Hello Arjay
The Unit was No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU) based at Hurn. There is a No. 3 O.A.D.U. Operations Record Book (ORB) for the Unit, early WW2 ORBs I have looked at are not very detailed when it comes to crashes, but later ORBs might be better? There are Appendices and it ought to list all of the crew and you might get extra information. Always worth a look.
AIR 29/471
3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU), Hurn (UK).
Jan 1943 to Nov 1944
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Jan 1943 to Nov 1944
Being based at Hurn, crashing onto houses with civil deaths and the references to "C of I" on the Accident Card, there should be a Court of Inquiry too.
I will PM you with some interesting general pieces about C of I.
No. 44 Ferry (Service) Group ORBs are AIR 25/627 and AIR 25/636 ORB (Engineering) and AIR 25/634 ORB (Plans) AIR 25/636 (Operations) AIR 25/640 (Training) AIR 25/638 (Signals, Training, WAAF, Armament and Air Se Rescue); AIR 25/637 (Equipment, Intelligence, Medical) for 1944
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TRANSPORT COMMAND should be in the region of AIR 24/1602 (Vol.1) AIR24/1603 (Vol.2); ONWARD and there are numerous ORBs and Appendices for you to look up in the AIR 24 paper indexes, (No links given).
RAF Station HURN ORB is in AIR 28/346
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You should find the ORB Catalogue references in the AIR 25 (for Groups) and AIR 24 (for Commands), Paper Catalogue Indexes (Red Volumes on the 1st floor, shelves, outside the main 1st Floor Reading Room). Also look to see if there are any Appendices covering the same time periods, or other adjacent references.
There are plenty of ORBs to look through, to see if you find any further references, etc. Start with the Unit and Station ORBs first, as that may also give you more information about the purpose of the flight etc.
Mark