440226 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 26-2-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440226 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 26-2-1944

From Henk's list -

WAAF
UK
PEACH, Gwendoline - LACW - 2069400 - WAAF - 105 Sqdn - Loose (All Saints), Kent. [DOAS].

CANADA
FRASER, Andrew W - F/L -

ITALY
GODDARD, Fred - F/O - 114781 - RAFVR - Naples, Italy - [DOAS].

UK
BOND, Alfred Charles - LAC - 624348 - RAF - New Kilpatrick (Or Hillfoot ), Dunbartonshire - [DOAS].
DUMBRILL, Ronald Bruce - F/L - 45796 - RAF - Portsdown (Christ Church ), Hampshire.
TAILBY, Archie J - LAC - 1675774 -RAFVR - Sheffield (City Road), Yorkshire.
TURNER, Eric Vincent - F/L - 85035 - RAF - Herne Bay, Kent - [DOAS].

From CWGC & Geoff's site's -

CANADA
KINLOCH, James Alerxander - LAC - 1584364 - RAFVR - Dauphin (Riverside), Manitoba, Canada.
REID, Thomas Muir - LAC - 1570318 - RAFVR - Dauphin (Riverside), Manitoba, Canada.

UK
DAVISON, George - Sgt - (Flt/ Engr) - 1677871 - RAFVR - Tanfield (St. Margaret ), Durham.
MANDER, Geoffrey Wilson - F/O - 148461 - D.F.C - RAFVR - Bingley, Yorkshire.

Alex

[John Larder]

Kinloch & Reid Bolingbroke 9890 of 7 B. & GS collided with Lysander 2392 during a gunnery exercise. (TSGNO)

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ITALY
GODDARD, Fred - F/O - serving with 8012 AMES.

CANADA
KINLOCH, James Alerxander - LAC - killed whilst flying in Bolingbroke, 9890 of No 7 BGS, which collided with Lysander, 2392.
REID, Thomas Muir - LAC - Bolingbroke, 9890 of No 7 BGS

UK
PEACH, Gwendoline - LACW - registered in Ashford
BOND, Alfred Charles - LAC - 2 possibles in Scotland.
DUMBRILL, Ronald Bruce - F/L - He was on the staff of the Directorate of Equipment at the Air Ministry and died in the RAF Officer’s Hospital, Cleveleys, Blackpool from hypertension.
TAILBY, Archie J - LAC - registered in Westminster.
TURNER, Eric Vincent - F/L - registered in Sleaford
DAVISON, George - Sgt - (Flt/ Engr) - killed whilst flying in Stirling III, EF127 of No 1661 HCU, which crashed on the edge of Sherwood Forest after running short of fuel during a nigh t cross-country exercise.
MANDER, Geoffrey Wilson - F/O - killed whilst flying in Mosquito IV, DZ312 of No 1655 MTU, which hit the ground and disintegrated as it emerged from low cloud as it attempted to land at Marham on its return from a night navigation exercise.

Malcolm

[John Larder]

Davison Stirling EF127 1661 HCU BCL Vol.8 Mander Mosquito DZ312 1655 MTU Vol.8

[Martyn A Critchlow]

Burial records show
TAILBY, Archie J - LAC - 1675774
Died in Westminster Hospital.

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Eric Vincent Turner 85035 , attached to Number 3 RAF Beach unit, after being ill since 10th December 1943, he died in RAF hospital Rauceby at 22:45 hours of pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Her record requires total rewriting : Gwendoline Peach 2069400 , a cook attached to RAF Exeter , died in the Isolation hospital, Warren Lane , Ashford, Kent , of meningitis

She is not associated with 105 Squadron or an aircraft loss

[jonheyworth]

Alfred Charles Bond 624348 , attached to Number 5013 AC Squadron, was admitted seriously ill to 231 Station US Army hospital at Botesdale, Suffolk, on 25 February where he died at 21:07 hours of a bleeding peptic ulcer

[goldkingred]

Thank you so much jonheyworth for the information about Eric Vincent Turner 85035. His admission to hospital and his death are referred to in the Operations Record Book of No. 3 RAF Beach Unit and I have been wondering for a long time what was the cause.
(see https://rafbeachunits.info/units/uk-...each-squadron/)

Eric Vincent Turner 85035 , attached to Number 3 RAF Beach unit, after being ill since 10th December 1943, he died in RAF hospital Rauceby at 22:45 hours of pulmonary tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Any time, happy to help