420908 - Unaccounted airmen - 8-9-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
F/Sgt Jemuel R. EDWARDS - 1286856 - 29 Sqn (West Malling, Kent), and
AC2 James L. MORGAN - 1412312 - age 20.

B - Not found in Flight archives:
F/O Francis J. TRUMBLE - 82794 - age 58.

Just for the case F/O Trumble might have been on board of an aircraft (but also pay interest on names of airmen who survived aircraft accidents):
Hurricane I - Z4059 - 59 OTU - crashed in forced landing Foulden, Berwick.
Hurricane I - V7019 - 56 OTU - flew into ground near Luthrie Station, Fifeshire.
Havoc I - AH492 - 85 Sqn - crashed in forced landing 1 mile W of Thame.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[alclark]

I don't have anything for Z4059 by V7019 was in the ORB, ebign flown by a Sgt Gibb who was seriously injured.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Edwards,24, registered at Bournemouth,Hampshire.A long way from both W Malling and Aberystwyth where he is buried.
Morgan,20, registered at Newton.I think it is the Newton in S Lancashire if it was Devon it would probably say Newton A i.e.Abbott
Trumble,58, registered at Southend, Essex
Regards
Dick

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Henk

Edwards - Bournemouth, Dorset
Morgan - Newton, Lancashire
Trumble - Southend, Essex

Malcolm

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Henk,

Sgt J R Edwards, 1286856

F1180

No.296 Sqn

Whitley BD436
Accidental contact with airscrew when alighting from the aircraft by means of the front hatch.

Regards
Ross

[RecklessRat]

Not listed above but in the database as 'unaccounted' for this date:-

1165141 LAC Frederick Thomas WILKINSON RAFVR
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...hp?qnum=121572
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/fi...derick-thomas/

Frederick Wilkinson
'Leading Aircraftsman - Royal Air Force'
Died at Clairwood Military Hospital, Durban, aged 31, of Malaria

From the Form of Information of a Death on FamilySearch:-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...KBZ?cc=2721608