108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 948393
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Son of Herbert F. J. Gibbons and Lilian E. Gibbons of Newport, Wales.
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 948393
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Son of Herbert F. J. Gibbons and Lilian E. Gibbons of Newport, Wales.
108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 948393
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Son of Herbert F. J. Gibbons and Lilian E. Gibbons of Newport, Wales.
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: 948393
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Son of Herbert F. J. Gibbons and Lilian E. Gibbons of Newport, Wales.
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