Air Force deaths involving RAAF/RAF Australians in Scotland Chronologically

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  1. spidge

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    407757 Pilot Officer TUCKER, David Thomas

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/59/42 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Aircraft Type: Spitfire
    Serial number: P 9320
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 58 Operational Trg RAF

    Summary:

    On the 31st October 1941, Spitfire P9320 from RAF Grangemouth, was detailed to
    carrying out low flying forced landing exercises coupled with direction finding homing
    practice. The last radar contact made with the aircraft was a few minutes before 0900
    hours. Nothing more was heard from the aircraft which failed to return to base.
    The body of the Pilot was later located at Gualann, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

    Crew:

    RAAF 407757 PO Tucker, D T (Pilot)
    PO Tucker is buried in the Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery, Scotland, UK.


    Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery.JPG
    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer DAVID THOMAS TUCKER

    407757, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 20
    on 31 October 1941
    Son of Hugh Edward and Elsie Frances Tucker, of Brighton, South Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    GRANGEMOUTH (GRANDSABLE) CEMETERY
     

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  2. spidge

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    SECOND WORLD WAR FATALITIES
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING IN RAF
    BEAUFORT SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    400204 Flying Officer LAWSON, Harry Horwood

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A9300, Barcode Commonwealth War Graves records
    Roger Hayward : The Beaufort File Page 45
    Aircraft Type: Beaufort
    Serial number: W 6529
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: ATTD 42 SQN RAF

    Summary:

    Beaufort W6529 flown by FO Lawson (Pilot) flew into a hill at Pusk, Fifeshire, Scotland
    on 29th November 1941. This was a Coastal Command aircraft out of Leuchars on an air test.
    All the crew were killed.
    FO Lawson is buried in the Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire, Scotland.

    FO Lawson trained at No 1 ITS Somers, 3 EFTS Essendon, 3 SFTS RCAF Calgary, Canada.
    He was attached to No 42 Sqn RAF from 20/10/41

    Crew:

    F/O Harry Horwood Lawson (Pilot)
    P/O Henry Lawson Russell
    Sgt Thomas Wensley Ogden
    Sgt Brian John Perrin


    Harry Horwood Lawson's father,
    Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG (5 March 1875 - 12 June 1952), Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.

    Lawson was born in Dunolly, Victoria the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules footballer, playing for Castlemaine. He studied law with a Melbourne law firm and was called to the bar. He then went into practice in Castlemaine, and was elected to the town council, serving as mayor in 1905. In 1901 he married Olive Horwood, with whom he had eight children.

    Lawson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Castlemaine as a Liberal in 1899, and represented the town for 28 years. He was President of the Board of Land and Works in the government of William Watt from 1913 to 1915, and Attorney-General in the government of Alexander Peacock from 1915 to 1917. He remained loyal to Peacock when most country Liberal members supported John Bowser's rural faction, the Economy Party, and when Bowser's short-lived government ended in resignation in May 1918, Lawson succeeded him.

    Lawson proved to be the most successful Premier Victoria had seen to date, holding office for six continuous years, something none of his 26 predecessors had done. This was despite the further fragmentation of the non-Labor vote with the emergence of the Country Party. At the 1921 elections, Lawson's Nationalist Party won 30 seats, to Labor's 20 and the Country Party's 13. Both Labor and the Country Party preferred Lawson to each other, so Lawson was able to survive as a minority Premier. He was helped by Labor's continuing inability to win seats outside its strongholds in the industrial suburbs of Melbourne and a few provincial towns.[1]

    The biggest test Lawson faced was the 1923 Victorian Police strike, which saw riots and looting in the streets of Melbourne. There was also increasingly bitter industrial strife in Melbourne as the prosperity of the prewar years failed to return. There were major strikes on the waterfront and in the coal mining industry. Lawson gained a reputation as a tough conservative. He refused to give in to the demands of the police for better pay and conditions, running the risk of a breakdown in law and order, but once the strike was over he appointed a Royal Commission into their grievances, which gave them much of what they wanted.

    In September 1923 Lawson formed Victoria's first conservative coalition, taking in five Country Party ministers. The coalition broke down in March 1924 when the Country Party made demands Lawson would not accept. The Country Party ministers resigned, and then united with Labor to bring Lawson down. After unsuccessfully contesting the Speakership, he retired to the back bench, where he stayed until October 1928, when he quit state politics altogether.

    Federal politics

    At the 1928 election, Lawson was elected to the Senate as a Nationalist, taking his seat in July 1929. In October the Scullin Labor government came to power and he spent two years in opposition. In October 1933 he was appointed an Assistant Minister in the Lyons United Australia Party government, and in 1934 he was made Minister in charge of Territories. In 1933 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. At the 1934 election, election he retired, his parliamentary term ending in June 1935.

