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Peak District Air Accident Research

Bristol Beaufort Mk.I N1180 of No.1 TTU, crashed on Tor Mhor, Mull of Kintyre, on the 2nd September 1942 while on a training flight from Abbotsinch (now Glasgow Airport).

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Leonard Percy Booker	Pilot Officer RNZAF	Pilot	Killed
Albert Augustine Haydon	Sergeant RNZAF	Pilot	Killed
Francis John Bliss Griffin	Sergeant	Observer	Killed
Tom Henry Grasswick	Sergeant RCAF	Wireless Operator / Air Gunner	Killed

Above is the crash site of N1180 on Tor Mhor, the road to the Mull lighthouse can be seen, the memorial to the 29 victims of ZD576 is near the summit of the hill in the background.

Two of the aircraft's crew were buried at Kilkerran Cemetery in Campbeltown, they were P/O Booker and Sgt Grasswick. The aircraft's co-pilot Sergeant Haydon was buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey and Observer, Sergeant Griffin was buried at Harrow Pinner New Cemetery.

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