401130 - Unaccounted airman - 30-11-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what was the place of death registration for:

AC1 Ernest HYDE - 622952 - name not found in Flight archives and no proposed aircraft loss for this day.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

The death of Ernest Hyde aged 19 was registered at Liverpool South.
Regards
Andy

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Andy; regards from a sunny continent.
Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Ernest Hyde 622952 , attached to 32 MU was killed at home in Liverpool in an air raid

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401130 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-11-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
HYDE, Ernest - AC1c - 622952 - RAF.
Wavertree (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Lancashire.
Killed in an Air Raid on Liverpool while at home.

TETLOW, Douglas Stansfield - Sgt - 518689 - RAF.
Hitchin Cemetery, Hertfordshire.
Killed in a motor-cycle accident.

VENNEEAR, James Ernest - AC2c - 1351704 - RAFVR.
Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery, Leicestershire.
Cause of death ?-

From CWGC -

EGYPT
WHITE, Francis Stuart - Lac - 541721 - RAF - 45 Sqdn.
Aswan Bandar British Cemetery, Egypt.
Fell from a steamer during transit from Sudan to Helwan and drowned in the Nile.

UK
BAIN, Claude Horace - Sgt - 401220 - RNZAF.
Haverhill Cemetery, Suffolk.
RAGGENBASS, John - Sgt - 971156 - RAFVR.
Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery, Cheshire.
These two airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - T2893 - Stradishall Reserve Sqdn.

CROUT, George Edgar - Sgt - 755728 - RAFVR.
Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, London.
Blenheim IV - L9463 - 59 Sqdn.

FAIRWEATHER, Frederick Wilson - P/0 - 86410 - RAFVR .
Kilmarnock Burial Ground,
Blenheim I - L1248 - 55 OTU.

PRETKIEWICZ, Franciszek - Sierzant - P/784733 PAF.
Glenavy Roman Catholic Churchyard, County Antrim, UK.
Hurricane I - R4079 - 245 Sqdn.

SASAK, Wilhelm - Kapral - Podchorazy - P/781267 - PAF.
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex.
Hurricane I - P3704 - 145 Sqdn.

HUTCHINGS, Gerald Davy - Sgt - 742519 - RAFVR.
KERR, James Archibald - Sgt - 816249 - RAF (AAF)
THOMPSON, Louis Richard De Melville - F/O -- 74342 - RAFVR
SCRAGG, Alban Frederick - F/Sgt - 511845 - RAF.
WAIN, Raymond Nuttall - Sgt - 758044 - RAFVR.
These five airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They were crew of Whitley V - T4219 - 502 Sqdn.
Database has this as Swordfish P4219 ?

Alex

[Andy Marden]

HUTCHINGS, Gerald Davy - Sgt - 742519 - RAFVR.
KERR, James Archibald - Sgt - 816249 - RAF (AAF)
THOMPSON, Louis Richard De Melville - F/O -- 74342 - RAFVR
SCRAGG, Alban Frederick - F/Sgt - 511845 - RAF.
WAIN, Raymond Nuttall - Sgt - 758044 - RAFVR.
These five airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They were crew of Whitley V - T4219 - 502 Sqdn.
Database has this as Swordfish P4219 ?
Alex
Alex,
Thanks for pointing that out. This is a direct result of the serial being listed incorrectly in AIR81/4417.
I have amended our database, which now shows the correct details: http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T4219
Andy

[jonheyworth]

James Ernest Veneer 1351704 , attached to RAF Desford, was admitted seriously ill to Leicester Royal Infirmary on 15 October, dying of Addisons disease