53 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator (#BZ873) aircraft, with an aircrew of ten, took off at night from RAF St. Eval for a Leigh Light anti-submarine patrol flight over the Atlantic. BZ873 was lost over the Bay of Biscay, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Warrant Officer Frederick William ATHERTON,
RAFVR Flying Officer Geoffrey Alexander BOWMAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert Dougall CHRISTIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George HARRISON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Alan Francis JOHNSON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Thomas KERR,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Walter William MOORE,
RAF Flying Officer William McTAGGART, DFM,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Kenneth RICHARDS and
RAAF Flying Officer Herbert William WATKINS.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Warrant Officer Frederick William ATHERTON,
RAFVR Flying Officer Geoffrey Alexander BOWMAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert Dougall CHRISTIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George HARRISON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Alan Francis JOHNSON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Thomas KERR,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Walter William MOORE,
RAF Flying Officer William McTAGGART, DFM,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Kenneth RICHARDS and
RAAF Flying Officer Herbert William WATKINS.
53 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator (#BZ873) aircraft, with an aircrew of ten, took off at night from RAF St. Eval for a Leigh Light anti-submarine patrol flight over the Atlantic. BZ873 was lost over the Bay of Biscay, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Warrant Officer Frederick William ATHERTON,
RAFVR Flying Officer Geoffrey Alexander BOWMAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert Dougall CHRISTIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George HARRISON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Alan Francis JOHNSON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Thomas KERR,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Walter William MOORE,
RAF Flying Officer William McTAGGART, DFM,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Kenneth RICHARDS and
RAAF Flying Officer Herbert William WATKINS.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Warrant Officer Frederick William ATHERTON,
RAFVR Flying Officer Geoffrey Alexander BOWMAN,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert Dougall CHRISTIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George HARRISON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Alan Francis JOHNSON,
RAAF Flight Sergeant John Thomas KERR,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Walter William MOORE,
RAF Flying Officer William McTAGGART, DFM,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Kenneth RICHARDS and
RAAF Flying Officer Herbert William WATKINS.
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