bbc website BBC News - Worcestershire honours Canadian airmen a/c was X3932 of 23 OTU entire crew RCAF but pilot Sgt Long was from California
the date is given in the article :- The service was held at Rowney Green to commemorate a crew who were killed in a plane crash on 9 November 1943.
I see. I was wondering, because I have got a lot of information about No.23 OTU, but that's for the years 1941&1942.
9 November 1943 23 OTU Wellington III X3932 Op. Training Took off from Pershore at 1838 hrs for an evening detail. Reported crashed at 1940 hrs at Lower Park Farm, Rowney Green, 10 miles south south west from the centre of Birmingham. Crew. Sgt. C R G. Long RCAF + F/O. H H. Barton RCAF + P/O. G J. Gallagher RCAF + P/O. J H. Magnes RCAF + Sgt. A J. O'Neil RCAF + Source - RAF Bomber Command Losses Vol.7 - W R. Chorley
