Squadron: 519 (Met) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-25
Completion Date: 1943-08-25
Mission: Meteorological
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Wick
Take Off Time: 09:35:00
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Crash City: North Sea
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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519 Squadron (Undaunted by Weather) RAF Wick. Hampden I aircraft P 5334 lost without a trace during a meteorological flight over the North Sea. A distress signal was received at 13:25 hours and a final message ten minutes later. No further contact was made and no trace of the aircraft or crew was found. A second Hampden I aircraft P2118 was lost later that night when it flew into high ground during a thunderstorm at Ben Loyal, Sutherlands, Scotland. There was only one survivor from the crew of P2118

Pilot Officer ED Bonin (RCAF), Flight Sergeant DL McNichol (RCAF), Pilot Officer FD Findlater (RAAF) and Pilot Officer R Rowe (RNZAF) were all missing presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

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