400216 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-02-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400216 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-02-1940

From Henk's List -

UK
DOWLE, Alfred Albert Gilbert - Sgt - 514307 - RAF - 44 Sqn.
Pontnewynydd ( Ebenezer ) United Reformed Churchyard, Monmouthshire.
DOAS, in Hospital. Cause ?

From CWGC -

UK
BIRCH, Frank - Lac - 540261 - RAF - 21 Sqn.
TICE, George Hedley - Sgt - 507671 - RAF - 21 Sqn.
WADMORE, John Howard - Sgt - 564478 - RAF - 21 Sqn
The above named airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - L8759 - 21 Sqn.
All three airmen are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

TARLINTON, James Joseph ( Australian ) - P/O - 40763 - RAF - 79 Sqn.
Remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
[ Hurricane I - L1699 - 79 Sqn ].

Alex

[jonny]

According to the inquest, Sgt Pilot Alfred Albert Gilbert Dowle, aged 28 years, died of a cerebral hemorage resulting from a fracture at the base of his skull.
Although no evidence was forthcoming, during the inquest it was suggested that he fell down some steps in the black out, while coming out of a dance in Uxbridge on 15 Feb 40. After returning to an un-named RAF Station, he was found unconcious in bed the following morning (16 Feb) by RAF colleagues. Failing to rouse him, an ambulance was called. He stopped breathing while being treated by an RAF Doctor (presumably at RAF Uxbridge) soon after admission. An open verdict was returned.

Rgds

Jonny

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Alfred Albert Gilbert Dowle 514307, he died of a fractured skull and a cereberal heamorrhage after falling down steps in the blackout

[jonheyworth]

Further UPGRADE to Alfred Gilbert Dowle 514307 , attached to 44 Squadron as a pilot, he died of his injuries in a coma in RAF Hospital, Uxbridge