ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236937
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| Date: | Thursday 1 February 1945 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 519 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FL455 |
| MSN: | 2697 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moorland near Loch Rangag, Wick and East Caithness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick (EGPC),Wick and Caithness, Scotland |
| RAF Wick (EGPC), Scotland |
The aircraft with a crew of nine airmen had returned in atrocious winter weather from a routine met reconnaissance flight, it overflew the airfield and then crashed on the high open moorland near Loch Ranag, killing six of the crew, FS. Geoffrey A. F. Panzer, RAFVR, A/G-W/O, FS. William H. Payne,RAFVR, Flight Engineer, FS, Kenneth A. I. Day, RAFVR, A/G-W/O, Sgt. Alexander Purdie Beatson RAFVR, W/O, E.A.Wood RAF and D.A. Pressley RAF. Three of the crew survived, Flt. Lt. F. K. Humphries RAAF, Pilot, F/O. G. H. Pullan, Pilot and F/O T.G. Wrigley, Pilot in training.
Sources:
1. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6050
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-boeing-b-17e-flying-fortress-wick-6-killed
3. https://heavywhalley.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/the-little-known-raf-mountain-rescue-service
4. http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/CC18/Day2.html946-from-the-illustrated-london-news
Media:
B-17 Fl455 - 519 Squadron Air Crash © Allan White (WMR-6050) Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2020 17:36 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 12-Jun-2020 19:10 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
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