450303 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-03-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450303 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-03-1945

From Henk's List -

ALGERIA
CHURCHMAN, George Frederick - F/O(Pilot) - 183372 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria.
DONNELLY, Peter Joseph - F/L(Nav) - 138472 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria.

EGYPT
TUCK, Charles Henry - LAC - 565809 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

ITALY
BRIGGS, William - LAC - 1527593 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
TURNER, Frank - Sgt - 1758161 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
WHYVEL, Newby - Cpl - 1483311 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
WILLIS, Sidney Charles - F/L (Pilot) - 162011 - RAFVR - Bari War Cemetery, Italy.

UK
BLAND, Leonard - F/S - 1357164 - RAFVR - Dunsfold (St. Mary & All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey.
GERMAN, Charles Walter - Cpl - 1426884 - RAFVR - Brompton Cemetery, London.
GODFREY, Stanley Roland Tresco - W/O (Pilot) - 903277 - RAFVR - Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CANADA
JOHNSON, Richard - Sgt - 2227209 - RAFVR - Abbotsford (Hazelwood) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada.

UK
LAW, Donald Forbes - F/O (Pilot) - 150650 - RAFVR - Aberdeen (Springbank) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
LEIGH, Ronald - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - 1804526 - RAFVR - Willesden Jewish Cemetery, Middlesex. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
TRICE, Walter John - F/O (Air Bomber) - 164331 - RAFVR - Barming (St. Margaret) Churchyard, Kent. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
VAN DER ZEE, Edward Raymond - F/O (Pilot) - 173962 - RAFVR - Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
VAUDREY, Harold - Sgt (WoP-Air) - 1132434 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
WEBB, Sidney James - Sgt(A/G) - 2235330 - RAFVR - Nuneaton (Stockingford) Cemetery, Warwickkshire. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
WEDGWOOD, Robert Michael - F/S(Nav/WoP) - 1579367 - RAFVR - Yockleton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Shropshire.
YOUNG, Peter Newman - F/O (Nav) - 164438 - RAFVR - Chelmsford (London Road) Cemetery, Essex. [ Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].

Alex

[wwrsimon]

JOHNSON 2227209 - 5 O.T.U.

He was killed in the crash of an RCAF fuel tanker which he and another RAF Sergeant had 'borrowed' on their way back from the Sergeants' Mess. The vehicle rolled into a ditch at Langley Prairie, and Johnson was killed outright, the other man being pinned underneath the vehicle. He was rescued by local residents.

Info courtesy of Michael DesMazes, and a post on www.genforum.genealogy.com (http://www.genforum.genealogy.com).

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

ALGERIA - CHURCHMAN & DONNELLY.

3-3-1945
No.144 MU
Mosquito NF.XIX TA139

Crashed on take-off, Maison Blanche, Algeria.

183372 F/O (Pilot) George Frederick CHURCHMAN RAFVR +
138472 F/L (Nav.) Peter Joseph DONNELLY RAFVR +

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
TUCK, Charles Henry - LAC - 168 MU.

ITALY
BRIGGS, William - LAC - killed whilst flying in Hudson V, AM817 of No 4 PTS, which crashed near Gioia after stalling in a turn.
TURNER, Frank - Sgt - see Briggs.
WHYVEL, Newby - Cpl - see Briggs.
WILLIS, Sidney Charles - F/L (Pilot) - see Briggs.

UK
BLAND, Leonard - F/S - registered in Surrey S W.
GERMAN, Charles Walter - Cpl - registered in Chelsea.
GODFREY, Stanley Roland Tresco - W/O (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, V4260 of 1520 Flt, which dived into the ground near Brampton in Lincolnshire.
LAW, Donald Forbes - F/O (Pilot) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
LEIGH, Ronald - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
TRICE, Walter John - F/O (Air Bomber) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
VAN DER ZEE, Edward Raymond - F/O (Pilot) - killed whilst flying in Spitfire VB, BM645 of No 53 OTU, which crashed near Hibaldstow during a night flight.
VAUDREY, Harold - Sgt (WoP-Air) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
WEBB, Sidney James - Sgt(A/G) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].
WEDGWOOD, Robert Michael - F/S(Nav/WoP) - not Eng/Wales?.
YOUNG, Peter Newman - F/O (Nav) - Lancaster I - ME781 - 1651 HCU ].

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

WEDGWOOD, Robert Michael - Statutory Deaths on Scotland's People lists his death as "died due to war operations - aircraft crash" and the location as "in the sea off Lamberton". Lamberton is in Berwickshire.

The next entry is F/O Frank Ernest LARKMAN, J/42709 R.C.A.F., aged 20. Details for his death are the same.

Both lost in Beaufighter VIf KV976 of 54 O.T.U. - Larkman as (trainee?) Navigator, and Wedgwood as Instructor. Two other crew, both pilots, survived:

http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/04101.php

There are further details in "Dinghy Drop" by Tom Docherty, page 174.

Regards

Simon

[Merrille]

I apologise if this enquiry is out of place, never done this before. Hudson V AM817 of 4PTS and its crew above, downed in Italy, Pilot S C Willis is my great uncle, can you please tell me anything about him, why would they have been out there and is PTS really Parachute Training School? Been looking for years.
Thank you so much.
Merrille.

[downie1944]

I apologise if this enquiry is out of place, never done this before. Hudson V AM817 of 4PTS and its crew above, downed in Italy, Pilot S C Willis is my great uncle, can you please tell me anything about him, why would they have been out there and is PTS really Parachute Training School? Been looking for years.
Thank you so much.
Merrille.

Hi Merrille
i was reading the war diaries for Gioia earlier this week and came across a report about a plane that crashed shortly after the first 2 parachutist's had jumped.
I will have another look but i think it killed all the crew and occupants of the plane including Hugh Hayden (Raiding Support Regiment).

I have also just read the post below. http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-555922.html

According to my records Hugh Hayden was on course number 25 which commenced around 28/10/1944 so i wonder why he was at Gioia 3/3/45? Maybe he was injured or sick on original course and had to go back . What ever happened it was very bad luck for all of them.

[jonheyworth]

William John Reid 1529974 , died in Number 13 General hospital of chronic nephritis and acute exacerbation . The Chris Hobson entry is an irrelevance

[jonheyworth]

Charles Henry Tuck 565809, was found unconscious in a Cairo street by an RAF Officer having been hit by a tram around 23:15 hours. Both legs were badly damaged and were amputated in the number 15 Scottish general hospital at 03:30 hours , but he died of shock at 06:15 hours

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Charles Leonard 3025068 , was killed when Hudson AM 817 crashed 5 miles North West of Giora at 09:15 hours

[jonheyworth]

Charles Simmons 1253692 , was taken seriously ill on 20 January and admitted to Number 107 Australian General hospital where he died of mycloid pneumonia

[jonheyworth]

Leonard Bland 1357164 | attached to 43 Base, Driffield | died in St. Thomas hospital, Godalming, at 05:00 Hours of aleukaemia

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Stewart Magenis 1269063 | was shot down in Wellington BJ831 together with Basil Henry Glasse 777859.

He was reported wounded as a POW by the IRCC ON 25 august 1942. Promoted to temporary F/ SGT on 16 May 1943 and temporarily W/O on 16 May 1944, information was received from the Reverend J.R. Bamber, senior chaplain of Stalag iXC, that W/O Magenis died as a result of dysentery acquired on the March out of Silesia and that he was buried in 6 March in Statroda churchyard, Thuringia