400627 - Unaccounted airman - 27-6-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of F/Sgt William D. SHERIFF - 362166. His name is commemorated on Panel 11 of the Runnymede Memorial.
Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Argus]

Hello Henk,

F/Sgt William D. SHERIFF - 362166

I can trace him to belong to 72 Sqdn. Service number 362116?

Spitfire loss or death caused by other circumstances?

Best regards

Finn Buch

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Finn for your push into the (hopefully) correct direction.
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Name correctly spelled SHERRIFF and svcnr 362166.
Henk.

[paulmcmillan]

Flight Global has Service # as 362116 (which is a typo) CWGC has 362166 (correct)


Service # 362116 was Sergeant Leslie Frank PAYNE.

[Henk Welting]

Paul,
I've Leslie F. PAYNE as an NCO killed 15/16-10-1944 on Lancaster NG143 of 207 Sqn and his svcnr 1491571 !

[paulmcmillan]

Henk

There were at least two Frank Leslie Payne's - Sgt Frank Leslie Payne 362116 became an Pilot Officer on probation in class A. in 1937. Officer # 70525 and retired in 1945 as Sqn Ldr

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Listed in Flight as 'Previously reported Missing now presumed Killed On Active Service'.

Martyn

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400627 - Unaccounted Airmen - 27-06-1940

From Henk's list -

UK
SHERRIFF, William David - F/Sgt - 362166 - RAF - 72 Sqn.
Cause of death ? Reportedly in a lorry that hit a land mine.
Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.

From CWGC -

DENMARK
INGRAM, Allen John Dennis - Sgt - 580958 - RAF.
Norre Havrvig Churchyard, Denmark.
Hampden I - P1329 - 50 Sqn.

GERMANY
WEIL, Peter - P/O - 41971 - RAF.
Becklingen War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Blenheim IV - P6957 - 235 Sqn.

DUTTON, Ronald Leslie James - Sgt - 547594 - RAF.
SPICKETT, William Alfred - Sgt - 516666 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
They were crew of Hampden I - P4305 - 49 Sqn.

HARDING, Walter Cecil - Sgt - 580426 - RAF.
NICHOLLS, Gerald - Sgt - 624403 - RAF.
SMITH, Arthur Harry - Sgt - 550966 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
They were crew of Hampden I - L4078 - 50 Sqn.

NETHERLANDS
CROCKART, Norman David - Wng/Cdr - 32155 - RAF.
Callantsoog Churchyard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Hampden I - P1329 - 50 Sqn.

CRONAN, John Richard - P/O - 42109 - RAF.
LLOYD, Philip Laurence - Sgt - 551596 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - L9447 - 235 Sqn.

CLARK, Andrew Milne - Sgt - 749331 - RAFVR.
PERCY, Ralph Arthur - P/O - 42640 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at Zeist ( Woudenbergseweg ) General Cemetery, Utrecht, Netherlands.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - R3731 - 82 Sqn.

BARTLETT, Sidney Kendal - Sgt - 755198 - RAFVR.
The Hague ( Westduin ) General Cemetery, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
KEMPSTER, Alan - Sgt - 627208 - RAFVR.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
These two airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - P6957 - 235 Sqn.

JORDAN, Thomas Charles ( Northern Ireland ) - Sgt - 629644 - RAF.
NEEDHAM, John Walter - Sgt - 742691 - RAFVR.
WALES, Alan Roger - P/O - 41968 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Oegstgeest Protestant Churchyard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
They w were crew of Blenheim IV - N3543 - 235 Sqn.

PARDOE-WILLIAMS, Hugh Spicer - P/O - 41974 - RAF.
SAUNDERS, Edward Arthur - P/O - 77342 - RAFVR.
THORLEY, Clifford William - Sgt - 751531 - RAFVR.
These three airmen rest at Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - P6958 - 235 Sqn.
[ Andy Bird has in his "Coastal Dawn" page 107, that Pardoe-Williams survived the crash but due to his wounds and burns was to die a couple of days after the crash. But CWGC has 27/6/1940 as date of death ? https://books.google.com/books/about/Coastal_Dawn.html?id=GIdsBAAAQBAJ ].

UK

HASELDEN, James Harold - Sgt - 741905 - RAFVR.
Grimsby ( Scartho Road ) Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK.
Blackburn B.2 - G-ADFS - 4 EFTS.

MACQUEEN, Ronald Revan - Sgt - 993914 - RAFVR.
Glasgow Western Necropolis, Glasgow, UK.
Hurricane I - P3401 - 79 Sqn.

WALKER, Peter Lingard - AC2c - 627496 - RAF.
Wimbish ( All Saints ) Churchyard, Essex, UK.
Hurricane I - P3778 - 17 Sqn.

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

DAVIES, James William Elias - F/Lt - 37796 - RAF - DFC.
Hurricane I - P3591 - 79 Sqn.

GRAY, William Hamilton - Sgt - 548063 - RAF.
LEA, Bernard Claude - P/O - 77273 - RAFVR.
RADFORD, Raymond Harold - Sgt - 564970 - RAF.
TROLOVE, Peter Noel - P/O - 36183 - RAF.
These four airmen were crew of Hudson I - N7330 - 269 Sqn.

KELSO, Alexander Dean - Sgt - 581155 - RAF.
MORTON, James Litster - Sgt - 741362 - RAFVR.
WINSTON, Joseph Charles - Sgt - 935571 - RAFVR.
These three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - R3778 - 40 Sqn.

SOUTHEY, William Thomas Joseph - F/Sgt - 514566 - RAF.
TURNER, Eric Howard McKenzie - Sgt - 614601 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Hampden I - P1329 - 50 Sqn. 2

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?t=564&p=2866#2866

Alex