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Operation: Navigation exercise
Date: 10th February 1942 Tuesday)
Unit: FTU (Ferry Transport Unit)
Type: Hudson III
Serial: V9127
Base: RAF Honeybourne
Location: Brayspool, Ponterbryd, Cardiganshire.
Pilot: F/O. David Campbell Anderson AUS/400453 RAAF Age 28. Killed
Obs: Fl/Sgt. Gordon Robert Duncan R/69109 RCAF Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. John Hammond Harker 1360531 RAFVR Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Ronald Hodgson 1310359 RAFVR Age 25. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 11:00 hrs on a navigation / fuel consumption test flight when the weather was described as fine.
The aircraft was flying in very poor visibility and, according to the accident report, pilot was flying at a low altitude in hilly country, when it crashed at Brayspool, Ponterbryd, Cardiganshire at 12:30 hrs. The enquiry held on the 07th March 1942 stated that at the time of take off the weather report confirmed that it was quite in order for the flight to take place.
Local Village memorial to Sgt. Ronald Hodgson at Eden Camp 'Church Hut' (Credit: Eden Camp)
Burial details:
F/O. David Campbell Anderson. Aberystwyth Cemetery Sec. 18. Grave 851. Born on 05th March 1914 the son of David and Florence Campbell Anderson, of Wilson Street, Horsham, Victoria, Australia. Grave inscription reads: “Duty Nobly Done. Remembered At Home.”
Fl/Sgt. Gordon Robert Duncan. Aberystwyth Cemetery Sec. 18. Grave 864. Son of Orval Stanley and Margaret Beatrice Duncan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Grave inscription reads: “Their Name Liveth For Evermore.”
Sgt. John Hammond Harker. Hebden (St. Peter) Churchyard. Grave 3. Son of Richard Watson Harker and Elizabeth Harker, of Grassington, husband of Muriel Harker, of Grassington, Yorkshire, England.
Sgt. Ronald Hodgson. Norton Cemetery. Grave 253D. Son of John and Laura Hodgson, of Norton, Malton, husband of Kathleen Mary Hodgson, of Ainderby Steeple, Hambleton, Yorkshire, England.
Additional details and photographs submitted by Phillip Jones - May 2016. Other sources as quoted below.
RS 06.11.2018 - Addition of Eden Camp Memorial
KTY 22.05.2016 New photographs added.
RS 06.11.2018 - Addition of Eden Camp Memorial
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