431011 - Unaccounted Airmen and Airwoman - 11-10-1943

[Alex Smart]

431011 Unaccounted Airmen & Airwoman - 11-10-1943
From Henk's list

UK
BEST, Ronald Frederick - F/Sgt(Pilot) - RAFVR - 1330319 - Charing (Kent County) Kent.
SMITH, Victor Albert - Cpl - RAFVR - 1254426 - Walker (Christ Church) Northumberland.
WHITLOCK, Reginald Leonard - Sgt(WoP/Ag) - RAFVR - 1316742 - Haverfordwest(City Road), Pembrokeshire.

WAAF
UK
SMITH, Ethel May - Cpl - WAAF - 454506 - Great Amwell(St John the Baptist), Hertfordshire.

TUNISIA
DUDGEON, John - AC1 - RAFVR - 1342569 - Medjez-El-Bab, Tunisia.

And from CWGC and Geoff's sites-

UK
DEMADES, Demosthenes - Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1512536 - Brookwood Military, Surrey.
MARTIN, Deryck John Michael - F/Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1292918 - Reading Crem, Oxfordshire.
PRICE, Frank Leslie George - Sgt (WoP/AG) - RAFVR - 1432802 - Birmingham (Yardley) Warwickshire.
SHEPHARD, Herbert - F/Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1072962 - Urmston, Lancashire.
TAYLOR, Angus McCrimmon Fram - Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1481554 - Seaton Valley (Earsdon) Northumberland.
WILDMAN, Denis Ivor - F/Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1331147 - East Finchley & St Marylebone, Middlesex.

CANADA
JARRATT, William David - F/Lt(acting) - RAFVR - 128023 - Caron Municipal, Saskatchewan, Canada.
NETHERCOTT, Wilfred Dennis - LAC - RAFVR -1587887 - Caron Municipal, Saskatchewan, Canada.

INDIA
GREEN, Ronald Charles - LAC - RAFVR - 1674787 - Calcutta (Bhowanipore) India.

ZIMBABWE
BURLEY, James Percival Dennis - Sgt(Pilot U/T) - RAFVR - 1635395 - Bulawayo (Athlone) Zimbabwe.
HALBERT, John - Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - 1345923 - Bulawayo (Athlone) Zimbabwe.
MACLUSKIE, John Kenneth - Sgt (Pilot) - RAF - 570906 - Bulawayo (Athlone) Zimbabwe.

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Re: UK (2). Price 1432802 and Wildman 1331147:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10087-Oxford-LX328-6-OTU-crashed-11.10.43

And for the Zimbabwe/Rhodesia losses, we have the enigmatic :

Oxford II BM785 - To RATG 20.5.42; arr.31.7.42; 33 FIS (Norton); Flying Accident CatE 11.10.43 (details unknown)!

See: A-B's Oxford, Consul & Envoy File/Hamlin. p.134

Although, you need to read the following, which indicates 23 SFTS involvement:

http://www.rafcommands.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/Data/8980.txt

Col.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Alex

BEST, Ronald Frederick - F/Sgt(Pilot) - possibly killed in Wellington XIV, MP811 which crashed after hitting a cottage near Manorbier during a ferry flight
SMITH, Victor Albert - Cpl - RAFVR - 1254426 - registered in Bakewell
WHITLOCK, Reginald Leonard - Sgt(WoP/Ag) - possibly killed in Wellington XIV, MP811 which crashed after hitting a cottage near Manorbier during a ferry flight
SMITH, Ethel May - Cpl - WAAF - registered in Truro
DUDGEON, John - AC1 - RAFVR - 155 MU
DEMADES, Demosthenes - Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - killed whilst flying in Spitfire I, R7063 of No 57 OTU, which crashed near Eshott whilst carrying out a dogfight practice.
MARTIN, Deryck John Michael - F/Sgt (Pilot) - not registered in Eng/Wales.
SHEPHARD, Herbert - F/Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - killed whilst flying in Tomahawk I, AH781 of No 1684 Flt, which rolled over and spun into a field near Wing shortly after taking off for a fighter affiliation sortie..
TAYLOR, Angus McCrimmon Fram - Sgt (Pilot) - RAFVR - killed whilst flying in Beaufighter VIF, ND184 'C' of No 54 OTU, which crashed in a forced landing at Cornhill following an engine failure.
JARRATT, William David - F/Lt(acting) - RAFVR - was killed in Cornell, FH890
NETHERCOTT, Wilfred Dennis - LAC - RAFVR -was killed in Cornell,
GREEN, Ronald Charles - LAC - RAFVR - 2729 Sqn RAF Regiment.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

MARTIN, Deryck John Michael 1292918 - the ATA casualties website has him in Hurricane I L2026 of 16 FPP, engine cut and stalled in forced landing and crashed 5m NE of Cupar Fife at Grange Farm Fife.

Regards

Simon

[dennis_burke]

J Dudgeon, R C Green and E M Smith are all DOAS
V A Smith does not turn up in my searches of the Flight archives or Aeroplane on google books.
Surprising number of KOAS that day.

Best and Whitlock are registered in 1944 Q1 in Pembroke district.

[malcolm_raf]

My error: -

R C Green was with 293 Wing, the Green with 2729 Sqn RAF Regiment was Albert Green

Malcolm

[Bill Walker]

Cornell FH890 (Jarrett & Nethercott) was a US built Cornell, with No. 33 EFTS at Caron when it crashed.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

SMITH, Ethel May - Cpl - WAAF - 454506

Over balanced on her cycle and fell under the wheels of a heavy lorry and trailer at a RAF camp.

Western Morning News - 13 Oct 1943 - page 4
via British Newspaper Archive

Martyn

[Tonym]

SMITH, Ethel May - Cpl - WAAF - 454506

Over balanced on her cycle and fell under the wheels of a heavy lorry and trailer at a RAF camp.

Western Morning News - 13 Oct 1943 - page 4
via British Newspaper Archive

Martyn

Any indication of the location of the RAF Station?

Tony

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Not accessed full article, but usual wartime reporting refers only to 'an RAF Camp in the South West'. She was taken to Royal Cornwall Infirmary and died on the operating table.

Martyn