400125 - Unaccounted Airmen- 25-01-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400125 - Unaccounted Airmen- 25-01-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
SWAN, John William - AC1c - 60139 - RAF.
Brightouse Cemetery, Yorkshire.

From CWGC -

GERMANY
HUNTER, John Raymond - AC2c( WoP) - 625656 - RAF - 57 Sqn.
BENDALL, Douglas James - Sgt (Obs) - 580596 - RAF - 57 Sqn.
O'REILLY-BLACKWOOD, John Noel - P/O(Pilot) - 42474 - RAF - 57 Sqn.
The above three airmen rest at Reichwald Forrest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfallen, Germany.
All three were crew of Blenheim I - L1280 - 57 Sqn.

UK
SHELLARD, Raymond John - P/O(Pilot) -'76592 - RAFVR.
Barry ( Merthyr Dyfan ) Burial Ground, Glamorganshire.
WILLIAMSON, Gerald Vivian - S/Lt(A) - HMS Peregrine - RNVR - 751 Sqn FAA.
Yeovilton ( St. Bartholomew ) Churchyard, Somerset.
[ Swordfish I - P4223 - 819 Sqn FAA ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

SWAN, John William - AC1 - School of General Reconnaissance, death possibly registered in Gosport

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Hello

UK
SWAN, John William - AC1c - 60139 - ADM 104 records that he died due to bronchio-pneumonia and influenza. No place of death listed, but as Malcolm mentions, possibly Gosport.

Regards

Simon

[Resmoroh]

Probably him?
John William Swan
b. 1899
Enlisted 60139 in Block 600000-605364 RAF Special Reserve issued from 01-Aug-31
d. 25 Jan 1940 Reg Gosport 2b 2058 Aged 41
HTH
Peter Davies