460423 - Unaccounted Airmen - 23-04-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460423 - Unaccounted Airmen - 23-04-1946

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
VINE, G. L - F/Sgt - 190315V - SAAF - Johannesburg ( West Park ) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.

UK
CRAIG, John Donald - F/Lt - 128700 - RAFVR - Silsoe ( St. James ) Churchyard, Bedfordshire.
EDWARDS, Percival Colbourne - LAC - 1224819 - RAFVR - Wallington ( Band on Hill ) Cemetery, Surrey.
KIBBLE, George Stanley - LAC - 1211595 - RAFVR - Enfield ( Hertford Road ) Cemetery, Middlesex.
SHEPHERD, William - LAC - 1830208 - RAFVR - Golders Green Cemetery, Middlesex.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

SINGAPORE
SMITH, Henry - F/Sgt - 622986 - RAF - Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

UK
CRAWSHAW, Desmond William Machray - F/O(Pilot) - 201451 - RAFVR - 245 Sqdn - Littleham ( SS. Margaret and Andrew ) Churchyard, Devon - [ Meteor F.3 - EE293 - 245 Sqdn ].
PETCH, William Medley - AC2c( Pilot U/T ) - 3041342 - RAFVR - Hull Crematorium, Yorkshire - [ Harvard T.2 - FS745 - 21 SFTS ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
CRAIG, John Donald - F/Lt - registered in St Albans.
EDWARDS, Percival Colbourne - LAC - registered in Westminster.
KIBBLE, George Stanley - LAC - registered in Ely.
SHEPHERD, William - LAC - registered in Cambridge.

SINGAPORE
SMITH, Henry - F/Sgt - HQ ACSEA

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex/Malcolm

UK
CRAIG, John Donald - F/Lt - 128700 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Hill End Hospital, St. Albans.

PETCH, William Medley - AC2c (Pilot U/T ) - 3041342 - William Edley Petch:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=172476932&ref=acom

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Henry Smith 622986 , attached to HQ ACSEA, was killed in a jeep accident on the Changi to Singapore Road

[jonheyworth]

William Shepherd 1830208 | attached to Number 10 ANS | died in the Papworth Village Settlement, Cambridge , of pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

John Donald Craig 128700 | attached to Number 100 PDC | was dangerously injured whilst on release leave, when his motorcycle collided with a taxi on 18 April . He was admitted to the Hillend EMS hospital in St. Albans, where he died of his Injuries

[jonheyworth]

George Stanley Kibble 1211595 | attached to The Central Bomber Establishment | at RAF Marham, had served with Number 107 SP and had been reported missing believed a POW in Athens on 20 December 1944 when AHQ Greece was captured by ELAS. He was reported safe on 20 February 1945. He was killed at Ely, Cambridge. when his motorcycle hit a pillar

[jonheyworth]

Percival Colbourne Edwards 1224819 | Attached to Number 16 OTU | was admitted seriously ill to the Westminster hospital, London SW1, on 8 April. He became dangerously ill the following day and died at 09:20 Hours of Lymphadenoma