In Memoriam - Those Air Force Pilots/Crews who died on this day in WW2.

On this day there were 97 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 54

RAAF 13

RCAF 20

RIAF

RNZAF 5

SAAF 4

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF) 1

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


Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Page 203,
Volume 1942.
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: W 1220
Radio call sign: PM -
Unit: ATTD 103 SQN RAF

Summary:

Lancaster W1220 took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 0001 hours on the night of 4/5th
September 1942, detailed to bomb Bremen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the
aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base.

Crew:

RAAF 404934 Flt Sgt E L Davies, Captain (Pilot) †
RAF Sgt J J Parish, (Flight Engineer) †
RAAF 408140 Flt Sgt S F Belbin, (Navigator) †
RAF Sgt J D Whitehead,(Air Bomber) (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAAF 404631 Flt Sgt A H Beesley, (1st Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAAF 403393 Sgt J G Crockett, (Mid Upper Gunner) †
RAF Flt Sgt S M Selway,(Rear Gunner) †

The aircraft crashed at 0339 at Jelsum (Friesland), 5kms NNW of Leeuwarden, Holland, and all the crew were killed.

They are buried in the Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard, LocalityF riesland, Nethelands.

The above 7 are the only WW2 airmen buried in the churchyard.







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In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Ernest Lewis Davies
404934, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 05 September 1942 Age 24
Son of Allan and Sarah Jane Davies, of Nundah, Queensland, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
John James Parish
622589, 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 05 September 1942 Age 22
Son of John and Annie Parish, of Winson Green, Birmingham.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Flying Officer
Sydney Frank Belbin
408140, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 05 September 1942 Age 33
Son of Joseph Stanley and Emma Elizabeth Belbin; husband of Mattie Belbin, of Ulverstone, Tasmania,
Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant W.Op./Air Gnr.
John Douglas Whitehead
1057167, 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 05 September 1942 Age 22
Son of Douglas and Nellie Argyle Whitehead, of Gamston, Nottinghamshire.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Alec Henry Beesley
404631, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 05 September 1942 Age 26
Son of Esther May Beesley, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant
James Grant Crockett
403393, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 05 September 1942 Age 33
Son of James and Elizabeth Crockett, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant Air Gnr.
Sidney Mervyn Selway
1376161, 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 05 September 1942 Age 22
Son of Arthur John Valentine Selway, and of Nora Selway, of Harlesden, Middlesex.
Remembered with Honour
Leeuwarderadeel (Jelsum) Protestant Churchyard

 

On this day there were 25 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF 19

RAAF 4

RCAF

RIAF

RNZAF 2

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

6SEP1940
Avro Anson R3540 –
2 SFTS Wagga Wagga

Aircraft broke up in air – RAAF Wagga Wagga.

Steep dive leading to partial collapse of structure - followed by uncontrollable spiral to ground. Collapse of main structure occurred near ground.

RAAF 252 Flying Officer WESTON, JOHN FRANCIS DURBAN (Pilot) - †

NEW SOUTH WALES CREMATION MEMORIAL (Sydney)

RAAF 404011 LAC BORAIN, JAMES OLIVER - †

MOUNT THOMPSON CREMATORIUM (Queensland)

RAAF 407084 LAC TAYLOR, LESLIE ROBERT - †

NORTH ROAD ANGLICAN CEMETERY (Adelaide)





In Memory of
Leading Aircraftman
James Oliver Borain
404011, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 06 September 1940 Age 18
Son of Charles Norman and Jean Alexandria Borain, of Wellers Mill.
Remembered with Honour
Mount Thompson Crematorium

In Memory of
Leading Aircraftman
Leslie Robert Taylor
407084, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 06 September 1940 Age 29
Son of Henry Edgar Letchford Taylor and Lillian May Taylor, of St. Peters.
Remembered with Honour
North Road Anglican Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer
John Francis Durban Weston
252, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 06 September 1940 Age 23
Son of Walter Cyril and Marion Elizabeth Weston, of Edgecliff. (Cremated, Rookwood Crematorium,
Sydney.)
Remembered with Honour
New South Wales Cremation Memorial, Sydney

 

On this day there were 78 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 59

RAAF 4

RCAF 9

RIAF

RNZAF 4

SAAF 2

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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

402058 Sergeant LOGAN, David Victor

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/139/68 Micro Film No 463 OAFH,
Commonwealth War Graves records, W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Page 139, Volume 1941.
Aircraft Type: Whitley
Serial number: Z 6881
Radio call sign: EY -
Unit: ATTD 78 SQN RAF

Summary:

Whitley Z6881 took off from RAF Middleton-St-George at 2037 hours on the night of 6/7th September 1941 detailed to bomb Huls.

Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base.

Crew:

RAF PO Thorpe, F B Captain (Pilot) †
RAF Sgt C V Matheson, (Pilot) †
RAAF 402058 Sgt D V Logan, (Observer) †
RNZAF Sgt C Carman, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt J C Storer, (Wireless Air Gunner) †

Z6881 was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 0125 hours at Bergum (Friesland), 12kms ESE of Leeuwarden, Holland.

All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard, Locality Freisland, Netherlands. Tietjerksteradeel is a commune in the province of Freisland, Bergum is part of this commune and is situated to the east of Leeuwarden off the N31.






