2368080 Sigalman Laurance James Curry
Royal Corps of Signals attd. H.Q. 159 Inf. Bde.
Died age 24
Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Curry, of Moreton, Cheshire
Liberator VIII – Serial KH125 – 53 Sqdn
This plane on its way to India with a Polish crew left Merryfield aerodrome near Ilminster one foggy morning & failed to gain sufficient height & crashed into a field at Castle farm Buckland St Mary in Somerset killing 26 occupants immediately & 1 on the way to hospital.
Crew on board:
F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox
Royal Corps of Signals attd. H.Q. 159 Inf. Bde.
Died age 24
Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Curry, of Moreton, Cheshire
Liberator VIII – Serial KH125 – 53 Sqdn
This plane on its way to India with a Polish crew left Merryfield aerodrome near Ilminster one foggy morning & failed to gain sufficient height & crashed into a field at Castle farm Buckland St Mary in Somerset killing 26 occupants immediately & 1 on the way to hospital.
Crew on board:
F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox
2368080 Sigalman Laurance James Curry
Royal Corps of Signals attd. H.Q. 159 Inf. Bde.
Died age 24
Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Curry, of Moreton, Cheshire
Liberator VIII – Serial KH125 – 53 Sqdn
This plane on its way to India with a Polish crew left Merryfield aerodrome near Ilminster one foggy morning & failed to gain sufficient height & crashed into a field at Castle farm Buckland St Mary in Somerset killing 26 occupants immediately & 1 on the way to hospital.
Crew on board:
F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox
Royal Corps of Signals attd. H.Q. 159 Inf. Bde.
Died age 24
Son of Charles Joseph and Elizabeth Curry, of Moreton, Cheshire
Liberator VIII – Serial KH125 – 53 Sqdn
This plane on its way to India with a Polish crew left Merryfield aerodrome near Ilminster one foggy morning & failed to gain sufficient height & crashed into a field at Castle farm Buckland St Mary in Somerset killing 26 occupants immediately & 1 on the way to hospital.
Crew on board:
F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox
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