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1659 Heavy Conversion Unit(HCU) RAF Topcliffe. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 326 crashed within minutes of take-off for a transit flight from RAF Halfpenny Green into a field at Bobbington, South Staffordshire, England due to a mechanical (possibly engine) failure. There was only one survivor from the entire crew
Flight Sergeant Francis Newton Salisbury Fearneley (RCAF), Pilot Officer George Keith Patman (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Keith Douglas Ross (RCAF), Flying Officer David Carmichael Blair (RAFVR), Sergeant Godfrey Purdon Fuller (RAFVR), Sergeant Robert Trevor Gibson (RAFVR) and Sergeant David Sharp (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident
The sole survivor was the Rear Air-Gunner, Pilot Officer T M Murdock (RCAF),who was severely injured in the crash
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