430603 - Unaccounted airmen - 3-6-1943

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:
AC2 John CREANEY - 1785258;
F/O John H. HOWELL - 127614, and
Cpl Arthur L. STATHER - 1610723 - age 27,
who all died on active service.

Also looking for cause of death of following airman of 179 Sqn (can't find a Wellington serial in my files and 179 Sqn not subject for research by authors BCLME):
Sgt George A. KING - 1219009 - Runnymede Panel 155;
Sgt Eric PRESCOTT - 1086979 - Runnymede Panel 162;
F/O Frank R. SYMON - 130253 - Runnymede Panel 129, and
Sgt (WOp/Ag) Albert A. ROSS - 1331478 - buried Malaga, British Cemetery, Spain.
The aircraft involved may have crashed over sea off Oporto on transit-/ferry flight.

Regards and thanks for ypur help.
Henk.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Henk

AC2 John CREANEY - not Eng/Wales
F/O John H. HOWELL - Aylesbury (Halton Hospital?)
Cpl Arthur L. STATHER - Surrey Mid East

Malcolm

[AlanW]

Henk,
Creaney (W/Op) registered in Kirkoswald, Scotland. Death caused from shock and haemorrage, fracture of pelvis, rupture of bladder and fractured right femur.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Allan & Malcolm. WOp CREANEY must have been involved in a very bad accident; perhaps Douglas has more on him.
Regards.
Henk.

[AlanW]

Henk,
Certificate states time of death as 01.15am, 03/06/43, in Turnberry Hospital, so you may be looking at an accident that happened on 02/06/43.
There was one fatal accident recorded in June 43 with a Beaufort of 1TTU which was based at Turnberry at the time, just down the road from Kirkoswald, but no details given, might be a contender.

[Theletterwriter]

Henk

The only additonal piece of inforamtion is that AC2 Creaney was 28 when he died.

Douglas

[Henk Welting]

AlanW, Douglas,
Thanks for additional info. Have no 1 TTU Beaufort loss on file; however 5 (C)OTU lost Beaufort EL136 2-6-1943 at Ballymacilhoyle. Wasn't 5 (C)OTU at that time also based at Turnberry ?
Regards,
Henk.

[AlanW]

Hi Henk,
Yes, you're correct about 5 (C)OTU being there at time.
Alan.

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Elsie Phyllis James W 305220, died in the the Deer Lodge hospital, Winnipeg of hyperthyroidism

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Frank Clark Gladstone Gadsby R 137302, attached to RCAF Gander, he died in the station hospital of a pneumothora caused by the spontaneous rupture of his left lung

[jonheyworth]

John Henry Howell 127614 , attached to 11 OTU, was taken seriously ill on 30th May and was admitted to RAF Hospital Halton where he succumbed to meningitis with his family at his bedside

[jonheyworth]

John Creany 1785258 ,attached to Number 1 TTU, was dangerously injured in a road accident on 2 June, dying of his injuries in Number 74 General hospital at Turnberry

[jonheyworth]

Arthur Leslie Stather 1620723 | attached to RAF Calshott, was admitted dangerously ill to the Sutton EMS hospital, Surrey on 22 May, dying of pulmonary tuberculosis