Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I near Lochwinnoch: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W6539
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Abbotsinch - Abbotsinch
MSN:
9533
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Abootsinch on a training exercise. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Rowbank Reservoir near Lochwinnoch, in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Robert Anne, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur William Stanley, wireless operator, †
P/O John Keith Dingle Williams, observer, †
Sgt H. Murdock.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Lochwinnoch: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1941 at 1530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1164
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kirkbride - Lossiemouth
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a transfer flight from Kirkbride to RAF Lossiemouth. In unknown circumstances, it crashed near Lochwinnoch, in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O John Forrest Morton Millar, pilot.