ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139938
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| Date: | Monday 11 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:40 HOURS |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 81 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | LA766 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gwernto Bach, between Bwlchgwyn and Rhydtalog -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tilstock, Shropshire (EGCT) |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley LA766, 81 OTU took off from RAF Tilstock with 8 crew on board on a night navigational exercise. Crashed at Gwernto Bach, between Bwlchgwyn and Rhydtalog in North East Wales (ca. 10 km WNW Wrexham) soon after. 7 crew members were killed on impact and one died on his way to hospital in Wrexham.
W/O David Rozell ROBERTS (R/80174), 22, RCAF - Wrexham Cemetery
Sgt Cyril Edgar AARON (1332230), 20, RAFVR - City of London Cemetery & Crematorium
P/O Ronald James BINHAM (134044), 21, RAFVR - Wrexham Cemetery (NCO:929619 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Sgt Alexander Taylor STRACHAN (1341911), 21, RAFVR - Edinburgh (Seafield) Crematorium
Sgt David Blackburn LISTER (1504644), 19, RAFVR - Golcar Baptist Chapelyard
F/Sgt Robert SMEATON (1310982), 28, RAFVR - Wrexham Cemetery
Sgt Michael John BUCKLE (1218154), 21, RAFVR - York Cemetery
F/Sgt William Henry STEWART (R/113188), 30, RCAF - Wrexham Cemetery
Sources:
FALLEN EAGLES,EDWARD DOYLERUSH.
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
cwgc org
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2011 13:47 | AGO | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 12:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2011 02:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2020 19:40 | ordavies | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2020 21:42 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
| 21-May-2022 05:21 | redsix1 | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator]] |
| 21-May-2023 16:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator]]] |
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