400930 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-09-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400930 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-09-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
KEMP, Norman Llewellyn David - Cpl - 354299 - RAF - 7BGS.
Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
Killed by bomb shrapnel in Hastings while on leave to arrange his brothers funeral.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
DUNSTAN, Robert Alexander - AC1c - 15597 - RAAF.
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Died at Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne.

BELGIUM
SAMBROOK, Harry Edward - Sgt - 935979 - RAF.
Belgrade Cemetery, Namur, Belgium.
Wellington I - L7843 - 214 Sqn.

EGYPT
CATER, Leslie - Sgt - 741384 - RAFVR.
MEADOWCROFT, Kenneth Herbert - Sgt - 581019 - RAF.
SHELTON, Bernard James - Sgt - 642942 - RAF.
These three airmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - T2171 - 113 Sqn.

ERITREA
BUSH, George Justin - Sqn/Ldr - 37061 - RAF.
CORNEY, James - Sgt - 541684 - RAF.
USHER, John Charles - Sgt - 580912 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea.
They were crew of Blenheim I - L8461 - 45 Sqn.

GERMANY
HOWE, Grant Frederick Kerslake - LA - FX.77340 - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Sage War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Albacore - L7100 - 826 Sqn FAA,RN.

PAKISTAN
FARRELL, Hugh - Lac - 543833 - RAF.
GARFOOT, Allan (Australian) - F/O - 40617 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
They were crew of Demon I - K5685 - 20 Sqn.

NEW ZEALAND
SMITH, Raymond Bernard - Cpl - 38217 - RNZAF [But 3rd Oct 1940 ?].
SMITH, Sheldon Benton - F/Sgt - 34167 - RNZAF.
These two airmen rest at Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery, Waitakere City, New Zealand.
They were crew of Oxford - NZ1251 - 3 SFTS(NZ).

UK
BACON, Charles Harvey - F/O - 74324 - RAFVR.
Windermere (St. Mary's) Cemetery, Westmorland.
Spitfire Ia - K9818 - 610 Sqn.

BURT, Eric - Sgt - 971328 - RAFVR.
Edinburgh (Liberton) Cemetery, Edinburgh.
COOK, Charles Owen - Sgt - 748780 - RAFVR.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
GOW, John Gray - Sgt - 742021 - RAFVR.
Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery, Angus.
These three airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4189 - 106 Sqn.

BEVAN - JOHN, Spencer Rhys - P/O - 81933 - RAFVR.
Pembrey (St.Illtyd) Churchyard, Carmarthenshire.
MACQUIRE, Stanley - Sgt - 747938 - RAFVR.
Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery, Northamptonshire.
SHAW, Harold Arthur - Sgt - 630002 - RAF
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - T2044 - 53 Sqn.

CLAYTON, Herbert Reginald - Sgt - 939677 - RAFVR.
Leicester (Gilroes)Cemetery, Leicestershire.
NEILL, Douglas James - P/O - 81336 - RAFVR.
Blairgowrie Cemetery, Perthshire.
SMITH, Fred - Sgt - 970132 - RAFVR.
Elton(All Saints) Churchyard, Lancashire.
WAKE, William Hereward - Sgt - 742271 - RAFVR.
Oulton (St.Michael) Churchyard, Suffolk.
These four airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7273 - 1(C) OTU.

COX, Ronald Christopher - Sgt - 740172 - RAFVR.
Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire.
GIBBS, Arthur James - Sgt - 748374 - RAFVR.
Killead (St.Catherine) Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Antrim, UK.
O'CONNOR, John Patrick - Sgt - 627424 - RAF.
North Ormesby (St.Joseph's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yorkshire.
POSGATE, Kenneth - Sgt - 565653 - RAF.
Killead Presbyterian Churchyard, County Antrim, UK.
SWANN, Stanley - Sgt - 551592 - RAF.
Killead (St.Catherine) Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Antrim, UK.
These five airmen were crew of Hudson I - T9326 - 224 Sqn.

CROSSMAN, John Dallas (Australian) - P/O - 43283 - RAF.
Chalfont St.Giles Churchyard, Buckinghamshire.
Hurricane I - V6748 - 46 Sqn.

GOODWIN, Charles - Sgt - 754024 - RAFVR.
Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire.
McCAUL, John Patrick - AC2c - 1050678 - RAFVR.
Leigh Cemetery, Lancashire.
SHEPPERD, George Edward - Sgt - 523887 - RAF.
Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim I - L1261 - 219 Sqn.

