401011 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-10-1940

**Alex Smart** · 29th April 2022, 21:09

Hello

401011 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-10-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
NEVILLE, Maurice William - Sgt - 742656 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Hampden I - P2082 - 61 Sqn.

SPEAKE, Edward Charles - AC2c - 1166056 - RAFVR.
Knowbury (St.Paul) Churchyard, Shropshire.
Admitted to Hospital with Pneumonia, died of pulmonary Tuberculosis.

From CWGC -

FRANCE
MALLON, John Charles (NewZealand) - P/O - 42719 - RAF.
Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Blenheim IV - T2036 - 53 Sqn.
[See the 8th. CWGC has 11th but documents show the 8th ?].

UK
ADIE,Arthur Ferguson - Lt(A) - HMS Heron - RN.
SOULS, William Henry - AM(E)1c - FX.75439 - RN.
These two Naval Airmen rest at Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
They were crew of Skua - L2970 - 760 Sqn FAA,RN.

AYLING, Charles Albert Henry - Sgt - 561445 - RAF.
Pembroke (Monkton St.Nicholas) Cemetery, Pembrokeshire.
Spitfire IIa - P7303 - 66 Sqn.

LECKY, John Gage - P/O - 33570 - RAF.
Tilford (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - P9447 - 41 Sqn.

O'NEILL, Desmond Hugh ( Republic of Ireland) - F/O - 40638 - RAF.
Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - X4052 - 41 Sqn.

EAST, Louis Frank - P/O - 44631 - RAF - DFM.
Townshend Methodist Chapelyard, Cornwall.
FLETCHER, John - Sgt - 548378 - RAF.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
McKEE, Patrick Percy - Sgt - 911283 - RAFVR.
Abingdon (Our Lady and St.Edmund) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Berkshire.
PHOENIX, Frederick Douglas - Sgt - 971265 - RAFVR.
RIEPENHAUSEN, James Eric - F/Lt - 39127 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire.
SMALL, William Raymond - Sgt - 754430 - RAFVR.
East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex.
These six airmen were crew of Whitley V - N1526 - 10 OTU.

EASTMENT, Richard Samuel - Sgt - 524673 - RAF.
Langton Matravers Church Cemetery, Dorset.
HELLEWELL, Clifford A - Sgt - 935937 - RAF.
Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
HUNT, George William - Sgt - 39922 - RNZAF.
Stradishall (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Suffolk.
RAFTER, Charles William A Haughton - F/O - 41203 - RAF.
Harborne (St.Peter) Churchyard, Warwickshire. ( Joint Grave shared with his brother P/O. William Pearce Haughton RAFTER - 42572 - RAF - 29/11/1940 - Spitfire IIa - P7449 - 603 Sqn).
These four airmen were crew of Wellington I - L7840 - 214 Reserve Flt attached to 150 Sqn.

JOHANNSEN, Heinz - GAF.
RICHTER, Friedrich-Wilhelm - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex

**Andy Marden** · 30th April 2022, 11:15

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

FRANCE
MALLON, John Charles (NewZealand) - P/O - 42719 - RAF.
Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Blenheim IV - T2036 - 53 Sqn.
[See the 8th. CWGC has 11th but documents show the 8th ?].

Alex,
Further info on P/O Mallon here:
http://aircrewremembered.com/mallon-john-charles.html
It says he was captured wounded, dying of his injuries three days later. Of note is the reference to the CWGC having the date of his death incorrectly recorded as 8 October 1940 (as can be seen in the photo of his grave). The current CWGC entry now says he died on 11 October 1940, so presumably the head stone will now have been amended.
Andy

**Andy Marden** · 30th April 2022, 11:24

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

JOHANNSEN, Heinz - GAF.
RICHTER, Friedrich-Wilhelm - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Johannsen was in the crew of Do17Z-3 2787/7T+HH of 1./606, which was attacked on a mission to Liverpool. He baled out but was killed. Another crew member baled out and was made POW. The aircraft returned to France.
Richter was in the crew of Do17Z-3 3475/7T+EK of 2./606, shot down at Abersoch by Spitfires of 611 Sqn.