430723 - Unaccounted airmen - 23-7-1943

[Henk Welting]

What was the place of death registration of AC1 Reginald H. CULLERN - 1084803 - age 30, whose name couldn't be found in Flight Global.

Also looking for the possible cause of death of Sgt (Pilot) John M.A. CLARKE - 1385748 - 73 OTU (Abu Sueir, Egypt), buried Moascar War Cem., Egypt. Couldn't find his name in Flight Global. 73 OTU at that time flying Hurricanes but couldn't find a matching serial number in my Hurricane file.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Henk

Cullern was Battersea in London

Malcolm

[Litcham_Lad]

Henk,

Re 73OTU, see

http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p038.htm

for SPITFIRE Vb EP327

dg

[Henk Welting]

Thanks dg and Malcolm. For CLARKE forgot to check my Spitfire file as I thought that 73 OTU at that time were flying Hurricanes. Lesson for the future !
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Sgt J M A Clark is listed as 'Killed in Action' in Cas List 289, oct 7th 1943.

[alclark]

Just want to check you have Sergeant William Thomas McKenzie, 1525454, from this day, killed when he walked into a propeller at Silloth (No.6 (C)OTU).

July 23rd 1943, “1525454 Sgt McKenzie, W.T. Struck by propeller of Wellington Aircraft Died in S.S.Q.”

July 24th 1943, “No.1525454 Sgt McKenzie of No.25 Wellington Course was fatally injured as a result of blows received from Wellington aircraft No.51’s propeller. The aircraft was stationary at the taxying post and the N.C.O. was about to enter that aircraft when he was struck.”

[Henk Welting]

Yes Al. McKENZIE was known. Wellington was HE 305 and death registered Wigton.
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC1 Reginald H. CULLERN - 1084803 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at St. Johns Hospital, Battersea.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Eric Childe , a despatch rider attached to HQ DAF, died in a motorcycle accident on the Foggia to Lucerne road, 1 KM from Foggia

[jonheyworth]

William Handy 331808 , attached to 505 AMES, was admitted to Number 9 General hospital with an 8 week history of dysphagia and chest pain. A bronchoscopy was performed on 13 June and a mass was discovered, scheduled for repatriation, his condition deteriorated to the extent that movement or an operation was impossible and he died of pnenumonia secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma

[jonheyworth]

Alan Ronald Talbot 1545529 and

Ernest Arthur Dennis 1505810 ,

Both attached to 4411 AA Flight, RAF Regiment, both drowned near Chittagong. Only Dennis was recovered and buried in Chittagong Civil cemetery

[jonheyworth]

George Jason Jacobs 656506 , died of severe anaemia

[jonheyworth]

George Jason Jacobs 657506 , died of severe anaemia

[jonheyworth]

Reginald Herbert Cullern 1084803, a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death, died in St.John’s hospital, Battersea, of pulmonary tuberculosis