450129 - Unaccounted Airmen - 29-01-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450129 - Unaccounted Airmen - 29-01-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
FAULKS, Herbert Henry - LAC - 1231719 - RAFVR - Wrexham Cemetery, Denbighshire.
HOWARD, Malcolm Jones - F/O - 183223 -RAFVR - Aberfan Bryntaf Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
LANCASTER, Percy - LAC - 1660455 - RAFVR - Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
LEE, George - LAC - 1183665 - RAFVR - Tipton Cemetery, Staffordshire.
LOCK, George William- P/O (Pilot) - 190910 - RAFVR - Leytonstone (St. Patrick's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Essex.
RICHINGS, Ernest George - Cpl - 225993 - RAF - Longworth (St. Mary ) Churchyard, Berkshire.
TAYLOR, Maurice Albert - LAC - 1620769 - RAFVR - Northwood Cemetery, Middlesex.
TILSTON, Kenneth Frank - W/O (Nav) - 1503925 - RAFVR - Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
TURNER, Donald Neil - LAC - 1485000 - RAFVR - Stoke-On-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire.
WEETMAN, Thomas - Sgt - 1101692 - RAFVR - Bowdon (St. Mary ) Churchyard, Cheshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

INDIA
CRANE, Alfred John Vaughan - Sgt (Pilot) - 1809343 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

SOUTH AFRICA
GORDON, John Brown - AC2c - 2215657 - RAFVR - Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.

SRI LANKA
HOLMES, Earl Lambert - Sgt - 630013 - RAF - Colombo (Liveramentu ) Cemetery, Sri Lanka.

UK
BAILEY, Roy Charles - Sgt (A/G) - 1877588 - RAFVR - Bradwell (St. Nicholas) Churchyard, Suffolk. [ Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
COOK, Leslie Frederick - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - 1891492 - RAFVR - Willesden new Cemetery, Middlesex. [ Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
CRITTENDEN, Arthur John - Sgt (A/G) - 2235590 - RAFVR - City of London Cemetery & Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex. [ Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
JACKSON, William Ralston - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - 1827115 - RAFVR - Renfrew (Arkleston ) Cemetery, Renfrewshire. [ Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
MARTIN, Jasper - Sgt (A/G) - 1595881 - RAFVR - Castleford (Whitwood) Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Lancaster III - LM308 - 5 LFS ].
MERCER, Albert - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - 2218573 - RAFVR - Southport (Duke Street ) Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Lancaster III - LM308 - 5 LFS ].
SMART, Eric George Wason - Sgt (Air bomber) - 1587792 - RAFVR - Bristol (Canford) Cemetery, Gloucestershire. [ Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

INDIA
CRANE, Alfred John Vaughan - Sgt (Pilot) - RAF Poona.

SOUTH AFRICA
GORDON, John Brown - AC2 - 66 AS.

SRI LANKA
HOLMES, Earl Lambert - Sgt - BHQ Colombo (linked to yesterday's casualty?).

UK
FAULKS, Herbert Henry - LAC - registered in West Cheshire.
HOWARD, Malcolm Jones - F/O - registered in Merthyr Tydfil
LANCASTER, Percy - LAC - registered in Bucklow.
LEE, George - LAC - registered in Dudley.
LOCK, George William- P/O (Pilot) - not Eng/Wales?.
RICHINGS, Ernest George - Cpl - registered in Chippenham.
TAYLOR, Maurice Albert - LAC - possibly killed whilst flying in Anson XI, ML128 of No 84 Grp Comm Sqn, which flew into the ground at Northolt whilst in the circuit.
TILSTON, Kenneth Frank - W/O (Nav) - see Taylor.
TURNER, Donald Neil - LAC - registered in Fylde.
WEETMAN, Thomas - Sgt - registered in Uxbridge.
BAILEY, Roy Charles - Sgt (A/G) - Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
COOK, Leslie Frederick - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
CRITTENDEN, Arthur John - Sgt (A/G) - Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
JACKSON, William Ralston - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].
MARTIN, Jasper - Sgt (A/G) - Lancaster III - LM308 - 5 LFS ].
MERCER, Albert - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - Lancaster III - LM308 - 5 LFS ].
SMART, Eric George Wason - Sgt (Air bomber) - Lancaster III - ND958 - 3 LFS ].

