Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-5-CO Liberator in RAF St Mawgan: 11 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1943 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
42-73046
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Mawgan - Seething
MSN:
2616
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
Shortly after a night take off from RAF Saint Mawgan, en route from Florida to RAF Seething, Norfolk, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew (448th BG):
2nd Lt Lewis B. Cowherd,
2nd Lt John E. Cox,
T/Sgt Douglas E. Du Verger,
2nd Lt Robert E. Farrington,
S/Sgt Keith E. Goar,
S/Sgt George H. Guild,
2nd Lt Joseph F. Hurstel,
S/Sgt Wayne Jolley,
S/Sgt Allen F. Schuhsler,
T/Sgt Richard J. Stasiak,
S/Sgt Albert Yamsek.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-DK in Pleuven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-92061
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Belfast – Saint Mawgan
MSN:
11820
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
On a flight from Belfast-Nutts Corner to St Mawgan, Cornwall, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and was unable to locate the airbase of Newquay-Saint Mawgan. The aircraft flew over The Channel and continued over Britain. While cruising southeast of Quimper, the aircraft was shot down by the pilots of two German Messerschmitt and crashed in a field in Pleuven. Four crew members were killed while the fifth occupant was injured.
Crew:
2nd Lt Sidney H. Jablowitz, †
Cpl Sam Kahn, †
2nd Lt Lloyd C. Mahurin, †
F/O Louis E. Rapin, †
Sgt Cecil E. Bell.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two German fighters.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF St Mawgan: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8787
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0111LT on an operation to Brest. It crashed for unknown reasons at 0320LT at Carnewas Farm, two miles north of RAF St Mawgan. All three crew members were injured. One of them died from injuries sustained on March 30.
Crew:
F/Lt Gordon Percy Yarrow, †
P/O R. Y. Ashley,
Sgt J. Grant.