400221 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-02-1940

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400221 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21-02-1940

From Henk's List -

FRANCE
SLATER, Stanley Owen - Cpl - 527163 - RAF - 26 Sqn.
Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
DOAS. Cause ?

From CWGC -

UK
CHAPMAN, Arthur Rex - Lac - 534704 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
COND, Leslie Charles - Sgt - 580724 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
HAWXBY, Noel - F/O - 39735 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
HILL, Anthony - F/Sgt - 590559 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
JOHNSON, Thomas Frederick - Lac - 538052 - RAF - 38 Sqn.
JONES, Frederick Glyn - Lac - 567277 - RAF - 38 Sqn
The above six airmen were crew of Wellington Ia - N2951 - 38 Sqn.

WILSON, Anthony Neville - F/Lt - 90300 - RAF(AAF) - 616 Sqn.
This airman was pilot of Spitfire I - K9810 - 616 Sqn.

The above seven airmen are all remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

Alex

[alieneyes]

Alex,

re Slater. See Paul's post http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23881-1940-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page16

Regards,

Dave

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Dave, but it would have been easier to find if it had just copied and pasted the section on SLATER. thus -

ORB: Fire broke out in clothing store on 20 Feb 1940 Corp Slater taken to St Ricque hospital with severe burns and died there following day

With a reference to the thread you kindly gave.

[Richard Cawsey]

Add:

Plt Off David Whittier Coysh (Canadian) (Magister N3859, 234 Sqn, Leconfield, struck by Spitfire K9988 while taxying, Leconfield)

Fg Off Basil Allen Mortimer (Hart K4768, 1 FTS, Netheravon, flew into high ground in cloud, near Devizes)

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Richard,
Somehow I overlooked these two airmen when typing my page and never noticed my omittion until you brought it to light.

UK
COYSH, David Whittier - ( Canadian ) - P/O(Pilot) - 41671 - RAF - 234 Sqn.
Torquay Cemetery and Extension, Devon.
[ Magister N3849 ].
MORTIMER, Basil Allen - F/O(Pilot) - 37979 - RAF - 1FTS.
Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire.
[ Hart(T) - K4768 - 1 FTS ].

Too late to edit my first post :(

Also Air 81 has N3849 , not N3859,
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471313

Thanks again Richard ,
Alex