Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
01-Feb |
SELWAY, STEPHEN AuxAF (843887), age: 40 |
Cpl |
He had served with No 906 Sqn and died in St. Anthony's Hospital, Cheam, Surrey, the cause of which has yet to be ascertained. He is buried in Kensal Green (St Mary's) Roman Catholic Cemetery. |
01-Feb |
CLEMENT, JULIAN MC RAF (60635), age: 54 |
Sqn Ldr |
He was serving in the UK and died from an illness contracted on active service, possibly in the RAF Hospital at Halton. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. |
01-Feb |
CLAPHAM, GLADYS MARY WAAF (891633), age: 38 |
Sgt |
She had been medically discharged when she died in the Royal Victoria and County Hospital, Boscombe, Bournemouth, from congestive cardiac failure. She is buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery. |
01-Feb |
WILLIAMS, ERIC ANGUS HAROLD RAFVR (963935), age: 36 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Dartford. He is buried in Bexley (St Mary) Church Cemetery. |
01-Feb |
WILSON, ERNEST WILLIAM JOHN RAFVR (1281014), age: 32 |
Sgt |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Llandough Hospital, Penarth, from uraemia, chronic nephritis and hypertension. He is buried in Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground. |
02-Feb |
WALTER, JOHN RAF (364343), age: 39 |
WO |
He was serving in the UK and died in Broadgreen Emergency Hospital, Liverpool, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery. |
03-Feb |
NEAME, EDWARD LEONARD RAFVR (2238061), age: 19 |
LAC |
He was serving with No 5002 (Airfield Construction) Sqn and was accidentally killed while out duck shooting on Westbere Marshes with a friend. He is buried in Canterbury Cemetery, Kent |
03-Feb |
YEATES, GERALD NORMAN EDGAR DFC and Bar RAF (128485), age: 24 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Harvard T Mk 2B, FT137 of the EFS, which spun into the ground out of cloud near Wotton Under Edge. He is buried in Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery |
03-Feb |
DRIVER, KENNETH WEEKS DFC SAAF (P/102646V), age: 28 |
Maj |
He was killed whilst flying in Harvard T Mk 2B, FT137 of the EFS, which spun into the ground out of cloud near Wotton Under Edge. He is buried in Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery |
03-Feb |
CROTTY, MICHAEL RAFVR (1225285), age: 33 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Basingstoke. He is buried in Basing (St Mary) New Churchyard |
03-Feb |
RUTH, ALBERT HENRY WILLIAM RAFVR (3090793), age: 18 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 1 Recruits Centre and died suddenly in the military hospital, Wheatley, following an operation. He is buried in Old Warden (St Leonard) Churchyard. |
04-Feb |
RICHARDSON, DAVID BLACKBURN RAFVR (2234139), age: 19 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 22 AACU and died in the Combined Military Hospital, Colaba, Bombay, from typhoid fever. He is buried in Kirkee War Cemetery. |
04-Feb |
TURTLE, WILLIAM JOHN RAFVR (4005114), age: 19 |
AC2 |
He was serving at RAF Weeton and died in the RAF Hospital, Weeton from peripheral circulatory failure. He is buried in Buckna Presbyterian New Cemetery |
04-Feb |
SEARLE, WILLIAM JOHN RAFVR (1465111), age: 25 |
AC1 |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Archway Hospital, London, from amyloid disease , fibro caesus and tuberculosis of the lungs. He is buried in or was cremated at Islington Cemetery and Crematorium. |
04-Feb |
FROGGATT, HAROLD ELLIOTT RAF (167941), age: 48 |
Flt Sgt |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Lower Agbrigg. He is buried in Normanton Cemetery, Yorkshire |
04-Feb |
KEELING, LEONARD JAMES RAFVR (1441746), age: 25 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in West Ham. He is buried in Woodgrange Park Cemetery, East Ham |
05-Feb |
MARTIN, MARCEL DAVID RAFVR (1145443), age: 24 |
LAC |
He was serving at RAF Eastleigh and died in the Military Hospital, Baragwanath, South Africa from TB. He is buried in Johnnesburg (West Park) Cemetery. |
05-Feb |
BRYANT, CHARLES RAF (43915), age: 38 |
Sqn Ldr |
He was serving at RAF Thorney Island and died in the Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in West Thorney (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
05-Feb |
SMITH, HENRY ARNOLD RAFVR (2335552), age: 25 |
AC2 |
