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,
RAF 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-
Service Number: 1355118
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of James McCarley and Margaret Clarkson McCarley (nee Neilson).
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,
RAF 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-
Service Number: 1355118
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 7 RAF Squadron; RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Son of James McCarley and Margaret Clarkson McCarley (nee Neilson).
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