When 120 Squadron’s Liberator I AM925 'X' aircraft took flight from RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland to begin an anti-submarine sortie, it was not able to gain height and, as a result, the Liberator struck a radio mast near the east west runway; severely damaged, when it finally came to rest the aircraft caught fire and exploded. Four of the nine aircrew members perished as a result of the accident, and the other five airmen were injured. One of the wireless operator/air gunners, Sergeant John Felix Waite, rescued Navigator P/O Densham from the burning Liberator; for that courageous action, he was awarded the George Medal.
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission-
Military Service:-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 570472
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 120 Squadron (RAF Coastal Command)
Son of Page and Gertrude Welford; nephew of Edith Dunning of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission-
Military Service:-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 570472
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 120 Squadron (RAF Coastal Command)
Son of Page and Gertrude Welford; nephew of Edith Dunning of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
When 120 Squadron’s Liberator I AM925 'X' aircraft took flight from RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland to begin an anti-submarine sortie, it was not able to gain height and, as a result, the Liberator struck a radio mast near the east west runway; severely damaged, when it finally came to rest the aircraft caught fire and exploded. Four of the nine aircrew members perished as a result of the accident, and the other five airmen were injured. One of the wireless operator/air gunners, Sergeant John Felix Waite, rescued Navigator P/O Densham from the burning Liberator; for that courageous action, he was awarded the George Medal.
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission-
Military Service:-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 570472
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 120 Squadron (RAF Coastal Command)
Son of Page and Gertrude Welford; nephew of Edith Dunning of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission-
Military Service:-
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 570472
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 120 Squadron (RAF Coastal Command)
Son of Page and Gertrude Welford; nephew of Edith Dunning of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
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