410415 - Unaccounted airmen - 15-4-1941

[Henk Welting]

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

AC2 Arthur HILLARY - 1369694 - not found Flight archives;
LAC Derek LAWRENCE - 1153031 - commemorated Panel 57 of the Runnymede Memorial, however listed Flight Magazine 12-6-1941 on page 408 as having died on active service !, and
AC1 Albert W. MASON - 1256701 - not found Flight archives.

Proposed aircraft loss for this day:

Oxford I - R6095 - 14 FTS - crashed on take-off Cranfield (already as a casualty on this aircraft: P/O C.R.G.R.M.G. HYNDERYCK DE THEULEGROET - 87707 (from Belgium).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Date of death was 13th April 1941. Don't know how the change subject of thread.

Henk.

[Henk Welting]

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

LAC Frederick H.J. HUCKS - 752146 - not found Flight archives;
F/Lt Francis A. WARNER - 35340 - not found Flight archives, and
LAC Harry WINTERBOTTOM - 614322 - not found Flight archives.

Proposed aircraft loss for this day:

Botha I - L6283 - 2 BGS - crashed in forced landing Dalton-in-Furness, Westmoreland.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[thorne83]

Hucks registered in N Cotswold aged 45
Warner in Westminster aged 42 (Air Raid?)
Winterbottom in Manchester aged 21

So no registers linking any of them to the Botha i'm afraid.

Tom

[thorne83]

Hillary registered in Wensleydale aged 34.
Lawrence not registered as would be expected.
Mason registered in Hendon aged 24.

Cheers, Tom

[Henk Welting]

As ever thanks Tom for your help.
Good weekend,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Not much to add here,
Derek Lawrence is listed as HMT Duchess of York on GRO RAF list.

F H J Hucks is listed DOAS in June 26 magazine.

I couldn't find the others at all in Flight magazine.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks again Dennis,

Henk.

[jonheyworth]

Ernest Stephen Bampton 1313585 , attached to Number 1 Recruits Centre, died in Durley of self administered coal gas poisoning

[jonheyworth]

Robert Michael Bowen 1010700 , attached to 10 OTU , was killed at 23:50 Hours at RAF Abingdon when Whitley V T 4178 was destroyed by fire. Sgt P. Goble suffered dangerous multiple injuries and was admitted to the Radcliffe Infirmary , PO Barrett and Sgts Garrod and Cope were uninjured

[jonheyworth]

William Stephen Green 983359 , attached to RAF West Kirby, died in Upton Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, of an internal obstruction due to intussesception