401019 - Unaccounted Airmen - 19-10-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello

401019 - Unaccounted Airmen - 19-10-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
CRIDDLE, Aubrey Albert - AC2c - 632711 - RAF - 907 Balloon Sqn.
Tiverton Cemetery, Devon.
Killed in an Air Raid.

HAMMOND, William Woodward - AC2c - 1110571 - RAFVR - 907 Balloon Sqn.
Reeth and Grinton Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Killed in an Air Raid.

From CWGC -

CANADA
MILNE, Dick Bruce - AC2c - R/781244 - RCAF.
North Bay (Terrace Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Fleet Fawn II - 230 - RCAF, Unit ?

EGYPT
PERRIE, John Campbell - Lac - 530039 - RAF.
Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Bombay - L5816 - 216 Sqn.
Died of wounds received following crash of Bombay L5816 on the 18th ?

UK
ALLTON, Leslie Charles - Sgt - 745436 - RAFVR.
Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
Spitfire Ia - R6922 - 92 Sqn.

McAVITY, George Fellows - F/O - C/1323 - RCAF.
Olrig New Cemetery Caithness-Shire.
Hurricane I - P3260 - 3 Sqn.

SHIRTLIFF, Malcolm Edwin - Lac - 969125 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Master I - N7576 - 8 SFTS.

Alex

[alieneyes]

CANADA
MILNE, Dick Bruce - AC2c - R/781244 - RCAF.
North Bay (Terrace Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Fleet Fawn II - 230 - RCAF, Unit ?

TOS ATC att'd to Patterson and Hill Aircraft wef 10 October 1940. Press reports of the time mention "training school of No. 1 Training Command"

Crash took place near Barker Airport Toronto. "Dogfighting" with another aircraft when a wingtip struck a tree.
Two men in second aircraft not identified.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Some additional information on MILNE, here:

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remem...l/2687232?Dick Bruce Milne

Col.

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Col,
The extra details and Newspaper cuttings which tell of his untimely death.
Alex

[Andy Marden]

SHIRTLIFF, Malcolm Edwin - Lac - 969125 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Master I - N7576 - 8 SFTS.

Alex,
Shirtliff was actually lost on 18th October 1940, as per:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C16687940
and this post on the earlier thread:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...=8273#post8273
The CWGC has an incorrect date, presumably because the aircraft was missing.
Andy

[Andy Marden]

EGYPT
PERRIE, John Campbell - Lac - 530039 - RAF.
Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Bombay - L5816 - 216 Sqn.
Died of wounds received following crash of Bombay L5816 on the 18th ?

Alex,
No, all five crew members were MIA following a mission which, according to the ORB, took off at 1900 on the 18th.
Whether they were actually lost on 18th or 19th is open to debate.
I have no idea why one crew member should be listed by the CWGC one day later than the others, especially as all are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
Andy