Casualties 1932

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Casualties - January - December 1932

This section covers RAF personnel killed between 1 January and 31 December 1930. The information has been gleaned from a variety of sources including the Commonwealth War Graves registers, Air Force Lists, Flight magazine and a variety of other publications and books. Entries in italics indicated that exact confirmation of these details have not yet been confirmed.

Date	Rank	Name	Unit, Aircraft & Comments
12 Jan	Flt Lt	O'DOHERTY, FRANCIS JOSEPH	He was killed whilst flying an unidentified Atlas of No 208 Sqn in a flying accident near the Pyramids.
12 Jan	AC1	MAHONEY, D J N	He was killed whilst flying in an unidentified Atlas of No 208 Sqn in a flying accident near the Pyramids.
20 Jan	Plt Off	SHEARN, AUSTIN CHARLES	Died
21 Jan	Gp Capt	BRUCE, WILLIAM ROBERT	Died
26 Jan	Fg Off	TOPPIN, HENRY CASTLEHOW (Lt RN)	He was killed whilst serving aboard HM Submarine M5 as the pilot of Parnall Peto, N255 when the submarine was lost 3 miles of Portland Bill.
2 Feb	Fg Off	GRANT, WILLIAM EDWARD	Died
15 Feb	Fg Off	HICKS, HERBERT GEORGE	He was killed in a mid-air collision with Avro 504N, J8509 near Leuchars, whilst flying Fairey IIIF, S1332 of the RAF Training Base Leuchars.
15 Feb	AC1	BEATTIE	He was killed in a mid-air collision with Avro 504N, J8509 near Leuchars, whilst flying Fairey IIIF, S1332 of the RAF Training Base Leuchars.
18 Feb		UNKNOWN	He was killed whilst flying Atlas, K1463 of No 2 FTS spun in near Digby
25 Feb	Flt Lt	DITTON, HUGH (Lt Cdr RN)	He was killed in a mid air collision whilst flying Flycatcher, N9679 of 401 Flt, HMS Courageous and dived into the sea. The other aircraft was S1273 flown by Fg Off R S Collins
25 Feb	Fg Off	COLLINS, REGINALD STRADLING	He was killed in a mid air collision whilst flying Flycatcher, S1273 of 401 Flt, HMS Courageous and dived into the sea, his body was not recovered. The other aircraft was N9679 flown by Flt Lt H Ditton
25 Feb	Fg Off	LEVERS. GEORGE MAURICE	Killed
7 Mar	A/Cdre	PINK, RICHARD CHARLES MONTAGU	Died
2 Apr	Fg Off	TAYLOR, REGINALD READER HART RAFO	Died
14 Apr	Plt Off	WARFORD-MEIN, ADRIAN JOHN	He was killed whilst flying Avro 504N, K2352 of the No 2 FTS which crashed at East Winch in Lincolnshire.
21 Apr	Fg Off	CLARK, HENRY THOMAS	Died of injuries
25 Apr	Fg Off	IRVEN, PAUL LESLIE HYLDER DUNDAS (Lt RN)	Drowned
26 Apr	Plt Off	JOHNSTONE, ARCIBALD CAMPBELL	Killed (Wapiti, J9593 of No 55 Sqn?)
29 Apr	Fg Off	SUTTON, JOHN FREDERICK	Killed
6 May	Fg Off	WHITE, NICHOLAS ERSKINE	Killed
6 May	Fg Off	McDOUGALL, DUNCAN SHIMWELL	Killed
10 May	Flt Lt	JONES, HUGH	Died
11 May	Fg Off	HEALING, JOHN WILLIAM MONTAGUE (Lt Cdr RN)	Died
19 May	LAC	EAST,	Serving with No 20 Sqn, he was wounded by tribesmen (on drugs) whilst travelling between Miranshah and Peshawar and died later that day in hospital.
21 May	Flt Lt	GIBBONS, FRANK GEORGE DFC	Killed
23 May	Fg Off	BRAMLEY, ERIC VICTOR NEWCOMEN	Killed (Fairey IIIF, J9809 of No 47, crashed at Nag Hinaidi)
24 May	LAC	LANE, W P	He was killed whilst flying in an unidentified Siskin of No 5 FTS, which crashed and burnt out near Barton, Manchester. Sgt J Treadwell was injured in the accident.
26 May	Plt Off	JACKSON, NEVILLE HOWARD	Killed
26 May		UNKNOWN (N H JACKSON?)	He was killed whilst flying Avro 504N, K1042 of the Central Flying School, when he collided with another Avro, K1050 during a formation change.
26 May		UNKNOWN (N H JACKSON?)	He was killed whilst flying Avro 504N, K1050 of the Central Flying School, when he collided with another Avro, K1042 during a formation change.
