7 Squadron’s Short Stirling I (#W7467) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off from RAF Oakington on a training flight. W7467 collided in mid-air with 56 OTU’s Hawker Hurricane I (V6865), resulting in both aircraft crashing north of Earith Bridge in Cambridgeshire and taking the lives of the nine airmen.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
--the crew of W7467:
RAFVR Sergeant Edward BLACKLAW,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis Joseph LLOYD,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan John LOW,
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Noel MAHLER DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James MANKELOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James McCARLEY,
RAAF Pilot Officer Ronald Wilkins TAYLOR DFM and
RAFVR Pilot Officer James Douglas WADDELL.
--and the pilot of V6865:
RAFVR Pilot Officer Derek Malcolm BROWNE .
There is a Memorial dedicated to W7467 of 7 RAF Squadron, erected in 1999, near the crash site in the village of Earith in Cambridgeshire; the memorial also remembers and honours the Hurricane pilot, Pilot Officer Browne.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 967185
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of Philip and Catherine Blacklaw of Dundee, Scotland.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
--the crew of W7467:
RAFVR Sergeant Edward BLACKLAW,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis Joseph LLOYD,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan John LOW,
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Noel MAHLER DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James MANKELOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James McCARLEY,
RAAF Pilot Officer Ronald Wilkins TAYLOR DFM and
RAFVR Pilot Officer James Douglas WADDELL.
--and the pilot of V6865:
RAFVR Pilot Officer Derek Malcolm BROWNE .
There is a Memorial dedicated to W7467 of 7 RAF Squadron, erected in 1999, near the crash site in the village of Earith in Cambridgeshire; the memorial also remembers and honours the Hurricane pilot, Pilot Officer Browne.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 967185
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of Philip and Catherine Blacklaw of Dundee, Scotland.
7 Squadron’s Short Stirling I (#W7467) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off from RAF Oakington on a training flight. W7467 collided in mid-air with 56 OTU’s Hawker Hurricane I (V6865), resulting in both aircraft crashing north of Earith Bridge in Cambridgeshire and taking the lives of the nine airmen.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
--the crew of W7467:
RAFVR Sergeant Edward BLACKLAW,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis Joseph LLOYD,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan John LOW,
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Noel MAHLER DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James MANKELOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James McCARLEY,
RAAF Pilot Officer Ronald Wilkins TAYLOR DFM and
RAFVR Pilot Officer James Douglas WADDELL.
--and the pilot of V6865:
RAFVR Pilot Officer Derek Malcolm BROWNE .
There is a Memorial dedicated to W7467 of 7 RAF Squadron, erected in 1999, near the crash site in the village of Earith in Cambridgeshire; the memorial also remembers and honours the Hurricane pilot, Pilot Officer Browne.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 967185
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of Philip and Catherine Blacklaw of Dundee, Scotland.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
--the crew of W7467:
RAFVR Sergeant Edward BLACKLAW,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis Joseph LLOYD,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alan John LOW,
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Noel MAHLER DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James MANKELOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James McCARLEY,
RAAF Pilot Officer Ronald Wilkins TAYLOR DFM and
RAFVR Pilot Officer James Douglas WADDELL.
--and the pilot of V6865:
RAFVR Pilot Officer Derek Malcolm BROWNE .
There is a Memorial dedicated to W7467 of 7 RAF Squadron, erected in 1999, near the crash site in the village of Earith in Cambridgeshire; the memorial also remembers and honours the Hurricane pilot, Pilot Officer Browne.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 967185
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of Philip and Catherine Blacklaw of Dundee, Scotland.
Inscription
967185 Sergeant
E Blacklaw
Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force
17th January 1942 Age 21
ON WHOSE SOUL,
SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR FATHER
PHILIP BLACKLAW
DIED 22ND JUNE 1940
BELOVED AND GENTLE MOTHER
CATHERINE
DIED 2ND AUGUST 1961
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