What Squadrons were these RAF Aussies in when they died.

SORENSEN, DERRICK RALPH Flight Sergeant

No details yet but a picture of his grave, plus a numer of other RAAF in this cemetery:

The Scottish War Graves Project :: View topic - Dunure Cemetery ***Complete***

 

JACKSON, RONALD CHARLES Leading Aircraftman

Captured at the fall of Hong Kong, and died as a POW there. Was based at RAF Kai Tak, but not known if he was with any particular unit.

 

PRICE, JAMES ALFRED Flying Officer

Halifax LV774 MH-B
51 Squadron Mission to Magdeburg

T/O 20.04 from Snaith. Cause of loss not established. Crashed on the Wehrmacht artillery range at Oldebroek (Gelderland), Holland. All but Sgt Smith killed

F/O J A Price
P/O J Lanaghan
F/Sgt D Entwistle
F/O G B Pronger RCAF
Sgt G J Bucknall
Sgt M S Smith PoW
Sgt J O'Sullivan

 

Till, Ernest Fleetwood Street

Name: TILL, ERNEST FLEETWOOD STREET
Initials: E F S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 34
Date of Death: 20/06/1944
Service No: 157020
Additional information: (Served as TRAVIS). Son of Pte. Alan Gordon Till, Australian Infantry (killed in action at Gallipoli 6th/9th August, 1915) and Mabel Till; husband of Elizabeth Everard Travis, of Formby.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. K. Grave 144.
Cemetery: SOUTHPORT (BIRKDALE) CEMETERY

Interesting story:

Hunt to trace tragic airman (Look Back)

Formby airman’s identity a mystery (Formby Times Past)

RAF Redhill

 

TAYLOR, FRANK RICHARD Leading Aircraftman

4 AACU (Anti-aircraft Co-operation Unit) Seletar

POW. Held Java, then Moluccas (Ambon). Died on the Maros Maru, in the terrible conditions.

General details of the ship and POW statements:

COFEPOW - Ships - The Maros Maru

 

CRESSEY, STANLEY WEBB Flying Officer

151 Maintenance Unit

POW Held Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Died on Death March

 

SMITH, VERNON HOPETOUN Flying Officer

RAF Kluang

POW. Held Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Kuching)

Died Kuching

 

HATHWAY, JACK WILLIAM Sergeant

I can't find a unit but he is reported as Died on Active Service which normally means illness or an accident not associated with the air force

Grave photo

Jack William Hathway ( - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

 

PARKER, VINCENT Flight Lieutenant

Parker was a Battle of Britain pilot (234 Squadron) who was shotdown on the August 15th 1940 and taken prisoner. He ended up in Colditz

He stayed in the RAF after liberation and was killed in a flying accident whilst based at RAF Milfield (56 OTU) in Tempest EJ859

 

Update

Completed:

BISHOP, FREDERICK ALAN Pilot Officer 41821 14/09/1939
EDGAR, ALLAN MATHESON Pilot Officer 41270 26/03/1940
BROWN, JOHN ROLAND Flying Officer 39370 12/05/1940
BURRASTON, JACK CLARENCE Pilot Officer 42379 6/07/1940
MUNDAY, WYNTON SCOTT Flying Officer 40637 17/10/1940
DAWSON, ERIC HENRY Flying Officer 41384 10/11/1940
BALDRY, KENNETH ALDRED Sergeant 741301 12/12/1940
NEVETT, HORACE ARTHUR Pilot Officer 86701 16/02/1941
OLDMAN, LEONARD HENRY Sergeant 931979 9/10/1941
BOWMAN, ALAN MCDONALD (DFC & Bar) Wing Commander 32138 30/11/1941
RIES, WILLIAM EDWARD Pilot Officer 109327 21/01/1942
TONGUE, EDWIN (MM) Flying Officer 116822 14/02/1942
DAVEY, JOHN JAMES Sergeant 400751 21/02/1942
McCLAUGHRY, WILFRED ASHTON (CB) (DSO) (MC) (DFC) (MID 3) Air Vice Marshal 4/01/1943
JACKSON, RONALD CHARLES Leading Aircraftman 992747 28/12/1943
PRICE, JAMES ALFRED Flying Officer 125472 22/01/1944
TILL, ERNEST FLEETWOOD STREET Flying Officer 157020 20/06/1944
TAYLOR, FRANK RICHARD Leading Aircraftman 976583 20/09/1944
CRESSEY, STANLEY WEBB Flying Officer 120083 11/07/1945
SMITH, VERNON HOPETOUN Flying Officer 117114 21/07/1945
HATHWAY, JACK WILLIAM Sergeant 1054471 19/09/1945
PARKER, VINCENT Flight Lieutenant 42356 29/01/1946

