Just found some more Australians who were in other Air Forces.

HARRIES , HAROLD Flight Sergeant 415069 11 OTU 18/08/1943 33 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Panel 199. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

Full Name Harold Harries
Rank Last Held Flight Sergeant
Serial No. NZ415069
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 11 Operational Training Unit
Place of Death United Kingdom
Date of Death 18 August 1943
Age at Death 33
Memorial Name Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom
Memorial Reference Panel 199

 

McLEOD , ALAN MUNRO Flight Lieutenant 402202 224sq RAF 12/06/1944 24 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Panel 262. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

Full Name Alan Munro McLeod
Rank Last Held Flight Lieutenant
Serial No. NZ402202
Last Unit Served RoyalNew Zealand Air Force, 224 Squadron, RAF
Place of Death Atlantic Ocean
Date of Death 12 June 1944
Age at Death 24
Year of Death 1944
Memorial Name Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom
Memorial Reference Panel 262.
Biographical Notes
Alan McLeod was the son of John James McLeod and Margaret Jane Lena McLeod, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.

 

MORSE , NOEL PERCY Pilot Officer 404397 57sq RAF 8/04/1942 27 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Panel 116. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

Full Name Noel Percy Morse
Rank Last Held Pilot Officer
Serial No. NZ404397
Next of Kin Percy Algernon and Beatrice Morse of Sydney, Australia
Last Unit Served Royal New Zealand Air Force, 57 Squadron, RAF
Place of Death Europe
Date of Death 8 April 1942
Age at Death 28
Year of Death 1942
Cause of Death Killed on air operations
Memorial Name Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom

 

oh sorry Rob
thanks for posting them

Geoff will get the chap at Maidenhead for you

 

Geoff

Have sent a PM to PieterF. I think he may have photos from Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) Generel Cemetery.

Cheers - Rob

Thanks Rob.

Cheers

Geoff

 

oh sorry Rob
thanks for posting them

Geoff will get the chap at Maidenhead for you

Thanks Clive.

Cheers

Geoff

 

GILLAN , GOTTFRED LYALL Warrant Officer 42324 75sq 21/07/1944 31 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Plot B. Row 2. Grave 61. TILBURG (GILZERBAAN) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Brabant



Thank you Pieter.

Cheers

Geoff

 

MORSE , NOEL PERCY Pilot Officer 404397 57sq RAF 8/04/1942 27 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Panel 116. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

Full Name Noel Percy Morse
Rank Last Held Pilot Officer
Serial No. NZ404397
Next of Kin Percy Algernon and Beatrice Morse of Sydney, Australia
Last Unit Served Royal New Zealand Air Force, 57 Squadron, RAF
Place of Death Europe
Date of Death 8 April 1942
Age at Death 28
Year of Death 1942
Cause of Death Killed on air operations
Memorial Name Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom

Mentioned him earlier in this thread. I have made contact with his family in Australia and have photos!! He hated the name Noel and used to call himself Bill.

Have just posted photos in this thread: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-air/26721-james-e-linehan-mia-1942-a-12.html

 

P/O NP Morse (aka Bill) RNZAF from Sydney Australia
F/Sgt GH Vogan RNZAF Canterbury NZ

Both crew on Wellington X3757 (with my uncle) shot down 8/4/1942. No know graves, commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial (can't remember the panels). Can provide pics of the panels if needed.

Hi Nicola,

He is now Noel Percy (Bill) Morse!

Do you have the full crew and crash details to post and a photo of "Bill"?

Cheers

Geoff

 

Hi Nicola,

He is now Noel Percy (Bill) Morse!

Do you have the full crew and crash details to post and a photo of "Bill"?

Cheers

Geoff

Have just edited the above post with a link to photos

 

Full crew:
P/O NP (Bill) Morse
F/Sgt James Edward Linehan (Jim or Jimmy) - my uncle
F/Sgt George Hillary Vogan
Sgt Graham Lakeman
Sgt Norman Joseph Naylor
Sgt Ronald Geoffrey Richards

Shot down over Hamburg 4/8/1942. Took off from Feltwell at 22.05 MIA - see thread for full info

 

Just found these Aussies that were in other Air Forces thanks to Geoff's search engine.

