400617 - Unaccounted airmen - 17-6-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of the following four airmen (three of them killed on active service [Flight Global], one not in Flight Global and The Times archives), all assigned to 24 Squadron, Hendon, Middlesex.
Buried Tangmere (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Sussex (UK4544):
P/O (Pilot) Hedley E. LARGE - 41795
LAC Wilfred A. HARPER - 540221
LAC Ernest WRAGG - 540496
Buried Chichester Cem., Sussex (UK4383):
F/O Colman O'S. MURPHY - 39892 (name not found in archives)

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Forgot to mention an aircraft proposal:

Bombay I - L5852 - 271 Sqn - flew into high ground East Dean, Sussex.

Henk.

[davew]

Henk

I think the Bombay is the right one as all four airmen's deaths are registered at Chichester and East Dean is in that administration.

regards

DaveW

[Ann Sadler]

Hi,

East Dean is in East Sussex, just along from Seaford (between Seaford and Eastbourne but nearer Seaford). West Dean is near Chichester. There was a landing ground near the Seven Sisters round that way(East Dean I mean).

All the best,

Ann

[davew]

Hello Ann

Yes you are correct, the airfield you refer to is, I believe, Friston. However there is another East Dean 6m NE of Chichester.

regards

DaveW

[Ann Sadler]

Hi Dave,

Well you learn something every day - I didn't know that there were two East Deans. Never ever noticed it on a map or whilst over that way. I shall go and have a look now. Yep, Friston was the place that I was thinking of, for the life of me I couldn't remember the name, again, have spent many a time chasing the kids around in Friston Forest - must be going senile early!!!

All the best,

Ann

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dave for your info. Look forward for your help the coming year (about 6 hours away from now).
Regards and the best wishes for the new year.
Henk.

[Bart FM Droog]

Could Aircraftman 1st Class Leonard Bradburn, RAF 550047, 24 Sqdn., age 21, 17/06/1940, Tangmere (St. Andrew) Churchyard, UK also have been aboard this Bombay of 271 Squadron?

[Henk Welting]

You may be correct Bart that this airman was killed in same accident. Had his name on file but "hidden" in between the many names of the missing on SS Lancastria. Perhaps DaveW may confirm the place where his death was registered. (Cirencester).
Regards,
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

In my previous message: read Chichester for Cirencester.
Henk.

[davew]

Bradburn's death also registered at Chichester

regards

DaveW

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dave, will amend my files; another name deleted from the list. Thanks Bart for the reminder.
Regards,
Henk.

[Bart FM Droog]

Henk,

One of the difficulties of the 17th June 1940 is that there was a second disaster. On the CWGC-page of the Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery this text can be found: 'The majority of the men who rest here were casualties from a troop train which was bombed by the Germans on 17th June, 1940. There are 252 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, of which 81 are unidentified.'

Among those buried there are these RAF members:

Corporal Robert Conkie, RAF 543598, age unknown, 17/06/1940, Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, F
Flying Officer Robert C. Hodgson, RAF 31444, 17/06/1940, Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, F
Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Traynor, RAF 268892, age 40, 17/06/1940, Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery, F

Which raises this question: who are the other missing RAF men killed on this train (and not aboard the Lancastria)?

Regards,

Bart
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http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/index.html

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Bart. These three were in my files as being killed on the said troop train. There were a total of 91 casualties. The death on the mailboat Lancastria can be checked at http://www.ipresent.co.uk/RollHonour.htm
Regards,
Henk.

[Bart FM Droog]

Hello Henk,

Just to be sure: these three men were the only RAF-victims on this train?

[Henk Welting]

I think so. Rest probably were Army.
Henk.

[Bart FM Droog]

Thanks! Do you know by chance which German unit was responsible for the bombing of the Rennes train?

[Henk Welting]

Sorry Bart, no idea.

Henk.

[Ross_McNeill]

F1180 confirms 5 fatalities on the Bombay. Pilot Murphy.

