Staffordshire Sentinel of October 9th 1947 reported that hed died from the effects of war service, having been in the R.A.F. for four years, and having served two years in India before being invalided home.

THOMPSON, James Pennock - F/Lt - 50126 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at the R.A.F. Hospital, Northallerton.

Regards

Simon

[alieneyes]

CANADA
WEAVER, Leslie Edward - Air Artificer 2c - N/51745 - RCN.
Kingston ( St. Mary's ) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

Accidental drowning in the Northwest Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Dave

[davew]

Simon,

A typo in your piece, or perhaps in the original. Costessey is near Norwich.

regards

DaveW

[wwrsimon]

Thanks Dave. It was indeed Northwich in the original article - I've added a correction.

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Thanks Dave, I do have the serial number in my first post.
Alex

[davew]

Sorry Alex, my mistake.

DaveW

[jonheyworth]

James Pennock Thompson 50126 , attached to HQ Coastal Command, was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Northallerton on 19 July suffering with haematemis. He was removed from the seriously ill list on 2 August but replaced on the list on 18 September. He became dangerously ill on 22 September, dying at 08:55 Hours following a sub total gastrectomy