He was serving at RAF Yatesbury where he died in the SSQ from pneumonia. He is buried in Deptford (Grove Park) Cemetery. |
05-Feb |
DOWLEN, NORMAN FREDERICK RAFVR (1030125), age: 34 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK and died in the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Dunston, Co. Durham, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in Burnmoor (St Barnabas) Churchyard. |
06-Feb |
COOKE, WILLIAM MARKLAND RAFVR (1476452), age: 23 |
WO |
He was serving with No 17 Sqn and having been reported missing from his billet was later found on the aerodrome in a ditch, having died from exposure. He is buried in Yokohama War Cemetery. |
06-Feb |
WESTBROOK, CHARLES RAF (359894), age: 42 |
WO |
He was serving at RAF Lubeck and died in No 94 British Military Hospital, Hamburg and died whilst undergoing an operation following an accident in the station armoury when he was shot in the right hand whilst examining a German Very pistol. He is buried in Hamburg Cemetery. |
06-Feb |
BOILEAU, FRANK BEM RAFVR (1280123), age: 34 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK and died in St. James Hospital, Balham, London from tuberculosis. He is buried in Battersea Rise Cemetery. |
06-Feb |
BENNETT, HARRY JAMES RAFVR (1155209), age: 31 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Stoke-on-Trent. He is buried in Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery. |
07-Feb |
DANBY, JOHN NOEL RAFVR (2272203), age: 20 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 16 EFTS and died in the Memorial Sanatorium, Hertford Hill, Hatton, Warwickshire, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in Baddesley Ensor (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
07-Feb |
LEARY, MARSHALL KNEALE AFM RAFVR (1580043), age: 25 |
P II |
He was serving with No 16 EFTS and died in the Memorial Sanatorium, Hertford Hill, Hatton, Warwickshire, from pulmonary tuberculosis. He is buried in Baddesley Ensor (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
08-Feb |
NAIRN, JAMES RAFVR (1372306), age: 24 |
LAC |
He was serving in Durban and died in the Military Hospital, Baragwaneth, from tuberculosis. He is buried in Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery. |
08-Feb |
DAY, REGINALD JAMES RAFVR (1833509), age: 40 |
LAC |
He was on the strength of No 101 PDC and died in Princess Mary's RAF Hospital, Halton from uraemia and chronic nephritis secondary to undulent fever. He is buried in Halton (St Michael) Churchyard. |
08-Feb |
MARSH, THOMAS RAFVR (1692504), age: 43 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Ince. He is buried in Pemberton (St John) Churchyard |
08-Feb |
JORDAN, JOHN RAFVR (749691), age: 32 |
LAC |
He was serving at RAF Hednesford and died in The Military Hospital, Banstead, Surrey, from pulmonary tuberculosis. He is buried in Chatham (Maidstone Road) Cemetery |
09-Feb |
LAWLESS, PHILIP STANLEY RAFVR (1809853), age: 23 |
Sgt |
He was serving with No 109 MU and was killed, whilst on duty, in road accident on the Suez Canal Road between the Malcolm Club and 9 BOD, suffering a fractured occipital bone. He is buried in Fayid War Cemetery. |
09-Feb |
RAWSON, HENRY RAFVR (1750689), age: 25 |
Flt Sgt |
He was serving with BAFO Police Unit and died in the Military hospital at Bourg Leopold from skull fracture and internal injuries sustained in a road accident whilst on duty at Peer two days earlier when his vehicle skidded on ice and hit a tree. He is buried in Brussels Town Cemetery. |
09-Feb |
CAMPION, WILLIAM RAFVR (1203467), age: 37 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Lichfield. He is buried in Rugeley Cemetery |
09-Feb |
WILLIAMS, DEREK RAFVR (1317665), age: 25 |
AC2 |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Ty Pontypridd from a pulmonary tubercule. He is buried in Pontypridd (Glyntaff) Cemetery. |
09-Feb |
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM RAFVR (2255001), age: 45 |
AC2 |
He was serving in the UK and died at 36 Simpson Street, Glasgow, from Pulmonary TB. He is buried in Glasgow Western Necropolis. |
09-Feb |
WESTRAN, LESLIE AuxAF (869476), age: 40 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Sheffield. He is buried in Sheffield (Shiregreen) Cemetery |
10-Feb |
McGINTY, PETER RAFVR (1556623), age: 25 |
AC1 |
He was serving in the UK and died in the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, from a perforated duodenal ulcer. He is buried in Glasgow (St Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery. |
