420703 - Unaccounted airwoman and airmen - 3-7-1942

**Henk Welting** · 31st August 2009, 16:12

What were the places of death registration for:

A - Died on active service:
LAC Eric D. EAST - 1324334;
LAC Kenneth McGEE - 975958, and
LAC Bernard V. SHAW - 959558.

B - Killed on active service:
LAC (Ba u/t) Joseph A. WILD - 1576055.

C - Not found in Flight archives:
ACW2 Florence M. FLETT - 2095571, and
AC2 Harry WATTON - 1499699 - 2075 Sqn RAF Regt.

D - Proposed aircraft losses:
Magister I - R1889 - 21 EFTS - flew into ground near Taplow, Buckinghamshire (already as a casualty on this a/c: Sgt A.G. TERRY - 2983549).
Master III - W8772 - 5 (P)AFU - crashed in forced landing Edleston, near Nantwich, Cheshire.

Regards and thanks for your help.
Henk.

**Dick** · 31st August 2009, 16:43

Hi Henk
East,19, registered at Amersham, Buckinghamshire
McGee,20, registered at Andover, Hampshire
Shaw,22, registered at Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Florence Flett,22,Registered in Gloucester Rural
Watton,25, registered at West Glamorgan, S Wales
Wild didn't come up but he possibly died outside England and Wales, although he was taken home to Burton-on- Trent, Staffordshire for burial
Regards
Dick

**dennis_burke** · 31st August 2009, 16:59

There is a 31 year old Joseph Arthur Wild in the Barr district, Ayr, Soctland.

F M Flett is DOAS in the Sep 10th 1942 magazine

Gave up looking for Watton, sorry!

**alclark** · 31st August 2009, 19:06

For Wild see my post for the 2nd.

Shaw was recorded in the No.53 OTU ORB:

July 3rd 1942, “Sgts Pearce and Swan killed in flying accident, colliding in mid air.”

**JohnE** · 31st August 2009, 22:32

Multiple sources places the mid air collision on the 5th of July.

/John

**Henk Welting** · 1st September 2009, 13:32

Thanks all for your help.
Dick: what was the place of death registration for Sgt A.G. TERRY - 2983549 ?
Regards,
Henk.

**dennis_burke** · 1st September 2009, 14:07

Alexander G Terry is in the Eton district age 20. Buckinghamshire, I clicked on the wrong link first!

**Dick** · 1st September 2009, 14:11

Hi Henk
Terry,20 is registered at Eton,Buckinghamshire,right for Taplow but it is a fair way S of Amersham and I think too far to connect him and East
Regards
Dick

**Henk Welting** · 1st September 2009, 14:15

Originally Posted by JohnE

Multiple sources places the mid air collision on the 5th of July.

/John

Thanks all for your help.

Mid-air 5-7-1942:
Spitfire IIA - P7504 - 53 OTU
Spitfire IIB - P8592 - 53 OTU
collided Welsh St.Donats, 2½ mile NE of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire.

Regards,
Henk.