Tag: West Freugh

The aircraft had taken off from Dumfries for a short flight to West Freugh near Stranraer, though the unit ORB recorded the flight as being the opposite direction, so that … Continue reading “1940-11-27|Whitley Mk.V|P5009|No.10 B&GS, RAF|Loch Enoch, Dumfries & Galloway”

On the 10th October 1941 Oxford T1287 was being used for a training flight from RAF West Freugh near to Stranraer. There were two trainee Observers onboard the aircraft with … Continue reading “1941-10-10|Oxford Mk.I|T1287|No.4 AOS, RAF|Shalloch on Minnoch, South Ayrshire”

Avro Anson Mk.I DJ453 of No.4 Air Observers School, crashed on Cross Fell, the highest hill in the Pennines, after becoming iced up in cloud on the 18th March 1943 while on a navigation exercise from West Freugh   Victor Henry Hill Sergeant Pilot OK ? ? Navigator (U/T) OK ? ? Navigator (U/T)? OK … Continue reading “1943-03-18|Anson Mk.I|DJ453|No.4 AOS, RAF|Cross Fell, Cumbria”

On the 12th June 1944 the crew of N9589 were brief for a night navigation exercise from their home station at West Feugh near Stranraer. The route was to be … Continue reading “1944-06-12|Anson Mk.I|N9589|No.4 (O)AFU, RAF|Cairnsmore of Fleet, Dumfries & Galloway”

Avro Anson Mk.I MG356, No.4 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, RAF, flew into Bennanbrack near Newton Stewart on the 21st July 1944   Raymond John Crotty Flight Sergeant, RAAF Pilot Killed Peter Smith Warrant Officer, RAAF Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Killed Bertram Ernest William Becker Sergeant, RAFVR Bomb Aimer (u/t) Killed Darius Bede Northmore Sergeant, … Continue reading “1944-07-21|Anson Mk.I|MG386|RAF|Bennanbrack, Dumfries and Galloway”

The aircraft had taken off, along with a second C-47, from its home station of Merryfield, 8 miles SE of Taunton in Somerset, and had flown to Filton on the … Continue reading “1944-07-27|C-47A|42-93038|441st TCG, USAAF|Cairngarroch Bay, Dumfries & Galloway”