HALIFAX
AND MANCHESTER LOSSES
460 SQUADRON RAAF
DATE | HALIFAX |
PILOT & CREW |
OPERATION/LOCATION |
19 Sep 1942 | DT 481 |
RAAF 403079 Flt Sgt Solomons, S A Captain (Pilot) |
During an air firing exercise near Binbrook. Aircraft was based at Breighton. |
22 Sep 1942 | W 1272 |
RAF FO Purcival, J W (Pilot Instructor) * A member of No.20 Op. Training Unit RAF. |
Aircraft belonged to 1656 Conversion Flight. Training exercise including tank changing, 3 engine flying, cross wind landings and demonstration of rudder stall. Aircraft crashed a quarter of a mile east of "Middle Farm", Catterton, Yorkshire near Tadcaster UK. |
DATE | MANCHESTER |
PILOT & CREW |
OPERATION/LOCATION |
19 Oct 1942 | R 5780 |
RAF PO Horner, R D Captain
(Pilot)* *Members of 1656 Conversion Training Flight RAF. |
Temporarily stationed at RAF Breighton, on a short flight air firing practice. Crashed 2kms ENE of Lichfield drome, Staffordshire. |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Stephen Oliver for his assistance with this web page.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Firkins, Peter, "Strike and Return", Westward Ho Publishing Co., 1985
Holmes, Harry, "Avro Lancaster - The Definitive Record"
Watson, John, "460 Squadron (RAAF), Pilots and Crews"
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