Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V LA877,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308780
 
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Date:Saturday 3 July 1943
Time:23:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:19 OTU RAF
Registration: LA877
MSN: W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:7 miles south west of Delwhinnie, Perthshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kinloss
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed during a night flying exercise. No cause was determined. All crew members perished.

Pilot: 1336268 Sergeant Dennys Cyril Hunt (RAFVR)
Navigator: 1316200 Sergeant Edwin Albert Deacon (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer: R/155552 Flight Sergeant Donald James Gillies (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1083783 Sergeant Robert Norman Cowie (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: R/180825 Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel (RCAF)

Sources:

19 OTU wartime records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of R/180825 Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel containing the loss report
Personnel file of R/155552 Flight Sergeant Donald James Gillies containing the loss report
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2459807
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2459808
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=LA877
http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/19otu_roll_honour_master.htm
http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/CC19c/Dalwhinnie.html

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