400920 - Unaccounted Airmen - 20-09-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400920 - Unaccounted Airmen - 20-09-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
ATHERALL, William Ernest - AC2c - 870911 - RAF (AAF) - 942 Balloon Sqn.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Drowned having fallen off a Barage Balloon Barge in the Humber Estuary on the 25th.

BOND, Ernest John William - AC2c - 846519 - RAF (AAF) - 909 Balloon Sqn.
Romford Cemetery, Essex.
Killed in an Air Raid.

BRODLEY, Ronald - Cpl - 567115 - RAF.
East Finchley (Cemetery and St.Marylebone Crematorium, Middlesex.
Killed in an Air Raaid possibly on St.Pancras.

CANTWELL, Nicholas William - Sgt - 581320 - RAF - 4 BGS.
East Finchley (Cemetery and St.Marylebone Crematorium, Middlesex.
Killed in an Air Raaid possibly on St.Pancras.

COLEMAN, George Alfred - Sgt - 742031 - RAFVR - 9 Sqn.
Desford (St.Martin ) Churchyard, Leicestershire.
Died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

DUFF, Jack Holman - Lac - 610539 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
Died from injuries received in the crash of Master T9676 on the 19th.

GOSS, Frederick Charles - Sgt - 903781 - RAFVR - 12 OTU.
Brompton Cemetery, London.
Possibly Killed in an Air Raaid possibly on St.Pancras.

HENDERSON, Cyril Clifford - Sgt - 901353 - RAFVR - 12 OTU.
Benson (St.Helen) Churchyard Extension, Oxfordshire.
Possibly Killed in an Air Raaid possibly on St.Pancras.

LAKEMAN, John Stephen - Cpl - 519571 - RAF.
Southampton (St.Mary Extra) Cemetery, Hampshire.
Accidentally shot dead whilst on duty by a Sgt examining John's Rifle.

MERRILL, George - F/Sgt - 523089 - RAF.
Sheffield (Burngreave)Cemetery, Yorkshire.
CWGC had this as a 1940 death but has since corrected the date to 1944.

MURPHY, Neville - Sgt - 905357 - RAFVR.
Barnwood (St.Lawrence) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Possibly Killed in an Air Raid on St Pancras.

MYERS, Abraham - AC1c - 1161139 - RAFVR - 909 Balloon Sqn.
Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery, Northamptonshire.
Killed in an Air Raid possibly Poplar East London.

PYCROFT, Ronald - AC2c - 940529 - RAF.
Swinton (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Killed in an Air Raid on London.

WEBB, Walter Ernest - AC1c - 846514 - RAF - 909 Balloon Sqn.
Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery, Essex.
Killed in an Air Raid possibly Poplar East London.

From CWGC -

BELGIUM
ANDERSON, Lindsay Douglas - 391321 - RNZAF - 75 Sqn (RAF).
GREEN, Alfred Joseph - Sgt - 741824 - RAFVR.
McCORMICK, Joseph Edward - Sgt - 580801 - RAF.
MacDONALD, Norman - Sgt - 755134 - RAFVR.
WHITE, Lewis Alan - Sgt - 626213 - RAF.
These five airmen rest at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

BRAUN, Michael Ryves - P/O - 42390 - RAF.
Oostende New Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

These six airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - T2463 - 75 Sqn.

FRANCE
PALMER, Kenneth Victor - P/O - 42874 - RAF.
WALTERS, Douglas Allan - Sgt - 642945 - RAF.
WRIGHT, Ernest Edward - Sgt - 580992 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Le Vast Churchyard, Manche, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - R3635 - 59 Sqn.

SOUTH AFRICA
HARDY, Paul Ernest - 2Lt - 47873 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Hartbees - 847 - 43 Sqn SAAF.

UK
JENKINSON, Frederick Sidney - Sgt - 565394 - RAF
Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire
MORRISON, Daniel - Lac - 968334 - RAFVR.
Deane ( St.Mary) Churchyard, Lancashire.
These two airmen were crew of Anson I - N5318 - 12 SFTS.

