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The
Wrigley Crew were flying Lancaster Mk. X KB-813 coded SE-S
during a cross country training flight on October 25, 1944 in
preparation for the squadron conversion from Halifaxes to
Lancasters. The aircraft inexplicably crashed
11 miles southwest
of
Bedford, near Tingrith.
killing all on board.
The
crew consisted of:
|
Name
|
Service
|
Trade
|
Hometown
|
Age
|
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P/O Gordon Wrigley
|
RCAF
|
Pilot
|
Hawkstone,Ontario
|
21
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Sgt Frederick Smith
|
RAFVR
|
Flight Engineer
|
Lincoln
|
21
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P/O James Schwerdfager
|
RCAF
|
Bomb Aimer
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
20
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P/O Robert Gillis
|
RCAF
|
Navigator
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
22
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F/Sgt Harvey Irwin
|
RCAF
|
Wireless Air Gunner
|
Barrie, Ontario
|
20
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F/Sgt Alan Malaidack
|
RCAF
|
Air Gunner
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
21
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F/Sgt Harold Yerdon
|
RCAF
|
Air Gunner
|
Brockville, Ontario
|
21
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