Darby, Alan (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-05-07

Birth Date: 1923-December-04

Born: Assiniboia Saskatchewan

Gilbert Clarence & Janie Darby.

Home: Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

29 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF North Luffenham

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/142365

Final Burial
Google MapAll Saint's Churchyard
Special Memorial

29 Operational Training Unit, North Luffenham, England. Wellington Mk III BK-441 was flying in low cloud, possibly trying to establish it's position while on a night cross country exercise, when it flew into a hill three miles east of St John's Chapel, County Durham, England.

FS A Darby (RCAF), Sergeant W Mason (RAFVR), Sergeant RA Page (RAFVR), Pilot Officer MJ Meatyard (RAFVR), Sergeant WG Hutchinson (RAFVR), Sergeant SM Marfleet (RAFVR) and Sergeant RE Stephens (RAFVR) were killed in the crash

unvetted Source Wellington 441-Green Laws, 1 mile S of St John's Chapel

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