450607 - Unaccounted Airmen - 07-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450607 - Unaccounted Airmen - 07-06-1945

From Henk's List -

GHANA
THURSTON, Kenneth Charles - Cpl - 1090960 - RAFVR - Takoradi European Public Cemetery, Ghana.

UK
ROSE, Ronald Eric - Cpl - 345206 - RAF - Leeds (Harehills ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
WHEELER, John Alfred - LAC - 842515 - RAF - 901/5 Balloon Sqdn - RAF - Teddington Cemetery, Middlesex.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

FRANCE
ARMITAGE, Brian Joseph Lincoln - F/O (Pilot) - 187356 - RAFVR - Mornay Communal Cemetery, Saone-et-Loire, France. [ Mosquito NF 30 - MT479 - 4 FU ].

GERMANY
COLES, William George - LAC - 1403885 - RAFVR - Reichswald Forrest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

INDIA
SHAW, Joshua - AC2c - 2225520 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.
STREET, Charles Haddon - LAC - 1659623 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

UK
HOWARD, James Robert - Sgt (Pilot) - 1624902 - RAFVR - Askern Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Wellington X - LP901 - 81 OTU ].
PICKOVER John Robert - Sgt ( Nav/WoP) - 702329 - RAFVR - Earby (Wheatlands ) Cemetery, Yorkshire. [ Wellington X - LP901 - 81 OTU ].
SYMONDS, Williaqm Robert - Sgt (Air Bomber ) - 1629992 - RAFVR - Little Plumstead (SS. Gervasius & Protasius) Churchyard, Norfolk. [ Wellington X - LP901 - 81 OTU ].

ZIMBABWE
WILSON, Roy Bosworth - AC2c - (Pilot U/T) - 1583830 - RAFVR - Gweru Cemetery, Zimbabwe.

Alex

[Oldduffer]

Armitage confirmed as killed 60 miles north-west of Lyons after a forced landing when the port engine failed. The pilot was criticised for some mistakes and did not carry a parachute. He was also thought too inexperienced on type to be engaged on ferrying duties. The navigator survived with serious injuries.

LP901 crashed at the end of a 3 hour sortie at Myddle Shropshire. It overshot and then stalled during the overshoot after the flaps were raised too soon. Beside the three fatalities, two others were injured.

Colin Cummings

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

GHANA
THURSTON, Kenneth Charles - Cpl - RAF Takoradi.

GERMANY
COLES, William George - LAC - 2731 Sqn RAF Regiment.

INDIA
SHAW, Joshua - AC2 - HQ SEAAF.
STREET, Charles Haddon - LAC - 49 SP.

UK
ROSE, Ronald Eric - Cpl - registered in Evesham.
WHEELER, John Alfred - LAC - registered in Staines.

ZIMBABWE
WILSON, Roy Bosworth - AC2 - (Pilot U/T) - 22 SFTS.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Roy Bosworth Wilson 1583830, died when Harvard IIA 410 crashed at the Kabanga bombing range at 07:25 hours

[jonheyworth]

Kenneth Charles Thurston 1090960 , attached to RAF Takoradi, was found dead at 19:45 hours at RAF Takoradi. The cause of his death was not established

[jonheyworth]

William George Comes 1403885 , died in the German hospital at Billerbeck as the result of injuries recieved on duty in a shooting accident on 7 June

[jonheyworth]

Charles Haddon Street 1659623 , attached to Number 49 SP, died of heat hyperexia

[jonheyworth]

Joshua Shaw 2225520 , attached to HQ ACSEA, was taken dangerously ill on 6 June, dying the following day of heatstoke