460129 - Unaccounted Airmen - 29-01-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460129 - Unaccounted Airmen - 29-01-1946

From Henk's List -

BELGIUM
WARD, James Henry Luther - F/Lt - 101452 - RAFVR - Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium.

CANADA
BALLANTYNE, William George - AC1c - R/222000 - RCAF - Burnaby (Ocean View ) Burial Park, British Colombia, Canada.

UK
PORTER, Cyril John - Cpl - 1481793 - RAFVR - Harborne ( St. Peter ) Churchyard, Warwickshire.
WATERS, Henry Eric - Sgt - 906623 - RAFVR - Weald ( St. George ) Churchyard Extension, Kent.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
HADFIELD, Allan Alfred - LAC - 133422 - RAAF - Canberra ( Widen ) Public Cemetery, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

SOUTH AFRICA
KOEKEMOER, J. S. N - Air Mechanic - 313607V - SAAF - Thaba Tshwane (New) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa - [ Henk has this airman's date as the 30th ? ].

UK
PARKER, Vincent ( Australian ) - F/Lt(Pilot) - 42356 - RAFVR - Harrogate ( Stonefall ) Cemetery, Yorkshire - [ Tempest V - EJ859 - 56 OTU ].
THORNTON, Kenneth Ian - F/Lt - 146255 - RAFVR - D.F.C - Bells Hill Burial Ground, Hertfordshire - [ Mosquito NF.30 - NT241 - 54 OTU ].

Alex

[alieneyes]

CANADA
BALLANTYNE, William George

Deceased Vancouver, pulmonary tuberculosis.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA - 133422 LAC Allan Alfred HADFIELD RAAF.

133422 LAC (Guard) Allan Alfred HADFIELD RAAF (of RAAF Station Canberra), died as a result of injuries sustained when the bicycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car driven by Robert Henry Gunning, at the intersection of the Yass Road and the Federal Highway, ACT. An inquest determined that both Hadfield and Gunning had made an error of judgment, and there was no criminal negligence. LAC Hadfield had suffered lacerations to the head and arms and a fractured skull, sufficient to cause death.

Hadfield is buried in the Woden (not Widen) Public Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BELGIUM
WARD, James Henry Luther - F/Lt - HQ No 85 Group.

UK
PORTER, Cyril John - Cpl - registered in Birmingham.
WATERS, Henry Eric - Sgt - registered in Tonbridge.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Hello

Some more details:

UK
PORTER, Cyril John - Cpl - 1481793 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at 77 Dudley Road [City Hospital] , Birmingham 18.

WATERS, Henry Eric - Sgt - 906623 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at the County Hospital, Pembury, Kent.

UK
PARKER, Vincent (Australian) - F/Lt(Pilot) - 42356 - the Berwickshire Advertiser of Janaury 31st 1946 reported:

EX-P.O.W. CRASHES
Battle of Britain Veteran
A veteran of the the Battle of Britain and an ex-prisoner of war, Flight Lieutenant Vincent. W. Parker, crashed to his death near Felkington during a training flight on Tuesday. The plane was completely wrecked.
An eye-witness of the crash, Mr. W. Robertson, Horncliffe Mains, said he saw two planes manoeuvring. The leading plane dived, followed by the other, as if in pursuit. The first plane started to spin earthwards at a terrific speed and vanished behind a group of trees.
An Australian by birth [actually born Vincent Wheatley, at Chester-le-Street, County Durham], Parker had spent the greater part of his life in this country, although his parents lived in the Dominion.
Group Captain Donaldson, Station Commander at Milfield Aerodrome, where Parker was stationed, paid tribute to him and said he had had a remarkable flying career and had much to his credit.
Brought down off the Isle of Wight during the Battle of Britain, he was unfortunately picked up by a German torpedo boat. He spent the majority of his captivity at a punishment camp because of his repeated attempts to escape.

More here:

http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12832.php
(http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12832.php)
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16130-Flt-Vincent-Parker-Spitfire-R6985-234-SQN

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

James Henry Luther Ward 101452, an Accounts officer , died at Sint Peter's station, Ghent , when he fell between the coaches of a train

[jonheyworth]

Cyril John Porter 1481793 | attached to Number 3507 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Servicing Unit | died in Dudley Road EMS hospital, Birmingham, of peritonitis