410308 - Unaccounted airmen - 8-3-1941

[Henk Welting]

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

P/O (Pilot) Paul R. ANDERSON - 85219 - RAF (from USA) - 71 Sqn - Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire - killed on active service;
AC1 George F. LAVER - 913861 - not found Flight archives;
AC2 Reuben F. MERCER - 1085349 - not found Flight archives;
AC2 Max RADSTONE - 1375114 - killed on active service;
AC2 Joseph RAPER (Flight: RAFER) - 1214117 - killed on active service, and
P/O Robert B. REDFERN - 83453 - killed on active service.

Proposed aircraft losses:

Battle I - L5380 - 38 MU - crashed in forced landing near Llandow.
Defiant I - N3478 - 264 Sqn - collided with Defiant N 3332 on night patrol and crashed (no further details).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Anderson,27, Radstone,31, and Redfern,26, are all registered at Westminster, Central London, the area for Government departments, Parliament etc. Mercer,33, is registered at Cranbrook in Kent.
Regards
Dick

[Amrit]

Anderson was killed whilst on leave, and was visiting the Cafe de Paris in London when a bomb hit it. The others maybe casualties of the same incident

A

[Ken MacLean]

Henk,

AC1 G.F. LAVER DoAS, Times 9 April 1941; MERCER not found.

Regards, Ken

[Henk Welting]

Thanks friends for this very much appreciated info.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Mercer, registered Cranbrook, DOAS in Flight mag 24th April.

Laver, In 2nd Qtr 1941, there is a 22 yr old George F Laver in Oxford district. DOAS

Raper, is RAFER on CWGC, age 30, also registered in Westminister. KOAS

So Anderson, Radstone, Redfern and Rafer likely all in same incident.

[Henk Welting]

Hello Dennis,
Hartelijk dank is what we say for thanks. Will amend my files.
Regards,
Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Reuben Frank Mercer 1085349 , attached to Number 3 Recruits Centre , died in Cranbrook Isolation hospital , Kent , of pneumonia secondary to diptheria

[jonheyworth]

George Francis Laver 913861 , attached to 13 OTU, was killed in a motor cycle accident