| Garrard. John Percival.
14 March 1945
201 Squadron.
Sunderland
Serial. ML743.
Base: Castle Archdale.
Crew.
F/L. D. Hatton.
F/L. John Garrard. RAAF.
F/L. V. Howkins.
F/O. E. Cave.
P/O. R. Becker.
P/O. S. Smith.
F/S. N. Davison.
F/S. G. Kennedy.
F/S. D J T. Twist.
F/S. J G. Robinson.
F/S. F N G. Ford.
Sgt. J. McEvoy.
This was perhaps the most serious Sunderland crash in Co. Donegal which occurred on the 14 March 1945 at 02:15 hrs in the morning. All the crew perished when the aircraft hit Crownard just above Killybegs over looking Donegal Bay at 1,700 feet outward bound on an anti-submarine patrol.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
Last edited by Peter Clare; 30-04-2008 at 05:43 PM.
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