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This page is intended to honor our deceased comrades.
In March, 2009 our archivist, Brian Rose, received the above photo from an ex army chap named Richard "Ginger" Phillips, who lives in Brunei. Richard very kindly takes care of the grave and wondered if we could give him any information about what happened to these aircrew. Brian found the following information in his archives:- In January 1950,two Mosquitoes collided near Jesselton, during a formation
fly-past, which was laid on as a show of strength, following the assassination
of the Governor of Sarawak. All four aircrew were killed, among them being a
certain Nav II Wallace. The four men were buried at Jesselton. From that time
on, the Mother of Nav. II Wallace continued to correspond with the Squadron,
sending the aircrew a continual supply of magazines and newspapers, thus keeping
alive the memory of her Son. In appreciation of Richards great act of decency, in taking care of the
grave, our committee has very gratefully decided to make Richard an Honorary
Member of the 81 Squadron Association. The following 81 Squadron Association Members have very sadly passed on, but they will long live on in our memories. May They Rest In Peace.
Sharkey Murphy - 1957-58 and Mayor of Salford in 2006.
Squadron Leader Stan McCreith - 1955/56 and in 2006.
Robert Taylor - Pilot. 1964/67 (2009)
David Gaylard A. Winchester R. Linford - Squadron Leader. Denis Butler - Engine Fitter. 1959/61 David Booth D. Stenhouse Ray Bunce - Chief Tech. 1949/52 J. Shelbourn Sid Moston - Pilot. 1942 William Young - Airframe Mech. 1949/50 Angus Douglas-Hamilton - Pilot. 1962/65 David Bowers - Airframe Mech. 1961/64 Philip Cox - Pilot. 1943/44 John "Ginger" Young - Inst. Mech. 1951/53 Brian King - GD/Navigator. 1962-64
Keith Potter - Engine Mech. 1953-55 (Passed away Oct. 2010) Maurice Dawson - Aircrew. 1941-45 (Passed away Nov. 2010) John "Tich" Hollis - A/F fitter 1949-52 (Passed away Mar. 2011) Jack "Chuck" Charlesworth - !943 -45
On 13/2/53 PR 34 Mosquito RG189 with F/O Paul Skeaping and F/O John Williamson took off from Don Muang and headed south west but returned 20 mins. later on fire.
It flew erratically before diving into
the ground and exploding at Bang Khen south west of Don Muang """
(excerpt from `air crashes in Thailand `
)
John Williamson, Flying Officer 582072
Raf Seletar
Royal Air Force. Born 30 September 1927
Died 13 February 1953.
Buried in Protestant Cemetery Bangkok
Thailand.
Paul Skeaping, Flying Officer.
4037562.RAF Seletar
Royal Air Force. Born 3 August 1929.
Died 13 February 1953.
Buried in Protestant Cemetery Bangkok
Thailand.
Both are listed on the Armed Forces
Memorial at the
National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas
in Staffordshire.
Albert Swan - Passed away 2011.
Brian Rose (1952-54) - Passed away on December 27, 2011. Brian was the Newsletter Editor and Archivist for the 81 Squadron Association and will be greatly missed. Lawrence J. Smith (1954-56) passed away in June, 2011. Squadron Leader George Reginald Wheeldon (1939-40) Passed away on January 18th, 2012. Aged 95 years old.
Kenneth "Tex" Baimbridge passed away in February, 2013. Tex was a member of the ground crew that handled Spitfire PS888 on the occasion of the "Last Flight".
Thomas (Rex) Feest Passed away 4th October 2014
Funeral attended by Ron & Jill Cork
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Gwyn Phillips 13th September 2015 Funeral Attended by Alun Williams & Alec Audley Ray Dadswell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th Anniversary Reunion Coach Trip was to the National Memorial Arboretum for the purpose of laying a Wreath at the 81 Squadron Tree & Plaque. Our President Wing Commander (RAF Rtd) Les Harris took the proceedings' and laid the Wreath and our Membership Secretary Geoff Saunders read out the names of all the Members who have passed on since the formation of the Association.
Tom Laird 1st February 2016 ( Lapsed Member) "Funeral Attended by Bob Dalton" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Murray 14th February 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Toole 16th April 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monty Walters 24th July 2016 "Funeral Attended by Al Taylor" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Todd 23rd August 2016 Funeral Attended "Ray Dadswell, Trevor Maston, Alun Williams" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony (Tony) Arrowsmith 20th December 2016 Funeral 9th January 1917 Attended "Alec, Audley, Alun Williams, Ron & Jill Cork" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornelius (Neal) Devey Dates Unknown Late 2016 early 2017 Information from Geoff Saunders. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivor Congdon 1st January 2017 Information from Alan Taylor "Seletar Association" no other details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Albert Samuel 5th August 2017 Melbourne Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Swaffield 5th August 2017 Coventry
Funeral 4th September 2017 Attended by Paddy Grafton, Ray Dadswell, Alec Audley and Alun Williams --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian ( Benny) Goodman 16th October 2017
Funeral 3rd November 2017 Attended by Ray Dadswell, Manch Gosling ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard H Grant 20th November 2017
Funeral 5th December 2017 Yeovil Crematorium Attended by Gilbert & Stella Wilkins (for Ted Wilkins) Ron & Jill Cork ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice "Mo" Taylor. A member of 81 Squadron but not the Association. Passed Away 2nd February 2018 Information Reuben Holmes.
No information concerning funeral. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick (Paddy) Grafton 10th February 2018
Funeral Canley Crematorium Coventry 24th February 2018 Attended By. Alun Williams, Alec Audley, Eddie & Joan St Leger, John & Maureen Cooper, Ray Dadswell, Ron & Jill Cork, Ron Holt, Trevor & Jill Maston. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyndon Frame ? Information from Nephew Paul Frame to Geoff Saunders of his Passing 27th September 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Emerick 16th June 2018
Funeral Attended by Ray Dadswell, Les Hyson & Les Gosling ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basil Jackson. 7th July 2018 Information from Geoff Saunders via Basil's Daughter. No further information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward (Ted) Wilkins 14th July 2018
Funeral Crewkern 30th July. Funeral Attended by Ray Dadswell, Ron & Jill Cork ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Tudberry. July 2018 Information just received from from his Daughter after receipt of "81 in Focus". No further details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek Tuthill. 28th August Private Funeral 7th September 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Maston. 30th August 2018 Funeral Rotheram 13th September Attended By. Ray Dadswell, Alec Audley, Alun Williams, Brian Gosling, Pamela Todd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Peart. ( New Zealand ) Was informed Robert Peart in October 2018 Alan was in Poor health. Follow ups were not responded to. Have now been informed by Judith Powell, Alan passed away September 2018. Confusion with date overlap. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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