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

1942

A very costly day with 20 RAAF lads killed in Asia, The Pacific and Europe.

BENNETT, KEITH CAMPBELL Flight Sergeant 407992 460sq 14/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 17. G. 19. RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Germany

BRASHER, EDWARD KEITH FORBES (DFM) Flight Sergeant 404949 460sq 14/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 11. B. 9. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany

CROWTHER, ALLISTER DALTON Sergeant 411007 460sq 14/09/1942 33 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 11. B. 6-7. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany

JOHNSON, DOUGLAS WESTBURY Sergeant 403139 460sq 14/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 11. B. 6-7. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany

MONK, WILLIAM JOHN CARR Sergeant 403793 460sq 14/09/1942 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 11. B. 6-7. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany

AHERN, KEVIN JOSEPH Flying Officer 401754 2sq 14/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 8. AMBON MEMORIAL Indonesia

DOBBS, GILBERT STANLEY Sergeant 414292 2sq 14/09/1942 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 9. AMBON MEMORIAL Indonesia

McDONNELL, KENNETH LEWIS Flying Officer 401656 2sq 14/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 8. AMBON MEMORIAL Indonesia

TRELOAR, VICTOR Flying Officer 416171 2sq 14/09/1942 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 8. AMBON MEMORIAL Indonesia

BEITZ, GORDON THOMAS Sergeant 414637 36sq 14/09/1942 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian B2. C. 8. PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Papua New Guinea

DALLY, JOHN DOUGLAS Sergeant 413356 36sq 14/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian B2. C. 4. PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Papua New Guinea

DEVINE, STEWART Flight Lieutenant 347 36sq 14/09/1942 38 Royal Australian Air Force Australian B2. C. 6. PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Papua New Guinea

FOERS, FRANK HAROLD Leading Aircraftman 40432 36sq Base Laverton 14/09/1942 19 Royal Australian Air Force Australian B2. C. 1. PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Papua New Guinea

CALDER, GEORGE DOUGLAS Sergeant 401366 1653 Comm Unit 14/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 609. KIRKINNER CEMETERY UK

FRANKCOMB, JOHN CLARENCE Flying Officer 401115 218sq 14/09/1942 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian War Graves Plot. Grave 26. MARHAM CEMETERY UK

GRACE, HILARY FRANCIS Flight Sergeant 404963 150sq RAF 14/09/1942 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 111. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK

HIGSON, WILLIAM FRANK Flight Sergeant 403512 12sq RAF 14/09/1942 19 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 111. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK

HOLGATE, HAROLD WILLIAM Sergeant 405588 150sq RAF 14/09/1942 32 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 112. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK

RIDING, EDWARD HAVELOCK Flight Sergeant 411187 12sq RAF 14/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 111. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK

SHEPHERD, TREVOR DOUGLAS Sergeant 411265 150sq RAF 14/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 113. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK

 

1943

AUSTIN, WILLIAM Flying Officer 402841 455sq 14/09/1943 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 187. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BRADLEY, BASIL GEORGE SHERIDAN Flying Officer 411736 608sq RAF 14/09/1943 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 11, Column 1. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

IRELAND, DENNIS BARTON Flying Officer 139625 138sq 14/09/1943 33 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve UK VIA. D. 4. KRISTIANSAND CIVIL CEMETERY Norway Kristiansand

O'NEILL, HOWARD CHARLES Flight Sergeant 425205 158sq 14/09/1943 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Sec. C. Row B. Grave 18. HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY UK Yorkshire

PETTITT, ERIC NOEL Flight Sergeant 412679 608sq NWAAF 14/09/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 12, Column 1. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

ROBERTSON, JAMES HENRY Sergeant 437008 4 O T U Williamtown 14/09/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot E. Row C. Grave 7. NEWCASTLE (SANDGATE) WAR CEMETERY Australia New South Wales

SHELDON, LESLIE THOMAS WILLIAM Flight Sergeant 412721 608sq NWAAF 14/09/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 12, Column 1. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

SINCLAIR, DONALD Flight Sergeant 415742 4 O T U Williamtown 14/09/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot E. Row C. Grave 8. NEWCASTLE (SANDGATE) WAR CEMETERY Australia New South Wales

