Bristol Blenheim IV (#Z5746) aircraft of 2 (C) OTU, with a crew of three, took off from RAF Catfoss on a night cross-country navigation flight. For unknown reasons Z5746 was recorded as having strayed from the planned course; the aircraft flew into Burbage Moor near Ringinglow in South Yorkshire, taking the lives of the three crew members.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Pilot Officer Ifor King PARRY-JONES and
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Observer
Service No: 89068
Age: 24
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire
Son of Henry and Jessie Muriel Parry-Jones of Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales. B.A.(Oxon); Blue for Association Football.
Pilot Officer Parry-Jones is remembered with honour at the Llanrwst War Memorial, in Wales
Bristol Blenheim IV (#Z5746) aircraft of 2 (C) OTU, with a crew of three, took off from RAF Catfoss on a night cross-country navigation flight. For unknown reasons Z5746 was recorded as having strayed from the planned course; the aircraft flew into Burbage Moor near Ringinglow in South Yorkshire, taking the lives of the three crew members.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Pilot Officer Ifor King PARRY-JONES and
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Observer
Service No: 89068
Age: 24
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire
Son of Henry and Jessie Muriel Parry-Jones of Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales. B.A.(Oxon); Blue for Association Football.
Pilot Officer Parry-Jones is remembered with honour at the Llanrwst War Memorial, in Wales
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