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Old 17th April 2010, 17:22
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Re: RAF Non-operational loss 21 March 1944

Henk, I also think there should be six crew members but the link only refers to 5, namely Appleton (bomb aimer), Evans (pilot), Gent (Flt Engr) (similar names to local residents), McGregor and Alexander (W/Op/ Gunner).
Of the rest on your list, I assumed the Corporals not to be aircrew.
I also felt a Sqdn Leader would merit mention, as none, therefore excluded Timmins.
Therefore I was a Navigator and a gunner short.
Green seemed a possible for the gunner, but I didn't know Roberts was a Navigator
Name: ROBERTS, HENRY WILLIAM
Initials: H W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 37
Date of Death: 21/03/1944
Service No: 1585160
Additional information: Son of William and Sarah Roberts; husband of Eleanor May Roberts, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 20. C. 13.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY.
I had assumed (!) that Roberts had died in hospital possibly from a different incident, as the rest of the crew had been buried close to their home addresses.
As McGregor is also buried there, it might be that they survived the initial crash and taken to Brookwood, but then dying from their injuries.
Name: McGREGOR, REGINALD ROTHWELL
Initials: R R
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 21/03/1944
Service No: R/197660
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Lillian M. McGregor, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 48. B. 3.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

Now you've provided a Navigator, we may have a typical 7 man crew.
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