430113 - Unaccounted airmen - 13-1-1943

[Henk Welting]

Thanks AlanW; the registrations at Wigton may have been on the Hudson N7226 of 1 (C)OTU.
Regards,
Henk.

[AlanW]

Hi Henk, not so sure about that, 1(C) OTU lost two Hudsons on this day. The one at Beckfoot and another at Silloth itself, it may be that both locations come under Wigton district.
Interestingly, i've just found Sgt C.Ring, pilot, and Sgt D.W. Sanderson both killed 13/01/43, both registered Wigton, Ring buried Silloth, may be a connection.

[Ross_McNeill]

Crew of T9322

Sgt C Ring
Sgt J W Sawerson
Sgt F C Zurbrigg RCAF
W/O J L G Belanger RCAF

Regards
Ross

[AlanW]

Hi Ross,
Could J.W.Sawerson be a typo for D.W. Sanderson, Sawerson not on CWGC.
Alan.

[Ross_McNeill]

Yup,

The crew details posted were from the Form 1180.

Regards
Ross

[Henk Welting]

Thanks AlanW & Ross. Crew as listed by Ross were in my files (Sawerson as D.W. Sanderson - 942817); T9322 overshot landing at Silloth.
Regards,
Henk.

[dennis_burke]

Lambert is W A T Lambert, missing one initial there, and he is DOAS in April 8th magazine.

Hayward is in the same KOAS list as the other two men, Sgt. W. J. Hay ward; but there is a phantom space in the middle of his surname, hence not found on search.

[phill jones]

Spitfire P7910 ,52 OTU , 16.40 ,cat E landing Sgt TF HIGGS 657789 iNJ

from 1180
bw phill jones

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Henk,

Found two misfiled F1180s one is an alternative for N7226 and the other is a new one for T9322

The alternative N7226 has more detail than the rather blank card in the main reel.
N7226
3 killed 1 injured
Pilot Sgt C Ring - Killed
A/c crashed and caught fire shortly after take off

T9322
4 killed 0 injured
Pilot P/O G J T Snoxell - Killed
Engine failed on take off

On balance I would go with the pilots given and numbers of those killed on these alternative cards rather than the 4 previously listed for N7226

Regards
Ross

[Henk Welting]

Ross,
Sofar I had on file:
N7226 - besides SNOXELL - and all three registered at Wigton, Cumbria:
Sgt (Nav) Gregor S. McGREGOR - 1388869, and
Sgt (WOp/Ag) Walter J. HAYWARD - 1211260.
T9322 - besides RING:
Sgt (Pilot) Douglas W. SANDERSON - 942817;
F/Sgt (Nav/Ba) Franklin C. ZURBRIGG - RCAF R/116656 (confirmed by Allison on T9322), and
W/O² (WOp/Ag) Joseph L.G. BELANGER - RCAF R/73758 (confirmed by Allison on T9322).

What were the places of death registration for Sanderson, Zurbrigg and Belanger ?


Regards,
Henk.