I am trying to find out more about a plane and crew from 517 Squadron which appears to have been lost on 2nd October 1945 with the crew of 7. All are commemorated at Runnymede I know little other than 517 was a Meteorological unit flying out of South Wales Casualty details as shown on attached attached Thanks
This from....The Price of Peace - C Cummings 2 October 1945 517 Squadron Halifax III. NA248 The aircraft was on a Met sortie and was last heard of in position 46 degrees 30 North /01degrees 28 West. It failed to return to base and no trace of it was ever found. It is though possible that the aircraft suffered structural failure because after a previous sortie the crew reported a loud bang and serious vibration. Subsequent examination did not reveal any cause for the noise or vibration and the aircraft was passed as serviceable.
From my photo collection of Runnymede panels Warrant Officer FENNEY, GERRARD HAROLD Service Number 648903 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 23 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Son of Francis and Florence Fenney; husband of Julia Catherine Fenney, of Finsbury, London. Flying Officer FLIPPANCE, ALBERT GORDON Service Number 163824 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 23 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Flippance, of Marlborough, Wiltshire. Flight Sergeant GREEN, LEO PETER Service Number 1487461 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 24 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of William Francis and Margaret Mary Green, of Prescot, Lancashire. SergeantKNIGHT, ARTHUR LEONARD Service Number 1802156 Died 02/10/1945 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Pilot Officer LAVERACK, JOHN OWEN Service Number 201057 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 29 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Ernest Wilson Laverack and Mary Alice Laverack, of Malton, Yorkshire; husband of A. Mollie Laverack, of Malton. M.P.S. Sergeant MARTIN, RICHARD TUNMER Service Number 1587614 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 22 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Soil of Francis James Martin and Ethel Gertrude Martin, of Bristol. Flying Officer SKINNER, JOHN ROCHFORD Service Number 177651 Died 02/10/1945 Aged 23 517 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Robert and Millicent Skinner; husband of Daphne Gwendoline Skinner, of Newbury, Berkshire.
