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Date of Death

surname

christian names

rank

country

death

CWG

Pool

S/No

A/C

circumstances

King

Douglas Stanley

Cmd

UK

22/04/1940

Heston


 

G-AFKD

Electra

crashed at Binn Uird, near Loch Lomond - en route Perth to Heston

Clark

John Taverner Wilson

F/O

UK

25/05/1940

Aireborough (Yeadon)

3 FPP

L6160

Botha 1

lost height avoiding houses and hit ground Horsforth Yorks

Davison

Elsie Joy

T/O

UK

08/07/1940

Bristol

CFS

N7539

Master 1

crashed on approach to Upavon whilst dual flying with Sgt L'Estrange an Instructor at CFS

Fields

Herbert Roy

F/O

UK

04/08/1940

Maidenhead

3 FPP

N7761

Master 1

flew into hill in fog and crashed at Burnhead Tweedsmuir Peebles

Cummings

Sydney Edward

F/O

UK

29/08/1940

Wandsworth


 

AR666

Mohawk

caught fire on t/o Hawarden to Lossiemouth returned and crashed on approach - date of crash given as 26/08/40

Reed

Stephen Peter

Cpt

UK

23/09/1940

Troqueer

3 FPP

N1177

Beaufort

swung on approach and wing hit ground at Dumfries British Airways Pilot

Fontes

Luis Goncelvis

F/O

UK

12/10/1940

Mapledurham

3 FPP

R1156

Wellington 1C

stalled after an engine cut in the circuit at RAF Llandow, Glamorgan and hit pole crashed in nearby Llysworney village

Satel

Leonard

F/O

POL

28/10/1940

Brandwood End (B'Ham)

3 FPP

R3840

Blenheim IV

hit balloon cable and crashed near Birmingham

Laursen

Aaga Vademar Helstrup

F/O

CAN

04/11/1940

Hawarden

4 FPP

R6019

Oxford 1

flew into hill at Brynford nr Holywell Flint in bad visibility - ferry flight Prestwick to Kidlington

Johnson

Amy

F/O

UK

05/01/1941

Runnymede

5 FPP

V3540

Oxford

baled out into River Thames - ferry Prestwick to Kidlington

Horsey

Herbert John

Cpt

UK

06/01/1941

Hatfield

2 FPP

AR658

Mohawk 1V

seriously injured 4 days earlier on 02/01/41 hit cables crashed 2.5 miles NW of Wroughton (BOAC pilot)

Brooks

Dennis Brian

Fl/Lt

UK

23/01/1941

Preston

9 FPP

R3399

Anson

force landing at Southport due to lack of fuel (RAF 39707) - ferry Carlisle to Hawarden

Randrup

Ivan Christian

F/O

DEN

29/01/1941

Fettercairn


 


 


 

Self inflicted gun shot wound Edzell 44 MU

Carragher

Francis Dean

F/O

UK

01/02/1941

Manchester

3 FPP

AR664

Mohawk 1V

spun into ground during aerobatics Ringway

Phillips

Laslie Arthur

F/O

UK

09/02/1941

Southgate

6 FPP

P7960

Spitfire 11A

undershot and hit house Meir nr Stoke on Trent

Randall

Percy

Cpt

UK

17/03/1941

Maidenhead

1 FPP

Z7010

Hurricane

flew into high ground Bledlow Bucks in bad visibility - ferry Henlow to Hullavington

Holcombe

George

F/O

USA

27/03/1941

Whitehaven

1 TFPP

T8822

Master 1

flew into hill in low cloud Rottington Bees Head Cumbria - ferry Woodley to Prestwick

Loewenstein

Robert Serge

F/O

BEL

29/03/1941

Repatriated Belguim

1 FPP

V6263

Blenheim 1V

engine cut on ferry flight Speke to Lyneham crashed 1m SW of White Waltham Formerly buried at Twyford (St Andrew) Churchyard, Leicestershire

Bodinnar

John Kenneth

F/O

UK

03/04/1941

Maidenhead

1 FPP

Z3166

Hurricane

flew into ground in bad visibility nr Tarleton Lancs - ferry Langley to Silloth

Napier

Carill Stanley

Cpt

UK

29/04/1941

Halton (St Michael)

1 FPP

L1100

Blenheim 1

crashed on t/o from West Raynham and hit hangar - died 4 months later in RAF Hospital Halton

Landis

Irvin Trout

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Fordyce

Robert Eugene

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Torpey

James Charles

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Lowell

Robert Alfred

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Burden

Robert John

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Wright

James Seigel

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Collings

Kenneth Brown

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Smith

Robert Glenn

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Friedrich

Ellis Gustave

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Nance

William Harold

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Woodall

John Allison

Air Pilot

USA

30/04/1941

Ottawa Memorial


 


