[Arjay1949]

Gentlemen -firstly apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but as it refers precisely to the query I have, I'm hoping that's OK?

I am (and always have been) a resident of Moordown, and live less than half a mile from where JP137 crashed.

Ever since my childhood in the '50s, I remember stories of a plane, supposedly on a 'secret mission', crashing to the ground, with the loss of all on board.
I remember the overgrown site of the crash, before it was reclaimed and new homes built on it, some 40 or more years ago, IIRC.

It is only now, nearly 70 years later, that the local community is trying to raise funds for a permanent memorial, to remember those who lost their lives that night.
Naturally, those involved in the venture are keen to have the names on any memorial inscription recorded as accurately as possible.

And therein lies the problem. Local 'legend' has a 5 man crew, plus 2 civilians on the ground. Those names we have - and of course tie up with your list.
The names for the crew:

Sgt. Alexander - F/O Appleton - Sgt. Evans - Sgt. Gent - Sgt. Mcgregor.

The possible inclusion of Sgt. Roberts and/or Sgt. Green as well has not, AFAIK, so far been considered.
That of course may need to change.

My query is how we should move forward, to try and confirm the presence of those last two airmen in the crew?
Or not, as the case may be.

Rather than the 'secret mission' of local legend, I rather suspect that JP137 may have been on something as ordinary as the delivery flight mentioned earlier in the thread, alongside JP107. Would a crew of 5 been more typical, for a non-operational delivery flight?

The whole thing is at an early stage, but we have the support of local councillors, and our ex MP (now retired) so we are hopeful that a suitable memorial will eventually be erected. We even have a provisional site!!

So I'm hoping that experienced aviation historians like yourselves might be able to steer us in the right direction, when it comes to confirming the identities of all those on board?

Thanks for reading --and sorry for the long waffle!!