 

1944

BONE, CHARLES VERDUN Leading Aircraftman 16961 22sq 14/09/1944 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 7. LAE MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea

BONNETT, RAYMOND JAMES Corporal 207782 1sq 14/09/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 444. SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore

COSTIGAN, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD Leading Aircraftman 73200 22sq 14/09/1944 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 7. LAE MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea

DAVIDSON, JAMES ERNEST Flying Officer 406923 22sq 14/09/1944 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 6. LAE MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea

GLEW, WALLIS CONRAD Pilot Officer 410973 22sq 14/09/1944 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 6. LAE MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea

MOYLAN, HILARY PATRICK Flying Officer 403640 540sq 14/09/1944 31 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 10. E. 3. HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Germany

PORTER, JOHN ROBERT BYRON Flying Officer 420263 126sq 14/09/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Sec. F. Grave 178. BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY UK

STREET, FRANK Leading Aircraftman 69438 22sq 14/09/1944 33 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 7. LAE MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea

TOE, ERNEST GEORGE Leading Aircraftman 40613 9sq 14/09/1944 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 444. SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore

WEBSTER, MAXWELL JOHN Corporal 54197 1 O T U EAST SALE 14/09/1944 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot B. Row B. Grave 16. SALE WAR CEMETERY Australia

WILLIAMS, JAMES HENRY Flight Sergeant 421459 206sq 14/09/1944 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Sec. P. Grave 33 M. LEUCHARS CEMETERY UK

 

1945

DUREAU, GEORGE ALFRED Sergeant 13926 99sq 14/09/1945 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. A. Grave B330. IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY, Queensland Australia

HENDY, GEORGE ALLAN Flight Lieutenant 401441 99sq 14/09/1945 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. A. Grave B326. IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY, Queensland Australia

HOLDEN, ASHLEY ROY THOMAS Flight Sergeant 433543 14 ACHU RAF 14/09/1945 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Sec. A. Grave 702. CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY UK Cheshire

MUTTON, JAMES HAROLD Flying Officer 34046 99sq 14/09/1945 32 Royal Australian Air Force Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. A. Grave B328. IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY, Queensland Australia

PULLIN, RAYMOND FRANK Flying Officer 411050 99sq 14/09/1945 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Row E. Grave 1. IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY, Queensland Australia

QUINN, VINCENT JOHN Flight Sergeant 437876 99sq 14/09/1945 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian C. of E. Plot. Sec. A. Grave B329. IPSWICH GENERAL CEMETERY, Queensland Australia

 

1942

FRASER, THOMAS PRESS Sergeant 413484 9 AOS RCAF 15/09/1942 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 184. Row 4. ST. JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU (ST. JAMES) CEMETERY Canada Quebec
Roll of Honour - Thomas Press Fraser

Service number: 413484 Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 9 Air Observers School RCAF
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Canada
Cause of death: Accidental

PAGE, KENNETH GEORGE Sergeant 406951 25sq 15/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 6. SYDNEY MEMORIAL Australia New South Wales
Roll of Honour - Kenneth George Page

Service number: 406951 Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 25 Squadron
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Off WA Coast
Cause of death: Accidental

PROPERJOHN, KEVIN PEMBERTON Sergeant 415048 25sq 15/09/1942 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 6. SYDNEY MEMORIAL Australia New South Wales
Roll of Honour - Kevin Pemerton Properjohn

Service number: 415048 Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 25 Squadron
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Fremantle WA
Cause of death: Accidental
Source: AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force




RISBEY, GEOFFREY THOMAS Flying Officer 400834 53sq 15/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Eastern Portion. Grave 23. PORT OF SPAIN (ST. JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY Trinidad&Tobago Port of Spain

15 September 1942.
53 Squadron.

P/O. Risbey (RAAF) was circling low over Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, in Hudson V. AM727/D trying to land in a rain storm when the aircraft struck a tree and crashed, Risbey, P/O J W P. Walker (RAAF), Sgt A M. Parkin, Sgt N F. Brassington and AMM3C WM. Boots (USN) were all killed.


