New York City, New York, USA
194 Squadron. Dakota III aircraft FL 540 was transporting troops to the British 14th Army when it overshot the runway and crashed into a hill at Aberdeen Airstrip, Burma.
Flying Officer N Bridges (RCAF)(USA), Flight Lieutenant RG Mellsop (RNZAF) and Flight Lieutenant JR Scott (RAFVR) were killed. No records found to date of army casualties aboard aircraft.
Flying Officer Bridges has no known grave and is commemorated on the Singapore War Memorial.
Bridges, Neal (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-April-11
Birth Date: 1915-December-09
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Home: New York City, New York, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
194 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Surrigere colligere To rise and to pick up
Base
RAF Aberdean, Burma
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/18176
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)