Military Service Number: J/25181
Age: 27
Royal Canadian Air Force
518 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of Paul S. Adamic and Christina Adamic, of Edmonton, Alberta.
518 Squadron was a meteorological unit, formed in 1943, and was based at Tiree and Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides.
They flew adapted Halifax Bombers over the North Atlantic, to collect weather information. They were also equipped with depth charges to deal with any U-boats they encountered.
A Handley Page H.P.57 Bomber, LK 704, based at RAF Tiree, Scotland, was on a meteorological information gathering mission over the North Atlantic, when it lost its way during bad weather and crashed at 18.40 into cliffs at Roughey, above Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. Two women saw the crash and tried to assist, but there were no survivors.
Six bodies were recovered immediately and brought to Northern Ireland the following day, 24 January. The wreckage of the aircraft fell off the cliff into the sea, but it was not recovered until 31 January, by which time the bodies of the two remaining crew members had been taken away by the strong currents for which Tullan Strand is notorious.
The crew comprised.
Lloyd Joyce Upshall
Pilot.
Clarence Loree Scott
Co-Pilot.
Norman Glyn Gzowski
Navigator
Frederic Lewarne Eric Hussey
Flight Engineer.
Vladimir Adamic
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frank Ash
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick Edward Dawson
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Donald Parr Hewitson
Meteorological Observer
The bodies of Lloyd Upshall, Vladimir Adamic and Frederick Dawson, were buried in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh.
The bodies of Frederic Hussey, Frank Ash and Donald Hewitson, were returned to their families for burial in Britain
The bodies of Clarence Scott and Norman Gzowski were not recovered.
For further details, see the well researched article on the crash by Dennis Burke
Tullan Crash
[Find A Grave Contributor Dennis Burke]
Age: 27
Royal Canadian Air Force
518 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of Paul S. Adamic and Christina Adamic, of Edmonton, Alberta.
518 Squadron was a meteorological unit, formed in 1943, and was based at Tiree and Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides.
They flew adapted Halifax Bombers over the North Atlantic, to collect weather information. They were also equipped with depth charges to deal with any U-boats they encountered.
A Handley Page H.P.57 Bomber, LK 704, based at RAF Tiree, Scotland, was on a meteorological information gathering mission over the North Atlantic, when it lost its way during bad weather and crashed at 18.40 into cliffs at Roughey, above Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. Two women saw the crash and tried to assist, but there were no survivors.
Six bodies were recovered immediately and brought to Northern Ireland the following day, 24 January. The wreckage of the aircraft fell off the cliff into the sea, but it was not recovered until 31 January, by which time the bodies of the two remaining crew members had been taken away by the strong currents for which Tullan Strand is notorious.
The crew comprised.
Lloyd Joyce Upshall
Pilot.
Clarence Loree Scott
Co-Pilot.
Norman Glyn Gzowski
Navigator
Frederic Lewarne Eric Hussey
Flight Engineer.
Vladimir Adamic
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frank Ash
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick Edward Dawson
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Donald Parr Hewitson
Meteorological Observer
The bodies of Lloyd Upshall, Vladimir Adamic and Frederick Dawson, were buried in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh.
The bodies of Frederic Hussey, Frank Ash and Donald Hewitson, were returned to their families for burial in Britain
The bodies of Clarence Scott and Norman Gzowski were not recovered.
For further details, see the well researched article on the crash by Dennis Burke
Tullan Crash
[Find A Grave Contributor Dennis Burke]
Military Service Number: J/25181
Age: 27
Royal Canadian Air Force
518 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of Paul S. Adamic and Christina Adamic, of Edmonton, Alberta.
518 Squadron was a meteorological unit, formed in 1943, and was based at Tiree and Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides.
They flew adapted Halifax Bombers over the North Atlantic, to collect weather information. They were also equipped with depth charges to deal with any U-boats they encountered.
A Handley Page H.P.57 Bomber, LK 704, based at RAF Tiree, Scotland, was on a meteorological information gathering mission over the North Atlantic, when it lost its way during bad weather and crashed at 18.40 into cliffs at Roughey, above Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. Two women saw the crash and tried to assist, but there were no survivors.
Six bodies were recovered immediately and brought to Northern Ireland the following day, 24 January. The wreckage of the aircraft fell off the cliff into the sea, but it was not recovered until 31 January, by which time the bodies of the two remaining crew members had been taken away by the strong currents for which Tullan Strand is notorious.
The crew comprised.
Lloyd Joyce Upshall
Pilot.
Clarence Loree Scott
Co-Pilot.
Norman Glyn Gzowski
Navigator
Frederic Lewarne Eric Hussey
Flight Engineer.
Vladimir Adamic
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frank Ash
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick Edward Dawson
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Donald Parr Hewitson
Meteorological Observer
The bodies of Lloyd Upshall, Vladimir Adamic and Frederick Dawson, were buried in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh.
The bodies of Frederic Hussey, Frank Ash and Donald Hewitson, were returned to their families for burial in Britain
The bodies of Clarence Scott and Norman Gzowski were not recovered.
For further details, see the well researched article on the crash by Dennis Burke
Tullan Crash
[Find A Grave Contributor Dennis Burke]
Age: 27
Royal Canadian Air Force
518 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Son of Paul S. Adamic and Christina Adamic, of Edmonton, Alberta.
518 Squadron was a meteorological unit, formed in 1943, and was based at Tiree and Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides.
They flew adapted Halifax Bombers over the North Atlantic, to collect weather information. They were also equipped with depth charges to deal with any U-boats they encountered.
A Handley Page H.P.57 Bomber, LK 704, based at RAF Tiree, Scotland, was on a meteorological information gathering mission over the North Atlantic, when it lost its way during bad weather and crashed at 18.40 into cliffs at Roughey, above Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. Two women saw the crash and tried to assist, but there were no survivors.
Six bodies were recovered immediately and brought to Northern Ireland the following day, 24 January. The wreckage of the aircraft fell off the cliff into the sea, but it was not recovered until 31 January, by which time the bodies of the two remaining crew members had been taken away by the strong currents for which Tullan Strand is notorious.
The crew comprised.
Lloyd Joyce Upshall
Pilot.
Clarence Loree Scott
Co-Pilot.
Norman Glyn Gzowski
Navigator
Frederic Lewarne Eric Hussey
Flight Engineer.
Vladimir Adamic
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frank Ash
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Frederick Edward Dawson
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner.
Donald Parr Hewitson
Meteorological Observer
The bodies of Lloyd Upshall, Vladimir Adamic and Frederick Dawson, were buried in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh.
The bodies of Frederic Hussey, Frank Ash and Donald Hewitson, were returned to their families for burial in Britain
The bodies of Clarence Scott and Norman Gzowski were not recovered.
For further details, see the well researched article on the crash by Dennis Burke
Tullan Crash
[Find A Grave Contributor Dennis Burke]
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