Unaccounted airmen - 4-9-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Killed on active service:
Sgt (Pilot) Ernest S. STUDHOLME - 778600 (initials in Flight: E."H".).

B - Not found in Flight archives:
AC1 Derrick F. HOLDER - 1435387 - age 19 (grave has a special memorial).

C - Proposed aircraft losses:
Hurricane I - V6840 - 59 OTU - crashed in forced landing near Brunton.
Stranrear I - K7295 - 4 (C)OTU - crashed on landing Loch Ness, Inverness.
Tiger Moth I - L6943 - 21 EFTS - crashed on take-off Booker (already as a casuuakty on this a/c: Cpl P.E. BROWN - 2116272, The Glider Pilot Regt).
Hotspur II Glider - HH332 - 3 GTS - broke up in air near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Hotspur II Glider - HH263 - 3 GTS - crashed on approach Stoke Orchard.
Hudson IV - AE627 - 6 (C)OTU - flew into ground at night 1 mile SW of Thornaby ("four" on board killed; already as casualties: F/Sgt [WOp/Ag] H.B. SHAVER - RCAF R/74041 - F/Sgt [WOp/Ag] J.A. MONTGOMERY - RCAF R/90455 [from USA] - F/Sgt [Ag] F.H. WRIGHT - RCAF R/87954).
Oxford I - BG657 - 15 (P)AFU - crashed on approach at night Kirmington.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Studholme,30, ( Ernest S on the register)registered at Cleveland,then N Yorkshire and the right area for Thornaby.It is also where Shaver is registered and so Studholme could be the "4th" casualty on Hudson AE627
Holder,registered at Andover, Hampshire
Regards
Dick

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AC1 D F Holder - Flight December 10th, 1942 - DOAS

Regards
Martyn

[Rich Allenby]

Henk, regarding Hudson AE627, the following were on board..

Pilot - Sgt Ernest S Studholme RAFVR (778600), aged 30, of Sunderland. Buried Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland. Married to Joyce Studholme.

Obs - F/Sgt Howard B Shaver RCAF (R/74041), aged 22, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

W Op / AG - F/Sgt John A Montgomery RCAF (R/90455), aged 25, of Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.A. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

W Op / AG - Sgt Frank H Wright RCAF (R/87954), aged 28, of Sardis, British Columbia, Canada. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

It came down at Myton House Farm, Ingleby Barwick a mile or so from the airfield, regards Rich

[Henk Welting]

Thanks friends for your help.
Regards,
Henk.