440826 - Unaccounted Airmen - 26-8-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440826 - Unaccounted Airmen - 26-8-1944

From Henk's List -

ALGERIA
DAVIES, Henry Lewis - F/L - 135990 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. [ Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU - ? ].

UK
GOY, Edward - F/L(Pilot) - 67079 - RAFVR - Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery, Surrey.
WALKER, Joseph James - AC2c - 1735520 - RAFVR - Smethwick (Uplands) Cemetery, Staffordshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

ALGERIA
LOVELL, Alfred Henry - F/S (Nav/Bomber) - 1209085 - RAFVR = Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. [ Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU ].
WILTSHIRE, Herbert Stuart - P/O (WoP-A/G) - 176122 - RAFVR - Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. [ Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU ].

CANADA
BENNETT, Gordon Richard - Sgt (Pilot) - 1802123 - RAFVR - Innisfail Cemetery, Alberta, Canada. [ Cornell III - 14498 - 32 EFTS ].
BROWN, John Matheson - Flt/Engr - RAF Transport Command - Goose Bay Joint Services Cemetery, Labrador, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
DE WEVER, Charles Erasme - LAC - 1899831 - RAFVR - Innisfail Cemetery, Alberta, Canada. [ Cornell III - 14498 - 32 EFTS ].

UK
BLEWETT, Alwyn - Sgt (A/G) - 3025172 - RAFVR - Rhymney Cemetery, Glamorganshire. [ Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
BUTTERFIELD, John - Sgt (A/G) - 1589861 - RAFVR - Ghyll Undenominational Burial Ground, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. [ Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
CALLOW, Gerald Ivor - Sgt (A/G) - 3032826 - RAFVR - Truscott United Methodist Chapelyard, Cornwall. [ Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
CLARKE, James Ernest - Sgt (WOp) - 2204244 - RAFVR - Wavertree (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Lancashire. [ Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
COX, Michael Francis Joseph - F/S (Pilot) - RAFVR - Stourbridge Cemetery, Worcestershire.
EVANS, David Douglas - Sgt - 3025155 - RAFVR - Ystradgynlais (St. Cynog) Churchyard, Brecknockshire. [ Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
HANKIN, William Ernest - Sgt ( Wireless Operator-Air) - 1819276 - RAFVR - Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. [ Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
MARTIN, Frank Samuel - Sgt ( Air Bomber) - 1398507 - RAFVR - Denham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire. [ Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
MICHIELSEN, Erik Frits Karel - (Holland) - F/O - 129283 - RAFVR - Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. [ Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
POSTON, John Joseph - Sgt (WoP-Air) - 2209316 - RAFVR - Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Lancashire. [ Wellington X - MF589 - 83 OTU ].
SUTHERIN, John Garnet - F/O (Air Bomber) - 160749 - RAFVR - Cheam (St. Dunstan) Churchyard, Surrey. [ Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
VERRIER, Clarence Douglas Rhys - Sgt ( WoP ) - 1313490 - RAFVR - Aberbeeg (Christ Church) Churchyard, Monmouthshire.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

ALGERIA
DAVIES, Henry Lewis - F/L - probably Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU - ? ].
LOVELL, Alfred Henry - F/S (Nav/Bomber) - probably Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU ].
WILTSHIRE, Herbert Stuart - P/O (WoP-A/G) - probably Liberator VI - KG941 - 3ADU ].

CANADA
BENNETT, Gordon Richard - Sgt (Pilot) - Cornell III - 14498 (TSGNO states 14488?) - 32 EFTS ].
DE WEVER, Charles Erasme - LAC - Cornell III - 14498 (TSGNO states 14488?) - 32 EFTS ].

UK
GOY, Edward - F/L(Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Spitfire V, AA833 of the AEAF Communication Sqn, which crashed in a forced landing at Oxshott in Surrey after running out of fuel.
WALKER, Joseph James - AC2 - registered in Smethwick.
BLEWETT, Alwyn - Sgt (A/G) - Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
BUTTERFIELD, John - Sgt (A/G) - Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
CALLOW, Gerald Ivor - Sgt (A/G) - Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
CLARKE, James Ernest - Sgt (WOp) - Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
COX, Michael Francis Joseph - F/S (Pilot) - killed whilst flying in Anson I, DJ663 of No 3 (O) AFU, which struck trees at Six Ashes.
EVANS, David Douglas - Sgt - Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
HANKIN, William Ernest - Sgt ( Wireless Operator-Air) - Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
MARTIN, Frank Samuel - Sgt ( Air Bomber) - Wellington X - LN293 - 12 OTU ].
MICHIELSEN, Erik Frits Karel - (Holland) - F/O - Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
POSTON, John Joseph - Sgt (WoP-Air) - Wellington X - MF589 - 83 OTU ].
SUTHERIN, John Garnet - F/O (Air Bomber) - Wellington X - HF517 - 83 OTU ].
VERRIER, Clarence Douglas Rhys - Sgt ( WoP ) - killed whilst flying in Anson I, DJ663 of No 3 (O) AFU, which struck trees at Six Ashes.

Malcolm

[Bill Walker]

Bennett and De Wever (a Belgian) were in Cornell 14498. The crash resulted from spar failure in flight. Cornell 14488 survived the war and was returned to the US in 1946.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Re: (UK).

F/Sgt COX and Sgt VERRIER. Also killed aboard No.3 (O)AFU Anson I DJ663, on the 26th August, 1944, was J/38191 F/O (Nav.) Norman Edward TRUSTY RCAF. 165193 P/O (Nav.) Alfred John WELHAM RAFVR, succumbed to his injuries on the 28th August, 1944 (q.v.).

Col.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

UK
GOY, Edward - F/L(Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Spitfire V, AA833 of the AEAF Communication Sqn, which crashed in a forced landing at Oxshott in Surrey after running out of fuel.

The accident was reported in the Norwood News of September 8th 1944:

Pilot Tried to Avoid Houses
Flying his Spitfire from Normandy and experienced R.A.F. pilot was about to touch down when his landing gear refused to function accurately. In order to avoid some houses he swerved and crashed. He was killed.
The pilot was Flight-Lieut. Edward Goy, formerly of High View Close, Upper Norwood, whose wife and son are at present staying at Wallington. Flight-Lieut. Goy was killed two days before his thirtieth birthday.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

James Franklin Baird 137418 , was lost in spitfire MH 900 which crashed into the sea 5 miles north of Cap Falcon, Ain El Turk, Algeria

[jonheyworth]

Henry Lewis Davies , attached to the Provost Security Unit , was admitted dangerously ill to Number 2 RAF hospital on 25 August , dying there the following day of a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head .

He did NOT died in Liberator KG941 as stated in this database

[jonheyworth]

Joseph James Walker 1735520 | was admitted seriously Ill to the Queen Elizabeth on 27 December 1942 suffering with haemoptysis. He was discharged on 6 January 1943 and medically discharged from the RAF dying of pulmonary tuberculosis