410804 - Unaccounted airmen - 4-8-1941

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

Sgt (Pilot/Observer) Arthur BELL - 1078557;
Sgt (Ag) Andrew S. CASSELS - 642096 - 57 Sqn (Feltwell, Norfolk). Believed killed on board of an aircraft that safely returned to base.
Sgt (Pilot) Francis N. CAVE - 1067025;
Sgt (Pilot) George E. CHUGG - 1291021;
AC2 Albert E. HUTCHINSON - 1378712, and
AC2 Philip H. SHEPPARD - 1070604.

Any connection to the following aircraft losses this day:

Hurricane I - V7126 - 56 OTU - crashed in forced landing 2 miles W of Whittlesey, Lincolnshire.
MagisterI - L8346 - 24 EFTS - flew into ground ½ mile NE of Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire.
Oxford I - V3986 - 54 OTU - crashed in forced landing 1 mile SE of Church Fenton.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Bell,30 and Chugg,30, are registered ar Ampthill, Bedfordshire, the right area for Higham Gobion, L8346
Cassells,23, is registered at Downham, Norfolk, the right area for Feltwell. He is in Vol 9 of Chorley BCL so your guess could be a good one
Cave,19, registered at Tadcaster Yorks
Hutchinson,34, registered at Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Sheppard,31, registered at Cardiff
Regards
Dick

[Ken MacLean]

Henk,

From Times lists:

Sgt. A.S. Cassels KIA
Sgts. F.N. Cave and G.E. Chugg KOAS
AC2 A.E. Hutchinson and P.H. Sheppard DOAS

Found one A. BELL KOAS IN 16 Sept list, however rank is shown as LAC. Cave and Chugg also in this list.

Ken

[davew]

Henk

what about Oxford V3986 at Church Fenton for Cave?

regards

DaveW

[RockHound]

54OTU ORB records Sgt F.N. Cave killed in a flying accident whilst flying an Oxford - although no aircraft serial number is given. The aircraft collided with a tree while Sgt Cave was approaching for a single engine landing, and was burnt out.

Regards,

David

[Henk Welting]

Thanks friends, good news for the weekend.
Best regards,
Henk.

[Ross_McNeill]

I was concerned that posting this next batch of answers from the F1180s would have put Henk under too much pressure to update after his request to remove his user name.

I now post them to contine his legacy on RAF Commands.

F1180 confirms Cave as sole fatality on Oxford V3986

Ross

[phill jones]

Hurricane V7126 56 OTU ,12.30 Practise Beam Attacks , After emerging from Low Cloud Cont to Fly at Low Level and struck HT CABLE and crashed Landed wheels up 2MLS North OF Whittlesey .

Pilot P/O MC Blanchard US Serving RCAF J5537 it seems he survived this incident

Phill jones

[wwrsimon]

Hello

Sgt (Pilot/Observer) Arthur BELL - 1078557 and
Sgt (Pilot) George E. CHUGG - 1291021 - their respective Graves Registration Report Forms confirm their unit as 24 E.F.T.S.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Albert Kemsley D.S.M. 35127 , a signals officer attached to 256 Wing, died at 02:00 hours in Number 8 general hospital of coronorary occlusion and atheroma

[jonheyworth]

Philip Halery Sheppard 1070604, attached to 32 MU, died of a cereberal thrombosis

[jonheyworth]

Ernest Court 1289087 , died of acute heart faliure and was buried at sea in South African waters