400808 - Unaccounted airmen - 8-8-1940

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

Wheeler died from injuries sustained when his High Speed Launch (HSL 116) was attacked off the Isle of Wight

Malcolm

[jonheyworth]

Cecil Halford Bull 37594 , died as per Paul's post of 26th December but the link is broken

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

400808 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-08-1940

From Henk's List -

UK

ANTHONY, Crawford - Lac - 623211 - RAF.
Carrickfergus (Victoria) Cemetery, County Antrim, UK.
Master I - N7714 - 5 FTS.

BULL, Cecil Halford - F/Lt - 37594 - RAF - 25 Sqn.
Hundleton (St. David) Churchyard, Pembrokeshire.
Killed in ashooting accident whilst on leave.

MITCHELL, John Patrick D'Arley- Sgt- 550746 - RAF
Thorpe Bassett (All Saints) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Cause of death a serious unknown illness .

MOTION, Donald Graham - Wng/Cdr - 79474 - RAFVR.
Leigh(St. Bartholomew) Churchyard, Surrey.
Cause of death DOAS was at the time in charge of the local Home Guard.

PAMULA, Leopold - Podpulknownik(Wng/Cdr) - PAF.
Blackpool (Leyton) Cemetery, Lancashire.
Cause of death, died in Hospital from Blood poisoning.
[Henk had the date as being the 9th].

STEWART, David - AC2c - 991111 - RAFVR - 928 Balloon Sqn.
Kingoldrum Churchyard, Angus.
Cause of death, fell from a barge he was working on and drowned.

WHEELER, Raymond Clive(Ray) - AC1c - 553650 - RAF.
Fawley (All Saints) Churchyard, Hampshire.
Aboard HSL 116 and was killed during an enemy Air attack.

From CWGC -

AUSTRALIA
ALDERSON, Arthur David - AC1c - 6517 - RAAF.
Narromine General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.
SMALES, Holbert Frederick - F/O - 603 - RAAF.
Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney, Australia.
These two airmen were crew of Tiger Moth - A17-36 - Unit ?

EGYPT
VAUGHAN, Trevor Martyn - F/Lt - 590381 - RAF.
Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Gladiator I - K7903 - 80 Sqn.

FRANCE
BEAUMONT, Barrington William - Sgt - 744953 - RAFVR.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France.
Blenheim IV - N3590 - 59 Sqn.

HALL, Noel Mudie - F/Lt - 33166 - RAF.
Criel-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France.
Hurricane I - P2981 - 257 Sqn.

MACCAW, Derek Charles - F/O - 36139 - RAF.
Senneville-Sur-Fecamp Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France.
Hurricane I - P3617 - 238 Sqn.

WARREN, John Benjamin William - AC1c - 628804 - RAF.
Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Blenheim I - L8665 - 600 Sqn.

NETHERLANDS
PARVIN, Frederick Finkill - Sgt - 581118 - RAF.
Bergen-Op-Zoom, Canadian War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Blenheim IV - L9472 - 18 Sqn.

UK
ADAMS, Edward Cyril - Sgt - 745769 - RAFVR.
Aylesford Cemetery, Kent.
Master I - N7714 - 5 FTS.

CARDNELL, Charles Frederick - P/O - 80807 - RAFVR.
Highgate Cemetery, London.
Blenheim I - L1448 - 23 Sqn.

FENGLER, Dominik - Porucznik(F/O) - P/76694 - PAF.
Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
Battle - L5597 - 301 Sqn.

GRICE, Dennis Neve - F/O - 70266 - RAFVR.
Charing(Kent County) Crematorium, Kent.
Blenheim I - L8665 - 600 Sqn.

KEAST, Francis John - Sgt - 801399 - RAF (AAF).
Whitstable Cemetery, Kent.
Blenheim I - L8665 - 600 Sqn.

KIRTON, David Ian - Sgt - 550500 - RAF.
Dover(St. James's ) Cemetery, Kent.
Spitfire Ia - K9911 - 65 Sqn.

OELOFSE, Johannes Roelof Stephanus (South African) - P/O - 42519 - RAF.
Tangmere (St Andrew) Churchyard, Sussex.
Hurricane I - P3781 - 43 Sqn.

PHILLIPS, Norman Taylor - F/Sgt - 365324 - RAF.
Chatham (Maidstone Road) Cemetery, Kent.
Spitfire Ia - K9905 - 65 Sqn.

SMITH, Francis Alan - S/Lt(A) - HMS Daedalus - RN.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.
Hurricane I - P3545 - 145 Sqn RAF.

STEPHENS, Cyril - Sgt - 531100 - RAFVR.
Coychurch (St. Crallo) Churchyard, Glamorganshire.
Blenheim I - L1448 - 23 Sqn.

BAKER, Eric Debnam - Sgt - 740057 - RAFVR.
Hurricane I - P3381 - 145 Sqn.
COULTON, George Howey - Sgt - 619184 - RAF.
Blenheim IV - N3590 - 59 Sqn.
CRUTTENDEN,John - P/O - 40895 - RAF.
Hurricane I - P3468 - 43 Sqn.
D'ARCY-IRVINE, Brian William Jesse - F/O - 72500 - RAFVR.
Hurricane I - P3058 - 257 Sqn.
DAVIS, Henry Lawrence Newsom - P/O - 72988 - RAFVR.
Blenheim IV - N3590 - 59 Sqn.
LAND, Victor Robert Thomas - Sgt - 905836 - RAFVR.
Blenheim IV - L9472 - 18 Sqn.
SAVILLE, Jack Herbert - Sgt - 745096 - RAFVR.
Blenheim IV - L9472 - 18 Sqn
SEARS, Lionel Argent - P/O z 42895 - RAF.
Hurricane I - P2955 - 145 Sqn.
KAY - SHUTTLEWORTH, Richard Ughtred Paul - F/O - 70356 - RAFVR.
Hurricane I - P3163 - 145 Sqn.
SMITH, Kenneth Barton - Sgt - 754895 - RAFVR.
Swordfish - P4094 - 257 Sqn.
TURNER, Donald Eric - F/Lt - 32254 - RAFVR.
Hurricane I - P2947 - 238 Sqn.
WAKEHAM, Ernest Cecil John - P/O - 41883 - RAF - DFC.
Hurricane I - P2957 - 145 Sqn.
The twelve airmen named above are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

SCHUBERT, Rudolf - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...=4944#post4944

Alex

[Andy Marden]

Alex,

AUSTRALIA
ALDERSON, Arthur David - AC1c - 6517 - RAAF.
Narromine General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia.
SMALES, Holbert Frederick - F/O - 603 - RAAF.
Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney, Australia.
These two airmen were crew of Tiger Moth - A17-36 - Unit ?
>> Unit was 5 EFTS Narromine

SMITH, Kenneth Barton - Sgt - 754895 - RAFVR.
Swordfish - P4094 - 257 Sqn.
>> Smith was flying Hurricane R4094. AIR81/1287 quotes the wrong serial: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502792

SCHUBERT, Rudolf - GAF.
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Cause of death ?
>> Crew of Ju87 S2+LM of 4./StG77 (shot down). The other crew member was made POW.

Andy

[jonheyworth]

John Patrick D'Arley Mitchell 550746 , attached to 10 Squadron, was admitted dangerously ill to Catterick hospital on 24 May and was discharged from the RAF on 8 August, dying the same day of tuberculosis

[jonheyworth]

Donald Graham Motion 79474 | an acting Wing Commander and non effective on his A.M. form 1582. Died at home at Leigh, Horley, West Sussex, of a coronary thrombosis secondary to arteriosclerosis