HARDACRE, John Reginald - F/O - 41405 - RAF.
Fawley (All Saints) Churchyard, Hampshire.
Hurricane I - P3414 - 504 Sqn.

HURST, John Charles - Sgt - 745671 - RAFVR.
Billinge (St.Aidan) Churchyard, Lancashire.
Master I - N7771 - 8 SFTS.

JELLEY, Edward Arthur - P/O - 78762 - RAFVR.
Swadlincote District (Church Gresley) Cemetery, Derbyshire.
Wellington Ic - R3168 - 75 Sqn.

KENNAWAY, Charles Stewart Hamilton - Lt - HMS Peregrine - RN.
LANE, Richard John - Midshipman (A) - HMS Peregrine - RNVR.
These two Naval Airmen are Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
They were crew of Albacore - L7100 - 826 Sqn FAA,RN.

KURKA, Jan (Czech) - Sgt - 787661 - RAFVR.
Sutton Bridge (St.Matthew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
Hurricane I - L1986 - 6 OTU.

LAWS, Adrian Francis - P/O - 45092 - RAF - DFM.
Wells-Next-The-Sea Cemetery, Norfolk.
Spitfire Ia - K9805 - 64 Sqn.

MERRETT, Jack Edwin - Sgt - 520314 - RAF.
Reading (Henley Road)Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
WALTERS, Sidney - Sgt - 626198 - RAF.
Probus (SS.Probus and Grace) Churchyard, Cornwall.
These two airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - N6191 - 107 Sqn.

ODSTRCILEK, Otaker ( Czech) - Sgt - 787369 - RAFVR.
Benson (St.Helen) Churchyard Extension, Oxfordshire.
Battle I - L5079 - 12 OTU.

PENNINGTON, Roy - LA(Pilot U/T) - FX.79264 - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, Cheshire.
Hart - K5038 - 1 SFTS(RAF).

RAVENHILL, Malcolm - F/O - 40750 - RAF.
Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Hurricane I - P2815 - 229 Sqn.

REDDINGTON, Leslie Arthur Edwin - Sgt - 742516 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - L1072 - 152 Sqn.

HOPPERT, Max - GAF.
PENKA, Rudolf - GAF.
These two German airmen rest at West Thorney (St.Nicholas)Churchyard, Sussex.
Cause of death ?

SCHOCKE, Willi - GAF.
Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire.
Cause of death ?

BERTRAM, Hans - GAF.
BRAATZ, Wilhelm - GAF.
DOLLINGER, Alois - GAF.
EHSMANN, Heinrich - GAF.
HORNATSCHEK, Heinrich - GAF.
HUEBEL, Kurt - GAF.
KLASING, Georg - GAF.
LIMPERT, Paul - GAF.
OBERMAYER, Johann - GAF.
SALOMO, Alfred August - GAF.
SANDER, Alfred Paul - GAF.
WAACK, Friedrich - Karl - GAF.
ZIEMENS, Helmut - GAF.
These thirteen German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[CZ_RAF]

Hi Alex,

ZIEMENS, Helmut - GAF.

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

Ziemens, Helmut Gefr 1/19/1917 Stutthof 7/JG-26 (Channel) Bf 109E-4 Werk # 3645 (lost 9/30/40) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940 when he straggled on the return flight from England and was downed by a Spitfire. Crashed into the sea off Suffolk. Washed ashore and buried 18 October, 1940 by Southwold in the Cemetery at St Edmunds Church, later, Cannock Chase Block 1 Grave 302. Jager Blatt article. His date of death incorrectly reported as 24 September, 1940 (M.Croft). Alternate spelling: Ziemans.

Pavel

[CZ_RAF]

EHSMANN, Heinrich - GAF.
OBERMAYER, Johann - GAF.
WAACK, Friedrich - Karl - GAF.

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

1(F)/123 (Channel) Ju 88A-1 Werk # 0385 "4U + MH" (lost 9/30/40)
30 September, 1940 after crashing off Ventnor, the Isle of Wight, during a recon sortie,cause unknown, three other unnamed crew KIA (Ju 88 Loss List). Update: Remaining crew (KIA, washed ashore three days later & bur at Parkhurst Cem, then transferred to CC, Plot 7, Row 10): Fw Friedrich Karl Waack (geb 12/17/1915), Gr 246; Uffz Heinrich Essmann, still in Parkhurst ? and Uffz Johann Obermayer, Gr 245 (D.Drury)

Pavel

[CZ_RAF]

SANDER, Alfred Paul - GAF.