In Memory of
Pilot Officer Pilot
Francis Bernard Thorpe
60565, 78 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 07 September 1941
Remembered with Honour
Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant Pilot
Cyril Vincent Matheson
931086, 78 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 07 September 1941 Age 22
Son of Cyril Vincent Matheson and of Annie Matheson (nee Bruce), of Alperton, Middlesex.
Remembered with Honour
Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant
David Victor Logan
402058, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 07 September 1941 Age 28
Son of David John Thomas Logan and Margaret Matilda Logan j husband of Doris Creagh Logan, of
Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant W.Op./Air Gnr.
Geoffrey Carman
402979, 78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal New Zealand Air Force who died on 07 September 1941 Age 31
Son of Cecil Thomas Carman and Constance May Carman, of Catfield, Norfolk, England.
Remembered with Honour
Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant W.Op./Air Gnr.
Charles James Storer
755080, 78 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 07 September 1941 Age 30
Remembered with Honour
Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Churchyard

 

On this day there were 62 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 41

RAAF 12

RCAF 4

RIAF 1

RNZAF 2

SAAF 1

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF 1

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

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


Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/5/290 166/16/181
Commonwealth War Graves records
Aircraft Type: Warwick
Serial number: BV 300
Radio call sign:
Unit: ATTD 283 SQN RAF

Summary:

On the 8th September 1943, Warwick BC300 crashed at 0135 hours at Dorset, UK, and all the crew were killed. After take off, a very flat turn resulted in a stall and the aircraft spun in from about 500 feet.

Crew:

RAAF 22930 PO Gordon, H P Captain (Pilot) †
RAAF 409548 PO Holdsworth, F D (Observer) †
RAAF 421033 Flt Sgt R C Bellingham, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAAF 413133 Flt Sgt G W Murtagh, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Cpl J B Kieran, †

The four RAAF members are buried in the Christchurch Cemetery, Hampshire, UK.

Corporal Kiernan is buried in the Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery.

A Court of Inquiry into the accident stated : “ The aircraft had arrived at 30 ADU Hurn at about 1200 hours on the 7th September from RAF Station Bircham Newton. It was enroute to North Africa, and it took off from RAF Station Hurn airfield at 0131hours on 8th September, loaded approx 600 lbs under Max take off load and about 200 lbs below Max landing load. The weather and visibility was good.

Evidence shows that the aircraft took off in the normal manner and immediately turned to starboard and flew for a short distance in an erratic manner. Upon reaching a height of 6/800 feet it fell out of control and burst into flames from impact with the ground.

Flt Sgt Gordon was a very steady pilot, and for the last nine months had flown Hudson,
Wellington and Warwick aircraft. It must have been impressed on him throughout his
training that to attempt turns in a heavy aircraft immediately after take off was highly
dangerous especially at night from a strange airfield.
In view of the evidence that a turn starboard was made immediately after takeoff it is
considered that the turn was not intended by the Pilot. The manoeuvres of the aircraft
during the short flight seemed to indicate that the Pilot was unable to control it
properly.”.

In was the opinion of the Court that “the accident was not caused as a result of
airmanship or by carelessness on the part of PO Gordon. The damage to the aircraft was
total and complete and from a careful examination of the wreckage no conclusion could
be known as to why the aircraft fell out of control.”




In Memory of
Pilot Officer
Horace Palmer Gordon
22930, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 08 September 1943 Age 29
Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Gordon, of Duranbah, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Christchurch Cemetery

In Memory of
Pilot Officer
Frank David Holdsworth
409548, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 08 September 1943 Age 27
Son of Arthur Josiah and Mabel Hannah Holdsworth, husband of Honora Jean Holdsworth, of Surrey Hills,
Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Christchurch Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Ronald Charles Bellingham
421033, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 08 September 1943 Age 20
Son of Ralph and Jessie Laird Bellingham; nephew of Mrs. F. R. McEvoy, of Randwick, New South Wales,
Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Christchurch Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
George Wilson Murtagh
413133, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 08 September 1943 Age 26
Son of George Stedham Hill Murtagh and Martha Quinn Murtagh, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Christchurch Cemetery

In Memory of
Corporal
James Bruce Kieran
969821, 283 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 08 September 1943
Remembered with Honour
Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery

 

On this day there were 34 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 20

RAAF 10

RCAF 4

RIAF

RNZAF

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

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

413377 Flight Sergeant HABERECHT, Leonard Burtham

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/17/311 Commonwealth War Graves records
Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Serial number: HX805
Radio call sign:
Unit: No. 301 Ferry Training Unit RAF

Summary:

On the 9th September 1943, Mosquito HX805 crashed at Swindon, Wiltshire, and the
Pilot was killed.

Crew:

RAAF 413377 Flt Sgt L B Haberecht, (Pilot) †
RAF Flt Sgt Alfred Dutton (Staff Wireless / Air Gunner)

Flt Sgt Haberecht is buried in the Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery, UK.

In a later statement the Staff WAG said : “I was detailed to carry out a wireless test on
Mosquito HX805. At approx 1017 hours on 9th Sept 1943, I entered the aircraft with the
pilot Flt Sgt Haberecht, who started the engines up and without warming them up, taxied
to the end of the runway, and took straight off at approx 1030. We climbed to 5,000 feet
and dived downward over the WAAF site at Compton Bassett, clearing the site by about
150 feet. We then climbed to 8,000 feet and dived once more over the site clearing it by
about 2/300 feet. We then climbed to 20,000 feet, and cruised around while I tested the
wireless. At about 1055, the Pilot decided to return to base, and I then reeled in my
trailing aerial. The Pilot then instructed me to secure my safety harness as he was going
to loop the aircraft. We commenced a shallow dive, IAS 160mph. At 15,000 feet I was
secured, and the Pilot put the aircraft in a 10 degree dive which we maintained for 20
seconds., and the Pilot commenced easing the stick back gently, when the starboard wing
shuddered violently. The Pilot released his safety harness and jettisoned the door. The
aircraft commenced a flat spin and shuddered. The aircraft then went into a vertical spin.
The Pilot picked up my chute pack and pushed it against my chest while I attempted to
clip it on. He told me to hurry. At about 2,000 feet having secured one side of my pack
the Pilot pushed me out of the door backwards.“
An Inquiry into the accident concluded : “The aircraft spun in from 15,000 feet out of
control and breaking up during descent to burst into flames on impact. The Pilot was on
duty at the time and in no way to blame for the crash. He deserves commendation for
remaining with the aircraft to help his wireless operator to get out of the aircraft at the
cost of his own life.”



