401013 - Unaccounted airmen - 13-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

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

AC1 John R.L. EDWARDS - 935446 - killed on active service, and
AC2 Frederick W. WIGGINS - 1156226 - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Battle I - K9347 - 4 BGS - crashed in forced landing near West Freugh
Blenheim I - L6805 - FIU - crashed in forced landing Lancing College, Sussex
Tutor I - K4806 - CFS - crashed in forced landing Chittoe, 3 miles NE of Melksham, Wilts.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

No deaths on the Blenheim

A

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Edwards,22, is registered at King's Lynn in Norfolk, Wiggins,27, is registered at Paddington W Central London ? air raid victim. Paddington contains the main railway station for trains to the W of England and S Wales
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

A never ending story, and we just are working mid October 1940 !
Thanks friends for your support.
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC1 John R.L. EDWARDS - 935446 - the Graves Registration report records him as being with 6 O.T.U.

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

Edwards - He was possibly killed whilst flying Master I, N7962 of No 56 OTU, which crashed at Wisbech after stalling. 6 OTU was renumbered 56 OTU.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Wiggins 1156226 , attached to 13 SOTT , was killed in an air raid as presumed on the database

[Alex Smart]

Hello

401013 - Unaccounted Airmen - 13-10-1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
DELKIN, John Joseph - Air Mechanic - 47998 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Died in a Military Hospital, cause of death ?

UK
BLITZ, Morris - AC2c - 1155501 - RAFVR - 41 Sqn.
Enfield (Adath Yisroel) Cemetery, Middlesex.
Killed in an Air Raid, his parents and his wife were also killed in the same incident.

BRIGHTON, Albert Edward - C2c - 518563 - RAF - 42 Sqn.
Wisbech and St Mary (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.
Died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, cause of death being Cerebral Haemorrhage following an accident.

DUNN, Peter McIntosh - AC1c - 817115 - RAF (AAF).
Aberdeen (St.Peter's) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire.
Died in an ambulance of multiple injuries following aroad accident.

EDWARDS, John Richard - AC1c - 935446 - RAFVR.
Shrewsbury General Cemetery, Shropshire.
Master I - N7962 - 6 OTU.

WIGGINS, Frederick William - AC2c - 1156226 - RAFVR.
Theale ( Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Berkshire.
Died in an Air Raid. As presumed inches database.

From CWGC -

ERITREA
COCKAYNE, George Angus - P/O - 41779 - RAF.
FERRIS, Trevor Ascott - Sgt - 566370 - RAF.
READER, Robert William - Sgt - 548764 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim I - L8502 - 45 Sqn.

MEADOWS, Albert Alfred - Sgt - 612422 - RAF.
ROBERTS, Laurence Stewart - P/O - 7576 - RAFVR.
RYLES, Eric Bromley - Sgt - 581161 - RAF.
WOODROFFE, Gordon Cyril Butler - F/O - 39837 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Blenheim I - L8463 - 45 Sqn.

The seven airmen named above are all at rest at Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea.

UK
THOMPSON, Stanley John (Northern Ireland) - P/O - 86402 - RAFVR.
Sutton Bridge (St, Matthew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
Master I - N7962 - 6 OTU.

DENNING, Randolph Frederick - Sgt - 652740 - RAF.
DOUGLAS, Charles Harold - Sgt - 391346 - RNZAF.
KELLER, William Edmund Nor - F/O - 41296 - RAF.
MATTICK, Arthur Reginald - Sgt - 580787 - RAF.
SHUTTLEWORTH, Bernard - Sgt - 627701 - RAF.
WRIGHT, Albert - Sgt - 746763 - RAFVR.
These six airmen are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They were crew of Wellington Ic - P9243 - 99 Sqn.

PATTISON, Kenneth Clifton - Sgt - 742457 - RAFVR.
Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
Spitfire Ia - P7323 - 611 Sqn.

EGIERSKI, Tadeusz - Kapral ( Sgt) - P/780231 - PAF - KW, ML.
GEBICKI,Jan - Kapitan ( F/O) - P/76605 - PAF - KW, ML.
MORAWA, Edward - Starszy Sierzant (Sgt/Observer) - P/780113 - PAF - KW, ML.
These three Polish Airmen rest at Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
They were crew of Battle I - L5499 - 300 Sqn.

JACKSON, Arthur - AC2c - 1050666 - RAFVR.
Mexborough Cemetery, Yorkshire.

SLY, Oswald Kenneth - Sgt - 759093 - RAFVR.
STEVENS, Robert Edward - Sgt - 42992 - RAFVR.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

The three airmen named above were crew of Blenheim I - L6637 - 29 Sqn.

Alex

[RecklessRat]

Hi Paul


SOUTH AFRICA
DELKIN, John Joseph - Air Mechanic - 47998 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Died in a Military Hospital, cause of death ?

I can't help with cause of death, but it seems that there is some variation in his name. Born in Italy as Guiseppe Giovanni Delchin, by Feb 1930 he was known as Joseph John Delkin (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7B-H39L-F?cc=2573604), and the same when married in 1938 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV4-YS3G-9?cc=2821281). His Death Notice however is clearly John Josef Delkin (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSV-Q9FP-W?i=1243&cc=2520237&cat=188051) as informed by his wife, so he may have changed the usage of his names. This may help others to track him down.

Regards,

Jeff