460625 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-06-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460625 - Unaccounted Airmen - 25-06-1946

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
BARRABLE, Eric C - Air Mechanic - 572773 - SAAF - 44 Sqdn - Johannesburg ( West Park ) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.

UK
BALTY, Geoffrey Peter - Air Cadet - 493 Sqdn ATC - Oxford ( Botley ) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
BOWIE, David - F/Lt(Nav) - 50225 RAF - D.F.M - Eaglesham Cemetery, Renfrewshire.
BREWSTER-LIVETT, John Harold - W/O(Pilot) - 1314508 - RAFVR - Oxford ( Botley ) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
MADAMS, Maurice - W/O(WoP/AG) - 1399974 - RAFVR - Faversham Borough Cemetery, Kent.
MAY, John Stanley - F/Lt(Nav/Bomber) - 163664 - RAFVR - Bradford (Thornton ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
WALLACE, Robert Sydney - Air Cadet - 493 Sqdn ATC - Oxford ( Botley ) Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
The SIX Airmen named above were in Wellington GR.13 - NC661 - Shawbury.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

CHINA
BENNETT, Ralph Stephen ( of Jamaica ) - Cpl - 1642411 - RAFVR - Sai Wan War Cemetery, China( inc Hong Kong ).

GERMANY
BARWELL, George Thomas - Cpl - 1684246 - RAFVR.
HARRISON, Sidney - F/Lt( Nav/Bomber ) - 171806 - RAFVR.
HUGHES, Fred - F/Lt( Pilot ) - 136182 - RAFVR.
LIVINGSTONE, Peter - W/O ( Pilot ) - 1556547 - RAFVR.
THOMSON, Ian Archibald McLean - F/Lt - 162920 - RAFVR.

The five airmen named above were in Anson C.12 - PH789 - BAFO C/Wng.
They all rest at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.

A sixth person I understand, previously unnamed, I believe to have been Mrs. Cynthia Mable Chandler LLOYD, of the Control Commission (BE) who died this day and is at rest at Munster Heath War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

INDIA
SUBBAYYA - Enrolled Follower - 58597 - RIAF - Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorials, India.

PAKISTAN
CURD, Neville Robert - F/Sgt - 1812649 - RAFVR - Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

CHINA
BENNETT, Ralph Stephen ( of Jamaica ) - Cpl - 1642411 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at La Salla College, Kowloon. The GRO list gives his unit as 5358 Wing.

PAKISTAN
CURD, Neville Robert - F/Sgt - 1812649 - Palam. The National Probate Calendar records that he died at Iala-Musa, Punjab.

GERMANY
BARWELL, George Thomas - Cpl - 1684246 - RAFVR.
HARRISON, Sidney - F/Lt( Nav/Bomber ) - 171806 - RAFVR.
HUGHES, Fred - F/Lt( Pilot ) - 136182 - RAFVR.
LIVINGSTONE, Peter - W/O ( Pilot ) - 1556547 - RAFVR.
THOMSON, Ian Archibald McLean - F/Lt - 162920 - RAFVR.

The Birmingham Daily Gazette of June 28th 1946 reported the following, confirming your suspicions Alex:

In the B.A.O.R. Anson crash near Osnabruck (Germany) last Monday: F/Lts. A. M.Thomson, F. Hughes, and S. Harrison, W/O P. Livingstone, Cpl. G. J. Barwell, and Mrs. C. M. C. Lloyd (of the Control Commission) were all killed, and F/Lts. L. Cook and D. Lloyd were seriously injured.

Cynthia Mabel Chandler Lloyd - the National Probate Calendar records that she died at 25 British General Hospital, B.A.O.R Munster.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Neville Robert Curd 1812649 , a Driver MT and temporary Sergeant, died from the effects of heatstoke on board a train whilst proceeding on leave at Jhelum

[jonheyworth]

Ralph Stephen Bennet 1642411 , was injured in an on duty MT accident , when his vehicle collided with a stationary crane on 21 June. Admitted seriously ill with concussion to Number 15 CCS at La Salla College, Kowloon, he died there of his injuries

This corrects the error in this database where it states he died at Number 25 General hospital in BOAR . It also completes Hong Kong