    Lawson died in East Melbourne, survived by seven of his eight children. His wife died in 1949 and his youngest son had joined the Royal Australian Air Force and was killed in 1941

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    Leuchars Cemetery.JPG

    In Memory of
    Flying Officer HARRY HORWOOD LAWSON

    400204, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 26
    on 29 November 1941
    Son of Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson, K.C.M.G., and Lady Olive Adele Lawson, of Armadale, Victoria, Australia; husband of Alice Elizabeth Lawson, of Geelong, Victoria. LL.M. (Melbourne).
    Remembered with honour
    LEUCHARS CEMETERY



    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer HENRY LAWSON RUSSELL

    101579, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 25
    on 29 November 1941
    Son of Alexander and Lilian Russell, of Forest Row, Sussex.
    Remembered with honour
    LEUCHARS CEMETERY

    In Memory of
    Sergeant THOMAS WENSLEY OGDEN

    759141, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 25
    on 29 November 1941
    Son of Fred and Marion Ogden, of Coventry; husband of Ethel Ogden.
    Remembered with honour
    ALLESLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION


    In Memory of
    Sergeant BRIAN JOHN PERRIN

    1375521, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 27
    on 29 November 1941
    Son of John William and Ida Winifred Perrin, of Greenford.
    Remembered with honour
    WEMBLEY (ALPERTON) BURIAL GROUND
     

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  3. spidge

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    404470 Sergeant KENT, Malcolm Edward

    Source:

    AWM237 (65) NAA : A705, Commonwealth War Graves records
    W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units,1940-1947,
    Page 86, Volume 7.
    Aircraft Type: Wellington
    Serial number: L 4348
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 20 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On the 5th December 1941, Wellington L4348 took off from RAF Lossiemouth, detailed
    to carry out a navigational training exercise. The aircraft crashed at 1600 hours some 14
    miles west of Strathy Point, Sutherland, and burst into flames. The blaze was seen by the
    crew of another of the Unit’s aircraft, and all the crew were killed.

    Crew:

    RAF Flt Sgt H S D Goss, Captain (Pilot)
    RAF Sgt A R McCoy, (Observer)
    RAF Sgt A Flint, (Observer)
    RAAF 404470 Sgt M E Kent, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RNZAF Sgt A J Wilson,(Wireless Air Gunner)

    Flt Sgt Goss is buried in the Watford Cemetery, UK.
    Sgt’s McCoy, Kent and Wilson are buried in the Wick Cemetery, UK
    Sgt Flint is buried in the Braunstone (St Peter) Churchyard, UK.

    Wick Cemetery 404470 Kent_ME [1280x768].JPG .JPG]

    Wick Cemetery3 [1280x768].JPG .JPG]
    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant HAROLD SIDNEY DOUGLAS GOSS

    742058, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 22
    on 05 December 1941
    Son of Sidney James Goss and Gladys Lilian Goss, of Watford; husband of Denise Doreen Goss.
    Remembered with honour
    WATFORD CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant ANTHONY RICHARD McCOY

    1166019, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died
    on 05 December 1941

    Remembered with honour
    WICK CEMETERY



    In Memory of
    Sergeant ALFRED FLINT

    1163046, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 28
    on 05 December 1941
    Son of Harry and Lilla Evelyn Flint, of Bushby.
    Remembered with honour
    BRAUNSTONE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant MALCOLM EDWARD KENT

    404470, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 05 December 1941
    Son of Edward George and Ann Kent, of Roma, Queensland, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    WICK CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant ALLAN JAMES WILSON

    404111, Royal New Zealand Air Force
    who died age 20
    on 05 December 1941
    Son of Herbert and Jean Geraldine Wilson, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
    Remembered with honour
    WICK CEMETERY
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    403008 Sergeant McMILLAN, William Thomas

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/141/309 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Aircraft Type: Defiant
    Serial number: N 3495
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 60 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On the 4th January 1942, Defiant N3495 crashed near Linton East, Lothian, Scotland, and
    the crew of two were killed.
    A Court of inquiry into the accident stated : “The aircraft flew into the ground whilst on a
    circuit preparing to land, due to the inexperience and lack of ability on the part of the
    pilot. There was a sudden deterioration in the weather.”

