401224 - Unaccounted airmen - 24-12-1940

**Henk Welting** · 14th July 2008, 15:13

What caused the death of and/or what were the places of death registration for:

P/O (Pilot) Michael F.C. BUCKBARROW - 42557 - killed on active service;
P/O (Obs) Leslie G. BURTON - 78081 - killed on active service;
Sapper Arthur M. COOPER - 1940767 - Royal Engineers attd 25 Sqn (Wittering, Northamptonshire) - not found Flight archives;
LAC Derek J. LING - 937983 - 600 Sqn (Catterick, Yorkshire) - not found Flight archives;
Sgt (WOp/Ag) Frank N. MEDDINGS - 641350 - killed on active service, and
AC2 Harry P. MILNER - 1359467 - not found Flight archives.

Proposed aircraft losses for this day:

Lysander II - R2002 - 231 Sqn - crashed on landing Newtownards.
Maryland I - AR737 - OADF - crashed on take-off Leigh Park, Havant, Hampshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**Dick** · 14th July 2008, 15:54

Hi Henk
Buckbarrow(spelt as Buckbarron in the death register),23, and Burton,26, are registered at Petersfield in Hampshire. It might put them on the Maryland at Havant as it is only about 18 Kms away ,but Portsmouth is much closer to Havant and I would expect the Maryland casualties to have been registered there. Cooper is registered at Cuckfield, Surrey,a long way from Wittering. Ling,28, is registered at Richmond, Surrey(virtually part of S London) and Milner,27,is registered at Uxbridge
Two threads in one day!!!I trust you are not overdoing it!!!
Regards
Dick

Eddie Fell · 14th July 2008, 16:03

Cuckfield was home to an Emergency Medical Service Hospital (later an RCAF facility) so he may have been admitted and died there if that helps

Cheers

Eddie

**Henk Welting** · 15th July 2008, 17:06

Thanks Eddie and Dick for your help.

Dick: You left out Sgt (WOp/Ag) F.N. Meddings - 641350. His name fits perfectly in the Maryland accident and do hope that his place of death registration was Petersfield as well.

Best regards,
Henk.

**Dick** · 15th July 2008, 18:02

Hi Henk
Meddings didn't come up using the normal search but I finally found him and he is registered at Petersfield, age 21.
Regards
Dick

**Henk Welting** · 16th July 2008, 13:46

Thanks Dick for confirmation Meddings; another one from the list !
Regards,
Henk.

**Henk Welting** · 20th February 2009, 17:31

Checking CWGC registers found the name of an airman sofar missing in my files. What was the place of death registration for:
P/O (Pilot) Michael F.C. BUCKBARROW - 42557 - age 23.
Matching to any in message #1 mentioned aircraft losses for this day ?
Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**Henk Welting** · 20th February 2009, 17:34

Sorry friends, IGNORE my question on BUCKBARROW. Think getting tired !
Regards,
Henk.

**dennis_burke** · 10th June 2009, 00:39

Both LAC D J Ling and AC2 H P Milner are DOAS in separate magazines of Flight. Milners S/N is different in Flight magazine, second last digit being 9.