450402 - Unaccounted Airmen - 02-04-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450402 - Unaccounted Airmen - 02-04-1945

From Henk's List -

GERMANY
BALL, Harold Herbert - LAC - 1358407 - RAFVR - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

NETHERLANDS
FORDHAM, Samuel Bernard - LAC - 2248679 - RAFVR - Venray War cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.

UK
BODDY, John - AC1c - 2213860 - RAFVR - 50 Sqdn - South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Durham.
DEVER, William Kenneth - F/S(A/G) - 2210113 - RAFVR - Prescot (St. mary) Churchyard, Lancashire - [ Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
FRANCIS, John Cecil - F/L - 138492 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
JACKSON, John - F/O - 164797 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

BANGLADESH
LAMBERT, Malcolm Kinsbury - F/S (Pilot) - 1396634 - RAFVR - Chittagong War cemetery, Bangladesh.

UK
ALLAN, Henry Gordon - Sgt (Nav) - 1807338 - RAFVR - Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Cumberland - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
BUCK, Herbert Arnold - F/L (Pilot) - 120985 - RAFVR - Stretford Cemetery, Lancashire.
COOLEY, William George - Sgt(Pilot) - 1617503 - RAFVR - Leytonstone (St. Patrick's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Essex - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
FLINDALL, Gerald Arthur - F/S (Flt/Engr) - 1804162 - RAFVR - Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
GREVETT, Charles Edward - Sgt (A/G U/T) - 1868476 - RAFVR - Lower Gravenhurst (St. Mary) Churchyard, Bedfordshire - [ Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
JOHNSON, Henry Alfred - Sgt(A/G) - 1874143 - RAFVR - Edmonton Cemetery, Middlesex - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
KNIGHT, Reginald Leslie Thomas - F/S (WoP-A/G) - 1271238 - RAFVR - Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
LANGFORD, Norman - Sgt(A/G) - 2216243 - RAFVR - Hindley Cemetery, Lancashire - [ Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
MUSGRAVE, Maurice - Sgt(A/G U/T) - 1593362 - RAFVR - Scarborough (Woodlands) Cemetery, Yorkshire - [ Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
OUTTERSON, George Alexander - F/O(Air Bomber) - 154243 - RAFVR - Jedburgh (Castlewood) Cemetery, Roxburghshire - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
SHEPPARD, Francis Edward - F/L (Pilot) - 124546 - D.F.C - RAFVR - Tottenham Cemetery, Middlesex - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
WALLS, Bertram James - F/O (Pilot) - 159851 - RAFVR - Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire - [ Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
WIGHTMAN, John - AC1c - 2214447 - RAFVR - Blackpool (Carleton) cemetery, Lancashire.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

GERMANY
BALL, Harold Herbert - LAC - 2807 Sqn RAF Regiment.

NETHERLANDS
FORDHAM, Samuel Bernard - LAC - 83 Group.

BANGLADESH
LAMBERT, Malcolm Kinsbury - F/S (Pilot) - 221 Group Comm Sqn.

UK
BODDY, John - AC1 - 2213860 - RAFVR - 50 Sqdn - not Eng/Wales?.
DEVER, William Kenneth - F/S(A/G) - Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
FRANCIS, John Cecil - F/L - probably killed whilst flying in Mosquito VI, HR448 of No 8 (C) OTU, which failed to return from an exercise.
JACKSON, John - F/O -see Francis.
ALLAN, Henry Gordon - Sgt (Nav) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
BUCK, Herbert Arnold - F/L (Pilot) - registered in Chipping Norton.
COOLEY, William George - Sgt(Pilot) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
FLINDALL, Gerald Arthur - F/S (Flt/Engr) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
GREVETT, Charles Edward - Sgt (A/G U/T) - Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
JOHNSON, Henry Alfred - Sgt(A/G) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
KNIGHT, Reginald Leslie Thomas - F/S (WoP-A/G) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
LANGFORD, Norman - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
MUSGRAVE, Maurice - Sgt(A/G U/T) - Wellington X - LN159 - 29 OTU ].
OUTTERSON, George Alexander - F/O(Air Bomber) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
SHEPPARD, Francis Edward - F/L (Pilot) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
WALLS, Bertram James - F/O (Pilot) - Lancaster I - HK655 - 1651 HCU ].
WIGHTMAN, John - AC1 -died from injuries in the RAF Hospital Cosford sustained on 25 Mar 1945 when Typhoon IB, MN236 of No 55 OTU, crashed into the crew room of a dispersal hut whilst making an attempted forced landing on the airfield at Aston Down.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

BODDY, John - killed in a road traffic accident at Skellingthorpe Road, near Hartsholme Hall, Lincoln. The inquest is reported in the Lincolnshire Echo. He was walking along the road when he was hit by a car driven by F/O Cyril Walter Wood.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Harold Herbert Ball 1358407, attached to 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment , was killed in action at Bedburg when enemy fire caused masonry to fall on him

[jonheyworth]

Samuel Bernard Fordham 2248679 , an RAF policeman, attached to 83 Group, was killed in an air raid

[jonheyworth]

Malcolm Kinsbury Lambert 1396634 , attached to Number 221 Group communications flight, was seriously injured in a flying accident when Sentinel II KJ 386 crashed mid way between Sinthe and Onbauk on 12 February, admitted to Number 14 CCS and transferred to Number 61 Mobile field hospital where he died of his injuries

[jonheyworth]

Charles William Owen 1511170, attached to C Flight, 2942 Squadron RAF Regiment, drowned whilst bathing in the Pamlaung river near Dwela

[jonheyworth]

Thomas O’Brien 1082728 , was killed in a road accident near Bordonchio

[jonheyworth]

John Boddy 2213860 , attached to Number 50 Squadron , was walking along the Lincoln to Skellingthorpe witn A/C Joseph Christopher Doyle, when he was struck from behind and fatally injured by a car driven by F/O Cyril Walter Wood , dying in Lincoln County hospital of his Injuries