400908 - Unaccounted airmen - 8-9-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and what were the places of death registration for:

AC2 George E.K. BARNABY - 1255097 - killed on active service, and
AC2 William S. CURRIE - 1004888 - 946 (Balloon) Sqn - not listed Flight archives.

It's known that aerodromes Detling and West Malling were attacked by the Luftwaffe.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Oxford II - N4796 - 2 FTS - dived into ground Eynsham Hall Park, Oxfordshire
(already have as a casualty on this aircraft: Sgt [Pilot u/t] Dennis H. REES - 745342)
Magister I - N3966 - 24 EFTS - flew into ground Cheddington, Bedfordshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
CURRIE, possibly died in Scotland as he doesn't appear on the lists that I look through and I see that CWGC has his Unit as 946 Balloon Sqn which was Glasgow based. BARNABY,25 is registered at Poplar in London's East End. His unit is given as 229 Sqn which was at Northolt on the other side of London and too far away for a registration at Poplar but it is not impossible that RAF personnel were taken from Airfields around London to assist in Rescue in the City where the Docks were being bombed
Regards
Dick

[Amrit]

Currie is listed as DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE in Flight

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1940/1940%20-%202780.html

A

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Amrit and Dick. Could find CURRIE using the given website; strange however that I don't get a match searching for his servicenumber 1004888 (and this number is correctly mentioned in Flight archive).
Regards,
Henk.

[Amrit]

Pdf scans can be very temperamenta lwhen it comes to numbers. I've found the same on The Times.

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk
I had a few credits about to expire on the web site 'Scotlands People', so Ive looked up Currie.
He died of gun shot wounds to his abdomen left.(Kidney severly damaged)
He had been admitted to Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.
Regards
Andy

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Andy. Must have happened accidentally and not by enemy action as he's listed 'died' on active service.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

CURRIE.—At Glasgow, on 8th September. 1940 (result of an accident). Aircraftman William Sharpe Currie dearly loved husband of Muriel Currie. 5 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh.
Thursday 12 September 1940, Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

John Sturton 946845 , died in the Royal Navy Hospital Kingseat of meningococcal septecemia

[jonheyworth]

John Donald 977404, attached to RAF Wyton, died as the result of a road accident

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to William Sharpe Currie 1004888, he died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary of accidental gun shot wounds

[jonheyworth]

George Edward Kitchener Barnaby 1255097 , attached to 229 Squadron, was killed whilst on leave at 7 Samuda Street, Catford in an air raid along with his wife, Mildred, who died of her Injuries 2 days later

[Alex Smart]

Hello

400908 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-09-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
BARNABY, George Edward Kitchener - AC2c - 1255097 - RAFVR - 229 Sqn.
East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex.
Killed whilst on leave duringanAirRaid. His wife died from her injuries two days later .

CURRIE, William Sharpe - AC2c - 1004888 - RAFVR - 946 Balloon Sqn.
Edinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery, Edinburgh.
Died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary from accidental gunshots wounds.

DONALD, John - AC2c - 977404 - RAF.
Dumfries (St Andrews) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Dumfriesshire.
Died as a result of a Road accident whilst attached to RAF Wyton.

STURTON, John - AC2c - 946845 - RAFVR.
Kincardine O'Neil Churchyard, Aberdeenshire.
Died in RN Hospital, Kingseat from meningococcal septicemia.

From CWGC -

NETHERLANDS
TAYLOR, Gordon - Sgt - 965631 - RAFVR.
Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Blenheim IV - L8848 - 218 Sqn.

UK
APPLEFORD, Alexander Horatio Nelson - Sgt - 901440 - RAFVR.
Castle Combe (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Wiltshire.
BROOKE, Vincent Christopher - Sgt - 903461 - RAFVR.
Torquay Cemetery and Crematorium, Devon.
COCKBURN, John Malcolm - Sgt - 522454 - RAF.
Stoke-On-Trent (St.Peter) Church Cemetery, Shropshire.
These three airmen were crew of Anson I - N5244 - 10 SFTS.

REES, Dennis Hanby - Sgt - 745342 - RAFVR.
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Crematorium, Gloucestershire.
Oxford I - N4796 - 2SFTS.

SCOTT, William John Moir - F/O - 70611 - RAFVR.
Dundee Western Cemetery, Angus.
Spitfire Ia - R6756 - 41 Sqn.

CHRISTOPHER, Henry Morton - P/O - 81686 - RAFVR.
COBBE, Alexander William Locke - F/O - 72479 - RAFVR.
CASSELLS, William Hogg - Sgt - 614511 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - R3915 - 82 Sqn.

McCAUSLAND, James Maxwell - P/O - 80827 - RAFVR.
PHILPOTT, John Bernard - Sgt - 39971 - RNZAF.
FLETCHER, Ronald Samuel - Sgt - 935733 - RAFVR.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - R3730 - 82 Sqn.

CLAYTON, Gerald Lawrence - Sgt - 741533 - RAFVR.
COISH, Frederick Charles - Sgt - 581203 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - L8848 - 218 Sqn.

ALDRIDGE, Robert Edward - Sgt - 517434 - RAF
BARTLETT, Ian Howard - F/Lt - 25095 - RAF.
SHELDRICK, Edward Denis - Sgt - 551845 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim R3779 - 53 Sqn.

CONACHER, Murray Blair - Sgt - 552142 - RAF.
HALL, Robert Gladstone - P/O - 42749 - RAF.
RANDALL, John Dermot - Sgt - 581064 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - T2042 - 53 Sqn.

BOOTH, Stanley Keable - Sgt - 550339 - RAF.
McKEE, James - Sgt - 755598 - RAFVR.
PALMER, Esmond John - F/Lt - 37981 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - P6955 - 101 Sqn.

COOKE, Charles William - Sgt - 563427 - RAF.
DAY, Cyril James - Sgt - 903467 - RAFVR.
SPENCER, Robert Nettleton - Sgt - 939190 - RAFVR.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - R2788 - 101 Sqn.

CUTHBERT Robert Guy - F/O - 41260 - RAF.
DOLMAN, Ian Humphrey - F/O - 41264 - RAF.
DUFFIELD, Edwin - Sgt - 546967 - RAF.
REES, Michael - Sgt - 637154 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7268 - 224 Sqn.

CROOKS, William Wilson - Sgt - 751554 - RAFVR.
GLEDHILL, Herbert Gresford - Sgt - 614892 - RAF.
GRANT, Stanley Charles - Sgt - 751434 - RAFVR.
JERRITT, Robert Anderson - Sgt - 740889 - RAFVR.
LEEDS, John Leeming - P/O - 41716 - RAF.
MARTIN, Alfred Charles - Sgt - 746983 - RAFVR.
These six airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - R3175 - 149 Sqn.

The thirty airmen named above are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

ZIEMS, Martin - GAF.
Maidstone Cemetery, Kent.
Cause of death ?

ADELWART, Bernhard - GAF.
LLOTTER, Friedrich - GAF.
LANDENBERGER, Otto - GAF.
SCHMITZ, Heinrich - GAF.
SCHUETZE, Paul - GAF.
These five German Airmen all rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex