440531 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-5-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440531 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-5-1944

From Henk's list -

ISRAEL
DUKE, William Ernest - W/O(pilot) - 1266983 - RAFVR - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.
GALLETLY, Peter - W/O (WoP/A/G) - 1111503 - RAFVR - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.
GLASWELL, Richard Baden - Sgt - 1433212 - RAFVR - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.
PUTWAIN, Frederick Charles - Sgt(Pilot) - 1800158 - RAFVR - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.
SINCLAIR, George - Sgt - 1550896 - Ramleh, Israel & Palestine.RAFVR -

UK
CLARIDGE, Albert Edward - F/O - MiD - 130753 - RAFVR - Luton General, Bedfordshire.
FRANKLIN, Ralph - LAC - 1461554 - RAFVR - Norwich & Norfolk, Norfollk.
GOURLEY, John Alexander - AC1c - 1508880 - RAFVR - Grantham, Lincolnshire.
HODGKINS, Albert - LAC - 1241708 - RAFVR - Birmingham (Perry Bar), Warwickshire.
MARSHALL, Robert Bates Alexander - AC1c - 1821279 - RAFVR - Stranraer (Glebe), Wigtownshire.
SCALES, Cameron Hardy - F/O(Pilot) - 126852 - RAFVR - Carlisle (Dalston Road ), Cumberland.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CYPRUS
JUDGE, Hugh - Sgt (Radio Op(Air)) - 1389574 - RAFVR - Nicosia, Cyprus.

EGYPT
GREENOP, Derek William Dudley - Sgt - 1800303 - RAFVR - Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

INDIA
BASHAM, William Thomas - Sgt - 970786 - RAFVR - Kirkee, India.

UK
BATES, Fred - Sgt(WoP/A/G) - 1622071 - RAFVR - B;lackpool (Carlleton), Lancashire. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
BLAKEMAN, Ernest Walter - Sgt(A/G) - 1837046 - RAFVR - Banbury, Oxfordshire. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
BROOKS, John MCCallum - F/O (Air/Bomber) - 151987 - RAFVR - Manchester Crematorium, Lancashire. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
COTTERELL, Eric - F/S (A/G) - 1430072 - RAFVR - Hounslow, Middlesex. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
CRAWFORD, Nathaniel Hugh - Sgt(Nav) - 1545675 - RAFVR - Raloo Church of Ireland, County Antrim. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
CURTIS, Donald Wilfred - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - RAFVR - Ebbw Vale (Cwm), Monmouthshire. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
DRIVER, Donald Arthur - F/O (Pilot) - 160678 - D F M - RAFVR - Banbury, Oxfordshire. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
LAWTON, Walter Joseph - Sgt (A/G) - 2209661 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Anfield), Lancashire. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
McGREGOR, James Harvey - F/S (A/G) - 978853 - RAFVR - Wick, Caithness-shire. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
NIXON, Joseph Henry - Sgt(A/G) - 1898832 - RAFVR - Clough Presbyterian, County Down. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
OLIVER, John Alexander - Sgt(A/G) - 1822471 - RAFVR - Huntly, Aberdeenshire. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
PACK, Frederick John - Sgt(A/G) - RAFVR - Fareham (Itichfield) New, Hampshire. [ Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
PARR, Thomas - Sgt(A/G) - 2212825 - RAFVR - Manchester (Philips Park), Lancashire. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
WILSON, Stanley Raymond - P/O (Pilot) - 173801 - RAFVR - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Byker & Heaton), Northumberland. [ Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ISRAEL
DUKE, William Ernest - W/O(pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Wellington X, LN978 of No 76 OTU, which crashed on take off from Aqir.
GALLETLY, Peter - W/O (WoP/A/G) - see Duke.
GLASWELL, Richard Baden - Sgt - see Duke.
PUTWAIN, Frederick Charles - Sgt(Pilot) - see Duke.
SINCLAIR, George - Sgt - see Duke.

CYPRUS
JUDGE, Hugh - Sgt (Radio Op(Air)) - serving at Ein Shemer.

EGYPT
GREENOP, Derek William Dudley - Sgt - serving at Ein Shemer.

INDIA
BASHAM, William Thomas - Sgt - serving at 9 SoTT.

UK
CLARIDGE, Albert Edward - F/O - MiD - registered in Luton
FRANKLIN, Ralph - LAC - registered in Norwich
GOURLEY, John Alexander - AC1 - not Eng/Wales?.
HODGKINS, Albert - LAC - registered in Birmingham
MARSHALL, Robert Bates Alexander - AC1 - registeredin Midhurst.
SCALES, Cameron Hardy - F/O(Pilot) - registered in Abingdon.
BATES, Fred - Sgt(WoP/A/G) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
BLAKEMAN, Ernest Walter - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
BROOKS, John MCCallum - F/O (Air/Bomber) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
COTTERELL, Eric - F/S (A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
CRAWFORD, Nathaniel Hugh - Sgt(Nav) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
CURTIS, Donald Wilfred - Sgt(Flt/Engr) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
DRIVER, Donald Arthur - F/O (Pilot) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
LAWTON, Walter Joseph - Sgt (A/G) - 2209661 - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
McGREGOR, James Harvey - F/S (A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
NIXON, Joseph Henry - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
OLIVER, John Alexander - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
PACK, Frederick John - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU ].
PARR, Thomas - Sgt(A/G) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].
WILSON, Stanley Raymond - P/O (Pilot) - Stirling III - LK715 - 1654 HCU ].

Malcolm

[dennis_burke]

Basham in India is listed as DOAS
Franklin, Gourley, Marshall, C H Scales are all listed as DOAS
http://skynet.ie/~dan/war/flightsa/1...nscription.htm

I cannot find Claridge in Flight magazine, I imagine given his age he may have died at home after a medical discharge, he may not have been on the books at the time.
Also, cannot find Hodgkins.

John Alexander Gourley died aged 41 in Tain district, Ross and Cromarthy, Scotland. Died in Sick Qtrs Tain. Died of a fractured Skull received a day earlier. The is a note suggesting a correction to the register entry in 1946.


Greenop's name appears in a 1945 casualty listing a previously missing now presumed killed on active duty.

I can see that Greenop and Judge are listed on the same page of Aeroplane magazine in 1944, and found them both on Cas list 422, Missing believed KOAs and Judge is KOAS.

[Martyn A Critchlow]

HODGKINS listed on probate as died at 77 Dudley Road, Birmingham. This appears to be a Hospital.

Martyn

[gmarsh]

BLAKEMAN, Ernest Walter - Sgt(A/G) - Wellington III - BK157 - 12 OTU
On a gunnery training flight 31 May 1944 while doing evasive maneuvers the port wing came away, and the plane crashed into a field in Tadmarton, Oxon, killing all on board. Sgt Blakeman and the pilot are buried in Banbury, Oxon.

[jonheyworth]

Robert Bates Alexander Marshall 1821279 , attached to Number 145 Wing, drowned accidently at Petx Park, Sussex

[malcolm_raf]

Robert Bates Alexander Marshall 1821279 , attached to Number 145 Wing, drowned accidently at Petx Park, Sussex

Hi Jon

Should this be Petworth Park, Sussex, which is in the Midhurst area where his death is registered?

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Hi Jon

Should this be Petworth Park, Sussex, which is in the Midhurst area where his death is registered?

Malcolm

Very possibly Malcolm . And the only thing that does make sense Petx park was the location given contemporarily

[jonheyworth]

Cameron Hardy Scales 126852 , attached to 10 OTU , died at RAF Abingdon of acute pulmonary edema and pleural effusion

[jonheyworth]

Hugh Judge 1389574 , attached to RAF Ein Shermer , was killed in a flying accident when Wellington NZ896 crashed into the sea at 34:30 North, 32:51 East