ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21154
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 32 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WK114 |
| MSN: | R3/EA3/6634 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, Limassol Bay -
 Cyprus
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus (AKT/LCRA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 8/7/1957: Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea at Limassol Bay after taking off in fog from Akrotiri, Cyprus. All four on board were killed:
Flt Lt W.C. Ford
Flying Officer R.L.Parsons
L/AC D.S.Thickbroom
Flying Officer H.i.Whittle
Per eyewitness report: "It took some time before all the bodies were recovered
On October 5th 1957 I was part of the Funeral Party and the burial took place in Wain’s Keep Military Cemetery in Nicosia for Flight Lieutenant Ford . I was on the Honour Guard by the grave .
We travelled to Nicosia by two Garry Motors along with our dress uniforms . We travelled by means of back windy mountain roads through bandit country. Thirty men with rifles but no ammunition at all , two unarmed drivers and two guards one in each lorry with a Sten Gun and Thirty Rounds only . It was a hairy ride I can tell you .
That was us down to six operational kites on the Squadron."
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
http://web.archive.org/web/20140912055449/http://britains-smallwars.com:80/cyprus/Davidcarter/ROH.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
https://ukindexer.co.uk/headstone//EOKA1.htm
http://www.rafakrotiri.co.uk/32sqdn/32sqdn.html
http://www.friendsandrelations.com/html/detail.php/id/3191/relations/william_charles_ford.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2008 14:45 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Apr-2013 23:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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