 


 

whilst sailing on SS Nerissa from Halifax to Liverpool torpedoed off St Kilda

Estes

William Noel

F/O

USA

26/06/1941

Orpington

1 FPP

P8538

Spitfire

hit barrack block on attempted overshoot and crashed at Biggin Hill

Mills

Eric David

S/O

UK

28/06/1941

East Finchley


 

P2402
 

Magister
 

hit by another aircraft whilst taxying at White Waltham

Hansen

Harald Julius

Cpt

DEN

24/07/1941

Repatriated Denmark


 

R9761
 

Anson
 

On 22/07/41 at RAF Brize Norton in Anson R9761 hit by Blenheim making emergency landing. Died 2 days later 24/07/41 Radcliffe Hospital Oxford.

Bender

Francis Everett

F/O

UK

03/08/1941

Monkton & Prestwick

14 FPP

AH463

Havoc

In bad visibility crashed into hills on ferry flight New Cumnock Ayrshire

Bradbrooke

Francis Delaforce

Cpt

UK

10/08/1941

Kilbride Old Churchyard

FC

AM261

Liberator

crashed into mountain on Isle of Arran after t/o from Heathfield Ayr (22 killed)

Powell

George Herbert

R/O

UK

10/08/1941

Kilbride Old Churchyard

FC

AM261

Liberator

crashed into mountain on Isle of Arran after t/o from Heathfield Ayr (22 killed)

Oliver

Albert Alexander

R/O

UK

10/08/1941

Kilbride Old Churchyard

FC

AM261

Liberator

crashed into mountain on Isle of Arran after t/o from Heathfield Ayr (22 killed)

Rees

Herbert David

R/O

UK

10/08/1941

Kilbride Old Churchyard

FC

AM261

Liberator

crashed into mountain on Isle of Arran after t/o from Heathfield Ayr (22 killed)

Trimble

Walter Lee

F/O

USA

14/08/1941

Cambridge American

FC

AM260

Liberator

crashed on t/o from wrong r/w Heathfield Ayr after veering off the runway and striking a small building. (22 Killed)

Anding

Elbert Beard

F/O

USA

14/08/1941

Cambridge American

FC

AM260

Liberator

crashed on t/o from wrong r/w Heathfield Ayr after veering off the runway and striking a small building .(22 Killed)

Lee

Philip Francis

T/O

USA

14/08/1941

Cambridge American

FC

AM260

Liberator

crashed on t/o from wrong r/w Heathfield Ayr after veering off the runway and striking a small building. (22 Killed)

Watson

Earl Wellington

F/O

UK

14/08/1941

Cambridge American

FC

AM260

Liberator

crashed on t/o from wrong r/w Heathfield Ayr after veering off the runway and striking a small building. (22 Killed)

Wetzel

Martin Joseph

F/O

USA

14/08/1941

Cambridge American

FC

AM260

Liberator

crashed on t/o from wrong r/w Heathfield Ayr after veering off the runway and striking a small building. (22 Killed)

Taylor

Henry Edward

S/O

UK

17/08/1941

Maidenhead

TFPP
 

DJ710
 

Avro
Commodore

crashed whilst landing at White Waltham on 10/08/41 - died from his injuries 17/08/41

Marcus

Jack Allan

S/O

USA

29/08/1941

Stranraer

TFPP

T1675

Lysander 111

on ferry flight Lyneham to Prestwick and flew into hill New Luce Wigtownshire

McFarland

Stephen William

S/O

USA

03/09/1941

Repatriated USA

TFPP

AZ324

Master 11

flew into sea in bad visibility 2m north of Drummore Wigtown - body recovered and originally buried Stranraer (Glebe) Cemetery

Govett

Vincent George

F/O

UK

08/09/1941

Bristol

2 FPP

X7640

Beaufighter 1F

flew into high ground 3m SW of Capel Curig Caernarvon

Purser

Richard William

F/O

UK

14/09/1941

Stoke Poges

6 FPP

X6958

Oxford 11

Ratcliffe to Burtonwood dived into ground in bad visibility 4 m from Stafford

Seeds

Kenneth Meryl

F/O

USA

08/10/1941

Jurby

8 FPP

Z8424

Wellington

Wellington ferry Hawarden to 23 MU Aldergrove flew into Mt Snaefell Isle of Man in bad visibility

Corsellis

Timothy J. Manley

S/O

UK

10/10/1941

Oxford Crematorium

TFPP

L8268

Magister 1

stalled on approach to Annan - ferry Luton to Carlisle

Wolff

Harry

F/O

USA

28/10/1941

Birmingham

2 FPP

T3045

Beaufighter 11F

stalled on approach from ferry flight crashed ½ m south of Atcham

Paredes

Isidro Juan

F/O

UK

07/11/1941

Repatriated P'pines

3 FPP

P5396

Hampden

dived into ground on overshoot at Burtonwood. Formerly buried at Great Sankey (St Mary) Churchyard Extension.