    Crew:

    RAAF 403008 Sgt W T McMillan, (Pilot)
    RAF Sgt T H Jones, (Air Gunner)

    Sgt McMillan is buried in the Haddington (St Martin’s) New Burial Ground, Scotland,
    UK.
    Sgt Jones is buried in the Highcliff (St Mark) Churchyard, UK.
    This CWGC plot was intended to serve RAF East Fortune, a WW1 airfield,
    from which the first E-W crossing of the Atlantic started (airship R34, in 1919).
    It reopened in WW2 and was the home of 60 (night fighter) OTU and then 132 (coastal, strike fighter) OTU. It now serves as the Scotland Museum of Flight.
    Haddington Cemetery [1280x768].JPG .JPG]
    In Memory of
    Sergeant WILLIAM THOMAS McMILLAN

    403008, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 04 January 1942
    Son of James and Matilda McMillan, of Oxley, Victoria, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    HADDINGTON (ST. MARTIN'S) NEW BURIAL GROUND


    In Memory of
    Sergeant TREVOR HARTLEY JONES

    1311958, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 19
    on 04 January 1942
    Son of Percy Jones, and of Lilian D. Jones, of Walkford.
    Remembered with honour
    HIGHCLIFFE (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
     

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  5. RAFCommands

    RAFCommands Senior Member

    Hi Geoff,

    No.60 OTU had three aircraft crashes between 00:01 and 06:30hrs due to weather conditions changing.

    P/O Daniel was ordered to abandon his aircraft and landed safely by parachute from 900 feet.

    P/O G S Richards collapsed the port oleo leg and damaged the centre section of his Defiant landing in the poor conditions.

    Third loss was Sgt McMillan.

    So although the C of I noted his inexperience as a factor, more experienced crews were also caught out in the conditions but survived to tell the tale.

    Recorded Met in the ORB was:
    Visibility for the night was good to very good but moderate in wintery percipitation during evening. Cloud to midnight 6/10 to 10/10 at 1,2000' (sic); after midnight 2/10 to 7/10 at 3,4000' (sic). Wintery showers during the evening and strong NE.ly wind all night.

    Regards
    Ross
     
  6. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Thanks for the detail Ross.

    I have found some of the Court of Inquiry findings quite "black and white" to the detriment of these lads with a few more to come in the next few months.

    The is no doubt in my mind that the exuberance of youth led to many accidents however atrocious weather conditions, especially in Scotland were not fully taken into account when apportioning blame.

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
  7. spidge

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    404637 Sergeant MILLIKEN, Roy Alister
    404634 Sergeant DICKSON, Beaumont Churchill

    Source:

    AWM237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/102/44 Digitised Commonwealth War Graves records
    W R Chorley: RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units 1940-1947,
    Page 95, Volume 7.

    Aircraft Type: Wellington
    Serial number: R 1646
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 20 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On 19th January 1942, Wellington R1646 took off from RAF Lossiemouth, detailed to
    carry out a cross-country training flight, and failed to return at the scheduled time. On, or
    around the 19th February the police relayed a message to Lossiemouth that the wreckage
    of an aircraft had been reported in the vicinity of Clunie Water (or Clunie Glen), near
    Braemar in Aberdeenshire. Three days later a service party struggled across the snow
    covered countryside, and confirmed that the remains were those of the Wellington.
    From evidence gathered at the scene it seems likely that the aircraft came down at around
    1250 hours. The crew of six had been killed.

    Crew:

    RNZAF FO Thomson,, J W DFC, Captain (Pilot)
    RCAF Sgt R J Jackson, (Pilot)
    RCAF Flt Sgt H J Kelley, (Observer)
    RAF Sgt J B Riley, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAAF 404634 Sgt B C Dickson,(Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAAF 404637 Sgt R A Milliken, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAF Sgt M H J Kilburn (Sgt Pilot)
    RAF Sgt W M Greenbank (Air Gunner)

    All the crew are buried in the Dyce Old Churchyard, UK. The Churchyard stands on the
    right bank of the Don, two miles from the Dyce Railway Station, Aberdeenshire,
    Scotland. (Sgt's Kilburn & Greenbank were later exhumed and buried in their local cemetery as designated below).
    Searches were conducted over the area from which the last and very weak W/T message
    was received at RAF Lossiemouth at 1250 hours and no indication of any difficulty was
    indicated. The last estimated position was 57.58N, 01.50 W
    This from a friend in Scotland who tracked me down in Australia and asked "Are you the bloke who wants photos of the RAAF lads buried in Scotland"?
    He proceeded to supply me with 80% of all my requirements with detail similar to that below. I can't thank Frank enough for all his assistance.

    Sgts Dickson and Milliken were in Wellington R1646, of 20 OTU, based at RAF Lossiemouth, which crashed in Glen Cluanie (usually written Cluny), near Braemar, about 60 miles S of Lossiemouth, probably because of bad weather.
    Because of the very heavy snow in the area, the aircraft was not discovered for about one month and it was only on 2 March that most of the crew, including the two RAAF men, were recovered (and six weeks later for the final two). A very informative website (Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command and WWII Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland Entrance) has a great deal of information about the search and recovery, the memorial which was unveiled (by Princess Anne!) in 2003 and about the two Australians (including an appeal to trace the relatives of Sgt Dickson).

