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1943-10-12 Sergeant - Survived | |
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JB893 | 1659 HCU (RCAF) |
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1659 Heavy Conversion Unit (RCAF) RAF Dishforth, Halifax BII aircraft JB 893 was on a night cross country training exercise when it ran into an unspecified emergency and the bale out order was given. The rear gunner, Sgt GH Conran (RCAF), found he could not rotate his turret to retrieve his parachute pack and in his attempts to do so knocked himself out. Unaware of his predicament the rest of the crew abandoned the aircraft, Sgt BS Rowe (RCAF) and Sgt JJ Maher (RCAF) being injured, the others landing safely. When the unmanned aircraft crashed at Lower Brailes, Warwickshire, England, the tail broke off and rescuers found Sgt Conran alive in his turret with head injuries and a broken arm
Sgt Rowe and Sgt Maher would be shot down together in 431 Squadron Halifax LK 963 SE-H, 1944-01-29. Sgt Rowe would be killed and Sgt Maher would become a Prisoner of War
Others on the Aircraft
1943-10-12 RCAF Sergeant G H Conron Survived 2024-03-271943-10-12 RCAF Pilot Officer John Joseph Maher Survived 2021-05-19