Australians RAAF/RAF Deaths. How did they occur?

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Originally Posted by CXX

28 September 1942.
53 Squadron.

Hudson V9105/K was lost on an air test on 28 September. The aircraft was found in the jungle three miles south of Rio Clara, Trinidad and had struck the ground in a vertical attitude. P/O A A. Mossis (RAAF), AMM3C G M. Nobes (USN), PFC J H. Fischer, PFC S L. Shipes and Pte Smith (USAAC) were all killed.

Thanks Peter,

Fantastic info. Couldn't move this project along without you guys.

Cheers

Geoff

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Azores

JOHNSON, JAMES GEOFFREY
Pilot Officer
408252
220sq
4/12/1943
20
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Row A. Grave 6.
LAJES WAR CEMETERY
Azores
Terceira-Praia

RYAN, NEVILLE VINCENT
Warrant Officer
422812
220sq
8/03/1945
20
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Row B. Grave 10.
LAJES WAR CEMETERY
Azores
Terceira-Praia

[CXX]

Originally Posted by spidge

Azores

JOHNSON, JAMES GEOFFREY
Pilot Officer
408252
220sq
4/12/1943
20
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Row A. Grave 6.
LAJES WAR CEMETERY
Azores
Terceira-Praia

Geoff,

I can't actually put Johnson on this aircraft, don't have a crew list, but the date matches, might give you a lead.

When the time came for a major service of 220 Squadrons Fortresses, every 800 hours, they were ferried to Thornaby. F/O. Desmond E. Morris lifted Fortress FK206 'K' off the planked runway at Lagens at 03:26 hrs in the early morning of 4 December 1943. Thirty seconds later the Fortress plunged into the Atlantic with the loss of all on board.
The official likely cause was loss of control following the change from visual flight to instruments on a very black night. The bodies of three crew members were recovered - two Canadians and one Australian - to be buried in the civil cemetery at Angra and later moved to the Lajes War Cemetery.

Extract from 'Unsung Sentinels' - R. Stitt.


Regards
Peter

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Originally Posted by CXX

Geoff,

I can't actually put Johnson on this aircraft, don't have a crew list, but the date matches, might give you a lead.

When the time came for a major service of 220 Squadrons Fortresses, every 800 hours, they were ferried to Thornaby. F/O. Desmond E. Morris lifted Fortress FK206 'K' off the planked runway at Lagens at 03:26 hrs in the early morning of 4 December 1943. Thirty seconds later the Fortress plunged into the Atlantic with the loss of all on board.
The official likely cause was loss of control following the change from visual flight to instruments on a very black night. The bodies of three crew members were recovered - two Canadians and one Australian - to be buried in the civil cemetery at Angra and later moved to the Lajes War Cemetery.

Extract from 'Unsung Sentinels' - R. Stitt.


Regards
Peter

Great sleuthing Peter. I don't think we would need to look further with the above info.