    The headstones of Sgts Dickson and Milliken and of two others of the crew are of the ‘special’ type, with ‘buried near this spot’ at the top. I don’t know why, but my guess is that it had been impossible to identify some of the bodies, which were placed in a communal grave, although with separate headstones.

    The CWGC plot is in the old graveyard of St Fergus, which also contains some famous Pictish sculptured stones. As well as the WW2 graves, there are several post WW2 RAF graves and those of three German bomber crews, one of which killed my cousin in 1940.

    RAF Dyce became Aberdeen Airport, the main heliport for North Sea oil operations - when I visited, there were eight large helicopters circling over the graveyard, waiting to land.


    A really in depth story here of the crash and the eventual finding of the crew.
    World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland - Wellington R1646

    The winter of 1942 was one of the worst that the North East of Scotland had ever experienced with heavy falls of snow and bitterly cold temperatures. It was to be several weeks before the fate of the Wellington and her crew was discovered.

    About one month after the disappearance of the Wellington, Gamekeeper James Wright* was out in the hills checking the deer on the Invercauld Estate**,some 60 miles (approx 96 km) south of Lossiemouth as the crow flies. While scanning the snow covered landscape he saw something glinting on part of the hillside. Working in the hills and glens every day as he did, he was familiar with the terrain and how it looked in every type of light and weather. Something was different from usual, and he had noticed this. Using his telescope, carried by all gamekeepers, he focused in on the object and was sure that it looked like the tail section of an aircraft.

    *James Wright was one of three gamekeepers working in the glen at that time, the other two being his cousin, Jock Wright who lived at Callater Lodge beside Loch Callater and Archibald McHardy.

    **The Invercauld Estate has been owned for centuries by the Farquharson family and extends to over 200 Square miles of countryside.

    Later that day, James Wright went to the nearest village, Braemar, and reported what he had seen through his telescope........Read the full story at the link above.............

    Dyce Milliken Photo.JPG

    Dyce Old Churchyard Millikin_RA.JPG

    Dyce Old Churchyard.JPG

    In Memory of
    Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAMSON THOMSON
    D F C

    40667, Royal New Zealand Air Force
    who died age 25
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of James and Laura Jean Thomson, of Omaru, Otago, New Zealand.
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant ROBERT JAMES JACKSON

    R/83904, Royal Canadian Air Force
    who died age 21
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of James and Ella Maud Jackson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant HARRY JOSEPH KELLEY

    R/76125, Royal Canadian Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Harry J. Kelley and Helen V. Kelley, of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada.
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JOHN BERNARD RILEY

    995062, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 23
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Edgar and Edith Marie Riley; husband of Joyce Riley, of Askern, Yorkshire.
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant BEAUMONT CHURCHILL DICKSON

    404634, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 22
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Mervyn and Esther Elizabeth Dickson, of Rockhampton, Queensland. Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant ROY ALISTAIR MILLIKEN

    404637, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 22
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Robert Anderson Milliken and Anne Brown Milliken; husband of Mary Patricia Donahoe Milliken, of Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A. (Sp. Mem. "C".)
    Remembered with honour
    DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD

    In Memory of
    Sergeant MICHAEL HENRY JOHN KILBURN

    1380631, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 19
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Frank and Gladys May Kilburn, of Farnham.
    Remembered with honour
    FARNHAM (GREEN LANE) CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant WILLIAM MORPHET GREENBANK

    1029811, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 20
    on 19 January 1942
    Son of Fred and Sarah Elizabeth Greenbank, of Windermere.
    Remembered with honour
    WINDERMERE (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY
     

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  8. spidge

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    402646 Sergeant DENLEY, Richard Charles

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/101/100 Micro Film NO 463 OAFH
    Commonwealth War Graves records.
    Aircraft Type: Beaufighter
    Serial number: T4751
    Radio call sign: LA-G for George
    Unit: ATTD 235 SQN RAF

    Summary:

    Beaufighter T4751 took off on 9th February 1942, detailed to carry out a daytime nonoperational
    flight The pilot who was not experienced on aircraft type , lost control and
    spun in while attempting to avoid a hill in a snow storm. The aircraft crashed at 1530
    hours, caught fire on impact and the crew were killed. .
    The Pilot on local flying failed to land at once when the weather unexpectedly started to
    deteriorate. He was under Fighter Control on a local W/T exercise in uncertain weather
    conditions. He did not carry out instructions to remain over the drome, but returned when
    conditions were deteriorating, and circled the drome several times. Attempts were made
    to divert the aircraft south but no W/T or R/T communication could be established.
    Although the aircraft wireless was fully serviceable before take off.

