401015 - Unaccounted airmen - 15-10-1940

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Malcolm. Annotation made.

Henk.

[Tony H]

615303 AC1 Eric James Clatworthy (Age 20) contracted Tuberculosis whilst serving at RAF Wittering and died at home whilst on sick leave. Burial location; Buried in Swansea (Morriston) Cemetery, South Wales.

Trade NK

Tony H

[wwrsimon]

Hello

F/Lt (Pilot) Harvey G. McCALLUM - 40309 - Colin Cummings' Clipped Wings (Volume 1), page 175, has him killed in Oxford R5969 of 21 S.F.T.S., which collided with Harvard N7028.

Regards

Simon

[wwrsimon]

Hello

LAC Fred ALCOCK - 743201 - the Portsmouth Evening News of October 22nd 1940 reported the following:

Funeral of Havant Garage Owner
The funeral of Mr. Fred Alcock, proprietor of the Havant Garage, Park Road South, took place at Warblington yesterday afternoon. He was 36, and leaves a widow and three children.
Mr. Alcock joined the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve in September, 1938, and was killed by enemy action near London just as he was completing a special course.

The National Probate Calendar records that he died at 169 Ballards Road, Dagenham, which seems to be a residential property on Google street view.

LAC Valentine DAVIDSON - 269024 - a family tree on ancestry.co.uk states that he died in an air raid at Barking College.

LAC Frederick G. WESTLAKE - 157638 - the Western Morning News ofOctober 21st 1940 reported the following:

Plymothian Killed in Raid
Well know in Plymouth as a taxi driver, L.A.C. Frederick George Wetlake has been killed on active service. He was attached to the Balloon Barrage, and three weeks ago he went to the London area. He was killed in an air raid.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Frederick George Westlake 157638 , attached to Number 13 Balloon Centre, was killed in an air raid at the Ford Works in Dagenham

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

401015 - Unaccounted Airmen - 15-10-1940

From Henk's List -

SOUTH AFRICA
MORONEY, Reginald Gerard- Sgt [P(U/T)] - 777645 - RAFVR.
Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Oxford - R5969 - 20 SFTS

UK
ALCOCK, Fred - Lac - 743201 - RAFVR.
Warblington Cemetery, Hampshire.
Probably killed in an Air Raid. Died in Dagenham, Essex.

CLATWORTHY, Eric Jones - AC1c - 615303 - RAF - 266 Sqn.
Swansea (Morriston) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
Died of Tuberculosis while serving at RAF Wittering.

DAVIDSON, Valentine - Lac - 269024 - RAF - 937 Balloon Sqn.
Earsdon Cemetery, Northumberland.
Killed in an Air Raid.

HOLLAND, John James - Lac - 840423 - RAF (AAF) - 901 Balloon Sqn.
Greenwich Cemetery, London.
Killed in an Air Raid.

MANSELL, John - AC2c - 1281966 - RAFVR.
Sittingbourne Cemetery, Kent.
Killed in an Air Raid on Wrotham Heath.

STEWART-DAWSON, Norman Gordon - F/O - 73933 - RAF - VC(WW1),DSO,DSC.
Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
Death caused by a car accident in London.

TILBURN, Guy Depledge - Lac - 759209 - RAFVR.
Croydon (Mitcham Road) Crematorium, Surrey.
Died while on sick leave following a major operation.

WESTLAKE, Frederick George - Lac - 157638 - RAF - Attached to a Balloon Unit.
Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, Devon.
Killed in an Air Raid on the London area.

ZIMBABWE
McCALLUM, Harvey Gordon (Canadian) - F/O - 40309 - RAF.
Bulawayo (Athlone ) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.
Oxford - R5969 - 20 SFTS

From CWGC -

EGYPT
DRUCE, David Mervyn Boughey - P/O - 72022 - RAF.
MULDOWNEY, John Felix - Sgt - 537426 - RAF. These two airmen rest at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt.
They were crew of Lysander - L4714 - 208 Sqn.

