Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD431, Sunday 4 March 1945
1653 HCU Lancaster PD431 H4-V had departed North Luffenham at 1100 on 04/03/45 for a routine Cross-Country training flight. At approx 16:00, it returned to base but bounced hard on …
List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia
With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Royal Air Force introduced heavy conversion units (HCU). These …
1653 HCU Lancaster III DV161 Fl/Sgt. Pattinson, North Luffenham ...
Operation: Training - take off and landings. Date: 16th January 1945 (Tuesday) Unit: 1653 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) Type: Lancaster III. Serial: DV161. Coded: A3-? Location: Morcott, …
Accident Avro Lancaster B Mk I NG437, Monday 18 March 1946
No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) was first created on 15 March 1947 - almost one year (to the very day) after this incident - at RAF Lindholme, by re-designation of No. 1653 Heavy …
Accident Short Stirling Mk III EE958, Monday 15 May 1944
1653 HCU war records from The National Archives UK https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search …
1653 Heavy Conversion Unit Stirling III LJ455 H4-C P/O. Johnson, …
Date: 20th January 1944 (Thursday) Unit: No. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit. Type: Stirling III. Serial: LJ455. Code: H4-C. Base: RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk. Location: Hargrave Hall near …
Lancaster PD431 – RAF North Luffenham Heritage
The crash of PD431 was one of 11 Lancasters lost by 1653 HCU between January and March 1945. At the sister unit 1651 HCU operating at RAF Woolfox Lodge between January and …
No.1653 Con Unit - RAFCommands
It would appear that 1653 HCU (presuming this is same unit as CU?)was formed 9 Jan 1942 at Polbrook then was at Burn, Yorks from 2 June 1942 until 31 October 1942 when it was …
Lancaster PD431 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and
1653 HCU: United Kingdom: Cambridge City Cemetery: Sergeant: William Gordon RATCLIFFE (2222927) Lancaster PD431 Forum Post Ext Link: 1945-03-05: 1653 HCU: United Kingdom: …
1653 HCU Stirling I BF397 Fl/Lt. Alexander, Training accident, RAF ...
Personal history of Allied forces aircrew and support services serving 1935 - 1945 including original research.