So the original 4 names plus the additional one of Bradburn.

Regards
Ross

[paulmcmillan]

Weirdly There is a Bomber Loss Card for

Acting F/O Roger Colin Hodgson #31444 for 17-06-1940 No Aircraft Type just says '?' and Serial and Sqn ?

Adds Dead and "Probably Buried Rennes"

Only lists his name on it as 'Pilot'

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400617 - Unaccounted Airmen - 17 - 06 - 1940

From Henk's list -

FRANCE
CHARD, William Francis - F/Sgt - 21476 - RAF - 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
SCOINS Douglas Jack - AC1c - 624090 - RAF - 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
WILLIAMSON, John Arkell - Lac - 530579 - RAF - 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
The above three airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.
CONKIE, Robert - Cpl - 543598 - RAF -- 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
HODGSON, Robert Colin - F/O - 31444 - RAF - 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
TRAYNOR, Lawrence - Lac - 268892 - RAF - 4 Base Ammunition Depot.
The above three airmen rest at Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery Ille-et-Vilaine, France.
The six airmen named above were killed at Rennes Railway Station. The enemy bombed the Troop Train during the evacuation.

The following 30 losses were all lost with the SS. Lancastria .
ALSTON, Hugh Durbin - F/Sgt - 370706 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
ASHLEY, Alfred - Cpl - 350089 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
KENT, James Edwin - AC1c - 623350 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
KEVAN, Robert - Cpl - 545496 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
MOORE, Ralph - Cpl - 508119 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
PRICE, Thomas - AC2c - 643721 - RAF.
SMITH, James Terrance - Sgt - 563390 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
TREDGETT, Edward - AC1c - 614428 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
STOKES, Lawrence Jesse - Sgt - 740503 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
These nine airmen rest at Pornic War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

BAKER, Leslie George - Sgt - 581492 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
HATHERLY, Frank Henry - AC2c - 904276 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at La Bernierie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

BONIFACE, Ronald John - Sgt - 751838 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
Ste-Marie Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

CHILDS, Thomas Harry - AC2c - 906929 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
McKELVIE, John - Sgt - 761198 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
LUSTY, Wilfred - AC1c - 631821 - RAF.
WATKIN, Francis William - Lac - 625205 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
These four airmen rest at Prefailles Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

CLIFFORD, Norman John - Cpl - 753581 - RAF.
Noirmoutier-En-L'Ile Communal Cemetery, Vendee, France.

WILSON, Walter - Cpl - 591172 - RAF.
Noirmoutier-En-L'ile ( L'Herbaudiere ) Communal Cemetery, Vendee, France.

CRANE, Lionel James - Lac - 408226 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
WALKER, Robert Irvine - C2C - 976642 - RAFVR. (Henk has 25th June for this airman ).
These two airmen rest at La Plaine-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

CRANSTON, James - AC1c - 618536 - RAF.
Chateau-D'olonne Churchyard, Vendee, France.

GRIFFITHS, Daniel Myrddin - AC2c - 627989 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
L'aiguillon-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Vendee, France.

GUYMER, Hugh Percy Francis - Lac - 624110 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
St. Trojan-Les-Bains Communal Cemetery, I'll D'oleron, Charente-Maritime, France.

HOSKINS, Ernest Daniel Charles - Sgt - 759330 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
HIGGINS, John - AC1c - 638025 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Le Clion-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

PARTON, Frederick - AC1c - 743143 - RAFVR.
St. Palais-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Charente-Maritime, France.

REEVES, Eric Charles - AC2c - 642662 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
L'Ile-D'yeu ( Port Joinville) Communal Cemetery, Vendee, France.

RUSHTON, William Charles - Cpl - 523638 - RAF.
St. Nazaire-Sur-Charente Communal Cemetery, Charente-Maritime, France.

