410204 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04 - 02 - 1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410204 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04 - 02 - 1941

From Henk's List -

SUDAN
THWAYTES, Harry - AC2c - 1069816 - RAFVR- 25 IAMES
Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan.
Death cause, Dystentry.

UK
COPPINS, Albert Edward - Lac - 1209016 - RAFVR.
Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery, Essex.
Age 63 yes.
Cause of death ?
CWGC documents however show year of death to be both 1941 and 1942 ?

ORBELL, Eric Sydney - AC1c - 1352331 - RAFVR.
Chorleywood (Christ Church) Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
Died from wounds received during an Air Raid.

ROWE, Norman Edward - Cpl - 905205 - RAFVR. Greenstead (St.Andrew)Churchyard, Essex.
Killed in an Air Raid.

SHARP, Peter - Sgt - 156091 - RAF - 16 MU.
North Hykeham (All Saints) Churchyard Extension, Lincolnshire.
Cause of death, Peritonitis.

SHAW, Frank Gordon Percy - Sgt - 904873 - RAFVR. - C F S.
Henley-on-Thames (Fairmile) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
Oxford II - P1081 - CFS.
See AIR 81/4995.

VARLEY, John Yates(American) - AC2c - 1061417 - RAFVR.
Tunstall (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard, Lancashire.
Died of a heart condition at North Erin Infirmary.

From CWGC -

CANADA
ARTHUR, Colin Tolhurst - Lac - 407110 - RAAF.
ROSS, Claude Murray - Lac - 400156 - RAAF.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada.
They were crew of Harvard- 2704 - 1 SFTS.

EGYPT
BIRKUTT, Gerald - Cpl - 520530 - RAF. - 202 Group.
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Died in No.64 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, of injuries received in an accidental explosion of an aircraft bomb .

SOUTH AFRICA
CLOKIE, Clifford - Pupil Pilot - 103534 - SAAF.
Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
WILSON - JONES, Leslie Clifford - Lt - 47422 - SAAF.
Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
These two airmen were crew of Tiger Moth- 505 - 2 A S.

UK
BLENCOE, John Kenneth - Sgt - 944792 - RAFVR.
Hull Eastern Cemetery, Yorkshire.
MORRIS, Edward George - Sgt - 902415 - RAFVR.
Plymouth (Efford)Cemetery, Devon.
SUMMERSGILL, Stanley - Sgt - 759004 - RAFVR.
Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.
WALKER, Daniel Munro - Sgt - 40668 - RNZAF.
Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.
Wellington Ic - R1367 - 20 OTU.
See AIR 81/4994.

HUNTER, Thomas Seymour Henley - Sgt - 755013 - RAFVR.
LITTLE, Geoffrey John - Sgt - 654626 - RAF.
PLAYER, Robert - Ssgt - 745848 - RAFVR.
PRINGLE, James - Sgt - 746741 - RAFVR.
ROWELL, Norman - Sgt - 755292 - RAFVR.
TODD, Arthur Landon Thomas - P/O - 79558 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Wellington Ic - R1385 - 3Grp TTU.

CLAUSEN, Basil Ivan - P/O - 40754 - RNZAF.
Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.
CRAIGMILE, Harry George - P/O - 87648 - RAFVR.
Aberdeen (Grove) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire.
GIBSON, Andrew Hamilton Clark - P/O - 82982 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
OATES, Robert - Sgt - 745949 - RAFVR.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
Wellington Ic - R1005 - 20 OTU.
See AIR 81/5009

CLAYTON, Leslie Ernest - Sgt - 745519 - RAFVR.
Longstanton (All Saints) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.
CUNNINGHAM, Andrew Hannay(Drew) - Sgt - 970664 - RAFVR.
Crail Cemetery, Fifeshire.
PATTINSON, Harry Matthew - Sgt - 651853 - RAF.
Beltingham (St.Cuthbert) New Cemetery, Northumberland.
SMITH, Arthur - P/O - 84307 - RAFVR.
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Hampton I - P1332 - 16 OTU.
See AIR 81/4996.

ABBOTT, Bernard Thomas - Sgt - 903090 - RAFVR.
Sonning (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Berkshire.
GOSDEN, Walter Lionel - Sgt - 39859 - RNZAF.
Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
HILL, Victor Clarence - Sgt - 581454 - RAF.
Hounslow Cemetery, Middlesex.
WARBURTON, David - F/O - 74344 - RAFVR.
West Knoyle Churchyard, Wiltshire.
Hampton I - P1298 -
See AIR 81/5000.

