450228 - Unaccounted Airmen - 28-02-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450228 - Unaccounted Airmen - 28-02-1945

From Henk's List -

ITALY
CROPLEY, Leslie John - Cpl - 1263700 - RAFVR - Caserta War Cemetery, Italy.

UK
COLLINS, John Wyndham - F/L (Pupil pilot) - 40495 - RAFVR - Oxford (Botley) Cemetery,Oxfordshire.
COOMBS, Robert William - AC1c - 1871971 - RAFVR - Wallington (Bandon Hill) Cemetery, Surrey.
MORTON, John William James - LAC - 1681606 - RAFVR - Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
SNOWDEN, Leslie Thomas - Sgt - 749159 - RAFVR - Portsmouth (Milton ) Cemetery, Hampshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CANADA
GORDON, Percival Elie (Jamaican) - AC2c - 724273 - RAFVR - Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada.

INDIA
McDOWELL, Edward Charles - Cpl - 1188039 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.

SRI LANKA
GREGORY, John - LAC - 1042869 - RAFVR - 338 MU - Kandy War Cemetery, Sri Lanka.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ITALY
CROPLEY, Leslie John - Cpl - HQ Provost & Security Unit.

UK
COLLINS, John Wyndham - F/L (Pupil pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Oxford I, MP466 of No 20 (P) AFU, which crashed into trees near Kidlington.
COOMBS, Robert William - AC1 - not Eng/Wales?.
MORTON, John William James - LAC - registered in Leeds.
SNOWDEN, Leslie Thomas - Sgt - registered in Portsmouth.

CANADA
GORDON, Percival Elie (Jamaican) - AC2 - Palisadoes.

INDIA
McDOWELL, Edward Charles - Cpl - 332 MU.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Allan Trevor Barker 175637, died of flak wounds sustained in liberator T of 70 squadron during an attack on Pola

[jonheyworth]

Maurice Edward Balcom R 76419 , attached to RCAF Torbay , died of a heart attack in Newfoundland

[jonheyworth]

Clifford Donald Cross J 10826 , see facebook plugin commend for full details previously missed

[jonheyworth]

Leslie John Cropley 1263700 , attached to the HQ Provost Security Unit , was fatally injured in an on duty road accident near Capua at 13:40 Hours, dying in Number 2 British General hospital at 16:30 Hours