450618 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450618 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-06-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
BAILEY, Herbert - LAC - 1106209 - RAFVR - Haggate Baptist Chapelyard, Lancashire.
CUTTER, Joseph Savage - LAC - 1060668 - RAFVR - Middlesbrough ( Linthorpe) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
HANCOCK, Peter John - LAC - 1475904 - RAF - Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
MacGILL, Arthur McNeil - Sqdn/Ldr - 878566 - D.C.M & Bar - RAFVR - East Finchley Cemetery & St. Marylebone Crematorium, Middlesex.
RATCLIFFE, William Albert - LAC - 1695052 - RAFVR - Harrogate (Stonefall ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
ROBINSON, Leonard W illiam - LAC - 1352300 - RAFVR - Birmingham (Brandwood End ) Cemetery, Warwickshire].
SMITH, Gordon Blakeley - LAC - 1087783 - RAFVR - Mansfield (Nottingham Road ) Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
ILES, Edward James - LAC - 1318333 - RAFVR - Alexandria (Chatby ) Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

INDIA
GUEST, James Ralph - F/O (Pilot) - 181985 - RAFVR - Kirkee War Cemetery, India.

UK
DASH, Leonard Thomas - W/O (Pilot) - 1187889 - RAFVR - Bristol (Arnos Vale ) Cemetery, Gloucestershire. [ Proctor I - P6129 - Stn Flt, RAF St. Athan ].
NICOLL, James Davidson - F/L (Pilot Instr ) - 115657 - RAFVR - Lanark Cemetery, Lanarkshire. [ Proctor I - P6129 - Stn Flt, RAF St. Athan ].

Alex

[Oldduffer]

Nicoll age 32 and Dash age 30 are confirmed as Proctor P6129.

Immediately after take-off the aircraft entered a turn to the right and crashed. Neither pilot had secured properly their harnesses and one of the harness release boxes had jammed between the control column and the aircraft structure, making lateral movement impossible.

Colin Cummings

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
BAILEY, Herbert - LAC - registered in Wayland.
CUTTER, Joseph Savage - LAC - registered in Cleveland.
HANCOCK, Peter John - LAC - registered in Sheffield.
MacGILL, Arthur McNeil - Sqn/Ldr - registered in Hammersmith.
RATCLIFFE, William Albert - LAC - registered in Knaresborough.
ROBINSON, Leonard W illiam - LAC - not Eng/Wales.
SMITH, Gordon Blakeley - LAC - registered in Wayland.

EGYPT
ILES, Edward James - LAC - 168 MU.

INDIA
GUEST, James Ralph - F/O (Pilot) - Poona

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

ROBINSON, Leonard William - LAC: he's listed as William Leonard Robinson on the National Probate Calendar on ancestry.co.uk. He died 18 June 1945 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. The administration is to Fanny Robinson, widow, which ties in with the CWGC entry.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

William Albert Ratcliffe 1695052, died at 41 Weddeburn road, harrogate of an acute, coronary occlusion

[jonheyworth]

Edward James Iles 131833 , attached to 168 MU , was bathing with his wife on leave at Sidi Bish beach, Alexandria, when he was caught in a strong current

[jonheyworth]

Robert Stephen Gibbons 1383068 , was severely injured in a road accident involving a jeep on 10 June. Admitted to Number 19 CCS, he died there of his injuries

[jonheyworth]

Eric Peter Walton 1395299 , died of acute nephritis

[jonheyworth]

John Johnson 1076602 , attached to 2845 Squadron RAF Regiment, was seriously wounded a on 16 June at Delmenhorst, when he was accidently shot by another Airman whilst on guard duty. Admitted to Number 53 MFH at Ahlhorn where he died at 07:00 Hours

[jonheyworth]

Arthur McNell MacGill 87856b, attached to HQ Fighter Command , was admitted seriously ill to the Royal Masonic Hospital, on 3 May, where he died of an abdominal abscess

[jonheyworth]

Leonard William Robinson 1352300 | attached to Number 1 PHU | was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Wroughton on 28 February, suffering with myeloma. He was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham on 16 April. Discharged from the RAF on 18 May, he died of carcinoma of the bronchus