ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193264
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 1 OADU RAF |
| Registration: | DT503 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Between England and Gibraltar -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar (LXGB) |
The Halifax II DT503 of 1 OADU RAF went missing on Ferry Flight from Lyneham to Gibraltar. The Halifax took off from Lyneham at 01:46 hours, and was never seen again after it passed ovr RAF Portheath, Cornwall. It was lost without trace. presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of France or Portugal. The seven crew and three RAF passengers - all posted as missing believed killed - are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew and passengers (all lost):
Sgt Raymond Francis Connor RNZAF (pilot)
Sgt James Allan (Australian in the RAF)
Sgt Jack Brown
Sgt Donald John William Buttery
Sgt Donald Owen Colwell Culshaw
Sgt Leslie Fox
Flg Off William James Hart
Sgt Joseph Henry Maudson
Sgt Charles Stubbs
Sgt Geoffrey Templeton
Connor was attached from 1658 HCU, RAF, to Lyneham the day prior to the flight. This may have been solely for the purpose of carrying out the delivery flight rather than the precursor of a Middle East posting.
Sources:
1. http://www.landinportugal.org/perdidos+i.htm
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.boscastle-online.co.uk/rafdm/pages/crash_log/crashlog43.html]
3. http://www.ww2chat.com/war-air/2590-what-posting-death-these-aussies-raf.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2661-3-2-1943-Runnymede-Memorial-aircrew&p=13990&styleid=3
6. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/in-memoriam-those-air-force-pilots-crews-who-died-on-this-day-in-ww2.18267/page-24#post-448235
7. http://wokinggrammar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/roll-of-honour-william-hart.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2017 16:51 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 03-Feb-2017 17:32 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 05-Mar-2017 23:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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