Nixon, William Richard (Captain)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-17

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Birth Date: 1914-August-31

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Home: Woodstock, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

ATC- Air Transport Command (USAAF)

Base

RAF Ferry Command Accra North Africa

Rank

Captain

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

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RAF Ferry Command aircrew flying in United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command Consolidated Liberator C-87 Express aircraft 41-11708 (as passengers) missing over the South Atlantic Ocean between Accra, Gold Coast and Natal, Brazil. Canadian Civilian Pilot Captain WR Nixon among those missing and has no known grave. Please see Zoephel, PC for casualty list.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator Express 4111708

Sergeant John Lowery Bell RAF

Sergeant Bell, John Lowery (RAF)
passenger (Nav)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civilian Clinton Blackwell Berry RAF

Civilian Berry, Clinton Blackwell (RAF)
Passenger (WOp)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Geoffrey Addison Clegg RAF

Flying Officer Clegg, Geoffrey Addison (RAF)
passenger (pilot)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Norman Patrick Drury RCAF

Flight Sergeant Drury, Norman Patrick (RCAF)
passenger (WOp)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant Harold Victor Lamb RAAF

Sergeant Lamb, Harold Victor (RAAF)
Radio Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Herbert James Martin RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Martin, Herbert James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Captain William Richard Nixon RAF

Captain Nixon, William Richard (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer William Thomas Wright Smithson RAAF

Flying Officer Smithson, William Thomas Wright (RAAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant John Henry Warman RCAF

Flight Sergeant Warman, John Henry (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Peter Charles Zoephel RCAF

Flying Officer Zoephel, Peter Charles (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Liberator Express serial: 4111708

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643737)
(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VIT, RCAF (Serial No. 570), No. 168 (Heavy Transport) Squadron, based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 14 Nov 1944.

The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber built during World War II for the United States Army Air Forces. A total of 287 C-87s were built alongside the B-24 at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The plant also developed and delivered a USAAF flight engineer trainer designated as the AT-22, a United States Navy VIP transport designated as the RY, and a Royal Air Force VIP transport designated as the Liberator C.IX. The last development was a Navy contracted, single tail version with an extended fuselage. Built in San Diego, its USN designation was RY-3.

RCAF Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VI, Mk. VIT (B-24H/C-87), converted to transport aircraft. (10), (Serial Nos. 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579).Harold Skaarup web page and Wikipedia



Wikipedia Wikipedia Liberator Express Transport

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page