400621 - Unaccounted airmen - 21-6-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of the following airmen killed on active service (Flight Global):

Sgt (Wop/Ag) Patrick F. CLARKE - 546660 - Flight Global: killed in action (while flying in operations against the enemy) - 254 Sqn (Blenheim - Sumburgh/Shetlands), buried Lerwick New Cem., Zetlandshire (UK8375), and

Sgt (Nav) Irving H. GUDDON - 741041, buried Medstead Cem., Hampshire (UK4873), and

Sgt (Pilot) Charles B. HAZEL - 517158, buried Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cem., Essex (UK3614), and

Sgt (Wop) James P ROSS - 625019, buried Urmston Cem., Lancashire (UK864), and finally

Sgt (Pilot) William R. SPEIR - 580985, buried Ayr Cem. (UK7699).

Aircraft losses for this day:

Anson I - K6272 - SAN - crashed on approach Adamton House, Monkton, Ayrshire
Audax I - K3093 - 7 FTS - crashed in forced landing Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire
Gladiator II - N5716 - FF Shetlands - crashed in forced landing Haroldswick, Unst, Shetlands
Hart Trainer - K6469 - 12 FTS - crashed on landing Grantham
Monospar ST-4 - X9367 - 6 AACU - crashed in forced landing Congleton, Cheshire
Oxford II - N4767 - 14 FTS - crashed take-off at night Cranfield
Shark II - K8901 - TTU - crashed in forced landing 2 miles NNE of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Amrit]

Henk,

you can discount Gladiator N5716 as the pilot, Noel Francis, survived when the aircraft overturned on the beach. He was killed in 1941.

A

[davew]

Henk

I am unable to find Clarke in the death registers.

The other four you name were in the Anson K6272.

regards

DaveW

[Amrit]

Interestingly Clarke isn't listed in the squadron site's Roll of Honour:

http://www2.bc.edu/~emerypa/254/roh.html

I wonder if they've got the squadron wrongon CWGC. I noted four mistakes earlier today for two mosquito losses in 1945, so wouldn't be surprised.

[Andy Ingham]

Henk

I am unable to find Clarke in the death registers.

The other four you name were in the Anson K6272.

regards

DaveW

Patrick F Clarke is listed on the GRO WAR DEATHS R.A.F.ALL RANKS (1939 to 1948).
The unit is listed there as 254Sqn.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks all for your help. CLARKE (546660) will remain on my "unaccounted" list, but for sure more RAF Commands Forum visitors will start searching for him now.
Regards,
Henk.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

AIR 81/970 1940 Jan 01 – 1947 Dec 31
Sergeant P F Clarke:
report of death; Blenheim R3827 in air operations, 21 June 1940

As R3827 crashed on take off 4 March 1941 presume CLARKE was brought back dead or dying from a mission.

Martyn

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

I can't remember where I got it from but I have Clarke as being killed whilst flying in Sunderland I, N9028 'A' of No 204, Sqn, on escort duty when a long burst of fire from a Do-18 ripped apart his turret.

I took 254 as being a typo for 204 at the time.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Hello

Sgt (Nav) Irving H. GUDDON - 741041 - this is in fact Irving Alfred Haig GLIDDON.

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400621 - Unaccounted Airmen - 21- 06 -1940

From Henk's list -

PAKISTAN
JONES, Hugh Thomas - Lac - 524515 - RAF - 28 Sqn.
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Cause of death ?

UK
BROWN, Charles William - AC2c - 996318 - RAFVR.
North Ormesby Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK.
Cause of death?

REED, Davis Hewson - Lac - 226215 - RAF.
Cavers Field ( St. Laurence ) Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK.
Cause of death?

CLARKE, Patrick Francis - Sgt - 546660 - RAF.
Lerwick New Cemetery, Shetland, UK.
Blenheim IV - R3827 - 254 Sqn.

From CWGC -

DENMARK
BUTLER, Murray Anderson (Canadian) - P/O - 42103 - RAF.
Hjardemal Klit Churchyard, Denmark.
Beaufort I - L9810 - 42 Sqn.

LIBYA
BAKER, Benjamin Thomas Morgan - F/Sgt - 563729 - RAF.
CROHILL, Alfred Francis - Lac - 518932 - RAF.
ROYLE, William Charles - Cpl - 518637 - RAF.
SMITH, John Basil Wentworth - F/Lt - 37214 - RAF.
These four airmen rest at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Across, Libya.
They were crew of Bombay - L5850 - 216 Sqn.

NEW ZEALAND
KITSON, John Hugh - Sqn/Ldr - 34160 - RAF.
Christchurch (Upper Riccarton) Anglican Church Cemetery, Christchurch City, New Zealand.
Oxford - 275 - 1 SFTS(NZ).

