420114 - Unaccounted airmen - 14-1-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
AC2 Stanley P. ASTINGTON - 1426283;
F/Sgt Arthur W. READHEAD - 364238, and
F/Sgt Gordon W. REID - 590717.

B - Killed on active service:
F/Sgt (WOp) Derek A. BOOTH - 637476 (looking for his unit as well).

C - Not found Flight archives:
Sgt (Pilot) Terence C. JUNG - 1169110.

D - Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Beaufort I - L9796 - 5 OTU - dived into ground 1 mile SW of Bideford, Devon (already as a casualty on this a/c: P/O [Pilot] T.D. DAWSON - 101009).
Beaufort I - N1025 - 5 OTU - flew into ground 3 miles E of Braunton, Devon (already as a casualty on this a/c: Sgt [Obs] H.N. SMITH - 1052893 and F/Sgt [Ag] D.W. PIKE - 645182).
Botha I - W5019 - 8 AGS - crashed on take-off Evanton.
Hurricane I - V6609 - 56 OTU - crashed in forced landing Mores Farm, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
Lysander II - L4779 - 41 OTU - crashed in forced landing Stockbridge, Hampshire.
Master III - W8763 - 1 FTS - crashed on overshoot at night Shrewton (already as a casualty on this a/c: S.Lt/A [RN] D.G. TOMPKINS).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Sgt. T. C. Jung is in there, dated Feb 26th 1942 Fligth magazine.

Died of wounds or injuries received on active service.
DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON
ACTIVE SERVICE.—L.A/C. P. E. Bushell; Sgt. T. C. Jnng; L.A/C. G. B. Murphy; L.A/C. D. A.
Phillips; P/O. V H. Saunders,

is the scanned group, you can see the scanning error that misses Jung above.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks 'Sherlock' Dennis.
Regards,
Henk.

[Dick]

Henk
This lot are a puzzle as none of them comes up on the register. It may be that they all were on the Botha that crashed in Scotland as they are all buried in England near their homes.
Regards
Dick

[Dick]

Hi Henk
I tell lies!! Readhead,34, is registered at Bridgend,Glamorgan I mis-spelled the name the first time by missing the first a.
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick. Let's wait and see what '8 AGS-news' comes from Scotland.
Regards,
Henk.

[davew]

Gents

Terence C Jung registered at Barnstaple which includes Braunton in its administration. N1025?

regards

DaveW

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dave. Was Barnstaple also the registration place for Sgt (Obs) Harry N. SMITH - 1052893 and F/Sgt (Ag) Douglas W. PIKE - 645182, both killed on Beaufort N1025.
Regards,
Henk.

[John Larder]

Readhead died of Meningitis (Halton Roll of Honour)

[noggin1969]

REID GORDON WEMYSS
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No: 590717
Date of Death: 14/01/1942
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Grave Reference: Sec. A. Grave 23.
Cemetery: BUSHEY (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Thomas Wemyss Reid and Margery Ann Reid; husband of Dorothy Hilda Reid, of Bushey Heath. His car crashed into a telegraph pole at Kneesall on the 13th January. He died in Newark Hospital the following day. Warrant Officer Leonard Kenney his passenger succumbed on the 18th.