440910 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-9-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440910 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-9-1944

From Henk's List -

FRANCE
BRADBURY, Robert - P/O(Pilot) - 182408 - RAFVR - Clichy Northern Cemetery,Hauts-de-Seine, France.
HARRISON, Frederick - Cpl - 1184309 - RAFVR - Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
OLFORD, Frank Rendle - F/O - 171221 - RAFVR - Clichy Northern Cemetery, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

UK
DARLINGTON, Francis William - Cpl - 630466 - RAF - Old Kilpatrick Parish Churchyard, Dunbartonshire.
WALKER, George - LAC - 54527 - RAF - Llantwit Major cemetery, Glamorganshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EGYPT
HUFTON, Raymond Phillip - LAC - 1808554 - RAFVR - Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

INDIA
PLAYFORD, Jack - P/O (Pilot) - 175969 - D.F.M - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.

SINGAPORE
ISMAIL BIN HAMID - AC2c - 785666 - RAFVR - Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

SYRIA
ANDREWS, John Richard - AC1c - 1295259 - RAFVR - Aleppo War Cemetery, Syria.

ZIMBABWE
THOMSON, Alexander Stuart - AC2c - 1568503 - RAFVR - Harare (Pioneer) cemetery, Zimbabwe.

Alex

[jossleclercq]

Hello

Blaskett was a fitter with No. 6197 Servicing Echelon, in charge of the maintenance of the Typhoons of No. 197 Squadron. He lost his life in a traffic accident, but I've never been able to find any more details about the accident (location, vehicles involved, etc...)

Joss

PS : sorry, wrong post ! Will put it on the correct message !

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

FRANCE
BRADBURY, Robert - P/O(Pilot) - probably killed whilst flying in Auster V, RT492 of No 85 Grp Comm Sqn, which spun into the ground shortly after taking off from Orly.
HARRISON, Frederick - Cpl - 6210 BD Flt.
OLFORD, Frank Rendle - F/O - see Bradbury.

UK
DARLINGTON, Francis William - Cpl - not Eng/Wales?
WALKER, George - LAC - registered in Ilford?.

EGYPT
HUFTON, Raymond Phillip - LAC - HQ ME.

INDIA
PLAYFORD, Jack - P/O (Pilot) - 135 RSU.

Malcolm

[Chris Pointon]

Francis William Darlington died of Tuberculosis in Hairmyers Hospital East Kilbride.

[dennis_burke]

While he wasn't listed above, Corp. Clifford Norman RANCE 1175203 died in "C M hospital" after a short illness. Buried on September 11th in Quetta Cemetery.

Sourced from 84 Sqn ORB for Sep 1944.

[wwrsimon]

Hello

WALKER, George - LAC - 54527 - he's missing a number in his S/No - 547527.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Jack Playford 175969 lost control of mosquito HJ675 of 308 MU and crashed at Bamrauli

[jonheyworth]

Daniel Patrick Correy 154268, fell from a hotel balcony whilst off duty

[jonheyworth]

Roy Tipton 942657 was killed in an air raid on Pembroke dock

[jonheyworth]

Francis John Swatton 1142066 , attached to 2827 Squadron, RAF Regiment , was seriously injured on 7 September in an on duty motorcycle accident. Admitted to the Hughes College hospital, he Oxford, he died at 12:00 hours 3 days later