    Crew:

    RAAF 402646 Sgt D C Denley, Captain (Pilot)
    RAF Sgt J G Cameron, (Observer)
    RAF Sgt J R Lord, (Observer)

    Sgt Denley is buried in the Lerwick New Cemetery, Sumburgh, Shetland Islands,UK.
    Sgt Cameron is buried in the Knockando Parish Cemetery, UK.
    Sgt Lord is buried in the Oldham (Chadderton) Cemetery, UK.
    Lerwick New Cemetery.jpg
    In Memory of
    Sergeant RICHARD CHARLES DENLEY

    402646, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died
    on 09 February 1942
    Son of Joshua Albert and Annie Agness Denley, of Erina, New South Wales, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    LERWICK NEW CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JAMES GORDON CAMERON

    995198, 235 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died
    on 09 February 1942

    Remembered with honour
    KNOCKANDO PARISH CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JAMES RENNIE LORD

    980329, 235 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 23
    on 09 February 1942
    Son of Frank Lord and of Linda Lord, of Chadderton, Oldham.
    Remembered with honour
    OLDHAM (CHADDERTON) CEMETERY
     

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  9. RAFCommands

    RAFCommands Senior Member

    Hi Geoff,

    Time for the sub-editors blue pen again.

    Sumburgh rather than Sumburg

    Storr seems to have a bit of a blind spot on RAF aircraft serials and keeps repeating this type of error. For this period they are:

    Alpha/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric or

    Alpha/Alpha/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric

    In this case LA-G for George was T4751 not TF4751.

    Regards
    Ross
     
  10. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Hi Geoff,

    Time for the sub-editors blue pen again.

    Sumburgh rather than Sumburg

    Storr seems to have a bit of a blind spot on RAF aircraft serials and keeps repeating this type of error. For this period they are:

    Alpha/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric or

    Alpha/Alpha/Numeric/Numeric/Numeric

    In this case LA-G for George was T4751 not TF4751.

    Regards
    Ross

    Thanks for the detail Ross.

    Edit complete.

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
  11. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    407283 Sergeant BISHOP, Jack
    400344 Sergeant GOLDIE, John Hunter

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/92/113 Commonwealth War Graves Records
    W R Chorley :RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units 1940-1947,
    Page 100, Volume 7.
    Aircraft Type: Wellington
    Serial number: N 2825
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 20 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On the 14th February 1942, Wellington N2825 took off from RAF Lossiemouth for night
    flying practice. Around 2335 hours the aircraft crashed on a hill at Rothes, nine miles
    SSE of Elgin, Moray. The caused of the tragedy was attributed to engine failure. Five of
    the crew were killed and Sgt Burr was injured.

    Crew:

    RAF PO Cobb, R E Captain (Pilot)
    RAF PO Witter, A S (Pilot)
    RAF Sgt H Clark, (Observer)
    RAAF 407283 Sgt J Bishop, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAAF 400344 Sgt J H Goldie, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAF Sgt N A Burr, (Air Gunner) Injured

    PO Cobb is buried in the France Lynch (St John the Baptist) Churchyard, Chalford.
    PO Witter is in the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, UK.
    Sgt Clark is buried in the Lancaster (Scotforth) Cemetery,UK.
    Sgt’s Bishop and Goldie are buried in the Lossiemouth Burial Ground, Scotland.


    Lossiemouth Burial Ground 407283 Bishop_J.jpg
    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer REGINALD ERNEST COBB

    46701, Royal Air Force
    who died
    on 14 February 1942

    Remembered with honour
    FRANCE LYNCH (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer ARTHUR SIDNEY WITTER

    108009, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died
    on 14 February 1942

    Remembered with honour
    CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK


    In Memory of
    Sergeant HENRY CLARK

    1015524, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 27
    on 14 February 1942
    Son of Henry Clark and of Ethel Clark (nee Shaw), of Lancaster. His brother Kenneth also died on service.
    Remembered with honour
    LANCASTER (SCOTFORTH) CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JACK BISHOP

    407283, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 24
    on 14 February 1942
    Son of Charles Drew Bishop and Charlotte Bishop, of West Mount Gambier, South Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    LOSSIEMOUTH BURIAL GROUND


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JOHN HUNTER GOLDIE

    400344, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 22
    on 14 February 1942
    Son of Alexander L. Goldie and Caroline Mary Goldie, of Heathcote, Victoria, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    LOSSIEMOUTH BURIAL GROUND
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    407731 Sergeant SHEPPARD, William Tyndall

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/162 293 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Aircraft Type: Botha
    Serial number: 6211
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 3 Radio School RAF

    Summary:

    On the 24th February 1942, Botha 6211 crashed at Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland, as a
    result of engine failure on the starboard side due to loss of oil. An attempt was made to
    land with one engine at a speed in excess of normal gliding speed. As a consequence the
    aircraft overshot and attempted to go round again. The aircraft stalled and crashed into
    the ground. The Pilot was killed and three of the crew were injured.

