Re: Jongste slachtoffers in de R.A.F.
Pieter F schreef:
Bij Service staat zowel Air Training Corps als 1180 Squadron. Squadrons genummerd in de duizendtallen waren volgens mij Air Defence, Balloon of Anti-Aircraft eenheden rond vliegvelden, maar ik kon zo snel niets specifieks over 1180 Squadron vinden. Maar dan hoeft dit nog geen verband te houden met de doodsoorzaak.
Van de 16-jarigen Clark, Hughes en Cousin Wood is wat dat betreft deze informatie wel bekend.
8 September 1943
RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT
IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
406992 Flight Sergeant BUXTON, Alfred William
Source:
AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 166/6/269 Micro Film No 463 AFH
Commonwealth War Graves records W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of
the Second World War, Page 319, Volume 1943.
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Serial number: JB 153
Radio call sign: PM – D
Unit: ATTD 103 SQN RAF
Summary:
Lancaster JB153 took off from RAF Wymeswold on 8th September 1943, detailed to
carry out an air test. The aircraft at dived into the ground two miles from the airfield and
exploded. The aircraft had appeared to be flying normally straight and level at approx
500 feet and there was no indication of any engine failure or trouble with the aircraft Eye
witnesses stated that the aircraft commenced a gentle turn to port but the nose dropped
and it hit the ground with considerable force.
Crew :
RAAF 406992 Flt Sgt A W Buxton, Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sgt J Leeming, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt N Kidd, (Navigator)
RAF Sgt W S Whalley, (Air Bomber)
RAF Sgt G Sweeney, (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAAF 409668 Fkt Sgt G A J Daldy, (Air Gunner)
ATC Cadet F Bond Age 14 years
ATC Cadet D J Fox Age 17 years
ATC Cadet E L Hall Age 17 years.
All on board the aircraft were killed in the crash.
Flt Sgt’s Buxton and Daldy are buried in the Oxford (Bottley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK.
Sgt Leeming is buried in the Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK.
Sgt Kidd is buried in the Kirkcaldy (Dysart) Cemetery, Fifeshire,UK,
Sgt Whalley is buried in the Burton-on-the-Wolds Church Cemetery, Leicestershire, UK.
Sgt Sweeney is buried in the Glasgow (St Kentigern’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Glasgow, UK.
The three ATC Cadets are all from the 1180 Sqn ATC and they are buried in the
Chapel-Le-Frith (St Thomas A’Beckett) Churchyard, Derby, UK.
Bron:
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