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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Nairn: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
BD295
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
On a night training flight, the aircraft hit a hill located southwest of Nairn. Three crew members were seriously injured while four others were killed. Two days later, one of the survivor died from his injuries.
Crew (19th OTU):
F/Lt Raymond Wilson Pitts McFarland, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Johnson Sampson, pilot, †
F/O Alexander Chalmers Barrie, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Hartley, air bomber, †
F/Sgt Arthur Thomas Hawkins, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Alfred Hartwell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Padley, air gunner.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II near Nairn: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N4758
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kinloss - Kinloss
MSN:
2474
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Kinloss on a local training flight. The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances southeast from Nairn. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Rupert Rogers,
Sgt John Lewis Carter.