Dad's older brother "Albert" was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW II.
He flew twin-engined Bristol Beaufighters for the famed 404 Squadron based at
R.A.F. Dallachy Airfield, Scotland. The 404 Squadron was known as the "Buffalo"
Squadron due to the distinctive buffalo head in the center of the unit patch.
Killed in Action.
Extract from 404 Squadron operational records, March 1945:
"The squadron suffered another loss on 6 March when F/O W. A. Tustin and his navigator Wettlaufer were killed in a flying accident. The crew were participating in a fighter affiliation exercise four miles north of the control tower at Dallachy, two miles off the beach in Spey Bay. The aircraft was seen to turn over on its back and dive steeply into the water. A destroyer was nearby at the time and launched boats but neither of the crew was ever recovered."
See also Cenotaph in Runnymede Memorial
- created by: International Wargraves Photography Project
Flying Officer William Albert Tustin
He flew twin-engined Bristol Beaufighters for the famed 404 Squadron based at
R.A.F. Dallachy Airfield, Scotland. The 404 Squadron was known as the "Buffalo"
Squadron due to the distinctive buffalo head in the center of the unit patch.
Killed in Action.
Extract from 404 Squadron operational records, March 1945:
"The squadron suffered another loss on 6 March when F/O W. A. Tustin and his navigator Wettlaufer were killed in a flying accident. The crew were participating in a fighter affiliation exercise four miles north of the control tower at Dallachy, two miles off the beach in Spey Bay. The aircraft was seen to turn over on its back and dive steeply into the water. A destroyer was nearby at the time and launched boats but neither of the crew was ever recovered."
See also Cenotaph in Runnymede Memorial
- created by: International Wargraves Photography Project
Flying Officer William Albert Tustin
Dad's older brother "Albert" was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW II.
He flew twin-engined Bristol Beaufighters for the famed 404 Squadron based at
R.A.F. Dallachy Airfield, Scotland. The 404 Squadron was known as the "Buffalo"
Squadron due to the distinctive buffalo head in the center of the unit patch.
Killed in Action.
Extract from 404 Squadron operational records, March 1945:
"The squadron suffered another loss on 6 March when F/O W. A. Tustin and his navigator Wettlaufer were killed in a flying accident. The crew were participating in a fighter affiliation exercise four miles north of the control tower at Dallachy, two miles off the beach in Spey Bay. The aircraft was seen to turn over on its back and dive steeply into the water. A destroyer was nearby at the time and launched boats but neither of the crew was ever recovered."
See also Cenotaph in Runnymede Memorial
- created by: International Wargraves Photography Project
Flying Officer William Albert Tustin
He flew twin-engined Bristol Beaufighters for the famed 404 Squadron based at
R.A.F. Dallachy Airfield, Scotland. The 404 Squadron was known as the "Buffalo"
Squadron due to the distinctive buffalo head in the center of the unit patch.
Killed in Action.
Extract from 404 Squadron operational records, March 1945:
"The squadron suffered another loss on 6 March when F/O W. A. Tustin and his navigator Wettlaufer were killed in a flying accident. The crew were participating in a fighter affiliation exercise four miles north of the control tower at Dallachy, two miles off the beach in Spey Bay. The aircraft was seen to turn over on its back and dive steeply into the water. A destroyer was nearby at the time and launched boats but neither of the crew was ever recovered."
See also Cenotaph in Runnymede Memorial
- created by: International Wargraves Photography Project
Flying Officer William Albert Tustin
Inscription
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
P/O William Albert
1923 - 1945
