6 Group Unavailable
Station ORB
08-February-1943: Pre-Dawn Cross Country Flights and a Low Level Bombing programme were carried out at Yarmouth. One aircraft on Cross Country, Ventura II, A.J.211, crashed 4 miles from Richibucto, N.B. and exploded on impact. All the crew were killed. The crew were members of No.6 Course and consisted of:- AUS420135 Sgt. Burnham H.J. AUS413841 Sgt. Edmund P.L. and NZ416424 Sgt. Hogan J.E. The cause of the accident being obscured, an investigation was requested and the accident is being investigated by S/Ldr. C.W. Foxley-Norris, R.A.F. of No.31 O.T.U.
SOURCE: No.34 OTU Daily Dairy/ Library and Archives Canada/ Copy Number C-12364. To read the full account click on the following link:
Pennfield Ridge Air Station Accident and/or Mishap Reports for No.34 Operational Training Unit (OTU)
