411022 - Unaccounted airmen - 22-10-1941

**Henk Welting** · 6th January 2009, 15:51

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Killed on active service:
P/O (Pilot) Maurice A. BUNN - 103548, and
Lac (Pilot u/t) Philip ZARRAGA - 1114456.

B - Died on active service:
AC1 Lawrence E.K. LAX - 1168242 - 2 Sqn (Sawbridgworth, Hertfordshire).

C - Not found Flight archives (Dennis' 1942-1 not yet downloaded):
AC2 James G. SAVIN - 1439430 - attd 797 Sqn FAA, and
AC1 Jack WHITFORD - 1289704 - 913 (Balloon) Sqn.

D - Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Botha I - L6125 - 4 AOS - overshot landing West Freugh.
Hurricane I - V6953 - MSFU - crashed in forced landing Great Oxenden, Northamptonshire.
Hurricane I - V7079 - 9 FTS - crashed on approach Babdown Farm.
Hurricane I - W9263 - 52 OTU - flew into water low flying over Severn.
Oxford II - V3632 - 11 FTS - flew into ground at night Ingham.
Tiger Moth II - T6027 - 6 EFTS - crashed in forced landing Warren Farm, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.
Havoc I - AX912 - 1451 Flt - spun into ground 1 mile E of Hunsdon (already as casualty on this a/c: P/O J.H. DENEYS - 103531 [from Belgium]).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**Dick** · 6th January 2009, 19:09

Hi Henk
Bunn,27, and Zarraga,25, are registered at Welton, Lincolnshire, the right area to possibly place them on Oxford V3631 at Ingham
Lax,26, (no other initials on the register) registered at Epping, Essex
Savin,34, registered at Stamford, Lincolnshire
Whitford,34, registered at Birmingham, the right area for his unit which was based at Edgington(part of the city of Birmingham)
Regards
Dick

**dennis_burke** · 6th January 2009, 20:14

AC1 J Whitford appears DOAS on Feb 5th 1942 Fligth magazine.

No sign of Savin however.

DENEYS, 103531 Plt Off Joseph Alfonse, RAFVR, Belgium Section (CWGC), 85Sqn (Luc Wittemans). Died 22.10.41. Formerly buried at Ware New Cemetery, Hertfordshire. Body repatriated to Belgium.
(The above from G Negus Air Force Deaths yahoo forum.)
Joeseph A Deneys is registered dead age 23 in Bishop's Stortford.

**Henk Welting** · 7th January 2009, 14:01

As ever, thanks Dick & Dennis for your responses.
Regards,
Henk.

**Henk Welting** · 14th April 2009, 07:46

Again found the name of an airman sofar missing in my files. What was the place of death registration for:
Sgt Stephen VINCENT - 97012 - age 46,
whose name I couldn't find in the Flight archives.
Regards,
Henk.