TRAHEARN, Henry Cornelius - Lac - 805215 - RAF (AAF).
Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

WATTS, Alfred John - Cpl - 525119 - RAF.
L'Epine Communal Cemetery, I'll De Noir Moutier, Vendee, France.

NETHERLANDS
Lost with the SS. Lancastria
WOOD, Alfred - AC1c - 640079 - RAF.
Rockanje ( Zeeweg) General Cemetery, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

UK
Lost with the SS. Lancastria.
PRENDY, John - AC2c - 1152085 - RAF.
Leytonstone ( St. Patrick's ) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Essex, UK.

The following 172 airmen are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.
They are all presumed lost in connection with the SS. Lancastria.

ADAMS, Alfred Alexander - AC1c - 747551 - RAFVR.
APPLEBY, William - AC2c - 630625 - RAF.
APPLIN, Edward Charles Sydney - AC2c - 906916 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
ARDERN, Walter - Sgt - 581488 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
ASHARD Ernest Francis - AC2c - 907022 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
ASHBY, Kenneth William - AC2c - 940345 - RAF.
BARDGETT, Joseph Edward Crombie - AC1c - 542802 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
BARRIE, George Wellesley - Lac - 547360 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
BASSAM, George William - Lac - 510961 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
BATEMAN, George - Lac - 535546 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
BAXTER, John Robert - Cpl - 505311 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
BELL, Edmund - Lac - 641894 - RAF.
BELL, Joseph Dixon - Sgt - 522900 - RAF.
BELLAMY, Charles Victor - AC2c - 947377 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BLACKETT, George - AC1c - 954766 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BLACKWELL, Frank James - Lac - 935698 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BODDEN, Richard Raymond - Cpl - 525364 - RAF - MiD.
BOOTH, Thomas Gervais - AC1c - 624402 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
BOTT, Kenneth Victor - AC2c - 913271 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BOUMPHREY, Arnold - AC1c - 624815 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
BROADBENT, Raymond - Lac - 614898 - RAF.
BROWN, Douglas - AC2c - 627081 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
BROWN, George Oswald - AC2c - 943513 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BURROWS, Harry - AC2c - 973456 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
BRUNTON, John - AC2c - 946579 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
CANNAR, Basil Richard - AC1c - 940077 - RAFVR - 73 Sqn.
CARTWRIGHT, James - Cpl - 510279 - RAF - 98 Sqn..
CHART, George Arthur - AC2c - 963218 - RAFVR.
CHAVE, Frederick Stanley Hubert - AC1c - 508618 - RAF.
CHRISTIE, James Balfour - AC1c - 625723 - RAF.
CLARK, Donald Basil - AC1c - 640028 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
CLARKE, Horace - Cpl - 652931 - RAF.
CLARKE, Sydney - Lac - 518910 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
COCKING, Norman ( Canadian) - Cpl - 542816 - RAF.
COOK, Albert Charles - Cpl - 532979 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
COOPER, James William - AC1c - 633627 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
CORMACK-BEATSON, Charles Edward - Lac - 534033 - RAF.
CROSS, Reginald Alfred Richard - Lac - 900352 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
DANIEL, Henry - Cpl - 568835 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
DEAN, Henry William - AC2c - 975058 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
DENTON, Thomas Frederick - Sgt - 509566 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
DERWIN, Harry Duhamel - Lac - 509271 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
DIAMOND, George Macdonald - Lac - 535631 - RAF.
DIGNAN, George Alfred - AC2c - 619976 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
DOWDING, John Henry - Lac - 751081 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
EDWARDS, Herbert George - Lac - 551107 - RAF.
ELDRED, William George - Cpl - 354733 - RAF.
FISHER, Harry - AC1c - 639435 - RAF.
FISHER, Harry - Lac - 551310 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
FITZPATRICK, Thomas - AC1c - 629004 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
FOTHERGILL, James Ernest - AC1c - 212009 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
FROST, John - Cpl - 505130 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
