420501 - Unaccounted airwoman and airmen - 1-5-1942

[Henk Welting]

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Not found in Flight archives:
LAC Edward H. DAILEY - 1426411, and
ACW2 Doris LEYLAND - 2088361 - 914 (Balloon) Sqn (Northfield).

B - Died on active service:
Cpl Thomas E. MASTERSON - 549891;
P/O (Pilot) Bruce M. OSBORN - 107996 - 609 Sqn (Duxford, Cambridgeshire), and
LAC William PREECE - 1011196.

C - In Flight, however unreadable in scanned copy:
AC2 Geoffrey E. MEEK - 1765072.

D - Died of wounds or injuries received on active service:
Sgt (Obs) Reginald E. RUSSELL - 1260822.

E - Killed on active service:
Sgt (WOp/Ag) John E. SKETCHER - 1116273;
Sgt Arthur A.H. (Flight: A.H.A.) STAFFORD - 1286418, and
Sgt (Pilot) John E. WALTON - 1061373.

F - Proposed airc raft losses:
Beaufort I - L9838 - 5 (C)OTU - crashed on landing Turnberry.
Blenheim I - L8696 - 60 OTU - crashed in forced landing near East Fortune.
Hudson I - N7206 - 6 (C)OTU - flew into ground Gainford, Co.Durham.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Henk,

Pilot of L9838 was P/O R B Henry RCAF (Killed 26/07/42 - W6480)

No other reported injuries.

Walton
Russell
Stafford
Sketcher

All on N7206

Regards
Ross

[dennis_burke]

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—A/C.2 G. E. Meek;

Women's Auxiliary Air Force
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.—A/CW.2 D. Leyland. The e has been scanned as a letter o.

No sign of Dailey however.

[COL BRUGGY]

Henk,

Re: P/O (Pilot) Bruce M. OSBORN - 107996 - 609 Sqn.
A.
Thus whereas during four months at Digby three outstanding British officer pilots - Dennis Barnham, John van Schaick, D.F.M.., and Peter Nash - departed, and only one British officer (Pilot-Officer Osborn, later to be killed in a motor smash) was posted in...

B.
APPENDIX A - PERSONNEL. PERIOD I, 1936 -45.
Name: Plt Off B M Osborn.
Country: Brit.
Year: 41-2.
Fate: Killed in car crash whilst with Sqn 1 May 42?

See:
The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose.
Ziegler,Frank H.
Manchester:Crecy,1993(rev. & updated ed.).
A. p.231
B. p.341

Col.

[Amrit]

DAILEY reported as DOAS in The Times

A

[Dick]

Hi Henk
Dailey,21, registered at Ashford, Kent
Doris Leyland,21,registered in Manchester
Osborn,21, registered at Henley, Oxfordshire
Preece,28, registered at St Austell, Cornwall
Meek,19, registered at Wharfedale W Yorkshire
Sketcher,27,Stafford,29 and Walton 20, registered at Durham West consistent with Ross placing them on N 7206, the 4th man Russell,20, is recorded as registered at Darlington, Durham. You have him as dying of injuries or wounds and so he may have been taken to Darlington for treatment. The Darlington area ceased to exist before the war and became incorporated in Durham West by the time the war began so it ties in with N7206 and I think Darlington as the registration office is a mistake on the register.
Masterson didn't come up
For L8696 Warner records only injury to the solo pilot Sgt D Wiggins
Regards
Dick

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Dick

Masterson is listed as Materson, Thomas E, 22, at Fylde.

Regards
Ross

[Dick]

Thanks Ross
We live and learn, if only I could remember what I learn!!
Regards
Dick

[Henk Welting]

What a bunch of info; this will keep me busy for a while. Thanks friends.
Regards,
Henk.

[Kevin]

Hello Ross,

Do you have the rest of the crew for W6480 please.

Kind regards

Kevin

Hi Henk,

Pilot of L9838 was P/O R B Henry RCAF (Killed 26/07/42 - W6480)

No other reported injuries.

Walton
Russell
Stafford
Sketcher

All on N7206

Regards
Ross