Handley

Walter Leslie

Cpt

UK

15/11/1941

Birmingham

3 FPP

AH598

Airacobra 1

engine cut and stalled and dived into ground nr Fingland Cumbria

Bergel

John Graham

F/O

UK

15/11/1941

Golders Green

6 FPP

Z6080

Blenheim 1V

stalled in Oulton circuit

Baker

John Robert

F/O

UK

20/11/1941

New Southgate

ATA

DP848

Hawk Major

ran out of fuel and hit hill nr Priddy Wells Somerset (ex G-AENS)

Bush

Francis Joseph

Cpt

UK

23/11/1941

Maidenhead

4 FPP

AL562

Liberator 11

engine caught fire crashed in sea or Pidinny Hill Stranraer Wigtown Bay en route Prestwick to Hawarden

Uhlich

Elmer Edward

F/O

USA

23/11/1941

Cambridge American

4 FPP

AL562

Liberator 11

engine caught fire crashed in sea or Pidinny Hill Stranraer Wigtown Bay en route Prestwick to Hawarden

Gasser

Ernest Edward

F/O

USA

07/12/1941

Wribbenhall

2 FPP

Z5663

Hurricane

dived into ground in snowstorm and crashed Button Oak nr Bewdley

Stewart

William Arundel

S/O

NZ

09/12/1941


 


 


 


 

Died of illness (appendicitis) at Bursledon nr Hamble - Cemetery not known - Errol Martyn FYT Vol 1 refers

Green

Alfred Edward

S/O

UK

09/12/1941

Old Milverton

TFPP

BM955

Hurricane 1

18 MU Dumfries to Cardiff flew into trees Cockerham Rd Lancaster crashed bad weather Lunecliffe nr Lancaster

Wiley

Joseph Stuart

F/O

USA

10/12/1941

Runnymede

4 FPP

AK575

Kittyhawk 1

ferry flight from Speke to Prestwick presumed lost Irish Sea

Rogers

Thomas Williams

F/O

UK

10/12/1941

Myddfai

6 FPP

W5103

Botha

crashed on ferry flight Sherburn to Hawarden 5m NE of Glossop bad weather

Gosiewski

Antoni Henrryck

S/O

POL

19/12/1941

Maidenhead

TFPP

W8479

Master 111

flew into hill in bad visibility Arrant Haw Fell 2m n of Sedbergh Yorks - Reading to Lossiemouth via Shawbury

Marks

David Aaron

S/O

UK

26/12/1941

Willesdon

8 FPP

AE489

Hudson 111

flew into ground in fog Blacklaw Farm Lowtown 4m N of Stewarton Ayrshire (with Garlow)

Garlow

Lee leslie

F/O

USA

26/12/1941

Cambridge American

8 FPP

AE489

Hudson 111

flew into ground in fog Blacklaw Farm Lowtown 4m N of Stewarton Ayrshire (with Marks)

Winn

Richard Harry

S/O

UK

28/01/1942

Maidenhead

4 FPP

T8614

Master 1

flew into ground in forced landing Baldoo Hill Stainmore Westmorland - ferry Dumfries to Catterick

Collins

Percival John

S/O

UK

29/01/1942

Chislehurst

59 O.T.U.

V7001

Hurricane 1

crashed Pen-Y-Cae Acresair nr Wrexham (Ruabon) bad weather - ferry Hanworth to Dumfries

Park

Cletus Lloyd

F/O

USA

30/01/1942

Paisley

4 FPP

K6838

Hind

crashed Eaglesham Moor Renfrewshire

Bebb

John Lloyd

Cpt

UK

30/01/1942

Capel Madog

3 FPP

AR671

Mohawk

engine cut on approach to forced landing at Pershore

Renicker

Earl Lamar

F/O

USA

07/02/1942

Altrincham Bowden

14 FPP

AT231

Hampden 1

crashed on approach to Weston Park ferry Preston to Thorney Island

Elliott

William Johnstone

F/O

USA

08/02/1942

Altrincham

ATA

W1793

Anson 1

crashed Buckles House South Stainmore Westmorland nr Kirby Stephen Cumbria in bad weather

