Looking for families of a Mosquito crew: John Towsey and Richard Kingham
 

August 6, 1944: a Mosquito from the 544th squadron (based in Benson) crashes in the north east of Lyon and his crew is killed.

A friend will soon set up a memorial on site and he would like to invite the families of the crew for the inauguration.

How find if there are still relatives ? Did they have children ? grand children? Nephews ?

Any help is very much appreciated.

GC



here is the information he has about the Crew :

Pilot: John Stanley Jack TOWSEY,
Flight Leutnant, mat 86330, married with Catherine Lewis
born second quarter of 1915, in Basford, Nottinghamshire county.
he was the son of Charles Frederick TOWSEY born in 1887 at Nuneham, Oxfordshire and Jessie BARNES (married second quarter 1912 in Basford)


Navigator: Richard John KINGHAM
flying Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, mat. 143099
Son of John Ernest KINGHAM (1859-1939)
Born in 1921 at Aldershot, Hampshire
John had a sister, Mary Heather, born in1908 in Aldershot;

Re: Looking for families of a Mosquito crew: John Towsey and Richard Kingham
 

I am glad to say that I was contacted (PM) by a relative of one the crew: the contact is made, a memorial will be erected, thanks to TOCH, again..

GC