400821 - Unaccounted airmen - 21-8-1940

[Henk Welting]

Horsham St.Faith, Elton, Watton, Catfoss, Eastleigh, West Malling, Pulham, Exeter and Bircham Newton, where there were several casualties, were attacked by the Luftwaffe.
Looking for the places of death registration of following airmen:

A - Not in Flight archives:
LAC Leslie W.F. TAYLOR - 538918

B - Died of wounds or injuries received on active service:
Cpl John ANDERSON - 979309
AC2 James KENNEDY - 983513

C - Killed on active service:
AC2 Percy SUTTON - 942366

D - Also looking for:
P/O (Pilot) John F.S. PRICE - 41060 - 110 Sqn (Blenheims, Wattisham, Suffolk), buried Coity (St.Mary) Churchyard, Glamorganshire (UK8951). He was killed in action (while flying in operations against the enemy). Can't find a Blenheim-loss for this day.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

No answer required to P/O PRICE - 41060. He was killed on Blenheim R3773.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

CWGC has date of death "21th" August 1940 - Chorley in his Vol.1 page 104 lists him on "30th/31th" August 1940 (Blenheim R3773). What means that we still have a problem. Death registration could bring an answer ?
Regards,
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
There are registrations as follows:-
Leslie W F Taylor,22,at Bridgend, S Wales together with Percy Sutton,21,also Bridgend.John Anderson,24 reg. at W Ashford in Kent and James Kennedy 22,at Ely.
Warner's Blenheim also has Price as KIA in Blenheim R3773, crashing at Offton nr Ipswich on returning from an op to Emden on 30/31-08-40. His Obs. Sgt H Tune also died .Price ,24, is registered at Gipping in Suffolk which is the correct office for Offton
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick for this info. Will inform CWGC re their discrepancy on P/O Price.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/1336 1940 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31
Aircraftman 2nd Class J Anderson:
report of death from injuries. Aircraftman 2nd Class C W Clarkson: injured in an enemy bombing raid on RAF Lympne, Kent, 21 August 1940

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

LAC Leslie W.F. TAYLOR - 538918 - the Graves Registration Report records him as being with 'No. 3 G.A.S.' - any ideas what that might be anyone? Perhaps 3 A.G.S...?

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

James Kennedy 983513, was fatally wounded in an air raid on RAF Honnington, dying in RAF Hospital Ely

[jonheyworth]

Charles Albert Cole 1177775 , attached to Number 7 Recruits Centre, was admitted to Station hospital Morecombe dying the following day of acute appendicitis

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400821 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-08-1940

From Henk's List -

UK

COLE, Charles Albert - AC2c - 1177775 - RAFVR.
Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
Died in hospital of accute appendicitis.

PHILIP, Dudley David-AC2c - 1167635 - RAFVR.
Woodgrange Park Cemetery, Eastham , Essex.
Cause of death ?

BRENNAN, Jack Stephen - Sgt - 391875 - RNZAF - 23(RAAF) Sqn.
Wittering (All Saints) Churchyard, Northamptonshire.
This airman was struck by a Blenheim landing at night.

ANDERSON John - Cpl - 979309 - RAFVR.
Dalnottar Cemetery, Dunbartonshire.
Killed in an Air Raid on RAF Lympne.

KENNEDY, James - AC2c - 983513 - RAFVR.
Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire.
Died in hospital from wounds received during an Air Raid on RAF Honington.

SUTTON, Percy - AC2c - 942366 - RAFVR.
Leeds (Cottingley Hall) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
TAYLOR, Leslie William Frederick - Lac - 538918 - RAF.
Deal Cemetery, Kent.
These two airmen were Killed during an Air Raid on RAF Porthcawl.

From CWGC -

NEW ZEALAND
MASON, Raymond Edward George - Lac - 40655 - RNZAF.
Fielding Cemetery, Manawatu District, New Zealand.
Vincent - 325 - 2 SFTS.

UK
KASCHNER, Helmut - GAF.
SKIBITZKI, Bruno - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Great Bircham (St.Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk.

ERMECKE, Heinz - GAF.
KRUEGER, Hellmut - GAF.
KOTULLA, Erich - GAF.
LEHMANN, Helmut - GAF.
LOOS,Wilhelm - GAF.
These five German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Cause of death of these seven German Airmen ?

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK.

BRENNAN, Jack Stephen - Sgt - NZ391875 (previously A391875), not 391875, RNZAF.

No connection with 23 (RAAF) Sqn, at all. The Blenheim was from 23 Sqn RAF (Wittering). Sgt Brennan (Air Gunner), was on flarepath duty at Wittering.

See: FYT1/Martyn/p.92. See also, FYT3/Martyn/p.102(bio) & p.547 - accident occurred at 2205.

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

NEW ZEALAND.

MASON, Raymond Edward George - LAC - NZ40655*(previously A40655), not 40655, RNZAF. Vincent serial should read, NZ325, not 325. LAC Mason buried at Feilding Cemetery, not Fielding.

*
Mason's death was the first of an RNZAF airman to be recorded in contemporary documents featuring an 'NZ' service number prefix. Up to this time numbers for pre-war regular airmen normally carried no prefix, while those of airmen enlisted for 'Duration of War' , including Mason, had been prefixed 'A'.

See: FYT1/Martyn/p.92 & FYT3/321 (bio) & p.547 - crashed on the Pattie family farm of Scotson.

Col.

[cozzy711]

UffZ Bruno SKIBITZKI
Do17Z-3 '5K+-M' Shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off Skegness, Lincolnshire. His body was washed ashore on the 9th September

Uffz Helmut KASCHNER, Gunner
Lt Hellmut KRÜGER, Observer
Ofw Erich KOTULLA, Observer
Do 17Z-3 Shot down by Spitfires of 611 Squadron crashed into the sea off Scolt Head, Norfolk. Bodies washed ashore near Brancaster.

Lt Heinz ERMECKE Pilot
Do 17Z-3 ‘U5+FK’ Shot down by Hurricanes of 242 Squadron crashing near Conifer Hill, Starston, Norfolk.

Ofw Wilhelm LOOS
Uffz Helmut LEHMANN
Crew of Do17Z-3 '5K+AP' Came under attack from fighters causing it to collide with another a/c in the formation crashing into the ground at Bilsby, near Alford, Lincolnshire.

Chris

[Alex Smart]

Hello Col,
This is where I got the 325 number. I now see the preceeding "NZ" note also there is no "NZ" before the service number :(
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Edward George MASON (40655) Vincent NZ 325 Forum PostRNZAF 1940-08-21 2 SFTS New Zealand Feilding Cemeter

[jonheyworth]

Dudley David Philip 1167635 , attached to the Records Office at RAF Ruislip, died in Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, London, of meningitis