401125 - Unaccounted airmen - 25-11-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what were the places of death registration for:

AC1 John BAIN - 996328 - 11 BC, 951 (Balloon) Sqn, Bristol - died of wounds or injuries received on active service;
P/O (Pilot) Hugo J.R. BARKER - 88424 - killed on active service;
P/O (Pilot) John A.P. McLINTOCK - 91064 - killed on active service;
AC1 Archibald MUIR - 965758 - not found in Flight archives, and
P/O (Pilot) Anthony J.J. TRURAN - 91019 - 615 Sqn, Northolt, Middlesex - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Battle I - K9301 - 5 FPP - crashed on landing Brize Norton.
Battle I - L5635 - 7 BGS - bellylanded Stormy Down.
Magister I - N3976 - SF Northolt - broke up in air near Sunningdale, Surrey.
Oxford I - R5954 - 2 CFS - crashed on take-off at night Fulbeck.
Tutor I - K4812 - RAFC - flew into ground Sutton Scarsdale, near Bolsover, Derby.
Wellington IC - R1173 - 51 MU - abandoned Alford, Lincolnshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

McLINTOCK and TRURAN were in the Magister when it broke up at 200 feet. The Magister belonged to teh Squadron. From Men of the Battle of Britain

A

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Amrit for this quick and excellent response.
Regards,
Henk.

[Amrit]

RE: Bain

"The first large scale raid on Bristol took place on the night of November 24th 1940 when 135 enemy bombers attacked the city between 18.30 hrs and 23.00 hrs. During this period No.951 Squadron at Bristol suffered its first fatality due to enemy action when at 20.55 hrs a high explosive bomb was dropped on Site 51/31 and the balloon set adrift. The site hut was damaged and 996328 AC1 J.Bain suffered serious injuries from which he died two days later in the Bristol Royal Infirmary. 'A' Flight HQ and billet were also reported slightly damaged by the blast."

http://fishpnds.org.uk/puckle.html

A

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Amrit for detailed info on BAIN. I bookmarked that website, however forgot to check prior having my thread on the board.
Regards,
Henk.

[davew]

Barker registered at Grantham, possibly Oxford R5954 CTO Fulbeck.

Muir registered at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, no suggestion.

DaveW

[Henk Welting]

As ever, thanks Dave for your help.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AC1 Archibald MUIR - 965758
was fatally injured when his motor-cycle collided with a lorry at Nether Broughton on Saturday
Friday 29 November 1940, Nottingham Journal, Nottinghamshire, England

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

P/O (Pilot) Hugo J.R. BARKER - 88424 - the Graves Registration Form records him as being with 2 C.F.S. and the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Fulbeck.

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401125 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-11-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
BAIN, John - AC1c - 996328 - RAFVR - 951 Balloon Sqn.
Melrose (Wairds) Cemetery, Roxburghshire.
Died of injuries received in an Air Raid on Bristol on the 24th.

BOURNE, Henry Fred - AC2c - 871509 - RAF (AAF).
Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Cause of death ?

HERON, Emerson - AC2c - 1011312 - RAFVR.
Hartlepool (Stranton) Cemetery, Durham.
Cause of death ?

MUIR,Archibald - AC1c - 965758 - RAFVR.
Cottesmore (St.Nicholas) Churchyard Extension, Rutland.
Killed in a motor-cycle accident.

From CWGC -

CANADA
DUFF, Louis MacAdam - Lac - R/56372 - RCAF.
Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Quebec, Canada.
Finch - 4528 - 7 EFTS - RCAF .

UNITED STATES of AMERICA
HIGGINBOTHAM, John Edwards ( American) - Lac - R/56352 - RCAF.
Family Plot, Orange (Rosedale) Cemetery, New Jersey, USA.
Finch - 4528 - 7 EFTS - RCAF.

UK
BARKER, Hugo James Ross - P/O - 88424 - RAFVR.
Nuffield (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Oxfordshire.
Oxford - R5954 - 2 CFS.

CARTHEW, Eric Frank - Sgt - 742681 - RAFVR ( 50 Sqn).
St.Neots Cemetery, Huntingdonshire.
MAIR, Matthew Coutts - Sgt - 965079 - RAFVR.
Glasgow (Lambhill) Cemetery, Glasgow.
These two airmen were crew of Hampden I - P1320 - 106 Sqn.

MCCLINTOCK, John Arthur Peter - P/O - 91064 - RAF (AAF).
Woking (St.John's) Crematorium, Surrey.
TRURAN, Anthony John Jamieson - P/O - 91079 - RAF (AAF).
Woking (St.John's) Crematorium, Surrey.
These two airmen were crew of - Magister - N3976 - Northolt Station Flight/615 Sqn.

WAUGH, Stanley Alfred ( Canadian) - F/O - 41504 - RAF.
Ryton Cemetery, Durham.
COX, Ronald - Sgt - 580645 - RAF.
NORMAN, Adolphus Wilfred - Sgt - 904840 - RAFVR.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - N6238 - 101 Sqn.

BOWLER, James Arthur - Sgt - 745179 - RAFVR.
DICK, William Rattray Allan - Sgt - 966256 - RAFVR.
MACNAB, Alistair - Sgt - 968485 - RAFVR.
MARSDEN, Robert George Gordon Malben - P/O - 86420 - RAFVR.
POWELL, Raymond William - Sgt - 651514 - RAF.
SWATTON, Frank - F/Sgt - 515500 - RAF.
These six airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They were crew of Wellington Ic - R1176 - 99 Sqn.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

Heron - He was serving at RAF Digby when he was killed in an unspecified accident at RAF Digby.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Henry Fred Bourne 871509 , attached to Number 13 Balloon Centre, was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Halton on 19 Novembed with lung issues. He became dangerously ill on 21 November and died of carcinoma of the lung