Squadron: 158 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-16
Completion Date: 1942-07-16
Mission: Conversion
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF East Moor
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Squadron Code: NP-Z
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Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: at Cornborough Farm, near Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: piloterror
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158 (Conversion Flight) Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Eastmoor. Halifax aircraft BB 203 NP-Z crashed at Manor Farm, Cornborough, Yorkshire during a conversion training flight. The aircraft was observed to be flying at an unusually low altitude and while attempting to land at RAF Eastmoor, stalled in a turn, struck a chimney on a house at Cornborough Farm and crashed with the loss of all air crew aboard
Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Ward Williamson (RCAF), Pilot Officer James Wilson Craig (RAFVR), Pilot Officer John Forster Withy (RAFVR), Sergeant Edward Place (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Dunn (RAFVR) were all killed in the flying training accident
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