411224 - Unaccounted airmen - 24-12-1941

**Henk Welting** · 1st March 2009, 11:07

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Not found Flight archives:
AC2 Robert A.D. CALLAGHAN - 1401603, and
F/Lt Ayscough A. RADCLIFFE - 72507.

B - Died on active service:
AC2 John H. CALNON - 1441351;
Cpl Peter CUNNINGHAM - 135695;
LAC Eric S. HAILES - 1202572 - 613 Sqn (Doncaster, Yorkshire);
AC1 Frank LEVETT - 1072900 - 140 Sqn (Benson, Oxfordshire);
AC1 Vincent J. MULLIGAN - 1309661, and
AC1 Raymond ROBERTS - 1121239 - 70 Sqn (sqn.numbering doubtful; 70 Sqn at that time posted in Egypt).

C - Proposed aircraft losses for this day:
Blenheim I - L8663 - FTU - crashed on approach Honeybourne.
Botha I - L6262 - 2 BGS - spun into ground Enfield Bridge, Leigh, Kent.
Henley I - L3415 - 1 AACU - crashed in forced landing near Llanwrog.
Hudson V - AM758 - 1 (C)OTU - crashed in forced landing Flagstaff Farm, Blackdycke, near Silloth, Cumberland.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**CZ_RAF** · 1st March 2009, 11:14

Hi Henk,

you can exclude the Blenheim:

24/12/1941 Blenheim L8663 of Ferry Training Unit stalled on approach to Honeybourne. Pilot P/O H E H Gillet injured.

http://www.couplandbell.com/marg/crashes1941.htm

Pavel

**AlanW** · 1st March 2009, 11:51

Henk,
A.A. Radclyffe (note spelling) registered at Westminster.

**Dick** · 1st March 2009, 12:16

Hi Henk
Just going out to lunch!!
Callaghan,18 and Calnan,19, registered at Rugby, Warwickshire
Hailes,28, registered at Nottingham.
Levett,34, registered at Oxford
There is a Raymond Roberts on CWGC, buried in Manchester, but they have him on 70 Sqn that was based in the M East even before WW2! IF he died there it would explain why he is not on the Register for England and Wales
Regards
Dick

**Henk Welting** · 1st March 2009, 13:53

Thanks friends for quick response.
Dick: Do hope you enjoyed your lunch; what about MULLIGAN ?
Regards,
Henk.

**Henk Welting** · 1st March 2009, 14:09

..............and what about CUNNINGHAM ?

Henk.

**AlanW** · 1st March 2009, 14:26

Henk,
In Dick's absence, Cunningham, Manchester, Mulligan, Salisbury.

**Dick** · 1st March 2009, 14:43

Hi Henk
Lunch was excellent!!
I'm afraid the Peter Cunningham in Manchester is age 0, so I think that is an infant death. There is a Peter Cunningham ,54, registered in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland in the 1st Qtr of 1941 but CWGC doesn't have an age and he was taken to Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland for burial
I missed Mulligan because in a rush I mis-spelt his name!! but the lunch was worth it, sorry!!
Regards
Dick

**AlanW** · 1st March 2009, 15:24

Dick/Henk,
I think you'll find that the Peter Cunningham in Manchester reference to "0" is because the age was not known, same as on CWGC, as confirmation, search for Arthur Walter Smith, RAF 24/06/42 on CWGC, which comes up age unknown, and then on GRO and GRO comes up "0"