410516 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-05-1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410516 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-05-1941

From Henk's List -

CENTRAL AFRICA
BRANDEVAL, Paul - Sgt Chef - 31316 - Bataillon De Air 214 - FFAF.
Bangui, exhumed, reinterred in Herie -La-Vieville, Aisne.
Died of an illness (?) at Bangui Hospital, Central Africa.

EGYPT
BROWN, George Douglas - Cpl - 533288 - RAF
Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Died of injuries sustained in an enemy bombing raid on Canea,Crete.

IRAQ
HERRITAGE, Gerald Douglas Francis - F/O - 42309 - RAF.
Habbaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
Gladiator I - L7616 - 94 Sqdn.
See: AIR 81/6432.

JOHNSTON, Harry Grant - Cpl - 546705 - RAF.
LYNCH, Michael - AC2c - 648637 - RAF.
MINOR, Harold Edwin - Lac - 610914 - RAF.
MOORE, Norman Ashley - Lac - 610927 - RAF.
OSBORN, Philip George - F/Sgt - 355936 - RAF.
ROWE, Harry Dolton - F/Sgt - 363003 - RAF.
SHAKESHAFT, John Clifford - Wng/Cdr - 10144 - RAF (RAFO).
These seven airmen rest at the Habbaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
They were all killed in an enemy air raid on RAF Habbaniya by Luftwaffe HE111's.
See: AIR 81/6471.

SINGAPORE
ALLEN, John Anthony - F/Lt(Pilot) - 76473 - RAFVR attached to the MVAF.
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Tiger Moth - VR - SBA - MVAF.
See: AIR 81/6470.

UK
BRACE, Charles Raymond - AC1c - 534622 - RAF - 86 MU.
Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Glamorganshire.
Killed in an Air Raid on Hawkinge Airfield at 14.45 hrs.

BROAD, Alfred Stanley - AC2c - 1272472 - RAFVR - RAF Docking.
Abbey Park Cemetery, London.
CADMAN, Derek William - AC2c - 1384084 - RAFVR - RAF Docking.
Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey.
FELLOWS, Alfred Henry - AC2c - 1206470 - RAFVR - RAF Docking.
Yardley Wood (Christ Church) Churchyard, Warwickshire.
These three airmen were killed at Sunderland Farm (requisitioned sleeping accomodation), RAF Docking, in an air raid. Some 15 RAF personnel were also injured by the bomb blast.

BUSUTTIL, John William - AC1c - 907742 - RAFVR - 110 Wng.
Islington Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex.
Admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Wilmslow on 26 April where he died of meningitis.

MORRISON, James - AC2c - 1346270 - RAFVR - 4 R C.
Donnington (St.Cuthbert) Churchyard, Albrighton, Shropshire.
He was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Cosford on 16 May where he died of severe jaundice.

WETTON, Harold Broomfield - AC1c - 951591 - RAFVR - Technical Training Command.
Uttoxeter Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Died in the Queen Elizabeth hospital at Edgbaston, of pulmonary oedema.

From CWGC -

CANADA
YEOMANS, Stanley Knight - Lac - 1177566 - RAFVR- 34 SFTS.
Medicine Hat (Hillside) Cemetery, Alberta, Canada.
Killed in an aircraft accident at Medicine Hat,Alberta. Harvard II - 2795 - RCAF - 34 SFTS.
See:AIR 81/6489.

SINGAPORE
STRATTON - BROWN, Henry - Sgt - MVAF.
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Tiger Moth - VR- SBA - MVAF.
See: AIR 81/6470.

SOUTH AFRICA
DILLON, Thomas Ryan - AirSgt - 102529 - SAAF
Waterfall Farm Burial Ground, Harrismith, Free State, South Africa.
TEMPLE - THURSTON, Pax Lawrence - Second Lt - 103322 - SAAF.
Sefton Park Farm Burial Ground, Marico, North West, South Africa.
These two airmen were crew of Hart Trainer - 393 ( ex K3863) - 41 A S - SAAF.

UK
BRACKENBURY, Christopher Charles - P/O(Pilot Instructor) - 88857 - RAFVR
Ansty ( St.James)Churchyard, Warwickshire.
MORGAN, Ronald Henry - Lac - 1381382 - RAFVR.
Aberystwyth Cemetery, Cardiganshire.
These two airmen were crew of Tiger Moth - T5712 - 9 EFTS.
See: AIR 81/6465.

DAMANT, Frederick Korsten - Wng/Cdr - 63206 - RAF - DFC.
PEARSE, Alan Neil - Lac - 575535 - RAF.
Cranwell (St.Andrew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
These two airmen were crew of Oxford I - P1881 - Cranwell FTS.
See: AIR 81/6463.

ASH, Anthony Harry Michell - Lt - HMS Grebe - RN - Detached from 803 Sqdn FAA, RN (805 Sqdn?).
Hurricane - Serial ? (V7857 , V7862 ?? ) - 33 Sqdn RAF.
OR - Fulmar I - N1932 - 805 Sqdn FAA,RN, destroy on the ground 17/05/1941 ?
RICHARDSON, Herbert John Carbray - Lt(E) - HMS Grebe - RN - 805 Sqdn FAA, RN.
Hurricane - V7795 - 33 Sqdn - RAF.
These two Naval Airman are commemorated on the Lee-on-solent Memorial, Hampshire.

Alex

[Andy Marden]

HERRITAGE, Gerald Douglas Francis - F/O - 42309 - RAF.
Habbaniya War Cemetery, Iraq.
Gladiator I - L7616 - 94 Sqdn.
See: AIR 81/6432.

The serial of this one is incorrectly listed as K7616 (Fairey Battle) in AIR81/6432, which led to the links being wrong in our database. Now corrected:
https://www.rafcommands.com/database...php?uniq=L7616