The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

[paulmcmillan]

Jon thanks for Butcher -I know the effort you went to, to get just this one name Paul

[malcolm_raf]

Hi jon

"Alfred John Ward 2300378 | attached fo 16 OTU | was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Rauceby on 13 February, becoming dangerously ill on 29 February dying of gas gangrene and cellulites of the abdomen and gas gangrene of the abdominal wall"

He must have been transferred to Halton , as is death is registered in Aylesbury

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

No mention of it Malcolm. Just Rauceby and then died

[jonheyworth]

Norman Williams 2342877 | attached to Number 4 SoTT | was admitted dangerously ill to RAF hospital Wroughton on 9 July where he died of toxic confusion

[Jagan]

122,433 casualty records in this database.
120,488 records (98.41%) are "Accounted for".
99,930 are aviation. 20,558 are non-aviation deaths.
1,945 are still unaccounted.

In terms of percentage clearance, years 1939 to 1943 are more than 99% complete

1944 is just 24 records away from reaching 99%

1945 is at 96.80% (~270 records away)
1946 is at 84.68% (~230 records away)
1947 is at 78.25% (~280 records away)

[Jagan]

122433 casualty records in this database.
120565 records (98.47%) are "Accounted for".
1868 records (1.53%) are still "Unaccounted".

Some entries were completed via Dan Phelan who sent in some news articles to identify the cause of death.

37 records away from breaching 1.5 %

[jonheyworth]

[QUOTE=Jagan;184059|122433 casualty records in this database.
120565 records (98.47%) are "Accounted for".
1868 records (1.53%) are still "Unaccounted".

Some entries were completed via Dan Phelan who sent in some news articles to identify the cause of death.

37 records away from breaching 1.5 %[/QUOTE|

Which ones did Dan Phelan do please so I can cross them off my list, and thanks to Dan as well. Sadly I don't think it's going to get down as far as 1 percent !

[jonheyworth]

Henry John Whiting 1337430 | most certainly did not die in Lancaster ME566 and needs to revert to UNACCOUNTED

[malcolm_raf]

Hi Jon

"Henry John Whiting 1337430 | most certainly did not die in Lancaster ME566 and needs to revert to UNACCOUNTED"

On CWGC, this s/n is also allocated to Flt Sgt Derek James Bruce, who did die in ME566, so this is probably where the confusion crept in.

Whiting died, cause unknown, in the Grove Hospital, Tooting, Surrey.

Malcolm

[RecklessRat]

Hi Malcolm,

As it happens, I was discussing this one with Simon and Jon in PMs. It appears that Whiting and Bruce both have the same service number on CWGC. Simon has kindly checked AIR 78 and

"Air 78/24 confirms BRUCE Derek William 1337430"

"Air 78/169 has a partly illegible card which at first glance looks like 1377430" for Whiting.

Jon was going to weave his magic and see if this helps find a cause of death

Jeff