470320 - Unaccounted Airman - 20-03-1947

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

470320 - Unaccounted Airman - 20-03-1947

From Henk's List -

UK
GARDENER, John Joseph - Cpl - 549564 - RAF.
Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, Middlesex.
HOBSON, Harry - Sgt - 1005604 - RAFVR.
Tow Law Cemetery, Durham.

From CWGC -

IRELAND Republic of
RYAN, David Gerard - Signaller II - 1494556 - RAFVR - 224 Sqn.
Grangegorman Military Cemetery, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
[ Lancaster GR.3 - SW290 - Joint Anti-Submarine School ].

UK
BERRY, Thomas Nelson - Pilot II - 1559206 - RAFVR.
Hyde Borough Cemetery, Cheshire.
[ Spitfire LF.16 - TB330 - 11 AGS ].

DARBY, David John - Engineer II - 576946 - RAF - 224 Sqn.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
LEXTON, Charles - Signaller II - 1314416 - RAFVR - 224 Sqn.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
LORIMER, Kenneth David James - Lt - HMS Ferret - RN - Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
MOORE, Hayden Shelton - S/Lt - HMS Ferret - RN - Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
SHAW, John Derek - Navigator II - 1675594 - RAFVR - 224 Sqn.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
STAPLETON, Harry - Pilot II - 1815249 - RAFVR - 224 Sqn.
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
[ Along with RYAN, the above six airmen were all aboard Lancaster GR.3 - SW290 - Joint Anti-Submarine School ].
There seems to be an open question as to whether there were nine aboard ?

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Hello

UK
GARDENER, John Joseph - Cpl - 549564 - the National Probate Calendar records that the died at the Westminster Hospital, London.

HOBSON, Harry - Sgt - 1005604 - the National Probate Calendar records that the died at 54 Bridge Street, Tow Law, County Durham.

With regards to Lancaster SW290, the Hampshire Telegraph of March 28th 1947 printed a list of the casualties:

It reports those missing, believed killed as:
Lt. T. B. J. Lorimer, R.N.
Sub-Lt. H. S. Moore, R.N.
Pilot/2 H. Stapleton
Nav/2 J. D. Shaw
Eng/2 D. J. Darby
Eng/2 C. Lexton

Killed:
Sig. D. G. Ryan

Plus two crew members seriously injured:
1398448 Pilot/2 J. E. Pollington
578548 Sig. E. Rose

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

John Joseph Gardener 549564 | attached to 39 MU | was admitted dangerously ill to the Westminster hospital, London, SW1, on 3 March, where he died of reticulum sarcoma with his wife, Mrs. L Gardener, at his bedside

[jonheyworth]

Harry Hobson 1005604 | attached to Number 1 PHU | had been admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Kirkham on 11 November 1946. Becoming dangerously ill on 5 December where he died of 46. He was discharged to home and died at Bridge Street, Tow Law, Durham, of pulmonary tuberculosis of both lungs