Culbert, Joseph (Civilian Radio Officer)

Crashed and burned on takeoff from Ayr on Return Ferry Service. Veered off runway across the grass and past the control tower, struck a small building and then an embankment. It then plunged over the embankment to the railway line, where it burst into flames. 22 onboard killed.

Killed includes Culbert:First Officer Elbert Beard Anding civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot G. Row 6. Grave 2.Radio Officer Richard Coates civ. KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2750-2763.F/E Roland Folford Davis civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot C. Row 0. Grave 15.Captain Murray Benjamin (Jnr.) Dilley civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot G. Row 2. Grave 158.Radio Officer Robert Arnold Duncan civ. pilot KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2750-2763.Captain Alton Chester Earle civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot G. Row 2. Grave 155.Radio Officer Wesley Francis J. Goddard civ. KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2750-2763.Captain Edward C. Hamel (Amer.) KIFA Liberator AM260 Archive Post [RAF] 1941-08-14 ATA United States of America New York City Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, Lot 2857. Grave 110Radio Officer Donald Norman Hannant civ. KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2750-2763.Captain Gerald Hull civ. pilot KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot C. Row 0. Grave 2.Captain John Joseph Kerwin (Amer.) civ. KIFA Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Hayward, Sec. E. Row 37. Grave 15.First Officer Philip Francis Lee civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery Plot G. Row 4. Grave 162.Radio Officer John Joseph MacDonald civ. pilot KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2750-2763.Captain James John Moffat RAF KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2763-2750.Radio Officer Glenwood McKay RAF KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2763-2750.Radio Officer Albert Tamblin KIFA Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Sec. R. 1931 Div. Coll. grave 2763-2750.First Officer Walter Lee Trimble civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery Plot E. Row 0. Grave 92.First Officer Earl Wellington Watson civ. pilot KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot G. Row 5. Grave 161.First Officer Martin Joseph Wetzel civ. KIFA Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot G. Row 3. Grave 156.