NORWAY
BATES, William John - Sgt - 567448 - RAF.
Beaufort I - L9810 - 42 Sqn.
WALLIS, Charles Andrew - F/O - 39180 - RAF.
Hudson I - N7246 - 233 Sqn.
These two airmen rest at Haugesund (Rossbo) Var Frelses Cemetery Norway.

WILLUGHBY, Francis John - Sgt - 565351 - RAF.
Bergen (Mollen Dal) Church Cemetery, Norway.
Beaufort - L4486 - 42 Sqn.

UK
GLIDDON, Irving Alfred Haig - Sgt - 741041 - RAFVR.
Medstead Cemetery, Hampshire, UK.
HAZEL, Charles Bernard - Sgt - 517158 - RAF.
Southend-on-Sea(Suttn Road) Cemetery, Essex, UK.
ROSS, James Percy - Sgt - 625019 - RAF.
Urmston Cemetery, Lancashire, UK.
SPEIR, William Rowan - Sgt - 580985 - RAF.
Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, UK.
These four airmen were crew of Anson I - K6272 - SoAN.

The following seventeen airmen are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.

BARRIE-SMITH, William - FO - 39178 - RAF.
DALE, Frederick - Sgt - 508348 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Beaufort I - L9810 - 42 Sqn.

GOW, Denholm - Lac - 532923 - RAF.
PHILLIPS, Marcel Adrian - P/O - 44259 - RAF.
RIGG, Alan George - P/O - 41067 - RAF.
TANNER, George Edward - AC1c - 625471 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Beaufort I - L4501 - 42 Sqn.

MALCOLM, Colin Alistair - Sgt - 523441 - RAF.
SEAGRIM, Herbert John - F/O - 39176 - RAF.
WHITE, John - Lac - 627575 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Beaufort I - L4486 - 42 Sqn.

HIBBETT, Leslie Arthur - Sgt - 581116 - RAF.
Blenheim IV - L9334 - 4 FPP.

FEENY, Dunstan Yves - Sqn/Ldr - 32076 - RAF.
WALTON, George William Eric - Sgt - 568459 - RAF.
WILSON, Charles Grant McNAB - Sgt - 519827 - RAF.
These three airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7246 - 233 Sqn.

CARGILL, Arthur Sydenham Tremenheere - P/O - 43197 - RAF.
FENNELL, Christopher Francis - Sgt - 531039 - RAF.
WEIGHTMAN, Percival William - Sgt - 533027 - RAF.
WILLIAMSON, Albert Edward - F/Lt - 37370 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7287 - 224 Sqn.

The following six Naval airmen are Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, UK.

BERRY, Frederick - NA1c - FX.82150 - HMS Vulture/Sparrowhawk - RN, ( CWGC has date as 22nd ?).[ See Henk's "Y0088"] .
DAY, Anthony Victor MacAskie S/Lt(A) - HMS Furious/Sparrowhawk - RN.
These two Naval Airmen were crew of Roc - "H" - 801 Sqn FAA, RN.

CATER, Leonard Beale - S/Lt(A) - HMS Sparrowhawk - RN.
DAVIS, Frederick Walter - PO(A) - FX.76376 - HMS Sparrowhawk - RN.
These two Naval Airmen were crew of a Swordfish of 823 Sqn FAA RN, (see Henk's "Y0106".

HULL, Charles Herbert Arthur - Naval Airman - FX.77524 HMS Sparrowhawk - RN.
WHITE, Maurice Philip - S/Lt(A) - HMS Glorious/Sparrowhawk - RN.
These two Naval Airmen were crew of a Swordfish of 823 Sqn FAA RN.

The following four Naval Airman all rest at Texel ( Den Burg ) Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

BELL, James Louis MacKenzie - Lt(A) - HMS Peregrine - RN.
HOOKINS, Frank Bryan S/Lt(A) - HMS Peregrine - RN.
POOLE, Robert George - Naval Airman - FX.79428 - HMS Peregrine - RN.
These three Naval Airmen were crew of Albacore - L7081 - 826 Sqn FAA, RN.

DYKE, Victor John ( Cornwall) - S/Lt(A) - HMS Peregrine - RN.
This Naval Airman was crewmember of Albacore - L7089 - 826 Sqn FAA RN.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

JONES, Hugh Thomas - He was serving with No 28 Sqn, and died at Miranshah.

BROWN, Charles William - He was serving at RAF Leuchars where he died from respiratory failure

REED, Davis Hewson - 13 OTU

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Davis Hewson Reed 226215 , attached to 13 OTU , was killed in a motor car accident near Upper Heyford

[jonheyworth]

Hugh Thomas Jones 524515 , died in the morning of 21 June of pneumonia