GARSIDE, Cyril - AC2c - 978500 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
GAVIN, Patrick - AC1c - 637128 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
GLEAVE, Walter - Lac - 623072 - RAF.
GLOVER, Dennis William - Lac - 544145 - RAF.
GOLDING, Charles Alfred - Cpl - 509633 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
GORDON, Francis Lowson - Cpl - 511338 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
GREENMAN, Wilfred James - AC2c - 977406 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
GRIFFIN, Kenneth Willoughby - AC2c - 636117 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
GROVE, Reginald George Bishop - Cpl - 505901 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
GROVES, George Edward - AC1c - 569713 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
GUNN, Henry Charles - AC1c - 617121 - RAF.
HALL, George Thomas - Cpl - 529271 - RAF.
HAMILTON, Andrew George - Cpl - 561175 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HARDISTY, William - Lac - 544667 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HARPHAM, Wilfred - AC1c - 623494 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
HARRIS, Stanley Lewis - Sgt - 751759 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
HAYES, Thomas Alfred - AC1c - 624731 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HEDGER, Harold James - AC2c - 908440 - RAFVR.
HEPPLEWHITE, James Isaac - AC2c - 549266 - RAF.
HILL, Albert Dennis - AC2c - 908668 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
HILLS, George Gresham Stanley - Sgt - 631209 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
HODGETTS, Albert Henry James - AC2c - 908944 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
HOE, Alfred Frederick Gordon - Cpl - 612270 - RAF.
HOLLAND, Reginald Alfred - Lac - 253638 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HONDERWOOD, William Stewart - Lac - 569469 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HOPKINSON, John Frederick - AC2c - 617338 - RAF.
HOW, Victor Hugh - AC1c - 653766 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
HOWELL, Robert - AC1c - 630740 - RAF.
HUMPHREYS, Owen - AC1c - 639529 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
HUNTER, Ronald Wallace - Lac - 760014 - RAFVR.
HUTCHISON, James - Lac - 357304 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
I'ANSON, Leonard Addy - Cpl - 618392 - RAF.
INGRAHAM, Ian - Lac - 521686 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
JAMIESON, Robert Watson - AC2c - 967699 - RAFVR.
JARVIS, Patrick Joseph - AC2c - 974666 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
JARY, Robert Samuel - Lac - 524483 - RAF.
JONES, Charles Phillips - Sgt - 536553 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
JONES, Douglas Walter - Lac - 533484 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
JONES, Richard Thompson - Lac - 544901 - RAF - No. 2 Heavy Mobile Wireless Telegraphy Unit..
JONES, Tegwyn Davies - Cpl - 528052 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
JOY, Fred - Cpl - 347116 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
KELLY, Robert Miller - Lac - 542978 - RAF.
KERR, John - AC1c - 639579 - RAF.
KING, George Roland - Cpl - 564874 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
LANSDOWNE, Marcus Miller - AC1c - 278360 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
LATTER, Gordon Albert - Lac - 571314 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
LAWSON, Thomas Edward - AC2c - 908388 - RAFVR.
LLOYD, Trevor David Samuel - AC1c - 613179 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
LUNNUN, William Edwin - AC2c - 977727 - RAFVR.
LUNT, Harold - AC2c - 909562 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
MACAULEY, Alexander - AC1c - 629386 - RAF.
MCPHERSON, William - Lac - 642192 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
MAWSON, John Henry - AC2c - 334379 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
MARRON, Stephen Joseph - Lac - 536654 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
MARTIN, William Walter - AC2c - 913127 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
MITCHELL, William Reekie - AC2c - 968374 - RAFVR.
MOORE, Alfred William - Cpl - 653337 - RAF.
McFARLANE, James - AC2c - 975628 RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
McLEOD, Henry George - AC1c - 613055 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
McNAUGHTON, Norman - Lac - 749340 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
McMAHON, Roy Patrick Walter - Cpl - 591398 - RAF.
