410502 - Unaccounted airmen - 2-5-1941

[Henk Welting]

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

Sgt (Pilot) John A. NICHOLSON - 1382559;
Cpl Robert A. PEGG - 262373, and
LAC (Pilot u/t) Kenneth TUFFIN - 1191057.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Audax I - K3103 - 1 FTS - crashed in forced landing Milton Hill Farm, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset (this crew believed to be safe).
Master I - N7894 - 5 FTS - flew into ground 6 miles N of Uttoxeter, staffordshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk

John A. NICHOLSON aged 29 death registered at Cheadle.
Robert A. PEGG aged 40 death registered at Darlington.
LAC (Pilot u/t) Kenneth TUFFIN aged 20 death registered at Stoke.
Regards
Andy

[alclark]

LAC Tuffin died of injuries sustained in a crash while with No.5 EFTS

May 1st 1941, “D Flight, LAC Tuffin crashed at Groundslaw Farm, and died of injuries later.
C Flight, 1 pupil lost, no damage.”

There isn't a Groundslaw Farm on the map, but there is a Groundslow to the SW of Meir.

Oddly I don't have anything for the 5 FTS accident, because I don't appear to have a copy of the page from the ORB for the start of the month. From where Nicholson's death is registered it fits with the Master though.

[davew]

Groundslow farm is at 127/865378

regards

DaveW

[alclark]

Thats the one.

[Henk Welting]

Groundslow farm is at 127/865378

regards

DaveW

......and was this approx. 6 m N of Uttoxeter, Staffs. ?
Regards,
Henk.

[davew]

Henk, not Uttoxeter, about 6 miles N of Stone, Staffordshire.

regards

DaveW

[alclark]

Henk there were two seperate accidents in the same general area of England one from No.5 FTS the other from No.5 EFTS.

5 EFTS were flying Magisters from Meir which is not too far from where the crash that involve Tuffin occurred.

[thorne83]

Alan, don't worry you are not missing a page, there isn't one! It starts on the 14th May. Confusingly there is a mention of an LAC J B Nicholson (993683) as killed on the 14th May 1941, but no such person to match on CWGC.

I do not have any notes from the accident cards for N7894 as it is out side of my 'boundaries', but the death registration seems to fit for Nicholson.

Cheers, Tom

[dennis_burke]

DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE: LAC K Tuffin
Sgt J A Nicholson probably KOAS listed in June 19th magazine

Cpl. Pegg is a DOAS on June 12th 1941 magazine.

Henk, no need to acknowledge this post unless further discussion/questions.

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Gents

Tuffin died a day after the crash of his solo flight in Magister I - L8158 - 5 EFTS on the 1st May.

Regards
Ross

[wwrsimon]

Hello

Sgt (Pilot) John A. NICHOLSON - 1382559 - the Graves registration Report Form confirms his unit as 5 F.T.S.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Owen Mutton 1219823 , attached to 900 Wing at Comilla , was found drowned in a bathing accident in a pond near his DF station