Date:	Saturday 3 July 1943
Time:	23:50
Type:	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:	19 OTU RAF
Registration:	LA877
MSN:	W
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	7 miles south west of Delwhinnie, Perthshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kinloss, Moray Firth, Scotland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed during a night flying exercise. No cause was determined. All crew members perished.
Crew:
Pilot: 1336268 Sergeant Dennys Cyril Hunt (RAFVR)
Navigator: 1316200 Sergeant Edwin Albert Deacon (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer: R/155552 Flight Sergeant Donald James Gillies (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1083783 Sergeant Robert Norman Cowie (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: R/180825 Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel (RCAF)

19 OTU wartime records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of R/180825 Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel containing the loss report
Personnel file of R/155552 Flight Sergeant Donald James Gillies containing the loss report
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2459807
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2459808
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=LA877
http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/19otu_roll_honour_master.htm
http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/CC19c/Dalwhinnie.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-May-2024 10:49	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ]