410323 - Unaccounted airmen - 23-3-1941

[Henk Welting]

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

LAC (Pilot u/t) Kenneth H. (Ken) BEALE - 1254405 - killed on active service.
AC2 Harold MAJOR - 1052363 - died of wounds or injuries received on active service.
LAC Leslie J. PRIOR - 630635 - not found Flight archives.

No proposed air serials lost this day.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Beale ,20, is registered at Sleaford,Lincolnshire, Major,27,is registered at Stamford also in Lincolnshire and Prior,21, is registered at Plymouth
Regards
Dick

[davew]

Oxford P1828 USLN at Barkston on this day. Depending on exactly where the a/c came down any fatalities would be recorded at either Sleaford or Grantham.

regards

DaveW

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick and Dave. P1828 USLN but also hit a tree and may there have been a fatal casualty. Annotations made.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE— L.A/C. L. J. Prior, Serial number was scanned as: "630G35"

Henk, no need to aknowledge this posting, I've pushed enough threads off the front page. Send a PM if you wish.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

AC2 Harold MAJOR - 1052363 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Stamford Infirmary.

LAC Leslie J. PRIOR - 630635 - the Bath Chronicle of March 29th 1941 reported the following:

BATH AIRMAN'S DEATH IN PLYMOUTH RAID
The many friends of L.A.C. Leslie James Prior, R.A.F., of 3, King Edward Cottages, West Twerton, Bath, will learn with regret of his death by enemy action at Plymouth on Sunday morning. He was injured by a bomb in the raid on Friday night when walking with a friend, and his injuries proved fatal.
Educated at Twerton Parochial and West Twerton Schools, Mr. Prior went to work at the Bath Artcraft Works. He had been in the R.A.F. for two years.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Harold Major1052363 , attached to SHQ at RAF Wittering, was killed in an air raid