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My father Major Clifford Vivian Maxwell Inward died in a small-plane crash on 7th April 1945 flying from Peshawar to a Masonic dinner in Lahore in India (as it was then). Others killed in the same crash were: A/Capt Walter Russell Wicks; Capt Ronald Morris; Flt Sgt Alexander James Robertson RAF; WO Peter Humphrey Watson RAF; Major Frederick Harold Lewis; Sgt Sidney James Whitsey. I am in contact with the Wicks and Whitsey descendants and we would all like to make contact with relatives of any of the other people who died in that crash or anyone else who could tell us any more about the circumstances of the crash.

These Records might help Bill Name: INWARD, CLIFFORD VIVIAN MAXWELL Initials: C V M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Major Regiment: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Unit Text: 5th Bn. Date of Death: 07/04/1945 Service No: 152221 Additional information: Son of William Thomas Inward and Aimee Rose Inward; husband of Phyllis Winifred Mary Inward, of Potterspury, Northamptonshire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. D. Joint grave 8-9. Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Name: ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER JAMES Initials: A J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age: 21 Date of Death: 07/04/1945 Service No: 1560720 Additional information: Son of Henry and Margaret Robertson, of Elgin, Morayshire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. D. Coll. grave 11-13. Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Name: WATSON, PETER HUMPHREY Initials: P H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age: 24 Date of Death: 07/04/1945 Service No: 1333678 Additional information: Son of James Humphrey and Mary Watson, and stepson of L. E. Watson, of Coltishall, Norfolk. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. D. Joint grave 14-15. Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Name: WHITSEY, SIDNEY JAMES Initials: S J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment: Corps of Military Police Age: 28 Date of Death: 07/04/1945 Service No: 14604149 Additional information: Son of James and Gertrude Whitsey, of Streatham, London; husband of Kathleen Julia Mary Whitsey, of Streatham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. D. Coll. grave 11-13. Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY Name: WICKS, WALTER RUSSELL Initials: W R Nationality: Indian Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Indian Engineers Age: 41 Date of Death: 07/04/1945 Service No: MES/109 Additional information: Son of Walter and Agnes Elinor Wicks; husband of Elsie Irene Wicks, of Northwold, Norfolk. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. D. Joint grave 14-15. Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY

Thanks for that Bill.

your welcome Val.

Thanks again Bill. I have updated the original message to include the full names. Hopefully one of their descendants who knows more than we do might see it.