430212 - Unaccounted airmen - 12-2-1943

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
Sgt Sidney GREEN - 1108947;
Cpl Arthur A. GUEST - 851362 - 916 (Balloon) Sqn (Wythall, Herts.);
LAC Leslie C. LOWE - 1088883, and
AC1 John C. WILLIAMS - 1029551 - 9 Sqn (Waddington, Lincs.).

B - Not found in Flight archives:
AC2 Stewart P.G. JONES - 744671;
Sgt Benjamin PARKER - 357219;
LAC Alfred G. PENHALLURICK - 1316226 - age 28, and
W/O John J. WALLIS - 910887.

C - Proposed aircraft losses:
Spitfire V.A - P7757 - 61 OTU - spun into ground Montford Bridge.
Oxford I - BG663 - 14 (P)AFU - crashed on approach Wellingore.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[thorne83]

Hi Henk,

Pilot of P7757 was 'Sgt R Dunne', who was seriously injured. There is no accident card for this and the ORB does not give his service number either, perhaps other forum members can help?

Wallis died in the Royal Salop Infirmary, in Shrewsbury from some form of illness (not sure what exactly).

Cheers, Tom

[AlanW]

Henk,

Green......Aylesbury, Bucks.
Guest....Warwick.
Williams...Haverfordwest.
Jones....Leicester.
Parker....Uxbridge.
Penhallurick....Bridgend.
Lowe....Richmond.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Tom and Alan for your much appreciated help.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

AC2 Stewart P.G. JONES - 744671; DOAS in April 29th magazine

Can't find the others, this is a frustrating one.

Henk, can you find Lowe again, I can't find him in my searches?

[COL BRUGGY]

Denis,

Re: LAC Leslie C LOWE - 1088883

Try: Flight August 12, 1943 p.186 Cas. Comm. No.264.

Col.

[dennis_burke]

There he is!!

[Henk Welting]

Looking for unit and cause of death of:
AUS403536 F/O Martin Desmond SHIELS - RAAF - buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Mem. Cem., Egypt. Can't find his name in Flight Global.
Regards,
Henk.

[COL BRUGGY]

Henk,

From the No.451 Squadron RAAF ORB:

F.540

IDKU. 12/Feb/43. No.AUS403536 Pilot Officer M.D.SHIELS was killed in an aircraft accident at IDKU at 1620 hours today, whilst taking off on active operations, and struck off the strength of the R.A.A.F wef. same day. Fatality classed as Flying Battle Casualty. He was buried on the 14/Feb/43 in the New British War Memorial Cemetery, ALEXANDRIA.

F.541

12/Feb/43 Hurr. II. BP541 P/O M.D.SHIELS Interception 1600

On taking off in strong cross winds P/O M.D.SHIELS, just after becoming airborne, struck buttress of a dispersal bay causing the aircraft to somersault in the air, P/O M.D.SHIELS being killed. The other section and aircraft pancaked shortly after.

Col.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Col for prompt and excellent info. Update file.
Regards,
Henk.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

Sgt Sidney GREEN - 1108947 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at Stoke Mandevile Military Hospital, Aylesbury.

Cpl Arthur A. GUEST - 851362 - the National Probate Calendar records that he died at the Emergency Medical Service Hospital, Warwick.

Sgt Benjamin PARKER - 357219 - the Dundee Evening Telegraph of February 17th 1943 reported the following:

SHOT AIRMAN HAD GIRL'S LETTERS OVER HIS HEART
With two letters from a girl in Scotland over his heart, Sergeant Benjamin Parker (38), of the R.A.F., was found shot dead in a room at Eastcote, Middlesex. A Sten gun as by his side with 29 bullet cases, while bullets were found in the ceiling and walls of the room.
At the inquest, at Uxbridge today, a verdict of suicide while the balance of the mind was disturbed was returned.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Lowe died of natural causes see facebook plugin comment for details

[jonheyworth]

Alfred George Penhallurick 1316226, a medically discharged airman, died at 27 Heol Lynton, Llangeinor, Ogmore, of pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis meningitis

[jonheyworth]

John Clyde Williams 1029551 , collapsed and died in the County Hospital, Haverfordwest of a cerebral haemorrhage and hemaplegia

[jonheyworth]

Wilfed Arthur Burfoot 1221119, died at 06:30 Hours of toxic measles whilst in transit aboard HMT Duchess of Richmond and was buried at sea at 16:00 Hours

[jonheyworth]

Stewart Patrick George Jones 744671 , attached to 65 MU , died in Leicester Royal Infirmary , of broncho pneumonia

[jonheyworth]

Arthur Andrew Guest 851362 , was admitted dangerously ill to the Gulson Road hospital, Coventry on 17 October 1942, suffering with an intestinal obstruction due to a malignant carcinoma in the colon. He was transferred to the EMS hospital, Warwick on 10 December 1942 where he died

[jonheyworth]

John Joseph Wallis 910887 , a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death, had been admitted dangerously ill to the Shrewsbury Royal Infirmary on 18 June 1942. Medically discharged on 10 July, he died of a perforated duodenal ulcer

[jonheyworth]

Leslie Charles Lowe 1088883 | attached to 92 MU | was admitted dangerously ill to Catterick military hospital on 14 January where he died of osteomyelitis maxilla

[jonheyworth]

Sidney Green 1108947 | attached to RAF Leighton Buzzard | was admitted to Stoke Manderville hospital on 9 February. He became dangerously ill on 10 February dying at 18:30 Hours of pneumonia