420812 - Unaccounted airmen - 12-8-1942

**Henk Welting** · 25th September 2009, 15:24

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
AC2 Thomas S. TABERNER - 1551839, and
Cpl William WILLIAMS - 621470.

B - Sgt Alexander COOKE - 1378672 (found a Sgt A. COOKE as MiA in Communiqué 203 Flight 25-2-1943, but don't think this is the Sgt Cooke I'm looking for).

C - Proposed aircraft losses:
Havoc I - AW409 - 51 OTU - flew into ground at night Elveden, Suffolk (alrerady as a casualty on this a/c: Sgt [Pilot] A.L. OSBORNE - 1291134).
Havoc II - BB903 - TFU - overshot landing Defford.
Oxford I - AT738 - 3 (P)AFU - crashed on take-off at night South Cerney (already as a casualty on this a/c: Sgt [Pilot] D.C. COLLINS - 1381601).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**malcolm_raf** · 25th September 2009, 16:10

Hi Henk

AC2 Thomas S. TABERNER - I have him as a possible for Wellington VIII, T2919 flew into high ground at Coal Hill in County Londonderry.

Cpl William WILLIAMS - Wrexham

Sgt Alexander COOKE - There is a 30 year old one registered in Cambridge

Malcolm

**Dick** · 25th September 2009, 16:12

Hi Henk
2 possible William Williams(a common name).On CWGC he is aged 30 and buried in Kirkham, Lancashire, one posibility was age 28, registered at Fylde, Lancashire which has Kirkham in it's area. The other was age 30, registered at Wrexham, Flintshire.
Alexander Cooke, 30, registered at Cambridge
Taberner didn't come up but CWGC has him buried in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Regards
Dick

**dennis_burke** · 15th October 2009, 18:12

There is a Thomas Stephen Taberner age 21 registered in Aberdeen district, Aberdeen during 1942.

Old thread on T2919
http://www.rafcommands.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/10964.html

OK, I gotta go to a meal! Take care all.

**Henk Welting** · 15th October 2009, 19:23

Thanks Dennis for info on TABERNER.
Dick & Malcolm: Have to apologize again for not answering your comments to this thread in September.
Dick: You mention Wrexham in Flintshire; James Halley in his "The Squadrons of the RAF" mentions in the 'Index of Locations' Wrexham in Denbighshire.
Regards,
Henk.

**malcolm_raf** · 15th October 2009, 19:26

I've removed Taberner as a possible for T2919.

Wrexham was in Denbighshire

Malcolm

**pete102** · 12th August 2013, 20:37

Re Taberner.

From 1652 C.U. ORB.
12 Aug 42
1551839 AC2 Taberner T.S., F/MA. of 1652 Con Unit died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as a result of a road accident while on Pass. Next of Kin present and funeral arranged privately.

Pete

**paulmcmillan** · 21st July 2014, 15:11

Cooke came up on Airforce Deaths

He was originally listed along with 3 others wounded in relation to the 99 Sqn Wellington II W5436 LN-X which crashed at 0200 on 29 Sept 1941 near Manor Lane, Horringer, Suffolk

Aeroplane Magazine carried Service Numbers

WOUNDED OR INJURED IN ACTION

537373 F/S Sgt R H F Gill
1378672 Sgt A. Cooke
1051617 Sgt W Paxton

Paxton died later, Cooke later still, only Gill survived but even he was badly injured, 3 other crew died at scene

**Jagan** · 15th August 2021, 23:34

Hey Jon, would you know the details behind this gent?

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?qnum=53537

Sgt Henry Lewis BAKER (1376934) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Unidentified. Aircraft Accident during War Operations. His death was registered in Limavady District and the attached extract from Register of Deaths indicates that he died when an aircraft from RAF Limavady crashed. (via Nigel Henderson)