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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Aspinall	Glyn Robert (Bob)	Sergeant W/Op. Air Gunner	1800248					RAFVR	Bomber Command	5 Lancaster Finishing school	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Laxfield Cemetery. Sec.7 Grave 11.		Read Archive Report
2	Dennis	Bryan Hedley	Flying Officer Pilot U/T	160921					RAFVR	Bomber Command	1521 Flt	1944-04-14	Airspeed Oxford	I	LB415	Not known	RAF Wymeswold	1535	Training	Collided with Lancaster W4103	Killed	St. Albans Cemetery (Hatfield Road). Sec L. Row A. Grave 33.		Read Archive Report
3	Edwards	Frederick William	Sergeant Air Gunner	1869475					RAFVR	Bomber Command	5 Lancaster Finishing school	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Birmingham Cemetery (Lodge Hill). Plot 47D Grave 40799.		Read Archive Report
4	Gouldstone	Victor Charles William Arras	Sergeant Air Gunner	1892933					RAFVR	Bomber Command	5 Lancaster Finishing school	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Aylesford Cemetery. S.E. Plot Grave 6.		Read Archive Report
5	Hawkins	James Addison	Fl/Lt. Pilot Inst.	120119					RAFVR	Bomber Command	1521 Flt	1944-04-14	Airspeed Oxford	I	LB415	Not known	RAF Wymeswold	1535	Training	Collided with Lancaster W4103	Injured - died from injuries later the same day	Aylesford Cemetery. S.E. Plot Grave 6.		Read Archive Report
6	Herbert	Henry Ernest	Sgt. Flight Engineer	1822275					RAFVR	Bomber Command	No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2 Grave 211.		Read Archive Report
7	Holes	Peter William Raymond	Flying Officer Navigator	140864					RAFVR	Bomber Command	5 Lancaster Finishing school	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Colwyn Bay Cemetery (Bronynant). Sec. B Grave 147.		Read Archive Report
8	Laidler	Patrick William	Pilot Officer	415800	Perth WA, 26 March 1916 Age 28	Australia	Pilot		RAAF		5LFS 5 Lanaster Finishing School	1944-04-14	Lancaster		W4103		RAF Syerston		Training		Killed	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 209. Epitaph: BRAVELY HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY. GOD BE WITH YOU, "PAT". Roll of Honour: Carnarvon WA, Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA. Son Of Mr. And Mrs. W. Laidler; Husband Of Veeni Edwina Horwill Laidler, Of Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.		On the 14th April 1944, Lancaster W4103 took off from RAF Syerston, on a non-operational flight. Forty minutes after take off the aircraft was seen to collide with an Airspeed Oxford LB415 at about 1000 hours. W4103 crashed in the vicinity of the aerodrome and was a complete write off. All the crew members and the pilot of the Oxford were killed. The crew members of W4103 were: Sergeant Glyn Robert Aspinall (1800248) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) Sergeant Frederick William Edwards (1869475) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) Sergeant Henry Ernest Herbert (1822275) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) Flying Officer Peter William Raymond Holes (140864) (RAFVR) (Navigator) Pilot Officer Patrick William Laidler (415800) (Pilot) Flying Officer David Winchester McRuer (151768) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) Flying Officer Henry Holmes Richardson (J/17320) (RCAF) (Pilot Instructor) The pilot of the Airspeed Oxford was: Aircraftman Class 2 Sidney Stokoe (1677803) (RAFVR) (Pilot Under Training)	Paradie Canadian Database W4103 Archive Report W4103
9	Laidler	Patrick William	Pilot Officer Pilot (U/T)	AUS/415800					RAAF	Bomber Command	No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2 Grave 209.		Read Archive Report
10	McRuer	David Winchester	Flying Officer Air Bomber	151768					RAFVR	Bomber Command	5 Lancaster Finishing school	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Newark upon Trent Cemetery. Sec. F Grave 310.		Read Archive Report
11	Richardson	Henry Holmes	Flying Officer Pilot	J/17320				DFM	RCAF	Bomber Command	No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Oxford Cemetery (Botley). Plot I/2 Grave 210.	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
12	Stokoe	Sidney	AC.2. Pilot U/T	1677803					RAFVR	Bomber Command	No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School	1944-04-14	Lancaster	I	W4103	RC-E	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire	1630	Training	Collided with Airspeed Oxford LB415	Killed	Newcastle upon Tyne Cemetery (West Road). Sec. H Grave 229.		Read Archive Report

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