Nathan

John Alexander

S/O

UK

08/02/1942

Stratfield Mortimer

ATA

BB691

Tiger Moth

crashed into by Spitfire whilst both landing at RAF Ouston - ferry Witney to Prestwick

Hill

Bridget Grace M. Ledger

T/O

UK

15/03/1942

Britford

ATA

HM178

Argus

stalled and crashed on approach to White Waltham and hit house

Lever

Graham Oliver

F/O

AUS

15/03/1942

Broughton Hants

ATA

HM178

Argus

stalled and crashed on approach to White Waltham and hit house

Sayer

Betty Eileen

Cadet

UK

15/03/1942

Maidenhead

ATA

HM178

Argus

stalled and crashed on approach to White Waltham and hit house

Scott

Alexander

F/O

UK

15/03/1942

Carlisle

16 FPP

AD395

Spitfire V

ferry to 331S Skaebrae flew into hill in cloud Breconside Farm NW of Thornhill Dumfries

Porter

Ronald Arthur

F/O

UK

15/03/1942

Carlisle

16 FPP

AD296

Spitfire Vb

flew into high ground High Lochenbreck Dumfries

Fisher

John Charles

F/O

UK

15/03/1942

Newcastle under Lyme


 

X7190

Oxford

en route from Ratcliffe to Prestwick hit hill nr Wigtown Registered Scotland Craiglarie

Berry

Nathaniel Addison

S/O

UK

18/03/1942

Golders Green

3 FPP

X3130

Hampden

missing between Kirkbride and Thorney Island

Bray

Thomas Charles

F/O

Aus

18/03/1942

Maidenhead

3 FPP

X3130

Hampden

missing between Kirkbride and Thorney Island

Edgar

William Silver

F/O

USA

02/04/1942

Cambridge American

4 FPP

BM358

Spitfire VB

crashed whilst low flying 12m NE of Dyce - Prestwick to Kinloss

Miller

Richard G.

Pilot

USA

08/04/1942

Runnymede

FC

FH246

Hudson 111A

lost out of Gander on Atlantic ferry run to UK

Frankelson

Nathan

R/O

CAN

08/04/1942

Runnymede

FC

FH246

Hudson 111A

lost out of Gander on Atlantic ferry run to UK

Erickson

John Burge

F/O

USA

09/05/1942

Maidenhead


 

K7086

Blenheim

collided with Blenheim L8439 after t/o at White Waltham

Leslie-Melville

Alexander Ronald

F/O

UK

12/06/1942

Maidenhead

5 FPP

AG680

Hurricane 11B

flew into hill in bad visibility Henlow to Silloth 6m west of Keld Richmond Yorks at Great Sled Dale

Marshall

Joan Esther

T/O

UK

20/06/1942

Maidenhead

ATA

N7806

Master 1

spun into ground in circuit at Lyneham Rd Maidenhead

Czyzewski

Stefan

F/O

UK

21/07/1942

Monkton & Prestwick

4 FPP

X7764

Beaufighter

With 18 MU Flew against a hill out of cloud and crashed Glenyard Hill, Auchingilloch, Ayrshire

Greaves

John Milne

F/O

UK

30/07/1942

Oldham

ATA

N7958

Master

engine cut on t/o stalled avoiding trees and overturned at White Waltham

Pruden

John Richard

S/O

UK

12/08/1942

Runnymede

ATA

EP748

Spitfire V

missing on ferry flight - last seen off Girvan - Desford to Prestwick

Grant

Malcolm Cross

F/O

UK

29/08/1942

Golders Green


 


 

Havoc

crashed at Abbott Piggott nr Bassingbourne - Z2299 is in Avia file as the aircraft but lost on Ops with 418 Sqdn 09/0/09/42 - ferry Burtonwood to Bradwell Bay

Chirasakti

Suprabhat

S/O

Siam

12/09/1942

Golders Green

16 FPP

JS346

Sea Hurricane VC

flew into hill in fog Eaves Hall Langholm Scotland

Moseley

Frederick Howard

T/O Flt Eng

UK

15/09/1942

Farnham

1 FPP

FK217

Liberator 11

swung on take off at Boscombe Down and hit hangar ferry to 22MU Silloth

Kennard

Donald Ian Menzies

Flt/Cpt

UK

15/09/1942

Golders Green

1 FPP

FK217

Liberator 11

swung on take off at Boscombe Down and hit hangar ferry to 22MU Silloth

Morris

Cyril Walter

F/O

UK

17/09/1942

Stoke (St Michael)

3 FPP

EP983

Spitfire V

spun into ground Saighton Cheshire - Hawarden to Wroughton

Grundstrom

Edwin Allen

F/O

USA

07/10/1942

Cambridge American


8 FPP


 


 

Died from internal injuries after accidentally falling down stairs. Initially buried US Cemetery Lisnabreeny, Belfast then reinterred Cambridge American.

