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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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31 Squadron RAF
14.01.1946 No. 31 Squadron Dakota IV KJ817 W/O. Derrick S. Sharman

Operation: Transport

Date: 14th January 1946 (Monday)

Unit: No. 31 Squadron

Type: Dakota IV

Serial: KJ817

Code: Not known

Base: Mount Bongkok, Java

Location: RAF Kemayoran, Jakarta (then Batavia)

Pilot: W/O. Derrick Stanton Sharman 1442929 RAFVR Age 24. Killed

Pilot 2: Sgt. Leslie Ross 1570949 RAFVR Age 22. Killed

Nav: Fl/Sgt. Noel Stannard 1392261 RAFVR Age 24. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: W/O. Wallace Roy Hill 1576070 RAFVR Age 22. Killed

Px: LAC. John Fraser Reid 1376744 RAFVR Age 23. Killed (Air Ambulance orderly)

REASON FOR LOSS:

On an operational sortie from Bandeong (Bandung)to its base at RAF Kemayoran, Batavia, Jakarta when it is thought that the aircraft entered cu-nim cloud and the aircraft crashed in the turbulence on Mount Bongkok on Java.

Burial details:

W/O. Derrick Stanton Sharman. Jakarta War Cemetery. Grave 3.E.15. Son of Edward Charles and Jessie Ravenna Sharman, of Hellesdon, Norfolk, England.

Sgt. Leslie Ross. Jakarta War Cemetery. Grave 3.E.14. Son of Lily Ross, of Catchgate, Annfield Plain, County Durham, England.

Fl/Sgt. Noel Stannard. Jakarta War Cemetery. Grave 3.E.16. Son of Stewart and Winifred Mabel Stannard, of Wembley Hill, Middlesex, England.

Left: As described (courtesy John Ireland)

W/O. Wallace Roy Hill. Jakarta War Cemetery. Grave 3.E.12. Son of Harold and Gertrude Mary Hill, of Nottingham, England. A former pupil of The High Pavement Grammar School (Wollaton House 1935-1939).

LAC. John Fraser Reid. Jakarta War Cemetery. Grave 3.E.13. Son of John Fraser and Edna Mary Reid, of Merton Park, Wimbledon, Surrey, England.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to John Ireland who had been the pilot of Fl/Sgt. Noel Stannard during the war years.

KTY - 02.07.2017

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Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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