440604 - Unaccounted Airmen - 4-6-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440604 - Unaccounted Airmen - 4-6-1944

From Henk's list -

UK
BERRY, William Henry - LAC - 1630195 - RAFVR - Wandsworth (Earlsfield), London.
TOYE, George William - AC2c - 3008989 - RAFVR - Lambeth, London.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
BEST, William Sgt(A/G) - 1594574 - RAFVR - Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.

INDIA
BRISTOW, Peter Alexander - LAC - 1714879 - RAFVR - Delhi, India.
TYRRELL, Thomas James Frances - AC2c - 1125180 - RAFVR - Delhi, India.

UK
KEEL, Paul Ulrik - F/L (Pilot U/T) - 101474 - RAFVR - Golders Green, Middlesex. [ Wellington III - BK470 - 16 OTU ].
McGOVERN, Thomas Cassidy - LAC - 1371006 - RAFVR - Burtonwood, Lancashire. [ Martinet TT1 - HP422 - 2 AGS ].
RUSSELL, Aroha Gerald - F/O(AirBomber) - 154219 - RAFVR - Oxford (Botley), Oxfordshire.[ Mosquito FB VI - HJ809 - 13 OTU ].
WATSON, Philip Henry - F/L(Pilot) - 101076 - RAFVR - Oxford (Botley), Oxfordshire. .[ Mosquito FB VI - HJ809 - 13 OTU ].

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
BEST, William Sgt(A/G) - died from injuries sustained the previous day whilst flying in Sunderland III, ML811 of No 302 FTU.

INDIA
BRISTOW, Peter Alexander - LAC - serving at HQ ACSEA.
TYRRELL, Thomas James Frances - AC2 - serving at HQ ACSEA.

UK
BERRY, William Henry - LAC - registered in Epping.
TOYE, George William - AC2 - registered in Devizes.
KEEL, Paul Ulrik - F/L (Pilot U/T) - Wellington III - BK470 - 16 OTU ].
McGOVERN, Thomas Cassidy - LAC - possibly Martinet TT1 - HP422 - 2 AGS ].

Malcolm

[alclark]

No.2 AGS ORB entries relevant to LAC McGovern.

June 4th 1944, “Martinet I H.P.422 collided in mid-air with Anson I L.T.788 near Fort George. The pilot and towed target operator were both killed (See III personnel).”
June 4th 1944, “Martinet aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Fort George, killing both pilot and T.T.O.”
June 1944, “(b) The undermentioned were killed as a result of flying accident on 4th June.
P.703113 Sgt Paprocki Z.R. (Polish) Pilot
13761006 L.A.C. McGovern T.C. T.T.O."

[Martyn A Critchlow]

BERRY, TOYE, BRISTOW and TYRRELL all listed as DOAS in Casualty Communique 425 in Flight 21st September 1944.

Martyn

[jonheyworth]

Daniel Loney Sweet 1267171 , having been admitted dangerously ill to RAF hospital,, Locking on 15 December 1943 , was medically discharged directly to Southmead hospital, Westbury on Trym on 21 February 1944 , where he died of endocarditis

[jonheyworth]

Thomas James Francis Tyrrell 1125180 attached to HQ ACSEA, died in an ambulance en route to the British Military hospital, Delhi, of injuries sustained in a road accident

[jonheyworth]

Peter Alexander Bristow 1714879 and

Thomas James Francis Tyrell 1125180 ,

Both attached to the ACSEA Communications Squadron, were billeted in the dispersed camp at Factory Road at RAF New Delhi. The thatch roofs were being replaced with AC Sheets and about 75 percent had been completed when a gale struck the camp at about 01:15 Hours. The workmanship proved defective and the camp was virtually levelled.

Bristow and Tyrell were killed and 4 other Airmen injured

This corrects the entry for Tyrell where I had read down a line in my notes to the above entry

[jonheyworth]

George William Toye 3008989 | attached to RAF Melksham as an ACH/ Elect died in Devizes General hospital of injuries sustained in a road accident