Date & Time:
Feb 15, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
Operator:
Registration:
K6946
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wick - Lossiemouth
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
14
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
18
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Wick Airport on a short flight to RAF Lossiemouth, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of four. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Despite significant SAR operations, no trace of the airplane nor the 18 occupants was found. Last known position 3 km east of Scarlets Head, some 8 km south southeast of Wick Airport.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
F/Lt Walter H. Nicholson,
Lt Anthony J. E. Howey,
F/Sgt Frank S. Barnes,
Sgt Eric J. M. Riordan,
Cpl Edward Francis John William Hoare,
Lac Cyril A. Tilbury,
Lac Frederick J. Burton,
Lac John Graham,
Lac William Thompson,
Lac John Garden,
Lac Leslie Bool,
Ac1 Kenneth Reginald Morse,
Ac1 Kenneth Douglas Drage,
Ac1 James Stewart Stevenson,
Ac2 Sidney John William Clark +3.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
F/Lt Walter H. Nicholson,
Lt Anthony J. E. Howey,
F/Sgt Frank S. Barnes,
Sgt Eric J. M. Riordan,
Cpl Edward Francis John William Hoare,
Lac Cyril A. Tilbury,
Lac Frederick J. Burton,
Lac John Graham,
Lac William Thompson,
Lac John Garden,
Lac Leslie Bool,
Ac1 Kenneth Reginald Morse,
Ac1 Kenneth Douglas Drage,
Ac1 James Stewart Stevenson,
Ac2 Sidney John William Clark +3.
