401014 - Unaccounted airman - 14-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what was the place of death registration for:

AC2 Albert C. POTTIER - 1359646 - killed on active service.

A possible aircraft could be:
Anson I - N5118 - 4 AONS - flew into ground North Kilworth, Leics.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
This could be a sad one as Pottier,29, is registered in Hackney in E London but there are also registrations for an Ethel Pottier,31, and Valerie, 1, so he might have been caught at home on leave and with his family. Ethel's entry on CWGC says she was Albert's wife and he was killed in the same incident at Holly St., Hackney
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

This really is a sad story; so many innocent people killed. And it will never end............... Yesterday there was a ceremony held in Holland and the 4-Star General Van Uhm became Chief Defence Staff of the Netherlands Forces. Last night his son Lt Van Uhm was killed in Afghanistan by a verge bomb and also a Corporal; two severely injured in their open Mercedes jeep returning from a patrol; the fourth vehicle in the column after three other armed vehicles had passed the spot.
We will remember them !
Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Charles Francis Pickering 13656 , attached to Number 2 SOAN, died of an internal haemorrhage in the RAMC hospital, Whitchurch , Cardiff

[jonheyworth]

George Ernest Wadey 1326426 , attached to Number 1 SOTT, was taken dangerously ill with lobar pneumonia on 27 September and admitted to Princess Mary's RAF hospital, Halton . He was transferred to the Airmen's convalescent depot at Blackpool, but relapsed and was admitted to RAF hospital, Kirkham where he died

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401014 - Unaccounted Airmen - 14-10-1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
DRENNAN, Thomas Harry - F/Sgt - 507735 - RAF - HMS Eagle.
Cape Town ( Plumstead)Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.
Died a Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town of fractured skull injury following a fall over a staircase.

UK

PICKERING, Charles Francis - Lac - 13656 - RAF.
St.Pancras Cemetery, Middlesex.
Cause of death ?

POTTIER, Albert Charles - AC2c - 1359646 - RAFVR.
Abney Park Cemetery, London.
Killed in an Air Raid at home on leave, his parents, wife and child were also killed in the same event.

WADEY, George Ernest - AC2c - 1326426 - RAFVR.
Kirkham (St.Michael) Churchyard and Extension, Lanarkshire.
Cause of death ?

TOMLINSON, Paul - Lac - 567844 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Drowned in the river Thames.

From CWGC -

GERMANY
BALDWIN, Jack - Sgt - 625671 - RAF - DFM.
BURT, Leonard John - Sgt - 566634 - RAF.
CARRELL, Ronald Mark - P/O - 75687 - RAFVR.
These three airmen rest at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.
They were crew of Hampden I - X2910 - 44 Sqn.

UK
CASWELL, James John - Sgt - 5813754 - RAF.
Birkdale Cemetery, Lancashire.
COONEY, Kenneth - P/O - 81678 - RAFVR.
Hither Green Cemetery, London
DAVIES, Edward - Sgt - 553877 - RAF.
Coventry (London Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
HENRY, Bert Llewellyn - Sgt - 551737 - RAF.
South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Durham.
WRIGHT, Dennis Raymond - Sgt - 741930 - RAFVR.
Ilkeston (Park) Cemetery, Derbyshire.
These five airmen were crew of Whitley V - P4993 - 10 Sqn.

HOPE, Ralph - F/O - 90257 - RAF.
Woking (St.John's) Crematorium, Surrey.
Hurricane I - P3107 - 605 Sqn.

ACHESON, James Glasgow Irwin - F/O - 74322 - RAFVR.
FARLOWE, James Thomas - Sgt - 755909 - RAFVR.
GARSTIN, Richard Elleker (County Londonderry) - Sgt - 616246 - RAFVR.
LASCELLES, John Richard Hastings - F/O - 41030 - RAF.
They were crew of Hudson I - N7362 - 206 Sqn.

HANKS, Robert Archibald - P/O - 42706 - RAF.
PURT, John Walter - Sgt - 553164 - RAF.
ROWLEY, Louis Percy - F/Lt - 27146 - RAF - MiD.
WILKS, John Jackson - Sgt - 524023 - RAF.
They were crew of Hudson I - T9343 - 233 Sqn.

OGILVY, Alister Smith - Sgt - 754920 - RAFVR.
WALKER, Bernard - Sgt - 581250 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - R3671 - 139 Sqn.
The above ten airmen are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

NEILL, David - Sgt - 976437 - RAF.
Blairgowrie Cemetery, Perthshire.
Blenheim IV - R3671 - 139 Sqn.

ZIMBABWE
HOOLEY, Donald James - Sgt - 742512 - RAFVR.
Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.
Harvard I - P5943 - 20 SFTS.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

PICKERING, Charles Francis - He was serving with No 2 School of Air Navigation at Cranage when he died from an internal haemorrhage in the RAMC Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff.

WADEY, George Ernest - He was serving with No 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton and was admitted to RAF Hospital, Kirkham whilst recuperating in the Airmen's Convalescent Depot at Blackpool, where he died from lobar pneumonia.

Malcolm