401026 - Unaccounted airmen - 26-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

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

AC2 James S. HOWSON - 1355986, and
Cpl John V. PEARCE - 1305999,
both killed on active service.

It's known that Lossiemouth was bombed by the Luftwaffe (2 personnel dead).

Aircraft losses for this day:
Magister I - N3853 - 5 EFTS - crashed; NFD
Magister I - R1850 - 15 EFTS - crashed on take-off Kingstown
Magister I - R1904 - 15 EFTS - crashed on take-off Kingstown
Tiger Moth I - L6920 - 2 EFTS - crashed in forced landing Kinver, near Stourbridge, Worcs.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[paulmcmillan]

Can't find either of them in Scotland

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Paul.
Regards and good weekend,
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Howson,29, and Pearce,31 are both registered at Hammersmith which is a London Borough in S W Central London, bordered on it's S side by the River Thames. They could be Air raid victims.
Regards
Dick
and you have a Good Weekend as well!!

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick and regards from a sunny continent.
Henk.

[Rubrick]

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

AC2 James S. HOWSON - 1355986, and
Cpl John V. PEARCE - 1305999,
both killed on active service.

It's known that Lossiemouth was bombed by the Luftwaffe (2 personnel dead).

Aircraft losses for this day:
Magister I - N3853 - 5 EFTS - crashed; NFD
Magister I - R1850 - 15 EFTS - crashed on take-off Kingstown
Magister I - R1904 - 15 EFTS - crashed on take-off Kingstown
Tiger Moth I - L6920 - 2 EFTS - crashed in forced landing Kinver, near Stourbridge, Worcs.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

The above emboldened crash was flown by my great-uncle John Shirley Bunbury who was injured and spent time in Corbett Hospital in Stourbridge. He made a complete recovery and was killed in action onboard Lancaster R5639 on the night of 17/18 August 1942 along with all of his crew. No trace of his aircraft was ever found.

[dennis_burke]

Thanks for adding to the collection!

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Probate on John Vincent PEARCE shows he died at 15 Shepherds Bush Green Hammersmith.

The Bomb Sight website shows a HE bomb falling on this site in the period 7 October 1940 - 6 June 1941.

The 1939-40 Kelly's Directory of Hammersmith shows that this site was occupied by The Telegraph (Public House).

A check on CWGC shows that there were 9 other casualties that were shown to have died at Telegraph Hotel, Shepherd's Bush Green.

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 James S. HOWSON - 1355986 - the Liverpool Evening Express of November 5th 1940 reported the following:

INSURANCE AGENT'S FATE
News has been received of the death in London as the result of enemy action of Mr. James Howson, aged 27. He joined an anti-aircraft unit a few months ago after five years' service in Southport and Ormskirk with an insurance company.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

William Peascod 945509 , attached to 33 MU , died at RAF Lyneham , of an accidental gun shot wound

[jonheyworth]

Alexander Stevenson 86776 , attached to RAF North Weald , was admitted dangerously ill to RAF Hospital, Halton , on 14 October, where he died of pulmonary tuberculosis

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401026 - Unaccounted Airmen - 26 - 10 - 1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
OWEN, Harry - Air Corporal - 95735 - SAAF.
Johannesburg (Braam Fontein) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Died at the General Hospital, Johannesburg.

UK
HARRAD, Leslie - AC2c - 1301895 - RAFVR.
Exhall ( St.Giles) Churchyard, Warwickshire.
KNIGHT, Norman Frank - AC2c - 1301942 - RAF.
Sittingbourne Cemetery, Kent.
These two airmen were crew of Magister I - R1850 - 15 EFTS.

HOWSON, James Storey - AC2c - 1355986 - RAFVR.
Ingleton Cemetery, Yorkshire.
PEARCE, John Vincent - Cpl - 1305999 - RAFVR.
Bristol (Canford) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
These two airmen were killed during an Air Raid on London.

PEASCOD, William - AC2c - 945509 - RAFVR.
Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Cumberland.
Cause of death?

STEVENSON, Alexander - P/O - 86776 - RAF.
Farnham Civil Cemetery, Surrey.
Cause of death ?

From CWGC -

NETHERLANDS
BROOME,Charles George - P/O - 84688 - RAFVR.
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands.
Wrong....Spitfire Ia - P7301 - PRU.
Correct Serial Hudson N7301 See AIR 81/3947

NORWAY
PERRIN, William Ronald - Sgt - 74777 - RAFVR.
Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery, Norway.
Beaufort I - N1159 - 42 Sqn.

