460327 - Unaccounted Airmen - 27-03-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460327 - Unaccounted Airmen - 27-03-1946

From Henk's List -

CANADA
McINNIS, Neil Alva Edison - Cpl - R/252774 - RCAF - Regina Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada.

UK
CROSBIE, Francis - LAC - 1370831 - RAFVR - Dalnottar Cemetery, Dunbartonshire.

From CWGC, Krzystka's & Geoff's Sites -

AUSTRALIA
HOLMES, George Wilson - LAC - 156026 - RAAF - Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Australia.

SINGAPORE
EVANS, David John- F/O(Nav) - 181341 - RAFVR.
HATTON, Albert Donald - W/O(A/G) - 1831882 - RAFVR.
LA NAUZE, Peter Claude - F/Sgt(Radio Op/Air) - 1891328 - RAFVR.
McKAIG, Robert Alexander - F/Sgt(Pilot) - 1568821 - RAFVR.
PEACOCK, Wilfred - F/Sgt(WoP) - 1033463 - RAFVR.
TINKLER, John Walter - F/Lt - 47318 - RAF.
The six airmen listed above were crew of Sunderland GR.5 - PP103 of 209 Sqdn. There were seven other non RAF casualties.

UK
OLSEN, John Ferraby - S/Lt(A) - HMS. Peewit - Royal Navy - 767 Sqdn FAA - Felixstowe New Cemetery, Suffolk - [ Firefly I - Z1961 ] - Also killed was Marine Fowler PELL - PO/X.125020.
STEINHOEFEL, Werner - GAF - Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Alex

[alieneyes]

CANADA
McINNIS, Neil Alva Edison - Cpl - R/252774

Died, coronary occlusion at Staten Island Area Hospital, US Army.

Dave

[dennis_burke]

McINNIS, Neil Alva Edison - Cpl - R/252774

died at Staten Island, New York
Died of natural causes.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA.

156026 LAC George Wilson HOLMES RAAF.

156026 LAC (Motor Boat Crew) George Wilson HOLMES RAAF (of No.112 Air-Sea Rescue Flight, RAAF), was fatally injured in a Motor Accident within the Camp Area (Darwin, N.T.), on 27 March, 1946. He was buried the following day at the Adelaide River War Cemetery.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

CANADA
McINNIS, Neil Alva Edison - Cpl - R/252774 - RCAF - Regina Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada.

UK
CROSBIE, Francis - LAC - not Eng/Wales?.

Has anyone anything on GORRIE, ALEXANDER HENDERSON ; RAFVR (1520954), age: 22?

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex/Malcolm

UK
CROSBIE, Francis - LAC - 1370831 - there's a Frank Crosbie, aged 25, registered March 1946 at Gloucester Rural

GORRIE, ALEXANDER HENDERSON ; RAFVR (1520954) - see March 28th entry.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Francis Crosbie 1370831, was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Innsworth on 4 March, where he died of pulmonary tuberculosis with his Father, of Beach Drive, Parkham, Dalmuir, at his bedside