420401 - Unaccounted airwomen and airmen - 1-4-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
AC1 William HOWARD - 1191636;
ACW2 Augusta MYERS - 2051671, and
ACW1 Loveday H. PITTS-TUCKER - 449646.

B - Killed on active service:
AC1 Alfred SPENCE - 1077610 (believed KOAS), and
Cpl Donald P. THWAITE - 936982 - 107 Sqn (Great Massingham, Norfolk).

C - Not found Flight archives:
Sgt (Pilot) Geoffrey WARREN-WRIGHT - 1107499 - 111 Sqn (Debden, Essex).

D - Proposed aircraft losses:
Spitfire I - K9891 - 53 OTU - crashed on take-off Llandow.
Defiant I - AA293 - 7 AGS - crashed on approach 1 mile S of Stormy Down.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Henk

Thwaite - Dover
Spence - Sheppey
Howard - not list in England/Wales
Myers - Lancaster
Pitts-Tucker - Barnstaple
Warren-Wright - Saffron Waldon

Malcolm

[dennis_burke]

Sgt. G Warren-Wright is KOAS in the July 23rd Flight magazine.

[davew]

Henk

Boston W8333 418S COA at Great Sampford on this day. GS is in the Saffron Walden reg. district so would suggest Warren Wright perhaps involved.

regards

daveW

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello All,

Other 418 (RCAF) Sqn. losses this date:-

389005 Sgt (Pilot) Charles Lewis LEWIS-HALL +
CAN R/91867 Sgt (Air Obs.) Melvyn Hamilton BRANDON RCAF +
CAN R/77326 F/Sgt (W.Op/Air Gnr.) Edward Albert OWEN RCAF +

All buried Saffron Walden Cemetery.

Col.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks all for your help.
Malcolm: For future reactions to my threads, please could you also mention the name of the county ? Thanks in advance.
Dave/Col: WARREN-WRIGHT may have been the number four on Boston W8333. In "They Shall Grow Not Old" (Allison) is mentioned for F/Sgt OWEN on page 578:
"Boston aircraft W8333 was carrying general purpose bombs and incendiaries when it crashed just S of the aerodrome at St.Sampford, England. The bomb load exploded on contact also killing Sgt's M.H. BRANDON, C.L. LEWIS-HALL (RAF) AND ONE OTHER RAF MEMBER OF THE CREW".
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Saffron Waldon is the registration district for
Lewis-Hall age 21 Vol 4A 1243
Brandon age 26 Vol. 4a 1243
Owen age 26 Vol. 4a 1243
Warren Wright age 20 Vol. 4a 1243

Thwaite - Dover, Kent
Spence - Sheppey, Kent
Myers - Lancaster, Lancashire
Pitts-Tucker - Barnstaple, Devonshire
Saffron Waldon, Essex

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/index.html

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dennis for this additional info.
Best regards,
Henk.

[malcolm_raf]

Sorry Henk

However, if you go to this link http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/index.html#top it gives you a complete breakdown of registration districts and where they are.

Malcolm

[Henk Welting]

I know Malcolm, but I've still thousands of names on the unaccounted list and for me it saves quite a lot of time if the county is mentioned together with the place of death registration. So not a matter of laziness ! The way I've to go from today (April 1942) up to the end of 1947 (final registration date CWGC) is long, especially for an old NCO (75) in a less good health.
Best regards,
Henk.