Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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2009
19 Jan |
SILLS, MATTHEW ROBERT age: 37 |
Sqn Ldr |
He was serving at RAF Boscombe Down and was killed in a head-on collision in Wiltshire. He is buried in Longstone Cemetery |
19 Jan |
WALLACE, RICHARD DAVID (T8419753) age: 36 |
Cpl |
He was serving at RAF Henlow and died from a heart attack in his sleep. He was cremated at Oxford Crematorium |
1 Mar |
WARD, JASON age: |
SAC |
He was serving at VAHS, RAF Waddington and was killed in a road traffic accident. He was cremated at City of Lincoln Crematorium |
1 Jun |
BLEE, MICHAEL age: 62 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Tutor T Mk 1, G-BYXR of No 6 Air Experience Flt, which collided with a Cirrus glider, G-CKHT at Sutton Courtney near Abingdon. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Jun |
LANGLEY-RICE, NICHOLAS age: 15 |
Cdt |
He was killed whilst flying in Tutor T Mk 1, G-BYXR of No 6 Air Experience Flt, which collided with a Cirrus glider, G-CKHT at Sutton Courtney near Abingdon. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
2 Jul |
MORTON, NIGEL age: 43 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Tornado, F Mk 3, ZE942 of No 43 Sqn, which flew into a mountain in Glen Kinglas. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
2 Jul |
THOMPSON, KENNETH A L age: 27 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Tornado, F Mk 3, ZE942 of No 43 Sqn, which flew into a mountain in Glen Kinglas. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
5 Jul |
CREDLAND, RICHARD M age: 29 |
Flt Lt |
He was serving with No ? Sqn and died suddenly at home as a result of a heart condition, but the actual cause was unable to be determined. Details of his burial have not been ascertained. |
10 Jul |
LEADBETTER, BARRY age: 28 |
SAC |
He was serving at ? and was killed in a head-on collision with a van in Wiltshire. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
17 Aug |
PARKER, TIMOTHY age: 46 |
WO |
He was serving with the RAF Police at RAF Henlow and died from cancer in Peterborough Hospital following a short illness died from cancer in Peterborough Hospital following a short illness. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Oct |
WOJTAK, MARCIN age: 24 |
Cpl |
He was serving with No 34 Sqn RAF Regiment and was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an explosion whilst on patrol near Camp Bastion. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Jan |
MAHONEY, PAUL SCOTT age: 26 |
SAC |
He was serving with No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment and died from injuries sustained in an avalanche on the Reidberger Horn Mountain in Germany. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
10 Jan |
JONES, DAVID age: 37 |
Cpl |
He was serving with the Engineering Support Squadron, and was killed near Paphos, Cyprus in a road traffic accident, the other driver failed a drink driving test. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
18 Jan |
ALLEN, GARETH age: ? |
LAC |
He was serving at F/P Flt, RAF Honington at the time of his death, the circumstances of which have yet to be ascertained. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Feb |
ENTWISTLE, STEPHEN age: 46 |
Sgt |
He was serving at RAF Leeming and died from a heart attack whilst on exercise at Catterick. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
5 Feb |
PAYNE, PAUL age: 23 |
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He was serving at ? and when his car crossed the central reservation of the A329M and collided with a Transit van in Berkshire. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
24 Feb |
SOUTHGATE, LUKE age: 20 |
SAC |
He was serving with No 2 Sqn RAF Regiment and was killed when his Land-Rover was destroyed by an IED whilst he was patrolling Kandahar airfield. He is buried in Borough Cemetery, Bury St Edmunds |
26 May |
ACM |
He was C-in-C, Air Command and died from a heart attack whilst taking part in a triathlon competition. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
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1 Jun |
FISK, MARK age: |
Flt Lt |
He was serving with No 22 Sqn and died at home in an accident. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Jun |
PAYNE, PAUL age: 23 |
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He was serving with No ? Sqn and was killed in a road traffic accident when his car crossed the central reservation of the A329M and collided with a Transit van. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Jul |
GRIFFITHS, KINNIKI age: 20 |
SAC |
He was serving with No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment and he was killed in a traffic accident when his vehicle collided with a Jackal vehicle whilst on patrol near Camp Bastion. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
16 Jul |
GRIFFITHS, KINIKKI |
SAC |
He was serving at the time of his death, the circumstances of which have yet to be ascertained. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
1 Sep |
O'LEARY, CLIVE ROBERT |
Flt Sgt |
He was serving with No 17 Sqn and died after a 20-month battle with cancer. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
8 Nov |
HUGHES, SCOTT age: 20 |
SAC |
He was serving with No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment and He died in hospital two days after being struck by a motorboat whilst he was swimming in Limassol harbour. He was en-route to the UK after a tour in Afghanistan. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
10 Mar |
BARRETT, TOMAS ARNE OBE, ADC, MA age: 45 |
Gp Capt |
He was serving as the Station Commander at RAF Northolt and was killed when he was knocked off his bicycle less the a mile from the station as he cycled home. |
14 Apr |
PENNY, ANDREW age: 39 |
J/T |
He was serving at ? at the time of his death, the circumstances of which have yet to be ascertained. He is buried in Mintlyn Crematorium, Kings Lynn |
17 May |
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER age: 52 |
A/Cdre |
He was serving as the Commandant of the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering and died in his sleep. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
