A post-war accident: 59 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator (#KH125) aircraft which had taken off from Malta [destination- RAF Oakington] with an aircrew of five and transporting 23 military passengers was tragically hit by lightning while in flight over France, crashing at Trizay near Échillais and taking the lives of all twenty-eight servicemen flying in KH125.
The members of the Liberator crew who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Albert John BALSOM,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Edwin Walter BEECH,
RAFVR Warrant Officer Sidney John GILLINGHAM,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harold ROWE and
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Leslie Joseph SLACK.
And the passengers who lost their lives in this unfortunate accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Cyril Claude BAKER,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman William Ritson BIRKETT,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Barry Frank BLACKBOURN,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant William George GIBSON,
RAFVR Wing Commander John Gordon HALLIDAY,
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas George BURCH,
Lance Serjeant Cyril DONALDSON,
Bombardier Harry Donald HENDERSON,
Private Frederick James PARKIN
Gunner Stanley William PEARSON,
Gunner Charles Christopher THOMPSON,
Bombardier William Edward TURNER,
Corporal Ernest Sidney WINSLADE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 153958
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 RAF Squadron, Troop Transport Command; RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Son of Walter and Doris Beech of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A post-war accident: 59 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator (#KH125) aircraft which had taken off from Malta [destination- RAF Oakington] with an aircrew of five and transporting 23 military passengers was tragically hit by lightning while in flight over France, crashing at Trizay near Échillais and taking the lives of all twenty-eight servicemen flying in KH125.
The members of the Liberator crew who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Albert John BALSOM,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Edwin Walter BEECH,
RAFVR Warrant Officer Sidney John GILLINGHAM,
RAFVR Flying Officer Harold ROWE and
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Leslie Joseph SLACK.
And the passengers who lost their lives in this unfortunate accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Cyril Claude BAKER,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman William Ritson BIRKETT,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Barry Frank BLACKBOURN,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant William George GIBSON,
RAFVR Wing Commander John Gordon HALLIDAY,
Warrant Officer Class II Thomas George BURCH,
Lance Serjeant Cyril DONALDSON,
Bombardier Harry Donald HENDERSON,
Private Frederick James PARKIN
Gunner Stanley William PEARSON,
Gunner Charles Christopher THOMPSON,
Bombardier William Edward TURNER,
Corporal Ernest Sidney WINSLADE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 153958
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 RAF Squadron, Troop Transport Command; RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Son of Walter and Doris Beech of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"WE KNOW THAT
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
FOR GOOD
TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD."
ROMANS VIII.28
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