1679 HCU- Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF) -

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.

Unit Accident Records: 1679 HCU 1679 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF ()

No Crash Cards Found


Unit Casualtues: 1679 HCU 1679 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (17)

1942-November-06
Killed in Action
Glasgow, Scotland
1943-November-06
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.II DS649
Leicester, England (parents)
1943-November-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS649
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
1943-November-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS649
Bridgeport, Nova Scotia (parents)
1943-November-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS649
Brant, Alberta (parents)
1943-November-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS649
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
1943-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS615
1943-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS615
Boissevain, Manitoba
1943-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS615
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1943-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS615
Toronto, Ontario
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Chesterton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, England
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Sarnia, Ontario
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Utopia, Ontario
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Toronto, Ontario
1944-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS839
Campbellford, Ontario