450518 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-05-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450518 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-05-1945

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
CROISDALE, John - LAC - 1011945 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

UK
BELL, Joseph Ashbridge - Sgt(WoP) - 2209924 - RAFVR - Moresby (St. Bridget) Churchyard, Cumberland. [ Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
TAYLOR, Jack - Cpl - 1092749 - RAFVR - Haworth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
WOOD, Thomas - P/O (Pilot) -= 163354 - RAFVR - Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.

GERMANY
CROWTHER, Dennis Arthur - LAC - 1208694 - RAFVR - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

UK
DAVIS, Alfrede Edward - F/O (Pilot) - 175038 - RAFVR - Whitchurch Cemetery, Shropshire. [ Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
DREDGE, Allan Sydney - Wng/Cdr - 63785 - D.S.O; D.F.C - RAFVR - Coventry ( St. Paul's ) Cemetery, Warwickshire. [ Meteor III - EE238 - 1335 CU ].
DRYDEN, Douglas Fletcher - LAC - 1353162 - RAFVR - Paisley (Hawkhead ) Cemetery, Renfrewshire. .[ Wellington X - NA718 - 30 OTU ].
POLLARD, Bryan Sayer - W/O (Pilot) - 1473362 - RAFVR - Stockport Crematorium, Cheshire. [ Tempest V - NV643 - 56 OTU ].
TAYLOR, Robert Henry - Sgt (Air Bomber) - 1319303 - RAFVR - Bristol ( Greenbank ) Cemetery, Gloucestershire. [ Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
THOMPSON, Robert Fraser - F/O (Pilot) - 174908 - RAFVR - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Byker & Heaton ) Cemetery, Northumberland.[ Wellington X - NA718 - 30 OTU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
CROISDALE, John - LAC - 168 MU.
WOOD, Thomas - P/O (Pilot) - Thunderbolt II, KJ161 - 73 OTU.

GERMANY
CROWTHER, Dennis Arthur - LAC - 413 RSU.

UK
BELL, Joseph Ashbridge - Sgt(WoP) - Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
TAYLOR, Jack - Cpl - registered in Keighley.
DAVIS, Alfrede Edward - F/O (Pilot) - Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
DREDGE, Allan Sydney - Wng/Cdr - Meteor III - EE238 - 1335 CU ].
DRYDEN, Douglas Fletcher - LAC - Wellington X - NA718 - 30 OTU ].
POLLARD, Bryan Sayer - W/O (Pilot) - Tempest V - NV643 - 56 OTU ].
TAYLOR, Robert Henry - Sgt (Air Bomber) - Wellington X - NC921 - 81 OTU ].
THOMPSON, Robert Fraser - F/O (Pilot) - Wellington X - NA718 - 30 OTU ].

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Sydney George Ash, 1354297

Harold Mills 1152606

Douglas Thomas Nichols 1282818

Andrew Ridpath 1106808

Were all killed in an explosion, believed to be accidental, at St Pierre du Regard, all were listed as missing for some time and their date of death is a presumed one

[jonheyworth]

Dennis Arthur Crowther 1208694 , a Fitter 2 A attached to Number 413 RSU, was killed by an enemy incendiary bomb near Rheine

[jonheyworth]

James O'Neill 1871609 and

LAC Mellor

Were struck by a truck in a hit and run accident at Mount Lavinia at 23:39 Hours on 1 February . O'Neill dying shortly after . The driver was found to be CWO Gunner Kitchen R.N. who was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop

[jonheyworth]

Bernard Percy George Stagg 1312046 | drowned when he fell overboard from a Sunderland into Redhills Lake. His body being recovered 2 days later