NIALL, James Dominic - AC1c - 619958 - RAF.
NORRIS, John Harry - AC1c - 616532 - RAF.
OLSEN, Nelson William - AC2c - 940188 - RAFVR.
ODGERS, John Arthur - Lac - 799580 - RAFVR.
PARK, Albert - Cpl - 526717 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
PEARSON, Harry Vincent - AC2c - 947539 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
PETERS, John Edward - AC2c - 900985 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
PETRIE, Edward - Cpl - 358147 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
PLUMB, Eric George - AC1c - 615972 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
PUGH, William - AC1c - 542863 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
RADFORD, William Edward - AC1c - 618627 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
RAMSEY, Dennis Joseph - AC1c - 551305 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
RANSON, Morrison Wilfred Joseph - AC2c - 621890 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
RAYNER, Ernest Edward - Lac - 354527 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
READING, George - AC2c - 908528 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
READING, Redvers George - Lac - 770880 - RAFVR.
RECORD, George Arthur Thomas - Lac - 122726 - RAF.
REDFERN, Leslie - AC2c - 644120 - RAF z 98 Sqn.
RIDDELL, Robert - Lac - 615860 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
RICHARDSON, William - Lac - 357083 - RAF.
RIGBY, George Henry - Cpl - 354586 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
RIGBY, Geoffrey Arthur - Cpl - 532880 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
ROBINSON, Herbert - AC1c - 625691 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
ROE, Andrew Garbutt - Lac - 348238 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
ROGERS, John Burton - Cpl - 347547 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
ROGERS, John - AC1c - 591650 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
ROBOROUGH, James Henry - Cpl - 937857 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
RUCK, Gordon - AC2c - 907056 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
SAUNDERS, Peter Wardlan - AC1c - 547248 - RAF.
SARGENT, Harry Victor - Lac - 629753 - RAF.
SCOTT-KIDDIE, Andrew John - AC2c - 628742 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
SELLICK, Harold William Bertie - AC1c - 701311 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
SIBBORN, Joseph Alan - AC2c - 702682 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
SLATER, Clarence Frederick - AC1c - 631548 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
SMALL, Walter Lochrie - AC1c - 612896 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
SMITH, Frederick Horatio - AC2c - 626102 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
SMITH, Harry Victor - Lac - 629753 - RAF.
SMITH, Sydney - AC2c - 623477 - RAF.
SMYTH, Nicholas - AC1c - 628225 - RAF.
STOCKER, Frank - Lac - 935588 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
STONES, Dennis - AC1c - 628640 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
STORRAR, John Reid - Lac - 619703 - RAF.
SYMMONDS, Albert Leslie - AC1c - 628702 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
TAWS, Stanley - Lac - 614845 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
TAYLOR, Albert John - Lac - 356773 - RAF.
THOMAS, James Victor Lewis - Lac - 516061 - RAF.
TIDY, Gordon Keable - F/Sgt - 590139 - RAF.
TIMMS, Cyril - AC2c - 573560 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
WAITE, James Albert - Lac - 524140 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
WALKER, Keith Mensforth - AC1c - 570036 - RAF - 73 Sqn.
WARD, Wilfred Arnold - AC1c - 905570 - RAFVR.
WATSON, Albert - AC1c - 620691 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
WAYMAN, Alfred William - Lac - 632799 - RAF.
WHITMARSH, Kenneth Ronald - Lac - 742095 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
WHITTET, James - Cpl - 591163 - RAF.
WILLIAMSON, William John - Lac - 532511 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
WILSON, Frederick James - AC1c - 636044 - RAF - 98 Sqn.
WRIGHT, John Noble - AC2c - 908737 - RAFVR - 98 Sqn.
WYATT, Kenneth Leslie - AC2c - 640245 - RAF - 98 Sqn.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
HAMILTON, James Ballinghall Dundas - F/Lt - 3 - RAAF.
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
STEWART, Wallace Malcolm Netherleigh - P/O - RAAF.
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, New South Wales, Australia.
Hudson II - A16-58 z 6 Sqn - RAAF.

