Casualty of WWII, he was one of 15 American citizens who died while serving with the RAF Ferry command or Air Transport Auxiliary, and who are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Gerald was a Captain with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command
The victims of this tragedy are commemorated, though not by name, on a special memorial in Ayr Cemetery where many of the British and Canadian airmen are interred.The memorial was erected as a result of a subscription by the inhabitants of Whitletts as a token of respect.
He was 36 and the son of Homer and Alice Hull.
The Baltimore Evening Sun ran a front page story on the 15th:
MARYLAND PILOT, 11 OTHERS FROM U.S. KILLED IN BRITAIN
Ferry Bomber Falls After Taking Off;
Purvis is Victim
[By the Associated Press]
London, Aug. 15.
Twelve American Flyers enlisted in the transatlantic bomber ferry service were killed yesterday in a take-off crash in which twenty-two persons in all died, including the Rt. Hon. Arthur Purvis, chairman of the British Supply Council in North America.
The crash, announced by R. A. F. Ferry Command today, followed an almost identical ferry service accident Sunday in which another twenty-two were killed, making the week's toll fourty-four lives, including those of nineteen American.
Burst into Flames:
Not a man escaped yesterday's accident. The big plane, which was taking the Americans back to America in a group so that they could fly more new bombers back to Britain, burst into flames immediately on crashing.
Among the American victims was Captain Joseph Creighton Mackey, 33, of Kansas City, who was the lone survivor of a crash in Newfoundland last February in which Sir Frederick Benting, co-discover of insulin, and two others were killed.
List of Dead
The dead included nine Canadians, among them Purvis, and one Englishman. Eleven of the Americans were pilots, and one was a radio operator. Seven of the Canadians were radio operators, one was a pilot.
The victims were listed as follows:
Capt. Joseph C. Mackey, Kansas City.
Capt. A. C. Earl, Huntington, W.Va.
Capt. M. D Dilley, Kansas City.
Capt. J. J. Kerwin, Oakland, Calif.
Capt. E. B. Anding, Merrick, N.Y.
Capt. M. J. Wetzel, Jamesburg, N.Y.
Capt. Gerald Hull, Royal Oak, Mich.
Capt. E. Hamel, Braintree, Mass.
Capt. P. F. Lee, Jr, Frederick, Md.
Flying Officer W. L. Trimble, Fort Worth, Tex.
Flying Officer E. W. Watson, Torrence, Calif.
Flight Engineer R. F. Davis, Seattle, Wash.
Other Victims
Rt. Hon. Arthur P. Purvis, Montreal.
Capt. J. J. Moffat, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. Coates, Yarmouth, N.S.
Radio Operator W. F. J. Goddard, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. A. Duncan, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator A. Tamlin, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator D. N. Hannant, Victoria, B.C.
Radio Operator J. P. Culbert, Montreal.
Capt. R. C. Stafford, Maidenhead, Berks, England.
Radio Operator J. J. Macdonald, Longeuil, Quebec.
Was Clear Of Field
Captain Harold Balfour, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air, flew to the scene of the crash this morning.
The plane was clear of the field on its takeoff, but suddenly lost altitude, it was reported. At the edge of the field is [sic] plowed into a raised road, skittered through a fence and burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered over a considerable area and airmen and soldiers who ran to the scene with fire-fighting apparatus were held off by intense heat and smoke.
Other American citizens killed in crash interred at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial are:
ROLAND FOLFORD DAVIS, Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 15.
MURRAY BENJAMIN DILLEY,(Jnr.), Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 158.
ALTON CHESTER EARLE, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 155.
ELBERT BEARD ANDING,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 6. Grave 2.
GERALD HULL, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 2.
PHILIP FRANCIS LEE,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 4. Grave 162
WALTER LEE TRIMBLE,First Officer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot E. Row 0. Grave 92.
EARL WELLINGTON WATSON ,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 5. Grave 161.
MARTIN JOSEPH WETZEL, First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 3. Grave 156.
