401003 - Unaccounted airmen - 3-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

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

AC2 William H. MOON - 1012215 - 23 Sqn (Ford, Sussex) - died of wounds or injuries received on active service, and
AC1 William PANDER - 965017 - 23 Sqn - not found Flight archives.

Ford aerodrome was attacked by the Luftwaffe that day 19.40h.

Proposed aircraft loss for this day:
Hart Trainer - K6466 - 9 FTS - flew into high ground 1 mile NW of Monkton Fairley, near Bath

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

Pinder, not Pander. Reported as Killed on Active Service in Flight

A

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Moon,27,and Pinder,19 are registered at Chichester which is right for Ford
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick & Amrit. Both may have been air raid casualties.
Regards,
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Checking CWGC-registers with 'unaccounted list' found another airmen sofar not listed in my files. Looking for cause of death and place of death registration:

3-10-1940 - AC2 Alfred ARMSTRONG - 997488 - age 27.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Armstrong,27, registered at Westminster, Central London.
Regards
Dick

[Marks]

Henk,

Regarding Armstrong he is listed in the RAF Overseas War Deaths 1939-1947. His unit being 11 OTU ! Flight 7-11-1940 list him as Died on Active Service !

I'm wondering if he died during the Blitz. I was also wonder if his body was missing, although he was later buried in Middlesborough Cemetery ! The reason for him being on the Overseas list !

Mark

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Mark for additional info on ARMSTRONG; will amend my files.
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 Alfred ARMSTRONG - 997488 - the Evening Despatch of October 9th 1940 reported the following:

DROWNED R.A.F. MAN MYSTERY
A verdict of death by drowning was recorded today at an adjourned Westminster inquest on Alfred Amrstrong, aged 27, R.A.F. mechanic, whose body had been recovered from the Thames near the Houses of Parliament. He had been absent without leave for five days.
A Thames policeman said that Amrstrong's cap and respirator had not been found. His home was at Miiddlesbrough.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Keith Ian Macdonald 498 , committed suicide by shooting himself in his flat in Melbourne. The previous Tuesday he had been driving his wife back from their honeymoon when he crashed the car, killing her

[paulmcmillan]

Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954)
Wed 2 Oct 1940
Page 1


YOUNG BRIDE KILLED
IN SMASH
MELBOURNE. Wednesday.-Mrs.
Keith Ian Macdonald, aged 19. who
was married only a week ago, was
killed .yesterday afternoon when she
was flung out of a car which over-
turned on the Hume Highway while
being driven by her husband. Pilot
Officer Macdonald, who suffered
severe shock.
The marriage was one of the social
events of Melbourne. -

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW : 1913 - 1954)
Fri 25 Oct 1940
Page 8

A verdict that Pilot Officer Keith Ian Macdonald, 20. committed suicide,
was returned by the Melbourne City
Coroner (Mr. Tingate). Mrs. Macdonald -was killed in a motor smash
on the Hume Highway when the couple were returning from a honey
moon. A few days later Macdonald
was found dead in his flat at South
Yarra with a gun beside him.

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Neville Brown 536877 , attached to HQ Aden, died when he was ambushed by a group of Arabs

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401003 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-10-1940

From Henk's List -

CANADA
CAMPBELL, Frederick Fincastle - Lac - R/64347 - RCAF.
London (St.Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Died of Bronchial pneumonia following two weeks in St.Catherine's General hospital.

YEMEN
BROWN, Kenneth Neville - Lac - 536877 - RAF - HQ Aden.
Maala Cemetery, Yemen.
Killed in an ambush by a group of Arabs.

UK
ARMSTRONG, Alfred - AC2c - 997488 - RAFVR - 11 OTU.
Middlesbrough (Linthorpe) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Absent without leave, for five days and was found drowned in the river Thames.

MOON, William Henry - AC2c - 1012215 - RAFVR - 23 Sqn.
Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
Killed in an Air Raid on RAF Ford.

PINDER, William - AC1c - 965017 - RAF - 23 Sqn.
HALE Cemetery, Cheshire.
Killed in an Air Raid on RAF Ford.

ZIMBABWE
JACOBS, Cyril Thomas Arthur ( Southern Rhodesian)- Sgt - 777633 - RAFVR.
Harare ( Pioneer) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.
Harvard I - P5963 - 20SFTS.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
MACDONALD, Keith Ian - F/O - 498 - RAAF.
Woodend Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
Sadly returning from their Honeymoon the car crashed, killing his new Bride. He later shot himselfin their flat in Melbourne.

MULLER, Rodney Elmore - Lac - 400006 - RAAF.
St.Kilda General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
Killed in an aircraft accident near Werribee, details ?

O'DONNELL, Frederick Mervyn - Lac - 207816 - RAAF.
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
Died in hospital following injuries received when he was struck by a motor car.

FRANCE
BUNDOCK, Frank Vivian - Sgt - 580601 - RAF.
DUNBAR, Hugh - Sgt - 619755 - RAF.
LORD, Kenneth - Sgt - 517486 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Pihen-Les-Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - T1896 - 105 Sqn.

GERMANY
CHEESMAN, Alfred Jack - Sgt - 751223 - RAFVR.
CHETTER, Alan Ernest - Sgt - 966961 - RAFVR.
DALLY, Paul Spencer ( Northern Rhodesia) - P/O - 42592 - RAF.
ESPLEY, William Charles ( Canadian) - F/O - 40292 - RAF.
ZAMER, Ian Alexander - Sgt - 749523 - RAFVR.
These five airmen rest at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Berlin, Germany.
They were crew of Whitley V - N1434 - 58 Sqn.

UK
CRYER, Edward Francis - Sgt - 754166 - RAFVR.
Selby Cemetery, Yorkshire.
DANCER, Elton Arthur - Sgt - 566178 - RAF.
Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire.
SMITH, John Anthony - Sgt - 741944 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
These three airmen were crew of Whitley V - K9031 - 19 OTU.

COOPER, Charles Frederick - AC2c - 1003497 - RAFVR.
Heath Town (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Staffordshire.
HOBSON, Colin Anthony - P/O - 42566 - RAF.
Banstead (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey.
HUGHES, David Ernest - Sgt - 40920 - RNZAF.
Whyteleafe (St.Luke) Churchyard, Surrey.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - L4905 - 600 Sqn.

DORFSCHMID, Josef - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

ZIMBABWE
BROWN, Willis Stewart (New Zealander) - F/O - 40505 - RAF.
Harare (Pioneer)Cemetery, Zimbabwe.
Harvard I - P5963 - 20 SFTS.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA.

MULLER, Rodney Elmore - LAC - 400006 - RAAF.

400006 LAC (Trainee Pilot) Rodney Elmore MULLER RAAF (of the Intermediate Training Squadron, No.1 S.F.T.S., Point Cook, Victoria), was killed on 3 October, 1940, when Hawker Demon A1-47, struck high-tension wires, crashed and burnt out at 2055, half-a-mile north of No.1 Relief Landing Ground, Werribee, Victoria. LAC Muller was engaged on a solo night flying exercise.

Col.

[cozzy711]

MULLER, Rodney Elmore - Lac - 400006 - RAAF.
St.Kilda General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
Killed in an aircraft accident near Werribee, details ?


Demon A1-47 struck HT lines and burnt. No. 1 SFTS. 1/2 miles North of No 1 Relief Land Ground, Werribee

Chris

[Andy Marden]

DORFSCHMID, Josef - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Crew member of Do17Z 3491/7T+EL of 3./606, which crashed into the sea off the coast of Cornwall:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Dorfschmid