Summary of War Service and loss details:
Associated with the service of Flight Sergeant 413377 Leonard Burtham Haberecht who was born on 28 June 1922 in Henty, NSW. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he had begun a traineeship as an electrical technician. He enlisted in the RAAF reserve in January 1941 and was called up for full time duty at the age of 19 on 17 August 1941 at Number 2 Recruit Centre, Sydney. He was found suitable for flight training and was sent to 2 Initial Training School, Bradfield with the rank of aircraftsman the same day. Haberecht passed this initial course in October and in November he was posted to 8 Elementary Flying Training School at Narrandera and promoted to leading aircraftman. After completing this course in January 1942, he was posted to 2 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at Wagga Wagga in early March and 7 SFTS later that month. Haberecht was given his pilot's wings and promoted temporary sergeant on 26 June 1942.

He married Josephine Babette Hughes in Sydney on 25 July, while he was waiting to embark for overseas service. He embarked from Sydney on 23 August in HMT Westernland. He disembarked in Capetown on 5 October and spent two weeks at 1 Flying Training Command at Poolsmere. He embarked for England on 19 October in HMT 'Highland Brigade' arriving on 18 November. Haberecht was promoted to temporary flight sergeant on Christmas Day 1942. He was posted to 12 Pilot Advanced Flying Unit on 9 February 1943 where he began flying Mosquito aircraft. In April, Haberecht began operational flying with 51 Operational Training Unit (OTU) and in May moved to 60 OTU.

In July he moved again to 301 Ferry Training Unit. He flew several variants of Blenheim, Halifax and Wellington bombers to different airfields during the next month and a half. In early September, he returned to Mosquitoes. He was assigned to a Mosquito MKVI, number 805 and between September 4 and 8 flew the aircraft with his Wireless Operator Sergeant Mooney to test the fuel systems, engines and communications. On September 9, Haberecht took a new wireless operator Flight Sergeant Alfred Dutton on his first flight in a Mosquito. Haberecht took off at 1030 and climbed to 5000 feet before diving down to 150 feet passing over the WAAF billets. He climbed to 8000 feet and repeated his run over the WAAF billets at 200 feet. Haberecht then took his aircraft to 20000 feet, maintaining that height so Dutton could test his communications gear.

Haberecht tested the engines and once the communications tests had been completed, told Dutton to strap in as he was going to loop the Mosquito. At 1055, Haberecht put the Mosquito into a shallow dive flying at 160 miles per hour. When the aircraft passed through 15000 feet, Haberecht put his Mosquito into a 10 degree dive for 20 seconds. When he pulled back on the control column, the starboard wing shuddered violently, pulling the mosquito into a flat spin. Acting quickly, Haberecht took off his seat harness and opened the escape hatch before assisting Dutton into his parachute harness. As the parachute was fitted, the Mosquito went into a vertical dive. At just under 2000 feet, Haberecht managed against massive forces to push Dutton out of the Mosquito. At this stage, the aircraft had started to break up. A portion of the port main plane and the port engine detached, the engine smashing through the tailplane. The Mosquito crashed onto Gallows Hill, Swindon killing Haberecht seconds later. Flight Sergeant Haberecht was buried with full military honours on the morning of 14 September at Wycombe Cemetery near Bath.



In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Leonard Burtham Haberecht
413377, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 09 September 1943 Age 21
Son of Alfred Leonard and Caroline Beatrice Haberecht, of Henty, New South Wales, Australia; husband of
Babette Josephine Haberecht, of Collaroy, New South Wales.
Remembered with Honour
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery

 

Hi Geoff,

Blue correction pen again for Storr.

Warwick serial was BV300

The Mosquito unit was No.301 Ferry Training Unit as you show in the othercopy and paste narrative as is the Navigator name and rank.

The AIB report for the Mosquito survives in The National Archives in AVIA 5/22

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Regards
Ross

 

Hi Geoff,

Blue correction pen again for Storr.

Warwick serial was BV300

The Mosquito unit was No.301 Ferry Training Unit as you show in the othercopy and paste narrative as is the Navigator name and rank.

The AIB report for the Mosquito survives in The National Archives in AVIA 5/22

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Regards
Ross

Thanks Ross - All edited.

I read and meant to add the WAG details and closed off without doing so.

Cheers

Geoff

 

On this day there were 40 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

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RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 22

RAAF 8

RCAF 7

RIAF 1

RNZAF

SAAF 1

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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


Source:

AWM237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/9/168 Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units, 1940-1947,
Page 248, Volume 7.
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: BK152
Radio call sign:
Unit: 27 Op Training RAF

Summary::

On the 10th September 1943, Wellington BK152 took off from RAF Lichfield at 2144
hours, detailed to carry out night dual circuits and landings. At around 2245 hours, the
aircraft came in to land on the Hixon runway, but touched down too far along the strip.
The throttles were opened and the aircraft began to climb until without any hint of
trouble, it dived into a house less that a mile south west of the airfield. It was thought
likely that the flaps were raised in error for the undercarriage. All the crew were killed.

