450113 - Unaccounted Airmen - 13-01-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450113 - Unaccounted Airmen - 13-01-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
ALEXANDER, John - Sgt - 622338 - RAF - Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Lancashire.
BEVAN, Kenneth Charles Lansbury - Cpl - 1260287 - RAFVR - Camberwell (Honor Oak) Crematorium, London.
GLASS, Charles - AC2c - 966447 - RAFVR - Aberdeen Crematorium, Aberdeenshire.
KERLEY, Sidney Bertie - Sgt - 548549 - RAF - Carlton Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
LANGSTON, John Kenneth - F/O (Nav/WoP) - 165566 - RAFVR - Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent - [ Anson - MK890 - 60 OTU ].
ROBERTS, George William - Cpl - 962124 - RAFVR - Bucknall (St. Mary) Churchyard, Staffordshire.
SAGGS, Charles Robert Joseph - LAC - 1443759 - RAFVR - Great Torrington Cemetery,Devon.
SMITH, Cyril Ronald - LAC - 1197198 - RAFVR - Chobham (St. Lawrence) Church Cemetery, Surrey.
TRAYNOR, Francis - LAC - 1075271 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

ZIMBABWE
MASON, Ronald James - Cpl (Pilot U/T) - 574499 - RAF - Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery, Zimbabwe - [ Harvard - EX649 (?) - 20 SFTS ].


From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

NETHERLANDS
DRING, Walter - Wng/Cdr (Pilot) - 104424 - D S O , D F C - RAFVR - Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

UK

COCKBURN,James Wilson Blackie - Sgt - 1826591 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
DUNS, James Robert Cockburn - Sgt - 3020033 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
EDNAY, Cyril Frederick - Sgt - 1324548 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
GUNTON, William George - Sgt - 1466472 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
HALL, Roger Willan - F/L - 120472 - RAFVR - Scotforth Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Typhoon Ib - RB210 - 56 OTU].
LOVATT, William Alfred - F/O - 182407 - RAFVR - Coseley (Providence) Baptist Chapelyard, Staffordshire. [ Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
MacKENZIE, Robert - F/L - 132624 - RAFVR - Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery, Edinburgh. DoI [ Mosquito FB.VI - NS996 - 60 OTU ].
MARGRIE, Stanley James - F/O - 165657 - RAFVR - Hornchurch Cemetery, Essex. [ Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
McGRATH, James - F/O - 55225 - RAF - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
MOORE, Oswald Charles - F/S - 1652687 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
RENELT, Eric James - F/O - 164818 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
RUSSELL, John Alexander Campbell - w/O - 1368908 - RAFVR - Edinburgh (Rosebank ) Cemetery, Edinburgh. [ Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
SIMS, Ivor Reginald - F/L - 120223 - RAFVR - Gloucester (Coney Hill) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
STAFFORD, George William - Sgt (Nav) - 643273 - RAFVR - Putney Vale Cemetery & Crematorium, London.
TURNPENNEY, Derek Vernon - F/O - 172929 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
WICKSON, John Allann - F/O - 150147 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
WILLIAMS, Enoch Gwyn-Fryn - Sgt (Nav) - 1582620 - RAFVR - Wolverhampton Borough Cemetery, Staffordshire. [ Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ZIMBABWE
MASON, Ronald James - Cpl (Pilot U/T) - possibly Harvard - EX649 (?) - 20 SFTS ].

NETHERLANDS
DRING, Walter - Wng/Cdr (Pilot) - killed whilst flying in Typhoon IB, MN598 of No 123 Wing, which overturned on landing at airfield A84 after hitting a bank of snow.

UK
ALEXANDER, John - Sgt - He was serving at RAF Wickenby and was probably killed in an explosion in the bomb dump at RAF Wickenby.
BEVAN, Kenneth Charles Lansbury - Cpl - registered in Bromley.
GLASS, Charles - AC2 - not Eng/Wales?.
KERLEY, Sidney Bertie - Sgt - He was serving at RAF Wickenby and was probably killed in an explosion in the bomb dump at RAF Wickenby.
LANGSTON, John Kenneth - F/O (Nav/WoP) - Anson - MK890 - 60 OTU ].
ROBERTS, George William - Cpl - registered in Cheadle.
SAGGS, Charles Robert Joseph - LAC - registered in Surrey S E.
SMITH, Cyril Ronald - LAC - He was serving at RAF Wickenby and was probably killed in an explosion in the bomb dump at RAF Wickenby.
TRAYNOR, Francis - LAC - He was serving at RAF Wickenby and was probably killed in an explosion in the bomb dump at RAF Wickenby.
COCKBURN,James Wilson Blackie - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
DUNS, James Robert Cockburn - Sgt - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
EDNAY, Cyril Frederick - Sgt - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
GUNTON, William George - Sgt - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
HALL, Roger Willan - F/L - probably[ Typhoon Ib - RB210 - 56 OTU].
LOVATT, William Alfred - F/O - Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
MacKENZIE, Robert - F/L - Mosquito FB.VI - NS996 - 60 OTU ].
MARGRIE, Stanley James - F/O - Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
McGRATH, James - F/O - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
MOORE, Oswald Charles - F/S - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
RENELT, Eric James - F/O - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
RUSSELL, John Alexander Campbell - w/O - [ Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].
SIMS, Ivor Reginald - F/L - killed whilst flying in Oxford II, V3769 of No 1 FU, which dived into the ground at Bredon Hill whilst on a GEE exercise.
STAFFORD, George William - Sgt (Nav) - see Sims.
TURNPENNEY, Derek Vernon - F/O - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
WICKSON, John Allann - F/O - probably Catalina IVb - JX423 - 302 FTU ].
WILLIAMS, Enoch Gwyn-Fryn - Sgt (Nav) - Anson I - NK890 - 60 OTU ].

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

GLASS, Charles - Scotland's People's Statutory Deaths states that he died at 4.45pm at Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen, of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. His Profession is listed as 'Ship Cook'.

Regards

Simon

[alclark]

Hall was flying RB210 on an air test, the crash was located by a Tiger Moth after he was declared overdue.

The 60 OTU ORB gives a list of those onboard MK890:

January 13th 1945, “During the early hours, while the night flying programme for the 12th was being carried out, an Anson aircraft MK 890, while on a training flight, crashed. W/O Russell, the pilot, P/O Lovatt, the Navigation Instructor, and the following Navigators under instruction, lost their lives in the accident: P/O’s Margrie, Langston, Tinkess and Sgt E.G. Williams. A Mosquito aircraft (NS 996) failed to return from an exercise carried out as part of the night flying programmes for the 12th. The pilot was F/L Mackenzie and P/O J.G. Faragher was Navigator.”

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Charles Lansbury Bevan 1260287 , a wireless mechanic attached to RAF Biggin Hill , shot himself in the chest with a sten gun at the station . His wife LACW Bevan had asked for a separation that same morning

[jonheyworth]

George William Roberts 962124 , a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death, died of a gastric ulcer having first been admitted dangerously ill to RAF hospital Cosford on 26 June 1944