GOOD , EDGAR ANDREW Squadron Leader C/18640 280sq RAF 13/11/1943 29 Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian HOUGHTON (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD UK Norfolk


According to RCAF Casualty List #738, issued 21 November 1943, S/Ldr Edgar Andrew Good, born 6 February 1914, hailed from Valois, Quebec.

I can only assume the Aussie connection listed on the CGWC pertains to his parents, stepfather and wife. His "C" service number also denotes pre WWII experience in the RCAF.

 

According to RCAF Casualty List #738, issued 21 November 1943, S/Ldr Edgar Andrew Good, born 6 February 1914, hailed from Valois, Quebec.

I can only assume the Aussie connection listed on the CGWC pertains to his parents, stepfather and wife. His "C" service number also denotes pre WWII experience in the RCAF.

Thanks Alieneyes - Great info.

The info below is more interesting. One for the Gen groups.

This from:
Aircraft accidents on the North Yorkshire Moors

Pilot - S/Ldr Edgar Andrew Good RCAF (C/18640), aged 29, of North Adelaide, South Australia. Buried St Martin's Church, Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Son of Nickolai Andreyev and Nina Andreyevna. Step-son of Joseph Good and husband of Elaine Good of North Adelaide, South Australia.


Sdqn Ldr Good's gravestone at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. The life of the pilot Edgar Good needs researching. A photographer Nikolai Platonovich Andreev (1882 - 1947) and an artist Nikolai Andreyevich Andreyev (1889-1938) were both Russians of some note. As it stands at the moment I assume he was a son of one of them. If he was, why did a Russian go to Australia (probably escaping the regime), then somehow found his way to Canada to sign up in the RCAF, then end up in the UK and finally be laid to rest in the grounds of a stately home in Norfolk - the home of the first British Prime Minister. The other members of his crew had the same nationality but were buried as usual in the wargraves plot at Harrogate.

The research could be incorrect according to your info above however there are questions that could be interesting to probe.

Cheers

Geoff

 

First Officer THOMAS CHARLES DAVID BRAY

Air Transport Auxiliary
who died age 36
on 18 March 1942
Son of Thomas and Margaret Bray. Of Australia.
Remembered with honour
MAIDENHEAD CEMETERY

 

Full crew:
P/O NP (Bill) Morse
F/Sgt James Edward Linehan (Jim or Jimmy) - my uncle
F/Sgt George Hillary Vogan
Sgt Graham Lakeman
Sgt Norman Joseph Naylor
Sgt Ronald Geoffrey Richards

Shot down over Hamburg 4/8/1942. Took off from Feltwell at 22.05 MIA - see thread for full info

Thanks Nicola,

Cheers

Geoff

 

Just found these Aussies that were in other Air Forces thanks to Geoff's search engine. Many are in cemeteries I already have completed so I hope somebody may have the New Zealand lads and some of the others.

Cheers

Geoff

BRAY , THOMAS CHARLES DAVID First Officer
18/03/1942 36 Air Transport Auxiliary United Kingdom Sec. D. Row K.K. Grave 22. MAIDENHEAD CEMETERY UK Berkshire

FISK , THOMAS MAXWELL Second Officer
25/06/1944 25 Air Transport Auxiliary United Kingdom Panel 2. GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM UK Middlesex

BARKER , THOMAS EDWARD Pilot Officer 404336 245sq RAF 19/06/1943 27 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Square 42. R.C. Plot. Grave 53. CHICHESTER CEMETERY UK Sussex

DALL , ROBERT JAMES (DFC) Flight Lieutenant 41535
4/07/1945 32 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand 2. D. 2. CELLE WAR CEMETERY GermanyCelle, Niedersachsen

