421028 - Unaccounted airmen - 28-10-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Killed on active service:
F/O (Pilot) William J. HAY - 47798, and
Sgt (Pilot) Alan WILSON - 1450996.

B - Died on active service:
AC1 Cyril D. HOLMAN - 1427374.

C - Not found in Flight archives:
Sgt (Ag) Peter J. HEMBRY - 628912.

D - Also looking for unit and possible cause of death of the following airmen, all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sgt William G. DRYBURGH - 1086900 - Panel 82;
F/Sgt Horace H. SAWYER - 1255736 - Panel 76;
Sgt John R. STOCKER - 1189553 - Panel 94;
Sgt Charles H. WILLMOT - 658032 - Panel 96, and
Sgt Frederick WRIGHT - 1202556 - Panel 97.

E - Proposed aircraft losses:
Blenheim I - L6752 - 60 OTU - flew into ground Mains Farm, Ormiston, East Lothian (already as a casualty on this a/c: Sgt [Pilot] F.G. TERRY - RAAF 415059 [no further names in NAA documents]).
Master I - T8775 - 55 OTU - crashed in forced landing 6 miles E of Lockerbie, Dumfries.
Oxford I - X6876 - 3 (P)AFU - flew into ground at night near South Cerney.
Master II - AZ803 - 1529 Flt - flew into ground at night Marlholm Farm, near Peterborough.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[AlanW]

Henk,
Dryburg.
Sawyer.
Stocker.
Willmot.
Wright.
All from 7(c)OTU, which lost a Wellington on this date, no serial but i expect others will know, failed to return from night excercise.

Hay...Peterborough Cambridgeshire.
Wilson...Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Holman, Border, Cumbria.
Hembry, Romsey, Hampshire.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Hay,25, registered at Peterborough, there is a village Marholm in the list ?AZ803
Wilson,20, registered at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the right area for S Cerney and Oxford X6876
Holman,21, registered at Border, Cumberland
Hembry,23, registered at Romsey and Stockbridge, Hampshire
Warner records Terry as the solo pilot on L6752
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks AlanW & Dick.
7 (C)OTU lost Wellington VIII serial HX428 on a navex.
Regards,
Henk.

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Henk,

Hay confirmed as pilot of AZ803. Pupil S/L W Barnes injured.

Regards
Ross

[Oldduffer]

Can confirm that Sgt A Wilson was the pilot of Oxford X6876 and he was on his first solo on type when he lost control during an overshoot.

[phill jones]

T8775 , 55OTU, FORCED LANDING WHEELS UP AT BANKSHILL 6 MLS EAST OF LOCKERBIE ,
1ST Pilot P/O NKT STANTON 124620 UNHURT
2nd Pilot Sgt ,F TAYLOR 1312325 UNHURT
BW PHILL JONES

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Phill for info on Master T8775 and its crew.
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC1 Cyril D. HOLMAN - 1427374 - the Mid Sussex Times of November 11th 1942 reported that he died 'in hospital in the North of England.'

Regards

Simon