Halifax BB320 B.Mk.II - Conversion - 1944-02-07 to 1944-02-07
Squadron: 1656 (OT) HCU (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-07
Completion Date: 1944-02-07
Mission: Conversion
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Lindholme
Take Off Time: 17:40:00
Squadron Code: A-2
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: near Cheadle, Staffordshire
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) RAF Lindholme. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 320 A2 on a night cross country navigation training exercise was seen to be spinning out of control as it came out of a rain cloud when the aircraft crashed at Cheadle, Staffordshire, England

The entire crew were lost

Flying Officer Hubert Lloyd Kerr (RCAF), Sergeant Herbert John Couling (RAF), Sergeant Albert John Denny (RAF), Sergeant William Desmond Joshua (RAF), Sergeant Kenneth Murray (RAF) and Flying Officer Ernest Charles David Richards (RAF) were all killed in this flying accident

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