Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina I near Punta Carnero: 10 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 21, 1942 at 0715 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AJ157
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The floatplane departed Gibraltar Airport at 0702LT on an operation flight. Thirteen minutes later, it impacted the slope of a hill located west of Punta Carnero. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Peter Bruce Alexander, pilot,
F/O Reginald Clive Derrick, pilot,
F/Lt Sidney Cecil Romer, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Gordon Taylor, observer,
Sgt William Godderidge, wireless operator,
Sgt James Johnstone, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Anthony Westkelsey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Turnbull, air gunner,
Sgt George Thomas Darville, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Idwal Roberts, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Peter Bruce Alexander, pilot,
F/O Reginald Clive Derrick, pilot,
F/Lt Sidney Cecil Romer, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Gordon Taylor, observer,
Sgt William Godderidge, wireless operator,
Sgt James Johnstone, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Anthony Westkelsey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Turnbull, air gunner,
Sgt George Thomas Darville, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Idwal Roberts, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