Mason

Walter

Flt/Cpt

UK

21/11/1942

Otford

5 FPP

DN251

Typhoon 1B

crashed into high ground 11/2 miles south of Bunbury - Brown Clee Hill Burwarton Shropshire in bad visibility

Dixon

Hubert James

S/O

UK

28/11/1942

Altrincham

14 FPP

N3319

Defiant

engine cut - stalled attempting forced landing and dived into ground Timperley Cheshire Hullavington to Barrow via Millom

Bowles

Frederick George

Cadet

UK

06/12/1942

Newcastle upon Tyne

ATA

L8233

Magister

Magister spun into ground nr Letchworth Herts 11/2 miles SSW of Baldock

Rodway

Norman Kenneth

F/O

UK

11/12/1942

Liverpool

7 FPP

ES260

Spitfire V

dived into ground on approach at Newton Cottage Farm Dyce

Stubbs

James Hector

S/O

UK

21/12/1942

Liverpool

3 FPP

JG924

Spitfire V

hit wires low flying and crashed 3 miles N of Chester at Mollington

Arckless

Irene

S/O

UK

03/01/1943

Carlisle

5 FPP

V3888

Oxford

engine cut on night take off at Cambridge

Trevor-Williams

Patrick Morgan

S/O

UK

15/01/1943

Leek

7 FPP

W8840

Master 111

flew into ground at Bottom House Ashbourne Leek on ferry flight Sherburn to Ternhill in bad weather

Colman

Alan Rees

F/O

UK

17/01/1943

Leeds

1 FPP

KX411

Hurricane IV

ground looped at Sherburn on landing and tipped over into water - pilot drowned

Badhe

Ramchamdra Murlidhar

S/O

India

20/01/1943

Not Known

6 FPP

L3408

Henley

believed stalled in bad visibility and crashed Methorpe Westmorland ferry Rearsby to RNAS Twatt

Milton

William Byrd Lee

F/O

USA

23/02/1943

Repatriated USA

16 FPP

DX118

Beaufort

Edzell to 5 O.T.U Long Kesh, Northern Ireland crashed on the top of Brownhart Law Cottonshope Burn 1 mile W of Makendon. 5 miles NNE of Byrness village, Northumberland.

Salmon

Honor Isabel Pomeroy Mrs

F/O

UK

19/04/1943

Dyrham

FPP

HN765

Oxford

flew into high ground in bad visibility Roundway Devizes

Waldron

Harold Frank Peter

Flt/Eng

UK

22/04/1943

Runnymede

4 FPP

FP321

Catalina

crash landed at Largs Ayrshire - failed to escape from sinking aircraft

Jameson

Donald Alexander

F/O

UK

24/04/1943

Shamley Green

4 FPP

AG471

Mustang

blew up and crashed crashed 1m SW of Bottisham Cambs - 12MU Kirkbride to Bottisham (formerly RAF)

Nicholson

Mary Webb Miss

S/O

UK

22/05/1943

Repatriated USA

12 FPP

W9029

Master

lost propeller and hit house during forced landing at Littleworth, near Worcester - Hullavington to Ternhill

Carpenter

Anthony

F/O

UK

21/06/1943

Newcastle under Lyme

3 FPP

HF136

Wellington

engine cut on take off from Hawarden

Shirley

John Charles

F/O

UK

07/08/1943

Meriden


 

FN249

Wildcat IV

crashed Pitbauchlie Dunfermline after take off from Donibristle - aircraft from Donibristle Ferry Pool

Humphrey

William C. Lyndon

S/O

EIRE

20/08/1943

Whitechurch (Co. Dublin)

ATA

JF844

Spitfire V111

control lost in cloud and crashed in forced landing Luckley Farm Stow on the Wold Glos N. Cotswolds 6a 475

Milliken

J. Christopher

Flt/Sgt

UK

20/08/1943

Butcombe

5 FPP

BV759

Barracuda

crashed nr Rufford bombing range nr Mansfield Notts after engine failure (RAF 131679)

Mitchell

Stanley Eric

F/O

UK

06/09/1943

Pontypridd

2 FPP

ND173

Beaufighter

stalled after take off and crashed at St Athan - ferry 19 MU St Athan to OAFU Filton

Adams

Albert Ernest

Cadet

U.K.