SCRIBNER, GORDON GEORGE Sergeant 411392 3sq 15/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 266. ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt Alamein
Roll of Honour - Gordon George Scribner

Service number: 411392 Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 3 Squadron
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Middle East
Cause of death: Flying Battle

SMITH, GEOFFREY FRANCIS Aircraftman 1st Class 47827 3 SOTT Ultimo 15/09/1942 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 7. SYDNEY MEMORIAL Australia New South Wales
Roll of Honour - Geoffrey Francis Smith

Service number: 47827 Rank: Aircraftman Class 1
Unit: 3 School of Technical Training Ultimo
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Bondi NSW
Cause of death: Accidental (Ground Accident)


WALKER, JACK WARING PAIX Flying Officer 401354 53sq 15/09/1942 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Eastern Portion. Grave 22. PORT OF SPAIN (ST. JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY Trinidad&Tobago Port of Spain

15 September 1942.
53 Squadron.

P/O. Risbey (RAAF) was circling low over Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, in Hudson V. AM727/D trying to land in a rain storm when the aircraft struck a tree and crashed, Risbey, P/O J W P. Walker (RAAF), Sgt A M. Parkin, Sgt N F. Brassington and AMM3C WM. Boots (USN) were all killed.

WARD-SMITH, GERALD Sergeant 413294 2sq 15/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Column 10. AMBON MEMORIAL Indonesia Ambon
Roll of Honour - Gerald Ward-Smith

Service number: 413294 Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 2 Squadron
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 15 September 1942
Place of death: Netherlands East Indies
Cause of death: Flying Battle

 

16th September 1941

Sergeant Edward McCormack, RAAF

Egypt. September 1941. A cross and wreath mark the grave in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Row K, Grave 136, of 404181 Sergeant Edward McCormack, RAAF Pilot, of No. 112 Squadron RAF, who died 16 September 1941 (the date on the cross is 17 September 1941). He was the son of John and Emily Constance McCormack of Brisbane, Qld.
Name: McCORMACK, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 16/09/1941
Service No: 404181
Additional information: Son of John and Emily Constance McCormack, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: K. 136.
Cemetery: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Date of Birth 10 Jan 1919
Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD
Date of Enlistment 21 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment Unknown
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin MCCORMACK, EMILY
Date of Death 16 Sep 1941
Rank Sergeant
Posting on Death 112 Squadron
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Roll of Honour SURAT Queensland

 

17th September 1942

HOBAN, WALTER JOHN
Sergeant
403812
49sq
RAF
17/09/1942
26
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Joint grave 11. F. 14-15.
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Germany Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen

16/17 September, 1942; ESSEN: The squadron detailed 13 aircraft for an attack on the Krupps works in Essen. The town received a scattered but damaging raid from over 360 bombers, but RAF losses were high, losing 39 aircraft. One of the 9 Lancaster crews lost, came from 49 Squadron and was captained by one of the unit's Squadron Leaders: Henry Barnard (R5890) and crew were sadly all killed when their aircraft came down in the target area. The crew are now all buried
in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, after initially being interred at Nord Friedhof, Düsseldorf.

Lancaster R5890
S/L H.W. Barnard Pilot (Killed)
Sgt K.A. Bouffler F/E (Killed)
F/O O.D. Thomas 2nd Pilot (Killed)
F/S A.B. Brooks DFM W/AG (Killed)
Sgt A.L. Caron RCAF A/G (Killed)
Sgt W.J. Hoban RAAF W/AG (Killed)
P/O D.B. Moody W/AG (Killed)

 

18th September 1942

1942

FRASER, COLIN ANGEL
Pilot Officer
416115
46sq RAF
18/09/1942
22
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
3. H. 12.
ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt Alexandria



Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 416115 Pilot Officer (PO) Colin Angel Fraser RAAF and his wife Iris Ruby (nee Sambell). A clerk of Glenelg, SA, he PO Fraser enlisted on 29 March 1941. PO Fraser was attached to 46 Squadron RAF when he died in an accident on 18 September 1942; he was aged 22 years.