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

Sander, Alfred Richard? Uffz 7/19/1917 3/JG-27 (Channel) Bf 109E-4 Werk # 3630 (lost 9/30/40) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940 during aerial combat, crashing into a pond on Cinderhill Fram, Horsted Keynes, Hayward Heath, Sussex. Buried Cannock Chase, Block 1, Gr 17. Source: M.Croft.

[CZ_RAF]

LIMPERT, Paul - GAF

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

Limpert, Paul Uffz 1920 2 7/JG-51 (Channel) Bf 109E-1 Werk # 4856 (lost 9/30/40) EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940 during aerial combat, crashing at Kentwyns Nutfield, near Redhill, Surrey; buried Cannock Chase, Block 5, Gr 49 (M.Croft). His first victory, a Spitfire 10 km SW of Dover on 5 August, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire at London on & September, 1940.

[CZ_RAF]

HUEBEL, Kurt - GAF

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

Hübel, Kurt Fw 12/30/1918 Munich 3 7/JG-51 (Channel) Bf 109D, Bf 109E-4 Werk # 3391 (lost 9/30/40) EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940 during aerial combat, crashing at Kennards Farm, Leigh, two miles NW of Tonbridge, Kent. Buried Cannock Chase, Block 1, Gr 16. (M.Croft). His 1st victory, a Blenheim northwest of Watten on 11 July, 1940. A 2nd (referred to as #3 by Perry), a Hurricane at Dungeness on 14 September, 1940. Perry Claims.

[CZ_RAF]

DOLLINGER, Alois - GAF

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=Auth%2CAlois+

Dollinger, Alois Uffz 8/28/1917 Jattingen 5/JG-2 (Channel) Bf 109E-4 Werk # 4861 (lost 9/30/40) EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940; shot down by F/O T. Nowierski of RAF No. 609 Sq. over Warmwell. Dollinger bailed safely but died when his chute failed to open. The AC crashed at Sprakefield, Hundred Acres Farm, Sydling St Nicholas, England. Buried Cannock Chase, Blick 6, Gr 23 (M.Croft).

[CZ_RAF]

BRAATZ, Wilhelm

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...=&search_only=

Braatz, Wilhelm Uffz 12/31/1919 Potsdam 9/JG-54 (Channel) Bf 109E-4 Werk# 5116 "Yellow 6" (lost 9/30/40) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 September, 1940 in aerial combat with Spitfires east of Tonbridge-Kent, crashing at Dairy Farm, Golden Green. He may have been wounded this date, as his death was recorded as 3 October, 1940 (M.Croft). Burial showing CC, Blk 1, Gr 166 ("Luft Graves UK").

[CZ_RAF]

SCHOCKE, Willi - GAF.

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...abase/?q=bauer

4/KG-55 He 111P-2 Werk # 2643 "G1 + CM" (lost 9/30/40) 30 September, 1940; sd by Hurricanes of Nos. 238 & 504 Sqs. during an operation to Yeovil, Somerset. The ac crashed into the sea off Portland, Dorset. Remaining crew: Ofw Helmut Guttler (or Güttler), Obs (MIA); Gefr Karl Bauer, R/O (MIA); Gefr Fritz Strauss, Flt Engr (MIA) and Ogefr Willi Schocke, Gnr (KIA). The body of Gefr Schocke washed ashore on 14 October, 1940, and was buried at Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cem., Plot 189, Gr 24 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Rudeck.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

PAKISTAN.

FARRELL, Hugh - LAC - 543833 - RAF
GARFOOT, Allan (Australian) - F/O - 40617 - RAF

They were crew of Demon I - K5685 - 20 Sqn.

Not so! F/O Garfoot was killed outright and LAC Farrell later died in hospital from burns, whilst flying Hawker Audax (India) K5585. See: The K File/Halley/A-B,1995/p.106.

and ...

No.20 Sqn ORB (F.540) 1939 Jun 01 - 1942 Oct 21 - AIR 27/259/1 - https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8409307 - p.54 of 126

Col.