400910 - Unaccounted airmen - 10-9-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of following airmen:

AC2 Frederick GORDON - 1305202 - name not in Flight archives.
F/O (Pilot) John T.M. PARKER - 72485 - killed on active service, buried Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cem., Angus (UK8193), and
LAC (Pilot u/t) Stewart S. SAVAGE - 903852 - killed on active service and buried same cemetery as F/O Parker.

Proposed aircraft losses:

Blenheim I - K7073 - 2 SAC - crashed on overshoot 2 miles S of Andover
Master I - N7496 and N7565 - 8 FTS - collided over Brechin, Angus.

Also known that the Luftwaffe bombed aerodromes West Malling, Cambridge and Tangmere.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

Not Blenheim. J Rowntree, who'd pranged another Blenheim a week earlier, injured. No others listed.

Warner's Blenheim

A

[alclark]

Parker and Savage were killed in the collision between N7565 and N7496, below is the extract from the ORB.

September 10th 1940, “Master aircraft N7565 piloted by FO J.T.M. Parker with 901699 Sgt
Doll, C.S. collided over Brechin with Master aircraft N7496, piloted by 903852 LAC Savage,
S.S. FO Parker and LAC Savage were killed. Sgt Doll made a successful parachute descent.”

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk
The death of Frederick Gordon was registered at Darlington.
He is also buried there. According to CWGC he came from London.
Regards
Andy

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Al and Andy for this excellent info. Very much appreciated. Again two names deleted from my (too) long 'unaccounted' list.
Regards,
Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Gordon 1305202, attached to RAF Catterick, was accidently shot and killed there

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400910 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-09-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
BUCHAN, Edward John - AC1c - 760642 - RAFVR.
Ilford (Buckingham Road) Cemetery, Essex.
Cause of death ?

GORDON, Frederick- AC2c - 1305202 - RAFVR.
Darlington West Cemetery, Durham.
Death caused by an accidental shooting at RAF Catterick.

From CWGC -

BELGIUM
REED, Robert James (Australian) - F/Lt - 40059 - RAF.
ROYLANCE, Peter William - P/O - 42889 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Oostende New Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
They were crew of Hampden I - L4097 - 50 Sqn.

CANADA
SIMS, Frederick Lindley - F/O - C/2005 - RCAF.
London (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Finch - 1015 - CFS - RCAF.

ERITREA
CONWAY, Thomas - Sgt - 535666 - RAF.
LYNCH, James - P/O - 43642 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea.
They were crew of Wellesley - K7763 - 14 Sqn.

FRANCE
WESTHORP, Bernard Newman - Sgt - 629457 - RAF.
Oye - Plage Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Hampden I - P4371 - 44 Sqn.

NETHERLANDS
BEER, Cyril Sydney Frank - Sgt - 751495 - RAFVR.
Texel (Denburg) Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Beaufort I - N1146 - 22 Sqn.

UK
DE SANDOVAL-SIEVIER, Robert Adrian - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
Battle - L5010 - 103 Sqn RAF.
(CWGC has both 9th and 10th as date of death. Naval History. Net and Aircrew remembered both have the 10th as date of death).

GUNN, Robert Dick - Sgt - 580002 - RAF.
Old Catton (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Norfolk.
Beaufort I - N1146 - 22 Sqn.

PARKER, John Trevor Mauleverer - F/O - 72485 - RAFVR.
SAVAGE, Stewart Sydney - Lac - 903852 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery, Angus.
They were crew of Master I - N7565 - 8 SFTS.

MURRAY, James - Sgt - 625327 - RAF.
TWITCHIN, Sydney Gordon - Sgt - 590984 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Beaufort I - N1146 - 22 Sqn.

BRIGINSHAW, Oswald O'Neil - P/O - 72051 - RAF.
FLAVELL, Leslie Thomas - AC2c - 623489 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Anson I - N5198 - 42 Sqn.

BRADING, Ronald James - Sgt - 581140 - RAF.
LACEY, Herbert George - Sgt - 523679 - RAF.
ROGERS, Douglas John - F/Lt - 39174 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Hampden I - P4371 - 44 Sqn.

HALLS, Reginald - Sgt - 632830 - RAF.
JOHNSON, William Aubrey - Sgt - 635088 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Hampden I - L4097 - 50 Sqn.

These nine airmen are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

DOMENIG, Walter - GAF.
STRAHLENDORF, Hans - GAF.
These two German airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire
Cause of death ?

USA
SWANSON, William Rufus - F/O - C/2409 - RCAF.
Inglewood (Park) Cemetery, California,USA.
Finch - 1015 - CFS - RCAF.

Alex

[Andy Marden]

Alex,

DE SANDOVAL-SIEVIER, Robert Adrian - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
Battle - L5010 - 103 Sqn RAF.
(CWGC has both 9th and 10th as date of death. Naval History. Net and Aircrew remembered both have the 10th as date of death).
>> The 103 Sqn ORB shows that L5010 was one of three aircraft on a mission to attack shipping in Calais harbour launched from Newton on the evening of 9 Sep 40:
P2306/D 1900/2330
L5336/J 1900/2315
L5010/C 1855/FTR
Given that the two returning aircraft arrived back before midnight, I think it is safe to conclude that the loss was on the evening of 9 Sep 40.

Andy

[jonheyworth]

Edward John Buchan 760642 , had been seriously injured in the sinking of the RMS Lancastria and was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth with a fractured thigh on 21 June . He became dangerously ill and died of streptococcal septacemia