410228 - Unaccounted Airmen - 28-02-1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410228 - Unaccounted Airmen - 28-02-1941

From Henk's List -

MALTA
GODWIN, Lewis John Frederick - Sgt - 590507 - RAF.
SCADENG, Hubert - P/O - 80908 - RAFVR.
These two airmen rest at the Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta.
They were killed in an air raid on Valletta.
See- AIR 81/5306.

UK
ASHWORTH, Robert - AC2c - 1116056 - RAFVR.
Radcliffe Cemetery, Lancashire.
Admitted dangerously ill to Darlington Memorial Hospital on February 23rd. Later transferred to Darlington Isolation Hospital where he died of Meningitis.

EVANS, Ronald Alfred - AC2c - 1197659 - RAFVR.
South Normanton (St.Michael) Churchyard, Derbyshire.
Died at St.Mary's Church, Torquay. Cause suspected Coal Gas Poisoning.

NEIL, Alexander Braid - AC1c - 992424 - RAFVR.
Kilmarnock Cemetery, Ayrshire.
Died in Hospital due to heart failure, intestinal obstruction and a kink in the small intestine. The result of an earlier operation for appendicitis.

From CWGC -

UK
BEALE - BROWN, George Reginald - P/O - 78529 - RAFVR.
Cold Salperton (All Saints) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Blenheim I - L1168 - RAF Church Fenton Flight.
See AIR 81/5295.

BULEY, George Rowley Merriman - P/O - 60064 - RAFVR.
PROUDLOVE, Henry Rushton - Cpl - 623219 - RAF.
Blenheim I - L1267 - RAF Church Fenton Flight.
See AIR 81/5296.

HANSON, William Frederick Moore - P/O - 1181630 - RAFVR.
Blenheim I - L1168 - RAF Church Fenton Flight.
See - AIR 81/5295.
These three airmen rest at Kirkby Wharfe (St.John the Baptist) Churchyard Extension, Yorkshire.

GREGORY, Peter Monamy - Lac - 921081 - RAFVR.
RADZYMINSKI, Ignacy - Sierzant - P/780252 - PAF.
These two airmen rest at Yatesbury (All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire.
They were crew of Proctor I - P6263 - 2 SS.
See AIR 81/5300.


SMILLIE, Gordon Charles - P/O - 60100 - RAFVR.
Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
Hurricane I - N2356 - 56OTU.
See - AIR 81/5298.5302.

WEST, Frederick Hornby Sutcliffe - P/O - 66507 - RAFVR.
Benson (St.Helen) Churchyard Extension, Oxfordshire.
Wellington Ic - R1285 - 12 OTU.
See - AIR 81/5302.

ATKINSON, Ernest Chapman - S/Lt(A) - HMS Eagle - RNVR.
DIBBLE, Thomas - S/Lt(A) - HMS Glebe - RNVR.
ISAACS, George Graeme - S/Lt(A) - HMS Glebe - RNVR.
SENDER, John Harry - LtCdr(A) - HMS Eagle - RN.
These four Naval Airman are commemorated on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
They were lost when the SS. "Baltistan" was sunk by an Italian Submarine off Ireland.

Alex

[Andy Marden]

SMILLIE, Gordon Charles - P/O - 60100 - RAFVR.
Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
Hurricane I - N2356 - 56OTU.
See - AIR 81/5298.5302.

I think the unit was 55 OTU, based at RAF Usworth, as per: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C16689396
The aircraft crashed at nearby Silksworth, County Durham.

[Alex Smart]

Hello Andy, thanks, yes the Air81 has 55 but everything else has 56 ?.
Also thanks as I just noticed my typo error,"5302" was part of the Air81 for the Wellington of P/O.West . Somehow it got duplicated :(
Alex

[marioso98]

Alex, Andy,
SMILLIE, Gordon Charles was killed when was in 55 OTU - source 55 OTU ORB AIR 29-682

Mariusz

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Mariusz, good to find the correct details.
Alex