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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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RAF Crest

Operation: Training

Date: 17th July 1942 (Friday)

Unit: No. Staff Pilots Training Unit

Type: Anson I

Serial: R9640

Code: -

Base: RAF Cark, Lancashire (now Cumbria)

Location: North Barrule, Isle of Man

Pilot: Fl/Sgt. Alexander Cameron Gibson R/102011 RCAF Age 21. Killed

Obs: Sgt. Peter Anselm Dorman 1269608 RAFVR Age 22. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Stanley James Parsons 1124488 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

The aircraft with a crew of three was on a navigational exercise when weather conditions deteriorated as they were over the north of the Isle of Man.

At about 11:30 hrs, flying in low cloud, they hit the lower slopes of North Barrule, the second highest peak on the island, close to Park Llewellyn farm.

Two of the crew were killed and one was found alive when the farmer, Mr Elliot Jackson, reached the scene. Sadly, the survivor died a short time later.

Burial details:

Fl/Sgt. Alexander Cameron Gibson. St. Patrick’s Churchyard, Jurby. Grave 342. The son of Alexander Cameron Gibson and Bertha (nee Bohrson) Gibson of Dunville, Ontario, Canada. He had previously served as a Rifleman with the Regina Rifle Regiment from July 1939 until April 1941 when he transferred to the RCAF. Grave inscription reads: "One Who Held. We Fall To Rise, Are Baffled To Fight Better, Sleep To Wake".

Sgt. Peter Anselm Dorman. Downham Market Cemetery. Row 3, grave 41. The son of the Rev. Wilfrid Bertram Salisbury Dorman, and Alice Marguerite (née Cregoe) Dorman, of The Rectory, Downham Market, Norfolk, England. Grave inscription reads: "In Dear Memory. Killed On Active Service. May Light Perpetual Shine Upon Him".

Sgt. Stanley James Parsons. Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. C of E Sec. 12, Grave 140. The son of Michael J. and Elizabeth (née Wilson) Parsons of 39 Skipton Road, Liverpool, England.

Researched by Michael McQuaid and HamishK for Aircrew Remembered - November 2018 and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to sources indicated below.

KTY - 27.11.2018

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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