Acting P/O's commissioned Feb 10th 1936

[paulmcmillan]

Acting P/O 10 Feb 1936 and posted to 11 FTS Wittering on 22nd February 1936

Arthur John BANHAM #37565
James BEAVIS #37565
William Hedley CLIFF #37565
Paul Michael John EVANS. #37565
Neville George Clevely HEATH #37569 (estimated See Below)
Charles Percy Vernon HERVEY #37570
Jack Grenville KERBY #37571
Samuel Hugh KERNAGHAN #37572
Edwin John LITTLE #37573
Thomas Noel PARTRIDGE #37574
Jack William Charles POWELL #37575.
James Alan RICHARDSON #37576
George Rex SHEPLEY #37577 -- Typo Fixed
Ronald George TAYLOR #37578 -- Typo Fixed
James Anderson THOMSON #37579 -- Typo Fixed
Anthony William Tarleton TRAILL #37580 -- Typo Fixed
David Evelyn Alfred WILLIAMS #37581 -- Typo Fixed


Pilot Officer Neville George Clevely HEATH
is dismissed the service by sentence of
General Court Martial. 2oth Sept. 1937.

Because of issue of Mess Funds while with 19 Sqn at Duxford

He is of course this executed murderer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Heath

The point is he re-served in RAF (via SAAF) as "James Robert Cadogan Armstrong"

He was pilot of a 180 Sqn B-25 lost on 29 October 1944 attacking Venlo Bridge in Holland. Can any one ID this aircraft. The crew bailed out of it

Thanks

Paul

[wwrsimon]

Paul

2nd Tactical Air Force, Volume 2, Shores and Thomas, page 333:

c.16.10, 180 Sqn, Mitchell II FV967, hit by flak, b/o nr. Eindhoven. Crew:

Lt. J. R. C. Armstrong
F/L F. W. Silvester
F/O W. H. Deane
S/L W. S. Fielding-Johnson

see also:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?14225-Ex-RAF-officer-found-guilty-of-murder

Regards

Simon

[paulmcmillan]

Simon

Thanks I knew this had come up before somewhere but could not find it!

Apparently 0n 15 March 1937, Pilot Officer Heath was transferred to Mildenhall to join 73 Squadron. And he absconded from here March 22

Paul

[wwrsimon]

No problem Paul.

He wasn't the only member of the crew with an interesting story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Spurrett_Fielding-Johnson

Regards

Simon

[paulmcmillan]

Anthony William Tarleton TRAILL #37580 - Confirmed (I had a typo in my number)

Wing Commander
TRAILL, ANTHONY WILLIAM TARLETON
Service Number 37580

Died 14/08/1943

Aged 31

Royal Air Force

D F C

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

37580 W/C A W T TRAILL DFC

14-8-1943
No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster III ED378

Detailed for cross-country non-operational training flight. The proposed route was Blyton-Alston-Mull of Galloway-St Davids Head to position 53.40N:3.35W to Bury St Edmunds to Blyton.

The aircraft last reported in at about 4.15pm in a position off the Mull of Galloway, but nothing was heard from the aircraft after that and it did not return to base.

37580 W/C (1st Pilot) Anthony William Tarleton TRAILL DFC RAF+
1670757 Sgt (F/E) Ernest MIDDLETON RAFVR +
R110876 Sgt (Nav.) Peter TOMCHYSHYN RCAF +
1435614 Sgt (A/B) Dennis SMITH RAFVR +
656822 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) William Kenneth WITHAM RAF +
2207084 Sgt (MUG) Kenneth KENDALL RAFVR +
1296693 Sgt (R-G) David Emmanuel GRIFFITHS RAFVR +
AUS411383 P/O (A/B Instructor) Stanley John RICKETTS DFC RAAF +

All commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Col.