450325 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-03-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450325 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-03-1945

From Henk's List -

BELGIUM
BENTLEY, Frederick - LAC - 1626846 - RAFVR - Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Netherlands
WILLIAMS, David Leslie Charles - Cpl - 1168810 - RAFVR - Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

GERMANY
BURGESS, Ernest Charles - LAC(Obs) - 1642504 - RAFVR - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany .

UK
BALL, Cyril Dennis - F/O (Pilot) - 172757 - RAFVR - Adbaston ( St. Michael ) Churchyard, Staffordshire.
BURR, Arthur Henry- F/L (Flg/Instr) - 66513 - D.F.C - RAF - Heston (St. Leonard ) Churchyard, Middlesex.
GUNN, Robert Henry - LAC - 1537902 - RAFVR - Nottingham General Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
MUNDAY, Wilfred George - F/O (Pilot) - 174606 - RAFVR - Iver (St. Peter) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire.
NAYLOR, Michael Eric Philip - F/O(Nav/WoP) - 165913 - RAFVR - Oxford (Botley ) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

BELGIUM
RISLEY, Bertie - LAC - 1526082 - RAFVR - Brussels Town Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

MYANMAR
WAITE, Robert James - LAC - 1474336 - RAFVR - Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar. [ Could not find in "Unsung Heroes" ].

UK
FAULKNER, Ronald Mason - Sgt - 2696921 - GPR(AAC) - Exeter Higher Cemetery, Devon - [ Hotspur II - HH248 - 3 GTS ].
THOMPSON, Robert - W/O (Pilot) - 1551830 - RAFVR - Hawick (St. Cuthbert ) Episcopalian Churchyard, Roxburghshire.
WHITE, Charles William - AC1c - 2248864 - RAFVR - Oldbury Cemetery, Warley, Worcestershire.


ZIMBABWE
ROGERS, Leonard - AC2c (Pilot U/T) - 1584825 - RAFVR - Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.

Possible aircraft include:
Typhoon Ib - MN470 - 245 Sqn.
Alex

[wwrsimon]

THOMPSON, Robert - W/O (Pilot) - 1551830 has been mentioned on here before, in Typhoon MN236 of 55 O.T.U. at Aston Down:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11882-Typhoon-accident-Aston-Down-25-03-1945

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK- MUNDAY & NAYLOR.

Possibly No.13 OTU Mosquito FB.VI PZ294 which swung and hit trees on overshoot at Hampstead Norris aerodrome. 2 killed.

Mosquito Crash Log/Smith. p34.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BELGIUM
BENTLEY, Frederick - LAC - 6197 SE.
RISLEY, Bertie - LAC - 6320 SE.

Netherlands
WILLIAMS, David Leslie Charles - Cpl - 84 Group.

GERMANY
BURGESS, Ernest Charles - LAC(Obs) - 146 Sqn.

MYANMAR
WAITE, Robert James - LAC - 2963 Sqn RAF Regiment

UK
BALL, Cyril Dennis - F/O (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Mosquito II, HJ923 of No 54 OTU, which dived into the ground near Greenhill, Roxburghshire.
BURR, Arthur Henry- F/L (Flg/Instr) - possibly killed whilst flying in Master II, DL249 of the 7 SFTS, which spun into the ground at Terrington St Clements in Norfolk.
GUNN, Robert Henry - LAC - possibly killed in the incident involving Thompson at 55 OTU.

WHITE, Charles William - AC1 - not Eng/Wales?.

ZIMBABWE
ROGERS, Leonard - AC2 (Pilot U/T) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, HN547 of No 23 SFTS, which was involved in a flying accident.

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK.

66513 F/L (Flg. Instr.) Arthur Henry BURR DFC, RAF.

F/L Burr was flying in Master II DL250, not DL249.

See: RAF A/C DA100 to DZ999/Halley/A-B (2008)/p.47 (Printer must have popped out for a Tosca. He/She completely missed entering DL250).

See also:
Failed To Return - Airmen Died In The Second World War 1939-45. The Roll of Honour of the British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Services. Part 2: A-B.
Hobson,Chris.
Uckfield:Naval & Military Press,2018.
p.1132.

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Ernest Charles Burgess 1642504 , an armourer, attached to HQ 146 Wing, was killed when a soldier kicked an object which exploded at map reference A0345 near Uedem

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Bentley 1626846 , attached to Number 6197 SE, was dangerously injured in a V weapon incident at 17:00 hours on 14 March. He was admitted to Number 75 Field ambulance in Antwerp and transferred to Number 163 British Ambulance unit where he died of his injuries

[jonheyworth]

Bertie Risley 1526082 , attached to Number 6320 SE , was seriously wounded in the abdomen by an accidental firing of a gun on a Mitchell aircraft at B58 airfield on 20 March, dying of his wounds in Number 8 RAF Hospital

[jonheyworth]

David Leslie Charles Williams, 1168810, a Clerk P/A attached to Number 84 Group , was killed in St. Hertogenbosche by enemy shellfire

[jonheyworth]

Walter Roy Mills 1108628 and crew were killed when Liberator VI EH397 hit trees on take off at 05:30 Hours at the South End of the runway and crashed in flames into the village of Bakuttia. Also killed where 8 civilians with another 10 injured, along with 7 of their cattle killed

[paulmcmillan]

Walter Roy Mills 1108628 and crew were killed when Liberator VI EH397 hit trees on take off at 05:30 Hours at the South End of the runway and crashed in flames into the village of Bakuttia. Also killed where 8 civilians with another 10 injured, along with 7 of their cattle killed

Liberator KH397


P/O SIDNEY EDWARD HENCHER (J/94614) RCAF
W/O WALTER ROY MILLS (1108628) RAFVR
Flt Sgt LESLIE CHARLES LOVELESS (1604264) RAFVR
Flt Sgt JAMES FREDERICK CHARLES HAWKINS (1301823) RAFVR
Flt Sgt GERALD DESMOND TOWNSEND ROWE (1795301) RAFVR
Sgt JOHN LEONARD JAMES HULSE (634691) RAF
F/O THOMAS DIXON TAYLOR (163841) RAFVR
Sgt CHARLES CLARENCE YOUNG (1623858) RAFVR
Sgt DAVID SCOTT POTTER (1826585) RAFVR