450416 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 16-04-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450416 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 16-04-1945


From Henk's List -

ITALY
COND, Stanley George - LAC - 1207540 - RAFVR - Naples War Cemetery, Italy.
TANNER, Frederick Charles - LAC - 1355450 - RAFVR - Cesena War Cemetery, Italy.

UK
ERSKINE, William - W/O(Pilot) - 1365096 - RAFVR - Cambuslang (Westburn ) Cemetery, Lanarkshire - [ Wellington X - LP609 - 11 OTU ].


From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

WAAF
UK
HUTCHISON, Winifred - LACW - 462814 - WAAF - Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery, Durham - [ Liberator GR.VI - EW303 - 53 Sqdn ].

UK
FORD, William Wallace - F/O (WoP) - 173302 - RAFVR - GLASGOW ( Riddrie Park ) Cemetery, Glasgow - [ Wellington X - LP651 - 11 OTU ].
FOSBURY, Robert - F/S - 1579617 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
HOPE, Arthur Christian - F/S (A/G) - 2210185 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Toxteth Park ) Cemetery, Lancashire - [ Wellington X - LP609 - 11 OTU ].
JENNISON, Alec Norman - F/O - 180123 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
MARGETTS, Raymond Phillip - F/S - 1230162 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
MARTIN, Dennis Jack - AC2c - 1864998 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
SPENCER, Arthur John - F/L - 133796 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ITALY
COND, Stanley George - LAC - 63 SP.
TANNER, Frederick Charles - LAC - AHQ DAF.

UK
ERSKINE, William - W/O(Pilot) - Wellington X - LP609 - 11 OTU ].
HUTCHISON, Winifred - LACW - Liberator GR.VI - EW303 - 53 Sqdn ].
FORD, William Wallace - F/O (WoP) - Wellington X - LP651 - 11 OTU ].
FOSBURY, Robert - F/S - killed whilst flying in Anson I, MG652 of the ANBS, which failed to return from a navigation exercise over the North Sea.
HOPE, Arthur Christian - F/S (A/G) - Wellington X - LP609 - 11 OTU ].
JENNISON, Alec Norman - F/O - see Fosbury.
MARGETTS, Raymond Phillip - F/S - see Fosbury.
MARTIN, Dennis Jack - AC2 - see Fosbury.
SPENCER, Arthur John - F/L - see Fosbury.

Malcolm

[alclark]

I have MG652 as being lost in the Irish Sea, that is certainly where No.281 Sqn were searching for it with Sea Otters for a couple of days. On the 17th wreckage was spotted which may have been associated it, though it was not confirmed.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Al

You are correct I don't know why I wrote North Sea.

Malcolm

[MalcolmSutherland]

Air Ministry Records state :-
1830 hours - leading 122 wing - armed recce over Wittenburge (East of river Elbe - NW of Berlin) ....an encounter with 7/8 FW190s at 6000 feet....followed down to low level where more FWs attacked from behind - light flak from woods at Wittenburge.

Brooker’s Tempest never located or his body. Account in Closterman’s The Big Show is not verifiable.

[jonheyworth]

Stanley George Cond 1207540 , attached to Number 63 SP , was attacked by two armed civilians, believed to be Italians at 22:15 Hours , 1 mile from his billet in the Pomigliano Area . Admitted dangerously ill to Number 1 RAF hospital, where he died of his injuries the following day .