420418 - Unaccounted airwoman and airmen - 18-4-1942

**Henk Welting** · 27th June 2009, 15:17

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
Cpl Frederick C. BARNES - 531800 - age 29;
Section Offr WAAF Edith M. BURROWS - 3139 - 125 Sqn (Colerne, Wiltshire);
AC2 John BOOTH - 1527423, and
AC2 Goffrey LANCKHAM - 1535440.

B - Killed on active service:
Sgt (Pilot) Richard L. BILTON - 954263.

C - Not found in Flight archives:
AC1 Alexander O'MARA - 1143077;
AC1 Andrew N. TRACEY - 1136105 - age 31, and
F/Lt Sidney F. TRIM - 43309 - age 48.

D - Proposed aircraft losses:
Blenheim I - L1237 - 29 Sqn - overshot landing West Malling.
Oxford I - AS477 - 3 (P)AFU - flew into ground White House Farm, Brinkworth, Wiltshire.
Oxford II - AP498 - 54 OTU - crashed on approach at night Church Fenton.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**alclark** · 27th June 2009, 15:40

O'Mara was recorded in the 14 (P)AFU ORB with the following brief entry.

April 18th 1942, “Fatal accident to 1143077 AC1 O’Mara A.”

**Dick** · 27th June 2009, 15:56

Hi Henk
Barnes,29, registered at Aldershot, Hampshire
Edith Burrows,26,registered at Chichester, Sussex
Lanckham,20 registered at Farnworth, Lancashire
Bilton,22,registered at Chippenham, Wiltshire (Richard L on the register)
O'Mara,32,registered at Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Trimm,48, registered at Oxford
I found 2 John Booth's with no age given on CWGC. One aged 20 registered at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and the other aged 37, registered at Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire
Tracey didn't come up
Regards
Dick

**Henk Welting** · 27th June 2009, 16:04

Thanks Al & Dick. Could BILTON be matched to Oxford AS477 ?
Regards,
Henk.

**Dick** · 27th June 2009, 16:08

Hi Henk
Bilton could be a match with AS477, as Brinkworth is in the Chippenham reporting area
Regards
Dick

**dennis_burke** · 27th June 2009, 17:06

Trimm is DOAS in July 8th Fligth magazine. He is given as F/O rank in the magazine.

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.— A/C.2 A. O'Mara: Fligth 13 aug 42 magazine, faintly scanned page

KOAS - A/C.l A N. Tracey from Flight magazine Aug 27 1942

Henk, for most of the men from this date onwards your likely to find them in the Fligth_AS1942-2.pdf file we created. The second half of 1942.

**dennis_burke** · 27th June 2009, 17:21

Andrew N Tracey age 31 Chippenham, Wiltshire Q2

Dick, which site do you use for your registrations, a search for Tracey in Q2 on ancestry.com does not give a return only because there is a hand amendment on that page and they annoyingly have that ammendment name Toynton as the last name on that page, where as its really Tracy, I.e. Toynton, Tozer, Tracey, Tracy

**Henk Welting** · 27th June 2009, 17:32

Thanks Dennis for additioal info. I always check both Flight files for 1942.
Regards,
Henk.

**Dick** · 27th June 2009, 18:27

Thanks Dennis
The extra amendments always throw the Ancestry search engine. I usually pick it up but this time I didn't do the full check, year-qtr-initial then a guess at the image no for the letter combination you need.
Dick