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Alex Smart

11th January 2015, 02:52

Hello

450307 - Unaccounted Airmen - 07-03-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
BUTTOLPH, Basil Owen - LAC - 1255302 - RAFVR - Wymondham Cemetery, Norfolk.
HAWKINS, Sydney Charles - F/O - 152558 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - 235 Sqdn.
LAMBERT, Victor Walter - F/S - 1861818 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG286 - 619 Sqdn ].
MATON, Stanley John James - F/S - 1853269 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG286 - 619 Sqdn ].
STUBBS, Eric - F/O - 153224 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - 235 Sqdn.
YOUNG, Richard Graeme - F/L - 149866 - RAF - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - 248 Sqdn.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

SINGAPORE
WEE CHYE MENG - AC1c - 785563 - RAF - Singapore (Unmaintainable Graves ) Memorial, Singapore.

Alex

68 Sqn

11th January 2015, 06:10

Hi
Mosquito FBVI (RS626) Missing presumed after collision during shipping strike in Skaggerak 7.3.1945
Crew:
Pilot: F/Lt Richard Graeme YOUNG (149866) RAFVR - killed
Navigator: F/O Geoffrey Vernon GOODES DFM (159094) RAFVR - killed

Mosquito FBVI (RF596) Crashed in sea after attack on convoy off Norwegian coast 7.3.1945
Crew:
Pilot: F/O Eric STUBBS (153224) RAFVR - killed
Navigator: F/O Sydney Charles HAWKINS (152558) RAFVR - killed
Regards
Pavel

malcolm_raf

11th January 2015, 10:50

Hi

UK
BUTTOLPH, Basil Owen - LAC - registered in Norwich Outer.
LAMBERT, Victor Walter - F/S - Lancaster I - NG286 - 619 Sqdn ].
MATON, Stanley John James - F/S - Lancaster I - NG286 - 619 Sqdn ].

Malcolm

norfolkjohn

2nd December 2022, 23:02

1255302 LAC Basil Owen Buttolph, from his death certificate: committed suicide "through placing his head on a railway line in front of an approaching train while the balance of his mind was disturbed."

jonheyworth

3rd December 2022, 00:04