 

18 September 1944

1944

BELL, GEORGE SAMUEL CRAWFORD
Pilot Officer
412361
570sq
18/09/1944
23
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 20-21. HETEREN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands Gelderland



570 Squadron
Stirling IV LK121
Op. Arnhem.

The aircraft was towing a glider en route to Arnhem when it was hit by enemy flak at Tiel and caught fire before crashing at Opheusden.

Casualties
Pilot Officer George Samuel Crawford BELL 23 RAAF Pilot
Pilot Officer Charles William CULLING 29 Pilot
Pilot Officer John Douglas BAKER 21 RCAF Navigator
Sergeant Vincent WILLIAMS 19 Flight Engineer
Flight Sergeant Henry Ernest BROWNE Bomb Aimer
Flight Sergeant Edward Philip POPE 21 Air Gunner
Corporal John Redmond COLEMAN 26 RCAF

 

18th September 1945

A very sad story here one month after the Japanese surrender!
From 'The (Newcastle) Herald'
Saturday 25 June 2005:

1945

Sixty years after they died in a World War II rescue mission, 29 Australians are to be laid to rest.
Defence Minister Robert Hill announced yesterday that the remains had been recovered of crew and patients on RAAF Dakota A65-61, which crashed in Papua New Guinea.
A story here from F/O Stibbards daughter:
A Death In The Family

From 'The (Newcastle) Herald'
Saturday 25 June 2005:

"At rest at last

Sixty years after they died in a World War II rescue mission, 29 Australians are to be laid to rest.
Defence Minister Robert Hill announced yesterday that the remains had been recovered of crew and patients on RAAF Dakota A65-61, which crashed in Papua New Guinea.
A military funeral is planned for later this year in PNG.
The RAAF was transferring wounded servicemen from Indonesia to Townsville when the plane crashed on September 18, 1945."

Two Hunter Valley servicemen, Warrant Officer Arthur Jack Hunter, age 25 of Lambton (38 Squadron RAAF) and Sapper James Francis MacDougall, age 24 of Mayfield (5 Mechanical Equipment Company). were among the crew and passengers that were killed.

The names and details of the twenty nine are as follow (from the DVA’s WW2 Nominal Roll and the AWM’s Roll of Honour):

Warrant Officer Arthur Jack Hunter, Service Number: 411069; Address at Enlistment: Lambton, NSW; Posting on Death: 38 Squadron.
W.O. Albert Clifford Hughes, 414566, Upper Mount Gravatt, Qld; 38 Squadron.
W.O. Eric Wilkinson, 405949, Booval, Qld; 38 Squadron.
W.O. Allan Campbell, 412376, Mount George, NSW; 38 Squadron.
Flight Sergeant Keith Robert Wiles, 27141, Glandore, SA; 38 Squadron.
Flight Sergeant Allan George Sawery, 6188, Albion, NSW; 38 Squadron.
Sgt Francis Leonard Henry Blackmore, 47042, West Hindmarsh, SA; 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit.
Flying Officer Noel Royce Stibbard, 421110, Wollongong, NSW; 38 Squadron.
Leading Aircraftsman William Royce Dunderdale, 170241, Darra, Qld; 38 Squadron
Sister Marie Eileen Craig, 501399, Drummoyne, NSW; 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit
Lieut Alun Morris Jones, QX4655, Silkstone, Qld; 11 Australian Movement Control Group.
Lance Sgt Arthur John Hyde, NX88349, Croydon, NSW; 30 Works Company.
Cpl George John Welch, NX31956, Queanbeyan, NSW; 2/102 General Transport Company.
Pte Keith John Bowden, NX108177 (N239150), Sans Souci, NSW; 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Ian Scott McDowall, QX26044, Galloways Hill, QLD; 1 Parachute Maintenance Platoon AAOC.
Pte Laurie Anthony Coombe, SX25862 (S47372), Glandor, SA; 2/4 Pioneer Battalion.
Pte John McAlorum, QX54584, Red Hill, QLD; 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Mervyn John Ford, NX78164, Nortmere, NSW; 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Leonard Thomas Oakley, TX16004 (T102879), Burnie, Tas; 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Ian Thomas Lawler Ray, NX203686, Ainslie, ACT; 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Donald William Smith, NX92958, Milton, NSW; 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte James Ivan Tindall, NX126131 (N268804), Pambula, NSW; 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Pte Arthur Trevor Jorgensen, QX60848 (Q271474), Toowoomba, Qld; 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Sapper John Matthews, NX128663 (N350309); Orange, NSW; 9 Works Company.
Sapper James Francis MacDougall, NX204635 (N467417), Mayfield, NSW; 5 Mechanical Equipment Company.
Trooper Ronald Leslie Mathiesen, QX60160, Maryborough, Qld; 2/6 Cavalry Commando Squadron.
Trooper George Phillip Duffy, QX28187, Augathella, Qld; 2/5 Cavalry Commando Squadron.
Trooper Fredrick Joseph Ireland, NX114117 (N228055), Maroubra Junction, NSW; 2/5 Cavalry Commando Squadron.
Gunner Trevor John Eiszele, TX8234, Hobart, Tas; 2/8 Field Regiment.

