400118 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-01-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400118 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-01-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
CROSSLAND, Wilfred - AC2c - 643734 - RAF - 502 Sqn.
Warrington Cemetery, Lancashire.
(This airman is reported to have walked into the port propeller of Anson I, N5050 of 502 Sqn ).
GERRISH, John William - AC2c - 865652 - RAF(AAF) - 935 Balloon Squadron.
Carroll ( Cathay's ) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
WOOSLEY, Edward John - AC1c - 639482 - RAF - 10 BGS.
Exeter Higher Cemetery, Devon.

From CWGC -

UK
CHENERY, Leslie Charles - Sgt(Obs U/T ) - 581170 - RAF - 148 Sqn.
Chingford Mount Cemetery, Essex.
HERON, William - AC2c - 631890 - RAF - 148 Sqn.
Harwell Cemetery, Berkshire.
SMITH, Frederick Trevor Martin - Sgt( Instructor Navigator ) - 518492 - RAF - 75 Sqn.
Cardiff ( Cathay's ) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
STEVENS, Barry Osborne Cornelius - P/O(Pilot) - 33415 - RAF - 75 Sqn.
WAKELY, Leslie James - AC2c - 551324 - RAF - 148 Sqn.
Both Smith and Wakely rest at Harwell Cemetery, Berkshire.
The five airmen named above were all aboard Anson I, N5024 of 148 Sqn

COLEBOURNE, William Arnold - AC2c - 627020 - RAF - 149 Sqn.
Derby ( Nottingham Road ) Cemetery, Derbyshire.
Death due to a ground accident.
MULLINGER, Edwin Gilbert Peter - Sgt(Pilot) - 564751 - RAF - 43 Sqn.
Chevington Cemetery, Berkshire.
[ Hurricane I - L2066 - 43 Sqn ].
MULLOCK, Arthur John - P/O(Pilot) - 42423 - RAF - 2 SFTS.
Whitchurch Congregational Chapelyard, Shropshire.
[ Harvard I - N7144 - 2 SFTS ].
STEELEY, Henry John - Sgt(Pilot) - 565952 - RAF - 43 Sqn.
Kenilworth Cemetery, Warwickshire.
[ Hurricane I - L1734 - 43 Sqn ].

BAXTER, John - Leading Airman - FX.76321 - HMS Norfolk - RN - 712 Sqn FAA.
Bothwell Park Cemetery, Lanarkshire.
POPE, Edward Frank - Lt(A) - HMS Norfolk - RN - 712 Sqn FAA.
Honiton ( St. Michael ) Churchyard, Devon.
The above two airmen were crew of Walrus I - P5648 - 700 Sqn.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

WOOSLEY, Edward John - AC1 - He died from natural causes, his death being registered in Weymouth.

COLEBOURNE, William Arnold - AC2 - He was killed whilst serving with No 149 Sqn when he was struck by a propeller of Wellington, N2944 at Mildenhall.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

John William Gerrish 865652 , was taken seriously ill at RAF St. Athan on the 16th January and was admitted to the station hospital where he died of an acute gangrenous appendix

[jonheyworth]

William Arnold Colebourne 627020 died at RAF Mildenhall in an Airscrew accident involving Wellington N2944

[jonheyworth]

Edward John Woosley 639482 , attached to Number 10 BGS, was admitted dangerously ill to Weymouth Borough Sanatorium, where he died the following day of cerebro spinal meningitis