06/09/1943

Aylesbury


 

K6526

Hart

died in hospital 4 days later after crashing on approach to Thame airfield 02/09/43

Cummings

John Kilby

Cpt

USA

07/09/1943

Christiansborg

FC

41-24140

C-87 Liberator

crashed shortly after t/o at 01.14am near Accra - no more details known - 1 RAF and 8 RCAF killed

Martin

Deryck John Michael

F/O

UK

11/10/1943

Reading

16 FPP

L2026

Hurricane 1

engine cut and stalled in forced landing and crashed 5m NE of Cupar Fife at Grange Farm Fife (Flt Sgt 1292918)

Coutanceau

Maurice Gaston Emile

F/O

UK

26/10/1943

Upminster

3 FPP

LE262

Hurricane

stalled in cloud and crashed 10M E of Bees Head - ferry 22MU Silloth to 222MU Hight Ercall

Shepherd

John

S/O

UK

03/11/1943

Cardiff

2 FPP

NE203

Beaufighter MKX

ferry Weston-Super-Mare to Inverness via Kirkbride dived into ground Worlds End Llangollen (possible Flt/Sgt 1314240)

Brandt

Laurent F. Ronald

F/O

UK

23/11/1943

Golders Green

1 FPP

LZ536

Beaufighter X

dived into ground out of cloud Cronton Mapley Lancs (8m East of Liverpool) - AB says crashed on 25/11/43 typo ?

Dorrell

Alan Blair

F/O

UK

01/12/1943

Maidenhead

2 FPP

JG546

Spitfire V111

crashed in bad weather Byron Hall Farm Stag Lane Lowton nr Warrington - 6MU Brize Norton to 18MU Dumfries

Boilstone

John William

F/O (Flt Sgt)

UK

09/12/1943

Romsley

16 FPP

LS146

Beaufort

crashed at Kirkbride - ferry 44 MU Edzell to 40APU Melton Mowbray -

Hurley

John Dennis

F/O

EIRE

18/12/1943

Mt. Jerome (Dublin)

8 FPP

AD736

Hampden 1

control lost on approach Hawarden hit building

Cooke

Stanley Edwin

Flt/Eng

UK

23/01/1944

Willesdon

1 FPP

N1001

Beaufort

engine caught fire after t/o from Fairoaks and crashed at Chobham - ferry Fairoaks to Edzell (Flying with Herringshaw)

Herringshaw

Stanley Richard

F/O

UK

23/01/1944

Maidenhead

1 FPP

N1001

Beaufort

engine caught fire after t/o from Fairoaks and crashed at Chobham - ferry Fairoaks to Edzell (Flying with Cooke)

Bird

Arthur

Flt/Eng

UK

24/01/1944

Edenbridge

ATA

JP182

Halifax 11

struck high ground at Eel Crag nr Bassenthwaite in bad wx and off course - ferry Kinloss to Kemble via Kirkbride

Hawkey

John Walter

P/O

CANADA

24/01/1944

Hawarden

3FPP

NE474

Beaufighter

Collision on airfield with Mustang AG597(23/01/1944) - died 24/01/1944 in Cosford Hospital

Short

Bernard

Flt/Cpt

UK

24/01/1944

Ringway

ATA

JP182

Halifax 11

struck high ground at Eel Crag nr Bassenthwaite in bad wx and off course - ferry Kinloss to Kemble via Kirkbride

Firby

Geoffrey Maurice

F/O

UK

05/02/1944

Bradford

ATA

N4945

Anson

lost aileron while avoiding dummy attack by Spitfire dig Worker House Farm nr Winston Darlington - Sherburn to Arbroath

Winstone

Jane

S/O

NZ

10/02/1944

Maidenhead

12 FPP

MK616

Spitfire 1X

engine cut on take off and crashed into Tong Lake near Cosford

Harrington

Janice Margaret

Flt/Eng

UK

02/03/1944

Maidenhead

15 FPP

HP932

Mosquito V1

crashed Lasham on approach – undershot – opened up, climbed to 150’, stalled, spun into the left.

Cordner

J. Herald

Flt/Cpt

USA

02/03/1944

Cambridge American

ATA


 


 

died of natural causes at Prestwick

Lang

Dora

F/O

UK

02/03/1944

Maidenhead

15 FPP

HP932

Mosquito V1

crashed Lasham on approach – undershot – opened up, climbed to 150’, stalled, spun into the left.

