Halifax BB310 B.Mk.II - Conversion - 1944-04-11 to 1944-04-12
Squadron: 1674 (OT) HCU (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-04-11
Completion Date: 1944-04-12
Mission: Conversion
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Longtown
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Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: Blea Crag on Great Dun Fell, North Pennines, 10 miles East of Penrith
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: weather
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6 Bomber Group April 11/12, 1944

15 Halifaxes from 424 and 433 squadrons were ordered on a mining operation to the Kattegat. The crews were over the garden at 15,000 feet, sowing 26@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

1674 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU-Coastal Command) Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 310, after flying about eight hours on a night cross country training exercise crashed in the dark onto Blea Crag on Great Dun Fell, North Pennines, 10 miles East of Penrith, England with the loss of all aboard

Flight Sergeant Frank Pess (RCAF), Flying Officer Paul Bevens Stevens (RCAF)(USA), Flight Sergeant Dean Walter Swedberg (RCAF), Flying Officer Sydney Brookes (RAFVR), Sergeant William John Morrison (RAF), Robert James Littlefield (RAFVR), Sergeant Hugh Dunningham (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant William Alan Johnson DFM (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident. There were 5 Wireless Operator/Air Gunners, 2 Pilots, a Navigator, and a Flight Engineer on board for this trip.

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