Ten airmen were killed when Wellington (#X9974) aircraft crashed soon after take-off from RAF Hampstead Norris. The Wellington had set out on a ferry mission.
The ten casualties of this accident were:-
RAF Sergeant Edward John BEARD,
RCAF Sergeant David Young Nurse CROSBY,
RAFVR Corporal George Ian Frederick DAVIES,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor John HALE,
RAF Flight Sergeant Harry HIGGINSON,
RCAF Sergeant Allister Nelson IRVING,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan LODGE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Clifford ROBSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Randall Clyffurde SAUNDERS and
RCAF Sergeant Hoyt Leslie STEADMAN.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/64467
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 40 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Hostem A Coelo Expellere' (To Drive The Enemy From The Sky)]
A sales representative for Vernon Directories, Ltd., of Hamilton, he enlisted in the RCAF on 22 July 1940 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Elizabeth D. (née Scott) Crosby of Hamilton, and the son of the late sculptor Reuben Nurse Crosby [both parents born in England].
Sergeant David Young Nurse Crosby is commemorated on Page 27 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Ten airmen were killed when Wellington (#X9974) aircraft crashed soon after take-off from RAF Hampstead Norris. The Wellington had set out on a ferry mission.
The ten casualties of this accident were:-
RAF Sergeant Edward John BEARD,
RCAF Sergeant David Young Nurse CROSBY,
RAFVR Corporal George Ian Frederick DAVIES,
RAFVR Sergeant Victor John HALE,
RAF Flight Sergeant Harry HIGGINSON,
RCAF Sergeant Allister Nelson IRVING,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan LODGE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Clifford ROBSON,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Randall Clyffurde SAUNDERS and
RCAF Sergeant Hoyt Leslie STEADMAN.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/64467
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 40 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Hostem A Coelo Expellere' (To Drive The Enemy From The Sky)]
A sales representative for Vernon Directories, Ltd., of Hamilton, he enlisted in the RCAF on 22 July 1940 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Elizabeth D. (née Scott) Crosby of Hamilton, and the son of the late sculptor Reuben Nurse Crosby [both parents born in England].
Sergeant David Young Nurse Crosby is commemorated on Page 27 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
[Epitaph is from the poem, 'God Knows' (or 'The Gate Of The Year') by Minnie Louise Haskins]:-
"SO I WENT FORTH
AND FINDING THE HAND OF GOD
TROD GLADLY INTO THE NIGHT."
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