450412 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-04-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450412 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-04-1945

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
HITCHENS, Albert Edward James Meadows - LAC - 1186070 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

UK
DAWE, Thomas Henry - Cpl - 865060 - RAF(Auxiliary Air Force) - Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon.
SMITH, John Robert - F/L(Pilot) - 128537 - RAFVR - Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

BANGLADESH
BARNES, John - LAC - 1677207 - RAFVR - Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.

INDIA
COOPER, Allan Frederick - F/S (Pilot) - 1388903 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India - [ Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].
EDWARD, Leslie Bent - LAC - 1267524 - RAFVR - Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India.
EVANSON, John Alfred - F/S (Nav/WoP) - 1523166 - RAFVR - Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India.
KING, Colin - Sgt - 1255420 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India - [ Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].
RIDDLE, John Lancelot - F/O (Pilot) - 153786 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India - [ Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].

NETHERLANDS
COLLYER, Albert Henry - Sgt - 907967 - RAFVR - Grave Roman Catholic Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

UK
BAKER, Frederick Arthur - F/S - 1582205 - RAFVR - Runnymede memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
CHAPMAN, Kenneth - Sgt - 2202909 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
DARBY, Albert - P/O (Flt/Engr) - 56691 - D.F.M - RAF - Newcastle-Under-Lyme Cemetery, Staffordshire - [ Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
HARDMAN, Ian - P/O - 196875 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
HOPE, Dennis William - Sgt - 3051225 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
HITCHENS, Albert Edward James Meadows - LAC - 5 RAF Hospital.

BANGLADESH
BARNES, John - LAC - 239 ASR MU.

INDIA
COOPER, Allan Frederick - F/S (Pilot) - Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].
EDWARD, Leslie Bent - LAC - 313 MU.
EVANSON, John Alfred - F/S (Nav/WoP) - killed whilst flying in Mosquito VI, HR572 of No 1672 HCU, which crashed into the sea off Chowghat in Kerala following an engine failure.
KING, Colin - Sgt - Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].
RIDDLE, John Lancelot - F/O (Pilot) - Hadrian I - FR712 - 361 MU ].

NETHERLANDS
COLLYER, Albert Henry - Sgt - 35 Wing
UK
DAWE, Thomas Henry - Cpl - possibly killed whilst flying in Martinet I, HP351 of No 131 OTU, which crashed in a force landing at Blaney on County Fermanagh following an engine failure.
SMITH, John Robert - F/L(Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Mosquito XVI, NS586 of the A & AEE, which broke up in a spin near Weston Zoyland whilst conducting propeller trials.
BAKER, Frederick Arthur - F/S - Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
CHAPMAN, Kenneth - Sgt - Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
DARBY, Albert - P/O (Flt/Engr) - Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
HARDMAN, Ian - P/O - Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].
HOPE, Dennis William - Sgt - Lancaster I - NG222 - 1654 HCU ].

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

BARNES, John - LAC - 1677207 - was killed in a motor accident

British Newspaper Archive - Wednesday 18 April 1945 , Burnley Express

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Albert Edward James Meadows Hitchens 1186070 , attached to No5 RAF Hospital Cairo, died when he fell from a 3rd floor balcony of the airman's billet

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Bent Edward 1267524 , attached to 313 MU, was admitted dangerously ill to Number 9 RAF General hospital, Calcutta, where he died the same day of acute gastric enteritis

[jonheyworth]

William Hale Harris 131784 , attached to 320 Squadron, was admitted seriously ill to Station hospital at RAF Wilmslow in 8 April, becoming dangerously ill on 12 April and dying of metastasis