450314 - Unaccounted Airmen - 14-03-1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

450314 - Unaccounted Airmen - 14-03-1945

From Henk's List -

UK
CARTWRIGHT, William - LAC - 1044956 - RAFVR - Huddersfield (Edggerton ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
HAYES, John William- Sgt(Pilot) - 1523072 - RAFVR - Bootle Cemetery, Lancashire.
KNIGHT, Thomas Bradshaw - LAC - 1502245 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
WATSON, William - Cpl - 803608 - RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) - Edinburgh (Mount Vernon ) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Edinburgh.


From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

AZORES
BRIDGEN, William - LAC - 855984 - RAF(Auxiliary Air Force ) - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
CAIN, George Alexander - Sgt - 1019159 - RAF - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
HUBBARD, Charles Stuart - LAC - 983321 - RAFVR - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
JECKELLS, Frederick - Cpl - 1019060 - RAFVR - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
JONES, Edgar - LAC - 1061656 - RAFVR - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
LINDSAY, David - LAC - 654457 - RAF - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
McKENZIE, William - Cpl - 952211 - RAFVR - Lajes War Cemetery, Azores. [ Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].

BANGLADESH
BARLEY, Frederick Hugh - AC1c - 1590115 - RAFVR - Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.

INDIA
ALLARD, Frank Joseph - AC2c - 1882261 - RAFVR - Delhi War Cemetery, India.

MYANMAR
SLATER, Bernard - Cpl - 1104479 - RAFVR - Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar - [ Not in "Unsung Heroes "].

NETHERLANDS
MACLEOD-SELKIRK, Ian - Sqdn/Ldr (Pilot) - 40549 - RAF - Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.

UK
BERRY, Peter Warren - F/O - 174490 - RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

Alex

[alieneyes]

MACLEOD-SELKIRK, Ian - Sqdn/Ldr (Pilot) - 40549 - RAF - Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.

Pilot of DV298, 101 Squadron, lost with all crew on ops to Dahlbusch.

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

AZORES
BRIDGEN, William - LAC - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
CAIN, George Alexander - Sgt - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
HUBBARD, Charles Stuart - LAC - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
JECKELLS, Frederick - Cpl - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
JONES, Edgar - LAC - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
LINDSAY, David - LAC - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].
McKENZIE, William - Cpl - Liberator c.VII - EW626 - 246 Sqdn ].

BANGLADESH
BARLEY, Frederick Hugh - AC1 - 126 MU

INDIA
ALLARD, Frank Joseph - AC2 - 302 MU

MYANMAR
SLATER, Bernard - Cpl - 62003 AMES.

UK
CARTWRIGHT, William - LAC - registered in Aldershot.
HAYES, John William- Sgt(Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, DF225 of No 20 (P) AFU, which spun into the ground near Stratten Audley.
KNIGHT, Thomas Bradshaw - He was serving/travelling aboard the Arundel Castle
WATSON, William - Cpl - not Eng/Wales?.
BERRY, Peter Warren - F/O - killed whilst flying in Sunderland III, DP178 of No 4 (C) OTU, which was lost during an anti-submarine patrol 70 miles off Sumburg Head in the Shetlands.

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

CARTWRIGHT, William - LAC - 1044956 – DOAS
KNIGHT, Thomas Bradshaw - LAC - 1502245 - DOAS
BARLEY, Frederick Hugh - AC1c - 1590115 - DOAS
ALLARD, Frank Joseph - AC2c - 1882261 - DOAS
SLATER, Bernard - Cpl - 1104479 - DOAS

Martyn

[Martyn A Critchlow]

SLATER, Bernard - Cpl - 1104479 - died in an accident

BATHING TRAGEDY
Mrs. Slater, of 4, Lanark street, Burnley, has been officially notified that her son, Cpl. Bernard Slater (25), has died through injuries received accidentally while bathing

Burnley Express - Saturday 24 March 1945

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Thomas Bradshaw Knight 1502245 , attached to Number 3 PDC , was in transit on HMT Arundel Castle , when he collapsed and died immediately of a coronary thrombosis and was buried at sea

[jonheyworth]

McKenzie 952211 and

Hubbard 983321

Were both attached to 32 MU

[jonheyworth]

Bernard Slater 1104479 , attached to 61007 AMES, bathing with several other Airmen, dived into shallow water at Fakir Point and broke his neck, dying almost instantly

[jonheyworth]

Frank Joseph Allard 1882261 , attached to 302 MU , was admitted seriously ill to the British military hospital, Allahbad, on 10 March , where he died of cerebro spinal meningitis

[jonheyworth]

Thomas Bradshaw Knight 1502245 , was in transit aboard the SS Arundel Castle to RAF Morecombe, when he died at 09:00 Hours of a cereberal thrombosis