Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 29. Service No: 1376972. Son of Ernest Cyril Basham, and of Emma Basham, of Brentford; husband of Daisy Violet Basham, of Twickenham.
10 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#BD359) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Stanton Harcourt on a night flying training exercise. Because the poor weather conditions made visibility very poor, BD359 crashed near the airfield, taking the lives of the crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Walter William BASHAM,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Albert BAXTER,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Roderick EVANS,
RAFVR Sergeant Leonard Horace MATTHEWS and
RAFVR Sergeant William STEPHEN.
Contributor: SJB Hearn (46864594)
10 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#BD359) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Stanton Harcourt on a night flying training exercise. Because the poor weather conditions made visibility very poor, BD359 crashed near the airfield, taking the lives of the crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Walter William BASHAM,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Albert BAXTER,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Roderick EVANS,
RAFVR Sergeant Leonard Horace MATTHEWS and
RAFVR Sergeant William STEPHEN.
Contributor: SJB Hearn (46864594)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 29. Service No: 1376972. Son of Ernest Cyril Basham, and of Emma Basham, of Brentford; husband of Daisy Violet Basham, of Twickenham.
10 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#BD359) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Stanton Harcourt on a night flying training exercise. Because the poor weather conditions made visibility very poor, BD359 crashed near the airfield, taking the lives of the crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Walter William BASHAM,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Albert BAXTER,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Roderick EVANS,
RAFVR Sergeant Leonard Horace MATTHEWS and
RAFVR Sergeant William STEPHEN.
Contributor: SJB Hearn (46864594)
10 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#BD359) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Stanton Harcourt on a night flying training exercise. Because the poor weather conditions made visibility very poor, BD359 crashed near the airfield, taking the lives of the crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Walter William BASHAM,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Albert BAXTER,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Roderick EVANS,
RAFVR Sergeant Leonard Horace MATTHEWS and
RAFVR Sergeant William STEPHEN.
Contributor: SJB Hearn (46864594)
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