410901 - Unaccounted airmen - 1-9-1941

[Nick Cooper]

AC2 Ernest G. GASSON - 1230818;
AC2 Douglas SMOOTHY - 1441078;

I note that Gasson and Smoothy both have death registrations in Howden.

The Key Point Information Branch bulletin for 31/08-01/09/1941 (National Archives HO 201/11) states:

2 A.P.B's
2300
31.8.41


R.A.F. Aerodrome, Holme, Yorkshire


Damage to hutments

No casualties are noted, but that they weren't always included in these bulletins, anyway.

There was also a large raid on Hull on the same night.

Other deaths are Holme on Spalding Moor were also registered in Howden, so this suggests a likely fate for Gasson and Smoothy.