400708 - Unaccounted Airwoman and Airmen - 08-07-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400708 - Unaccounted Airwoman and Airmen - 08-07-1940

From Henk's list -

UK
KING, Frank Schofield - Sgt - 514418 - RAF.
Matlock (St. Giles ) Churchyard, Derbyshire, UK.
Cause of death ?

From CWGC -

GERMANY
EADIE, John - P/O- 33473 - RAF.
Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Hampden I - P4390 - 61 Sqn.

UK
DAVISON, Elsie Joy - 2nd Officer - ATA, BOAC.
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Crematorium, Gloucestershire, UK.
L'ESTRANGE, Edgar Francis John - Sgt - 745060 - RAFVR.
Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire, UK
These two were crew of Master I - N7539 - CFS.

COOKE, Desmond - Sqn/Ldr - 26009 - RAF.
Spitfire Ia - K9907 - 65 Sqn.
RAVEN, Arthur Lionel Boultbee - P/O - 91089 - RAF (AAF).
Spitfire Ia - L1075 - 610 Sqn.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.

MITCHELL, Edward William - F/O - 37820 - RAF .
Hurricane I - P3461 - 79 Sqn.
WOOD, John Edward Randell - P/O - 33448 - RAF.
Hurricane I- N2384 - 79 Sqn.
These two airmen rest at Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent, UK.

HALLETT, Cyril Richard - Sgt - 564194 - RAF.
Woodford (All Saints ) Churchyard, Wiltshire, UK.
HOWARD, Leonard - Sgt - 552504 - RAF.
Liverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lancashire, UK.
KINTON, Basil - Sgt - 523885 - RAF.
Huntingdon ( Priory Road) Cemetery, Huntingdonshire UK.
LAUNDERS, Oliver Harry - P/O - 41715 - RAF.
Scampton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Lincolnshire, UK.
These four airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4066 - 83 Sqn.

KURT, Rohloff - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire, UK.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

KURT, Rohloff - GAF - Ju-88A-1 5J+AT of IX./KG4

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/22411

https://www.keymilitary.com/article/get-your-ands

Regards

Simon

[davew]

Alex

John Edward Randell Wood's aircraft was a Hurricane of 79S, possibly N2384, not Wellington N2984 of 149S which crashed in Norfolk 2/3/1940.

However the only place I can find any losses for 79S for this day is in Norman Franks' Fighter Command Losses vol 1, where he names two pilots Wood and EW Mitchell as being lost He gives P3461 as Mitchells a/c but has no suggestion for Wood's, I found the loss of N2384 listed in ABS.

regards

DaveW

[Alex Smart]

Again, this forum's database has Wellington N2984 ?

[davew]

Just found this

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/229837

DaveW

[Andy Marden]

Again, this forum's database has Wellington N2984 ?

Once again, this is because the database uses TNA, which is again wrong in this case: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C14502910