400814 - Unaccounted airmen - 14-8-1940

[Henk Welting]

Most - if not all - undermentioned airmen may have been killed during an air raid. Many aerodromes were attacked like Hullavington, Colerne, Manston, Dover, Folkestone, Deal, Middle Wallop, Kenley, Maidstone and Sealand in Flintshire.
Fatal casualties reported from:
Hullavington - 7 dead and 6 seriously injured (trapped in a hangar)
Colerne - 1 dead
Sealand - 1 dead
Middle Wallop - 3 dead (whose names are listed at the end of this thread).

Place of death registration possibly may tell us on which aerodrome they were killed.

A - Not listed in Flight archives:
AC1 Richard AINSCOW - 857329 - age 49 - 925 (Balloon) Sqn - (already served in WW1)

B - Died of wounds or injuries received on active service:
F/O Bernard J.R. BRADY - 90403 - 615 Sqn (Kenley, Surrey)
AC2 Edward CROSSLEY - 973446 - 266 Sqn (Hornchurch, Essex)
AC2 Fred SHARROCKS - 1003476

C - Killed on active service:
AC1 Alfred W. CLARKE - 770819
AC2 Ivor H. KING - 645505
AC2 Glyndwr J. PRIOR - 642074

D - Killed on active service (while engaged on non-operational flying duties or on the ground through enemy action):
W/O Edward F. EDWARDS - 336102
AC1 Bertram F.M. HOLT - 645105
LAC Morley G. HUNKIN - 533140
LAC Bernard WALTON - 522713

E - Already on file as being killed in air raid on aerodrome Middle Wallop:
Cpl Robert M. SMITH - 809010 - 609 Sqn
LAC Harry THORLEY - 809035 - 609 Sqn
LAC Kenneth WILSON - 809140 - 609 Sqn

Regards and thanks for your appreciated help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Flying Training and Support Units since 1912- Ray Sturtivant and John Hamlin puts 925 Balloon Sqn in the Manchester area and Ainscow's death is registered at Salford which is a suburb.
Sharrocks
King
Prior
Holt
Hunkin
Walton are all registered at Chippenham which is in range of Hullavington, also Lyneham(but I would expect deaths there to be registered at Swindon or Devizes)
Brady is registered at Exeter, Clarke at Andover(from your previous post -raided the day before) and Edwards is registered at Hawarden , where there was an airfield and a factory making Wellington Bombers.
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick for this info.
Enjoy the weekend,
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
I missed one !!- Crossley.I could only find a death registration for an E.Crossley at Sheppey which is close to Eastchurch. Jeffords RAF Sqns has 266 at Eastchurch on 12/8/40 at Hornchurch on 14/8/40 and at Wittering on 21/8/40 so Crossley could have still been at Eastchurch. All the other registrations confirm Full first names and initials as per your list, his just says E. (MALE) Crossley and nothing else.
Regards
Dick

[Doug Cuthbertson]

Henk,
I have six men from 15 OTU killed on this date. Do you already have their details?
Doug.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick for info on Crossley.
Yes Doug, I've 6 casualties for 15 OTU (Wellington L4308).

Regards,
Henk.

[John Larder]

" a maintenance party under Cpl. Bob Smith was ordered to close the huge steel-plated doors of one of the hangars. They were desperatyely winding on the big hand cranks when the bomb entered through the roof. The blast blew the doors off the upper guide rails" quoted from Collier's "Eagle Day" in "Under the White Rose" by Frank Ziegler.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks John. Yes I read about it (on page 125) of Frank Ziegler's book (is on the bookshelve).
Regards,
Henk.

[dave bristol]

Henk,

The new book "Though without Anger" provides the information that F/O Bernard John Richard BRADY was injured on 11.5.1940 when Bombay L5813 crashed on landing at Bethenville. He was then repatriated to the UK where he died from his injuries on 14.8.1940.

HTH

David Molyneux

[Henk Welting]

Thanks David. Yes I knew about F/O BRADY; his death registered at Exeter, Devon. Nevertheless thanks for your kindness to inform me.
Best regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/1403 1940 Jan 01 - 1941 Dec 31
Warrant Officer E M F Edwards:
report of death in an enemy air raid on RAF Sealand, Flintshire, 14 August 1940

Martyn

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/1400
Leading Aircraftman M G Hunkin,
Aircraftman 2nd Class I H King,
Aircraftman 1st Class G J Prior and
Aircraftman 2nd Class B F M Holt:
report of deaths. Flight Lieutenant A W Ridler, Aircraftman 2nd Class H Mines, Aircraftman 2nd Class V C Arnold, Corporal W K Goodsell, Aircraftman 2nd Class V W Mitchell, Leading Aircraftman N C Nash and Aircraftman 2nd Class P W Hobson: injured in an enemy air raid on RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire, 14 August 1940

