441127 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 27-11-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

441127 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 27-11-1944

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
SHEARS, Kathleen - LACW - 2095992 - WAAF - Middlesbrough (Thorntree) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yorkshire.

BELGIUM
BARRETT-LENNARD, Dacre - Sqdn/Ldr - 121497 - RAFVR - Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium.
BROWN,The Rev. James Gordon - Sqdn/Ldr - Chaplain - C6243 - RCAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium.

FRANCE
ROYAN, Andrew - AC2c - 1371896 - RAFVR - St. Andre Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

NETHERLANDS
WHITEHORN, John Henry - LAC - 1211541 - B.E.M - RAFVR - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
WOOLFRIES, Ronald Arthur - LAC - 1403020 - RAFVR - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

UK
BAILEY, John Thomas - LAC - 1503421 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
DEUCHARS, William - LAC - 1341152 - RAFVR - Crieff Cemetery, Perthshire.
DUROSE, Alan Sydney - Cpl - 540880 - RAF - Burton-Upon-Trent Cemetery, Staffordshire.
FAIRBANKS, Henry Charles - LAC - 1434417 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
GAME, Stanley Gordon - Sgt - 1257881 - RAFVR - No, 21 Maintenance Centre - Colchester Cemetery, Essex.
HODGSON, Richard Tollef - AC1c - 1683173 - RAFVR - Darlington Crematorium, Durham.
HOYLE, Ronald Frank - LAC - 1252409 - RAFVR - Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent.
KERR, A. A. - Cpl - 995284 -RAFVR - Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, Lancashire.
WILSON, Leslie George - LAC - 1610484 -RAFVR - Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

ATA
WHEELOCK, Joseph Francis (Nicaraguan) - Third Officer - Air Transport Auxiliary - Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Cumberland. [ Mosquito FB.VI - NT147 - 3 FPP ].

USA
MITSON, Peter Frederick - AC2c - 1626922 - RAFVR - Mesa City Cemetery, Arizona, U.S.A.

ZIMBABWE
LAUGHLIN, Kenneth William - F/O (Pilot) - 159401 - RAFVR - Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.
TAIT, James Douglas - AC2c (Pilot U/T) - 776514 - RAF - Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

BELGIUM
BARRETT-LENNARD, Dacre - Sqdn/Ldr - 84 Group.
BROWN,The Rev. James Gordon - Sqdn/Ldr - Chaplain - He was serving with No 406 Sqn and was killed in a V-2 attack on Antwerp.

FRANCE
ROYAN, Andrew - AC2 - FRU (BASU).

NETHERLANDS
WHITEHORN, John Henry - LAC - 407 AFAP.
WOOLFRIES, Ronald Arthur - LAC - 6184 SE.

UK
SHEARS, Kathleen - LACW - 2095992 - WAAF - Middlesbrough (Thorntree) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yorkshire.
BAILEY, John Thomas - LAC - probably killed in explosion at RAF Fauld.
DEUCHARS, William - LAC - not Eng/Wales.
DUROSE, Alan Sydney - Cpl - probably killed in explosion at RAF Fauld.
FAIRBANKS, Henry Charles - LAC - probably killed in explosion at RAF Fauld.
GAME, Stanley Gordon - Sgt - probably killed in explosion at RAF Fauld.
HODGSON, Richard Tollef - AC1 - registered in Durham S E
HOYLE, Ronald Frank - LAC - registered in Maidstone.
KERR, A. A. - Cpl - registered in Isle of Wight.
WILSON, Leslie George - LAC - registered in Nottingham.

USA
MITSON, Peter Frederick - AC2 - 4 BFTS

ZIMBABWE
LAUGHLIN, Kenneth William - F/O (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, HN518 of No 23 SFTS/33 FIS, which was involved in a flying accident.
TAIT, James Douglas - AC2c (Pilot U/T) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, HN518 of No 23 SFTS/33 FIS, which was involved in a flying accident.

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

SHEARS 2095992 - LACW Kathleen Maria Shears' death was registered at Eshott, Northumberland.

Regards

Simon

[wwrsimon]

DEUCHARS 1341152 - I can't find anything on Scotland's People. However, he's on ancestry.co.uk's National Probate Calendar, and his place of death is listed as 'near Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent', so it seems he's another casualty from RAF Fauld.

Regards

Simon

[alclark]

Those put forward for being killed in the explosion at Fauld are all listed on the memorial beside the crater.

Bailey and Fairbanks are listed on the upper part of the plaque with 16 others whose bodies were not or could not be recovered. Deuchars, Dunrose and Game are all listed at the bottom beside 6 Italian service personnel.

[malcolm_raf]

Thanks for confirming those Al

Malcolm

[wwrsimon]

Hello

DUROSE, Alan Sydney - Cpl - 540880 - the Derby Daily Telegraph of December 2nd 1944 reported that the body of Durose had been recovered, and also names two of the Italians whose bodies were recovered along with that of Durose: Cpl. Rocco Novello (27) and Pvt. Salvatore Trevato (29).. It also names two of the civilians were also killed: John William West (23) and George Priestley (63). West's brother Stephen is among those listed as missing. The civilians were in a works building near the dump, which was engulfed by the vast amount of earth thrown up by the explosion.

KERR, A. A. - Cpl - 995284 - the National Probate Calendar confirms his name as Arthur Alban Kerr, and that he died at the Royal National Hospital, Ventnor, I.o.W. I'd let the CWGC know, but no doubt they'd need a birth and death certificate...

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Kathleen Shears 2095992 , attached to 57 OTU, was killed in a road accident on the great North road near Felton

[jonheyworth]

Ronald Arthur Woolfries 1403020 , attached to Number 6184 SE , was seriously injured on duty on 26 November at B.80 airfield when an aircraft's rockets were accidently discharged on the ground. Admitted to SSQ at Number 121 Wing and transferred to Number 50 MFH, he died of his injuries at 05:00 Hours

[jonheyworth]

Ronald Frank Hoyle 1252409 , a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death, had first been admitted seriously ill to the 100th US General hospital in Bristol on 17 May 1944 suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis of which he died