400918 - Unaccounted airman - 18-9-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and was the place of death registration for:

LAC Henry J. FLYNN - 630269 - 150 Sqn (Newton, Nottinghamshire) - died of wounds or injuries received on active service.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk
The death of Henry J Flynn aged 24 was registered at Wandsworth.
Regards
Andy

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Andy. It could be that he was wounded in an accident 27-7-1940 at Newton arming Battle L5528 (a F/O, two Sgts and four groundcrew killed by exploding bomb).
Regards,
Henk.

[Amrit]

The casualties for L5528 were:

F/O W M Blom
Sgt W H J Franklin
Sgt C T Gould (SAAF)
Cpl D H Sharp
LAC W Y Cann
LAC G A Hall
AC1 F Stewart

Just in case you didn't have them

[Henk Welting]

Amrit,
I had all names on file; nevertheless thanks for your reply. There may be other amateur historian who were looking for their names.
Regards,
Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Henry J Flynn 630269, was fatally injured on 27th July 1940 when a bomb exploded at Newtown, Notts involving Battle L5528 , see AIR 81 / 2468

[paulmcmillan]

Henry Flynn 630269 1938 Royal Air Force

The Middle Name J is a bit of a mystery - his RAF Air 76 is Henry Flynn but CWGC has H J Flynn

Henry J Flynn 630269, was fatally injured on 27th July 1940 when a bomb exploded at Newtown, Notts
involving Battle L5528 , see AIR 81 / 2468




Name: Henry J Flynn
Death Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1916
Registration Date: Jul 1940
[Aug 1940]
[Sep 1940]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London

Leading Aircraftman H Flynn: injured; aircraft accident, Newton, Nottinghamshire, Battle L5528, 150 Squadron, 27 July 1940



Death 18 Sep 1940 Wandsworth, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24758251/henry-j.-flynn

Served in the Royal Air Force 150 Sqdn.


Possibly
Name
Henry Joseph Flynn
Birth
Sep 1915 Dublin South, Ireland


Died of injuries received on Active Service"
L.A.C. H. Flynn

[jonheyworth]

Frank Walker 977688 , attached to RAF Warmwell , died from an accidental rifle shot

[jonheyworth]

Robert Henry Gordon 943151, attached to 9 Squadron, was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Ely on 26 August at 17:00 hours. He died in the hospital at 22:40 hours of pulmonary tuberculosis .

The Chris Hobbs entry is totally erroneous

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400918 Unaccounted Airmen - 18-09-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
BOVINGTON, John Charles Francis - AC1c - 640081 - RAF.
Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent.
Run over by a tractor that he fell off.

FLYNN, Henry Joseph - Lac - 630269 - RAF.
Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, London.
Fatally injured on the 27th July, 1940 in a bomb explosion involving Battle - L5528 - 150 Sqn.
Battle - L5528 - 150 Sqn.

GORDON, Robert Henry - Lac - 943151 - RAFVR - 9 Sqn.
Cramlington - (Mayfield) Cemetery, Northumberland.
Died in hospital of pulmonary Tuberculosis.

LANE, Sydney Archibald Denys - Sqdn/Ldr - 75175 - RAFVR.
Cannock Chase War Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

PLEDGER, William Alfred - AC2c - 1101719 - RAFVR.
Woodditton ( St.Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.
Cause of death ?

SHEPHERD, Albert Joseph - Cpl - 357618 - RAF.
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Accidentally shot while at home.

WALKER, Frank - AC2c - 977688 - RAFVR.
Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
Killed by an accidental rifle shot.

YEMEN
MITCHELL, Alan Cunningham (New Zealander) - Wng/Cdr - 27061 - RAF.
Maala Cemetery, Yemen.
Taken ill with peritonitis while on sick leave. Initially buried at Mukeiras, reinterred Maala Cemetery.

From CWGC -

BELGIUM
DOUGLAS, Walter Morrison (Canadian) - P/O - 43030 - RAF.
HUGHES, Dennis Victor - Sgt - 937392 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium.
They were crew of Whitley V - P4992 - 77 Sqn.

FRANCE
ATHERTON, Thomas - P/O - 43763 - RAF.
FEATHER, John Leslie - Sgt - 641705 - RAF.
HARVEY, Cyril James - Sgt - 751693 - RAFVR.
MCFARLANE, Ruthven Arnold - P/O - 33546 - RAF.
These four airmen rest at Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
They were crew of Beaufort I - L4508 - 22 Sqn.

LINSDELL, Arthur Peter - P/O - 81036 - RAFVR.
Villerville Communal Cemetery, Calvados, France.
PITCAIRN - HILL, James Anderson - Sqdn/Ldr - 33201 - RAF.
Luc-Sur-Mer Churchyard, Calvados, France.
These two airmen were crew of Hampden I - P1183 - 83 Sqn.

POPE, William Roy - Sgt - 966654 - RAFVR.
Houlgate ( Beuzeval) Communal Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Wellington Ic - R3160- 149 Sqn.

NETHERLANDS
AUSTEN, Douglas William - Sgt - 812247 - RAF (AAF).
CROSSLAND, Albert Alfred Ellis - Sgt - 532141 - RAF.
FORD, Eric - P/O - 79542 - RAF.
MARSHALL, Charles Frederick - Sgt - 580884 - RAF.
SALISBURY, Robert Edward - Sgt - 633936 - RAF.
These five airmen rest at Winterswijk Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
They were crew of Whitley V - P5008 - 58 Sqn.

