460116 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-01-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460116 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-01-1946

From Henks List -

SOUTH AFRICA
CRANKSHAW, A. H - Air Cpl - 18457 - SAAF - Cape Town ( Maitland ) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.

SRI LANKA
BARKER, Andrew - P/O Air Mechanic - L/FX.75766 - HMS Ukussa - RN - Colombo ( Liveramentu ) Cemetery, Sri Lanka - [ DOWS ].

SUDAN
WARNER, A. M - Air Mechanic - 572846.V - SAAF - Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan.

UK
HOW, Charles Kenneth - AC2c - 1275551 - RAFVR - Branston ( St. Saviour ) Churchyard Extension, Staffordshire.
MAPLE, Ronald Laurence William - AC2c - 1891590 - RAFVR - Holders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
SHEASBY, William Henry - Sgt - 968880 - RAFVR - Sutton Coldfield Cemetery, Warwickshire.
STUDMAN, Ronald Walter - Sgt ( Pilot ) - 1806641 - RAFVR - Horsell ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Surrey.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
BURGESS, Colin Ward - W/O - 14750 - RAAF - Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.
VERBUNT, Hendrikus Wilhelmus Cornelia - Sgt - Netherlands Air Force - Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, New South Wales, Australia.

CANADA
GALL, Edward George - F/O - J/18147 - RCAF - Keene Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

UK
WEGNER, Kurt - German Air Force - Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA.

14750 W/O Colin Ward BURGESS RAAF.

14750 W/O (Photographer) Colin Ward BURGESS RAAF (of No.2 Personnel Depot, Sydney), died of exhaustion in Callan Park Mental Hospital, Rozelle, Sydney, on 16 January, 1946, from the effects of Acute Mania.

Col.

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
HOW, Charles Kenneth - AC2c - 1275551 - registered Burton

MAPLE, Ronald Laurence William - AC2c - 1891590 - registered Rugby

SHEASBY, William Henry - Sgt - 968880 - registered Sutton Coldfield

STUDMAN, Ronald Walter - Sgt ( Pilot ) - 1806641 - registered North Kesteven. The Lincolnshire Echo of January 19th 1946 reported:

CAR "KNOCKED MEN INTO THE AIR"
Airman Was Killed: Driver Did Not Pay Enough Attention, Says Coroner
Driving along the Lincoln-Newark road near Swinderby R.A.F. Sation on a frosty, moonlight night, with two side-lights, two head-lights and a fog-light in use, John Hargreaves (38), a haulage contractor, of Parker Street, Derby, collided with two airmen, "knocked them up into the air," and one of them died before he reached the R.A.F. sick quarters.
The dead airman, Ronald Walter Studman (21), a flight-sergeant in the R.A.F., whose home address was at Horsall, Surrey, was walking back to camp with his companion on the near-side of the road with his back to oncoming traffic.
Recording a verdict of "Accidental Death," the Coroner (Major W. P. Pattinson), said all the evidence necessary for his purpose had been heard.
"It seems clear that he was not paying the consistent attention that he should have been apying, especially on a night like this. He should have been able to oull out suddenly. It was his duty to do so, even if it meant skidding."

WEGNER, Kurt - German Air Force - the Banbury Guardian of January 24th 1946 reported:

DEATH OF GERMAN P.O.W.
L. Corpl. Kurt Wegner, aged 23, of the P.O.W. Camp at Arncott, near Bicester, died in the Horton General Hospital on Thursday from the results of an accident the previous day, when he is said to have been crushed between a lorry and a telegraph pole.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Alfred Meredith Warner 572846 V , attached to 10 SAAF Detatchment died in a vehicle accident near Khartoum when the SAAF lorry he was standing on the running board of, swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a tree. His right thigh was almost severed and he died almost immediately