460426 - Unaccounted Airmen - 26-04-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460426 - Unaccounted Airmen - 26-04-1946

From Henk's List -

UK
HEARD, Harold Charles - LAC - 1408216 - RAFVR - Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
LEE, Alfred James - LAC - 1661624 - RAFVR - Broadclyst ( St. John the Baptist ) Churchyard Extension, Devon.

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

AUSTRALIA
BOORE, William Harvey - T/S/Lt(A) - RNVR - HMS Glory - 1831 Sqdn FAA - Newcastle ( Sandgate ) New South Wales, Australia - [ Corsair - KD936 ].

GERMANY
HINES, Robert William - LAC - 1811150 - RAFVR - Munster Heath War Cemetery, Westfalen, Nordrheim, Germany.

UK
CORDON, Granville Trevor - W/O ( Nav/WoP) - 1581673 - RAFVR - 254 Sqdn - Spondon Cemetery, Derbyshire.
SHARMAN, Paul Carol Blaise - W/O(Pilot) - 1512816 - RAFVR - 254 Sqdn - Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
Both the above airmen were crew in Beaufighter TF.10 - RD502 - 254 Sqdn. This a/c dived into the ground,presumably after loss of control while flying on one engine, Hindringham, Norfolk on the 26.4.46.
CWGC has SHARMAN's death recorded as 06-04-1946.
See members comments on this in the 6 April 1946 Unaccounted thread.

HONEYWELL, Arthur Noel - Sgt - 777202 - Glider Pilot Regiment - M.M - Worleston ( St. Oswald ) Churchyard, Cheshire - [ Horsa II - RX777 ].
REINISCH, Karl - GAF - Cannock Chase Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
HEARD, Harold Charles - LAC - registered in Fylde.
LEE, Alfred James - LAC - not Eng/Wales?.

GERMANY
HINES, Robert William - LAC - 83 GCC.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Malcolm

LEE, Alfred James - LAC - 1661624 - nothing for him on Scotland's People. However, after a quick search on FreeBMD for a 21 year old with the surname Lee, registered June 1946, brings up a possible match:

The Western Times of May 10th 1946 reported the following:

L.A.C. W. J. Lee R.A.F.
The funeral took place at Broadclyst parish church on May 1 of L.A.C. Wilfred James Lee, age 21, youngest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. T. Lee, of Forches Cottage, Broadclyst.
The death of L.A.C. Lee occurred in the R.A.F. Hospital, Wroughton. Deceased had served 3 1/2 years in the R.A.F. in Europe and the Far East. His brother, Sergt. Ernest Lee, R.A., lost his life during North Sea operations during the war. A contingent of R.A.F. personnel acted as bearers, and the coffin was draped with the Union Jack and also deceased's service cap.

The father's initial and Broadclyst match his entry on the CWGC website:

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2441329/LEE,%20ALFRED%20JAMES

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Robert William Hines 181150 , attached to Number 2 Group Control Centre at Beckum, died in Number 70 Billet , off duty of a self inflicted gun shot wound from a revolver

[jonheyworth]

Harold Charles Heard 1408216 | was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Kirkham on 14 April suffering with a collapsed lower left lobe. He died subsequently of enteric fever