1803978 – Sergeant – Pilot – No 52 OTU – Spitfire Mk I – KIA at 25

Joined 1st HAA Unit of The Trinidad Volunteers at the beginning of 1940.

Son of Santiaga Roberts, Maraval. Age 25; Daughter is Merle Ursula Britto Lawrence, Moraldo St., Maraval. Killed on 2 Jan 1943 at 1430 hrs at Alston Down while flying Spitfire AR 240; Engine stalled, he attempeted to glide in but spun in hitting the ground near the watch tower building.

[Source: CMHA]

Recruits. Probably at Piarco, Trinidad. Possibly 1940?

[Picture courtesy Rolf Williams, son of J.R. Williams]

The passenger list of SS Cameronia which sailed from Port of Spain, Trinidad, via Durban in South Africa, and arrived in Glasgow on 9 March, 1942, contained the names of 7 of the men from the Piarco photograph.  They were described as “Air Cadets from Trinidad”.  The 7 men were  Emil Trankarr Johnson aged 24 (aka Emil Louis Johnson);  Lawrence Jones, 26;  Jellicoe Norbert Scoon (actually Jellicoe Esslemont Norbert Cecil Scoon), 21;  John Francis Horsham, 24; Laurent Joseph De Verteuil, 25;  Geoffrey William Carter, 24;  and Raymond Britto, 24.

[Courtesy AD]

Name: BRITTO, RAYMOND
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 25
Date of Death: 02/01/1943
Service No: 1803978
Additional information: Son of Santiaga Roberts, of Maraval Village, Trinidad.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 5. R.C. Row FFF. Grave 15.
Cemetery: CIRENCESTER CEMETERY

[Source: www.WW2chat.com]

109949 – Flying Officer (September 1943) – Pilot – Son of Lt.Col Roy Alston – Killed 7 May 1956 flying Canberra Wt328 at AAEE Boscombe Down

[Source: CMHA]

74 Squadron – flew Spitfires, Mustangs and finished the war in Burma

[Source: Robert Alston]

Pilot – KIA

[Source: CMHA]

134366 – Flying Officer – Observer/Navigator – No 8 Group, 139 Sqn, Swanton Morley – Mosquito – KIA at 27

Volunteer Trinidad ETS. a/c flown by Sgt Valentine took off from Swanton Morley at 2150hrs on 12 Aug 1943 for Berlin. Aircraft & crew failed to return. Body never recovered – Son of Charles and Mary Rawlins, of Princes Town, Trinidad, West Indies.

[Source: CMHA, CG]

Studied with Ulric Cross at St. Mary’s, joined RAF together, both 139 Sqn. Shot down in 7th operation

Interview Ulric Cross

[UC]

Name: RAWLINS, KENRICK WYVILLE
Initials: K W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 139 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 13/08/1943
Service No: 134366
Additional information: Son of Charles and Mary Rawlins, of Princes Town, Trinidad, West Indies.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 129.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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605619 – Flight Sergeant – Pilot – 166 Sqn, RAF Kirmington – Lancaster – KIA

[Source: CMHA]

605619 – A.P. Poon Tip – Trinidad – attested 16.6.43 – Sgt. Navigator UK 16.6.44

[Source: NA AIR 2/6876]

172428 – Pilot Officer – 1 Group, 12 Sqn – Lancaster JB432 – KIA

Volunteer Trinidad ETS, trained at Piarco, posted 12 Sqn raf Wickenby, Lincoln, No 1 Group. Took off from Wickenby at 2218hrs on 3rd June 1944 to bomb Vierson junction but failed to return to base. Listed as missing. DOD from MOD listed as 3 Jun 44 but CWGC has 1 Jul 44

[Source: CMHA]

605476 – O.E.H. Pollard – Trinidad – attested 287.42 – Sgt. Pilot UK 5.1.43
172428 – P/O – commissioned 25.2.44 – missing (FB) 1.7.44

[Source: NA AIR 2/6876]

581243 – Flight Sergeant – Pilot – 70 Sqn – Blenheim – KIA in Greece, body never recovered

[Source: CMHA]

1397461 – Flight Sergeant – Pilot – 183 Sqn – Typhoon JP402 – KIA 28/1-1944 (at 21) – Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK

Educated QRC, volunteer Trinidad ETS, trained at Piarco, 5th Course. A/c was reported to have ditched into the sea 36 miles north of ile de Batz at approximately 1630hrs on 28 Jan 1944, whilst engaged on a fighter sweep. Damage to a/c was sustained over the target. A prolonged SAR failed to find any trace of a/c or body – Son of Henry Browne Philipps and Marie Irene Philipps, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies.

[Source: CG, CWGC, CMHA]

Name: PHILIPPS, ROBIN GORDON
Initials: R G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 183 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 28/01/1944
Service No: 1397461
Additional information: Son of Henry Browne Philipps and Marie Irene Philipps, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 221.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

[Source: www.WW2chat.com]