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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 HowaldCarl HerbertFlying OfficerJ/3784717 June 1922, Kitchener, ON, CanadaCanadianPilotRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.8 Paradie Archive Database Son of Herbert H. Howald. and of Margaret C. Howald, of Stratford, Ontario, Canada; husband of Ruth K. Howald, of York Mills, Ontario
2 HurstNeil ArbuthnotPilot OfficerJ/8909229 April 1921, Collingwood, ON, CanadaCanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.6 Paradie Archive Database Son of Alexander and Flora Hurst, of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; husband of Violet Hurst, of Collingwood
3 MaraNeil DuncanFlight LieutenantJ/16120CanadianPilotDFC
RCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancaster KB787 of 419 Sqn. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes.KilledHotton War Cemetery, IV. A. 9. Belgium.
Accident reportParadie RCAF Database
4 MelbourneWilfred LaurierFlying OfficerJ/2961413 March 1916, Bone Head, ON, CanadaCanadianNavigator RCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.7 Paradie Archive Database Son of Charles and Kennetha Melbourne; husband of Orma Melbourne, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 SheeranBrian TerencePilot OfficerJ/9549027 August 1921, Montreal, QC, CanadaCanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.3 Paradie Archive Database Son of Patrick and Catherine Joyce Sheeran, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada
6 SimsLeslie JohnSergeant30117051926Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.4Son of Mrs. E. Jones; grandson of Mrs. E. Sims, of Ashbury, Wiltshire
7 TyrrellArnold JeffersFlying OfficerJ/3783230 December 1920, Amherst, NS, CanadaCanadianBomb AimerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crossesKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.5 Paradie Archive Database Son of Henry Edward and Vera Lilian Tyrrell; husband of Joan Audrey Tyrrell, of Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
8 WhittonWilliam GeorgeFlying OfficerJ/880098 September 1923, Paris, ON, CanadaCanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command433Sqn RCAF
1945-02-04LancasterIPA219BM-MSkipton on Swale1734BonnOutbound, and whilst flying in cloud, collided with Lancast with 419 Sqn Lancaster KB787. Both aircraft crashed south of Vielsalm-Luxembourg in the Belgium Ardennes. Aimer from the RAF Regiment assisted in the recovery of the fifteen who died and later marked their temporary graves with crosseKilledHotton War Cemetery IV.A.3
 Paradie Archive Database Son of George and Lily May Whitton, of Paris, Ontario, Canada
9 WhittonWilliam GeorgeSergeantR/1917098 September 1923, Paris, ON, CanadaCanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-01-20HalifaxVLK656WL-CCroft1625BerlinJust as the a/c was releasing it's load of incendiaries at 19,000 feet it was hit twice by flak. The first hit towards the rear of the bomb bay and the second hit the fuselage near the wing root. The resulting damage was severe; the rudder control was sheared off, there was no oxygen supply or electrics from the rest position backwards, all the a/c aerials were missing and some of the electronics were destroyed. The a/c stayed in the air, the remainder of the bomb load was jettisoned although a number of remaining incendiaries caught fire in the bomb bay and filled the cockpit with smoke. This fire was later put out and the pilot made for home using only aileron controls to steer the a/c. The engines had not been damaged and there was no problem to the speed or height being lost. As the a/c reached the British coastline the intercom between the pilot and the wireless operator failed and soon after crossing the coast with the pilot beginning to loose control and out of fuel they abandoned the a/c somewhere in the Driffield area. There is a suggestion that the a/c continued on its own way for a period before crashing somewhere in the Flixton area to the west of Filey at 2359 hrs Some of the crew suffered heavy landings. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)Survived, Killed in action 5 Feb 1945
433 Sqn Lancaster PA219

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