391118 – Unaccounted Airmen – 18-11-1939

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

391118 – Unaccounted Airmen – 18-11-1939

From Henk’s List –

UK

CURTICE, Albert Edward – Lac – 100866 – RAF.
Hanwell (Kensington and Chelsea ) Cemetery, Middlesex.
Ex RFC, born 1888.
McCLEERY, Arthur – AC2c – 632999 – RAF.
Carnmoney Cemetery, County Antrim.

From CWGC –

CANADA

JOHNSTONE, George Peters – F/O – C/824 – RCAF.
Regina Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada.
[ Tiger Moth - CA-279 – 110 Sqn ].

UK
PARR, John William Reginald – Sgt (Pilot) – 745512 – RAFVR.
Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey.
[ Harvard I – N7077 – 10 SFTS ].

YEMEN
HOWELL, Mervyn Osmond – P/O( Pilot) – 40538 – RAF – 8 Sqn.
MELVILLE TOWNSEND, Richard John – P/O(Pilot) – 39826 – RAF – 8 Sqn.
These two airmen are at Maala Cemetery, Yemen.
Both were crew of Blenheim I – L6647 – 8 Sqn .

Alex

[jonheyworth]

Albert Edward Curtice 100866 , attached to Number 2 E&W school, became seriously ill on the 4th October and was admitted to RAF Hospital Yatesbury where he died of haemaetemesis

[jonheyworth]

Arthur McCleery 632999 , attached to Number 5 AOS , was killed at RAF Jurby when he walked into a revolving airscrew

AC2 McCleery is the last RAF Airman from 1939 to be fully accounted