Martyn

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/1395 1940 Jan 01 - 1941 Dec 31
Leading Aircraftman B Walton and
Aircraftman 2nd Class F Sharocks:
report of deaths. Aircraftman 2nd Class M S Allcock, Leading Aircraftman A Atkinson, Corporal T Norcott, Aircraftman 2nd Class C Rogers, Aircraftman 2nd Class J H Jones and Aircraftman 2nd Class D Bates: injured in an enemy air raid on Colerne, Wiltshire, England, 14 August 1940

Martyn

[Martyn A Critchlow]

CROSSLEY (died day after air raid)

AIR 81/1376 1940 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31 Aircraftman 2nd Class J B Brawley and Aircraftman 2nd Class E Crossley: report of deaths. Aircraftman 2nd Class R G Gillispie, Aircraftman 2nd Class J H Hood, Aircraftman 1st Class N M C Drever and Aircraftman 1st Class H Wilson: injured in an enemy air raid on RAF Eastchurch, Kent, 13 August 1940

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Richard DERBYSHIRE Ainscow 857329 , died at home at 91 Eccles Road, Salford, of uraemia secondary to chronic nephritis

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400814 - Unaccounted Airmen - 14-08-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
AINSCOW, Richard - AC1c - 857329 - RAF (AAF) - MM - 925 Balloon Sqn.
Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery, Lancashire.
Case of death, died at home from uraemia secondary to chronic Nephritis.

CLARKE, Alfred Warner - AC1c - 770819 - RAFVR.
Andover Cemetery, Hampshire.
Cause of death killed in an Air Raid on RAF Andover.

CROSSLEY, Edward - AC2c - 973446 - RAF.
Brampton Bierlow (Christ Church) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Cause of death,killed in an Air Raid on RAF Eastchurch.

EDWARDS, Edward Frank - W/O - 336102 - RAF.
Stoke-On-Trent (Burslem) Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death, killed in an Air Raid on RAF Sealand.

HOLT, Bertram Frank Marshall-AC1c - 645105 - RAF.
Dartmouth (St. Clements) Churchyard, Devon.
HUNKIN, Morley Gordon - Lac - 533140 - RAF.
Stanton St.Quintin (St. Giles) Churchyard Extension, Wiltshire.
KING, Ivor Henry - AC2c - 645505 - RAF.
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
PRIOR, Glyndwr James - AC1c - 642074 - RAF.
Christchurch Cemetery, Hampshire.
Cause of death of these four airmen, theywere killed in an Air Raid on RAF Hullavington.

SHARROCKS, Fred - AC2c - 1003476 - RAFVR.
Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery, Lancashire.
WALTON, Bernard - Lac - 522713 - RAF.
Bath Roman Catholic Cemetery, Somerset.
Cause of death of these two airmen, they were killed in an Air Raid on Coleraine.

SMITH, Charles Austin Round - Sgt - 748498 - RAFVR.
Stonehouse (St. Cyr) Churchyard Extension, Gloucestershire.
Master I - N7895 - 5 SFTS.
Air78/145/9,Page 53 has 748498 as does the CWGC on two of the three documents. But 74898 on the third one.(page 88).

THORLEY, Harry - Lac - 809035 - RAF (AAF).
Leeds (Whitkirk)Cemetery, Yorkshire.
WILSON, Kenneth - Lac - 809140 - RAF (AAF).
Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Cause of death of these two airmen, they were killed in an Air Raid on RAF Middle Wallop.

From CWGC -

CANADA
BROWN, Robert George - Cpl - 12029A - RCAF.
DESBIENS, Joseph Georges Hector- F/O - C/1572 - RCAF.
GORDON, Hugh Lockhart - F/O - C/1864 - RCAF.
PROCTOR, Richard Campbell - Sqn/Ldr - C/180 - RCAF.
These four airmen are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada.
They were crew of Delta - 670 - 120 BR Sqn RCAF.

FRANCE
CAMPION, Alfred Norman - Sgt - 742698 - RAFVR.
PARSONS, Ernest Ian - P/O - 43370 - RAF - DFC.
These two airmen rest at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. They were crew of Whitley V - P4965 - 10 Sqn.

COLLARD, Peter - F/O - 90402 - RAF - DFC - MiD.
Hurricane I - P3109 - 615 Sqn.
MONTGOMERY, Cecil Robert(Northern Ireland) - P/O - 4242 - RAF.
Hurricane I - P3160 - 615 Sqn.
These two airmen rest at Oye-Plage Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.