EDDY , CHARLIE (MBE) Flight Lieutenant 39003 115sq RAF 19/04/1944 29 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Grave 13761. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY UK Cambridgeshire

FRIEND , IAN IGNATIUS Sergeant 404350 218sq RAF 9/11/1942 27 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Coll. grave 12. G. 13-19. HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Germany Hannover, Niedersachsen

HUTCHINSON , GEOFFREY DOUGLAS Flight Sergeant 402188 83sq RAF 9/04/1942 27 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen


Geoff

I have the ones above, will send asap

Peter

 

The research could be incorrect according to your info above however there are questions that could be interesting to probe.

Cheers

Geoff

Had I known about this man a few months ago I could have pulled his service file in Ottawa and we would have known for sure. The Casualty Lists are pretty accurate. In some cases I found men listed as being from, for example, the Bahamas but when I pulled the file he was only stationed there. So definite errors are out there. The information I posted comes from a) the numbered RCAF Casualty list (they also list other air force trainees lost in accidents in Canada as well as Canadians in the RAF and b) Library and Archives Canada databases.

One of the things I've learned over the years is that the CWGC site lists the residence of the serviceman's family, not necessarily him. I know of a case of a lost RAF man, parents are listed on CWGC with a Burmese address. The man himself had no connection to Burma.

Good would be an interesting case to research and certainly not the first I have of Canadians of Russian extraction flying. Having his date of birth puts him as a 7 year old during the Russian Civil War. What made me look him up was why the need for an Aussie to go to Canada to enlist?

I am currently researching those listed as Canadian on CWGC who have no next of kin address. Ever heard of Nicaraguan pilots or Cuban gunners? They existed. How some of them made it to Canada to enlist is as interesting as some of their flying adventures during operations.

Cheers

 

According to RCAF Casualty List #738, issued 21 November 1943, S/Ldr Edgar Andrew Good, born 6 February 1914, hailed from Valois, Quebec.

I can only assume the Aussie connection listed on the CGWC pertains to his parents, stepfather and wife. His "C" service number also denotes pre WWII experience in the RCAF.

P/O Morse mentioned elsewhere here was Australian but had a New Zealand fiancee and seems to have joined up there in the RNZAF because of it, could be the same thing.

 

Geoff

I have the ones above, will send asap

Peter

Hi Peter,

Happy New Year.

Thank you for the offers.

Clive has already posted Bray from Maidenhead.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Had I known about this man a few months ago I could have pulled his service file in Ottawa and we would have known for sure. The Casualty Lists are pretty accurate. In some cases I found men listed as being from, for example, the Bahamas but when I pulled the file he was only stationed there. So definite errors are out there. The information I posted comes from a) the numbered RCAF Casualty list (they also list other air force trainees lost in accidents in Canada as well as Canadians in the RAF and b) Library and Archives Canada databases.

One of the things I've learned over the years is that the CWGC site lists the residence of the serviceman's family, not necessarily him. I know of a case of a lost RAF man, parents are listed on CWGC with a Burmese address. The man himself had no connection to Burma.

Good would be an interesting case to research and certainly not the first I have of Canadians of Russian extraction flying. Having his date of birth puts him as a 7 year old during the Russian Civil War. What made me look him up was why the need for an Aussie to go to Canada to enlist?

I am currently researching those listed as Canadian on CWGC who have no next of kin address. Ever heard of Nicaraguan pilots or Cuban gunners? They existed. How some of them made it to Canada to enlist is as interesting as some of their flying adventures during operations.

Cheers

Hi Alieneyes,

By your research, there seems no doubt that he was born in Canada and was flying in Canada at some stage.

My interest initially was RAAF Australians that died. Further research showed that there were a couple of hundred who enlisted and died in the RAF being in England from the 20's/30's or were not accepted by the RAAF in Australia, paid their own fare to Britain aboard ship and enlisted in the RAF. All are listed as UK on the CWGC.

Also those with an Australian connection.

Cheers

Geoff