391030 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-10-1939

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

391030 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-10-1939

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
REED, Frederi - AC1c - 517800 - RAF.
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

UK
KENDALL, Edward Arthur - Apprentice - 591451 - RAF.
Goole Cemetery, Yorkshire.
STEVENSON, Ernest - Cpl - 5992 - RAF.
Scarborough ( Manor Road ) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
GEE, Thomas - AC1c - 620845 - RAF.
Sefton ( St. Helen ) Churchyard,
[ Oxford I - N4563 - 11 FTS ].

From CWGC -

GERMANY
McCRACKEN, William George ( Australian ) - P/O(Pilot) - 36157 - RAF - 139 Sqn.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
MITCHELL, Stanley Robert - Sgt(Obs) - 580376 - RAF - 139 Sqn.
SMITH, Boaler - AC1c(Wop-A/G) -526371 - RAF - 139 Sqn.
The two airmen named above rest at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
[ All three airmen were crew of Blenheim IV - N6234 - 139 Sqn ].

BURROWS, John Stanley - AC1c(WopA/G) - 539683 - RAF - 18 Sqn.
CRELLIN, Ewart Harrison - Sgt(Obs) - 564130 - RAF - 18 Sqn.
DILNOT, Alan Arthur - F/Lt(Pilot) - 37525 - RAF - 18 Sqn.
[ The above three airmen were crew of Blenheim I - L6694 - 18 Sqn ].

CREW, Kenneth Burton - Sgt(Obs) - 563071 - RAF - 18 Sq,
ELLIOT, Denis Frederick( Canadian) - F/O(Pilot) - 39075 - RAF - 18 Sqn.
GARRICK, John Arthur - AC1c(R/O air) - 537306 - RAF - 18Sqn.
[ The above three airmen were crew of Blenheim I - L1415 - 18 Sqn ].

The six airmen named above all are at the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

UK
BRYANT, Cyril Arthur - Sgt(Pilot) - 590534 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
Billingborough ( St. Andrew ) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
GRANT, Edward - AC1c - 531937 - RAFVR - 9 Sqn.
Newcastle-upon-tyne ( Byker and Heston ) Cemetery, Northumberland.
HAWKINS, Stanley - Lac - 518104 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
LAMB, Lennox Stanley ( New Zealander ) - Sqn/Ldr(Pilot) - 29171 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
TORKINGTON-LEECH, Peter Edward - F/O(Pilot) - 37726 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
The three airmen named above are at Honington ( All Saints) Churchyard, Suffolk.
[ The above named five airmen were crew of Wellington I - L4288 - 9 Sqn ].

CHAPMAN, Walter James - AC2c - 620138 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
Dagenham ( SS. Peter and Paul ) Churchyard, Essex.
DICKS, Leonard George - AC2c(Wop) - 613687 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
Swansea ( Cwmgelli) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
CAMERON, Colin Charles - P/O(Pilot) - 40987 - 215 Sqn.
CHANDLER, John Frank - F/O(Pilot) - 39221 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
The two airmen named above are at Honington ( All Saints ) Churchyard, Suffolk.
[ The above named four airmen were crew of Wellington I - L4363 - 9 Sqn ].

CORDLE, Ralph Sunei Wallace - Sgt(Pilot) - 565161 - RAF - 50 Sqn.
Yoxford Cemetery, Suffolk.
[ Hampden I - L4096 - 50 Sqn ].

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

UK
KENDALL, Edward Arthur - Apprentice - 591451 - see: http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...609#post138609

Regards

Simon

[vrajm]

1939-10-30 20 Sqdn 517800 AC1 REED, Frederick. (Age 24). (Audax - Miramshah-Peshawar/India). Buried Cairo WMC.

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...532#post138532

Mojmir

[malcolm_raf]

The only problem with Reed being killed in a 20 Sqn Audax is that 20 Sqn was in India and he was buried in Cairo, Egypt. I have him serving at RAF Heliopolis but no cause as yet.

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

UPGRADE to Edward Arthur Kendall 591415 his accident occurred in bridge road, Wembley

[jonheyworth]

Frederick Reed 517800 , was admitted dangerously ill to hospital in Cairo on 21st October where he died of a perforated gastric ulcer

[paulmcmillan]

Frederick Reed 517800 , was admitted dangerously ill to hospital in Cairo on 21st October where he died of a perforated gastric ulcer

CLAIMS to the estate of the late No. 517800. A.C.1. REED, F., R.A.F., Peshawar, should submit them to the President, Committee of Adjustment, R.A.F., Peshawar, on or before 28th November, 1939.

Published: Tuesday 07 November 1939
Newspaper: Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)

He must have been recently transferred from India to Egypt