ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172742
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 1663 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | DG277 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Long Marston, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rufforth, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Rufforth |
At 23:33 hrs on 14th August 1944 Halifax DG277 ("OO-F") took off from RAF Rufforth airfield, near York, so the crew could carry out a night navigation exercise. Just before 03.00 hours on 15th August the aircraft was returning to base in poor weather but with the crew struggling with poor visibility.
The aircraft flew into rising ground to the south of Long Marston, Yorkshire; it hit an oak tree prior to coming to a halt in a field and at the edge of a small wood. The flight engineer sadly died as a result of the accident and six others were injured but at least two of these must have been seriously injured as they did not resume training again for some months. The others named below who were injured survived the war but possibly because they were too seriously injured to resume their training.
Crew:
Flt Eng - F/Sgt John Simpson Piper (1880334) RAFVR - Killed.
Pilot - F/O T.G Smith (NZ414692) RNZAF - Injured.
Nav. - F/O D Gordon RNZAF. Injured.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Alfred Charles Maurice Ackrill (1320970) RAFVR - Injured.
WOp / AG - Sgt J C Finn.
Air Gunner - F/O Edward Henry Ewin (154904) RAFVR Injured. (Killed LL544, 5/6 March 1945)
Air Gunner - F/O Walter Dennis Waller (154752) RAFVR Injured (Killed LL544, 5/6 March 1945)
Sources:
1. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16936-440815-Unaccounted-Airmen-15-8-1944
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/dg277.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2015 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Jan-2018 09:16 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2021 08:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2023 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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