450309 - Unaccounted Airmen - 09-03-1945

[alclark]

As has already been listed the following is given in the No.12 (P)AFU ORB for Halifax NA317 (they were the unit which dealt with the casualties):

March 9th 1945, “The following personnel were all fatally injured when Halifax aircraft NE317 T-OG crashed half a mile north of Abbot’s Bromley:- J43529 F/O J.W. Cairns, 1332611 W/O Hemmings A.G., 987012 W/O Millard, K. 1275699 Sgt Richman, P., 1821484 Sgt Forbes, J. 1596611 Sgt Dinsdale, G. (Parent Unit – RAF Station, Tilstock Salop)”

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450309 - Unaccounted Airmen - 09-03-1945

From Henk's List -

BANGLADESH
VARGHESE, C C (Indian) - AC2c - 37231 - RIAF - Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh.

EGYPT
WICKS, John - LAC - 1017323 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

UK
CRIBB, Anthony Campbell - Cpl - 944695 - RAFVR - Harrogate (Stonefall ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
JOHNSON, James Paul - LAC - 1477086 - RAFVR - Swadlincote District (Church Gresley) Cemetery, Derbyshire.
MANSFIELD, William - Cpl - 1326666 - RAFVR - Pembroke (St. Daniel ) Churchyard, Pembrokeshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

UK
DINSDALE, George - Sgt (Flt/Engr) - 1596611 - RAFVR - Pateley Bridge Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Halifax VII - NA317 - 1665 HCU ].
EDWARDS, Alan Reginald - F/S (Pilot) - 1339063 - RAFVR - Repton (St. Wystan ) Churchyard, Derbyshire. [ Tiger Moth II- DE473 - 16 EFTS ].
FORBES, James - Sgt (A/G) - 1821484 - RAFVR - Aberdeen (Grove) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire. [ Halifax VII - NA317 - 1665 HCU ].
HEMMINGS, Alexander George - P/O (Pilot) - 191881 - RAFVR - Willian (All saints) Churchyard, Hertfordshire. [ Halifax VII - NA317 - 1665 HCU ].
KEAY, Alan John McLaren - AC2c - 305234 - RAFVR - Repton (St. Wystan ) Churchyard, Derbyshire. [ Tiger Moth II- DE473 - 16 EFTS ].
MILLARD, Kenneth - P/O (Nav) - 191418 - RAFVR - Sheffield (Abbey Lane ) Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Halifax VII - NA317 - 1665 HCU ].
RICHMAN, Peter - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - 1275699 - RAFVR - Stafford Cemetery, Staffordshire. [ Halifax VII - NA317 - 1665 HCU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
WICKS, John - LAC - 3 MTBD.

UK
CRIBB, Anthony Campbell - Cpl - registered in Surrey S W.
JOHNSON, James Paul - LAC - registered in Lichfield.
MANSFIELD, William - Cpl - not Eng/Wales?.
EDWARDS, Alan Reginald - F/S (Pilot) - Tiger Moth II- DE473 - 16 EFTS ].
KEAY, Alan John McLaren - AC2 -Tiger Moth II- DE473 - 16 EFTS ].

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

MANSFIELD, William - Cpl - 1326666 - he's on the National Probate Calendar as William James Mansfield, of 2 Owen Street, Orange Gardens, Pembroke, but also listed as James William Mansfield on the register of burials for Pembroke, March 13th 1945. In this entry his abode is given as Woodbine House, Pembroke, which was at the time an Emergency Medical Services Hospital.

Regards

Simon

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Cpl A C CRIBB shown as DOAS in Flight, others not located.

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

William Mansfield 132666 died in the Woodbine EMS hospital, Pembroke Dock, of injuries sustained after a fall onto a drain cover

[jonheyworth]

CORRECTION to my recent post where I read across to another airman

JAMES William Mansfield 1326666, a discharged airmen working as an admiralty marine policeman, died in the Woodbine House EMS Hospital, Pembroke of myocardial faliure and Hodgkins disease. There is no indication of why his prior RAF service made him eligible for commemoration

[jonheyworth]

John Wicks 1017323 , attached to Number 3 MT BD , suffered extensive accidental burns on 2 March and was admitted to Number 5 New Zealand general hospital where he died of toxaemia

[jonheyworth]

James Paul Johnson 1477086 , attached to Number 2 TAF Base censorship unit , was dangerously injured on duty at 12:55 Hours in Antwerp in a V Weapon incident on 17 December. Evacuated to the UK on 26 December and admitted to the Royal West Sussex hospital, then transferred to Burtonwood EMS Hospital on 15 December where he died of his injuries

[jonheyworth]

Jean Florence Carter 11522 , died in Nunber 7 RAAF hospital, Adelaide, at 19:10 Hours of a sarcoma

[jonheyworth]

STANLEY DENNIS Pearce 209323 V , died of a coronary thrombosis

[jonheyworth]

Anthony Campbell Cribb 944695 | attached to Number 83 Group | died of acute asthma, his body being removed to the mortuary at RAF Dunsfold

[jonheyworth]

Basil Henry Glasse 777859 | was shot down in Wellington III BJ831 which was hit by flak near Frankfurt wounding the A/G SGT K.I. Matthews who's intercom was also shot away. Homeward bound, they were attacked by a night fighter which set the starboard wing alight and the order to bake out was given. The aircraft near The hamlets of Kersbeek and Miskom in Brabant, 11 Miles NNEof Tienen, Belgium. A repor5s from the IRCC stated that Glasse was captured wounded on 24 September 1942 and was a POW patient in a Brussels hospital. He was Promoted to temporary F/SGT on 1 May 1943 and to temporary W/O on1 January 1944. Final word on W/O Glasse, was from Captain P.S. Allenby RAMC, who stated he recieved information from the Reverend J.R. Bamber stating that W/O Glasse died of terminal bronchopneumonia on 9 March 1945 as a result of malnutrition, exhaustion and dysentery acquired on the March from Silesia and was buried in Bad Sulza cemetery. No grave number was given and he was declared to have no known grave on 7 October 1949