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

LOCK, George William - nothing on Scotland's People. He has an entry on ancestry.co.uk which states that he died "whilst flying in the UK" - not sure whether that means he died in an aircraft crash or not? The National Probate Calendar lists him as LOCKE, and states that he "died on war service."

Regards

Simon

[Martyn A Critchlow]

G W LOCKE - death registered in Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Shown in Flight casualty communique as KOAS.

Martyn

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

That makes Locke and also Weetman as possibles in ML128

Malcolm

[davew]

Gents

I believe the serial for the Anson should read 'NL128'. (ABS)

DaveW

[malcolm_raf]

You are correct Dave,

My typo

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

INDIA
CRANE, Alfred John Vaughan - Sgt (Pilot) - 1809343 - he's included in the Roll of Honour at University College, Durham which records him as being "killed on active service on January 29th 1945 in an air accident in India."

Regards

Simon

[Jagan]

INDIA
CRANE, Alfred John Vaughan - Sgt (Pilot) - 1809343 - he's included in the Roll of Honour at University College, Durham which records him as being "killed on active service on January 29th 1945 in an air accident in India."



Hurricane BN877 of 3 RFU - Spun into ground during aerobatic practice 4m S of Shikrapur (JJ Halley RAF Serials). Shikrapur is on outskirts of Poona/Pune.

[wwrsimon]

Thanks Jagan for the info on Crane, much appreciated.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Malcolm Jones Howard 183223 , attached to Number 10 AGS, died at 12 The Crescent, Merthyr Vale , of a perforated gastric ulcer

[jonheyworth]

Herbert Henry Faulks 1231719 , attached to 48 MU, was killed in a road accident when he was thrown from a 30 CWT Ford Lorry which hit a telegraph pole 400 yards north of Two Mills crossroads on the Sealand to Birkenhead road. The other occupant of the lorry was injured .

[jonheyworth]

Muhammad Hanif 51217 , attached to Number 139 RSU , was found dead in an agricultural well at the 139 RSU Camp

[jonheyworth]

Earl Lambert Holmes 630013 , attached to Number 13 MSU, was injured in an off duty road accident on 28 January and was admitted to the RN Auxiliary hospital at Columbo, where he died of his injuries

Earl Holmes is the last RAF Airman resting in Sri Lanka to be fully accounted for

[jonheyworth]

Ernest George Richings 226993 | attached to Number 7 FIS | was admitted seriously ill to RAF station hospital, Yatesbury on 30 October 1944, where he died of myocarditis

[jonheyworth]

Percy Lancaster 1660455 | attached to Number 1 PHU | was admitted to RAF hospital Wilmslow on 1 January, dying at 02:00 Hours of carcinoma of the head of the pancreas

[jonheyworth]

Donald Neil Turner 1485000 | attached to RAF Weeton | was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Weeton on 22 January, where he died of acute appendicitis

[jonny]

I was just reading the 84 Group Comms Sqn ORB for 29 Jan 1945. It states that Warrant Officer Lock (pilot) and Flight Sergeant Tilston (Nav), along with five of their six passengers, were all killed when their Anson a/c (no serial given) crashed on landing at Northolt. Other than a 'Flt Sgt Miller' who was seriously injured, the other five fatal casualties are not listed by name.
W.O. George William Lock's commission was underway at the time of his death, which is why he is listed as a Plt Off (with s/n 190910) by the CWGC. I am almost sure that this is the same George William Lock who undertook a full tour as a Boston pilot with 88 Sqn in 1943 / 44.

[Andy Marden]

I have tidied the entry for Anson NL128:
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NL128
Looks like we are still missing some of the casualties.