    Crew:

    RAAF 407731 Sgt W T Sheppard, (Pilot)
    RAF Sgt T H Mayho, (Instructor)
    RAF Sgt C Balmain, (Pupil)
    RAF Sgt E Brown, (Pupil)

    Sgt Sheppard is buried in the Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery, UK.

    RAAF: Monkton and Prestwick

    Sgt Sheppard died in hospital, at Turnberry, one day after being injured when Botha L6211 of No 3 Radio School, based at RAF Prestwick, suffered engine failure and stalled when overshooting at nearby RAF Turnberry, crashing on the beach. As you see from the photo, the cemetery is at the perimeter of what is now Prestwick International Airport.
    Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery [1280x768].JPG .JPG]

    In Memory of
    Sergeant WILLIAM TYNDALL SHEPPARD

    407731, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 28
    on 24 February 1942



    Remembered with honour
    MONKTON AND PRESTWICK CEMETERY
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    402837 Sergeant PHILLIPS, Brian

    Source:

    AWM 237(65) NAA : A705, 163/150/146 Commonwealth War Graves records
    W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units,1940-1947,
    Page 104, Volume 7.
    Aircraft Type: Lysander
    Serial number: R 9120
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 19 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On 16th March 1942, Lysander R9120 took off from RAF Kinloss, detailed to carry out a
    cooperation training exercise in ground to air firing. While in flight the propeller of the
    aircraft came off, and although the Pilot successfully put the aircraft down on the beach at
    Findhorn Bay, Morayshire, he was unable to prevent his aircraft running into some antitank
    concrete blocks. Tragically a fire started, and although Sgt Phillips either extracted
    himself or was dragged from the inferno, he was so severely burnt that he died within a
    few hours of the crash. Both crew lost their lives.

    Crew:

    RAF Sgt T E Coogan DFM (Pilot)
    RAAF 402837 Sgt B Phillips, (Pilot)

    Both the crew are buried in the Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, UK.
    A Court of Inquiry in the crash reported as follows :
    “ A Technical Report stated : The Primary cause of the accident was that the reduction
    gear failed, cutting through the reduction casing thereby allowing the airscrew and part of
    the casing to fall away.
    A Secondary cause was the loss of the propeller and the aircraft striking concrete antitank
    blocks when attempting to force land.
    The Wing Cdr Commanding Training Wing stated : “ I consider the pilot would have been
    better advised to attempt a forced landing close on to the shore of the Bay of the beach or
    in shallow water straight ahead rather than the sand dunes which meant that he had to
    pass over a large village having turned inland. “
    The Station Commander stated : “The Pilot committed a fatal error of turning back when
    the engine failed at low altitude. He should have force landed on a flat stretch of sand
    straight ahead. The Pilot was a very experienced and of above average ability.”
    Kinloss is right on the sea shore (the Moray Firth is an inlet of the North Sea) and the approach to several wartime runways was over the sea, so several a/c ended up there. Sgt Phillips and his RAF pilot were killed when Lysander III R9120 force landed on the beach near Kinloss, after the prop came off. Unfortunately, the a/c hit one of the concrete anti-tank blocks (which are still there) and burst into flames, The pilot died at the time, but Sgt Phillips died a few hours later, at 11am. The puzzle is that this a/c was apparently tasked to tow a banner for ground to air firing, so it is not clear why it was on the strength of a bomber OTU, especially since there were other units flying Lysanders for that purpose in the locality.
    Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground.jpg

    In Memory of
    Sergeant THOMAS EDWARD COOGAN
    D F M

    534642, Royal Air Force
    who died age 26
    on 16 March 1942
    Son of William and Winifred Coogan, of Greasby, Cheshire.
    Remembered with honour
    KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND


    In Memory of
    Sergeant BRIAN PHILLIPS

    402837, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 20
    on 16 March 1942
    Son of Elias and Mavis Phillips, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    400988 Sergeant SCOTT, Colin Campbell

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/160/187 Commonwealth War Graves records
    W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units, 1940-1947,
    Page 105, Volume 7.
    Aircraft Type: Whitley
    Serial number: N 1437
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 19 Op Training RAF

    Summary:

    On the 24th March 1942,Whiley N1437 took off from RAF Kinloss at 0125 hours for
    night flying training, An engine failed and the aircraft smashed into trees near No 1 site.
    A fire broke out and Sgt Scott perished before he could be dragged clear.

