410103 - Unaccounted airmen - 3-1-1941

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of and/or what were the places of death tregistration for:

ACW1 Doreen R. COCKS - 894204 - killed on active service;
Sgt Harry L. MACRORY - 801456 - 23 Sqn (Ford, Sussex) - missing and commemorated Panel 48 of the Runnymede Memorial;
F/Sgt David W. MATHEWS - 561312 - 23 sqn (Ford, Sussex) - missing and commemorated Panel 37 of the Runnymede Memorial, and
AC1 Gilbert F. SYNNUCK - 859653 - 11 BC, 927 (Balloon) Sqn, Avonmouth, Bristol - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Beaufighter IF - R2188 - FIU - crashed on approach Ford.
Tiger Moth II - N6743 4 EFTS - abandoned near Faxfleet, E.Yorkshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

Synnock killed at 1 Andover Road, Bristol, and Cocks at 13 Berkeley Square, Bristol - due to air raid.

Re: MACRORY and MATHEWS, see entry for 4-1-1941

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[Henk Welting]

Thanks Amrit for your excellent help.
Regards,
Henk.

[paulmcmillan]

Beaufighter IF - R2188 - FIU - crashed on approach Ford. - W/C Chamberlain and crew ok

From 1941 The Turning Point Vol 1 by John Foreman

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Paul.