410222 - Unaccounted Airmen - 22-02-1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410222 - Unaccounted Airmen - 22-02-1941

From Henk's List -

CANADA
FERGUSSON, Paul Joseph - AC2c - R/84299 - RCAF - 1 MD.
Cambridge (St.Patrick's) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Died in the Riverdale Isolation Hospital of cerebro spinal meningitis.

ROY, Joseph Onesime Paul Emile - AC2c - R/82110 - RCAF - 1 MD.
Hull(Notre Dame) Cemetery, Quebec, Canada.
Death caused by injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

WHITFIELD, William Soulsby - AC2c - R/91108 - RCAF - 1 MD.
Toronto (St.John's Norway) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.
Died in the Christie Street Hospital, Toronto of Lobar Pneumonia.

UK
BRUNDALL, Maurice Arthur - P/O - 81347 - RAFVR.
North Walsham New Cemetery, Norfolk.
Spitfire IIa - P7838 - 8 MU.

MARSHALL, Richard George - Lac - 1162707 - RAFVR.
Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
Died in Hollymoor Hospital North Field Birmingham of pneumonia.

ODGERS, William Youlton - Cpl - 549825 - RAFVR - 59 Sqdn.
Minster (Thanet) Cemetery, Kent.
Killed in an enemy air raid at RAF Manston.
See - AIR 81/5204.

SMITH, Kenneth George - AC2c - 1192756 - RAFVR.
Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery, Northamptonshire.
Died in the North Devon Infirmary Barnstaple of acute broncho pneumonia.

From CWGC -

KENYA
DIXON, John William - F/Sgt - 47248 - SAAF.
Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya
Battle I - 926 - 11 Sqdn SAAF.

SOUTH AFRICA
SLABBER, Ivan - Lt - 102861 - SAAF.
Germiston (Primrose) Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.
Tiger Moth - 504 - 5th Wing. SAAF.

UK
CAMERON, Alan Sherwood - P/O - 83212 - RAFVR.
Kirby Wharfe (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Albacore I - L7083 - RAF Church Fenton Flight.
See AIR 81/5201.

The Albacore cannot be correct as it was still serving with 826 Sqdn FAA at Ford in April 1941( See FAA Aircraft 1939 - 1945).
However, Blenheim K7083 which was with 54 OTU in December 1940 was involved in an accident and destroyed by fire on the 22nd February 1941 would seem more likely ?
This forum's database has the Albacore L7083 ?
See also a recent question on the TOCH forum about L7083.

OULSON,
Ipswich Crematorium, Suffolk.
Master I - N7826 - 8 SFTS.

HANKE, Alfred - GAF.
WALL, Heinrich - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
Cause of death's ?

Alex

[wwrsimon]

Alex

HANKE, Alfred - GAF.
WALL, Heinrich - GAF

He-111H-3 W/Nr 3247 1G+GM of 4/KG-27

From the Kracker Archive on the Aircrew Remembered website:

Crippled by AA fire from the 76th HAA at Markham Farm, it then struck a balloon cable which tore off its port wing. The AC crashed on the waters edge at Portbury Wharf, Portbury, Somerset at 14:12 hours. Crew: [Lt. Bernhard Rusche P.o.W, Pilot], Fw Albert Ranke (corrected to Alfred Hanke per CWGC website), Observer (KIA); Fw Georg Jankowiak, R/O (MIA); Gefr Erich Steinback, Gunner (MIA) and Uffz Heinrich Ewald de Wall, Mech (KIA). Ranke (or Hanke) and de Wall are buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, XX.698 & XX.698a respectively.

The story is also related on this page on the Pen and Sword website:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog...-two-heinkels/

Regards

Simon

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

83212 Alan Sherman CAMERON RAFVR, was an Australian, from Brisbane, Queensland.

https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk...k41/k7083.html

https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk...k41/l6731.html

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61481215

Col.

[Andy Marden]

UK
CAMERON, Alan Sherwood - P/O - 83212 - RAFVR.
Kirby Wharfe (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Albacore I - L7083 - RAF Church Fenton Flight.
See AIR 81/5201.

The Albacore cannot be correct as it was still serving with 826 Sqdn FAA at Ford in April 1941( See FAA Aircraft 1939 - 1945).
However, Blenheim K7083 which was with 54 OTU in December 1940 was involved in an accident and destroyed by fire on the 22nd February 1941 would seem more likely ?
This forum's database has the Albacore L7083 ?
See also a recent question on the TOCH forum about L7083.

Alex,
The key clue is that the casualty file list the type as Blenheim: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C16689299
Yorkshire Aircraft confirms the details: https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk...k41/k7083.html
54 OTU was based at Church Fenton at the time.
I have amended our database accordingly: https://www.rafcommands.com/database...php?uniq=K7083
Andy