Jefferys

Charles Aiden Vernon

F/O

UK

10/03/1944

Stroud

16FPP

W5385

Wellington 11

lost height on take off and flew into ground 1/4m NNW of Aldergrove - ferry Aldergrove to Shawbury

Kershaw

Kathleen Mary

S/O

UK

03/04/1944

Runnymede

ATA

N4875

Anson 1

lost in Irish Sea on mercy flight White Waltham to Prestwick to pick up patient (with Cpt Fairweather)

Fairweather

Douglas Keth

Cpt

UK

03/04/1944

Dunure

ATA

N4875

Anson 1

lost in Irish Sea on mercy flight White Waltham to Prestwick to pick up patient (with Nurse Kershaw)

Whittall

Taniya Miss

S/O

UK

08/04/1944

West Hoathley

1 LFS

R5672

Lancaster 1

passenger on an air test from No 1 LFS RAF Hemswell crashed nr Caistor - Chorley Vol 8 p177 refers

Godwin

William Lionel

F/O

UK

30/04/1944

Weston super Mare

1 FPP

NT192

Mosquito

dived into the ground from 8000ft and crashed 2M south of Lichfield - Hatfield to Shawbury

Marsh

Francis Robert

F/O

UK

29/05/1944

Runnymede

7 FPP

NV195

Beaufighter X

crashed in sea 11/2 M NW of Bass Rock Firth of Forth - Sherburn to Lossiemouth

Staniford

Royston Edwin

Flt/Eng

UK

08/06/1944

Glasgow

4 FPP

NV235

Beaufighter X

flew into high ground in bad visibility nr Mull of Galloway lighthouse

Echallier

Claudius

F/O

UK

08/06/1944

Brookwood

4 FPP

NV235

Beaufighter X

flew into high ground in bad visibility nr Mull of Galloway lighthouse

Egginton

Roy Leonard

F/O

UK

09/06/1944

Runnymede

3 FPP

JZ560

Avenger 11

missing en route Hawarden to Hawkinge

Rowe

Henry John Norman

F/O

UK

15/06/1944

Weston super Mare

9 FPP

P1563

Albermarle

hit hedge on take off and crash landed

Fisk

Thomas Maxwell

S/O

AUS

25/06/1944

Golders Green

1 FPP

FB348

Mustang 111

spun into ground near Petworth Sussex - Redhill to Ford

Acton

Wilbur Washington

F/O

USA

08/07/1944

Maidenhead

ATA

NK773

Anson

collided with Oxford X7134 and crashed 5 M North of Hullavington at Robourne Wilts

Slade

Eleanor Isabella (Susan)

Flt/Cpt

UK

13/07/1944

Stokenchurch

5 FPP

Z1690

Wellington

lost height after take off from Little Rissington and crashed - 8MU to 26 O.T.U

Fairweather

Margaret Hon. Mrs

Flt/Cpt

UK

04/08/1944

Dunure

ATA

LZ801

Proctor 111

forced landing after engine cut at Shocklach nr Malpas Cheshire en route Heston to Hawarden then Renfrew

White

Frank Aston

Cpt

UK

07/08/1944

Newton Abbott

1 FPP

MJ413

Spitfire

stalled after take off and dived into ground at Ratcliffe

Glover

John Ludlow

F/O

CAN

12/08/1944

Monkton & Prestwick

4 FPP

MD805

Barracuda

stalled and dived in 1m SW of Annan executing tight turns around Tiger Moth – ferry from Kirkbride

Dale

John Douglas

T/O

UK

17/08/1944

Consett

14 FPP

PH235

Oxford

force landed engine failure and hit HT cables Cranage near Holmes Chapel Cheshire (Flying with Couser and Thompson)

Thompson

Thomas Frank

F/O

UK

17/08/1944

Stretham

14 FPP

PH235

Oxford

force landed engine failure and hit HT cables Cranage near Holmes Chapel Cheshire (Flying with Dale and Couser) RAF EX 27 O.T.U. Crewe 8a 324

Couser

Archibald Campbell

T/O

UK

17/08/1944

Falkirk

14 FPP

PH235

Oxford

force landed engine failure and hit HT cables Cranage near Holmes Chapel Cheshire (Flying with Dale and Thompson)

Selby

David Martin

S/O

UK

18/09/1944

Camberwell

16 FPP

KW326

Beaufighter V1

engine caught fire and dived into sea 2m NNW of Lossiemouth/found dead in sea 21st September Halliman Skerries off Lossiemouth

Thompson

William

F/O

UK

06/10/1944

Gosforth

6 FPP

NG198

Lancaster

collision with Blenheim AZ946 (Flt/Sgt R.W. Field killed) nr Spitalgate Lincs - ferry Baginton to East Kirby (with Flt/Eng Howell)

Howell

Dennis J. Richard

Flt/Eng

UK

06/10/1944

Rugby

6 FPP

NG198

Lancaster

collision with Blenheim AZ946 (Flt/Sgt R.W. Field killed) nr Spitalgate Lincs - ferry Baginton to East Kirby (with F/O Thompson)

