460530 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-05-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460530 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-05-1946

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
BYRNE, Patrick Joseph - AC2c - 1908993 - RAFVR - Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.

IRAQ
GODDARD, Victor Frederick - F/Lt(Pilot) - 124504 - RAFVR - Habaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
STALLARD, Damon - W/O(Nav(/WoP) - 1393726 - RAFVR - Habaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
The two airmen named above were crew in Mosquito FB.6 - TE865 - 1 FU.

ITALY
MANNION, Denis Stephen - F/O(Pilot) - 198046 - RAFVR - Padua War Cemetery, Italy - [ Spitfire F.8 - JF462 - 92 Sqdn ].

SOUTH AFRICA
WEBB, S. H - Air Cpl - 210726V - SAAF - Johannesburg ( West Park ) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.

UK
YOUNG, Sydney George Henry - Cpl - 1716737 - RAFVR - Wandsworth ( Earlsfield ) Cemetery, London.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

INDIA
SRINIVASAN, T. K - LAC - 48707 - RIAF - Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorials, India.

UK
KIRSCHE, Otto - GAF - Burton-Upon-Trent Cemetery, Staffordshire.
ROBERTS, George William - Lt(A) - HMS Vulture - Royal Navy - 736 Sqdn - St. Mervyn Churchyard, Cornwall - [ Firefly FR.1 - MB677 - 736 Sqdn ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
BYRNE, Patrick Joseph - AC2 - 107 MU.

UK
YOUNG, Sydney George Henry - Cpl - Registered in Halstead.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex

Some additional information on the following:

IRAQ
GODDARD, Victor Frederick - F/Lt(Pilot) - 124504 - the Eastbourne Gazette of June 5th 1946 reported the following:

Death of F/Lieut. V. F. Goddard
After taking part in nearly 50 operational flights over enemy territory during the war with Germany and being awarded the D.F.C., Flight-Lieutenant Victor Frederick Goddard, R.A.F.V.R., has lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident in the Middle East, while ferrying an aircraft to India. He was due for demobilisation in a few weeks. He was 25 years of age and unmarried.

STALLARD, Eamon - W/O(Nav(/WoP) - 1393726 - the National Probate Calendar confirms he died at Habbinya, Iraq.

ITALY
MANNION, Denis Stephen - F/O(Pilot) - 198046 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died 'near Venice, Italy.'

UK
KIRSCHE, Otto - GAF - registered Cheadle (FreeBMD has 'Kersche')

ROBERTS, George William - Lt(A) - HMS Vulture - the Western Morning News of June 1st 1946 reported the following:

FLEET AIR ARM ACE KILLED
A young Fleet Air Arm pilot flying a naval plance fromLondon to St. Merryn on Thursday afternoon wa killed instantly when he crashed in thick fog at Trenance Downs, St. Austell. His machine exploded as it struck a hedge, and his body was found 400 yards form the wreckage.
At the inquest at the Royal Naval Air Station at St. Merryn yesterday the District Coroner (Mr. E. W. Gill) recorded a verdict of "Accidental Death" on the pilot, Lieut. George William Roberts, aged 25. Lieut. Roberts was one of the Fleet Air Arm aces during the war and had recently been appointed assistant chief gunner instructor at the Royal Naval School of Air Warfare, St. Merryn.

More on Roberts:

http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/RobertsGW.htm

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Patrick Joseph Byrne 1908993, died in Number 19 General hospital after he was hit on the head by a vehicle starting handle when it backfired