11-Feb |
WHITE, JOHN HENRY AuxAF (862502), age: 50 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Bournemouth. He is buried in Bournemouth North Cemetery |
12-Feb |
HEATH, JOHN RICHARD RAFVR (1861627), age: 23 |
Cpl |
He had been serving with No 313 MU and died in the British Military Hospital at Suez from sprue after being taken ill on the troopship Britannic on his return from four years in India. He is buried in Suez War Memorial Cemetery. |
12-Feb |
PERRY, ALFRED JOHN RAFVR (1669370), age: 34 |
AC2 |
He was serving in the UK and died in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained . He is buried in Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery. |
12-Feb |
CUMMINGS, JAMES GERRARD RAFVR (1421871), age: 30 |
AC1 |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Wandsworth. He is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery. |
13-Feb |
McINTYRE, DONALD (DON) RAF (33269), age: Unknown |
Sqn Ldr |
He was killed whilst flying in Halifax A Mk 9, RT922 'F' of No 47 Sqn, which flew into the ground near Leek in Staffordshire whilst flying below the briefed height during a supply dropping sortie in poor weather conditions. He is buried in Buxton Cemetery |
13-Feb |
CHAPMAN, GORDON VICTOR RAFVR (1803110), age: 24 |
Nav II |
He was killed whilst flying in Halifax A Mk 9, RT922 'F' of No 47 Sqn, which flew into the ground near Leek in Staffordshire whilst flying below the briefed height during a supply dropping sortie in poor weather conditions. He is buried in Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery |
13-Feb |
SMITH, ERNEST RAFVR (164809), age: Unknown |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Halifax A Mk 9, RT922 'F' of No 47 Sqn, which flew into the ground near Leek in Staffordshire whilst flying below the briefed height during a supply dropping sortie in poor weather conditions. He is buried in Buxton Cemetery |
13-Feb |
PETTIT, KENNETH CHARLES RAFVR (1876996), age: 21 |
Sig II |
He was killed whilst flying in Halifax A Mk 9, RT922 'F' of No 47 Sqn, which flew into the ground near Leek in Staffordshire whilst flying below the briefed height during a supply dropping sortie in poor weather conditions. He is buried in North Walsham New Cemetery |
13-Feb |
KEARNS, RICHARD SYDNEY RAFVR (3030875), age: 22 |
Eng II |
He was killed whilst flying in Halifax A Mk 9, RT922 'F' of No 47 Sqn, which flew into the ground near Leek in Staffordshire whilst flying below the briefed height during a supply dropping sortie in poor weather conditions. He is buried in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
14-Feb |
TEMPLE, HERBERT THOMAS GEORGE RAF (506023), age: 39 |
WO |
He was serving with No 600 Sqn and died at Westminster Hospital, from pleurisy secondary to carcinoma of the stomach. He is buried in Orpington (St Mary Cray) Cemetery. |
14-Feb |
HARBEN, NORMAN ROY DFC RAF (70780), age: 49 |
Wg Cdr |
He was serving with No 16 EFTS and died suddenly at his home, Burnaston House, Burnaston, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in Etwall (St Helen) Church Cemetery. |
14-Feb |
GIBSON, THOMAS EDWARD RAF (701780), age: Unknown | LAC | He was discharged from the RAF on 5 September 1943 but his death in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was attributable to his war service. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |
15-Feb |
BIDDULPH, WILLIAM JAMES RAFVR (1005012), age: 29 |
AC1 |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Redhill Hospital (?) from an aneurysm and a ruptured abdominal aorta. He was cremated at Stoke-on-Trent Crematorium. |
15-Feb |
BENNETT, ALFRED JOHN RAF (541181), age: 27 |
Cpl |
He was on the strength of No 1 Personnel Holding Unit, Innsworth and died at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot from tuberculosis of the right sarco illiac. He is buried in Ascot (All Saints) Churchyard Extension. |
16-Feb |
BOLTON, HAROLD JAMES ALFRED RAFVR (1241188), age: 39 |
AC1 |
He had been medically discharged when he died at Redhill County Hospital, Edgware, Middlesex, from an aneurysm and a ruptured abdominal aorta. He is buried in Harrow (Harrow Weald) Cemetery. |
16-Feb |
KENNY, HENRY RAF (349387), age: 44 |
WO |