Crew:

RAAF 400497 FO Stewart, N G DFM (Screened Pilot) †
RAAF 420652 Flt Sgt D J Fernance (Pilot) †
RAAF 410745 Flt Sgt F C Stringer, (Navigator) †
RAAF 421642 PO Swinney, T F (Air Bomber) †
RAAF 4118597 Flt Sgt A J Vickerman, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAAF 424741 Sgt E N Death, (Air Gunner) †

All the crew are buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire, UK.

Citation :

Thr citation for the DFM awarded to the then Flt Sgt Stewart attached to No 148 Sqn
RAF, is as follows :
“ This NCO has completed 41 operations entailing 264 hours. He has set an example of
determination which has been rewarded with some remarkably successful results. He has
completed his tasks quietly and methodically. He has attacked Tobruk on 18 occasions.
On 30th July 1942, he attacked shipping off the jetties which caused an explosion and fire.
On the night of 2nd August, in spite of cloud over the harbour, he finally obtained a bead
on a ship after several attempts. The cloud obscured the results. On 22nd August 1942, he
started a fire in the battle area, and again on 28th August. On 24th September 1942, he
made four runs on LG 102 and his bombs burst among aircraft. This NCO has continued
to operate longer than a normal tour with keenness and has set a fine example to other
NCO’s in the Squadron.” (London Gazette 16/1/1942)





In Memory of
Flying Officer
Neil Gordon Stewart
D F M
400497, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 24
Son of Alexander Colin and Emma Stewart, of Yarragon, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Darcy James Fernance
420652, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 21
Son of James Garnet Fernance and Doris May Fernance, of Sylvania, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Frank Craven Stringer
410745, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 27
Son of John Craven Stringer and Nellie Elizabeth Stringer; husband of Kathleen Mary Stringer, of Caulfield,
Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Pilot Officer
Tasman Foskett Swinney
421642, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 34
Son of Herbert Augustus and Ida Beatrice Swinney, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia. Dip. Comm.
(Sydney). A.C.1.A.; A.A.I.S.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Alan John Vickerman
418597, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 20
Son of William and Margaret Vickerman.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant
Ernest Norman Death
424741, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 10 September 1943 Age 19
Son of George Carrington Death and Ethel Amanda Death of Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

 

On this day there were 40 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 22

RAAF 8

RCAF 7

RIAF 1

RNZAF

SAAF 1

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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

403599 Sergeant OGILVIE, Creighton Carlyle

Source:

AWM237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/148/281 Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units, 1940-1947,
Page 155, Volume 7.
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: DV 703
Radio call sign: - C
Unit: 26 Op Training RAF

Summary:

On the night of 10/11th September 1942, Wellington DV703 took off from Wing, armed
with 4 x 500lb of bombs, and detailed to attack Dusseldorf, Germany. Nothing was heard
from the aircraft and it failed to return to base.

Crew:

RAAF 403599 Sgt C C Ogilvie, Captain (Pilot) †
RAF WO L Hedley, (POW)
RAF PO M’Ilveen, J (Observer) †
RAF Sgt J W Gardner, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RCAF Flt Sgt J B Higginson, (Air Gunner) †

The aircraft was attacked from below by a night fighter, whose canon shells severed
petrol and oil pipes and set alight to the fuselage. Communication between the crew was
impossible as the blaze immediately destroyed the intercom system. WO Hedley
managed to speak to the skipper who told him to bale out. He did so, though lost
consciousness in the process. Out of control, The aircraft hit the ground at around 0015
hours some 500 metres south west of Overhetfeld, on the north west side of
Wiederkruchten. Four of the crew were killed and WO Hedley was a POW.
Those killed are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Locality Kamp Lintfort
Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Rheinberg is 24kms north of Krefeld and 13kms south of
Wesel.


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In Memory of
Sergeant
Creighton Carlyle Ogilvie
403599, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 11 September 1942 Age 23
Son of James Grant Ogilvie and Lena Meta Ogilvie, of Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

In Memory of
Pilot Officer Obs.
James M'ilveen
129073, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 11 September 1942 Age 28
Son of Andrew and Helen M'Kiddy M'Ilveen, of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant W.Op./Air Gnr.
Jack Wilfred Gardner
1264572, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 11 September 1942
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant Air Gnr.
John Blake Higginson
R/141503, Royal Canadian Air Force who died on 11 September 1942 Age 23
Son of John Bright Higginson and Frances Ann Higginson, of Westmount, Montreal, Province of Quebec,
Canada.
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

 

On this day there were 65 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 46

RAAF 4

RCAF 12

RIAF

RNZAF 2

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF 1

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC
Source:
AWM 237 (65) NAA : A9300 Barcode 5262587 and 5248436
Commonwealth War Graves records and RAf Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941, page 145.
Aircraft Type: Wellington IC
Serial number: R1328
Radio call sign: BL-T
Unit: ATTD 40 SQN RAF
Op: Frankfurt

404384 RAAF Pilot Officer RYDER, Robin Munro

Summary:
T/O 1955 Alconbury. Last heard on w/t at 2206 indicating the port engine had failed.

PO Ryder (Observer) and Squadron Leader Atkins were lost on operations on 12th September 1941.

Crew:

RAF S/L J C Atkins †
RAF Sgt R C Thompson (POW)
RAAF P/O R M Ryder †
RAF Sgt B T Banner (POW)
RAF F/S A E Hough (POW)
RAF Sgt D F Darlow (POW)


The two airmen who died are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Locality Kamp Lintfort, Nordrheim-Westfal. Germany.
Rheinberg is 24kms north of Krefeld and 13kms south of Wesel.

