410601 - Unaccounted airmen - 1-6-1941

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

LAC (Pilot u/t) Dennis C. BALLANCE - 1378366;
LAC (Pilot u/t) Peter J. BROWN - 1261697;
LAC (Pilot u/t) George S. HENDRY - 1365483, and
Sgt (WOp) Gerald C. TRELAWNY - 911012.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Master I - T8744 - 59 OTU - crashed; no further details.
Master II - T8895 - unit not known - crashed in forced landing 1 mile SW of Brize Norton.
Tiger Moth II - R5058 - 18 EFTS - spun into ground Chobham Common, Surrey.
Tutor I - K3266 - RAFC - crashed in forced landing 1½ mile S of Houghton-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Ballance,24, Brown,20, Hendry,21, and Trelawny,26 are all registered at Cirencester,Gloucestershire. It is within 3 miles of South Cerney, which I think was a Flying Training Unit at the time.It is also not appropriate for any of your likely accidents.
Regards
Dick

[davew]

Oxford P1952 near South Cerney?


DaveW

[Dick]

Henk and Dave
The Oxford would fit and explain 3 U/T pilots at the same time.There was a radio Officer,a Civilian, on board in one of Henk's earlier threads when an Anson Nav Trainer hit Goat Fell on Arran, so an RAF w/op on an Oxford to handle comms wouldn't be out of place.
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dave & Dick. This could be a match. I didn't mention this a/c as a proposed loss because it was not listed in Air Britain Aeromilitaria (Crash Sites in UK during WW2).
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

The Graves Registration Report Forms for all four airmen record that they were with 3 F.T.S.

Regards

Simon