400611 - Unaccounted airmen/airwoman - 11-6-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of the following airmen/airwoman whose names I can't find in the Flight Global and The Times archives:

AC2 Oliver J. BLANCH - 866300, buried Newcastle-upon-Tyne (St.John's Westgate and Elswick) Cem., Northumbderland (UK67).

AC2 Eric S. BARLOW - 1659134, buried West Bromwich Cem., Staffordshire (UK6639).

ACW2 Marie O. HEWITT - 2136462 - 939 [Balloon] Sqn - or 40 Sqn, buried Sheffield (Crooks) Cem., Yorkshire (UK1465).

Cpl Richard V. JUPP - 568026, buried St.Peter-in-Thanet Vhurchyard, Broadstairs and St.Peter's, Kent (UK4072), and

LAC Edwin J. MARTIN - 1297653 - 2750 RAF Regt, buried Trevethin (St.Cadoc) Churchyard, Pontypool, Monmouthshire.

Also like to thank everybody who supported me this year in checking the unaccounted airmen/women; wish you all a happy and prosperous 2008.

Regards,
Henk.

[Amrit]

A/C.2 O. J . Blanch is reported killed on active service but doesn't until the 23rd September 1943 edition of Flight Magazine

decided to double check the CWGC:

Name: BLANCH, OLIVER JOHN
Initials: O J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Date of Death: 11/06/1943
Service No: 866300
Additional information: Husband of Edith Blanch, of Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. O. New ground. Grave 13A.
Cemetery: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. JOHN'S WESTGATE AND ELSWICK) CEMETERY

[Amrit]

Henk, I think maybe a wee rest at the end of a long year may be in order :-)

They all died in 1943:

Name: BARLOW, ERIC STANLEY
Initials: E S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/06/1943
Service No: 1659134
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Barlow; husband of Hilda M. Barlow, of Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. G. Grave 10015.
Cemetery: WEST BROMWICH CEMETERY

Name: HEWITT, MARIE OLIVE HAZEL
Initials: M O H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
Regiment/Service: Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Unit Text: 939/940 Balloon Sqdn.
Date of Death: 11/06/1943
Service No: 2136462
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. L.L. Grave 7315 (Common).
Cemetery: SHEFFIELD (CROOKES) CEMETER

Name: JUPP, RICHARD VICTOR
Initials: R V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 24
Date of Death: 11/06/1943
Service No: 568026
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 46. Grave 39.
Cemetery: ST. PETER-IN-THANET CHURCHYARD
(killed on active service)

Name: MARTIN, EDWIN JOHN
Initials: E J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 2750 Sqdn. R.A.F. Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 11/06/1943
Service No: 1297653
Additional information: Son of Walter and Beatrice Martin; husband of Adelaide Alice Martin, of Penygarn, Pontypool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Row 5. Grave 11.
Cemetery: TREVETHIN (ST. CADOC) CHURCHYARD

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Amrit for correcting me on his date of death. This really was a slip of my pen. Amended my files and come up later to find out what caused his death as he was (Flight Magazine) killed on active service.
Regards,
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Sorry Amrit, don't know where to hide for shame having these casualties listed incorrectly. Will amend my files and come up again with their names when I've reached that 1943-date. Don't have much time for a wee rest as I'm at home temporarily from hospital for the festive-days and turn of the year. Operation planned for 18th Jan.
Regards,
Henk.

[Amrit]

Hi Henk

Hopefully we'll come up with something for you before then.

Hope you have a good Christmas and New Year. Very best of lucky, and good wishes for your hospital treatment in the New Year. Hope you are up and "teasing" us with your lists very very soon.

best wishes

A

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of following airmen:

LAC Ronald W. HALLAM - 621765, killed on active service (Flight Global), buried Killead (St.Catherine) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Antrim (UK7256).

Sgt (Pilot) Norman L. PAGE - 740200, died of wounds or injuries received on active service (Flight Global), buried same churchyard as LAC HALLAM.

Both may have been casualties on Henley L3308 of 3 BGS, crashed on approach Eglinton.

AC1 Roy WYCHERLEY - 959146, whose name I can't find in The Times and Flight Global archives, buried Broughton (St.Paul) Churchyard, Denbighshire (UK8505).

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Andy Ingham]

Hello Henk and a Merry Christmas,
There is no entry in the England & Wales Deat index for Hallam or Page so Eglington is a possible.
Roy Wycherley's death was registered at Buckrose District, North Yorkshire.(This area covered Scarborough and Bridlington) He was aged 22.
Hope this is of some help.
Regards
Andy

[Stewart McLoughlin]

More likely associated with Aldergrove (Belfast International Airport) as Killead churchyard is just down the road from there, whereas Eglinton is near Londonderry.
No trace either in the Irish deaths for 1940.
Stewart McLoughlin

[wwrsimon]

Hello

The Grave Registration Report which includes both Hallam and Page confirms them as being with 3 B. & G. S.

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400611 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-06-1940

From Henk's list -

UK
MOSS, Anthony Forman - AC2c - 552152 - RAF.
Stockton-on-Tees ( Oxbridge Lane ) Cemetery, Durham, UK.
Cause of death hit by prop of taxiing Wellington R3161 - 149 Sqn.

WYCHERLEY, Roy - AC1c - 959146 - RAFVR.
Broughton ( St. Paul ) Churchyard, Denbighshire, UK.
Cause of death ?

From CWGC -

EGYPT
ALLISON, John William - AC1c - 543233 - RAF.
BOWER, Peter - Sgt - 524415 - RAF.
FOX, Stanley George - Sgt - 747815 - RAFVR.
These three airmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L8476 - 45 Sqn.

