16 SFTS RAF Newton

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by noggin

19 July 1944 Oxford PG944 16 SFTS RAF Swinderby to RAF Newton on night flying exercise. While in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field near Normanton on Trent , killing all 3 crew buried Newark Cemetery.
W/O Bogdan Koper
AC2 Ignacy Tomaszewski Pilot U/T
W/O Stanislaw Mierniczek

Thanks

However my sources have nothing on this aircraft at this date. None of them has it as even used by 16 (P) SFTS at all

Cheers
Stig

[Col Bruggy]

Originally Posted by noggin

19 July 1944 Oxford PG944 16 SFTS RAF Swinderby to RAF Newton on night flying exercise. While in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field near Normanton on Trent , killing all 3 crew buried Newark Cemetery.
W/O Bogdan Koper
AC2 Ignacy Tomaszewski Pilot U/T
W/O Stanislaw Mierniczek

Hello,

The Oxford serial should read "PG994", not PG944.

Col.

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Sorry to have mislead you.

I now see that my original post had P9994.
This was my typo error.

I checked my paperwork and indeed it has PG994.
My Hand written "G" looks just like the following "9"s.

Apologies
Alex

[Stig Jarlevik]

Col

Thanks!

Alex

No worries. Should actually have been able to work that out myself. No idea why my brain sometimes enter a zero mode....

Perhaps I should do like the comercials....have a Snicker....

Cheers
Stig

[noggin]

Thanks for all your help , I can pass it on to The Friends of Newark Cemetery for their display. Pity there isn't such a forum for Polish land forces.