EYLES, Peter Raoul - Sgt - 565889 - RAF.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Spitfire Ic - N3248 - 92 Sqn.

HIGH, Robert Benjamin - Lac - 967883 - RAFVR.
Milford Haven Cemetery, Pembrokeshire.
STURGIS, Toby Howard - Sgt - 968378 - RAFVR.
Glynde Churchyard, Sussex.
SUTHERLAND, Malcolm Alan Robert - Lac - 903457 - RAF.
Little Rissington (St.Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
These three airmen were crew of Anson I - N9821 - 6 SFTS.

HILL, Howard Perry (New Zealander) - P/O - 41847 - RAF.
Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent.
Spitfire Ia - X4417 - 92 Sqn.

HOLLAND, Dennis Frederick - P/O - 77269 - RAFVR.
Chaddleworth Churchyard, Berkshire.
Spitfire Ia - X4410 - 72 Sqn.

MEESON, Charles Victor - Sgt - 748697 - RAFVR.
Laughton Cemetery, Essex.
Hurricane I - L1595 - 249 Sqn.

STEPIEN, Jozef Franciszek - Podpoucznik - P/0531 - PAF.
Woodchester (Church of the Annunciation) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Master I - N7987 - 5 OTU.

WHITBREAD, Herbert Laurence - P/O - 42034- RAF.
Ludlow (Henley Road) Cemetery, Shropshire.
Spitfire Ia - N3203 - 222 Sqn.

CLAUSER, Erich - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[davew]

Re Master T9676 and Duff. There are three deaths associated with this a/c now.

Duff on the 20th and Currie and Bushnell on the 19th.

I have looked at FreeBMD, and all three deaths are registered at Thorne, the place of the accident.



DaveW

[malcolm_raf]

Re Master T9676 and Duff. There are three deaths associated with this a/c now.

Duff on the 20th and Currie and Bushnell on the 19th.

I have looked at FreeBMD, and all three deaths are registered at Thorne, the place of the accident.



DaveW

To confuse thing further T9676 was a Magister not a Master. Chorley confirms that Bushnell and Currie were killed in that incident but the ORB only mention officers so only Bushnell is mentioned in that.

Malcolm

[davew]

Malcolm

Yes Magister of course, which is what I have. The point I was trying to make is that there are three casualties associated with a two seater aircraft. As Duff died a day later than the other two but was registered in the same district, Thorne, I am wondering if he was the victim of some other accident in the district, perhaps at Lindholme, also in Thorne district. It is also possible that he was an unauthorised passenger in the Magister and taken to a local hospital or Lindholme injured. Or did the accident happen at Lindholme with Duff being injured on the ground?

DaveW

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Flight October 10, 1940. p.313.
Roll of Honour - Air Ministry Casualty Communique No.48.
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE._
P/O. P. W. M. Bushnell 80805
L.A/C. P R. Currie 570163

Flight October 24, 1940. p.335.
Roll of Honour - Air Ministry Casualty Communique No.49.
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE._
L.A/C J. H. Duff 610539

Col.

[Alex Smart]

Thanks chaps, yes don't know what happened as I have Magister written down. Tablet must have chosen Master instead and I never noticed it. Now too late to edit .

Just to confuse things, this is on the forums data link for "610539" -

"Circumstances of Death: Died in Hospital of injuries following the crash of Master T9676 which crashed near Thorne in Yorkshire on 19th September".

Many thanks
Alex

[Jagan]

[QUOTE=Alex Smart;171405]Thanks chaps, yes don't know what happened as I have Magister written down. Tablet must have chosen Master instead and I never noticed it.

Thanks for catching that fixed the right entry - including the AIR81 reference to it

[wwrsimon]

Alex

CLAUSER, Erich - pilot of Bf-109E-4 W/Nr 2789 of JG27, shot down and crashed at St. Peter & St. Paul Churchyard, Ospringe, Kent.

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

Regards

Simon