    Crew:

    RAF FO Davies, G C DSO Captain (Instructor Pilot) Injured
    RAAF 400988 Sgt C C Scott, (Pilot) Killed
    RAAF 408168 PO Munro K, (Pilot) Injured
    RAAF 403188 Sgt W W Harris, (Wireless Air Gunner) Injured

    Sgt Scott is buried in the Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, Morayshire, Scotland.
    In a letter to Sgt Scott’s parents, the Grp Capt Commanding RAF Kinloss wrote :
    “Sgt Scott was being given dual instruction at night having been converted to Whitley
    aircraft by day, and he had been flying for sometime on the night in question with his
    Instructor. At the time of the accident Scott was in the left hand seat of the aircraft at the
    controls and the Instructor in the right hand seat at the dual controls. As they were taking
    while practicing take off and landings, the port engine failed suddenly just as the aircraft
    was airborne and when the undercarriage was still down.
    The Instructor Pilot immediately took over the controls but under the circumstances was
    unable to maintain height or direction, and the aircraft losing height and turning to the left
    it crashed into a wood at the edge of the drome. The aircraft was completely demolished
    and the petrol tanks caught fire.
    The engine was inspected and the cause of the failure was found to be an Inlet Valve, a
    chip about the size of a small finger nail having broken off for reasons unknown.”
    PO Munro RAAF, was later killed on 1st July 1943, when with No 3 Flg Instructors School. He
    was then a Flt Lt and had been awarded the DFC and Bar. .
    Sgt Harris survived the crash and the war and was discharged a WO on 29/10/1945 when
    with his Unit being Air Force Headquarter Records.
    Sgt Scott was the only fatality when Whitley V N1437 crashed into trees on one of the dispersed airfield sites, following engine failure on take off. Sgt Scott died in the fire that followed, although the other three occupants survived injured. These included PO Davies, RAF and PO K Munro and Sgt WW Harris, both RAAF.
    Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground.jpg In Memory of
    Sergeant COLIN CAMPBELL SCOTT

    400988, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 24 March 1942
    Son of Charles Alan Leslie Scott and Violet Emily Scott, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    405164 Sergeant WESTON, Colin

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/177/246 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Aircraft Type: Hudson
    Serial number: AM 730
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: ATTD 48 SQN RAF

    Summary:

    Hudson AN730 took off from RAF Wick on 14th April 1942 at 0235 hours, and crashed immediately after take
    off. The aircraft appeared to climb away after take off very steeply,
    stalled and crashed hitting the ground at right angles to the direction of take off. The right
    wing struck the ground first. All the crew were killed.
    Standard runway lighting was in use, but no floodlighting. The weather at the time was
    fine.

    Crew:

    RAF Flt Lt Arkell, D R Captain (Pilot)
    RAAF 405164 Sgt C Weston,. (Observer)
    RAF PO Scull, A K (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAF Sgt K F Wale, (Wireless Air Gunner)

    Flt Lt Arkell was cremated at the Cheltenham Crematorium, Gloucestershire, UK.
    Sgt Weston is buried in the Wick Cemetery, Caithness-Shire, Scotland.
    PO Scull is buried in the Keighley (Haworth) Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK.
    Sgt Wale is buried in the Hove New Cemetery, Sussex, UK.

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    In Memory of
    Flight Lieutenant DANIEL RICHARD ARKELL

    83985, 48 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died
    on 14 April 1942
    Son of Daniel Arkell and of Rose Helen Arkell (nee Cole), of Lechlade, husband of Betty Arkell (nee Stanley), of Lechlade.
    Remembered with honour
    CHELTENHAM CREMATORIUM


    In Memory of
    Sergeant COLIN WESTON

    405164, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 14 April 1942
    Son of George William and Violet Barry Weston, of Sherwood, Queensland, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    WICK CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer ALBERT EDGAR SCULL

    114052, 48 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 24
    on 14 April 1942
    Son of Norman and Mercy Scull, of Haworth, Keighley.
    Remembered with honour
    KEIGHLEY (HAWORTH) CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant KENNETH FRANCIS WALE

    915428, 48 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 24
    on 14 April 1942
    Son of Francis William and Amy Elizabeth Wale; husband of Joan Anne Wale, of Hove.
    Remembered with honour
    HOVE NEW CEMETERY
     

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    SECOND WORLD WAR FATALITIES
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING IN RAF
    BEAUFORT SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    407899 Sergeant JONES, Jack Lundie

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/129/188 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Roger Hayward : The Beaufort File Pages 49 and 51
    Aircraft Type: Beaufort
    Serial number: AW 366
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: ATTD 42 SQN RAF

    Summary:

    Beaufort AW 366 was engaged on 11th May 1942, in a non-operational training day
    formation flight light torpedo attacks, when it collided with AW310.. AW366 crashed
    into the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Two of the crew of AW366 were killed and 2 are
    missing.

    Crew:

    RAF Sgt B F J Page, Captain (Pilot)
    RAAF 407899 Sgt J L Jones, (Observer)
    RAF Sgt S Counsell, (Wireless Air Gunner)
    RAF Sgt D MacDonald,(Wireless Air Gunner)

    Sgt’s Page and Jones are buried in the Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire, Scotland.
    Sgt’s Counsell and MacDonald have no known grace and their names are commemorated
    on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
    Jones_JL.RAAF.jpg

    Leuchars Cemetery.JPG
    In Memory of
    Sergeant BRIAN FREDERICK JOHNS PAGE

    538741, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 11 May 1942
    Son of Randall William and Clara Jane Page, of Ewell, Surrey.
    Remembered with honour
    LEUCHARS CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JACK LUNDIE JONES

    407899, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 29
    on 11 May 1942
    Son of Sydney and Alice Victoria Jones, of Glenunga, South Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    LEUCHARS CEMETERY


    In Memory of
    Sergeant STANLEY COUNSELL

    1065513, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 21
    on 11 May 1942
    Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Counsell, of Bacup, Lancashire; husband of Dorothy Counsell, of Bacup.
    Remembered with honour
    RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL


    In Memory of
    Sergeant DOUGLAS MACDONALD

    1118837, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 28
    on 11 May 1942
    Son of Hugh Macdonald, and of Catherine Macdonald, of Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty.
    Remembered with honour
    RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
     

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    Hi Geoff,

    Blue pen again I'm afraid

    AN730 was a Vutlee Vengance II

    The aircraft that crashed at Wick was AM730 and it took off 35 minutes after Storr has it crashing.

    Regards
    Ross
     
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    Hi Geoff,

    Blue pen again I'm afraid

    AN730 was a Vutlee Vengance II

    The aircraft that crashed at Wick was AM730 and it took off 35 minutes after Storr has it crashing.

    Regards
    Ross

    Thanks Ross.

    Details edited - Thank you!

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
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    SECOND WORLD WAR FATALITIES
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING IN RAF
    BEAUFORT SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    404173 Flight Sergeant DALY, Maurice Joseph

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A9301 Bar code 5522511 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Roger Hayward : The Beaufort File, Page 50
    Aircraft Type: Beaufort
    Serial number: AW 345
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: ATTD86 SQN RAF

    Summary:

    On 28th May 1942, AW345 flown by Flt Sgt Daly, hit an unlit radio mast and crashed at
    Thrumster, Caithness, Scotland. Flt Sgt Daly was killed in the crash.

    Crew:

    RAAF 404173 Flt Sgt M J Daly, (Pilot)

    No other crew details are listed on available records held at Archives.
    Flt Sgt Daly is buried in the Wick Cemetery, Caithness-shire, UK.
    20

    Flt Sgt Daly (28/05/42) was in Beaufort IIA AW345 of 86 Squadron, which flew into an unlit radio mast, on Tannach Hill, about 4 miles SW of the airfield.

    Wick Cemetery3 [1280x768].JPG .JPG]

    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant MAURICE JOSEPH DALY

    404173, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 26
    on 28 May 1942
    Son of William Bartholomew Daly and Cecilia Daly, of Dalby, Queensland, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    WICK CEMETERY
     

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    RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
    RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
    IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS

    407795 Sergeant McCARTIN, James Vivian Raymond

    Source:

    AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/141/593 Commonwealth War Graves records
    Aircraft Type: Tutor
    Serial number: K 6925
    Radio call sign:
    Unit: 2 Flying Instrument School RAF (Vulcan Alto)

    Summary:

    On the 20th June 1942,Tutor K6925 crashed at Nairn, Scotland, during aerobatics at a
    very low altitude, and the crew of two were killed. In the opinion of an officer
    investigating the crash “the accident was due to the aircraft in an inverted position and at
    a very low altitude, suddenly nose diving into the ground due to an error of judgement by
    the Pilot. The Captain, an Instructor, completely disregarded regulations concerning
    aerobatics.”

    Crew:

    RAF FO Rees, T K (Instructor Pilot)
    RAAF 407795 Sgt J V R McCartin, (2nd Pilot under Instruction)

    FO Rees is buried in the Holyhead (St Seiriol) Churchyard, UK.
    Sgt McCartin is buried in the Inverness (Tommahurich) Cemetery, UK.
    Inverness Tomnahurich Cemetery.jpg
    In Memory of
    Flying Officer THOMAS KENNETH REES

    46817, Royal Air Force
    who died age 25
    on 20 June 1942
    Son of Sjt. John Herbert Rees, Royal Welch Fusiliers (died on active service, 20th July, 1917) and Maud Primrose Rees, of Holyhead; husband of Olwen Agnes Rees, of Leicester.
    Remembered with honour
    HOLYHEAD (ST. SEIRIOL) CHURCHYARD


    In Memory of
    Sergeant JAMES VIVIAN RAYMOND McCARTIN

    407795, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 28
    on 20 June 1942
    Son of Thomas Sidney and Beatrice Anne McCartin; husband of Frances Mary McCartin, of Adelaide, South Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    INVERNESS (TOMNAHURICH) CEMETERY
     

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