410629 - Unaccounted airmen - 29-6-1941

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

P/O (Pilot) Michael F.S. LAUGHTON - 33513;
LAC James S. MARKE - 902643 - 218 Sqn (Marham, Norfolk);
P/O (Pilot) Douglas R. PARKER - 45433;
AC1 Samuel C. ROY - 1326661 - 614 Sqn (Macmerry, East Lothian);
P/O Cyril E.R. SANDERSON - 63242;
P/O (Pilot) John F. SAWARD - 45342;
AC2 Cyril N. SMALLWOOD - 1094979;
AC1 Benjamin TINSLEY - 654547, and
AC2 (WOp) Jack TRAFFORD - 1208708.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Botha I - L6155 - 3 AONS - crashed on approach Enville Golf Course.
Master I - T8445 - 9 FTS - collided with Master T8448 near Hullavington.
Master I - T8448 - 9 FTS - collided with Master T8445 near Hullavington.
Master III - W8468 - 60 OTU - crashed on landing East Fortune.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[CZ_RAF]

Hi Henk,

Trafford:

Type: Blackburn Botha Mk.I
Operator: RAF 3 AONS
Registration: L6155
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Enville Golf Course, nr. Halfpenny Green, Worcestershire - United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature: Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport: Halfpenny Green
Narrative:
Engine lost power & failed on approach, hit car & crashed.

Crew:
Pilot:Sgt G. Ardley RAF OK.
Wop:AC2 Jack Trafford 20 RAFVR killed.
Obs:LAC Newnes de Souza RAF injured.
Car:
Miss Edith Ann Williams 58 of Stourbridge, died later that day.

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=19646

Pavel

[RockHound]

Henk,

LAUGHTON, age 20, Chippenham
PARKER, age 26, Chippenham
SAWARD, age 20, Chippenham
These three would fit with T8445 or T8448 from Hullavington;

SANDERSON, age 33, no registtration but as he is buried in Belfast his death may have occured there;

MARKE, age 20, Downham, Norfolk
ROY, age 30, Morningside, Edinburgh
SMALLWOOD, age 18, Lancaster
TINSLEY, age 20, Aylesbury
TRAFFORD, age 20, Bilston (Stoke on Trent)

Regards,

David

[Henk Welting]

Thanks David and Pavel. Let's hope someone may have the crew composition of the Master aircraft T8445 and T 8448.
Regards,
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
I see David beat me to it!! but I must add that Bilston,in S Staffordshire is a long way from Stoke -on -Trent which is N Staffordshire, about 35 Mls. It would be right for the Botha accident. Halfpenny Green was an airfield SW of Wolverhampton and part of the Bilston registrarion area
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick for additional info on the Bilston location.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

From Flight archives, the death status,

KOAS P/O (Pilot) Michael F.S. LAUGHTON - 33513;
DOAS LAC James S. MARKE - 902643 - 218 Sqn (Marham, Norfolk);
KOAS P/O (Pilot) Douglas R. PARKER - 45433;
DOAS AC1 Samuel C. ROY - 1326661 - 614 Sqn (Macmerry, East Lothian);
---- P/O Cyril E.R. SANDERSON - 63242; Not found in Flight archives.
KOAS P/O (Pilot) John F. SAWARD - 45342;
DOAS AC2 Cyril N. SMALLWOOD - 1094979;
DOAS AC1 Benjamin TINSLEY - 654547, and
KOAS AC2 (WOp) Jack TRAFFORD - 1208708.

[Henk Welting]

Death of LAUGHTON, PARKER and SAWARD registered Chippenham; who meanwhile found out whether they were killed on Master T8445 and T8449 ?
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

P/O Cyril E.R. SANDERSON - 63242- the National Probate Calendar records that Cyril Edward Russel Sanderson died at Quarry Road, Strandtown, Belfast.

AC2 Cyril N. SMALLWOOD - 1094979 - the Lancashire Evening Post of June 30th 1941 reported the following:

AIRMAN DROWNED AT MORECAMBE
A young R.A.F. man, Cyril Smallwood, whose home address is Bowden Street, Stoke-on-Trent, lost his life during a visit to the swimming stadium at Morecambe and Heysham yesterday.
He was swimming in the stadium, when he was missed by his friends, and shortly afterwards his body was seen in the 15ft. deep end of the bath. It was seen by P.C. Cooke, who was swimming in the bath and who dived from the high diving board to recover the body. Artificial respiration was applied until the arrival of a doctor, who pronounced life extinct.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

James Sylvester Marke 902643, died from an accidental gunshot wound

[jonheyworth]

Cyril Edward Russell Sanderson 63242 , died at Quarry Road, Strandtown, Belfast, of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head

[jonheyworth]

George Francis Woolhouse 82215 , died in RAF Hospital, Aden , at 13:15 Hours of delusional insanity and spasms the day after admission

[jonheyworth]

Benjamin Tinsley 656547 , attached to Number 16 SFTS, was admitted dangerously ill to PMH Halton on 11 June, where he died of megacolon with his father, Mr. S.Tinsley of Boundary Road, Pendleton, Salford, Lancs. At his bedside