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Thread: Finding how my uncle died
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14-03-2018, 10:21 PM #11
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Vulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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14-03-2018, 10:28 PM #12
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Thanks Gortonboy, As I was born in Chorlton cum Hardy your post immediately caught my eye. Anyway thanks again
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14-03-2018, 10:32 PM #13
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Thanks to everyone who answered my request for help . It’s very good that a complete novice can get help so easily. So thanks again.
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14-03-2018, 10:35 PM #14
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Where did the info on the plane and crash come from.
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15-03-2018, 12:22 AM #15
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The Obituary placed by the family in the MEN Published: Saturday 13 January 1945
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News preview: . O’BRIEN. —In January, 1945 (result of flying accident), Sergt.-Navigator ALAN O’BRIEN (R.A.F.V.R.)
You can view this on either Findmypast or the Britishnewpaperarchives....sometimes the latter has a cheap monthly offer, or contact Manchester central library, they may e mail you the full obit you have the date of issue....what I did note was that the obit doesn't carry a date of death so is this questionable...did your Uncle go missing
Maybe a trip is in order to Southern Cemetery and the 'new' library, then there is St Bede's book to look at!!!!
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15-03-2018, 4:59 AM #16SueNSWGuest
There is a little more info on the International Bomber Command Centre website -
Reason for Loss:
T/O 2115 for night circuits and landings. At about 2320, according to one of the screened instructors, observing the night flying, the engine note decreased and from a height estimated between 200 and 300 feet, the Wellington dived into the sea some 500 yards off the airfield.
The page lists his colleagues who were lost with him, along with a little more information.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/obrien-aa/
Cheers
Sue
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15-03-2018, 11:43 AM #17
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29-03-2018, 8:15 PM #18
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This is an extract from his records "Training of night circuits and landings. At about 2320, according to one of the screened instructors, observing the night flying, the engine note decreased and from a height estimated between 200 and 300 feet, the Wellington dived into the sea some 500 yards off the airfield, no crew survived."
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29-03-2018, 8:21 PM #19
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Such incidents have at best killed crew by impact as the aircraft impacted the water. Being so close to the the airfield I should imagine rescue attempts were unsuccessful.
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30-03-2018, 10:53 AM #20
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Thanks Sue. The info was brilliant
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