Phil, Sorry its taken so long for me to start on your loss list, its taken me ALL day to gain access to the site and I don't have any confidence in being able to stay on. Regards Peter. Name: BURTON, ALBERT CYRIL Initials: A C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Pilot Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 612 Sqdn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 26/03/1941 Service No: 89634 Additional information: Son of Albert and Ellen Burton, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 31. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 25 March 1941 612 Squadron Whitley V T4290 WL-J Duty: Search Base: Wick Took off 2015 hrs RAF Wick. Overshot the landing, lost height and ditched quater mile of Noss Head, Caithness at approximately 0340 hrs on the 26th No sign of the Whitley was found despite a search by the Wick lifeboat. CC Losses - McNeill
Name: DOYLE, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 428 Sqdn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 18/04/1944 Service No: 1065830 Additional information: Son of Stephen and Catherine Doyle; husband of Evelyn Doyle, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 228. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 17-18 April 1944 428 Squadron Halifax II JN973 NA-U Op: Gardening. Took off 2032 hrs RAF Middleton St.George. Lost without trace. BCL - Chorley
Name: HALLOWELL, JOSEPH GORDON Initials: J G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 626 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 03/04/1945 Service No: 154684 Additional information: Son of Thomas and Elspeth May Hallowell, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 267. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 3 April 1945 626 Squadron Lancaster I PA190 UM-G2 Op: Nordhausen Took off RAF Wickenby to bomb a military barracks. Presumed lost off the Dutch coast. The average age of the crew was 22 years. BCL - Chorley
Name: HORABIN, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 115 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 26/09/1941 Service No: 1007199 Additional information: Son of Leonard and Johanna Horabin, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 45. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 26-27 september 1941 115 squadron. Wellington IC R1332 KO-X Op: Emden Took off 1850 hrs RAF Marham. Last heard on w/t indicating an engine was on fire. Subsequently the Wellington came down in the sea off the Frisian Islands. BCL - Chorley
Name: HOUGH, WILLIAM JOHN Initials: W J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn Age: 29 Date of Death: 16/07/1944 Service No: 135510 Additional information: Son of Alfred and Minnie Hough; husband of Josephine Hough, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 207. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 15-16 July 1944 44 Squadron Lancaster III PB206 KM-Q Op: Gardening Took off 2232 hrs RAF Dunholme Lodge for operations over Danish waters. Lost without trace. BCL - Chorley
Name: IMISON, GERALD PERCY Initials: G P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 97 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 08/08/1941 Service No: 994392 Additional information: Son of Gerald Percy and Martha Elizabeth Imison, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 46. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 7-8 August 1941 97 Squadron Hampden I AE303 OF- Op: Essen Took off RAF Coningsby. Crashed in the North Sea. BCL - Chorley
Name: IRELAND, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 101 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 16/12/1943 Service No: 1435308 Additional information: Son of William O. and Alice Ireland, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 154. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 16-17 December 1943 101 Squadron Lancaster I DV300 SR-W Op: Berlin Took off 1625 hrs RAF Ludford Magna. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schaufer, IV./NJG1) and exploded at 1815 hrs over the Banco polder some 2 km NE of Tacozijl (Friesland) and close to Lemmer, Holland. BCL - Chorley
Name: JOHNSON, CHARLES LESLIE Initials: C L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flight Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age: 23 Date of Death: 02/05/1944 Service No: 1532537 Additional information: Son of Frank and Kate Hall Johnson, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 219. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 2-5-1944 1 AAS Blenheim IV V5549 Collided with (Blenheim) N3613 (below) on bombing exercise at Theddlethorpe Ranges, Lincs. 1532537 F/Sgt Charles Leslie JOHNSON RAFVR + 61064 F/Lt Norman Howard WOODWARD RAFVR + 138096 F/Sgt Donald Lloyd BRETT RAFVR + All Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial 2-5-1944 1 AAS Blenheim IV N3613 Collided with (Blenheim) V5549 (above) on bombing exercise at Theddlethorpe Ranges, Lincs. 570069 Sgt (Pilot) Arthur LISTER RAF + (Buried Newmarket [Exning] Cemetery). 134555 F/O (Air Bomber) Russell George KIRBY RAFVR + (Commemorated Kettering Crematoium. Panel 2). 1320145 F/Sgt (Air Bomber) Alfred George BROWN RAFVR + (Buried Manby [St. Mary] Churchyard). This is the RNLI record for the event. MABLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE. At 11.15 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1944, two R.A.F. aeroplanes collided over the sea some two miles east of Saltfleet. A strong westerly wind was blowing and the sea was rough. Mr. C. Mountain, fisheries officer at Mablethorpe, was at the railway station when he saw an aeroplane coming down. He ran to the fishery motor boat and found its engineer, H. West, preparing it for launching. Three other men helped them to launch the boat, which was not at all easy from the beach. The two men searched, but only found two rubber dinghies and some wreckage. - Rewards, letters, of appreciation to Mr. C. Mountain and Mr. H. West, with 15s. to the men who helped to launch their boat. RNLI Records of Service 1939-46 Thanks to Dennis, Col and Ross
Name: RICE, JOHN SUMMERFIELD Initials: J S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Pilot Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 78 Sqdn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/02/1945 Service No: 55924 Additional information: Son of George Summerfield Rice and Mary Rice, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 268. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 14-15 February 1945 78 Squadron Halifax MZ799 EY-X Op: Gardening Took off 1802 hrs RAF Breighton and headed for the Kadet Channel. Lost without trace. (P/O. Rice was an ex Halton apprentice) BCL - Chorley
Name: TOBIN, MARTIN PATRICK Initials: M P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 432 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 25/06/1943 Service No: 1312182 Additional information: Son of Peter and Mary Tobin; husband of Eileen Elizabeth Tobin, of Widnes, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 167. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 24-25 June 1943 432 squadron Wellington X HZ518 QO-A Op: Wuppertal Took off 2305 hrs RAF Skipton-on- Swale. Presumed crashed in the sea off the coast of Holland. BCL -Chorley
Excellent info, thanks Peter. You dont know anything about the apprentice reference by any chance ? 14-15 February 1945 78 Squadron Halifax MZ799 EY-X Op: Gardening Took off 1802 hrs RAF Breighton and headed for the Kadet Channel. Lost without trace. (P/O. Rice was an ex Halton apprentice)
