123133 Pilot Officer John McCubbin.
Navigator.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 27
Son of Thomas and Jane McCubbin, of Patna, Ayrshire.
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was recovered on the coast of Co. Sligo, and buried in a nearby cemetery.
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
Navigator.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 27
Son of Thomas and Jane McCubbin, of Patna, Ayrshire.
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was recovered on the coast of Co. Sligo, and buried in a nearby cemetery.
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
123133 Pilot Officer John McCubbin.
Navigator.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 27
Son of Thomas and Jane McCubbin, of Patna, Ayrshire.
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was recovered on the coast of Co. Sligo, and buried in a nearby cemetery.
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
Navigator.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 27
Son of Thomas and Jane McCubbin, of Patna, Ayrshire.
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was recovered on the coast of Co. Sligo, and buried in a nearby cemetery.
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
Gravesite Details
Address- County- Sligo Graveyard- Easkey Age- 27
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