Gerald was a Captain with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command
The victims of this tragedy are commemorated, though not by name, on a special memorial in Ayr Cemetery where many of the British and Canadian airmen are interred.The memorial was erected as a result of a subscription by the inhabitants of Whitletts as a token of respect.
He was 36 and the son of Homer and Alice Hull.
The Baltimore Evening Sun ran a front page story on the 15th:
MARYLAND PILOT, 11 OTHERS FROM U.S. KILLED IN BRITAIN
Ferry Bomber Falls After Taking Off;
Purvis is Victim
[By the Associated Press]
London, Aug. 15.
Twelve American Flyers enlisted in the transatlantic bomber ferry service were killed yesterday in a take-off crash in which twenty-two persons in all died, including the Rt. Hon. Arthur Purvis, chairman of the British Supply Council in North America.
The crash, announced by R. A. F. Ferry Command today, followed an almost identical ferry service accident Sunday in which another twenty-two were killed, making the week's toll fourty-four lives, including those of nineteen American.
Burst into Flames:
Not a man escaped yesterday's accident. The big plane, which was taking the Americans back to America in a group so that they could fly more new bombers back to Britain, burst into flames immediately on crashing.
Among the American victims was Captain Joseph Creighton Mackey, 33, of Kansas City, who was the lone survivor of a crash in Newfoundland last February in which Sir Frederick Benting, co-discover of insulin, and two others were killed.
List of Dead
The dead included nine Canadians, among them Purvis, and one Englishman. Eleven of the Americans were pilots, and one was a radio operator. Seven of the Canadians were radio operators, one was a pilot.
The victims were listed as follows:
Capt. Joseph C. Mackey, Kansas City.
Capt. A. C. Earl, Huntington, W.Va.
Capt. M. D Dilley, Kansas City.
Capt. J. J. Kerwin, Oakland, Calif.
Capt. E. B. Anding, Merrick, N.Y.
Capt. M. J. Wetzel, Jamesburg, N.Y.
Capt. Gerald Hull, Royal Oak, Mich.
Capt. E. Hamel, Braintree, Mass.
Capt. P. F. Lee, Jr, Frederick, Md.
Flying Officer W. L. Trimble, Fort Worth, Tex.
Flying Officer E. W. Watson, Torrence, Calif.
Flight Engineer R. F. Davis, Seattle, Wash.
Other Victims
Rt. Hon. Arthur P. Purvis, Montreal.
Capt. J. J. Moffat, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. Coates, Yarmouth, N.S.
Radio Operator W. F. J. Goddard, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. A. Duncan, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator A. Tamlin, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator D. N. Hannant, Victoria, B.C.
Radio Operator J. P. Culbert, Montreal.
Capt. R. C. Stafford, Maidenhead, Berks, England.
Radio Operator J. J. Macdonald, Longeuil, Quebec.
Was Clear Of Field
Captain Harold Balfour, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air, flew to the scene of the crash this morning.
The plane was clear of the field on its takeoff, but suddenly lost altitude, it was reported. At the edge of the field is [sic] plowed into a raised road, skittered through a fence and burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered over a considerable area and airmen and soldiers who ran to the scene with fire-fighting apparatus were held off by intense heat and smoke.
Other American citizens killed in crash interred at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial are:
ROLAND FOLFORD DAVIS, Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 15.
MURRAY BENJAMIN DILLEY,(Jnr.), Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 158.
ALTON CHESTER EARLE, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 155.
ELBERT BEARD ANDING,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 6. Grave 2.
GERALD HULL, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 2.
PHILIP FRANCIS LEE,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 4. Grave 162
WALTER LEE TRIMBLE,First Officer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot E. Row 0. Grave 92.
EARL WELLINGTON WATSON ,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 5. Grave 161.
MARTIN JOSEPH WETZEL, First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 3. Grave 156.