Unknown so far:

REYNOLDS, MICHAEL VINCENT Pilot Officer 41617 2/01/1940
WARD, MAURICE Sergeant 641509 28/11/1940
JOSEPH, HAROLD WALTER HARRIS Leading Aircraftman 956834 17/12/1940
EVANS, ANDREW HAROLD SARGENT Sergeant 741895 19/02/1941
COOGAN, JAMES STEPHEN Leading Aircraftman 1252908 7/03/1941
FORBES, IAN SIM Leading Aircraftman 655051 7/07/1941
YOUNG, LEO Aircraftman 2nd Class 1281411 22/11/1941
FALKINER, LEIGH BRERETON SADLEIR Leading Aircraftman 1384158 12/02/1942
PAULSEN, JOHN MCKECHNIE Pilot Officer 109325 5/03/1942
ALLAN, JAMES Sergeant 1251427 3/02/1943
SORENSEN, DERRICK RALPH Flight Sergeant 1313849 7/08/1943
SHETLIFFE, RUSSELL BARTON REMINGTON Flying Officer 100156 2/01/1944
HARDIE, ROSS Warrant Officer 902422 17/05/1944
SHEPPARD, JOHN MCMASTER Flight Lieutenant 101116 15/09/1944
CONWAY, JAMES PATRICK Squadron Leader 31428 26/10/1946

 

Fantastic Kyt,

Great info.


cheers

Geoff

 

Dr Jon did a great job with these Commonwealth flyers.

He sent them to me a few weeks ago. Great photos.

 

Do we call him being 16 EFTS or a myriad of other squadrons?

Difficult assignment.


Cheers

Geoff

 

The other thread has been referenced with this so ignore the other until these are completed and I can delete the other.

Cheers

Geoff

 

I have posted the uncompleted list on Rafcommands. I'll post any details that are forthcoming:

Australian Casualties - RafCommands Forums

 

Thanks Kyt.

 

Thanks to the guys on rafcommands:


WARD, MAURICE Sergeant 641509 28/11/1940
20 OTU Wellington N2884 (I shall look up the exact details later)

REYNOLDS, MICHAEL VINCENT Pilot Officer 41617 2/01/1940
1 Air Armament School Westland Wallace K3911

JOSEPH, HAROLD WALTER HARRIS Leading Aircraftman 956834 17/12/1940
5 FTS. Killed in Master N7591 which crashed on take off at 0950 hours, 17/12/1940. The aircrafts wings had not been covered by frost covers during the night and resulted in a sluggish take off and then a side slip into the ground at Tern Hill. This pilot was Jewish

COOGAN, JAMES STEPHEN Leading Aircraftman 1252908 7/03/1941
5 FTS. Master T8570. Crashed during an overshoot at Driffield (the unit operated a detachment there for a short while). His death is registered in Buckrose which confirms a death near Driffield.

and Tome (Thorne83) has added another name

 

Please thank all those who contributed Kyt as it is a great help.

That cuts the list down nicely.

I already had Clements as 10sq. The only ones I referenced out of the 202 "Aussies in the RAF" were those I did not have a squadron for. The others I gleaned from the CWGC site after sourcing them from Geoffs search engine.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Blenheim R3753

Kyt,

do you have the date of the R3753 crash

Thanks Leospitcon

 

It was the night of 10/11th November 1940