Australian Archives do not hold an RAAF Casualty file.

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In Memory of
Squadron Leader Pilot
John Croft Atkins
28124, 40 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 12 September 1941 Age 33
Son of James Benjamin and Florence Hannah Atkins; husband of Elsie Ruth Atkins, of Market Harborough,
Leicestershire.
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

In Memory of
Pilot Officer
Robin Munro Ryder
404384, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 12 September 1941 Age 20
Son of Robert Leslie and Ailsa Munro Ryder, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; grandson of Mrs. M. E.
Ryder, of Hill End, Queensland.
Remembered with Honour
Rheinberg War Cemetery

 

On this day there were 36 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies 2

RAF 18

RAAF 4

RCAF 12

RIAF

RNZAF

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

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

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/169/106 Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses Operational Training Units, 1940-1947,
Page 157, Volume 7.
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: L 7815
Radio call sign:
Unit: 27 Op Training RAF

Summary:

On the 13th September 1942, Wellington L7815 took off at 2331 hours from RAF
Lichfield and carrying 4 x 500 lb GP bombs, was detailed to carry out an attack on
Bremen, Germany. Within minutes of lifting off, the port engine began to falter and the
crew made an immediate to base. Tragically, while turning finals, the aircraft spun out of
control and crashed. A mere nine minutes had elapsed from the time of their departure.
On impact the aircraft became a mass of flames and the crew of five were killed.

Crew:

RAAF 406476 Sgt W J P Fletcher, Captain (Pilot) †
RAAF 411555 Sgt J A Turnbull, (Observer) †
RAF Sgt F W Lewis,(Air Bomber) †
RAAF 408774 Sgt J G Milne, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt F Thompson, (Air Gunner) †

The three RAAF crew members are buried in the Fradley (St Stephens) Churchyard, Staffordshire, UK.

Sgt Lewis is buried in the Acomb (St Stephen) Churchyard, UK.

Sgt Thompson is buried in Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, UK.

In the aftermath of the accident, a party of RAF ground staff were detailed to mount
guard on the wreckage. At 0320 hours, there was a tremendous explosion and when rescuers reached the scene the found the following casualties :

Cpl Zucker is buried in the Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery, UK. †

LAC Ward is buried in the Fradley (St Stephens) Churchyard, UK. †

AC1 Aveyard is buried in the Ossett (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, UK. †

AC1 Marten is buried in the Prestayn (Christ Church) Churchyard, UK. †







In Memory of
Sergeant
William John Percival Fletcher
406476, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 13 September 1942 Age 21
Son of Percival Harold and Avis Emily Fletcher, of Fremantle, Western Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Fradley (St. Stephen's) Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant
Joseph Albert Turnbull
411555, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 13 September 1942 Age 30
Son of Joseph Albert and Esther Turnbull; husband of Lynette Smithurst Turnbull, of Willoughby, New
South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Fradley (St. Stephen's) Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant Obs.
Frederick William Lewis
1053802, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 13 September 1942 Age 31
Son of Frank Arnold and Sarah Annie Lewis; husband of Clara Edith Lewis, of Acomb, York.
Remembered with Honour
Acomb (St. Stephen) Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant
James Gordon Milne
408774, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 13 September 1942 Age 26
Son of Arthur Roland and Anne Milne, of Tatura, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Fradley (St. Stephen's) Churchyard

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
Fairfield Thompson
1354657, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 13 September 1942 Age 23
Son of William James Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, of Belfast.
Remembered with Honour
Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery

RAF Ground Crew

In Memory of
Corporal
Ronald Moses Simon Zucker
938506, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 13 September 1942 Age 22
Son of Leopold Judah Zucker and Esther Zucker, of Monkseaton.
Remembered with Honour
Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery

In Memory of
Leading Aircraftman
Kenneth Ward
577760, Royal Air Force who died on 14 September 1942 Age 17
Son of Cyril and Alice Ward, of Childwall, Liverpool.
Remembered with Honour
Fradley (St. Stephen's) Churchyard

In Memory of
Aircraftman 1st Class
Colin Aveyard
1028776, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 14 September 1942 Age 29
Son of Minnie Aveyard and stepson of Ellis Wilson, of Ossett; husband of Alice Aveyard, of Ossett.
Remembered with Honour
Ossett (Holy Trinity) Churchyard

In Memory of
Aircraftman 1st Class
Alfred Marten
1296177, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 13 September 1942 Age 36
Son of Charles and Frances Ann Marten; husband of Lizzie Marten, of Prestatyn.
Remembered with Honour
Prestatyn (Christ Church) Churchyard

 

On this day there were 43 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies 2

RAF 37

RAAF 6

RCAF

RIAF

RNZAF

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

RAAF B-24J Liberator,
A72-313, ex USAAF No. #44-28125
99 Squadron RAAF

Summary:

The aircraft crashed near Amberley in Queensland mid afternoon on 14 September 1945. Five crew members were killed. The cause of the crash was unknown.

Flight Lieutenant G.A. Hendy was in A72-313 supervising the pilot and co-pilot on a pilot check-flight.

The pilot and co-pilot had not flown a Liberator for quite some time.

The Liberator lifted off earlier than the normal take-off distance. Not long after take-off No. 2 propeller 'ran away' and was subsequently feathered for a short time before it was restarted. As this was happening the aircraft yawed dramatically to the right. The undercarriage was retracted and then lowered again and then raised again as the B-24 circled around Amberley airfield slowly losing height.

