1940 Unaccounted Airmen Database Reconciliation

[wwrsimon]

Sergeant Shepherd SOTHERAN (751010):

His unit is listed as 2 S.o.A.C. on the Graves Registration Report, and Graham Warner on page 248 of his Bristol Blenheim book has:

Death registered at Andover, so possibly Blenheim N3555 of 2 School of Army Co-Operation. Crashed when hit trees at Andover on night take off, crashed 2 miles west of airfield, destroyed by fire. P/O George R. LAMBERT - 42846 - RAF [from Canada]) and one unnamed WOp/AG killed.

Furthermore, the Middlesbrough Daily Gazette of July 9th 1940 reported the following:

News has been received of the death in a flying accident of Sergt. Shepherd Sotheran (32), of 69, Sandringham Road, West Hartlepool. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Sotehran, of 4, King Street, Hartlepool.

Regards

Simon

[wwrsimon]

Flying Officer Oswald St. John PIGG (39678)

Is he really unnaccounted, or is there some doubt about the ID of his Spitfire P9458?

http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Pigg.htm

Regards

Simon

[wwrsimon]

Aircraftman 1st Class Alexander GREIG (867836):

The Hartlepool Mail of December 10th 1940 reported the following:

TRANSPORTER FATALITY
There was a fatal accident at the Tees Transporter last night. Alexander Greig (37), whose home address is 115 Biddelstone Road, Newcastle, was in charge of a military vehicle which was being taken over by the travelling car. For some reason his vehicle ran forward just as the car was stopping. It dropped down the side of the bridge into the safety trap underneath. Grieg, when recovered, was dead. Death had been instantaneous.

Regards

Simon

[paulmcmillan]

B B Amm



Is

Bryce Bothwell Amm
South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958
birth:
1918
Transvaal
death:
22 March 1940
Diepkloof District Heidelberg Transvaal
probate:
1940
Transvaal, South Africa


He was killed as a result of crash of ZS-AIX Cessna C-34 Airmaster 340 “
Written off Heilelberg 25.3.40“

Date wrong death cert confirms crash 22.3.40

The South African ones are getting easier


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...681&cc=2520237

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J E Lush is


James Edwin Lush
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950
Name: James Edwin Lush
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Natal, South Africa
Age: 39
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1901
Birthplace: England
Death Date: 28 Mar 1940
Death Place: Durban

He died at the Seaforth Hotel Durban where he was living with his family. His wife was with him when he died but cause of death is not stated on Probate

However it was either natural or accident

[paulmcmillan]

Update 1 and also new entry from Geoff Negus on ABIX

JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
22.3.40 639627 2nd Lt Bryce Bothwell Amm, SAAF, CAT Depot, 21. Cessna Airmaster ZS-AIX crashed into high ground while flying in cloud near Heidelberg. Son of Mr and Mrs A P Amm, of Johannesburg.

THABA TSHWANE (OLD No. 1) MILITARY CEMETERY, Gauteng
22.3.40 103193 Pupil Plt John Howard Steytler Solomon, SAAF, CAT Depot, 22. Cessna Airmaster ZS-AIX crashed into high ground while flying in cloud near Heidelberg. Son of Charles W Solomon and Annie E C Solomon, of Cape Town.

[paulmcmillan]

A J Du Plooy MAY be this guy but dates a bit different and age may also count against him?

He apparently died at home with son present so most likely natural

Andrew Joseph Du Plooy
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950
Name: Andrew Joseph Du Plooy
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Natal, South Africa
Age: 55
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Birthplace: Bergville
Death Date: 10 Apr 1940
Death Place: Bergville

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Charles Edward Stuart Campbell
South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958
Name: Charles Edward Stuart Campbell
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place: Pretoria
Age: 26
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Birthplace: Dordrecht
Death Date: 31 Mar 1940
Death Place: Pretoria

Fractured Skull when crashed his motor cycle into a wall

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Pupil Pilot Jozua ESTERHUIZEN (47820)
Killed in crash of DH 60GH Moth ZS-AKO on 2.4.40

Pretoria following bird strike at 500 ft.

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W O Goble is


William Oswald Goble
BIRTH
unknown
DEATH
8 Apr 1940
Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
BURIAL
Maitland Cemetery
Maitland, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
PLOT
Sec. 1. Grave 23440A
MEMORIAL ID
161285705 · View Source

Died at military training camp Bloefontain