26 May		UNKNOWN (N H JACKSON?)	He was killed whilst flying Hawker Fury I, K2064 of No 1 Sqn when he collided with another aircraft, K2036 of the same squadron during a formation change. His aircraft caught fire and crashed near Shoreham, the pilot of K2036 successfully abandoned the aircraft.
8 Jun	Fg Off	MARGETTS, D J	He was killed whilst flying Blackburn Ripon, S1560 of No 466 Flt, HMS Furious near Portree, Isle of Skye. He dived into the sea during a practice bombing run. His observer, Lt J Newsham RN was also killed
8 Jun	Sqn Ldr	ELWORTHY, LEONARD MAURICE
9 Jun	Plt Off	LEGGATT, HARATIO BETHUNE	He was killed whilst flying an Avro 504N (F8812 or K1815) of the No 2 FTS which which collided with each other.
9 Jun	Plt Off	BEST, JOHN DAVID	He was killed whilst flying an Avro 504N (F8812 or K1815) of the No 2 FTS which which collided with each other.
12 Jun	Fg Off	MAHON, LIONEL EDWARD PATRICK	Died
17 Jun	Plt Off	WATSON, GEOFFREY DOUGLAS RAFO	Killed
20 Jun	Flt Lt	ASHTON-JINKS, CLEMENT PHILIP	Died
4 Jul		UNKNOWN	He was killed whilst flying Bristol Bulldog, K1673 of No 23 Sqn when he collided with K1675 of the same squadron. He spun into the ground at Hartfield in Sussex but the other pilot abandoned his aircraft and survived.
8 Jul	Fg Off	MASSY, NORMAN BLENNERHASSETT RAFO	Killed
8 Jul	Plt Off	DRAPER, ALFRED JOH	Died
27 Jul	Fg Off	PHARAZYN, PETER WALTER JOHNSTON (SPECIAL RESERVE)	He was killed whilst flying an unidentified Wapiti of No 501 Sqn, the tail of which broke away following a collision with a tree causing it to dive into the ground and burn out at 'Howletts', Bekesbourne.
4 Aug	Plt Off	SALT, WILLIAM HARVEY RAFO	Killed
16 Aug	Fg Off	KAY, ANDREW BANKES (Lt RN)	Killed
20 Aug	Plt Off	WATKINS, HENRY GEORGE RAFO	Died
23 Aug	Plt Off	SLOWEY, HENRY EDWARD	Died
27 Aug	Fg Off	SAWYER, ROBERT STANLEY	Died
29 Aug	Fg Off	WILLSHER, CECIL BRIAN	Died
9 Sep	Fg Off	HAWKINS, PETER JOHN WALTER	Killed
11 Sep	Act Gp Capt	BAYLEY, RENE MAURICE DFC	Died
26 Sep	Fg Off	KING, HENRY MAITLAND (Lt RN)	Killed
1 Oct	Fg Off	DOBSON, VERNON WILLIAM (Sub-Lt RN)	Killed
1 Oct	Fg Off	DICKSON, ROBERT DOUGLAS LINDSAY (Lt RN)	Killed
6 Oct	Fg Off	MAYER JOHN LEONARD DFC, RAFO	Died
7 Oct	Fg Off	PAGE, ARTHUR WILFRID BRIAN	Virginia VII, J8237 of No 58 Sqn, crashed at Godalming, Surrey after wing failure.
7 Oct	Plt Off	GULLY, BERNARD HENRY	Killed
12 Oct	Flt Lt	MARETT, HAROLD CLAUDE	Killed
12 Oct	APO	WHITE, ADRIAN KINROSS	Killed
27 Oct	Fg Off	THOMPSON, NEVILLE HERBERT (Lt Sherwood Foresters)	He was killed whilst piloting Audax, K2007 of No 4 Sqn when it collided with K2000 of the same squadron and spun in near Farnborough. The gunner was also killed but K2000 was able to land safely.
27 Oct		UNKNOWN	He was killed whilst flying in Audax, K2007 of No 4 Sqn when it collided with K2000 of the same squadron and spun in near Farnborough. The pilot was also killed but K2000 was able to land safely.
18 Nov	Fg Off	DENNIS, GERALD WESLEY (Lt RN)	Died
2 Dec	Plt Off	FORMAN, DONALD EDWARD	Killed
4 Dec	Fg Off	BUCHANAN, JAMES OSMAN AuxAF	Died
5 Dec	Fg Off	BISHOP, ERIC DOUGLAS	Died of injuries
5 Dec	Plt Off	BERENS, RICHARD JAMES	Killed
10 Dec	Plt Off	LONG, RICHARD	Killed
12 Dec	Flt Lt	MASON, CYRIL RUTHERFORD	Died of injuries (Wapiti, J9503 of No 27 Sqn, crashed at Kohat?)
15 Dec	APO	MOERAN, BRIAN RADCLIFFE	He was killed whilst flying an unidentified 504N of No 4 FTS.
21 Dec	Flt Lt	HAYNES, DOUGLAS JAMES THOMAS	Died
22 Dec	Fg Off	CLELAND, ALBERT GWILLIM	Killed

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