Vergette

Edward Easton

T/O

UK

27/10/1944

Birkenhead

3 FPP

T4109

Defiant

lost control on approach to Hawarden and crashed - Hullavington to Donibristle

Milson

James

T/O

CAN

15/11/1944

Spennymoor

16 FPP

NN494

Seafire 111

broke cloud in snowstorm and crashed Grange Hall Farm nr Carstairs - Kirkbride to Donibristle

Murphy

John Platt

T/O

UK

25/11/1944

Cheadle & Gatley

7 FPP

MX709

Barracuda

flew into ground in bad weather Annesley North Railway Junction Notts - 15 MU Wroughton to RNAS Dunino

Wheelock

Joseph Francis

T/O

UK

27/11/1944

Carlisle

3 FPP

NT147

Mosquito

swung on single engined overshoot and hit ground Kirkbride Wigton - Hawarden to Edzell (from Nicaragua)

Morris

Robert Graham

F/O

UK

03/01/1945

Bonchurch (I of W)

9 FPP

TJ222

Auster V

dived into ground in bumpy conditions at Gatwick - ferry 20 MU to B56

Willans

Thomas Blair

S/O

ARG

12/01/1945

Oxford

3 FPP

PF986

Wellington

parked at Dumfries when hit by Anson LV219 of 10 OAFU overshooting

Williams

Roderick

F/O

UK

04/02/1945

Inverness

14 FPP

PM859

Barracuda

unauthorised low circling over house and crashed into it at Timperly Cheshire - ferry Ringway to Kirkbride

Gould

Gilbert Christopher

F/O

UK

08/02/1945

Golders Green

ATA

HM188

Argus 1

hit pylon and crashed on houses Headley nr Leatherhead Surrey - ferry White Waltham to Gatwick

Seelly

Michael George

F/O

UK

10/02/1945

Holmer & Shelwick

4 FPP

RG883

Martinet 1

crashed into a slag heap in bad visibility at Tankerton Colliery, Holytown, Lanarkshire (Flying Officer 130960)

Wrightson

Basil Frederick

T/O

UK

13/02/1945

Ronse Belguim

1 FPP

TB329

Spitfire 1X

crashed after control lost in bad weather Opbrakel Belguim - ferry 84 GSU to Reception Flight B60

Fairman

Albert Edward Roy

T/O

UK

15/02/1945

Greenwich

14 FPP

KH838

Mustang 1V

crashed at Wrightington Lancs when pilot thrown out of aircraft during roll - Kirkbride to Meir (formerly Flying Officer)

Brown

James Waldron

T/O

UK

20/03/1945

Llandudno

ATA

DJ471

Anson 1

hit by Typhoon JP433 55 O.T.U. whilst on approach at Aston Down (Flying with Hill)

Hill

Frank

F/O

UK

20/03/1945

Hopton (St Margaret)

ATA

DJ471

Anson 1

hit by Typhoon JP433 55 O.T.U. whilst on approach at Aston Down (Flying with Brown)

Murray

Leslie Cairns Miss

T/O

UK

20/04/1945

Chislehurst

ATA

AM854

Hudson V

spun Into ground during single engine flying Popes Field nr Taplow Berks (Flying with Cadet Regan)

Regan

Geofffrey Barnard

Ldg Cadet

UK

20/04/1945

Staines

ATA

AM854

Hudson V

spun Into ground during single engine flying Popes Field nr Taplow Berks (Flying with T/O Murray)

Hayward

David Russell

F/O

UK

21/04/1945

Maidenhead

1 FPP

HB595

Argus 11

engine cut after take off and crashed near Lasham

Jackson

Reginald J. Richard

F/O

UK

23/05/1945

Runnymede

3 FPP

NV666

Tempest V

missing en route Aston Down to Kirkbride – likely crashed Solway Firth

Kempster

Ernest A. David

F/O

UK

29/06/1945

Rheinberg

ATA

DG916

Anson 1

crashed into River Rhine en route Le Bourget to Pilsen due to bad weather

Race

Harold

S/O Flt/Eng

UK

29/06/1945

Rheinberg

ATA

DG916

Anson 1

crashed into River Rhine en route Le Bourget to Pilsen due to bad weather

Burton

James Richard

F/O

UK

30/08/1945

Selby

7 FPP

EK635

Firebrand

climbed to 300ft stalled and caught fire at Brough

Everard-Steenkamp

Rosamund King

S/O

S.A

19/03/1946

Maidenhead

1 FPP

NH695

Spitfire X1V

crashed Pound Green Upper Arley Worcs due engine failure - ferry Hamble to High Ercall