Pennington, Jack (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-16

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RAF

Unit

1667 HCU- Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Faldingworth

Rank

Sergeant

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Service Numbers

1040748

Shortly after take off on a night cross country exercise the aircraft crashed at Newton Ings Farm, Newton by Toft, near the airfield.

Killed including Pennington: Flying Officer Allan Reid Cameron RCAF J/25525 KIA Nottingham Crematorium, England, Grave 14713. Flight Sergeant Hugh Matheson Tait RCAF R/156125 KIA Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 14713. Sergeant Leslie Robert Cox RAF 1685621 KIA Sutton Cemetery, Grave 116. Sergeant Harry Poole RAF KIA St. Chad Churchyard Kirby Merseyside Grave 640F. Sergeant Reginald Tarbat Stoneman RAF pilot KIA St. Giles The Abb Farnborough Grave 114. Flight Sergeant Kevin Frederick Wightman RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 14713A.

Unit Desciption

1667 HCU (1667 Heavy Conversion Unit)

The Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) trained bomber crews who had finished an Operational Training Unit to fly the four-engined heavy bombers (Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster) before they joined a squadron.