GERMANY
ANDREWS, Edgar James - Sgt - 745535 - RAFVR.
DAVIES, Arthur Howell - P/O - 42203 - RAF.
These two airmen were crew of Hampden I - X2993 - 50 Sqn.

AUSTIN, Guy Paul Wentworth (South African) - P/O - 77130 - RAFVR.
BARTLETT, John Edward - P/O - 78994 - RAFVR.
HAY, Colin - Sgt - 965765 - RAFVR.
HINKS, John Olding - Sqn/Ldr - 36014 - RAF.
NIELD, Eric - Sgt - 968346 - RAFVR.
SKIDMORE, Albert Edgar - Sgt - 742236 - RAFVR.
These six airmen were crew of Wellington Ic - T2464 - 9Sqn.

The eight airmen named above all rest at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.

NETHERLANDS
PARKER, Kenneth Bruce - Sgt - 742267 - RAFVR.
Terschelling ( West-Terschelling) General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands.
Spitfire Ia - R6838 - 92 Sqn.

UK
BLACK, George Roderick Hartwell - Sqn/Ldr - 37373 - RAF.
Barkby Cemetery, Leicestershire.
Whitley V - T4206 - 77 Sqn.

DICKINSON, Robert James - P/O - 79372 - RAFVR.
NEVILLE, Leslie Peter - Sgt - 901776 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at Leeming (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
They were crew of Whitley V - T4143 - 10 Sqn.

FENEMORE, Stanley Allen(Northern Ireland) - Sgt - 745110 - RAFVR.
Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, Lancashire.
Hurricane I - V6722 - 501 Sqn.

GUNNING, Peter Stackhouse - P/O - 43474 - RAF.
North Weald Bassett (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Essex.
Hurricane I - N2480 - 46 Sqn.

LLOYD, Philip David - Sgt - 745794 - RAFVR.
High Beach(Holy Innocents) Churchyard, Essex.
Spitfire Ia - X4178 - 41 Sqn.

MUIRHEAD, Ian James - F/Lt - 43362 - RAF - DFC.
Holme Cultram ( St.Mary) Churchyard, Cumberland.
Hurricane I - N2546 - 605 Sqn.

WILLIAMS, Eric Edward - F/Sgt - 562960 - RAF.
Hurricane I - V6550 - 46 Sqn.

KENT, William - Sgt - 518350 - RAF.
DE KEYSER, John Lionel (SouthAfrican) - P/O - 79166 - RAF.
STEEL, James - Sgt - 644325 - RAF.
TEDEN, Derek Edmund - P/O - 90486 - RAF (AAF).
These four airmen were crew of Hudson I - T9303 - 206 Sqn.

The five airmen named above are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ALCOCK, Fred - LAC - He was serving at No 15 Balloon Centre when he was killed at 169 Ballards Road in Dagenham, Essex in an air raid whilst he was attending a course.

DAVIDSON, Valentine - LAC - He was serving with No 937 Sqn and was killed in an air raid on London, whilst attending a course.

HOLLAND, John James - LAC - He was serving with No 901 Sqn and was killed when a bomb exploded near a hut on Site 1/20 at Woolwich Arsenal.

STEWART-DAWSON, Norman Gordon - F/O - 73933 - RAF - VC(WW1),DSO,DSC. - He isn't listed as a VC on CWGC?

WESTLAKE, Frederick George - LAC - He was serving with No 13 Balloon Centre and was killed in an air raid, probably in Dagenham, whilst he was attending a course.

Malcolm

[Lyffe]

Stewart-Dawson is not included in the list of men awarded the VC in WW1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...oss_recipients
or https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/101382)

Brian

[Alex Smart]

Hello Brian and Malcolm,
I got the VC details from this earlier forum post.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...445#post167445

But I now think that the "VC" Victoria Cross is in fact incorrect and is an abbreviation for the Russian Awards that he received in the first world War,

COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF ST. VLADIMIR WITH SWORDS AND BOW, COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF ST. STANISLAS WITH SWORDS.
Alex

[jonheyworth]

Fred Alcock 743201 , attached to Number 15 Balloon centre was killed in an air raid at 169 Ballard Road, Dagenham .