450625 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-06-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450625 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-06-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
CLARKE, Alan Helyer - F/S - 516442 - MiD - RAF - Grove Park Cemetery, London

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
CLARKE, Andrew Herbert Henry - Sgt (A/G) - 3000719 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
COOPER, Victor James - Sgt ( Air Bomber ) - 1871636 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
FOWLER, William Adderley - F/S (Pilot) - 1623849 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
MORLEY, Leslie Septimus - P/O (Nav) - 193019 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
SMITH, Frank Sidney - Sgt (Pilot) - 1803534 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
SUDLOW, Bernard Joseph - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - 2205636 - RAFVR - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
TUCK, Derrick Bernard - Sgt (A/G) - 3000563 - Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt - [ Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].

INDIA
BROWNE, William Newell - F/O (Pilot ) - 190470 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India - [ Harvard IIb - FE878 ( 42-12365 c/n 14.612 ) - 8 FU ].

SINGAPORE
BESSO, Walter Edward - F/P - 55633 - RAFVR - Singapore Memorial, Singapore - [ Not in "Unsung Heroe's" ] - [ Dakota IV - KJ901 - 62 Sqn ].
UNSWORTH, Laurence (Bob) - F/L - 150089 - RAFVR - Singapore Memorial, Singapore - [ Not in "Unsung heroe's" ] - [ Dakota IV - KJ901 - 62 Sqn ? ].

UK
HEWITT, Norman Frederick - F/O (Pilot) - 156111 - RAFVR - Henlow (St. Mary ) Churchyard, Bedfordshire - [ Tempest II - MW753 - 13 MU ].
JENKINS, Ian Walter - Sgt - 1606639 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey - [ Tiger Moth II - DE215 - 15 Efts ].
SUTTON BROWN, Kenneth Edmund - F/O (Pilot) - 167177 - RAFVR - Haresfield (St. Peter ) Churchyard, Gloucestershire - [ Oxford I - NJ317 - 3 PAFU ].

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

SINGAPORE - BESSO & UNSWORTH

BESSO -

25-6-1945
No.62 Sqn
Dakota IV KJ901 "J"

Supply dropping - Missing.

55633 F/O Walter Edward BESSO RAFVR +
1816943 Sgt Albert Edward COLLINGWOOD RAFVR +
1475139 F/Sgt Grenville FIRTH DFM RAFVR +
1234511 W/O George Henry LLOYD RAFVR +
1654300 Sgt Stanley John RIDING RAFVR +
1566290 F/Sgt John Charles Wilson WILLIAMSON RAFVR +

All commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

UNSWORTH -

25-6-1945
No.28 Sqn (detachment)
Hurricane IIC LE367

Missing - last reported position 20.38N:96.34E.

150089 F/L Laurence (Bob) UNSWORTH RAFVR +

Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
CLARKE, Andrew Herbert Henry - Sgt (A/G) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
COOPER, Victor James - Sgt ( Air Bomber ) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
FOWLER, William Adderley - F/S (Pilot) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
MORLEY, Leslie Septimus - P/O (Nav) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
SMITH, Frank Sidney - Sgt (Pilot) -Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
SUDLOW, Bernard Joseph - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].
TUCK, Derrick Bernard - Sgt (A/G) - Liberator VI - EW206 - 1675 HCU ].

INDIA
BROWNE, William Newell - F/O (Pilot ) - Harvard IIb - FE878 ( 42-12365 c/n 14.612 ) - 8 FU ].

UK
CLARKE, Alan Helyer - F/S - registered in Aled
HEWITT, Norman Frederick - F/O (Pilot) - Tempest II - MW753 - 13 MU ].
JENKINS, Ian Walter - Sgt - Tiger Moth II - DE215 - 15 Efts ].
SUTTON BROWN, Kenneth Edmund - F/O (Pilot) - Oxford I - NJ317 - 3 PAFU ].

Malcolm

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello.

Re: EGYPT - CLARKE, COOPER, FOWLER, MORLEY, SMITH, SUDLOW & TUCK:

The Instructor Pilot aboard 1675 HCU Liberator VI EW206, was: AUS409120 F/O Ronald Stuart HORWOOD RAAF, who also lost his life.

https://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RC09125_023--1-.pdf see: p.287 of 508.

Col.

[jonheyworth]

Norman Kenneth Standing R 223941 ,attached to RCAF Rockcliffe but medically repatriated from France via the UK , died in the station hospital of portal cirrhosis and acute parotitis

[jonheyworth]

Frederick David Wright R 162279 , died in the Deer Lodge hospital, Winnipeg of a cereberal heamorhage due to hypertension

[jonheyworth]

Alan Helyer Clarke 516442 , a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death, had been admitted seriously ill to Shaftesbury Military hospital on 16 December 1944, he was transferred to RAF hospital St. Athan on 15 January 1945. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis