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Flight
Sergeant
Joseph Spring was
piloting Stirling MK.III
EH-989 coded
WP-P for an operation to Amiens on March 15/16
1944. The aircraft departed from
Tuddenham at 1850hrs but
on
the homeward journey, as it prepared to land, it collided with
Wellington X LN-660
piloted by F/O James Lyon DFC,
RAAF from 11 OTU.
The Stirling crashed at Astwell Park, Northamptonshire with
the Wellington crashing to the East of Quainton in
Buckinghamshire,
killing everyone aboard both aircraft.
The crew
consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/Sgt Joseph Spring |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Manchester |
18 |
|
Sgt George Collins |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
White Waltham |
30 |
|
Sgt Thomas Hewitt |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Runcorn, Cheshire |
23 |
|
Sgt John Bone |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Watford,Herts |
22 |
|
Sgt Arthur Estcourte |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Norwich |
29 |
|
Sgt William Ramsay |
RAFVR |
M/Up Gunner |
Dundee |
22 |
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Sgt William Bruce |
RAF |
Rear Gunner |
Ipswich, Suffolk |
22 |
Flight
Sergeant Joseph Spring was the son of Frank
and
Elizabeth Spring of Manchester,
he is
buried in Oxford (Botley)
Cemetery.
More details
on the mid-air can be found in the tribute
But For a Few Minutes
More.
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