 

1942

19th September

BISHOP, FRANK ELLIOTT Sergeant 416113 460sq 19/09/1942 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

BRANDER, HARRY SUTTON Flying Officer 403658 460sq 19/09/1942 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

HAZELTON, WILLIAM JOHN RONALD Corporal 22126 460sq 19/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

KEYS, FREDERICK RAYMOND Sergeant 401220 460sq 19/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

MORANT, ALLAN RALPH Flight Sergeant 400931 460sq 19/09/1942 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

SOLOMONS, SIDNEY ARTHUR Flight Sergeant 403079 460sq 19/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

SUTTON, JAMES THOMAS Flight Sergeant 404860 460sq 19/09/1942 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian BINBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD UK Lincolnshire

Date of Death: 19 September 1942
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293) AWM 237 (63) (64)
NAA: A705, 163/92/190; WR Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Fatalities in the Second World War, Page 223, volume 1942.
Aircraft Type:
Halifax
Serial number:
DT 481
Radio call sign:
Unit:
460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Halifax DT 481 based at RAF Breighton was detailed on 19 September 1942 to carry out an air firing exercise, but to make a call first to the drome at RAF Binbrook. The aircraft overshot the drome on its first approach, and when it overshot again on the second approach, smoke was pouring from the starboard outer engine which had failed and caught fire. At 1030 hours while making a gentle turn to the left at 800 feet the aircraft stalled, then spun and crashed. All the crew on board were killed.
Crew:
RAAF 403079 Flt Sgt Solomons, S A Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 400931 Flt Sgt Morant, A R (Navigator)
RAAF 401220 Sgt Keys, F R (Bomb Aimer)
RAAF 403658 FO Brander, H S (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAAF 416113 Sgt Bishop, F E (Front Gunner)
RAAF 404860 Flt Sgt Sutton, J T (Rear Gunner)
RAAF 22126 Cpl Hazelton, W J R (Fitter 2A)
RAF Sgt Betteridge, A S (Flight Engineer)
All the RAAF crew members are interred in the Binbrook (St Mary) Churchyard, Lincolnshire.UK.

 

1941

20th September

BARTLETT, GORDON KENNETH Sergeant 407190 226sq 20/09/1941 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 85. Row D. Grave 6. AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland

Service number: 407190
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 226 Squadron RAF
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 20 September 1941
Place of death: Netherlands
Cause of death: Flying Battle
Son of John Royston Bartlett and Florence Maud Bartlett, of Hawthorn, South Australia.


I have not researched the details of his death.

 

1941

20th September

BARTLETT, GORDON KENNETH Sergeant 407190 226sq 20/09/1941 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 85. Row D. Grave 6. AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland

Service number: 407190
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 226 Squadron RAF
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 20 September 1941
Place of death: Netherlands
Cause of death: Flying Battle
Son of John Royston Bartlett and Florence Maud Bartlett, of Hawthorn, South Australia.


I have not researched the details of his death.

Geoff, I have the following on the above loss...........


20 September 1941.

No.226 Squadron.
Blenheim IV V6422 MQ-
Op. Anti-shipping.

The aircraft took off from Wattisham to patrol Beat 10. It attacked a convoy off the Hook of Holland and crashed after being caught in the blast of its own bombs.

