401023 - Unaccounted airmen - 23-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

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

F/Lt (Pilot) Thomas M.B. NEWTON - 78557 - not found in Flight archives, and
P/O Frederick E. STRONGE - 79997 - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft loss:

Anson I - N5245 - 6 AONS - hit balloon barrage Southampton.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

P/O Frederick E. STRONGE was 33 when he died. Death registered at Hendon.
F/Lt (Pilot) Thomas M.B. NEWTON was 44 when he died. Death registered at Ampthill.
Regards
Andy

[brian]

Hi Henk

For what it's worth, I have a note that one person was killed when the Anson collided with the balloon cable, but no actual name.

Cheers
Brian

[wwrsimon]

Hello

F/Lt (Pilot) Thomas M.B. NEWTON - 78557 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Cranfield Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire.

Regards

Simon

[dennis_burke]

For the record I suppose, AIr81 search shows
Sergeant J Krawczyk (Polish), Leading Aircraftman W C Clarke, Leading Aircraftman A E Day: injured; aircraft accident, Anson N5245, 6 Air Observer Navigation School, 23 October 1940

And T M B Newton is listed on CWGC burial return as being posted to 14 FTS

[jonheyworth]

Ronald Gooch 621801 , attached to 16 OTU , died when he fell from a moving lorry

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401023 - Unaccounted Airmen - 23 -10 -1940

From Henk's List -

UK
DONKIN, Harold - Lac - 632880 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
Kirkstall (St.Stephen) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Injured during an Air Raid on the 15th August and died of wounds this day.

ELSON, Arthur John - AC1c - 974223 - RAFVR.
Acton (St.Mary) Churchyard, Cheshire.
Died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

GOOCH, Ronald - Lac - 621801 - RAF.
Rochford (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Essex.
Died following a fall from a moving Lorry.

LOCK, Owen Reginald- AC1c - 941709 - RAFVR - 77 Sqn.
Brotton Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Killed in a motor-cycle accident in Darlington.

NEWTON, Thomas Meade Bertram - F/Lt - 78557 - RAFVR - 14 FTS.
Cranfield (SS. Peter and Paul) Churchyard, Bedfordshire.
Died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

WIFFEN, Edward - Lac - 571765 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
Horden ( Thorpe Road) Cemetery, Durham.
Killed in a motor-cycle accident in Darlington.

From CWGC -

KENYA
McDONALD, Alastair - 2Lt - 202943 - SAAF.
Nanyuki War Cemetery, Kenya.
Gladiator II - N5826 - 1 SAAF.

UK
BERRY, Alfred - W/O - 286793 - RAF.
WYNNE - HARLEY, Walter John ( New Zealander) - Lac - 515208 - RAF.
RUDLING, Leslie Donald - Lac - 524247 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Mill Hill Cemetery, Middlesex.

BLOUNT, Charles Hubert Boulby - AVM - RAF - BEM, MC.
Essendon (St.Mary) Churchyard, Herefordshire.

GRANT, George (Canadian) - P/O - 82108 - RAFVR.
Heathfield (All Saints) Churchyard, Sussex.

JEFFRIES, Edward Charles Norman - F/Lt - 15076 - RAF (AAF).
Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, London.

LEDLIE, William - F/O - 72691 - RAFVR.
Loughbrickland Presbyterian Churchyard, County Down, UK.

MATHIAS, Thomas Gwyn James - Lt(E) - HMS President - RN.
Pembroke Dock (Llanion) Cemetery, Pembrokeshire.

ROBERTSON, Alexander Hamilton Knighton - Cpl - 550872 - RAF.
Bournemouth (Wimborne Road) Cemetery, Hampshire.

STRONG, Frederick Eustace - P/O - 79997 - RAFVR.
Donaghadee Church of Ireland, County Down, UK.

TOOLE, Michael Joseph - Lt/Cdr - HMS Osprey - RN.
Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent.

The eleven airmen named above were all aboard DH 95 Hertfordshire - R2510 - 24 Sqn.

DAVIES, Ian Forbes - F/O - 76384 - RAFVR.
SHAW, Reginald Trevor - F/O - 43345 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Little Rissington (St.Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
They were crew of Proctor I - P6274 - 8 MU.

DISMORE, William Alfred - Sgt - 652610 - RAF.
Ilford (Buckingham Road) Cemetery, Essex.
Blenheim IV - L8871 - 13 OTU.

GREEN, Cyril Sidney Garrick - Sgt - 7477715 - RAFVR.
Evesham (Bengeworth ) Cemetery, Worcestershire.
Whitley V - T4171 - 58 Sqn.

HURST, Peter Richard Scott - P/O - 41421 - RAF.
Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Blenheim I - L1272 - 600 Sqn.

McMASTER, James - Sgt - 552682 - RAF.
Belfast City Cemetery, County Antrim, UK.
Battle I - P6601 - 226 Sqn.

O'FLAHERTY, Derrick Edward - Sgt - 745075 - RAFVR.
Cockernhoe (St.Hugh) Churchyard, Offley, Hertfordshire.
Blenheim I - L1106 - 2 OTU.

BRAGG, Gerald Arthur - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RN.
MEYER, John Haycroft - S/Lt(A) - HMS Condor - RN.
These two Naval Airmen both rest at Arbroath Western Cemetery, Angus.
They were crew of Swordfish - K8437 - 767 Sqn FAA, RN.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

WIFFEN, Edward - Lac - 571765 - RAF - 77 Sqn.
Horden ( Thorpe Road) Cemetery, Durham.
Killed in a motor-cycle accident in Darlington.

The Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 on ancestry.co.uk has "Killed in a motor cycle accident at Blackmore Corner, Darlington."

However he's recorded as "on the casualty list for Driffield Airfield bombed by Luftwaffe 15/08/1940" on the IBCC website?

https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/230318/

His death, however, is registered at Northallerton, which clearly isn't Driffield, nor indeed Darlington? Perhaps he was taken to Northallerton Hospital?

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

KENYA.
McDONALD, Alastair -2Lt - 202943 - SAAF.
Nanyuki War Cemetery, Kenya.
Gladiator II - N5826 - 1 SAAF.

McDonald was a member of No.2 SAAF Sqdn - Flying Cheetahs

SAAF fighter strength had been weakened when 2/Lt A. McDonald of 2 SAAF Squadron crashed to his death at Nanyuki during a training flight in a Gladiator on 23 October (1940).

See:
Dust Clouds In The Middle East.
Shores,Christopher.
London:Grub Street,1996
p.71.

and ...

McDONALD, 2/Lt Alistair P202943V. Permanent Force - SA Military College: Course 425G. Wings 25.4.40. 2 Sqdn 10.40 - 23.10.40 KIFA. Nanyuki, Row F, Grave 4.

See:
Springbok Fighter Victory - Volume 1 - East Africa - 1940 - 1941.
Schoeman,Michael.
Nelspruit:Freeworld Publications,2002.
p.167.

See also: http://key.aero/article/flying-cheetahs.

col.

[Alex Smart]

Hello Col,
I thought that I was sending you a quick thank you but may have reported you by mistake ��
I Don't know what happens next but please accept my apologies.
Alex