401229 - Unaccounted airmen - 29-12-1940

**Henk Welting** · 18th July 2008, 13:24

Thanks all for this excellent help. Again some black spots gone in my files.
Regards,
Henk.

**paulmcmillan** · 18th July 2008, 14:03

Henk/Dave

Thanks for the clarity

Paul

**Dick** · 18th July 2008, 14:37

Hi Henk
Dave W you have no need to apologise you are absolutely correct!!3 EFTS was at Watchfield. I got my info from the same book as you did but I didn't read down far enough!! An death in an accident to an a/c operating out of Watchfield would be reported at Wantage. The airfield was in Oxfordshire across the border with Wiltshire about 15 Kms N E of Swindon. Wantage was the office to which deaths at or near Watchfield would be reported at the time.
Regards
Dick

**Henk Welting** · 19th July 2008, 13:46

Thanks Dick for this additional info.
Good weekend,
Henk.

**CZ_RAF** · 30th October 2016, 16:38

Hi all, I would like to re-open this thread.
Recently I found an information that

LAC (Pilot u/t) Vernon F.le.F. ALLEN - 1259510 - killed on active service;

should be killed in an accident in Cranwell.
As webiste http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...GRid=119906496 suggested:
Pilot LAC VF Allen died when his aircraft was wrecked when it stalled and spun into the ground from 200 feet on take-off. The aircraft was trimmed tail-heavy, the wing and nose rose steeply, before the aircraft entered a right-hand spin. The aircraft crashed, killing the pilot.

But I am not bale to indetify the aircraft type + serial.

Any ideas and suggestion much appreciated.

Pavel

**Ross_McNeill** · 30th October 2016, 16:46

Oxford P1071

Ross

**CZ_RAF** · 2nd November 2016, 19:29

Many thanks as always Ross.

Pavel

**wwrsimon** · 21st September 2017, 14:12

Hello

AC1 Louis H. ALINSON - 644929 - Louis Henry Allinson. The ORB has the following:

18/12/40
Flying accident Tiger Moth N.9234 on Hooton Park Aerodrome/ F/O J. R. Bellerby (41652) killed 644929 AC1 Allinson L. H. Fitter 2 seriously injured.

29/12/40
644929 AC1 ALLINSON L H Fitter 2 died of pneumonia following injuries received in flying accident on 18/12/40.

Regards

Simon