400705 - Unaccounted airman - 5-7-1940

[Henk Welting]

What caused the death of LAC (Pilot) George G. MILNE - 968031 - killed on active service (Flight Global), buried Bath (St.Michael's) Cem., Somerset (UK5333).

Aircraft losses for this day:
Blenheim I - K7156 - 23 Sqn - abandoned Granby, Nottinghamshire
Harvard I - N7129 - 15 FTS - crashed on approach Brize Norton
Tiger Moth II - N9210 - 10 EFTS - spun into ground Manton Down, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Dick]

Hi Again
Likely to be the Tiger Moth as there is a registration of the death of a George G Milne, age 20 at Marlborough, Wiltshire in the appropriate Qtr of 1940
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Dick. Another black spot wiped out in my files.
Regards,
Henk.

[paulmcmillan]

What caused the death of LAC (Pilot) George G. MILNE - 968031 - killed on active service (Flight Global), buried Bath (St.Michael's) Cem., Somerset (UK5333).

Confirmed as: Tiger Moth II - N9210 - 10 EFTS - spun into ground Manton Down, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.

From 10 EFTS ORB: Yatesbury July 5th 1940 968031 LAC G Milne, pilot under training lost his life as a result of a flying accident

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400705 - Unaccounted Airmen - 05-07-1940

From Henk's list -

SOUTH AFRICA
MOSS, Lewis Walter - Air Mechanic - 96353 - SAAF.
Thaba Tshwane ( Old No.1) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Cause of death ?

From CWGC -

EGYPT
TAYLOR, John Frederick - F/Sgt - 366465 - RAF.
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Blenheim I - L8529 - 113 Sqn.

GERMANY
HARGROVES, Joseph Henry - Wng/Cdr - 07128 - RAF.
SMITH, Ewart William - Sgt - 366413 - RAF.
These two airmen rest at Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - N6140 - 101 Sqn.

ELLICOTT, Reginald John Spurway - Sgt - 552585 - RAF.
RIMMER, George - Sgt - 580587 - RAF.
STEWART, Alan - P/O - 41330 - RAF.
These three airmen rest at Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
They were crew of Blenheim IV - R3804 - 114 Sqn.

UK
FREEMAN, Harold Jack - AM1(E) - P/KX.90109 - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Rosskeen Parish Churchyard Extensions (Or Burial Ground ) Ross and Cromarty, UK.
Shark II - K8502 - 774 Sqn
Aircraft accident, DoI received on 3/7/40.

FIRMINGER, Brian - P/O - 42827 - RAF.
Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, London, UK.
Hurricane I - P3703 - 238 Sqn.

LIVERMORE, Robert Mark - Sgt - 550254 - RAF.
Blenheim IV - N6140 - 101 Sqn.
MILNE, Douglas Keith - P/O - 42628 - RAF.
Spitfire Ia - P9449 - 64 Sqn.
These two airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK.

MILNE, George Grant - Lac - 968031 - RAFVR.
Yatesbury ( All Saints ) Churchyard, Wiltshire, UK.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?t=593&p=3011#3011

BURGER, Franz - GAF.
MARCHLOW, Rudolf - GAF.
MARTINEK, Franz - GAF.
These three airmen rest at Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent, UK.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

MILNE, Douglas Keith - P/O - 42628 - see: https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/service-people/pilot-officer-douglas-keith-milne

BURGER, Franz - GAF.
MARCHLOW, Rudolf - GAF. [MARCHLOWITZ]
MARTINEK, Franz - GAF.
All killed in He-111H-3 V4+GS of 8/KG1:

http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/hawkinge-cemetery-kent-battle-of-britain-casualties.22692/#post-283251

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=18979

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Simon, I have edited the details of MILNE, Douglas Keith, P/O -42628.