AM915
Allocated manufacturer serial number 40-2354 then re designated with RAF serial number AM915.
Assigned to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Struck Arinarach Hill after becoming lost in bad weather on a flight from Montreal to Campbeltown on 1 September 1941. All ten people on board were killed in the accident.
Crew:
Captain Kenneth Dardanelles Garden (BOAC)
First Officer Geoffrey Llewellyn Panes (BOAC)
Flight Engineer Charles Alvan Spence (RAF Ferry Command)
Radio officer Samuel Walter Sydenham (RAF Ferry Command)
Passengers:
Lieutenant Colonel Louis Harris Wrangham (Royal Marines)
Captain Sherwood Picking (US Navy)
Count Guy de Baillet-Latour
Professor Robert Balmain Mowat
Dr Mark Benjamin
Eric Taylor
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Campbeltown PA28, UK | 1 September 1941 |
Revisions
Re-built record with details from:
http://www.b24bestweb.com;
https://www.fold3.com/image/28650610;
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1940.html;
Removed all information pertaining to B-24 Liberator 42-404354 which is a separate aircraft.
Information about aircraft's serial number from Joe Baugher.
Information about this aircraft's crash from Peak Districut Air Crashes.