450118 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-01-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450118 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-01-1945

From Henk's List -

NETHERLANDS
BACON, Harold George - Cpl - 1420644 - RAFVR - Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

ISRAEL
GRONOUS, Peter Frederic - Sgt - 1583717 - Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine.
HAMILTON, William Paul - F/S (Pilot) - 1670800 - RAFVR - Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine.
JOHNSTONE, Charles Andrew - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - 1822198 - RAFVR - Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine.
PYRAH, Alfred Harry - Sgt - 1697168 - RAFVR - Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine.

UK
CLARK, Harry Raymond - AC2c - 2250441 - RAFVR - Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
NICHOLL, John - Cpl - 878038 - RAF(Auxiliary Air Force) - Ahoghill (Trinity) Presbyterian Churchyard, County Antrim.
PIERCE, Leslie - LAC - 1002119 -RAFVR - Stockport Crematorium, Cheshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
BURTON, Harry - Sgt - 1896728 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
GRUNDEY, Harold Croft - F/O - 178493 - D F M - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
HALL, Stanley - F/S - 656404 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
HATCHER, Frederick Charles - F/S - 1312534 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
KELLAWAY, Courtenay Charles - Sgt - 1412084 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
McDONNELL, Gerard Michael - Sgt - 1795680 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
McNICOL, Gerard Charles - Sgt - 1572638 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
PENN, Leslie Norman - Sgt - 1895663 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
WILSON, Robert - Sgt - 1896245 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

SOUTH AFRICA
CLARK, Robert Lindsay - P/O - 181772 - RAFVR - Thaba Tshwane (New) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa. [ Hurricane - 5338 - 11 OTU ].
JONES, Alan Theodore Rance - Sgt - 1892526 - RAFVR - Thaba Tshwane (New) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa. [ Hurricane - 5349 - 11 OTU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

NETHERLANDS
BACON, Harold George - Cpl - not in GRO lists.

ISRAEL
GRONOUS, Peter Frederic - Sgt - possibly killed whilst flying in Wellington X, LN375 of No 77 OTU, which flew into the ground at El Lubban in Palestine whilst flying in cloud.
HAMILTON, William Paul - F/S (Pilot) - see Gronous.
JOHNSTONE, Charles Andrew - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - see Gronous.
PYRAH, Alfred Harry - Sgt - see Gronous.

UK
CLARK, Harry Raymond - AC2 - registered in Swindon (RAF Hospital Wroughton?)
NICHOLL, John - Cpl - not Eng/Wales?.
PIERCE, Leslie - LAC - registered in Stockport.

EGYPT
BURTON, Harry - Sgt - possibly killed whilst flying in Wellington X, MF679 of No 77 OTU, which crashed in the desert 60 miles from Ismailia after a fire broke out in the air.
GRUNDEY, Harold Croft - F/O - see Burton.
HALL, Stanley - F/S - see Burton.
HATCHER, Frederick Charles - F/S - see Burton.
KELLAWAY, Courtenay Charles - Sgt - see Burton.
McDONNELL, Gerard Michael - Sgt - see Burton.
McNICOL, Gerard Charles - Sgt - see Burton.
PENN, Leslie Norman - Sgt - see Burton.
WILSON, Robert - Sgt - see Burton

SOUTH AFRICA
CLARK, Robert Lindsay - P/O - Hurricane - 5338 - 11 OTU ].
JONES, Alan Theodore Rance - Sgt - Hurricane - 5349 - 11 OTU ].

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

John Nicholl 873038, a medically discharged airman, died in Dalriada Hospital, Ballycastle of pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Harold George Bacon 1420644 , attached to Number 132 Wing , died in Number 8 RAF Hospital of a combination of acute pulmonary oedema, bronchitis, myocardial degeneration and coronary atheroma

[jonheyworth]

Harry Raymond Clark 2250441 | attached to 3 MU | was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Wroughton on 9 January, where he died of tuberculosis meningitis