450111 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-01-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450111 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-01-1945

From Henk's List -

ALGERIA
RENDALL, Ernest Arthur - LAC - 1442604 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim War cemetery, Algeria.

UK
FINNERTY, Francis Joseph B - W/O - 330750 - RAF - Bridlington Cemetery, Yorkshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CANADA
NATAROS, Peter Harry - Radio Officer - RAF Ferry Command - Toronto (Park Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

CYPRUS
CRAMP, John Robins - F/O (Pilot) - 176653 - RAFVR - Nicosia War Cemetery, Cyprus.

EGYPT
BRADY, Joseph Francis - Sgt - 2209174 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
CHRISTIE, James Alexander - Sgt - 1823387 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
COLLINS, Horace Henry - Sgt - 1819361 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
SCOTT, George Alan - F/S - 1401479 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
STOCKLEY, Benjamin Herbert - F/O - 181359 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

INDIA
MEEK, John Alexander - AC1c - 1822112 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

UK
BERTLIN, John Anthony Roden - W/O - 1601599 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
KERSHAW, Frank Beckett - W/O (A/G) - 701962 - RAFVR - Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Moray. [ Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
O'BRIEN, Anthony Aloysius - Sgt (Nav) - 1398553 - RAFVR - Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
STIMPSON, Peter - Sgt (WoP-Air) - 1875441 - RAFVR - Werrington (St. John the Baptist ) Churchyard, Northamptonshire. [ Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
WOODS, Leslie Raymond - Sgt (A/G) - RAFVR - Marlow Cemetery, Buckinghamshire. [ Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi


ALGERIA
RENDALL, Ernest Arthur - LAC - 156 MU.

CYPRUS
CRAMP, John Robins - F/O (Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Defiant II, AA424 of No 79 OTU, which dived into the ground on take off after becoming inverted in a turn.

EGYPT
BRADY, Joseph Francis - Sgt - probably killed whilst flying in Wellington XIII, HZ893 of No 78 OTU, which failed to return from a night navigation exercise.
CHRISTIE, James Alexander - Sgt - see Brady.
COLLINS, Horace Henry - Sgt - see Brady
SCOTT, George Alan - F/S - see Brady
STOCKLEY, Benjamin Herbert - F/O - see Brady

INDIA
MEEK, John Alexander - AC1 - 4 Hill Depot.

UK
FINNERTY, Francis Joseph B - W/O - registered in Midhurst.
BERTLIN, John Anthony Roden - W/O - Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
KERSHAW, Frank Beckett - W/O (A/G) - Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
O'BRIEN, Anthony Aloysius - Sgt (Nav) - Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
STIMPSON, Peter - Sgt (WoP-Air) - Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].
WOODS, Leslie Raymond - Sgt (A/G) - Wellington X - LR140 - 20 OTU ].

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

FINNERTY, Francis Joseph B - W/O - 330750, listed on casualty communique as DOAS.

Martyn

[alieneyes]

CANADA
NATAROS, Peter Harry - Radio Officer - RAF Ferry Command - Toronto (Park Lawn) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

Thanks to Dennis Burke for this one.

https://www.odessitclub.org/reading_room/roukman/letter_9may.htm


Catalina 02915 11 Jan 1945, North Carolina

I noticed this aircraft loss, Catalina 02915 which crashed coming out of Elizabeth City, North Carolina on 11 January 1945 (12th in the book). The appendix in Ocean Bridge lists the crew as Peter Harry Nataros, and he is listed on CWGC website and four Russian airmen, who are not named. Death certs [certificates] for North Carolina and the names of the Russians were:

Lieutenant Afanasie Borodin

H N Chikov

Captain W M Levin

Senior Lieutenant D M Medvedev

Deaths of all five are registered at Nixonton, Pasquotank County. (All deaths dated 11th January) All the Russians are listed as being 'removed' under the field 'buried, cremated, removed'. I wonder is there a Russian cemetery they were buried in somewhere?

[jonheyworth]

George Francis Sanderson 1090500, attached to 306 MU , fell from a Lorain crane and was run over by the rear wheels, dying shortly afterwards

[jonheyworth]

Noel Vernon Roberts 1603544 , a Navigator , was flying in Beaufighter Mk VI NX7955 which took off at 13:24 Hours on 16 February 1944 to attack the Kwingyan - Thazi-Saging- Monywanong railway but failed to return. Reported as a POW in Jaapanese hands, he was taken to Rangoon Jail on 21 December 1944 suffering with severe burns. He was kept in solitary confinement and was unable to feed himself and died of blood poisoning

[jonheyworth]

Ernest Arthur Rendall 1442604 , attached to 156 MU, was dangerously injured at the Stadium Site at RAF Bilda at 18:30 Hours. He was admitted to SSQ where he died at 17:55 Hours the following day of gun shot wounds