20th May 1945 - RAF Lossiemouth - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

alanatabz · #1 5th January 2018, 08:29

Does anybody have any info on a Wellington that crashed just before 10am on Sunday 20th May 1945 onto Church Street Lossiemouth.

11 civilians were killed, but can't see details on Aircrafr crew, aircraft no etc.

Leendert · #2 5th January 2018, 10:02

Please refer to this link: http://aircrewremembered.com/rickard-ronald.html

Wellington NC594 of 20 O.T.U.

Regards,

Leendert

Col Bruggy · #3 5th January 2018, 10:33

Hello,

Aircrewremembered is in error about Rickard

Ronald Arthur RICKARD RAFVR, was involved in the following incident in the Middle East:

9/10 March 1943
No.40 Sqn
Wellington Ic AD651 "D"
Op:Palermo.

Aircraft ran out of fuel and in trying to ditch crashed in a coastal palm grove, 15km from Homs. Sgt Sprately is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery.

Sgt J Whale - Injured
Sgt R Rickard - Injured
Sgt P G Hartley - Injured
Sgt L A Turner - Injured
Sgt L Knight - Injured
Sgt J A Spratley +

See:
Sweeping The Skies:A History of No.40 Squadron, RFC and RAF, 1916-56
Gunby,David
Bishop Auckland:Pentland Press,1991
pp.224 & 368.

Col.

alanatabz · #4 5th January 2018, 11:35

So Rickard had an accident in 1943, then a fatal crash in Lossiemouth in 1945?

from CWGC site

RICKARD

Flying Officer

187301

RONALD ARTHUR

Sunday, May 20, 1945

Age 28

MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM

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