UK
EREMINSKY, Leonard- F/O - 39609 - RAF - 151 Sqn
Whyteleafe ( St. Luke ) Churchyard, Surrey, UK.
Hurricane I - P2882 - 151 Sqn.

MURPHY, Colman, O'Shaughnessy - F/O - 39892 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, UK. ( Henk had COLMAN as Sirname ).
BRADBURN, Leonard - AC1c - 550047 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
HARPER, Wilfred Arnold - Lac - 540221 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
LARGE, Hedley Eric - P/O - 41795 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
WRAGG, Ernest - Lac - 540496 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
These four airmen rest at Tangmere ( St. Andrew ) Churchyard, Surrey,
UK.
These five airmen were crew of Bombay - L5852 - 24 Sqn.

Henk also had many Royal Navy men listed for the loss of the SS. Lancastria. I have not included them here as they do all seem to be listed elsewhere on line.
See here -
https://www.naval-history.net/
and
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=allen&o=Aircraft&d=asc

Alex

[Andy Marden]

Alex,

EREMINSKY, Leonard- F/O - 39609 - RAF - 151 Sqn
Whyteleafe ( St. Luke ) Churchyard, Surrey, UK.
Hurricane I - P2882 - 151 Sqn.
>> As discussed here, P/O Ereminsky was serving with 56 Sqn: http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8452-F-O-L-Ereminsky-RAF&p=163728#post163728

MURPHY, Colman, O'Shaughnessy - F/O - 39892 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, UK. ( Henk had COLMAN as Sirname ).
BRADBURN, Leonard - AC1c - 550047 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
HARPER, Wilfred Arnold - Lac - 540221 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
LARGE, Hedley Eric - P/O - 41795 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
WRAGG, Ernest - Lac - 540496 - RAF - 24 Sqn.
These four airmen rest at Tangmere ( St. Andrew ) Churchyard, Surrey,
UK.
These five airmen were crew of Bombay - L5852 - 24 Sqn.
>> The unit of this aircraft seems to be causing problems. Our serial database at:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L5852
lists it as 271 Sqn
The National Archives at: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471373
say 216 Sqn. I think this is unlikely, 216 Sqn was based at Heliopolis at the time. It is possible that some of the crew were attached I suppose.
CWGC meanwhile go for 24 Sqn: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2723033/murphy,-colman-o'shaughnessy/
I don't think 24 Sqn operated Bombays
It is also discussed here: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-12571.html
Looking at the 271 Sqn ORB for Jun40: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8398494
we see that although there is no mention of the actual loss incident (which was not an operational sortie), L5852, captained by F/O Murphy, appears on 5 June, 7 June, and 16 June. On the 16 June, it flew twice:
0810-1105 Hendon to Nantes (empty)
1410-1700 Nantes to Hendon (10 PAX and freight)
Note that LAC Wragg, also killed on the following day, was one of the crew.
I think therefore that this should be recorded as a 271 Sqn loss.

Regards,
Andy

[Lyffe]

CLIFFORD, Norman John - Cpl - 753581.

Clifford was one of 11 RAFVR (Met Branch) airmen who boarded HMT Lancastria during the morning of 17 June. He had been married on 3 December, two weeks before embarking for France. It is believed he was serving near Paris when German forces broke through French defences at Sedan on 13 May. He remained in the Paris area until ordered to join the general retreat towards Normandy during the second week of June.

He was the only fatality in his group; his remains were found on the beach at Pointe de Devin on 10 August, and he was identified from his ID disc.

Brian

[jonheyworth]

John Prendy 115205 , attached to Number 7 Recruits Centre , died in the Queen Victoria hospital, Morecombe of appendicitis