He had been serving with No 135 Wing and died in Manchester Royal Infirmary from leukaemia. He was cremated at Manchester Crematorium. |
16-Feb |
CLARK, LEONARD RAFVR (1120150), age: 38 |
AC2 |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Wirral. He is buried in Runcorn Cemetery |
16-Feb |
MUSTARD, GEORGE JAMES ATC (), age: 17 | Cdt | A member of the ATC, he and was killed when the RAF truck in which he was travelling hit a bank of snow and overturned at RAF Dyce. |
17-Feb |
HALL, DENIS RAF (343295), age: 44 |
Flt Sgt |
He was an ex FEPOW and was working as a garage hand having been discharged from the RAF but died from the effects of his time as a POW in the Gosport War Memorial Hospital. He is buried in Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery. |
17-Feb |
SHARPE, LILLIAN BERTHE WAAF (463128), age: 26 |
Cpl |
She was on the strength of No 9 Personnel Holing Unit (WAAF), Uxbridge and died at 61, Streathbourne Road, Balham, SW17 from pulmonary tuberculosis. She is buried in Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery. |
18-Feb |
HENDERSON, JOHN RAFVR (1696356), age: 46 |
AC2 |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Dundee Royal Infirmary from a duodenal ulcer, a paralytic ileus and broncho pneumonia. He is buried in Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery. |
18-Feb |
BOAKES, GEORGE ARTHUR RAF (532712), age: 30 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Surrey S E. He is buried in Reigate (Redstone) Cemetery |
19-Feb |
LEACH, ARTHUR RAFVR (1475832), age: 34 |
LAC |
He was serving with Fighter Command and died in the RAF Hospital, Halton, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained. He is buried in Bishop's Hatfield (St Luke) Churchyard. |
19-Feb |
ALLAN, SAMUEL RAF (4017267), age: 23 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 2 Recruit Training Wing (where?) and was found dead in the back garden of the Coastguard Station House, Kildonan, Annan as a result of 'Severe Explosive Violence'. He is buried in Kilmory Churchyard. |
19-Feb |
GEARING, MICHAEL ROY MCKENZIE RAFVR (2336271), age: 18 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 5 Recruits Centre and died in the RAF Hospital, West Kirby from cerebro spinal fever. He is buried in Chester (Blacon) Cemetery. |
20-Feb |
FANNING, JAMES RAFVR (1671526), age: 23 |
LAC |
He was serving at RAF Burtonwood (3 RU?) and died in RAF Hospital, Kirkham of tuberculosis meningitis. He is buried in Cambuslang (Westburn) Cemetery. |
20-Feb |
DONALD, JAMES WALKER RAFVR (1060646), age: 37 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK and died at his home address, 'Aboyne,' Cults, Aberdeenshire from Pulmonary TB and cardiac failure. He was cremated at Aberdeen Crematorium. |
20-Feb |
HOWES, JOAN MYFANWY WAAF (5136), age: Unknown |
SO |
She was serving with No 49 MU and died in the Park Prewet Hospital, Basingstoke, from an internal obstruction accelerated by shock from pentathlon anaesthetic which was ruled to have been correctly administered. She is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. |
20-Feb |
MASON, CLAUDE JOSHUA RAFVR (3031630), age: 21 |
AC1 |
He was attached to No 238 MU and died from drowning in the River Tamar while on guard duty in an RAF launch moored near RAF Mount Batten. He is buried in City of Westminster (Paddington) Cemetery, Mill Hill. |
21-Feb |
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM GORECH RAFVR (1283105), age: 40 |
AC2 |
He had been medically discharged when he died in Rookwood Hospital, Cardiff, from tuberculosis of the kidneys and testes. He is buried in Mountain Ash (Abercynon) Cemetery. |
21-Feb |
DUNCAN, ROBERT GRANT RAF (507828), age: 39 |
Flt Sgt |
He was serving in the UK and died in the RAF Hospital, Uxbridge, from coronary occlusion due to scleroma. He is buried in Devizes Cemetery. |
22-Feb |
WARD, ALFRED JOHN RAFVR (2300378), age: 23 |
AC2 |
He was serving with No 16 OTU and died in the RAF Hospital, Halton from gas gangrene and cellulites of the abdomen and gas gangrene of the abdominal wall. He is buried in Smethwick (Uplands) Cemetery. |
23-Feb |
HOUCHIN, VICTOR GRAHAM RAF (45598), age: 31 |
Flt Lt |
He was serving with No 296 Sqn and died in hospital from injuries sustain two days previously whilst on leave from Germany when the car he was driving collided with a lorry on the main road at Margetting. He is buried in City of London Cemetery. and Crematorium, Manor Park. |