Sgt. J C V. Colmer +
CWGC :: Casualty Details

Sgt. G K. Bartlett RAAF +
CWGC :: Casualty Details

Sgt. L. Trevor +
CWGC :: Casualty Details

BCL. Vol.2 - W R. Chorley

 

Thanks Peter - Great info.

Cheers

Geoff

 

1942

21st September

BUTCHER, RAYMOND EDWARD NORTON Flying Officer 406638 101sq RAF 21/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Allied Mil. Plot. Row 2. Grave 14. AABENRAA CEMETERY Denmark Aabenraa





HAWKINS, HEDLEY MAURICE Sergeant 404433 101sq RAF 21/09/1942 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 112. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

I assume these two RAAF lads were on the same aircraft and only one body found.

 

1943

22nd September

CRANFIELD, ASTLEY ARTHUR Flight Sergeant 420155 460sq 22/09/1943 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 27. F. 6. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

GALT, KENNETH RAE Flight Sergeant 409683 460sq 22/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 27. F. 8-11. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

LUCY, HARRY KENLOCH Flight Sergeant 409560 460sq 22/09/1943 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 27. F. 5. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

SIBBIT, EDWARD MOORE Flight Sergeant 5148 460sq 22/09/1943 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 27. F. 8-11. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

SMITH, CHARLES KEIGHTLEY Pilot Officer 413665 460sq 22/09/1943 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 27. F. 8-11. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

WATSON, MAXWELL THOMAS LOCKWOOD Flying Officer 420328 460sq 22/09/1943 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 27. F. 8-11. BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany Saltau-Niedersachsen

460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
Date of Death: 22 September 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293) AWM 237 (63) (64)
NAA: A705, 166/38/215
Aircraft Type:
Lancaster
Serial number:
JA 859
Radio call sign:
AR -
Unit:
460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster JA 859 took off from RAF Binbrook at 1903 hours on 22 September 1943 to attack Hanover. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb and 3 x 1000lb bombs, 48 x 30lb and 570 x 4lb incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Twenty four aircraft from the squadron took part in the raid.
Crew:
RAAF 413665 PO Smith, C K Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 420328 FO Watson, M T L (2nd Pilot)
RAAF 409683 Flt Sgt Galt, K R (Navigator)
RAAF 5148 Flt Sgt Sibbit, E M (Bomb Aimer)
RAAF 420155 Flt Sgt Cranfield, A A (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt Clayton, E G (Flight Engineer)
RAAF 409560 Flt Sgt Lucy, H K (Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt Hampton, R T (Air Gunner)
Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was established that the aircraft crashed on the east bank of the Weser river at Bremen-Walle north west from the city centre. All the crew were killed and they are interred in the Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, 45 miles east of Bremen, Germany.

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BARRETT-LENNARD, MICHAEL GODFREY Flight Sergeant 406912 460sq 22/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 14. A. 10-12. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen

COX, DUDLEY VINCENT Flight Sergeant 416935 460sq 22/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 14. A. 10-12. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen

HANSEN, RONALD HANS Flight Sergeant 22001 460sq 22/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 14. A. 10-12. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen

RUSHTON, ARTHUR NOEL FORRESTER Flight Sergeant 421512 460sq 22/09/1943 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 14. A. 10-12. SAGE WAR CEMETERY Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen

460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
Date of Death: 22 September 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293); AWM 237 (63)
NAA: A705, 166/5/298
Aircraft Type:
Lancaster
Serial number:
DV 219
Radio call sign:
AR -
Unit:
460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster DV 219 took off from RAF Binbrook at 1900 hours on 22 September 1943 to attack Hanover, Germany. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb and 3 x 1000lb bombs, 64 x 30lb, 540 x 4lb incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Twenty four aircraft took part in the operation.
Crew:
RAAF 22001 Flt Sgt Hansen, R H Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 406912 Flt Sgt Barrett-Lennard, M G (Navigator)
RAAF 416935 Flt Sgt Cox, D V (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt Mott, L O (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Flt Sgt Sedgwick, J F (Flight Engineer)
RAAF 421512 Flt Sgt Rushton, A N F (Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt Shepley, N (Air Gunner)
Post war enquiries established that the aircraft was shot down and crashed at Branstedt near Vechta at 2230 hours on 22 September. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and all the crew were killed. The remains of the crew were recovered by the Germans and buried in Vetcha cemetery. The four RAAF crew members were re-interred at the Sage War Cemetery, located 13 miles south of Oldenburg, Germany.

