441031 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-10-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

441031 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-10-1944

From Henk's List -

ALGERIA
CROWLEY, George Rex Busteed - P/O(Pilot) - 181192 - RAFVR - Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Algeria.

UK
CADEY, Frederick Richard - AC2c - 2245611 - RAFVR - Burgess Hill (St. John ) Churchyard Extension, Sussex.
DEAN, John Anthony - F/O(Pilot) - 169715 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
ENTWISLE, William - W/O(Nav) - 1476387 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
EVANS, David Arthur - LAC - 1270537 - RAFVR - East Wickham (St. Michael) Churchyard, Kent.
GAYFORD, Alfred William - F/O(Air Bomber) - 154954 - RAFVR - Grays New Cemetery, Essex. [ Stirling III - EE907 - 1661 HCU ]. Died of injuries received.
TOPPING, Albert James - Sgt - 252571 - RAF - Eccleston (Christ Church) Churchyard Lancashire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

UK
BEST, Septimus Mark - Sgt (WoP-A/G) - 1595801 - RAFVR - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Byker & Heaton ) Cemetery, Northumberland. [Proctor III - LZ629 - 2 Radio School ].
DUNFORD, John Reginald - F/S(Pilot) - 1388781 - RAFVR - Surbiton Cemetery, Surrey. [ Tiger Moth II - N9408 - 29 EFTS ].

Alex

[dennis_burke]

Dean and Entwhisle are listed as being with 1 OADU, Portreath.
And previously discused on this thread:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...-TA411-Missing

[wwrsimon]

Hello

ALGERIA
CROWLEY, George Rex Busteed - P/O(Pilot) - 181192 - 3 F.U.

UK
CADEY, Frederick Richard - AC2c - 2245611 - the Mid Sussex Times of November 8th 1944 reported that he died at home at Burgess Hill.

EVANS, David Arthur - LAC - 1270537 - registered Uxbridge as Arthur D. Evans. The register for the cemetery also records him as Arthur David Evans. His death certificate on ancestry.co.uk records that he died at R.A.F. Hospital Uxbridge from a head wound sustained while dismantling a machine gun and an explosion occurred. Accidental death.

TOPPING, Albert James - Sgt - 252571 - registered Bangor.

Regards

Simon

[malcolm_raf]

Crowley - He possibly died from injuries sustained on 28 Oct 1944 whilst flying in Marauder III, HD671 of No 3 FU, which flew into high ground on take off from Bilbeis in fog.

Topping - He was serving with No 8 (O) AFU and died in the County Hospital, Bangor from pulmonary odeama due to malignant hypertension.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Albert James Topping 252571 , attached to Number 8 ( O ) AFU, was admitted dangerously ill to the Bangor County hospital on 25 October where he died of malignant hypertension

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Richard ( ROBERT in his records ) 2245611 | attached to Number 145 Wing | was returned to the U.K. on 15 September and was admitted RAF Hospital Wroughton suffering from sebaceous adentis scald. He became seriously ill on 25 September with fibrosarcoma. He was sent on leave but died of sarcoma of the neck