401011 - Unaccounted airman - 11-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

Sgt Maurice W. NEVILLE - 742656 - 61 Sqn (Hampdens - Hemswell, Lincs.) - missing and commemorated on Panel 17 of the Runnymede Memorial. His name is in Chorley's Vol.9.
Who has the 61 Sqn ORB and could inform me on what caused this airman's death ?

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[John Larder]

Henk

Hampden P2082 (50/61 Sq Roll of Honour). Missing Kaiser Wilhelm Canal (Hampden File)

If you have any other odd losses for 50/61 Sq. if you pass them on hopefully the Roll of Honour will at least give us the aircraft.

John

[Henk Welting]

John,
No Hampden loss 9/10 and 10/11-10-1940. Sgt Neville may have been shot off, accidentally baled out or seriously wounded and for medical treatment dropped off a 61 Sqn Hampden. Middlebrook's Bomber Command War Diaries:
9/10 October (Germany - France - Holland):
70 Battles, Hampdens and Wellingtons to many targets. One Wellington lost. The largest raid was by 20 Hampdens on the Krupps armament works in Essen but only 3 aircraft reached the target because of icing conditions. There were also 6 minelaying and 4 OTU sorties.
10/11 October (Germany - occupied countries):
157 Aircraft of all types to 13 targets in Germany, to the Channel ports, to Eindhoven airfield and minelaying. No losses.
I think only the 61 Sqn ORB may offer the solution, or the text of Harry Moyle's "Hampden File" (unfortunately not on my book-shelve; only copies of the appendixes.
Regards,
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

............forgot to mention that Middlebrook has for:
11 October 1940:
6 Blenheims on an uneventful sea sweep, and for

11/12 October 1940 (Germany - France - Belgium):
86 Aircraft of all types to oil and shipbuilding targets in Germany, in minor raids to the Channel ports and minelaying. No losses.

Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Edward Charles Speake 1166056 , attached to Number w Wing at RAF Locking, was admitted to the station hospital on 17 September suffering with pneumonia where he died at 22:55 hours of pulmonary tuberculosis

[Alex Smart]

Hello

401011 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-10-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
NEVILLE, Maurice William - Sgt - 742656 - RAFVR.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Hampden I - P2082 - 61 Sqn.

SPEAKE, Edward Charles - AC2c - 1166056 - RAFVR.
Knowbury (St.Paul) Churchyard, Shropshire.
Admitted to Hospital with Pneumonia, died of pulmonary Tuberculosis.

From CWGC -

FRANCE
MALLON, John Charles (NewZealand) - P/O - 42719 - RAF.
Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Blenheim IV - T2036 - 53 Sqn.
[See the 8th. CWGC has 11th but documents show the 8th ?].

UK
ADIE,Arthur Ferguson - Lt(A) - HMS Heron - RN.
SOULS, William Henry - AM(E)1c - FX.75439 - RN.
These two Naval Airmen rest at Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
They were crew of Skua - L2970 - 760 Sqn FAA,RN.

AYLING, Charles Albert Henry - Sgt - 561445 - RAF.
Pembroke (Monkton St.Nicholas) Cemetery, Pembrokeshire.
Spitfire IIa - P7303 - 66 Sqn.

LECKY, John Gage - P/O - 33570 - RAF.
Tilford (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - P9447 - 41 Sqn.

O'NEILL, Desmond Hugh ( Republic of Ireland) - F/O - 40638 - RAF.
Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey.
Spitfire Ia - X4052 - 41 Sqn.

EAST, Louis Frank - P/O - 44631 - RAF - DFM.
Townshend Methodist Chapelyard, Cornwall.
FLETCHER, John - Sgt - 548378 - RAF.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
McKEE, Patrick Percy - Sgt - 911283 - RAFVR.
Abingdon (Our Lady and St.Edmund) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Berkshire.
PHOENIX, Frederick Douglas - Sgt - 971265 - RAFVR.
RIEPENHAUSEN, James Eric - F/Lt - 39127 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire.
SMALL, William Raymond - Sgt - 754430 - RAFVR.
East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex.
These six airmen were crew of Whitley V - N1526 - 10 OTU.

EASTMENT, Richard Samuel - Sgt - 524673 - RAF.
Langton Matravers Church Cemetery, Dorset.
HELLEWELL, Clifford A - Sgt - 935937 - RAF.
Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
HUNT, George William - Sgt - 39922 - RNZAF.
Stradishall (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Suffolk.
RAFTER, Charles William A Haughton - F/O - 41203 - RAF.
Harborne (St.Peter) Churchyard, Warwickshire. ( Joint Grave shared with his brother P/O. William Pearce Haughton RAFTER - 42572 - RAF - 29/11/1940 - Spitfire IIa - P7449 - 603 Sqn).
These four airmen were crew of Wellington I - L7840 - 214 Reserve Flt attached to 150 Sqn.

JOHANNSEN, Heinz - GAF.
RICHTER, Friedrich-Wilhelm - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Alex

[Andy Marden]

FRANCE
MALLON, John Charles (NewZealand) - P/O - 42719 - RAF.
Guines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Blenheim IV - T2036 - 53 Sqn.
[See the 8th. CWGC has 11th but documents show the 8th ?].


Alex,
Further info on P/O Mallon here:
http://aircrewremembered.com/mallon-john-charles.html
It says he was captured wounded, dying of his injuries three days later. Of note is the reference to the CWGC having the date of his death incorrectly recorded as 8 October 1940 (as can be seen in the photo of his grave). The current CWGC entry now says he died on 11 October 1940, so presumably the head stone will now have been amended.
Andy

[Andy Marden]

JOHANNSEN, Heinz - GAF.
RICHTER, Friedrich-Wilhelm - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

Johannsen was in the crew of Do17Z-3 2787/7T+HH of 1./606, which was attacked on a mission to Liverpool. He baled out but was killed. Another crew member baled out and was made POW. The aircraft returned to France.
Richter was in the crew of Do17Z-3 3475/7T+EK of 2./606, shot down at Abersoch by Spitfires of 611 Sqn.

[Alex Smart]

Thanks for the extra information in regards to his death, uunderstand the reason for the difference in dates now ��