WILLIAMS, Peter Owen - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RN - 77 Sqn RAF.
Winterswijk Cemetery, Netherlands.
Whitley V - N1425 - 77 Sqn.

GERMANY
BEVERLEY, Victor - Sgt - 651939 - RAF.
HEARD, Douglils Thom - Sgt - 647632 - RAF.
LINDEN, Michael Cunningham Andrews - P/O - 42134 - RAF.
SMART, Harold Edgar - Sgt - 747711 - RAFVR.
WATSON, Thomas - Sgt - 965301 - RAFVR.
WOOD, Maurice Ernest Langton - Sgt - 754548 - B
These six airmen rest at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Wellington Ic - P9242 - 99 Sqn

LIBYA
CLEAVER, John Sisman - P/O - 78454 - RAF.
JOBSON, James - Sgt - 525052 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - T2048 - 113 Sqn.

UK
COX,David Spencer - P/O - 80848 - RAFVR.
FORD, George Reginald Michael - P/O - 79236 - RAFVR.
HARRISON, Henry Herbert - ( Northern Ireland ) - Sgt - 538889 - RAF.
PAY, John Sydney - P/O - 42877 - RAF.
TUPPEN, Donald Ralph - P/O - 81339 - RAFVR.
These five airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - R3160 - 149 Sqn.

BAGULEY, John - Sgt - 642862 - RAF.
BRAYNE, Ronald Percy - P/O - 42187 - RAF.
RAPER, John Alan - Sgt - 751803 - RAFVR.
These three airmen were crew of Whitley V - P4992 - 77 Sqn.

BOWLES, Cyril - Sgt - 580170 - RAF.
LACKENBY, Abraham - Sgt - 620363 - RAF.
RADFORD, Victor - Sgt - 580445 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - L9339 - 105 Sqn.

McCARTHY, Charles Gordon - Sgt - 755640 - RAFVR.
Hampden I - P1183 - 83 Sqn.

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

GRENFELL, John Pascoe Francis - Lac - 900195 - RAFVR.
Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex.
Harvard - P5803 - 16 OTU.

HOWES, Peter - P/O - 74332 - RAFVR.
Woking (St.John's) Crematorium, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - X4323 - 603 Sqn

JEFFERY'S, George William - Sgt - 754867 - RAFVR.
Winterbourne Earls (St.Michael) Churchyard, Wiltshire.
Hurricane I - V7442 - 46 Sqn.

PARNALL, Denis Geach - F/Lt - 70522 - RAF .
St.Genny's (St.Genesius ) Churchyard, Cornwall.
Hurricane I - V6685 - 249 Sqn.

ROE, John Cyril Henry - Sgt - 754505 - RAFVR
Hawarden (St.Deiniol) Churchyard, Flintshire.
Master I - N7936 - 5 SFTS.

BUSCHBECK, Hans - GAF.
DAMSCHEN, Heinz - GAF.
FRIEDEL, Erhard Emil - GAF.
FUCHS, Georg - GAF.
KLESS, Maximilian - GAF.
KRIMPMANN, Anton - GAF.
KUHN, Rudolf - GAF.
KURZ, Alfons - GAF.
LAUTH, Friedrich - GAF.
LESKER, Paul - GAF.
NOLTE, Johannes - GAF.
SCHUETZ, Helmut - GAF.
SMOLARCZYK, Alfred - GAF.
WAHL, Otto - GAF.
WEBER, Hans-Ludwig - GAF.
WURCHE, Erich - GAF.

The sixteen German Airmen named above all rest at Cannock Chase German Military Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Alex

[davew]

P5803 was a Harvard, not a Battle.

DaveW

[wwrsimon]

Alex

BUSCHBECK, Hans
LESKER, Paul
WAHL, Otto

These three were members of the crew of Ju-88A-1 (3168) of 9/KG77.

See: http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/otto-wahl-luftwaffe-18-09-1940-battle-of-britain.79695/#post-841490

DAMSCHEN, Heinz - he was one of three casualties on Ju-88A 3Z+ES W/Nr 59074 of KG77.

FUCHS, Georg - he was lost in Ju-88A 3Z+FS of KG77/

See: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=44513

FRIEDEL, Erhard Emil
NOLTE, Johannes
WURCHE, Erich - these three were lost in Ju-88A 5098 of KG77

KLESS, Maximilian
LAUTH, Friedrich - they were lost in Ju-88A 3173 of KG77

KRIMPMANN, Anton
WEBER, Hans-Ludwig - they were lost in Ju-88A 5100 of KG77

KUHN, Rudolf
KURZ, Alfons - they were lost in Ju-88A 5104 of KG77

SMOLARCZYK, Alfred - lost in Ju-88A 3147 of KG77

See: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=215752&postcount=2

SCHUETZ, Helmut - Do-215W/Nr. 0038 G2+KH of 4/Aufkl.Gr, shot down by Hurricanes of 303 Sqn. He was the only casualty, the other three crew becoming P.o.W.s.

See: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Poser%2C+Hans&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Sydney Archibald Denys Lane 75175 , attached to Number 6 SOTT, died in SSQ at RAF Hednesford of a cerebral haemorrhage

[jonheyworth]

William Alfred Pledger 1101719 , attached to 28 MU , died of an epileptic fit