24-Feb |
SARENSKI, Wladyslaw PAF (P.703797), age: 34 |
Airman |
He was serving in the UK and died at Radford Road, Nottingham when a NFS fire engine skidded on an icy road, mounted the pavement and knocked him down outside the Leno Cinema. He is buried in Hucknall Cemetery. |
24-Feb |
SEMMENS, ALFRED BERTRAM RAFVR (3005331), age: 21 |
LAC |
He was serving at the Signals Centre Rangoon and died, cause unknown, at Victoria Lakes, Rangoon. He is buried in Rangoon War Cemetery. |
24-Feb |
IZZARD, COLIN ROY DFC RAFVR (157641), age: 29 |
Fg Off |
He was on the strength of No 1 Personnel Holding Unit, Innsworth and died in King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, Sussex from advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular laryngitis, and tuberculosis enteritis. He is buried in Eastbourne (St Mary) New Churchyard. |
24-Feb |
ROFFEY, CHARLES WILLIAM THOMAS RAFVR (1882052), age: 46 |
AC2 |
He was serving in the UK and died, cause unknown, at the County Hospital, Hillingdon, Middlesex. He is buried in Hillingdon and Uxbridge Cemetery. |
24-Feb |
CLIFFORD, MAURICE MILLER RAFVR (184619), age: 24 |
Fg Off |
He was on the strength of No 1 Personnel Holding Unit, Innsworth and died at home at 35 Kingston House, Princes Gate, London SW7, from tuberculosis of the lungs. He is buried in or was cremated at East Finchley Cemetery and St Marylebone Crematorium. |
24-Feb |
QUADLING, RUSSELL JOHN RAFVR (4000493), age: 18 |
AC2 |
He was serving at RAF Defford and died at a Worcester dancing academy, when after leaving the dance floor apparently fit and well, he leant against a wall and collapsed. He is buried in Aylsham Cemetery. |
26-Feb |
ANDERSON, MARTIN MORRISON RAF (545634), age: 28 |
Cpl |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
BULLMAN, JOHN EDWARD RAF (553594), age: 24 |
Flt Sgt |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
BELL, JAMES DFM RAFVR (1511709), age: 26 |
WO |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
DARLOW, ARTHUR ERIC RAFVR (174017), age: 25 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
HANNINGTON, PHILLIP JAMES EMMANUEL RAFVR (1459471), age: 23 |
WO |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
JACKSON, WILLIAM EDWARD RAFVR (1595841), age: 21 |
LAC |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
TAYLOR, THOMAS LEONARD RAFVR (159577), age: 25 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
THOMAS, LEONARD RAFVR (1892300), age: 22 |
WO |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
WATSON, HENRY DE LANDRE RAFVR (148537), age: 23 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Dakota C Mk 4, KK120 of No 48 Sqn, which was lost without a trace over the South China Sea during a scheduled flight from Singapore to Saigon. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial |
26-Feb |
COLLINS, JOHN JOSEPH RAFVR (1911509), age: 21 |
AC2 |
He was serving at HQ 3 (Indian) Group and drowned in an accident whilst off duty He is buried in Ranchi War Cemetery. |
26-Feb |
HOOD, GEORGE STEPHEN RAF (343162), age: 47 |
Flt Sgt |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Salisbury. He is buried in Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery |
26-Feb |
GRAY, ELAINE MARY WAAF (2163644), age: Unknown |
LACW |
She was serving in the Met Section at HQ, Coastal Command, RAF Northwood, where she died, from a fractured skull suffered in an off duty accidental fall from height. She is buried in Thames Ditton (St Nicholas) Churchyard. |
27-Feb |
ROBINSON, WILLIAM RAF (619990), age: 41 |
AC1 |
He had been discharged from the RAF when he died in Lurgan from pulmonary tuberculosis. He is buried in Lurgantarry (St Colman's) Roman Catholic Cemetery. |
28-Feb |
SOUTHGATE, LEWIS CHARLES RAFVR (1048351), age: 42 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Colchester. He is buried in Colchester Cemetery |
28-Feb |
STEPHENSON, ALBERT RAFVR (1014947), age: 41 |
LAC |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Huddersfield. He is buried in Huddersfield (Lockwood) Cemetery |
28-Feb |
STANDRING, JACK RAF (137498), age: 47 |
Cpl |
He was serving in the UK at the time of his death, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained but his death was registered in Chapel-le-Frith. He was cremated at Stockport Crematorium. |
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