460610 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-06-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460610 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-06-1946

From Henk's List -

UK
BRAUNTON, John Henry - LAC - 1654663 - RAFVR - Marwood ( St. Michael ) Churchyard, Devon.
BRAZELL, Bertram Victor - LAC - 1133564 - RAFVR - Hellesdon ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Norfolk.
COTTRELL, Henry - LAC - 1201927 - RAFVR - Welwyn Garden City ( Hatfield Hyde ) Burial Ground, Hertfordshire.
GRUMMITT, Roy David - S/Lt(A) RNVR - FAA - HMS Gosling - Brighton ( Lewes Road ) Borough Cemetery, Sussex - Road Accident.
PITT, Maxwell - AC1c - 145456 - RAFVR - Bexleyheath Cemetery, Kent.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

EGYPT
CICINSKI, Edmund - Szeregowiec ( AC1c ) - 707780 - PAF - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

INDIA
FENWICK, Austin Guy - F/Lt(Pilot) - 150072 - RAFVR - Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India.
FINNEY, Derek Edward - F/Lt(Obs) - 166720 - RAFVR - 356 Sqdn - Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India.
Both the above two airmen were in Tiger Moth II - NL725 - India CF on an unauthorised flight.

PAKISTAN
GREEN, Albert Edward - LAC - 1864675 - RAFVR - Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.

SINGAPORE
WELCH, Reginald William - AC2c - 3202033 - RAFVR - Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

UK
SMITH, Eric - Stanley - S/Lt(A) - RNVR - 812 Sqdn FAA - HMS Ukussa - Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire - [ Firefly FR.1 - MB636 - HMS Vengeance, off Force Point, Trincomalee ].

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
BRAUNTON, John Henry - LAC - 1654663 - the North Devon journal of June 20th 1946 reported his funerla, and included the following:

L.A.C. Braunton had served in for the past four years in the R.A.F., returning from two-and-a-half years overseas service last September. He died in the North Devon Infirmary on June 10th as the result of a motor cycle accident.

BRAZELL, Bertram Victor - LAC - 1133564 - registered Norwich

COTTRELL, Henry - LAC - 1201927 - registered Westminster

GRUMMITT, Roy David - S/Lt(A) RNVR - FAA - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Epsonm, Surrey

PAKISTAN
GREEN, Albert Edward - LAC - 1864675 - SHQ Mauripur

SINGAPORE
WELCH, Reginald William - AC2c - 3202033 - Saigon

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

PITT, Maxwell - AC1 - registered in Thanet
CICINSKI, Edmund - Szeregowiec ( AC1 ) - died in a hospital.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Edmund Cicinski 707780 attached to PABTS, was involved in a road accident on 10 June. Admitted to hospital 45 minutes later he died shortly afterwards of multiple skull fractures and mediation of the brain

[jonheyworth]

Reginald William Welch 3202033 , attached to RAF Saigon , was killed whilst returning from leave at 16:00 Hours, ten miles north of Ba Ria near Cap St Jacques when he was ambushed by bandits

[jonheyworth]

Albert Edward Green 1864675 , attached to RAF Mauripur, was killed in an off duty MT accident near Mauripur being dead on arrival at SSQ

[norfolkjohn]

1133564 LAC Bertram Victor Brazell. From death certificate – “Cause of death: Multiple injuries caused by the deceased coming into collision with an Army Motor Lorry whilst riding his Motor Cycle at Aylsham Road, Norwich” Inquest was held on 28th June 46. It is stated that Brazell was, himself, a lorry driver in the RAF.