401221 - Unaccounted airmen - 21-12-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what were the places of death registration for:

AC2 James A. GRANT - 1009370 - killed on active service;
LAC (Pilot u/t) Edmund J. McGRATH - 1256401 - killed on active service;
LAC (Pilot u/t) Francis W. SHEARMUR - 915704 - killed on active service;
LAC (Pilot u/t) Robert MacL. STEVEN - 964226 - killed on active service, and
AC2 Sidney W. SUMMERELL - 997777 - not found Flight archives.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Hurricane I - V7023 - 79 sqn - crashed in forced landing beach at Bodorgan, Anglesey.
Master I - N7600 - 8 FTS - flew into ground near Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.
Tiger Moth II - R4940 - 3 EFTS - crashed on approach Watchfield.
Tiger Moth II - T7152 - 14 EFTS - damaged byond repair in accident (location not known).
Tiger Moth - BB756 - 22 EFTS - crashed on take-off Kenley.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk Welting

James A. GRANT - aged 26, Liverpool Sth, 1941 Q1
Edmund J. McGRATH - aged 29, Wokingham, 1940 Q4.
Francis W. SHEARMUR - aged 20, Aberdeen. Killed in flying accident (Master I N7600)
LAC (Pilot u/t) Robert MacL. STEVEN aged 26, Aberdeen. Killed in flying accident. (Master I N7600)
Sidney W. SUMMERELL - aged 44, Wallersey, 1940 Q4.

Hurricane I - V7023 - 79 sqn - crashed in forced landing beach at Bodorgan, Anglesey.
Roy Sloan in his book 'Anglesey Air Accidents' lists no loss of life with this accident.

Regards
Andy

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Andy for this useful help.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AC2 Sidney W. SUMMERELL - 997777
Probate shows he died in Public Shelter, Harrison Drive, Wallasey

Martyn

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 James A. GRANT - 1009370 - the Liverpool Echo of December 23rd 1940 reported the following:

Liverpool's Most Serious "Blitz"
Merseyside ahd its longest and most serious air "blitz" on Saturdy night [December 21st]. Wave after wave of enemy raiders swept over the district, and in the later stages of the attack, some of them dived to drop their bombs.
Two members of the clerical staff of the Roman Catholic church, and several other people, including a solider [sic] named James Grant, who was home on leave, were killed when a bomb struck a shelter in the clubroom attached to the church.

LAC (Pilot u/t) Edmund J. McGRATH - 1256401 - the Graves Registration Report records him as being aiwth 13 E.F.T.S., and the Andrews Newspaper Index records him as "killed in flying accident."

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

McGrath was in BB754

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Raymond Alan Mawson Stone 563238 , attached to 210 Squadron, who had been reported missing in Belnheim MKIV L8851 of 15 Squadron on 21 May 1940 , drowned in the River Thames off Paynes Wharf, Depford

[jonheyworth]

James Ernest Daniel Forrest-Adams ( only ADAMS in his records) 1168629 , attached to RAF Horsham St. Faith, was admitted dangerously ill to SSQ, where he died the same day at 20:30 Hours of cerebro spinal meningitis

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401221 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-12-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
GRANT, James A - AC2c - 1009370 - RAFVR.
Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Lancashire.
AIR Raid on Merseyside.

GREENWAY, Eric George - AC2c - 755938 - RAFVR.
Sevenoaks (Greatness Park) Cemetery, Kent.
Blenheim IV - Z5817 - 13 OTU.

FORREST - ADAMS, James Ernest Dan - AC2c - 1168629 - RAFVR.
Chipstead (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Surrey.
Cause of death ?

McGRATH, Edmund John - Lac - 1256401 - RAFVR.
Maidenhead (All Saints) Cemetery, Berkshire.
Tiger Moth - BB754 - 13 EFTS.

PEARCE, Leslie William - AC2c - 1180354 - RAFVR.
Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall.
Epilepsy, Wells Borough Hospital.

SUMMERELL, Sidney William - AC2c - 997777 - RAFVR.
Wallasey (Frankby) Cemetery, Cheshire.
Killed in a shelter during an Air Raid.


From CWGC -

CANADA
DICKIE, Charles Richard - Lac - R/65473 - RCAF.
Canning Trinity United Church Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Finch - 4441 - 1 EFTS.

EGYPT
HICKEY, William Joseph - Sqdn/Ldr - 32035 - RAF.
Gladiator II - N5819 - 80 Sqdn.
RIPLEY, Henry Derek - F/Lt - 70575 - RAF.
Gladiator II - N5816 - 80 Sqdn.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

FRANCE
BRIGGS, Dennis Rushworth - Sgt - 580535 - RAF.
HANNAN, George Henry - P/O - 79237 - RAFVR.
MONTAGU, George Wroughton - Sqdn/Ldr - 26241 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - R3878 - 236 Sqdn.

UK
DAVEY, Derrick Joseph - Sgt - 553939 - RAF.
Braintree Cemetery, Essex.
HUBBARD, Michael - P/O - 83259 - RAFVR.
Knighton (St.Mary Magdalene) Churchyard, Leicestershire.
PERKINS, Kenneth Walsingham Boyd - Sgt - 590585 - RAF.
Patcham (All Saints) Churchyard, Sussex.
SMITH, David William - Sgt - 648240 - RAF.
Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
These four airmen were crew of Hampden I - X3154 - 106 Sqdn.

SHEARMUR, Francis Walter - Lac - 915704 - RAFVR.
Farningham (SS.Peter and Paul) Churchyard, Kent.
STEVEN, Robert MacLaren - Lac - 964226 - RAFVR.
City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex.
These two airmen were crew of Master I - N7600 - 8 SFTS.

BRACCHI, Ronald - Sgt - 550921 - RAF.
DALE, Jack Cranwell ( Australian) - P/O - 43284 - RAF.
JENKINS, Peter Johnstone (Australian) - F/O - 40713 - RAF.
WILLIS, Raymond Walter - Sgt - 552094 - RAF.
These four airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
They were crew of Hudson I - N7222 - 224 Sqdn.

Alex

[Alex Smart]

FORREST - ADAMS, James Ernest Dan - AC2c - 1168629 - RAFVR.
Chipstead (St.Margaret) Churchyard, Surrey.
He was admitted dangerously ill to SSQ where he died the same day at 20:30 Hours of cerebro spinal meningitis (via Jon Heyworth)
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