Panes, Geoffrey Llewellyn
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-01
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Service
RAFBOAC
Unit
Ferry Command- Ferry Command (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Dorval, Quebec
Rank
Civilian Pilot
Position
Civilian Pilot
Service Numbers
First Burial
Tonbridge Cemetery, Kent, England
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 253
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionLiberator AM915
Ferry Flight 1941-August-31 to 1941-September-01
() Ferry Command (RAF) Dorval, Quebec
RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Liberator aircraft AM915, on the final leg of a trans-Atlantic flight from Canada with a mix of civilian and military crew and passengers encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility on approach to Prestwick, Scotland. Re-directed to nearby RAF Heathfield at Ayr but the pilot instead asked for weather conditions at Squires Gate, near Blackpool, England and proceeded towards his preferred landing area despite direction from Prestwick. Sometime later weather conditions at Squires Gate were deemed unsuitable and Prestwick contacted the pilot, Captain Garden to ask his intentions, who responded that he would make for Ayr. No further communication was received as the aircraft struck the top of Arinarach Hill 3 miles South-East of Campbeltown, Scotland, breaking up over a wide area with the loss of all aboard. The wreckage was not located until the following day due to the weather conditions
Crew:
Passengers:
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 311
Liberator Mk1 AM915 Arinarach Hill Kintyre - Peak District Air Accident...
Consolidated B-24A Liberator/LB-30B
Crashes in OM Scotland and NI.pdf
Liberator AM915
Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber Liberator AM915 - Ferry Flight - 1941-08-31 to 1941-09-01
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RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Liberator aircraft AM915, on the final leg of a trans-Atlantic flight from Canada with a mix of civilian and military crew and passengers encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility on approach to Prestwick, Scotland. Re-directed to nearby RAF Heathfield at Ayr but the pilot instead asked for weather conditions at Squires Gate, near Blackpool, England and proceeded towards his preferred landing area despite direction from Prestwick. Sometime later weather conditions at Squires Gate were deemed unsuitable and Prestwick contacted the pilot, Captain Garden to ask his intentions, who responded that he would make for Ayr. No further communication was received as the aircraft struck the top of Arinarach Hill 3 miles South-East of Campbeltown, Scotland, breaking up over a wide area with the loss of all aboard. The wreckage was not located until the following day due to the weather conditions
Crew:
Passengers:
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 311
Liberator Mk1 AM915 Arinarach Hill Kintyre - Peak District Air Accident...
Consolidated B-24A Liberator/LB-30B
Crashes in OM Scotland and NI.pdf
Unusual entry on cwgc I WW2Talk