Casualty of WWII, he was one of 15 American citizens who died while serving with the RAF Ferry command or Air Transport Auxiliary, and who are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Gerald was a Captain with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command
The victims of this tragedy are commemorated, though not by name, on a special memorial in Ayr Cemetery where many of the British and Canadian airmen are interred.The memorial was erected as a result of a subscription by the inhabitants of Whitletts as a token of respect.
He was 36 and the son of Homer and Alice Hull.
The Baltimore Evening Sun ran a front page story on the 15th:
MARYLAND PILOT, 11 OTHERS FROM U.S. KILLED IN BRITAIN
Ferry Bomber Falls After Taking Off;
Purvis is Victim
[By the Associated Press]
London, Aug. 15.
Twelve American Flyers enlisted in the transatlantic bomber ferry service were killed yesterday in a take-off crash in which twenty-two persons in all died, including the Rt. Hon. Arthur Purvis, chairman of the British Supply Council in North America.
The crash, announced by R. A. F. Ferry Command today, followed an almost identical ferry service accident Sunday in which another twenty-two were killed, making the week's toll fourty-four lives, including those of nineteen American.
Burst into Flames:
Not a man escaped yesterday's accident. The big plane, which was taking the Americans back to America in a group so that they could fly more new bombers back to Britain, burst into flames immediately on crashing.
Among the American victims was Captain Joseph Creighton Mackey, 33, of Kansas City, who was the lone survivor of a crash in Newfoundland last February in which Sir Frederick Benting, co-discover of insulin, and two others were killed.
List of Dead
The dead included nine Canadians, among them Purvis, and one Englishman. Eleven of the Americans were pilots, and one was a radio operator. Seven of the Canadians were radio operators, one was a pilot.
The victims were listed as follows:
Capt. Joseph C. Mackey, Kansas City.
Capt. A. C. Earl, Huntington, W.Va.
Capt. M. D Dilley, Kansas City.
Capt. J. J. Kerwin, Oakland, Calif.
Capt. E. B. Anding, Merrick, N.Y.
Capt. M. J. Wetzel, Jamesburg, N.Y.
Capt. Gerald Hull, Royal Oak, Mich.
Capt. E. Hamel, Braintree, Mass.
Capt. P. F. Lee, Jr, Frederick, Md.
Flying Officer W. L. Trimble, Fort Worth, Tex.
Flying Officer E. W. Watson, Torrence, Calif.
Flight Engineer R. F. Davis, Seattle, Wash.
Other Victims
Rt. Hon. Arthur P. Purvis, Montreal.
Capt. J. J. Moffat, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. Coates, Yarmouth, N.S.
Radio Operator W. F. J. Goddard, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. A. Duncan, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator A. Tamlin, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator D. N. Hannant, Victoria, B.C.
Radio Operator J. P. Culbert, Montreal.
Capt. R. C. Stafford, Maidenhead, Berks, England.
Radio Operator J. J. Macdonald, Longeuil, Quebec.
Was Clear Of Field
Captain Harold Balfour, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air, flew to the scene of the crash this morning.
The plane was clear of the field on its takeoff, but suddenly lost altitude, it was reported. At the edge of the field is [sic] plowed into a raised road, skittered through a fence and burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered over a considerable area and airmen and soldiers who ran to the scene with fire-fighting apparatus were held off by intense heat and smoke.
Other American citizens killed in crash interred at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial are:
ROLAND FOLFORD DAVIS, Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 15.
MURRAY BENJAMIN DILLEY,(Jnr.), Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 158.
ALTON CHESTER EARLE, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 155.
ELBERT BEARD ANDING,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 6. Grave 2.
GERALD HULL, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 2.
PHILIP FRANCIS LEE,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 4. Grave 162
WALTER LEE TRIMBLE,First Officer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot E. Row 0. Grave 92.
EARL WELLINGTON WATSON ,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 5. Grave 161.
MARTIN JOSEPH WETZEL, First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 3. Grave 156.