 

1943

23rd September

ADAIR, CHARLES EDWARD Flight Sergeant 11615 467sq 23/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 5. B. 21. DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany Bad Tolz, Bayern

FARMER, WALTER THEODORE Pilot Officer 416843 467sq 23/09/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 191. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

Date of Death: 23 September 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/426) AWM 237 (63) (64)
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War : Page 333, Volume 1943.
Aircraft Type:
Lancaster
Serial number:
DV 233
Radio call sign:
PO -
Unit:
467 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster DV233 took off from RAF Bottesford at 1904 hours on the night of 23/24th September 1943 to bomb Mannheim, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Seventeen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including DV233 failed to return.
Crew:
RAAF 416843 PO Farmer, W T Captain (Pilot)
RAF FO Puttick, A (Navigator)
RAF Sgt J Knowles, (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt T W Darvill, (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) RAF Sgt R V Chinnery, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt P Cansfield, (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAAF 11615 Flt Sgt C E Adair, (Rear Gunner)
Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by an ME110 whose opening burst killed Flt Sgt Adair. The aircraft caught fire and crashed near the bahnhof at Goddelau, approx. 24 miles north of Mannheim, Germany. Both PO Farmer and Flt Sgt Adair were killed and the other five members of the crew became POW’s.
In later statements Sgt Knowles and Sgt Chinnery (POW’s) said “It was highly improbable that PO Farmer had sufficient time to enable him to effectively abandon the aircraft.” Sgt Darvill and Sgt Knowles (POW’s) reported “ Sgt Adair was unable to exit from the rear turret after receiving instructions to abandon the aircraft. Sgt Cansfield made two attempts to save him but due to the fire could not reach the turret and he was forced to abandon the aircraft.”
PO Farmer is listed as missing and his name is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK. Flt Sgt Adair is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany. Durnbach is a village, 16kms east of Bad Tolz, a town 48kms south of Munich.

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LONG, ARTHUR Pilot Officer 413396 467sq 23/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany Bad Tolz, Bayern

LUMSDEN, OSWALD JOHN Flight Sergeant 413779 467sq 23/09/1943 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany Bad Tolz, Bayern

Date of Death: 23 September 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/426) AWM 237 (63) (64)
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War : Page 333, Volume 1943.
Aircraft Type:
Lancaster
Serial number:
EE 135
Radio call sign:
PO – Y
Unit:
467 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster EE135 took off from RAF Bottesford at 1901 hours on the night of 23/24th September 1943 to bomb Mannheim, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Seventeen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including EE135 failed to return.
Crew:
RAAF 413396 PO Long, A Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 413779 Flt Sgt O J Lumsden, (Navigator)
RCAF Flt Sgt M C Craik, (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt J B Harrison, (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt C Weddell, (Flight Engineer)
RCAF Sgt H A Green, (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sgt T Francis, (Rear Gunner)
Following post war enquiries it was believed that the aircraft crashed at Altertheim and all the crew were killed. They are buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany. Durnbach is a village 16kms from Bad Tolz, a town 48kms south of Munich.

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CUMMING, ALLEN BOYCE Flight Sergeant 414338 460sq 23/09/1943 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 22. C. 15-17. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen

HADLEY, GEORGE ARTHUR Flying Officer 413989 460sq 23/09/1943 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 22. C. 15-17. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen

MORRISON, D'ARCY EDWARD Flight Sergeant 421436 460sq 23/09/1943 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian 22. C. 13. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen

