460701 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-07-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460701 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-07-1946

From Henk's List -

CANADA
BYRNE, James Edward - LAC - R/295125 - RCAF
Stanleyville Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

UK
GRIFFITHS, George - LAC - 1159751 - RAFVR
Birmingham ( Sutton ) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
OPIE, Kenneth - LAC - 1205089 - RAFVR
Clampdowns Cemetery, Charlestown, Cornwall.
RICE, Edward George - LAC - 1235075 - RAFVR
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
RUDLING, Dennis Vernon Anthony - A/c App - 579924 - RAF.
Exeter ( Exwick or St. Thomas ) Cemetery, Devon.


From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

GERMANY
BROWNE, Guy Fountain - F/Lt(Pilot) - 130223 - RAFVR - D.F.C - 21 Sqdn.
SHEWRY, Geoffrey Walter - W/O - 1802216 - RAFVR - 143 Sqdn.
These two airmen were crew of Mosquito VI - PZ439 - 21 Sqdn.
They both rest at Munster Heath War Cemetery, Nordrheim-Westfalen, Germany.

SOUTH AFRICA
JOUBERT, G. F. - Air Mechanic - 543797 - SAAF
Johannesburg ( West Park ) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa - [ Henk's has this airman's death on the 2nd ? ].

UK
FLOWER, Richard Colin - F/Lt(Pilot) - 405477 - RNZAF
Stranraer ( Glebe ) Cemetery, Wigtownshire.
GREY, Robert - F/O - 191697 - RAFVR
Walney Island ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Lancashire.
These two airmen were crew of Wellington X - LP764 - 10 AGS.
THOROGOOD, John David ( Johnny ) - F/Lt(Pilot) - 148183 - RAFVR - 222 Sqdn
Ipswich Crematorium, Suffolk.
The above airman was pilot of Meteor F.3 - EE295 - 222 Sqdn.
SLANEY, Denis Harvey - Lt(A) - RNVR - HMS Gosling
Southend-on-Sea ( Sutton Road ) Cemetery, Essex.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
GRIFFITHS, George - LAC - registered in Birmingham.
OPIE, Kenneth - LAC - registered in Truro.
RICE, Edward George - LAC - nor Eng/Wales?
RUDLING, Dennis Vernon Anthony - A/c App - registered in Newton Abbott

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex

RICE, Edward George - LAC - 1235075 - not on Scotland's People website.

SLANEY, Denis Harvey - Lt(A) - RNVR - the National Probate Calendar records that he died 'in the sea near Public Swimming Baths, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea.' His death was reported in the Chelmsford Chronicle of July 5th 1946, which reported that he drowned while bathing in the sea.

Regards

Simon

[CZ_RAF]

Hi,

CANADA
BYRNE, James Edward - LAC - R/295125 - RCAF
Stanleyville Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

Post discharge death, discharged on 3. 2. 1945.

Pavel

[jonheyworth]

Edward George Rice 1235075 | on Class A release to the U.K., died at sea at 17:45 Hours on HMT Matrona of cerebral malaria. His body being landed and removed to Southampton mortuary