115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Observer
Service No: 60782
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
Son of Hugh and Andrina Boyd Brown of Sale, Cheshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Observer
Service No: 60782
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
Son of Hugh and Andrina Boyd Brown of Sale, Cheshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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