If you require additional information on any of the 17 OTU losses below please email your request to me, Garth Barnard.

 

Date 8 Jul 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. X3934 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O G Chambers 15000 Killed Solihull Cemetery
Sgt F E Harrison 1262177 Killed Bicker (St Swithin) Churchyard
P/O J A Jackson 139721 Killed Biggar (The Crofts) Cemetery
Sgt I G Jones 1314731 Killed Risca Old Cemetery 
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Date 16 Jul 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BJ797 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O D G McAlpine     -
Sgt R E Heap RAAF   Injured

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Date 22 Jul 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Lysander
Serial No. R9075 Operation   Take Off  

Description

Reported to have ditched.  

 
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Date 23 Aug 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BJ990 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt Hinton RAAF A16509   -
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Date 25 Aug 1943 Unit 17OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. HE555 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
P/O Munro 143701   -
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Date 17-18 Sept 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE324 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

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Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S N N Dunn RAAF 415315 Killed Heanton Punchardon Cemetery
Sgt J Donnachie 1554638 Killed Cambusnethan Cemetery
P/O H Farrer  RCAF J/24533 Killed Heanton Puncharndon Cemetery
Sgt R E Dolling 1337861 Killed Llanelli Cemetery
Sgt J H Hallam 1819415 Killed Beeston & Stapleford Cemetery
Sgt  H A Newnham  RAAF 424305 Killed Heanton Puncharndon Cemetery
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Date 28-29 Sept 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HF600 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt E Atkinson 1452621 Killed Barnsley Cemetery
Sgt Cozens 1385661 Killed Bandon Hill Cemetery
Sgt C G Braund 1320783 Killed Orpington Churchyard
Sgt K B Roberts 1585875 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
Sgt A B Shanks  RCAF R/194853 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
Sgt D Crosland 1305841 Killed Battyeford Burial Ground
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Date 3 Oct 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. HE276 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S G Lamb 655748 Killed Penrith cemetery 
Sgt J S Beach

 

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Sgt R H Hyde   Injured  -
Sgt A Longworth 1538877 Killed Bolton (Astley Bridge) cemetery
Sgt  F P Smith RCAF R166678 Killed Towcester Cemetery
Sgt J B Speake  1516058 Killed  Manchester (Gorton) Cemetery
F/S H Smith DFM  628540 Killed  Cornforth Churchyard
Sgt R J Wells   Injured  -
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Date 20 Oct 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE298 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt A R Taylor     -
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Date 14 Nov 1943 Unit   Type Wellington
Serial No. HE686 Operation   Take Off  

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt R C Lake     -
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Date 27 Dec 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. X3344 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O B F Gilmore  RNAF 412223 Injured -
F/S R G Ward  RAAF A422326 Injured -
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Date 27 Dec 1943 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. LN444 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
  E R Oliver      
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Date 11 Jan 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BK333 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O E W Ward  RCAF J26481 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
F/O K G Berry  RCAF J27495 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
F/O G E Clode  RCAF J28346 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
Sgt R Dawson 157863 Killed Normacot Churchyard
Sgt W E Shillito  RCAF R221908 Injured -
Sgt J J Golding  RCAF R196833 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
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Date 24 Feb 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BJ655 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S D L Haynes  RAAF 422517   -
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Date 17 Mar 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BK352 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
P/O R Dennis DFM 162836 Killed Featherstone Cemetery
F/S Calder  RAAF 417799 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
F/S E W Baldwin  RAAF 419948 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
Sgt J J O Walters 1652405 Killed Marshfield (St Mary) Churchyard
F/S D S Robinson 1061047 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
Sgt T J Greenhill  RAAF 430099 Killed Oxford (Botley) Cemetery
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Date 17 Mar 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE915 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O A C Ball     -
Sgt C F Smallwood 1575172 Missing Runnymeade Memorial
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Date 23 Mar 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE688 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O E N Thompson  RNZAF   Killed  
F/S B J Jones  RAAF 424299 Killed Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Sgt D L Watson  RAAF 430076 Killed Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Sgt E P Moore 1586101 Killed Portslade Cemetery
Sgt D G Stephens 3011102 Killed Stand (All Saints) Churchyard
Sgt B Woodhead 1685947 Killed Salford Cemetery
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Date 12 Apr 1944 Unit   Type  
Serial No.   Operation   Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
         

Description

Aircraft crashed at Chipping Warden.

 
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Date 21 Apr 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HZ412 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt W L Scott 1435311 Killed Batley Cemetery
Sgt  A W Sherry  1586167 Killed Ford Park Cemetery
Sgt  T H Stacey 1459796 Killed Bilton (St Peter) Churchyard
Sgt  N G Cailes 1605460 Killed Christchurch Cemetery
Sgt Cunnell   Injured -
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Date 28 May 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. X3445 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S D G Haynes RAAF   A417579   -
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Date 6 June 1944 Unit   Type Wellington
Serial No.   Operation   Take Off  

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
         

Description

Wellington made a belly-landing.....