PLANT, BRUCE ALBERT Flight Sergeant 23729 460sq 23/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 22. C. 15-17. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Germany Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Date of Death: 23 September 1943
Source:
AWM 64 (1/293); AWM 64 (1/294) Appendix 137; AWM 237 (63) (64)
NAA: A705, 166/32/195
Aircraft Type:
Lancaster
Serial number:
DV 174
Radio call sign:
AR -
Unit:
460 Sqn RAAF
Summary:
Lancaster DV 174 took off from RAF Binbrook at 1839 hours on 23 September 1943 to attack Mannheim, Germany. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb and 3 x 1000lb bombs, 48 x 30lb and 30 x 4lb incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Nineteen aircraft from the squadron took part in the raid.
Crew:
RAAF 23729 Flt Sgt Plant, B A Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 413989 FO Hadley, G A (Navigator)
RAAF 414338 Flt Sgt Cumming, A B (Bomb Aimer)
RAF Sgt Hirst, D S (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt Davis, V A (Flight Engineer)
RAAF 421436 Flt Sgt Morrison D E (Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt Harris, D C (Air Gunner)
Following post war enquiries it was established that the aircraft crashed at Speyer on 23rd September presumably shot down by enemy aircraft. Speyer is approx 12 miles south of Mannhein, Germany. All the crew were killed and their remains are interred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery at Cleves, located 40 miles nor’west of Duisberg.

 

1943

24th September


GODFREY, RICHARD ROY Flight Sergeant 415521 150sq RAF 24/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 11, Column 2. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

MEYER, DONNELLY COOMBE Flight Sergeant 409566 150sq RAF 24/09/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 11, Column 2. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

VEALE, NEVILLE JAMES NINNIS Flight Sergeant 421059 150sq RAF 24/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 12, Column 2. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

WEST, JOHN DANIEL Flying Officer 410198 150sq RAF 24/09/1943 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 11, Column 1. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

WILLIAMS, ERIC OWEN STODDART Flying Officer 409340 150sq RAF 24/09/1943 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 11, Column 1. MALTA MEMORIAL Malta Floriana

Source:
NAA : A705, 166/27/238
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: HZ 811
Radio call sign:
Unit: 150 Sqn RAF
Summary:
Wellington HZ 811 of 150 Sqn RAF was one of a number of Squadron aircraft to attack
barges and harbour installations at Leghorn, Italy. HZ 811 took off at 1845 hours on 24
September 1943. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return
to base. Leghorn is located on the North West coast of Italy.
Crew:
RAAF 409340 FO Williams, E O S (Pilot)
RAAF 410198 FO West, J D (Navigator)
RAAF 415521 Flt Sgt Godfrey, R R (Navigator)
RAAF 409566 Flt Sgt Meyer, D G (Navigator Acting Bombaimer)
RAAF 421059 Flt Sgt Veale, N J (Air Gunner)
Following post war enquiries and investigations when no trace of the missing aircraft or
crew was located, it was recorded in 1948 that the crew had lost their lives at sea.

 

1942

21st September

BUTCHER, RAYMOND EDWARD NORTON Flying Officer 406638 101sq RAF 21/09/1942 24 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Allied Mil. Plot. Row 2. Grave 14. AABENRAA CEMETERY Denmark Aabenraa

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HAWKINS, HEDLEY MAURICE Sergeant 404433 101sq RAF 21/09/1942 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Panel 112. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

I assume these two RAAF lads were on the same aircraft and only one body found.


BUTCHER, RAYMOND EDWARD NORTON Flying Officer 406638

21-22 September 1942.

101 Squadron.
Wellington III X3815 SR-
Op. Gardening.


Attacked by a night-fighter.

Three crew killed, Two POW.

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HAWKINS, HEDLEY MAURICE Sergeant 404433

21-22 September 1942
101 Squadron
Wellington III X3457 SR-R
Op. Gardening.

Aircraft lost without trace.

Five crew killed

BCL Vol.3 - W R. Chorley

 

1942

25th September

BANNISTER, JOHN RUSSELL Sergeant 408166 223sq 25/09/1942 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian A IV. G. 6. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Egypt

BUCHANAN, NORMAN ROSS Sergeant 406609 223sq 25/09/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian A IV. G. 4. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Egypt

KETTLE, ANDREW MURRAY Sergeant 401170 223sq 25/09/1942 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian A IV. G. 5. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY Egypt