410714 - Unaccounted airmen - 14-7-1941

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

AC1 Joseph HOWARD - 1258605, and
Sgt (Obs) Leonard V. TIETJEN - 922265 (not in Chorley's vol.9).

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Blenheim IV - T1958 - 1 AAS - crashed on take-off Manby.
Lysander II - L4752 - 7 AACU - crashed in forced landing near Blackdown, Surrey.
Master I - N7474 - 5 FTS - crashed in forced landing Bridle Gate, Shawbury, Shropshire.
Tiger Moth II - T6236 - 9 EFTS - crashed on overshoot Southam RLG.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Howard,20, is registered at Luton
Tietjen is on CWGC buried at Wandsworth, S London with NOK in Tolworth,Surrey but he doesn't come on the Register
Warner has no casualties on T1958. It burst a tyre on t/o and the u/c collapsed when it landed back
Regards
Dick

[RockHound]

Henk,

TIETJEN's death from natural causes, age 23, is registered in Dumfries.

Regards,

David

[Henk Welting]

Thanks David and Dick for your quick reply. Good weekend.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

For what its worth, both names are DOAS in Flight magazine archives.

[jonheyworth]

Brain Albert Sydney Hollis 647028 , attached to 121 MU , was fatally injured in an accident involving two lorries 30 mile East of Daba

[jonheyworth]

Leonard Victor Titjen 922265 , attached to Number 10 BGS, died in Dumfries Infirmary from cereberal softening

[jonheyworth]

Joseph Howard 1258605 | attached to Number 24 EFTS | As a ground Gunner, was found dangerously injured in a gun post at Luton Airfield with bullet wounds to the head. He was admitted to Luton and Dunstable hospital, where he died the same day. A court of enquiry and an inquest were unable to ascertain how and why the gun came to be discharged