Gerald was a Captain with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command
The victims of this tragedy are commemorated, though not by name, on a special memorial in Ayr Cemetery where many of the British and Canadian airmen are interred.The memorial was erected as a result of a subscription by the inhabitants of Whitletts as a token of respect.
He was 36 and the son of Homer and Alice Hull.
The Baltimore Evening Sun ran a front page story on the 15th:
MARYLAND PILOT, 11 OTHERS FROM U.S. KILLED IN BRITAIN
Ferry Bomber Falls After Taking Off;
Purvis is Victim
[By the Associated Press]
London, Aug. 15.
Twelve American Flyers enlisted in the transatlantic bomber ferry service were killed yesterday in a take-off crash in which twenty-two persons in all died, including the Rt. Hon. Arthur Purvis, chairman of the British Supply Council in North America.
The crash, announced by R. A. F. Ferry Command today, followed an almost identical ferry service accident Sunday in which another twenty-two were killed, making the week's toll fourty-four lives, including those of nineteen American.
Burst into Flames:
Not a man escaped yesterday's accident. The big plane, which was taking the Americans back to America in a group so that they could fly more new bombers back to Britain, burst into flames immediately on crashing.
Among the American victims was Captain Joseph Creighton Mackey, 33, of Kansas City, who was the lone survivor of a crash in Newfoundland last February in which Sir Frederick Benting, co-discover of insulin, and two others were killed.
List of Dead
The dead included nine Canadians, among them Purvis, and one Englishman. Eleven of the Americans were pilots, and one was a radio operator. Seven of the Canadians were radio operators, one was a pilot.
The victims were listed as follows:
Capt. Joseph C. Mackey, Kansas City.
Capt. A. C. Earl, Huntington, W.Va.
Capt. M. D Dilley, Kansas City.
Capt. J. J. Kerwin, Oakland, Calif.
Capt. E. B. Anding, Merrick, N.Y.
Capt. M. J. Wetzel, Jamesburg, N.Y.
Capt. Gerald Hull, Royal Oak, Mich.
Capt. E. Hamel, Braintree, Mass.
Capt. P. F. Lee, Jr, Frederick, Md.
Flying Officer W. L. Trimble, Fort Worth, Tex.
Flying Officer E. W. Watson, Torrence, Calif.
Flight Engineer R. F. Davis, Seattle, Wash.
Other Victims
Rt. Hon. Arthur P. Purvis, Montreal.
Capt. J. J. Moffat, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. Coates, Yarmouth, N.S.
Radio Operator W. F. J. Goddard, Toronto.
Radio Operator R. A. Duncan, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator A. Tamlin, Port Arthur, Ontario.
Radio Operator D. N. Hannant, Victoria, B.C.
Radio Operator J. P. Culbert, Montreal.
Capt. R. C. Stafford, Maidenhead, Berks, England.
Radio Operator J. J. Macdonald, Longeuil, Quebec.
Was Clear Of Field
Captain Harold Balfour, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air, flew to the scene of the crash this morning.
The plane was clear of the field on its takeoff, but suddenly lost altitude, it was reported. At the edge of the field is [sic] plowed into a raised road, skittered through a fence and burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered over a considerable area and airmen and soldiers who ran to the scene with fire-fighting apparatus were held off by intense heat and smoke.
Other American citizens killed in crash interred at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial are:
ROLAND FOLFORD DAVIS, Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 15.
MURRAY BENJAMIN DILLEY,(Jnr.), Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 158.
ALTON CHESTER EARLE, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot G. Row 2. Grave 155.
ELBERT BEARD ANDING,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 6. Grave 2.
GERALD HULL, Captain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot C. Row 0. Grave 2.
PHILIP FRANCIS LEE,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 4. Grave 162
WALTER LEE TRIMBLE,First Officer
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Plot E. Row 0. Grave 92.
EARL WELLINGTON WATSON ,First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 5. Grave 161.
MARTIN JOSEPH WETZEL, First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Plot G. Row 3. Grave 156.
