430927 -Unaccounted Airmen - 27-9-1943

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
F/O (Pilot). Thomas Charles Morris - RAF - 47701 - Portsmouth (Milton), Hampshire.
AC1c. Peter Purden - RAFVR - 1341671 - Oxford (Botley), Oxfordshire.

USA
LAC John Murray Morsman - RAFVR - 1801799 - Pensacola (Barrancas) Florida.

Africa
Sgt(Pilot). Philip Henry Vernon Weale - RAFVR - 1581970 - Bulawayo (Athlone), Zimbabwe.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

1341671 AC1 Peter PURDEN, is recorded by Bill Chorley in BCL9/RoH p.230, as a member of No.10 OTU. Can't find a corresponding aircraft loss in BCL7/OTU. His death is recorded in The Times. December 11, 1943. p.7, as - Died On Active Service.

Col.

[Mikkel Plannthin]

Thomas Charles Morris
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8066-MORRIS-Thomas-Charles-47701-DFC

"crash landing of Martinet HN939 of No.8 A.G.S. the previous day (26.09.43)"

Mikkel

[Mikkel Plannthin]

John Murray Morsman

According to "Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death; Record Group Number: RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 286." via ancestry.co.uk he died in a flying accident while at US Naval Air Station.

Mikkel

[Mikkel Plannthin]

Philip Henry Vernon Weale

Listed as Died on Active Service in Flight, Dec 16, 1943: "Act. Sgt. P. H. V. Weale"

Mikkel

[malcolm_raf]

Morsman was killed whilst flying in PBY-5, BuNo. 08342 of NAS Pensacola, which overshot a night landing and crashed at Fort Barrancas Beach, Pensacola Bay.

Weale was listed with 21 SFTS

Purden was registered in Abingdon

Malcolm

[paulmcmillan]

Here are AB Losses for this date - Could Purden be on Oxford I LW751

27.9.43 Beaufighter IIF T3377 54 OTU Crail OSL
27.9.43 Beaufighter VI V8459 30 MU Sealand Rifle Ranges CFL
27.9.43 Beaufighter VI JL630 2 TTU Castle Kennedy OSL
27.9.43 Magister I N3779 29 EFTS Booker CTO
27.9.43 Master II EM377 GPEU Netheravon COL
27.9.43 Master III W8710 16 PFTS 1/2m SW of Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. Coll
27.9.43 Master III DL612 16 PFTS Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. Coll
27.9.43 Oxford I AT771 8 AACU Cardiff CTO
27.9.43 Oxford I LW751 3 PAFU Winson Road, Ablington, near Bibury, Oxon. CTON
27.9.43 Typhoon lb EK189 56 Sqn Bradwell Bay CTO
27.9.43 Wellington IC' DV884 3 OTLJ Templeton COL
27,9.43 Wellington III BJ645 18 OTU Everton, near Bawtry. Notts. DIG
27.9.43 Whitley V LA853 19 OTU near Dishforth FIGN

[COL BRUGGY]

Paul,

Purden not on Oxford I LW751. LW751 was piloted (solo), by AUS415750 F/Sgt (Pilot) Wilfred Ernest ALLISON RAAF, who was killed when the aircraft crashed at Ablington, Oxon., after a night take-off from Bibury, on 27-9-1943.

Col.

[Ross_McNeill]

The F1180 for Whitley BD237 of No.10 OTU records that an un-named airman was killed by the prop when removing chocks.

I would associate the death of Purden with this incident.

Regards
Ross

[dennis_burke]

I may have missed something but these names are also on the Henk list I got this evening:

1279091 Ac2 EVANS, Alfred E. (Age 22).
Death in the Hay district, cannot see him in Flight Global

1069995 Ac1 O'CONNOR, Thomas. (Irish Republic). (Age 30).
Death in Birmingham district, DOAs listing CasCom 321

1620530 Sgt SHARMAN, Alec J. (Age 39).
Death in Sunderland district. DOAS list in Flight, CC320

637846 Cpl SPARKE, John S. (Age 23).
Death in Salisbury District, Wilts, Can't find in Flight magazine

Couldn't find four of them initialy, but their in a badly scanned corner of CasCom 320