The current number of Accounted Airmen in our CWGC based DB has crossed 95% Completion!
i.e less than 5% of the Airmen lost are now unaccounted for in terms of the cause of death.
In May 2020, in the start of the Covid Lockdown we hit 90% completion.
In October 2020 we were at: 114,580 records (93.59%) are “Accounted for”. 7,854 are still unaccounted. (6.41%)
Since then, it has been like pulling teeth, but pretty much it was Jon Heyworth who has been carrying out slog on a daily basis. Having dug up excess of 1600 (if not 1700) entries to help us cross the 95% Accounted Milestone
And on the side many other entries have been improved ‘qualitatively’ .. thats another story.. Great work Jon!
Now only 6100 airmen left!
| Year | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Records | 689 | 6887 | 13035 | 21407 | 29805 | 33069 | 13730 | 2390 | 1422 |
| Accounted | 688 (99.85%) | 6657 (96.66%) | 12538 (96.19%) | 20609 (96.27%) | 28835 (96.75%) | 31868 (96.37%) | 12458 (90.74%) | 1713 (71.67%) | 968 (68.07%) |
| Unaccounted | 1 (0.15%) | 230 (3.34%) | 497 (3.81%) | 798 (3.73%) | 970 (3.25%) | 1201 (3.63%) | 1272 (9.26%) | 677 (28.33%) | 454 (31.93%) |
Most Unaccounted by Country
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Frank SPIBY (749041) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
How do I contact someone with reference to the above mentioned’s death please
My grandad sergeant Albert henry collyer RAF Number 907967 died 1945-04-12 unaccounted death.
I can inform you his death was caused when he was driving a jeep on an temporary landing airstrip in Holland directing planes to land, his vehicle rolled over and he died from his spline bleeding.
I would appreciate if you have any more information regarding my grandad, I know where he is buried and he was a volunteer raf sergeant.
i would like any pictures of him and any personal info about him, unfortunately my mum never met him (her dad) and I would like to help.
Thanks
Warrant Officer Stanley Wilson GUNTON (506987) of the Royal Air Force .
According to his death certificate he passed away at Ware Park Santorium on 11th May 1945 due to TB.
Stanley Wilson Gunton had been discharged from the RAF at the time of his passing.
Thank you David. One more airman accounted for. Much appreciated!