410404 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04-04-1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410404 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04-04-1941

From Henk's List -

CANADA
GREEN, Christopher Howard - F/Sgt - R/412 - RCAF - 3 SFTS.
Edmonton (Beechmount) Cemetery, Alberta, Canada.
Died of natural causes at the Colonel Belcher Hospital, Calgary.

EGYPT
WILLIAMS, William Raymond - AC1c - 948075 - RAFVR - 105 MU.
Alamein Memorial Egypt.
Drowned whilst bathing.

UK
FEAR, Dennis - AC1c - 642065 - RAF.
Eastwood (St.Laurence and All Saints) Churchyard, Essex.
Killed at RAF Southend when an aircraft crashed into the Hanger in which he was working at 3.25 pm.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
RAMSAY, William Barry - Cpl - 207668 - RAAF.
Canberra (Woden) Public Cemetery, Australia Capital Territory, Australia.
Wirraway - A20 - 105 - RAAF.
A20 -105 (F/O. B, M, COX, Bailed safe, Cpl. W, B, RAMSEY Killed) was in collision with A20- 171(P/O. A, E, BASTER Bailed safe)..

CANADA
WESLEY, David Millis - Lac - 1376243 - RAFVR.
Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada.
Tomahawk - AK386 - 33 EFTS.
See AIR 81/5701.

UK
MORLEY, Vivian Lafone - LA - Fx.84718 - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Fulham Palace Road Cemetery, London.
Place of death given as Sandridge,Hertfordshire.
Cause of death ?

BLUEHER, Erich - GAF.
KALDENKERKEN, Mathias - GAF.
These two German Airmen rest at Western-Super-Mare Cemetery,

Alex

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

UK.
642065 AC1 Dennis FEAR RAF.

3/4/1941
No.54 Squadron, RAF.
Spitfire IIa P7610

Crashed into hangar on take-off, Southend, 13.55. One airman killed, one seriously injured.

748493 Sgt (Pilot) Douglas Stewart THOMPSON RAFVR - Seriously injured (later A&SD [161511]).

See:
No.54 Sqn ORB (F.540) April 1941
AIR 27/512/7 - Image 1 of 10.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8451656

See also: AIR 81/5678.

Col.

[vrajm]

Hi Alex,

He 111H-5, Wnr.3595, 1H+ED of Stab.III/KG 26

Ofw. Erich Blüher (Bf) killed.

Gefr. Mathias van Kaldenkerken (Bs) killed.

Ofw. Herbert Rose (F) POW

Fw. Georg Fietzek (B) POW

Uffz. Ernst Groschle (Bm) POW

Target Avonmouth. Shot down during run-in to target by F/O. Edward Crew and Sgt. Norman Guthrie following an AI attack by Beaufighter R2252 of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed at Reading's Farm, St Lawrence Wick Road, Hewish, near Weston-s-Mare, Somerset at 22.25 hrs. Blüher and van Kaldenkerken are buried at Weston-s-Mare.

http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/bhr/Main/ww2/8.htm

https://aircrewremembered.com/Kracke...rch_type=exact

Regards

Mojmir

[wwrsimon]

Alex

MORLEY, Vivian Lafone - LA - Fx.84718 - ADM 104 records that the died at Cheapside Farm, Sandridge, Herts.

According to the 'UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945' on ancestry.co.uk he was serving with 24 EFTS and was flying in an unidentified Magister which crashed after it hit HT cables during unauthorised low flying on a solo training flight.

It appears this was Magister N3799. See post #9 on this thread:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2585

Regards

Simon

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Col, for the extra detailed info.
Alex

[Alex Smart]

Thank you Simon for the extra info appreciate it.
Alex