450202 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 02-02-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450202 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 02-02-1945

From Henk's List -

WAAF
O'CONNOR, Nora - ACW1 - 2069297 - WAAF -Plymouth (Weston Hill) Cemetery, Devon. [ Died of natural causes ].

UK
ROCKS, William James Laird - Ac1c - 1560575 - RAFVR - Glasgow (St. Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Glasgow.

SIERRA LEONE
RUTHERFORD, John Mason - Sqn/Ldr (Admin) - C2870 -RCAF - Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone. [ Died from multiple injuries received from a shark attack whilst bathing with an organized bathing party ].

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

INDIA
PRITCHARD, Bethuel John - LAC - 1314677 - RAFVR - Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India.

NETHERLANDS
GORDON, John Black - F/L (Pilot) - 48447 - RAF - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. [ Spitfire LF.XI - MJ735 - 1401 Met Flt / 34 Recce Wng ].

SRI LANKA
NAYLOR, William - Cpl - 1379920 - RAFVR - Colombo (Liveramentu) Cemetery, Sri Lanka.
O'NEIL, James - LAC - 1871609 - RAFVR - Colombo (Liveramentu) Cemetery, Sri Lanka.

UK
HUCKLE, Norman Thomas - W/O (Pilot) - 1338107 - RAFVR - Willesden New Cemetery, Middlesex. [ apparent mid air collision with Hurricane PG472 ].
HUMBLESTONE, Stanley - F/O - 152852 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. [ Mosquito FB.VI - RS520 - NFDW ].
SWAN, Robert - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - 1596538 - RAFVR - Rotherham (Moorgate) Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Lancaster I - HK610 - 90 Sqn ].
TAYLOR, Thomas Stanley - F/S (Pilot) - 1622146 - RAFVR - Scarborough (Woodlands) Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ apparent mid air collision with Hurricane PZ848 ].
WAKEHAM, Frederick Cecil Anniss - Sgt - 247018 - RAF - Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon. [ Died of a heart attack ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

SIERRA LEONE
RUTHERFORD, John Mason - Sqn/Ldr (Admin) - Died from multiple injuries received from a shark attack whilst bathing with an organized bathing party ].

INDIA
PRITCHARD, Bethuel John - LAC - 221 Grp Comm Sqn.

SRI LANKA
NAYLOR, William - Cpl - 13 MSU.
O'NEIL, James - LAC - RAF Ratmalana.

UK

O'CONNOR, Nora - ACW1 - registered in Totnes.
ROCKS, William James Laird - Ac1 - not Eng/Wales?.
HUCKLE, Norman Thomas - W/O (Pilot) - apparent mid air collision with Hurricane PG472 - registered in Bolton].
HUMBLESTONE, Stanley - F/O - Mosquito FB.VI - RS520 - NFDW ].
SWAN, Robert - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - Lancaster I - HK610 - 90 Sqn ].
TAYLOR, Thomas Stanley - F/S (Pilot) - registered in Horwich
WAKEHAM, Frederick Cecil Anniss - Sgt - registered in Plymouth.

Malcolm

[davew]

Huckle's aircraft was PZ848.

DaveW

[malcolm_raf]

The two aircraft must have come down in separate registration districts which are close together

Malcolm

[alclark]

The two aircraft, PG472 & PZ848 came down about 1 mile apart, and yes they are on opposite side of district boundaries. PG472 came down on Whimberry Hill in Turton, which was transferred to Horwich in 1935 and PZ848 is in Smithills. See http://laituk.org/Hurricane%20PG472.htm and http://laituk.org/Hurricane%20PZ848.htm

[jonheyworth]

Bethuel John Pritchard 1314677, attached to Number 221 Group communications flight, Died in the Combined military hospital, Calcutta of cereberal malaria

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Harold Skinner 85652 , attached to 47 Squadron ( NOT 57 ) and Harold Francis Laing,

Went missing in Beaufighter B ( 26395 0r 25395 ? ) which was lost on a patrol over Hedo

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Harold Skinner 85652 , was lost in Beaufighter LX 859

[jonheyworth]

William Naylor 1379920 ,attached to Number 13 MSU torpedo , accidently drowned off duty in the sea off Bamalawitiya at 13:05 Hours

[jonheyworth]

Nora O’Connor 2059297 | a medically discharged Airwoman at the time of her death, died at Didworthy, Totnes, of pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis meningitis

This information was obtained via the purchase of a GRO death certificate kindly sponsored by Dorothy Heyworth as there was no other record available