Remembering Today Casualty Flight Lieutenant (Observer) MAGEE, HUGH LARMOUR Service Number 81690 Died 16/03/1942 Aged 30 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Edward and Jane Magee, of Finaghy. B.A. (Dublin): Trinity College. INSCRIPTION: UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS Buried at CARRICKFERGUS (VICTORIA) CEMETERY Location: County Antrim, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 18 Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. D. Grave 174.
Thanks Dave for the presentation of the comprehensive facts on the circumstances of the loss of the aircraft and all but one crew member..always interesting to read from a technical point of view.....the Form 700 would have been well scrutinised. Human error in navigation along with adverse weather conditions must have accounted for many of the Bomber Command aircraft of 2157 that were lost on non ops duty. The figure of B.C aircrew lost on non ops duty has been recorded as 8090 with a further 4203 wounded from non ops duty against the 47268 aircrew lost on ops including those who died as POWs compared to a figure of aircrew wounded on ops of 4200. No 57 Squadron at the time was in the queue waiting to be re-equipped with the Lancaster which came in September 1942. - Per Ardua Ad Astra.