ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175619
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 547 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EV881 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pontrithol Farm, Mynach Logddy, Carn Bica, near Preseli, Pembrokeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF St Eval, Cornwall |
Flew into hill in cloud on a coastal patrol near Pontrithol Farm, Mynach Logddy, Carn Bica Mountain, near Preseli Pembrokeshire. Six of the nine crew were killed.
Warrant Officer (Pilot) Stanley William Kearey (1313796), buried Farnham Civil Cemetery, Farnham, Surrey
Warrant Officer Class I (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Billy William Soroski (R/115731) RCAF, buried at City Road Cemetery, Haverfordwest
Flight Sergeant (Navigator/Bomb Aimer)) John Duncan Boyd (R/167068) RCAF, aged 27, buried at City Road Cemetery, Haverfordwest
Flight Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Robert Evans (1475549) buried at City Road Cemetery, Haverfordwest
Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Raymond Sellors (1622900), aged 21 buried at Bentley-with-Asksey Cemetery, Bentley, South Yorkshire
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Albert Henry Humphries (3050220), aged 19, buried at City Road Cemetery, Haverfordwest
3 crew survived -
Pilot Officer R.N Shearly
Warrant Officer E.G Moody
Flight Sergeant A.J Campbell
Sources:
1. http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/NEWS/11515619.Relatives_visit_wartime_crash_site_in_Preseli_hills/
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29250952
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6963
4. http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/crashsites2012-13.pdf
5. http://www.egfemovements.co.uk/groups/pag/
6. http://www.rafb24.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3150:EV881&catid=20&Itemid=394
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2434542/kearey,-stanley-william/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2965555/soroski,-billy-william/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2965537/boyd,-john-duncan/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2965539/evans,-robert/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2406536/sellors,-raymond/
12. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2965543/humphries,-albert-henry/
Media:
Memorial plaque at the crash site (installed 1984)
Liberator EV881 © Gareth Morris (WMR-6963) Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2015 14:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-May-2015 07:17 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Feb-2017 06:49 | ORD | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2019 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 05:42 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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