450220 - Unaccounted Airmen - 20-02-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450220 - Unaccounted Airmen - 20-02-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
DAVIDSON, Matthew - AC1c - 1165393 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
GREIG, Daniel - Sgt - 545348 - RAF - Morden Cemetery, Surrey.
SAPSED, Frank George Alexander - LAC - 1438301 - RAFVR - Eastbrookend (Dagenham) Cemetery, Essex.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

FRANCE
SMITH, David Campbell - Sgt ( Pilot) - 1560377 - RAFVR - Longuenesse (St. Omer ) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, france.

UK
DAVIES, Leonard Charles - F/O (Nav) - 162813 - RAFVR - Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Wellington X - LP654 - 105 OTU ].
GOULD, Douglas Richard - F/O (Air Bomber) - 165295 - RAFVR - Ketttering (London Road) Cemetery, Northamptonshire - DoI - [ Lancaster III - NE179 - 1669 HCU ].
LUCK, Robert Frank - Sgt ( WoP(Air) - 1814168 - RAFVR - Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery, Northamptonshire. [ Lancaster I - HK729 - 1669 HCU ].
TAMBLING, William Richard - LAC - 1311989 - RAFVR - Duloe ( St. Cuby ) Churchyard, Cornwall. [ Martinet TT.I - MS690 - 4 APC ].

SINGAPORE
SMART, John Brown - F/O (Pilot ) - 171567 - RAFVR - Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore - [ Liberator VI - KH282 - 358 Sqn] - ( "Though Without Anger" has date as 21st )..

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

FRANCE
SMITH, David Campbell - Sgt ( Pilot) - listed as 84 OTU but perhaps 84 Group.

UK
DAVIDSON, Matthew - AC1 - registered in Chelsea.
GREIG, Daniel - Sgt - registered in Reading.
SAPSED, Frank George Alexander - LAC - registered in Ilford.
DAVIES, Leonard Charles - F/O (Nav) - possibly Wellington X - LP654 - 105 OTU ].
GOULD, Douglas Richard - F/O (Air Bomber) - Lancaster III - NE179 - 1669 HCU ].
LUCK, Robert Frank - Sgt ( WoP(Air) - Lancaster I - HK729 - 1669 HCU ].
TAMBLING, William Richard - LAC - probably Martinet TT.I - MS690 - 4 APC ].

SINGAPORE
SMART, John Brown - F/O (Pilot ) - Liberator VI - KH282 - 358 Sqn
There was also Sgt HAZELWOOD, LEONARD WILLIAM (1584988) and Sgt WISE, JOSEPH RONALD (1587400) lost from 358 Sqn on 20 Feb?

Malcolm

[Litcham_Lad]

Hi

FRANCE
SMITH, David Campbell - Sgt ( Pilot) - listed as 84 OTU but perhaps 84 Group.

Malcolm

From AB Serials SA100-VZ999

Spitfire XVI {TB336} of 84GSU - Flew into hill in poor visibility at Longevilles-Mont-d'Or, Doubs, France - Pilot Sgt DC Smith

dg

[jossleclercq]

Hello

Smith didn't crash in the Doubs département, but in the Pas-de-Calais, in the village of Longueville, halfway between St Omer and Boulogne-sur-Mer. I have the serial number as TB366.

Joss

[jonheyworth]

Frank George Alexander Sapsed 1438301, attached to number 1 PHU , was killed in Audley road, Ilford, Essex, in a V2 rocket explosion

[jonheyworth]

Phillip Melanchon Rowland 942491 was killed in an air raid on Pembroke dock

[jonheyworth]

Stanley O Jones 1530976 , accidentally drowned whilst engaged in river crossing training, his body being recovered at 13:30 Hours on 21 February

[jonheyworth]

Daniel ( DONALD in his records ) Greig 545348 | of HQ Flying Training Command, died in Battle EMS hospital, Reading, of lymphosarcomata with his wife at his bedside