Rhodesian Airman - Cecil Richard Rundle

[Nooster]

I am researching a man who died in the UK during WW2 and was from Southern Rhodesia.
His name was Cecil Richard Rundle born in 1911  in Ghanzi he died in 1942 in Yorkshire England following an Air Crash (he had joined the RAF)
I can find a death entry in Zimbabwe which states his father was deceased & his mother was Maria Petronella Van Niekerk of Queens Mine, Bulawayo
Cecil is mentioned as being a Handyman who was living at Windsor Estate, Bulawayo.
Any information or tips on how to research this man further would be much appreciated.
Thanks

[Crumblie]

I wonder if you have seen this https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/224539/

[barryd]

RUNDLE
Sergeant
778696
CECIL RICHARD RUNDLE
08 September 1942 (died)
Age 31
BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Row D. Grave 2.
VIEW RECORD
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Commonwealth War Graves Commisson

[barryd]

Probably based here.

RAF Pocklington was an operational flying station of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, forming part of Bomber Command, and operating primarily Wellington and Halifax bombers. The station, adjacent to the village of Pocklington at grid reference SE790485, opened in 1941, and was closed in 1946. After a return to agricultural use, the station now forms an industrial estate and a restricted use airfield for a gliding club.

[barryd]

He has an English Death Certificate. He was recorded as being 31 years old when he was killed.

Rundle   Cecil R   31   Bulmer   9d   300
The district Bulmer is in the county of North Riding of Yorkshire

[Crumblie]

He was based at RAF Middleton St. George which is now Teeside Internationaal Airport.

[TreeSpirit]

 1917(!) baptism for Cecil and a brother. Father is Frank Walliss Rundle
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T71-9DQV?i=65

Update: and another brother on the next page

[Nooster]

Thanks all, I had a lot on the crash as I have a mass of BC books just struggled to find out anything on the family.   Thank for finding the baptism TreeSpirit, that was a big help as I had previously only managed to find his death on familysearch 

[barryd]

How could I have missed it. Must be the virus. Cecil was NOT a Rhodesian. He was a Bechuanaland born member of the Royal Air Force. See the Parish Register posted by Tree Spirit.