Aircraftman 2nd Class, Wireless Operator, Air Gunner. U/T, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Service No: 1271272.
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)’s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF’s top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax’s crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
(SJ Hearn)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)’s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF’s top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax’s crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
(SJ Hearn)
Aircraftman 2nd Class, Wireless Operator, Air Gunner. U/T, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Service No: 1271272.
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)’s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF’s top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax’s crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
(SJ Hearn)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)’s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF’s top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax’s crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
(SJ Hearn)
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