It was dangerously low when it was 8 kilometres from the runway. Its undercarriage and flaps were raised as it turned to starboard in a shallow descent. Then all the engines suddenly stopped, and the nose dived down by about 70 degrees and crashed amongst the trees at 3:43pm.

It caught fire killing all five crew on board.

Crew:

401441 Flight Lieutenant HENDY, GEORGE ALLAN †
411050 Flying Officer PULLIN, RAYMOND FRANK †
34046 Flying Officer MUTTON, JAMES HAROLD †
13926 Sergeant DUREAU, GEORGE ALFRED †
437876 Flight Sergeant QUINN, VINCENT JOHN †

All buried at IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY (Queensland, Australia)






In Memory of
Flight Lieutenant
George Allan Hendy
401441, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 14 September 1945 Age 27
Son of Arthur Godfrey and Nina Hendy, of Melbourne, Victoria; husband of Margaret Ellen Hendy, of East
Malvern, Victoria.
Remembered with Honour
Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland

In Memory of
Flying Officer
Raymond Frank Pullin
411050, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 14 September 1945 Age 29
Son of Henry James Pullin and Gertrude Pullin, of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Joyce Irene
Pullin, of Cremorne, New South Wales.
Remembered with Honour
Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland

In Memory of
Flying Officer
James Harold Mutton
34046, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 14 September 1945 Age 32
Son of George Abraham and May Mutton; husband of Frances Joyce Mutton, of Dungog, New South
Wales.
Remembered with Honour
Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland

In Memory of
Sergeant
George Alfred Dureau
13926, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 14 September 1945 Age 30
Son of Louis James Dureau and Mary Christina Dureau, of Rosebrook, Victoria.
Remembered with Honour
Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Vincent John Quinn
437876, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 14 September 1945 Age 23
Son of William John and Mary Eileen Quinn, of Largs Bay, South Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland

 

On this day there were 41 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 32

RAAF 2

RCAF 6

RIAF

RNZAF 1

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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

420337 Flight Sergeant CLEGG, Roy Richard

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/7/201 Commonwealth War Graves Records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1947
Page 66 Volume 8.
Aircraft Type: Halifax
Serial number: BB 210
Radio call sign:
Unit: 1659 Conversion RAF

Summary:

On the 15th September 1943, Halifax BB210 took off from RAF Topcliffe for a fighter affiliation exercise.

The aircraft force landed at 1215 hours into a ploughed field, a few
hundred yards north west of the Askham Richard village on the south side Rufforth airfield, breaking up into three sections.

Flt Sgt Clegg was killed in the accident and the others survived the crash.

Crew:

RAF FO Kaye, T C Captain (Pilot)
RAAF Flt Sgt W F Burge, (Pilot)
RAAF 420337 Flt Sgt R B Clegg, (Pilot) †
RAF Sgt Pratt.
RAF Sgt Blake.
RAF Sgt Bechtold
RAF Sgt Martin
RAF PO Lambert
RAF Sgt Deane.
RAF Sgt Gilchrist
RAF Sgt Addison
RAF WO McNamara

Flt Sgt Clegg is buried in the Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK.




In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Roy Richard Clegg
420337, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 15 September 1943 Age 27
Son of Edward and Sarah Clegg, of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

 

On this day there were 138 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 88

RAAF 4

RCAF 37

RIAF

RNZAF 9

SAAF

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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

403406 Sergeant HENDERSON, Edward Hamilton

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/121/230 Micro Film No 463 AFH
Commonwealth War Graves records W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of
the Second World War, Page 220, Volume 1942.
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: R 5681
Radio call sign: ZN -
Unit: ATTD 106 SQN RAF

Summary:

Lancaster R5681 took off from RAF Coningsby at 2030 hours on the night of 16/17th
September 1942, detailed to bomb Essen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft
after take off and it failed to return to base.

Crew :

RAF PO Willams, W O Captain (Pilot) †
RAF Sgt J R Roberts, (Flight Engineer) †
RAF PO Smith, F C G (Navigator) †
RAAF 403406 Sgt E H Henderson, (Air Bomber) †
RAF Sgt F T P Jones, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt P Witcomb, (Mid Upper Gunner) †
RAF Sgt B W Williams, (Rear Gunner) †

A Missing Research & Enquiry team report stated “the aircraft crashed on 16th September
at Lippramsdorf which is 30 miles south west of Munster, Germany.”
All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Rheichswald Forest War Cemetery,
Locality Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The cemetery is 5kms south west of
Kleve.



In Memory of
Pilot Officer Pilot
William Ogwyn Williams
46839, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 16 September 1942 Age 23
Son of Johnny and Sarah Williams; husband of Elizabeth Williams, of Lower Cwmtwrch, Swansea.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
John Robert Roberts
811009, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) who died on 16 September 1942 Age 27
Son of John Henry and Violet Roberts, of Liverpool.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Pilot Officer Pilot
Francis Charles Smith
114058, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 16 September 1942 Age 21
Son of Harry and Winifred Sarah Smith, of South Kensington, London.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant
Edward Hamilton Henderson
403406, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 16 September 1942 Age 22
Son of Edward Alexander Henderson and Lily Rentoul Henderson, of Gunnedah, New South Wales,
Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant W. Op.
Francis Terence Pargeter Jones
1053541, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 16 September 1942 Age 22
Son of David Pargeter Jones and Ellen Jones, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
Philip Witcomb
1117253, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 16 September 1942 Age 20
Son of Herbert Frank and Anne Witcomb, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
Bernard Wayne Williams
982312, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 16 September 1942 Age 21
Son of Abraham and Rachel Williams, of Mountain Ash, Glamorgan.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

 

W.Williams commemorated on the Ystradgynlais ,South Wales war memorial.I took this photo last year.