20 Aug |
EGGING, JOHN |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Hawk T Mk 1, XX179 of the RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows), which crashed as it broke to land at Bournemouth at the end of a display. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
16 Oct |
MCGLONE, ANTHONY TERRENCE age: |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst in Hawk T Mk 1, XX177 of the RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows), when he was ejected from his aircraft on the ground and his parachute failed to deploy. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
8 Nov |
CUNNINGHAM, SEAN age: 35 |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst in Hawk T Mk 1, ? of the RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows), when he was ejected from his aircraft on the ground and his parachute failed to deploy. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
23 Dec |
DOWNING, ANTHONY age: 34 |
Sqn Ldr |
He died from injuries in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham sustained when his vehicle was caught in the explosion of an IED in Afghanistan. |
11 Jan |
JOHNSON, JOHN CHRISTOPHER MBE age: 53 |
WO |
He was serving with the C-17 Project Team in the USA when he died suddenly. |
13 Feb |
TOMLIN, RYAN age: 21 |
SAC |
He was serving with No 2 Sqn, RAF Regiment when he was killed by small arms fire whilst on patrol in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmond Province in Afghanistan. |
12 May |
McCARTHY, BRENT JOHN age: 25 |
Cpl |
He was killed whilst serving with the No 2 Tactical Police Sqn, when he was shot by a rogue Afghan Police Officer. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
3 Jul |
BAILEY, SAM |
Sqn Ldr |
He was killed whilst flying in Tornado GR Mk 4, ZD812 of the 15 (Reserve) Sqn, when collided with each other over the Moray Firth during a training sortie. His body was not recovered. |
3 Jul |
SANDERS, ADAM |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Tornado GR Mk 4, ZD812 of the 15 (Reserve) Sqn, when collided with each other over the Moray Firth during a training sortie. His body was not recovered. |
3 Jul |
POOLE, HYWEL |
Flt Lt |
He died from injuries sustained whilst flying in Tornado GR Mk 4, ZD743 of the 15 (Reserve) Sqn, when collided with each other over the Moray Firth during a training sortie. Details of his burial have not been ascertained |
6 Sep |
GRINDROD, HOWARD KEITH age: 40 |
Sgt |
He died whilst serving as an Avionics Technician at RAF Waddington |
14 Feb |
THAN, RIMON age 33 |
Sqn Ldr |
A medical officer at RAF Valley, he was killed when he was swept away by an avalanche in the Cairngorms. |
14 Feb |
CAPPS, FRAN age 32 |
Flt Lt |
A logistics officer at RAF Odiham, she was killed when she was swept away by an avalanche in the Cairngorms. |
26 Apr |
CHAUHAN, RAKESH age:29 |
Flt Lt |
He was serving as an Intelligence Officer and was killed in the crash of AAC Lynx Mk 9, ZF540 during a training flight in Afghanistan. |
25 May |
HALLAM, ANDREW age: 23 | SAC | He was serving with No 3 Sqn, RAF Regiment at RAF Wittering died from injuries sustained after being hit by a car on the A1. |
15 Jul |
WILDMAN, PETER age: 49 | Sgt | A communications technician at RAF Lossiemouth, he was killed when his motorcycle crashed into lamp post outside the station. |
27 Sep |
GARWOOD, EWEN age: 50 | WO | He was the SWO at the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre at Manston when he died from Leukaemia. |
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REALF, STEPHEN age: 26 | Plt Off | He died from a brain tumour whilst training to be a pilot |
xx xxx |
SCOTT, ALAN age: 32 |
Flt Lt |
A member of No 33 Sqn, he was killed whilst flying in Puma HC Mk 2, XW229 of No 230 Sqn, which crashed on a routine flight in Afghanistan. |
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ROBERTS, GERAINT age |
Flt Lt |
He was killed whilst flying in Puma HC Mk 2, XW229 of No 230 Sqn, which crashed on a routine flight in Afghanistan. |
TOMICZEK, T |
WO |
He was serving with No 5131 Sqn and died from cancer. |
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SANDHU, AJVIR | Fg Off |
He was training to be a fast jet pilot with No 72 (Reserve) Sqn at Linton-on-Ouse when he was killed in a flying accident whilst flying a Firefly, G-BNSO which crashed near the station. |
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FORSTER, CAMERON | Fg Off |
He was training to be a fast jet pilot with No 72 (Reserve) Sqn at Linton-on-Ouse when he was killed in a flying accident whilst flying a Firefly, G-BNSO which crashed near the station. |
xx Jul |
PARR, ALEX, age: 40 |
Flt Lt
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He was serving at the ETPS and was killed whilst flying a civilian aircraft which crashed near Salisbury in Wiltshire. |
xx Dec |
SALEEM, SHAHBAZ age: 28 | LAC |
He had been serving as a MT Driver at RAF Leeming and died from bowel cancer. |
xx Nov |
IRWIN, ANNA |
Flt Sgt |
She was serving with No 18 Sqn and died from cancer. |
20 Mar |
BAYLIS, JONATHAN |
Cpl |
He was killed when Hawk T Mk 1, XX204 of the RAF Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows crashed shortly after take off from RAF Valley on its return to RAF Scampton. |
xx May |
KENDRICK, EMILY age: 25 | SAC | A Stewardess at RAF Brize Norton, she died from ovarian cancer. |
16 Sep
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STEVENSON, SCOTT age: 25 | SAC(T) | He was serving at RAF Marham but died in St George's Hospital, London from injuries sustained in an inter service Rugby League match against the Army at Aldershot, two days previously. |
7 Mar |
KENRIGHT, DAVID age 34 | |
SAC |
He was serving with No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Sqn at RAF Wittering and went missing after a night out in Stamford, his body being found two days later in the River Welland. |
22 Nov |
PIKE, THOMAS |
Sgt |
He was serving at RAF Coningsby and died in Boston Hospital from complications following Covid-19. |
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