Liberator KN826 B 24 - Transport - 1945-08-02 to 1945-08-02
Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1945-08-02
Completion Date: 1945-08-02
Mission: Transport
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Lydda, Palestine
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Crash City: Palestine
Crash Specifics: RAF Lydda aerodrome
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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45 Group, RAF Transport Command (Ferio Ferendo) Liberator BVIII aircraft KN 826 flew into the ground after a night take-off from Lydda, Palestine on a delivery flight

Flying Officer SA Bennett (RAFVR)(Can), Flying Officer KHL Houghton DFM and Bar (RAF) (a former Evader), Flight Lieutenant JA Sprigge DFM (RAF), Sergeant EF Rogers (RAFVR), Sergeant RR Gibson (RAFVR), Sergeant MA Hammond (RAFVR), Sergeant DG Longhurst (RAFVR), Sergeant RR Milligan (RAFVR), Sergeant TP Pipe (RAFVR), Sergeant WF Reeks (RAFVR), Sergeant R Meanley (RAFVR), Sergeant LR Hollett (RAFVR)(Nfld), Flight Lieutenant A Maycock (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident

Lance Sergeant F Woolley of the North Staffordshire Regiment may also have been a passenger lost in this accident (J Baugher)

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 330, 395

The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton with John Hamlin and Andrew Thomas page 246

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