410518 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-05-1941

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

410518 - Unaccounted Airmen - 18-05-1941

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
LONGMAN, George Arthur - Air Fitter - Fx.79319 - HMS Phoenix - RN.
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Died at the Great Bitter Lakes, Egypt. Cause of death ?

IRAQ
McCLEERY, William Robert - Sqdn/Ldr - 31097 - RAF - AFM, C de G.
Habbaniyah War Cemetery, Iraq .
Killed in an Air Raid on RAF Habbaniya by German He111's.
See: AIR 81/6471.

UK
KERR, George - Cpl - 615092 - RAF - RAF Bircham Newton.
Old Monkland Cemetery, Lanarkshire.
Dangerously injured in an air raid at RAF Docking satellite airfield at 23:30 Hours on 16 May dying in RAF Hospital Ely at 01:45 Hours.

PORTER, Frederick Herbert - AC1c - 575868 - RAF - 67 MU.
Farnborough Cemetery, Hampshire.
He died in the Royal Cornwall infirmary, Truro, of multiple injuries sustained at RAF St.Eval in the explosion of an HE Bomb.

STEER, Henry William - AC1c - 10610 - RAF - 6 SFTS.
Dorking Cemetery, Surrey.
He died at Ashford Military hospital Oxfordshire of paresis.

TEMPLE, David Samuel - Cpl - 967234 - RAFVR .
Little Rissington (St.Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Whitley V - P5047 - 6FTS/10 OTU.
See: AIR 81/6519.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
DARTNALL, Ronald Lawrence - Lac - 205762 - RAAF - 2 A D.
Victoria Cremation Memorial, Victoria, Australia.
Died as a result of an accident while in Sydney.

SOUTH AFRICA
VORSTER, C, J, - Air Mechanic - 210460 - SAAF.
Bloemfontein (In Memoriam) Cemetery, Free State,South Africa.
Reportedly accidentally killed.

UK
DAVIES, Percy Gilbert - Lac - 1378633 - RAFVR.
Hawarden (St.Deiniol) Churchyard, Flintshire.
Tiger Moth II - N6943 - 19 EFTS .
See: AIR 81/6903.

GLOVER, William Ronald - Lac (UT/Pilot) - 1187935 - RAFVR.
Warlingham (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey.
Oxford II - N6370 - 14 SFTS.
See: AIR 81/6503.

RAWCLIFFE, John Samuel Edgar - Lac(UT/Pilot) - 964357 - RAFVR.
Chingford Mount Cemetery, Essex.
Whitley V - P5047 - 6FTS/ 10 OTU .
See: AIR 81/6519.

SMALE, John Trevor - Sgt (Pilot) - 1252037 - RAFVR
Lydney (St.Mary)Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Whitley V - P5047 - 6FTS/10 OTU.
See: AIR 81/6519.

THOMAS, Bruce Kentish - F/O - 42028 - RAF.
Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent.
Battle Trainer - R7363 - 12 FTS.
See:AIR 81/6498.

DAWSON, Edward Kerfoot - Sgt - 926208 - RAFVR
HALBERT, Billy - Sgt - 937447 - RAFVR.
MORGAN, Thomas - Sgt - 924905 - RAFVR.
These three airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey
Hampden I - P1233 - 25 OTU.
See: AIR 81/6536.

Alex

[RecklessRat]

Hi Alex,

LONGMAN, George Arthur - Air Fitter - Fx.79319 - HMS Phoenix - RN.
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Died at the Great Bitter Lakes, Egypt.

FAA/Fx.79319 Air Fitter George Arthur Longman
HMS Phoenix
b. 4 Feb 1919 Southampton
d. 18 May 1941 at the Great Bitter Lakes, Ismailia, Egypt, of accidental drowning

Source: ADM 104/133 pg 268/353

Regards,

Jeff

[Andy Marden]

DAWSON, Edward Kerfoot - Sgt - 926208 - RAFVR
HALBERT, Billy - Sgt - 937447 - RAFVR.
MORGAN, Thomas - Sgt - 924905 - RAFVR.
These three airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey
Hampden I - P1233 - 25 OTU.
See: AIR 81/6536.

P/O P DIXON-SPAIN was also aboard this Hampden.

[Alex Smart]

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Alex

[Alex Smart]

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[RecklessRat]

Hi Alex - hope it helped.
I've had a purge of the inbox
Regards,
Jeff