24 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#Z6639) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off for a non-operational training flight. The crew was inexperienced and flew into some bad weather conditions, resulting in the aircraft's crashing into high ground about 200yds from the Royal Observer Corps post at Broadway Tower; the entire crew, except for the rear gunner who sustained serious injuries, were killed on impact. The rear gunner late died of his injuries.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant George Edward EKINS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Harris Gordon HAGEN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Herbert KELLY,
RAFVR Sergeant Donald Alfred MARRIOTT and
RAF Sergeant Richard Stanley (Ted) PHILLIPS.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Navigator
Service No: 591875
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force
Son of Clement and Enid D. Phillips of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
24 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#Z6639) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off for a non-operational training flight. The crew was inexperienced and flew into some bad weather conditions, resulting in the aircraft's crashing into high ground about 200yds from the Royal Observer Corps post at Broadway Tower; the entire crew, except for the rear gunner who sustained serious injuries, were killed on impact. The rear gunner late died of his injuries.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant George Edward EKINS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Harris Gordon HAGEN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Herbert KELLY,
RAFVR Sergeant Donald Alfred MARRIOTT and
RAF Sergeant Richard Stanley (Ted) PHILLIPS.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Navigator
Service No: 591875
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force
Son of Clement and Enid D. Phillips of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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