Forbes, David George (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-31

Flight Sergeant David George Forbes RAFVR

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of David Forbes and Margaret Mary (nee O'Donnell) Forbes, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Spouse:

Home: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous

Base

RAF Waddington

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

966522

Home
Google MapPeterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Mission

Hampden I AD939

Operational 1941-August-31 to 1941-August-31

44 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington

44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina regis lusta) RAF Waddington. Hampden I aircraft AD 939 lost in a mid-air collision with 412 squadron RCAF Spitfire IIa aircraft P 8586 with the loss of all three aircrew members on the Hampden as well as the pilot of the Spitfire

Leading Aircraftman F B Prest (RAFVR) (Can), Pilot Officer P R Owen (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant D G Forbes (RAFVR) all on Hampton AD 939 as well as Pilot Officer W R Hughes (RCAF) were killed in this flying training accident

The Hampton crashed in fields just off White Lane near RAF Waddington, while the Spitfire crashed into the nearby North Sea

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

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