400919 - Unaccounted Airmen - 19-09-1940

**Alex Smart** · 11th March 2022, 20:20

Hello,

400919 - Unaccounted Airmen - 19-09-1940

From Henk's -

UK
BETBEDER, Gaston Louis - P/O - 79300 - RAFVR.
Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
Cause of Death ?

CLARE, Arthur Alexander - AC2c - 1303247 - R.
Bushbury (St.Mary) Churchyard, Staffordshire.
Killed by an accidental gunshot wound near Brackley Airfield.

LOCHHEAD, Clifford Molyneux - P/O - 41718 - RAF.
Scampton (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
Hampden I - L4044 - 49 Sqn.

SMITH, Thomas - AC2c - 994668 - RAFVR - 926 Balloon Sqn.
Earby(Wheatllands)Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Died from injuries sustained in a Balloon accident.

From CWGC -

FRANCE
RENDELL, Victor Arthur - P/O - 77040 - RAFVR.
Honfleur (St.Leonard ) Communal Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Hampden I - P1183 - 83 Sqn.

NETHERLANDS
COWLEY, Victor Charles - Sgt - 580883 - RAF.
CRAWFORD, Frank - Sgt - 620421 - RAF.
DAWSON, Raymond Carter - Sgt - 637484 - RAF.
ELDRIDGE, Peter Ernest - P/O - 41912 - RAF.
These four airmen rest at Ruurlo (Achter Zieuwent ) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
They were crew of Whitley V - N1425 - 77 Sqn.

UK
CAMERON, Alexander Lindsay - Sgt - 902597 - RAFVR.
GRATTON, Gordon Hughes - Sgt - 969384 - RAFVR.
DANDRIDGE, Alfred Clarence - Sgt - 900593 - RAFVR.
JARVIS, Peter Guy Vargas - P/O - 42841 - RAF.
PARKER, David Langley - P/O - 84981 - RAFVR.
STOTHARD, Harry Reed - P/O - 42905 - RAF.
These six airmen rest at Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.
They were crew of Wellington Ia - N2883 - 20 OTU.

JEBB, Michael - F/O - 72449 - RAF.
Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex.
Hurricane I - N2705 - 504 Sqn.

BUSHNELL, Patrick William Michael - P/O - 80805 - RAFVR.
Oxford (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
CURRIE, Philip Raymond - Lac - 570163 - RAF.
Blaydon Cemetery, Durham.
These two airmen were crew of Magister I - T9676 - 50Sqn.

FRASER, John McLean - Sgt - 551601 - RAF.
KEATS, Sidney Bertie - Sgt - 745998 - RAFVR.
KENMURE, Colin - Sgt - 562829 - RAF.
WATKIN, Eric Thomas - P/O - 43130 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Hampden I - P1259 - 106 Sqn.

GRACE, Robert William - Sgt - 751623 - RAFVR.
HARROLD, Eric - Sgt - 805497 - RAF (AAF).
TIBBITTS, Clarence Francis - P/O - 43050 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - 2045 - 53 Sqn.

KILGOUR, William Hutchison - Sgt - 966804 - RAFVR.
PRESTON, Cyril - P/O - 81070 - RAFVR.
ROSS, Thomas David Weston - Sgt - 740049 - RAFVR.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - T1852 - 107 Sqn.

The ten airmen listed above are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

HENKER, Walter- GAF.
Brighton City (Bear Road)Cemetery, Sussex
Cause of death ?

ALPERS, Theodor - GAF.
GOLIATH, Willi - GAF.
POHL, Hans - GAF.
These three German Airmen rest at Saffron Walden Cemetery, Essex.
Cause of death ?

DORAWA,Paul - GAF.
LUCKHARDT, Heinrich Christian - GAF.
SCHOLZ, Heinz - GAF.
SCHULZ, Erich - GAF.
These four German airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex

**wwrsimon** · 19th March 2022, 14:40

Alex

HENKER, Walter
LUCKHARDT, Heinrich Christian

Both lost in Ju-88A-1 W/Nr. 7058 9K+DL. Lukchard's bodt was recovered on October 14th 1940, which could explain the different places of burial.

See: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...rch_type=exact

ALPERS, Theodor
GOLIATH, Willi
POHL, Hans

These three were in the crew of He-111P-2 W/Nr. 2146 G1+GL of KG55.

See: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...rch_type=exact

DORAWA, Paul
SCHOLZ, Heinz
SCHULZ, Erich

These three were in Ju-88A-1 W/Nr. 2151 3Z+GH of KG77, shot down by F/O Kowalski of 302 Sqn.

See: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...rch_type=exact

and: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peo...a6112955.shtml

Regards

Simon

**Andy Marden** · 19th March 2022, 15:59

Alex,

HENKER, Walter- GAF.
Brighton City (Bear Road)Cemetery, Sussex
Cause of death ?
>> Crew member of Ju88A-1 7058 9K+DL of 3./KG51, shot down off the Sussex coast.

ALPERS, Theodor - GAF.
GOLIATH, Willi - GAF.
POHL, Hans - GAF.
These three German Airmen rest at Saffron Walden Cemetery, Essex.
Cause of death ?
>> Crew members of He111P-2 2146 G1+GL of 3./KG55, shot down near Bishops Stortford

DORAWA,Paul - GAF.
LUCKHARDT, Heinrich Christian - GAF.
SCHOLZ, Heinz - GAF.
SCHULZ, Erich - GAF.
These four German airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?
>> Dorawa was in the crew of Ju88A-1 2151 3Z+GH of 1./KG77, shot down at Bury St Edmunds
>> Luckhardt was in 9K+DL (above)
>> Pass on the other two

Full serial of the 53 Sqn Blenheim was T2045.
It might also be worth noting that two of the deaths on this day were "died of wounds":
JEBB - shot down 15 Sep 40
LOCHHEAD - crashed on the night of 8/9 Jun 40

Andy

**COL BRUGGY** · 20th March 2022, 01:17

Hello,

Re: 41718 P/O Clifford Molyneux LOCHHEAD RAF.

Lochhead did not, "die of wounds". Yes, he was injured in the crash of No.49 Sqn Hampden I L4044 on 8/9 June 1940 BCL(rev.ed)/147, but that was not the :"Cause of Death".

From the No.49 Sqn ORB:

18/9/40 - 41718 P/O. C. M. Lochhead died at 2359 hours on 18/9/40 as a result of motor cycle accident.

AIR 27/480/21
1940 Sept 01 - 1940 Sept 30
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8436268
Image 5 of 8.

See also:
BEWARE OF THE DOG AT WAR - An Operational Diary of 49 Squadron.
Ward,John.
Belper:JoTe Publications,1997.
p.56.

SEPTEMBER 1940.
18 September, 1940; Motor Cycle Tragedy: At 23.59hrs on the night of Wednesday 18th September, Clifford Lockhead [sic] (aged 20) was killed in a motor cycle accident. The young officer is buried in St. John's Churchyard, Scampton.

Lochhead, "DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE". CWGC quotes Date of Death as 19 September 1940.

Col.