410612 - Unaccounted airmen - 12-6-1941

**angelsonefive** · 2nd November 2014, 18:35

LAC William Wharton Parkinson (19), Pilot U/T, registered in Bingham, Nottinghamshire is very likely to have been one of two airman killed in Oxford T1334 when it collided with Wellington R1017 of 305 (Polish) Sqdn over Elton on 12/6/41.
Six Polish airmen in the bomber were killed.
The other man killed in the Oxford was LAC William Robson Newton.

**dennis_burke** · 3rd November 2014, 17:25

The GRO index of deaths indicates that the following names are all on the same page of the death register for Bingham district

Krawczyk Jerzy 24 Bingham 7b 811
Mruk Kazimierz 27 Bingham 7b 811
Newton William R 26 Bingham 7b 811
Parkinson William W 19 Bingham 7b 811
Wojtowicz Marian J 28 Bingham 7b 811

Matches crew lists for R1017 that I see online.

**STARFIRE** · 15th November 2018, 22:27

Originally Posted by STARFIRE

Ac2 Fs Herbert Was From South Cerney And Is Buried In The Local Churchyard,a Friend Of Mines Mother Used To Tend His Grave Until She Passed Away.always Wondered How He Was Killed, Its The Only Wargrave In The Church Yard That I Cannot Cross Reference With Local Flying Accidents,from South Cerney,burials From 1937 When The Aerodrome Opened Until The Hercules Accident At Fairford In 1969.

Have just received death certificate for AC2 Frederick Sidney Herbert died at in hospital RAF Innsworth from Pneumonia and Diphtheria and is buried at All Hallows church yard South Cerney, Glos.

**jonheyworth** · 7th April 2021, 20:23

Leslie Alfred Bromage 957178 , attached to Number 4 Blind approach training flight, died in a collision with an aircraft at RAF Wyton

**jonheyworth** · 15th March 2022, 22:46

Leslie Alfred Bromage 957178 , was in a MT vehicle with 1282840 AC1 Burrows B E , both on duty as Flight Mechanics, when at 02:20 Hours, the vehicle left was struck by Wellington R1643 of 40 Squadron. Burrows managed to leap clear but Bromage was killed

**AdeyBean** · 5th August 2022, 14:24

I am researching the mid-air collision between Airspeed Oxford 11 T1334 and Wellington 1c R1017 SM-K of 305 (Polish) Bomber Squadron on 12/6/41. I am interested to know the source for placing the crash as being 'over Elton', and wonder if anyone has heard mention of an extra British armourer (Sgt Brottel) being onboard the Wellington at the time? This is found in a biog of the Polish pilot K Mruk on Polishairforce.pl (biog by Krzysztof Mruk) but I can find no ref to this in 305 Sqdn archives.