ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281844
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: | Short Sunderland Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 4 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DP178 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | 70 miles off Sumburg Head in the Shetlands, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alness, Highland |
Take off was at 21:05hrs in fair weather. Vis 12 miles, 3/10 cloud at 6-7000 feet, winds at 15 MPH from SSW. Last radio contact placed it 70 miles off Sumburg Head in the Shetlands at 22:53hrs. Firshermen reported an explosion on the horizon shortly after 23:00hrs. Aircraft missing, presumed lost at sea. Rescue aircraft launched the next morning found sparse floating debris in the previously reported area.
Crew:
Pilot: J/21587 F/L Joseph Marcel Jacques Powell (RCAF)
2nd Pilot: J/25428 F/O Arthur Bowker Smith McElroy (RCAF)
Navigator: C/1841 F/L Arthur Gordon Rawland (RCAF)
Flight Engineer: 174490 F/O Peter Warren Berry (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer: R/225463 F/Sgt William Merser Richmond (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: R/142701 WO1 Walter Gill (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: R/108312 WO1 Ernest William McCready (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 423125 WO1 Donald Eric Hunt (RAAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: R/92380 WO1 Stephen Gordon Campbell (RCAF)
Air Gunner: R/264718 F/Sgt Eric Dwyer (RCAF)
Air Gunner: R/271248 F/Sgt Edgar Walter Sivell (RCAF)
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=dp178&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Accident report from The National Archives UK
Accident report from RCAF archival microfilms
Accident report from the personnel files of all RCAF crew members
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1083963
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/232667
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1270844
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1079214
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1079321
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1804589
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2939907
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2940225
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807238
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2022 18:58 | tachel | Added |
| 23-Aug-2022 22:06 | tachel | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2022 22:07 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Aug-2022 20:56 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2022 20:56 | tachel | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 28-Aug-2022 15:54 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2022 15:56 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2022 16:12 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-May-2023 21:18 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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