Squadron: 428 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1945-04-29
Completion Date: 1945-04-30
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 10:59:00
Squadron Code: NA-Y
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Crash City: Sandon Staffordshire UK
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem) RAF Middleton St George. The crew of Lancaster B X aircraft KB879 NA-Y were engaged on a cross-country navigational exercise with a second Lancaster when they appeared to suddenly lose flight control and spiraled down to crash at Sandon, Staffordshire, England with the loss of the entire crew. The crash investigation showed a faulty auto-pilot and an issue with the oxygen supply control as probable causes for the loss
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