Pilot Officer Pilot
William Ogwyn Williams
46839, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 16 September 1942 Age 23
Son of Johnny and Sarah Williams; husband of Elizabeth Williams, of Lower Cwmtwrch, Swansea.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
also further information below
Ystradgynlais Wargraves - William Ogwyn Williams (WW2)

 

W.Williams commemorated on the Ystradgynlais ,South Wales war memorial.I took this photo last year.

Pilot Officer Pilot
William Ogwyn Williams
46839, 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on 16 September 1942 Age 23
Son of Johnny and Sarah Williams; husband of Elizabeth Williams, of Lower Cwmtwrch, Swansea.
Remembered with Honour
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
also further information below
Ystradgynlais Wargraves - William Ogwyn Williams (WW2)

Great info Clive!

 

On this day there were 81 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 60

RAAF 3

RCAF 11

RIAF 1

RNZAF 2

SAAF 2

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1

WAAF 1

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

WAAC

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

428873 Flight Sergant WAUGH, Maxwell Bruce

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/43/856 Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1947,
Page 136, Volume 8
Aircraft Type: Halifax
Serial number: BB 360
Radio call sign: JA – O
Unit: 1652 Conversion Royal Air Force Aircrew Trg

Summary:

On the 17th September 1944, Halifax BB360 took off from RAF Marston Moor heading
ESE to practice three-engine circuits. On an approach to Ruffield airfield Yorks, at 1,000
feet, with its wheels down, the aircraft dived into the ground at 1512 hours, bursting into
flames near the hamlet of Angram, five miles WSW from the centre of York. All the nine
on board were killed.
Accident investigators, sent to the scene, found a pin with a ferrile which, they
concluded, had shorn off from an elevator control joint.

Crew:

RAF FO Haly, E F H DFC Captain (Instructor Pilot) †
RAF Flt Lt Bacon, A A (Pupil Pilot) †
RAF Sgt D E Ell, (Flight Engineer) †
RAF Sgt J R McCarthy, (Flight Engineer) †
RAF FO Clough, D G (Navigator) †
RAF FO Fox, J L (Air Bomber) †
RAAF Flt Sgt M B Waugh, (Wireless Operator Air) †
RAF Sgt W Goodbrand, (Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt J D Forbes, (Air Gunner) †

FO Haly, FO Clough and Flt Sgt Waugh are buried in the Harrogate (Stonefall)
Cemetery, UK.

Flt Lt Bacon was cremated in the Mortlake Crematorium, UK.

Sgt Ell is buried in the Hove New Cemetery, UK.

Sgt McCarthy is buried in the Little Stanmore (St Lawrence) Churchyard, UK.

FO Fox is buried in the Gerrards Cross (St James) Churchyard, UK.

Sgt Goodbrand is buried in the Urquhart Burial Grounds, UK.

Sgt Forbes is buried in the Auchterarder Cemetery, UK.


View attachment 87022

In Memory of
Flying Officer Pilot
Edward Fred Hutchinson Haly
D F C
144463, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 23
Son of John and Edith Marie Haly; husband of Daphne Pauline Haly, of Wokingham, Berkshire. Of British
Guiana.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate Crematorium

In Memory of
Flight Lieutenant Pilot U/T
Arthur Albert Bacon
115404, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 28
Son of Arthur and Maud Bacon; husband of Eileen Bacon, of Isleworth, Middlesex.
Remembered with Honour
Mortlake Crematorium

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
Derek Eugene Ell
3030988, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Alfred William and Elsie Ell, of Brighton.
Remembered with Honour
Hove New Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
James Robert McCarthy
3031377, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of James William Robert and Ada Eliza McCarthy, of Edgware.
Remembered with Honour
Little Stanmore (St. Lawrence) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flying Officer Nav.
Denis Graham Clough
162049, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 21
Son of George and Stella Dorothy Angas Clough, Upper Norwood, Surrey.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer Air Bomber
James Lewis Fox
149196, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 30
Son of Sidney James Richard and Kate Fox; husband of Gwendoline Valery Fox, of Gerrards Cross.
Remembered with Honour
Gerrards Cross (St. James) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Maxwell Bruce Waugh
428873, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 17 September 1944 Age 22
Son of William John and Florence Eva Waugh of Koorawatha, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
William Goodbrand
1790117, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 20
Son of William and Jessie Goodbrand, of Portsoy, Banffshire.
Remembered with Honour
Urquhart Burial Ground

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
John Duff Forbes
1826864, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 31
Son of David and Catherine Duff Forbes; husband of Annie Goodwin Forbes.
Remembered with Honour
Auchterarder Cemetery

 

View attachment 91138

In Memory of
Flying Officer Pilot
Edward Fred Hutchinson Haly
D F C
144463, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 23
Son of John and Edith Marie Haly; husband of Daphne Pauline Haly, of Wokingham, Berkshire. Of British
Guiana.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate Crematorium

In Memory of
Flight Lieutenant Pilot U/T
Arthur Albert Bacon
115404, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 28
Son of Arthur and Maud Bacon; husband of Eileen Bacon, of Isleworth, Middlesex.
Remembered with Honour
Mortlake Crematorium

