| 1939 |
In Memoriam
Vickers Wellington R1646 |
1945 |
On 19 January 1942, during a routine training flight, this aircraft crashed on high ground
near Braemar due to poor weather conditions. All eight crewmen based at 20 Operational
Training Unit, RAF Lossiemouth, lost their lives. Six crew members lie at rest within the
Commonwealth Graves Commission reservation, Dyce old churchyard, Aberdeen and two in
their home cemeteries in England. The two Bristol Pegasus XVIII engines were removed from
the crash site in 1999 and one is preserved here as a permanent memorial to those named
below and all other aircrew who lost their lives in the Cairngorm mountains. |
Dickson, Sgt., B. O., R. A. A. F. (W Op Air Gunner), aged 22
of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Greenbank, Sgt., W. M., R. A. F. VB. R. (Air Gunner), aged 19
of Windermere, Westmoreland, England
Jackson, Sgt., R. J., R. C. A. F. (Pilot), aged 21
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kelley, Flt. Sgt., H. J., R. C. A. F. (Air Obs.), aged 23
of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kilburn, Sgt., M. H. J., R. A. F. V. R. (Pilot), aged 19
of Farnham, Surrey, England
Milliken, Sgt., R. A., R. A. A. F. (W Op Air Gunner), aged 22
of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Riley, Sgt., J. B., R. A. F. V. R. (W Op Air Gunner), aged 23
of Askern, Yorkshire, England
Thomson, Flg. Offr., J. W., D. F. C., R. N. Z. A. F.(Pilot), aged 25
of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand | |
