[Alex Smart]

Hello Brian,
Chorley , vol 8 yes the Unit is in there but I could not see any reference to this incident, probably because the a/c was not lost or wrecked.
All that is noted is -

Beaufighter VI training loss= 2

31/3/44
X8147 no injuries. F/O. A.B.A. Smith.

21/7/44
EL156
F/Lt. J.C.Fletcher - injured.
F/Lt. L.J.S. Spicer - injured.

Mosquito II training loss= 1; Misc = 1

23/11/44
DD736 - Air Test
F/O. C.J.Preece RCAF +
F/Lt. F.H.Ruffle, DFC +

29/11/44
DZ265 - Training
F/Lt. Stathes, uninjured.

Mosquito IV training loss = 2; Misc = 1

13/3/45
PZ231 Training,
Sgt. T. Day uninjured.

19/4/45
HR216 - Training.
F/O. T. W. Jasper +

Misc - not recorded as far as I can find.

Mosquito XIX training loss = 1

25/5/45
MM634 - Training
W/O. Smythe, uninjured.

Oxford II training loss = 1

13/12/44
V3535 - Training
S/L. M.W. O'Brien, DFC injured.

Not to confuse but there was a F/Sgt. F.L. Cook of 7 Sqdn taken POW on the 15th. Tail gunner in Lancaster III - JB414"MG-Y" . The rest of the crew were all killed..

Alex