400922 - Unaccounted Airmen - 22-09-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400922 - Unaccounted Airmen - 22-09-1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
SMITH, Melville Gaston - Air Apprentice - 95496 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1)Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Died from injuries received on the 21st in a motor vehicle accident at Pretoria.

UK
GAMET, Douglas Louis Clifford - Lac - 611068 - RAF.
Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, Cheshire.
Cause of death ?

SWAINE, Oswald Bertie - Wng/Cdr - 17038 - RAF.
Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
Oswald and his wife both killed through war operations.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
HOLDER, Kenneth George - Lac - 400225 - RAAF - EFTS Narromine.
Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria, Australia.
Died from injuries received following being struck by a motor lorry.

PAKISTAN
LAINE - TURNER, Vernon - AC2c - 771614 - RAFVR.
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Killed in a Road accident.

UK
COPLESTONE, Anthony Drake - P/O - 84720 - RAFVR.
Boldre (St.John) Churchyard, Hampshire.
NOVEMBER, John - Sgt - 938877 - RAFVR.
Yardley Wood (Christ Church) Churchyard, Warwickshire.
WILSON, Hubert Henry - Sgt - 745159 - RAFVR.
Bury Cemetery, Huntingdonshire.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim I- L8610 - 17 OTU.

MUIR, William Waddell - Lac - 936559 - RAFVR.
Faslane Cemetery, Dunbartonshire.
Hart - K5883 - 9SFTS.

BUSBY, Gordon Alfred - S/Lt(A) - HMS Furious - RNVR.
READ, John - Lt(A) - HMS Furious - RN.
WEBBER, Leslie Arthur - LA - FX.76308 - HMS Furious - RN.
These three Naval Airmen are Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
They were crew of Swordfish I - L2745 - 816 Sqn FAA,RN.

MARAIS, Derek John Theobald - S/Lt(A) - HMS Sparrowhawk - RNVR.
Lady Old Cemetery, Orkney.
GAYNON, George Harry - NA1c - FX.80437 - HMS Ark Royal - RN.
Kirkwall (Stolaf's) Cemetery, Orkney. [ But 23rd ?].
SAUNDERS, Frederick Christopher - S/Lt(A) - HMS Ark Royal - RN - DSC.
Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
These three Naval Airmen were crew of Swordfish I - L7635 821 Sqn FAA, RN.

SCHAEFER, Heinrich - GAF.
Honington (All Saints) Churchyard, Suffolk.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

SCHAEFER, Heinrich - pilot of Do-17Z-3 U5+ shot down on August 26th 1940, and died of his wounds.

See: http://whepstead.onesuffolk.net/our-...-in-whepstead/

Regards

Simon