BELLRINGER, Leslie Hubert - Lac - 1164831 - RAFVR.
Taunton (St.Mary's) Cemetery, Somerset.
Anson I - N4939 - 1 AONS.

BENNETT, Hector Ernest - Sgt - 758075 - RAFVR.
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Crematorium, Gloucestershire.
Oxford II - P1081 - CFS.
See AIR 81/4995.( Died of injuries).

BAHR, Horst - GAF.
KLIEM, Helmut - GAF.
KRISCH, Hubert - GAF.
UEHLEMANN, Heinz - GAF.
These four German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

HEILMANN, Friedrich - GAF.
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[vrajm]

Hi Alex,

BAHR, Horst - GAF.
KLIEM, Helmut - GAF
KRISCH, Hubert - GAF pilot
UEHLEMANN, Heinz -GAF

Dornier Do17Z-3, wk nr 2907, U5+AR from III/KG2

p.48

https://books.google.cz/books?id=5pi...2C%20H&f=false

Mojmir

[wwrsimon]

Alex

COPPINS, Albert Edward - Lac - 1209016 - his headstone records that he died on February 4th 1942, aged 21, not aged 63.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...edward-coppins

The opening of the inquest into his death was reported in the Croydon Times of February 14th 1942, and it records that he "died at Purley and District Memorial Hospital following injuries he sustained in an accident while riding a motor-cycle in Pampisford-road, Croydon, on Wednesday, February 4th."

He collided with the back of an Army lorry at around 8.20 a.m. and was removed to the hospital where he died while being treated for his injuries. His mother made a complaint that she was not informed of her son's accident until after his death, and she lived just 5 minutes from the hospital. The issue it seems was that a new system was in place whereby the ambulances were controlled by the A.R.P., and that the police were no longer informed when an ambulance was called for.

The inquest returned an open verdict, reported in the same newspaper on February 28th 1942. The driver of the lorry had stopped after doing a brake test, and Coppins, for an unknown reason, crashed into the lorry some 8 to 10 seconds later, according to an eye-witness.

Regards

Simon

[vrajm]

Hi Alex,

Friedrich Heilmann - a Leutnant and Beobachter [observer] with 4 Staffel Kampfgeschwader 2.

Do17Z-2; wn:1132; U5+LM

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...drich-heilmann

Regards

Mojmir

[Andy Marden]

SOUTH AFRICA
CLOKIE, Clifford - Pupil Pilot - 103534 - SAAF.
Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
WILSON - JONES, Leslie Clifford - Lt - 47422 - SAAF.
Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
These two airmen were crew of Tiger Moth- 505 - 2 A S.

As far as I can see, 505 was still on charge during the census of 10.45. According to the excellent Tiger Moth production list (Malcolm Fillmore, Air-Britain):

82387 (Gipsy Major #82126) Toc as N9306 at 5 MU Kemble 7.10.39. To 36 MU Sealand 2.1.40 and shipped to South Africa 19.1.40. Toc by SAAF as 505. Still on charge at census 10.45. Regd ZS-CID 1.58 to SALM Aero Club, Swartkop. Regd 8.58 to Defence Flying Club, Swartkop. Regn cld. Regd 13.4.71. Regd to Cyril Strecker. Regd (75) to CHJ Van Aswegen, Plettenbergbaai. Regd 20.12.89 to HJ Bessinger, Alrode. Regd (02) to Stuart D Davidson, Port Elizabeth. Regd ZU-FRK 19.12.11 to same owner (based Seaview airfield, Port Elizabeth). Current [17].

I suppose it could have been repaired after a double-fatal crash, but I think it might be more likely that we are looking for another serial for the aircraft involved in this incident.

[Andy Marden]

ABBOTT, Bernard Thomas - Sgt - 903090 - RAFVR.
Sonning (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Berkshire.
GOSDEN, Walter Lionel - Sgt - 39859 - RNZAF.
Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
HILL, Victor Clarence - Sgt - 581454 - RAF.
Hounslow Cemetery, Middlesex.
WARBURTON, David - F/O - 74344 - RAFVR.
West Knoyle Churchyard, Wiltshire.
Hampton I - P1298 -
See AIR 81/5000.

The aircraft involved in this incident was Wellington R1298 of 18 OTU. 6 Poles were also killed. I have amended the database to reflect this.
Not a good day for Wellingtons...