Air Force Memorials To The Missing: Graves Found

As we are now getting a few grave finds from the RAF etc I will now list them in a separate thread.

Member
McINTYRE, JOHN DONALD
Died 04/02/1945

Royal Air Force Transport Command

Cataraqui Cemetery, Ontario.

 

4 February 1945

Mosquito KB313

John Frederick Bradley. Cdn civ. Pilot
John Donald McIntyre. Cdn civ. RO/Nav

Crash Amherst. NS

Source - Ocean Bridge - Carl A. Christie

 

Further details re the above.....

Mosquito VII KB313

Lost wing recovering from dive after take-off. Amherst NS.

 

De Havilland Mosquito B.II: Powered by two Packard built Rolls-Royce Merlin 31s driving three bladed Hydromatic fully feathering propellers, this was a Canadian version (DeHavilland - Downsview) based on the B.IV Series II. First flew 24 September 1942. Used in North America only.
112 Wg to USAAF as 43-34925

Production: KB300 - KB324. Transferred to USAAF: KB306 (43-34931), KB312 (43-34924), KB313 (43-24925), KB315 (43-24926), KB316 (43-24927), KB317 (43-24928).

 

Warrant Officer (Pilot)COATES, JOHN HENRY
Service Number 1147865

Died 05/03/1945

Aged 24

111 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of John and Eliza Coates, of York.

Commemoration moved from Malta Memorial to Padua War Cemetery.

 

Commemoration now moved.

 

SergeantPHILLIPS, GABRIEL
Service Number 976646

Died 18/09/1941

405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Grave Found Belfast Milltown Cemetery.

 

Flying OfficerLAMBERT, ROGER CYRILLE CONSTANT
Service Number 167677

Died 28/09/1946

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Grave found Redu Cemetery Belgium

with thanks to Jon Heyworth

 

Aircraftman 2nd ClassDICKERS, BASIL HENRY SETH
Service Number 1404406

Died 29/05/1941

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Grave found Pyrton St Mary Churchyard, Oxon.

With thanks to Jon Heyworth.

 

Leading AircraftmanTOYE, JOHN WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
Service Number 912890

Died 28/02/1945

Aged 28

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of Frederick Ernest and Edith May Toye, of Holborn, London.


NB.
Recent research has shown that Leading Aircraftman Toye is buried here. Currently the grave is marked with a headstone to an Unknown Soldier, but a new headstone bearing his details is now on order. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Singapore Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.

Commemoration moved from Singapore Memorial to Labuan War Cemetery.

 

WARRANT OFFICER GEOFFREY MAURICE BURCHELL
Service Number: 564123
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force

Date of Death
Died 31 October 1942

Runnymede Memorial.

Grave found Caterham St Mary Churchyard, Surrey.

With thanks to Jon Heyworth.

 

SERGEANT
A VAN DE PUTTE
Service Number: 5950
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force

Date of Death
Died 22 July 1947

Buried or commemorated at
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Ledeberg Cemetery, Merlebeck, Belgium.

With thanks to Jon Heyworth.

 

CORPORAL
HENRY HESKETH
Service Number: 855283
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

Date of Death
Died 07 May 1941

Wavertree Holy Trinity Churchyard, Liverpool

With thanks to Jon Heyworth

 

Corporal
GEORGE RAYMOND PRIESTLEY
Service Number: 1350730


Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force


Date of Death

Died 03 September 1941


Buried or commemorated at

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Belfast City Cemetery.

 

CORPORAL
KENNETH SCOTT ADLARD
Service Number: 517596
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force

Date of Death
Died 01 September 1944

Buried or commemorated at
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Newcastle West Road Crematorium.

DOD to be amended to 7th Sep 1944.

 

ace !!! Another off the list !

 

AIRCRAFTMAN 1ST CLASS
KENNETH OLLIER
Service Number: 1105089
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force

Date of Death
Died 24 June 1941

Over Tabley St Paul Churchyard, Cheshire.

With thanks to Jon Heyworth.

 

Thank you Chris , I can find them but placing them in the knowledgeable hands of yourself and the IN From the Cold project , takes the final step you lot are so good at

 

I shall try and bring this topic up to date with all the changes at Runnymede...

Commemorations moved, week ending 21/05/2022:

HEJNA, Jan 787204
KONSTACKY, Vilem 82608
ROZUM, Alois 787169
SMRCEK, Leonhard 82639
VALACH, Karel 787551
Cemetery = BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

 

Commemorations moved, week ending 02/07/2022:

ADLARD, Kenneth Scott 517596
Cemetery = NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (WEST ROAD) CREMATORIUM