 
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Date 8 Jun 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Hurricane II C
Serial No. LF749 Operation Training/Affiliation Take Off Turwestion

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
W/O A L Terry  RAAF A409770 Killed Oxford (Botley) cemetery
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Date 7-8 Jul 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. HE325 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

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Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/L J Shaw 70617 Killed Bendochy Parish Churchyard
Sgt W N Mitchell 1290938 Killed Bridge of GairnGraveyard
Sgt W E C Willett 1603136 Killed Towcester Cemetery
Sgt L W Barker 916712 Killed Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Cemetery
Sgt C A Wyatt 1596540 Killed Sheffield (City Rd) Cemetery
Sgt H Kinchin 1596079 Killed Richmond Cemetery
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Date 8 Jul 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington III
Serial No. BK272 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
P/O C F Searles 172964 Killed Croydon (Mitcham Rd) Cemetery
F/O W Haraczay  RCAF J/29418 Killed Brookwood Military Cemetery
F/O A G Corck  RCAF J/39369 Killed Brookwood Military Cemetery
Sgt P J Woods 1581815 Killed Northampton Crematorium
Sgt R F Bradford 1814075 Killed Edmonton cemetery
Sgt J B Lemon 1895244 Killed Slough (Stoke Rd) Cemetery
Sgt B Hadlow 974950 Killed Littlebourne Churchyard
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Date 18 Aug 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE502 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O W J Lambert     -
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Date 26 Aug 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. LP340 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S C D Pauline  RAAF     -
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Date 7 Sept 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. HE982 Operation Training Take Off Turweston      

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S A A Soth   Killed  
Sgt P A Anderson 1566518 Killed Banchor Burial Ground
Sgt D S Norman 1614469 Killed Hornchurch Cemetery
Sgt D Sheen 1812007 Killed Towcester Cemetery
Sgt R R Hesketh 1897455 Killed Towcester Cemetery
Sgt D J Fortune 1898863 Killed Towcester Cemetery
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Date 6 Oct 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. ME996 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S McKindlay     -
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Date 22 Nov 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. MF705 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S P D Jones     -
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Date 12 Dec 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. LN934 Operation   Take Off  

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
         

Description
Crashed at Castle Donnington. Cat ‘AC’

 
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Date 17 Dec 1944 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington 
Serial No. LP306 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt G A Caton 1808380 Killed Orpington Churchyard
Sgt J Hartley 1620932 Killed Ince-in-Makerfield Cemetery
Sgt R G Miller 1604765 Killed Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery
Sgt W Kennedy 2212847 Killed Newcastle-Upon-tyne cemetery
Sgt R P H Fernie 1568204 Killed Edinburgh Cemetery
Sgt M E Griffiths 1813603 Killed Harrow (Pinner) New cemetery
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Date 10 Jan 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE832 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
S/L A Mac C Stott   Injured -
Sgt W J Rose   Injured -
Sgt B M Lloyd   Injured -
Sgt D A Ottaway 1802652 Killed Esher (Cobham) Cemetery
Sgt W R Pike 3033009 Killed Poole (Branksome)  Cemetery
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Date 13-14 Jan 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE865 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

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Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/S A G Humphrey 1614870 Killed Chelmsford Cemetery
Sgt G C Edwards 1459369 Killed Normanton Upper Cemetery
Sgt R Davis 1653083 Killed Port Talbot Cemetery
Sgt V L Goddard   Killed  
Sgt W R Askew 1505117 Killed Coventry (London Rd) Cemetery
Sgt J Done   Injured -
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Date 25 Feb 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE994 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
P/O J Creevy     -
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Date 14 Apr 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. HE852 Operation   Take Off  

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
         

Description
Turweston Cat ‘B’  

 
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Date 15 Apr 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. NC978 Operation   Take Off  

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Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
         
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Date 26 May 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. LN445 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O K G Kelly RAAF   Injured -
Sgt F H Ennis   Injured -
W/O A C Shankland   Injured -
F/O [Air] D W H Furber 183229 Killed Uley (St Giles) Cemetery
Sgt R C Develin 1901902 Killed Tramore C of I Churchyard
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Date 28 May 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. HE226 Operation Training Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
W/O E C Cole 1445279 Killed Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Sgt J Mann 1810780 Killed Bells Hill Burial Ground
F/S A J Griffiths 859551 Killed Kimbolton Churchyard
Sgt J Duncan 1826025 Killed Edinburgh Cemetery
Sgt H H Rawnsley 809198 Killed Leeds (Burmantofts) Cemetery
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Date 18 Oct 1945 Unit 17 OTU Type Hurricane II C
Serial No. MW350 Operation Ferry Take Off Turweston

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
W/O W H Allchin   Injured -
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Date 18 Jan 1946 Unit 17 OTU Type Wellington
Serial No. LR125 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
Sgt Brunning 1585056 Killed Pinhoe (St Michael) Churchyard
F/O G S Button 166725 Killed Sittingbourne & Milton Cemetery
F/S W S Kinnair 572774 Killed Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Sgt L T Crabb 3025459 Killed St Stephens-by-Sattash Churchyard
Sgt  A F Butler 3033600 Killed Tottenham & Woodgreen Cemetery
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Date 19 Mar 1946 Unit 16 OTU Type Wellington X
Serial No. NC444 Operation Training Take Off Silverstone

Crew
Rank Name Number Killed/Injured Remembered With Honour
F/O J Oldam   Injured -
P/O R C Cripps   Injured -
F/O E D Beaumont   Injured -
P/O A F Rigby   Injured -
Sgt F E Bunning   Injured -
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