460114 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 14-01-1946

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

460114 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 14-01-1946

From Henk's List -

WAAF
SOUTH AFRICA
SMITH, M. M - Air/Sgt - F/265289 - WAAF - SAAF - Pretoria ( Rebecca Street ) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA
LONG, W. D - F/Sgt - 98124V - SAAF - Cape Town ( Maitland ) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.

UK
COMELIO, Robert Bertram - Sgt - 332453 - RAF - Birmingham ( Brandwood End ) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
KUBILUS, Peter Paul - AC2 - 1426528 - RAF - Leytonstone ( St. Patrick's ) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Essex.
SUNDERLAND, Harold - F/Lt - 79999 - RAFVR - Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
WAITE, Henry Charles - AC2 - 1862063 - RAFVR - Basildon ( St. Bartholomew ) Churchyard, Berkshire.

From CWGC , Krzystka's & Geoff's sites -

GHANA
JOHN, Moses Attagba - LAC - WA/5424 - West African Air Corps - Christiansborg War Cemetery, Ghana.

INDIA
PELTOR, Geoffrey Bilbie - AC1c - 1457570 - RAFVR - Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India.

INDONESIA
HILL, Wallace Roy - W/O ( WoP- A/G ) - 1576070 - RAFVR.
REID, John Fraser - LAC - 1376744 - RAFVR.
ROSS, Leslie - Sgt ( Pilot ) - 1570949 - RAFVR.
SHARMAN, Deryck Stanton - W/O (Pilot ) - 1442929 - RAFVR.
STANNARD, Noel - F/Sgt (Nav ) - 1392261 - RAFVR.
The above five airmen were the crew of Dakota IV - KJ817 - 31Sqdn. They rest at Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.

UK
MROZ, Mieczyslaw - Sierzant ( F/Sgt - Nav ) - 781041 - PAF - New Hunstanton Cemetery, Norfolk.
SKUBIK, Roman Franciszek - Plutonowy ( F/Sgt - Pilot ) - 704957 - PAF - New Hunstanton Cemetery, Norfolk.
The above two airmen were crew of Mosquito NF.30 - NT303 - 307 Sqdn.

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
COMELIO, Robert Bertram - Sgt - 332453 - the National Probate Calendar states that he died at 1b Raddleborn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

KUBILUS, Peter Paul - AC2 - 1426528 - the National Probate Calendar states that he died at Dulwich Hospital, Camberwell, London

SUNDERLAND, Harold - F/Lt - 79999 - the National Probate Calendar states:

SUNDERLAND Harold, of 10 F.I.S. [Flying Instructors School] Woodley, Reading died 14 January 1946 at the R.A.F. Hospital, Wroughton, near Swindon.

WAITE, Henry Charles - AC2 - 1862063 - the National Probate Calendar states that he died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

MROZ, Mieczyslaw - Sierzant ( F/Sgt - Nav ) - 781041 and
SKUBIK, Roman Franciszek - Plutonowy ( F/Sgt - Pilot ) - 704957 - the Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal of January 19th 1946 reported:

POLISH AIRMEN KILLED
Fire Follows Mosquito Crash at Norwich
The Polish pilot and navigator of a Mosquito aircraft were killed when their machine crashed and caught fire in a field off the Reepham Road, Norwich, on Monday morning.
An R.A.F. rescue squad, smothered from head to foot in foam from fire-fighting apparatus, worked desperately to rescue the two men from the blazing aircraft. One was alive when extricated, but died shortly afterwards; the other was trapped beneath the engines and is believed to have been killed outright.
The pilot was R. Skubik and the navigator M. Mroz.
An eye-witness who was working in a nearby field said the aircraft appeared to touch the tops of the trees as it crossed the Reepham Road.
It crashed in a stubble field about 200 yards further on and immediately burst into flames.
R.A.F. firemen and ambulances rushed out from St. Faiths Aerodrome.
Company Officer Garrod was in charge of the party of N.F.S. men from Norwich who attended, and Divisional Officer Collow was also present.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

Geoffrey BIlbie Peltor 1457570 , attached to 55514 MSU , died of infantile paralysis

[jonheyworth]

Harold Sunderland 79999 | attached to Number 10 FIS | was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Wroughton on 30 November 1945. He became dangerously ill on 2 January 1946, dying of a coronary thrombosis

[jonheyworth]

Henry Charles Waite 186206 | A medically discharged airman at the time of his death, had been admitted seriously ill to RAF Station hospital Locking on 13 December 1942 He became dangerously ill on 19 December but was downgraded to seriously ill on 18 January 1942. He was medically discharged and died in the Royal Berkshire hospital, Reading, of a perforated duodenal ulcer