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-
Service Number: 113267
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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-
Service Number: 113267
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 108 RAF Squadron, Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt
(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"PER ARDUA AD ASTRA"
IN MEMORY OF
OUR BRAVE AND BELOVED SON
Pilot Officer WILFRED BERTRAND STEPHENS
R. A. F. BOMBER COMMAND
BORN MARCH 20TH 1922, AND WAS KILLED
ON ACTIVE SERVICE MARCH 19TH 1942.
ONLY CHILD.
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