460723 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 23-07-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460723 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 23-07-1946

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
ROFFE, Dorothy Sonia - Cpl - 426762 - WAAF.
East Raynham ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Norfolk.
[ Date in CWGC is given as 11th August, 1943, I cannot understand how Henk's got this one so wrong ? ].

UK
BUXTON, Charles Horace - S/Lt(A) - HMS Illustrious - RNVR.
Besthorpe ( Holy Trinity ) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire.
STRICKLAND, Kenneth - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RNVR.
Fulford Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Both the above were crew of Mosquito FB.VI - TE725 - 811 Sqdn FAA detatched to 771 Sqdn FAA.

From CWGC & Geoff's Sites -

IRAQ
MEJBAIL, Hussein - Pvt - 7711 - RAF Iraq Levies.
Habaniya Memorial, Iraq.

UK
CHADD, Denis Thomas - F/Lt(WoP-Air) - 160576 - RAFVR - 280 Sqdn.
Chevington Cemetery, Northumberland.
CODY, Herbert Arthur - F/O(Nav) - 196217 - RAFVR - 280 Sqdn.
Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich, London.
WYETT, Kenneth Frederick - F/Lt(Pilot) - 158764 - RAFVR - 280 Sqdn.
St. Mary Cemetery, Kent.
The above three airmen were in Warwick ASR VI - HG136 - 269 Sqdn (?).
GEDGE, George Joseph Henry - F/Sgt - 516957 - RAF.
East Raynham ( St. Mary ) Churchyard, Norfolk.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

UK
In A-B serials book, the last operator of HG136 is 280 Sqn
GEDGE, George Joseph Henry - F/Sgt - registered Kings Lynn

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
ROFFE, Dorothy Sonia - Cpl - 426762 - on FreeBMD there's a Dorothy Roffe, aged 27, registered Fakenham, September 1943. Must be her...?

UK
CHADD, Denis Thomas - F/Lt(WoP-Air) - 160576
CODY, Herbert Arthur - F/O(Nav) - 196217
WYETT, Kenneth Frederick - F/Lt(Pilot) - 158764

Warwick HG136 was en route to Brackla in Fife to be scrapped. A little more here:

http://college-valley.co.uk/history.htm

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Mejbail Hussain 7711, attached to Number 47 Company, was shot in the abdomen by a sentry and was admitted to the Levy hospital at 16;45 hours. Where he died at 20:30 hours

[jonheyworth]

George Joseph Henry ( O'BRIEN) Gedge 516957 , attached to RAF West Raynham , whilst riding a motorcycle on the airfield, collided with a Naval Airman riding a motorcycle in the opposite direction. He was admitted to Lynn Hospital, where he died of head Injuries sustained when his head hit the kerb when thrown from his machine. He was not wearing a helmet and medical opinion felt that he would have survived had he done so