UK
HOLLAND, Oliver Henry Selby - Cpl - 569978 - RAF.
Caerphilly (Penyrheol) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
JONES, Hywel - Sgt - 638275 - RAF.
Holyhead (Maeshyfryd) Church Cemetery, Anglesey.
SLATER, Peter Henderson - P/O - 77920- RAFVR.
Glasgow Crematorium, Glasgow.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - T2233 - 21Sqn.

HOLDER, Robert - Sgt - 391356 - RNZAF.
Bidford-on Avon Burial Ground, Warwickshire.
Hurricane I - R4184 - 151Sqn.

PATTULLO, William Blair - P/O - 43379 - RAF.
North Weald Bassett (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Essex.
Hurricane I - V6804 - 46 Sqn.

BOLTON, William Henry - Sgt - 535103 - RAF.
BROCKLEHURST, Geoffrey Rainford - Sgt - 580180 - RAF.
GADSDON, Victor William - F/Sgt - 523f417 - RAF.
MACRURY, Archie - F/O - 41125 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Beaufort I - L9813 - 42 Sqn.

HUMPHREY, Keith Reginald - Sgt - 741337 - RAFVR.
LOADSMAN, Horace Cecil - Sgt - 740660 - RAFVR.
PALLETT, Denis Isiah - Sgt - 649968 - RAF.
WALTER, Frank Douglas (Cornwall)- Sgt - 635501 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Hampden I - X2971 - 61 Sqn.

DALL, James Mitchell - Sgt - 749342 - RAFVR.
LOVELUCK, James Gwyn - Sgt - 566553 - RAF.
MIDDLETON, George! Leslie - Sgt - 521578 - RAF.
YOUNG, Kenneth Ernest - Sgt - 751187 - RAFVR.
These four airmen were crew of Hampden I - X2990 - 83 Sqn.

SIMPSON, Geoffrey Mervyn (NewZealander) - F/O - 41481 - RAF.
Hurricane I - W6669 - 229 Sqn.

ELCOME, Douglas William - Sgt - 740713 - RAFVR.
Spitfire Ia - R6839 - 602 Sqn.

The fourteen airmen named above are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

BREWSTER, Basil Frederick Aubrey - NA1c - FX.79418 - RN.
CHAMBERS Richard Theodore - Midshipman (A) - HMS Sparrowhawk - RNVR.
These two Naval Airmen rest at Lerwick New Cemetery, Shetland.
LAYCOCK, Peter Bernard - S/Lt(A)- HMS Sparrowhawk - RN.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
These three Naval Airmen were crew of Swordfish - L2794 - 821 Sqn,FAA, RN.

BASTIAN, Walter - GAF.
IMHOLZ, Georg - GAF.
RADLOFF, Eberhard - GAF.
WENIGER, Herman - GAF.
These four German Airmen rest at Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.

STRACK, Oskar - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Cause of death of these five German Airmen ?

Alex

[Andy Marden]

NETHERLANDS
BROOME,Charles George - P/O - 84688 - RAFVR.
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands.
Spitfire Ia - P7301 - PRU.


Alex,
This was a Hudson, as per AIR81/3947: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688045
The other four crew were taken POW.
The correct serial is N7301.
I have amended our database to take out the incorrect links to the Spitfire (with the exception of deleting the POWs, which Jagan will need to do).
Andy

[Andy Marden]

STRACK, Oskar - GAF. Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire. Pilot of Bf109E-7 5928 "white 6" of 1./JG52, shot down over the English Channel.

[Andy Marden]

BASTIAN, Walter - GAF.
IMHOLZ, Georg - GAF.
RADLOFF, Eberhard - GAF.
WENIGER, Herman - GAF.
These four German Airmen rest at Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray.

Crew of He111H-3 6854/1H+BL of 3./KG26, shot down during an attack on RAF Lossiemouth.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

PEASCOD, William - He was serving with No 33 MU when he died at RAF Lyneham as the result of an accidental gun shot wound

STEVENSON, Alexander - He was serving at RAF North Weald when he died in the RAF Hospital, Halton from pulmonary tuberculosis

Malcolm

[Alex Smart]

Hi Andy,
I clicked on the triangle and wrote a message to you. It seems that that triangle is for reporting something and not for a reply .
So many thanks for your details about P/o. C G BROOME, It is most helpful.
Thanks
Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hello Malcolm,
Thank you for the additional information on PEASCOD and STEVENSON.
Alex.