The curious thing is: I cannot now trace the casualty in Google, this is eerily reminiscent of the Reg Duncan affair in Burma - the death that never was.
Danny, might be able to find
. 3 years, 470 pages.
Air Historic Branch list of relevant publications:
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS
The Price of Peace - A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses Between VE-Day and the End of 1945 by Colin Cummings
Published by Nimbus Publishing
ISBN 09526619 5 0
Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings
Published by Nimbus Publishing
ISBN 09526619 4 2
Last Take-Off - A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings
Published by Nimbus Publishing
ISBN 0 9526619 3 4
To Fly No More - RAF Aircraft Accidents and Write-Offs 1954-1958 by Colin Cummings
Published by Nimbus Publishing
ISBN 0 9526619 2 6
Lost to Service - A summary of accidents to RAF aircraft and losses of personnel, 1959-1996 by Colin Cummings
Published by Nimbus Publishing
ISBN 0 9526619 0 X