460703 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-07-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460703 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-07-1946

From Henk's List -

UK
ELLIS, Peter Mark Wooding - Lt(A) - RNVR - HMS Colossus
Colchester Cemetery, Essex.
THOMAS, Albert Leo - F/Sgt - 1837524 - RAFVR - 44 Sqdn
Gowerton (Bethel) Methodist Chapelyard, Glamorganshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

GERMANY
RICKETTS, Ernest William - F/Lt - 157767 - RAFVR
Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.

INDIA
KARKI, Rana Bahadur Singh - F/O - 3005 - RIAF - 7 Sqdn - [ Spitfire XIV - NH806 ].
BOSE, Jyotirmoy - P/O - 3055 - RIAF - 3 Sqdn - [ Spitfire VIII - MV208 ].
NARAYANASWAMI - Enrolled Follower - 58902 - RIAF.
SITLU - Enrolled Follower - RIAF.
These four Indian Airmen are all remembered on the Delhi/Karachi 1939 - 1945 War Memorials, India.

SOUTH AFRICA
CARTER, G - Air Sergeant - 95948 - SAAF
Cape Town ( Maitland ) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
ELLIS, Peter Mark Wooding - Lt(A) - RNVR - HMS Colossus - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at the R.N. Hospital, Chatham. His death was due to illness:

http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1946-05MAY.htm

THOMAS, Albert Leo - F/Sgt - 1837524 - the Bury Free Press of July 12th 1946 reported that he drowned after getting into difficulties whilst bathing in Mill Pond at Lakenheath, despite efforts to save him.

GERMANY
RICKETTS, Ernest William - F/Lt - 157767 - 5355 (A.C.) Wing.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Ernest William Ricketts 157767 , attached to Number 5355 Wing , died at 23:50 Hours of gun shot wounds accidently sustained whilst out rabbit shooting