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
Derek Eugene Ell
3030988, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Alfred William and Elsie Ell, of Brighton.
Remembered with Honour
Hove New Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
James Robert McCarthy
3031377, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of James William Robert and Ada Eliza McCarthy, of Edgware.
Remembered with Honour
Little Stanmore (St. Lawrence) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flying Officer Nav.
Denis Graham Clough
162049, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 21
Son of George and Stella Dorothy Angas Clough, Upper Norwood, Surrey.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer Air Bomber
James Lewis Fox
149196, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 30
Son of Sidney James Richard and Kate Fox; husband of Gwendoline Valery Fox, of Gerrards Cross.
Remembered with Honour
Gerrards Cross (St. James) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Maxwell Bruce Waugh
428873, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 17 September 1944 Age 22
Son of William John and Florence Eva Waugh of Koorawatha, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
William Goodbrand
1790117, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 20
Son of William and Jessie Goodbrand, of Portsoy, Banffshire.
Remembered with Honour
Urquhart Burial Ground

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
John Duff Forbes
1826864, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 31
Son of David and Catherine Duff Forbes; husband of Annie Goodwin Forbes.
Remembered with Honour
Auchterarder Cemetery

FOX, JAMES LEWIS

Rank:
Flying Officer
Trade:
Air Bomber
Service No:
149196
Date of Death:
17/09/1944
Age:
30
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference
Grave 52.
Cemetery
GERRARDS CROSS (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Sidney James Richard and Kate Fox; husband of Gwendoline Valery Fox, of Gerrards Cross.

 

On this day there were 149 Commonwealth Air Force Deaths.

ATA 1

RAF Iraq Levies

RAF 119

RAAF 13

RCAF 10

RIAF

RNZAF 3

SAAF 3

Rhodesia Air Askari Corps

WAAF

WAAAF

WAAF (SAAF)

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

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/13/311 166/38/699
Commonwealth War Graves records W R Chorley : RAF Bombe Command Losses
Operational Training Units, 1940-1947, Page 317, Volume 7.
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: LP 436
Radio call sign:
Unit: 27 Op Training RAF

Summary:

On the 18th September 1944, Wellington LP436 took off from RAF Lichfield at 2240
hours, detailed to carry out night bombing training. At 2320 hours, the aircraft dived from
6000 feet, pulled up sharply and stalled into trees about four miles west of the airfield.
All on board were killed.

Crew:

RAAF 429292 Flt Sgt L D Southwood, (Pupil Pilot) †
RAAF 430358 FO Buckland, E C (Navigator) †
RAAF 430056 FO Ruglen, J M (Air Bomber) †
RAAF 433234 Flt Sgt D R McDonald, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAAF 431920 Flt Sgt D Fletcher, (Air Gunner) †

All the crew are buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, UK.

The Sqn Ldr Training Wing at 27 O T U stated : “The cause of the accident is obscure,
but the importance of frequent references to instruments during flights at night in a circuit
has been pointed to pupil pilots.”






In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Leslie Donald Southwood
429292, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 18 September 1944 Age 21
Son of Archer Edwin and Lalla Susannah Southwood, of Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer
Edward Cyril Buckland
430358, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 18 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Cyril Norman and Mary Buckland, of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer
John Mortimer Ruglen
430056, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 18 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Herbert John Mortimer Ruglen and Florence Margaret Ruglen, of Camberwell, Victoria Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Douglas Ross McDonald
433234, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 18 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Hector Ross McDonald and Jessie Lee McDonald, of Collaroy Beach, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Dennis Fletcher
431920, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 18 September 1944 Age 29
Son of Jack and Mabel Fletcher; husband of Dorothy Vera Fletcher, of East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

 

View attachment 91138

In Memory of
Flying Officer Pilot
Edward Fred Hutchinson Haly
D F C
144463, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 23
Son of John and Edith Marie Haly; husband of Daphne Pauline Haly, of Wokingham, Berkshire. Of British
Guiana.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate Crematorium

In Memory of
Flight Lieutenant Pilot U/T
Arthur Albert Bacon
115404, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 28
Son of Arthur and Maud Bacon; husband of Eileen Bacon, of Isleworth, Middlesex.
Remembered with Honour
Mortlake Crematorium

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
Derek Eugene Ell
3030988, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of Alfred William and Elsie Ell, of Brighton.
Remembered with Honour
Hove New Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Flt. Engr.
James Robert McCarthy
3031377, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 19
Son of James William Robert and Ada Eliza McCarthy, of Edgware.
Remembered with Honour
Little Stanmore (St. Lawrence) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flying Officer Nav.
Denis Graham Clough
162049, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 21
Son of George and Stella Dorothy Angas Clough, Upper Norwood, Surrey.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Flying Officer Air Bomber
James Lewis Fox
149196, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 30
Son of Sidney James Richard and Kate Fox; husband of Gwendoline Valery Fox, of Gerrards Cross.
Remembered with Honour
Gerrards Cross (St. James) Churchyard

In Memory of
Flight Sergeant
Maxwell Bruce Waugh
428873, Royal Australian Air Force who died on 17 September 1944 Age 22
Son of William John and Florence Eva Waugh of Koorawatha, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
William Goodbrand
1790117, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 20
Son of William and Jessie Goodbrand, of Portsoy, Banffshire.
Remembered with Honour
Urquhart Burial Ground

In Memory of
Sergeant Air Gnr.
John Duff Forbes
1826864, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 17 September 1944 Age 31
Son of David and Catherine Duff Forbes; husband of Annie Goodwin Forbes.
Remembered with Honour
Auchterarder Cemetery

McCARTHY, JAMES ROBERT

Rank:
Sergeant
Trade:
Flt. Engr.
Service No:
3031377
Date of Death:
17/09/1944
Age:
19
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference
Row 11. Grave 8.
Cemetery
LITTLE STANMORE (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of James William Robert and Ada Eliza McCarthy, of Edgware.