MONTGOMERY, Herbert Francis - Sgt - 741305 - RAFVR.
Senneville-Sur-Fecamp, Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France.
Hurricane I - L1739 - 43 Sqn.

UK
BALLANTYNE, Herbert Gregory (New Zealand) - P/O - 36265 - RAF.
Great Bircham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk.
FITZGERALD, Eddie - Sgt - 545600 - RAF.
Norwich (The Rosary) Cemetery, Norfolk.
STEPHENSON, John Oscar Lloyd (New Zealand ) - P/O - 41623 - RAF.
Great Bircham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk.
These three airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7401 - 206 Sqn.

BRADY, Bernard John Richard - F/O - 90403 - RAF (AAF) - 615 Sqn.
Southborough Cemetery, Kent.
Died of injuries received in the fatal crash on the 11th May '40 of Bombay - L5813 of 271 Sqn .

COLLINS, Frederick William Arthur - Sgt - 742757 - RAFVR.
Whyteleafe (St.Luke) Churchyard, Surrey.
Master I - N7895 - 5 SFTS.

GOODWIN, Henry MacDonald - F/O - 90269 - RAF (AAF).
Chaddesley Corbett S. Cassian) Churchyard, Worcestershire.
Spitfire Ia - N3024 - 609 Sqn.

O'ROURKE, Terence Patrick - Sgt - 742804 - RAFVR.
Oscott College Cemetery, Birmingham.
WHALE, John Landells - Sgt - 742184 - RAFVR.
Glasgow (Eastwood) New Cemetery, Glasgow.
These two airmen were crew of Master I - N7625 - 8 FTS

SMITH, Robert Whittell - Cpl - 809010 RAF(AAF).
Morley Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Cause of death, killed in an Air Raid on RAF Middle Wallop.

SABIN Harold William - Sgt - 741765 - RAFVR.
Harwell Cemetery, Berkshire.
Wellington I - L4308 - 15 OTU.

BROOKE,John - Sgt - 745993 - RAFVR.
FULLER, John Edward - Sgt - 39913 - RNZAF.
IVE, Charles Jason Arthur - Sgt - 747985 - RAFVR.
MORGAN, Aneurin - Sgt - 651574 - RAF.
PEACOCK, Roy Leslie - Sgt - 740307 - RAFVR.
These five airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They also were crew of Wellington I - L4308 - 15 OTU.

FRYER, William Arthur Francis - Lt(A) - HMS Sparrowhawk - RN.
MOURILYAN, Ale James - S/Lt(A) - HMS Ark Royal - RNVR.
TYLER, Alfred Thomas - PO(A) - HMS Ark Royal RN.
These three Naval Airmen are Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
They were crew of Swordfish - P4265 - 821 Sqn - FAA,RN.

DOLATA, Hans - GAF.
Weston-super-Mare Cemetery, Somerset.
Cause of death ?

BRINKMAN, Heinrich - GAF.
BROSSLER, Bruno - GAF.
FRANK, Walter Georg - GAF.
HEINRICI, Wilhelm - GAF.
KNOBLICH, Franz - GAF.
MAYER, Richard - GAF.
SCHRAGE, Heinrich - GAF.
STEDING, Hans - GAF.
STARK, Heinz Werner - GAF.
STOECKL, Alois - GAF.
These ten German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

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Alex

[Andy Marden]

Alex,
Looking at the Germans:

DOLATA, Hans - GAF.
Weston-super-Mare Cemetery, Somerset.
Cause of death ? >> shot down in He111P of III./KG27

BRINKMAN, Heinrich - GAF. >> shot down in Bf110D S9+NK of 2./Erpr.Gr.210
BROSSLER, Bruno - GAF. >> shot down in He111P of Stab./KG55
FRANK, Walter Georg - GAF. >> shot down in He111P of Stab./KG55
HEINRICI, Wilhelm - GAF. >> shot down in Ju88A-1 of I./LG1
KNOBLICH, Franz - GAF. >> shot down in He111P of 8./KG27
MAYER, Richard - GAF. >> shot down in Bf110D S9+NK of 2./Erpr.Gr.210
SCHRAGE, Heinrich - GAF. >> shot down in He111P of 8./KG27
STEDING, Hans - GAF. >> lost in Bf110D S9+MK of 2./Erpr.Gr.210 (collided with S9+NK after that aircraft had been hit by flak)
STARK, Heinz Werner - GAF. >> shot down in Ju88A-1 of I./LG1
STOECKL, Alois - GAF. >> shot down in He111P G1+AA of Stab./KG55 (he was Geschwader Kommodore)