FELDMAN, Bernard Alfred - Sgt - 747967 - RAFVR.
ROBINSON, Henry - AC1c - 548048 - RAF.
THURLOW, Maurice Cresswell - Sgt - 565808 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Alexandria ( Chatby) Military and War Cemetery, Egypt.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L8519 - 45 Sqn.

FRANCE
ASTBURY, Ronald Charles - Sgt - 630781 - RAF.
BUDDEN, Philip Henry James - Sgt - 742113 - RAFVR.
FINDLAY, Alexander - Sgt - 749540 - RAFVR.
OMBLER, Edward - Sgt - 633791 - RAF.
SONGEST, Norman Martin - Sgt - 580330 - RAF.
These five airmen rest at Lighiers-Orgeres Communal Cemetery, Mayenne, France.
They were crew of Whitley V - N1362 - 77 Sqn.

BLACK, James McDonald - Sgt - 536996 - RAF.
BRAHAM, David Frederick - P/O - 72463 - RAFVR.
KEAST, Leslie Arthur - Sgt - 564740 - RAF.
MYERS, John Jacob - Sgt - 580910 - RAF.
NUTTALL, Raymond Robin Henry ( New Zealand ) - Lac - 624643 - RAF.
These five airmen rest at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
They were crew of Whitley V - P4954 - 10 Sqn.

SCULFER, John Matthew - Sgt - 552947 - RAF.
WATERS, James Percy - Sgt - 755869 - RAFVR.
OUTHWAITE, John James - Sgt - 565200 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Boulleville Churchyard, Eure, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - R3674 - 21 Sqn.

LEWIS, Gwyn - Sgt - 580549 - RAF.
MURRAY, Alastair Gordon - Sgt - 759321 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at St. Aubin-Sur-Scie Communal Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L7846 - 21 Sqn.

JONES, Maurice Guy - Sgt - 581185 - RAF.
SPENCER, Ronald - Sgt - 627782 - RAF.
WERNER, Raymond Henry - P/O - 42289 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Pont-Audemer Communal Cemetery, Eure, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L8851 - 15 Sqn.

McLOUGHLIN, Gerald Patrick - Sgt - 580205 - RAF.
MARROWS, Ernest - Sgt - 522870 - RAF.
RUSSELL, Jack Alfred - F/Sgt - 618567 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at St. Pierre-D'autils Communal Cemetery, Eure, France.
They were crew of Battle I - P6598 - 226 Sqn.

CALDWELL, Robert Charles - Sgt z 580434 - RAF.
GILLAM, Douglas Walker - P/O - 40690 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Perdreauville Communal Cemetery, Yvelines, France.
They were crew of Battle I - L5519 - 88 Sqn.

FRASER, Jack Nairn - Sgt - 581049 - RAF.
LEDSON, James Henshall - Sgt - 615842 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at St. Sever Communal Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
They were crew of Battle I - L5200 - 142 Sqn.

CLARK, Ronald Belmore Gower Edward - F/O - 39968 - RAF.
Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvin's, France.
Blenheim IV - L9024 - 15 Sqn.

UK
BUTTERWORTH, James Richard - Sgt - 525413 - RAF.
HOLBECHE, Dennis Robert - Sgt - 564819 - RAF.
IRVINE, William Charles ( Northern Ireland) - AC1c - 625299 - RAF.
MORGAN, Eric - Sgt - 700305 - RAF.
These four airmen rest at Thornaby-On-Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK.
They were crew of Hudson I - P5127 - 220 Sqn.


CRAVEN, Derek Joseph - Sgt - 581207 - RAF.
THOMSON, Basil Percy ( New Zealand ) - P/O - 36264 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Benson ( St. Helen ) Churchyard Extension, Oxfordshire, UK.
LEWIS, Percival Arthur - Lac - 547112 - RAF.
South Stoneham Cemetery, Hampshire, UK.
These three airmen were crew of Battle I - K9463 - 12 OTU.

HUTCHESON, George Anderson - P/O - 79161 - RAF.
Edinburgh ( Warriston ) Crematorium, Edinburgh, UK.
Defiant - L6970 - 264 Sqn.

HALLAM, Ronald Willis - Lac - 621765 z RAF.
PAGE, Norman Leslie - Sgt - 740200 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at Killead ( St. Catherine ) Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Antrim, UK.
They were crew of Henley - L3308 - 3 BGS.

DAWSON, Michael Benedict - P/O - 42205 - RAF.
DONALDSON, Robert - Sgt - 542626 - RAF.
DOUGLAS-COOPER, John Stainforth - F/O - 37964 - RAF.
FLEMING, Geoffrey Bernard - Sgt - 581173 - RAF.
MURPHY, Michael ( Republic of Ireland ) - Sgt - 624178 - RAF.
SWIFT, John Rupert - P/O - 77213 - RAFVR.
These six airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.
They were crew of Wellington I - L7800 - 149 Sqn.

CRAIG, John - Sgt - 759047 - RAFVR.
ROBSON, George William - Sgt - 580228 - RAF.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.
They were crew of Hudson I - P5131 - 269 Sqn.

Alex

[Andy Marden]

Alex,
One minor typo:

LEWIS, Gwyn - Sgt - 580549 - RAF.
MURRAY, Alastair Gordon - Sgt - 759321 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at St. Aubin-Sur-Scie Communal Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L7846 - 21 Sqn.
>> This was L8746.

Regards,
Andy

[Alex Smart]

My typo, I did have L8746 on paper.
Thanks for spotting the error.

[jonheyworth]

Roy Wycherley 959146 , attached to RAF Driffield, died at 23:45 hours of injuries recieved on 9 June which were believed to be self inflicted