460425 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-04-1946

[Alex Smart]

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460425 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-04-1946

From Henk's List -

IRAQ
FERRIE, William Pat - Sqdn/Ldr(Pilot) - 60570 - R.A.F - D.F.C ; A.F.C - Habaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
LESTER, Robert David - F/Sgt(R/O(A)) - 3050333 - RAFVR - Habbania War Cemetery, Iraq.
WOODMAN, John - F/O(Nav) - 196974 - RAFVR - Habbania War Cemetery, Iraq..
WRIGHT, Frank Myles - F/O(Pilot) - 183742 - RAFVR - Habbania War Cemetery, Iraq.
The above four airmen were aboard Ventura B.5 - FP612 - Iraq Com/Flt.
One source has five on board ?

UK
HARDING, Edward Arthur - F/Lt(Pilot) - 163660 - RAFVR - Heston (St. Leonard) Churchyard, Middlesex.
LOMAN, Kenneth William Evans - F/O - 166423 - RAFVR - Langport Cemetery, Somerset.
The above two airmen were crew of Oxford T.1 - PH244 - 21 PAFU.
JOHN, William Rees - Wng/CDR - 73769 - RAFVR - O.B.E - Gorsennon ( Brynteg ) Congregational Chapelyard, Glamorganshire.
LUHMAN, Samuel George Gilbert - Sqdn/Ldr - 118881 - RAFVR - Sidcup Cemetery, Kent.
STRAUGHTON, Alfred - Cpl - 623817- RAF - Workington ( Salterbeck ) Cemetery, Cumberland.
THOMSON, Derek William Harold - A/C Apprentice - 582756 - RAF - Plymouth ( Weston Mill ) Cemetery, Devon.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AUSTRALIA
HARRISON, John Emmerson - LAC - 138646 - RAAF - Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.

INDIA
RAJAGOPALAN, T. S - LAC - 16514 - RIAF - Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 Memorials, India.

PAKISTAN
WRIGHT, John Harry - F/Lt - 53190 - RAF - D.F.M - Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

AUSTRALIA.

138646 LAC John Emmerson HARRISON RAAF.

138646 LAC (Radar Operator) John Emmerson HARRISON RAAF (of No.2 Stores Depot, Regents Park, NSW), died in Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, NSW, on 25 April, 1946, from the effects of Acute Poliomyelitis.

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

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UK
JOHN, William Rees - Wng/CDR - registered in Surrey NE.
LUHMAN, Samuel George Gilbert - Sqdn/Ldr - registered in Ryedale.
STRAUGHTON, Alfred - Cpl - registered in Cockermouth.
THOMSON, Derek William Harold - A/C Apprentice - registered in Aylebury.

PAKISTAN
WRIGHT, John Harry - F/Lt - 1359 Flt.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex

HARDING, Edward Arthur - F/Lt(Pilot) - 163660
LOMAN, Kenneth William Evans - F/O - 166423

From the Chelmsford Chronicle, May 3rd 1946:

ON ACTIVE SERVICE
HARDING - in a flying accident on April 25th 1946, F/Lieut. Edward Artgur Harding, younger son of Major and Mrs. Harding, of Ostereley, Middlesex.

The National Probate Calendar entry for Loman:

LOMAN Kenneth William Evans of Bow Street Langport, Somersetshire, died 25 April 1946 in a field off Watling Street, Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire.

LUHMAN, Samuel George Gilbert - Sqdn/Ldr - 118881 - the Nottingham Journal of April 27th 1946 reported the following:

ARMOURED CAR FATALITY
Lincs Officer's Crash at Famous Spot
Squadron Leader Samuel George Gilbert Luhman (36), of No. 1 R.A.F. Regiment Depot, Belton Park, Grantham, was killed when an armoured car in which he was carrying out a reconnaissance for forthcoming manoeuvres, crashed 25 feet from Rosedale Chimney, famous Yorkshire hillclimb.
The driver of the vehicle, Flt. Lt. D. M. Ripon, of Warrington, and the other occupant, Flt. Lt. D. G. Roberts, of London, suffered shock but were otherwise unhurt.

STRAUGHTON, Alfred - Cpl - 623817 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at The Infirmary, Workington.

PAKISTAN
WRIGHT, John Harry - F/Lt - 53190 - Casualty Communique No. 604, Flight Magazine, October 3rd 1946, records him a 'Died on Active Service.'

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

William Rees John 73769, died at 133 Sheen Court, North Sheen, Richmond, of a cereberal heamorhage caused by arteriosclerosis

[jonheyworth]

John Harry Wright 53190 , died in Number 10 RAF General Hospital of poliomyelitis after being admitted the previous day

[jonheyworth]

Alfred Straughton 623817 | was admitted dangerously ill to Ballochmyle EMS hospital on 10 January 1946. Transferred to the Workington Infirmary, he died of carcinoma of the pancreas

[jonheyworth]

Derek William Harold Thomson 582756 | attached to Number 1 SoTT | was born on 14 March 1930. He enlisted as a Cadet in the RAF on 19 February 1946. On 24 April 1946, he was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Halton, suffering with meningitis. Dangerously ill on 13 April, he died on 24 April of tubercular meningitis ( not 25 April as per CWGC )