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    Default Unaccounted airmen - 9-2-1942

    What were the places of death registration for:

    A - Died on active service:
    AC2 James E. BRYAN - 1514700;
    LAC Joseph C. HOLLOWAY - 1202601 - 956 (Balloon) Sqn (Colnbrook, Langley, Bucks), and
    AC2 John SNEDDON - 1559889.

    B - Nor found Flight archives:
    Sgt Albert STOCKWELL - 527968.

    Regards and thanks for your help.
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    Hi Henk
    Bryan,19, registered at Fylde, Lancashire
    Holloway,31, registered at Westminster, Central London some way from his unit which was in Middlesex S W of London on the edge of what is now Heathrow Airport.His family and wife were in Erith which is in Kent and he might have been in transit to or from leave when coming into Central London to change trains or buses would have been his quickest route
    Sneddon,20, registered at Wenlock, Shropshire
    Stockwell,25, registered at Epping, Essex
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    Thanks Dick; files amended. No flying accidents.
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    Sgt Albert STOCKWELL - 527968 - suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed. He was found with a shot to the head at an aerodrome, a cheerio note to his mum and dad was found. He died later at Epping Hospital.
    (Chelmsford Chronicle, 20 February 1942)

    Martyn

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    Cecil Herbert Ducker 1251277 , attached to Number 40 SP, died in Number 64 General hospital of myelogenous leukaemia

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    Joseph Charles Holloway 1202601 , was admitted seriously ill to The Westminster Hospital, London SW1 , on 2 February, where he died of carcinoma of the left lung

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    William Edgar Brown 1072268 , attached to RAF Mingaladon , died there of enteric fever and dysentery at Mingaladon . There is no indication of how his grave came to be lost

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    John Sneddon 1559889 , attached to Number 10 SoTT , was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Cosford on 14 January, where he died of meningitis

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    Joseph Sadler 12267465, was reported missing with a presumed date of death

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    Default Re: The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth

    James Edmund Bryan 1514700 | attached to 63 MU | was admitted dangerously ill to RAF hospital Kirkham on 31 January where he died of glandular fever

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