RCAF, 428 Sqdn Lancaster, KB764 ... Help

[georgetanksherman]

Greetings everyone, need a bit of help getting some info on the crew of KB764 going from St. Mawgan, England to Lagans in the Azores on June 4, 1945. I currently only have the Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Elihu Paul Acree, Baudette, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Lancaster, KB764, June 4, 1945
Aircraft departed St. Mawgan, England, bound for Lagens in the Azores. While flying through cumulus cloud, both port engines began to run erratically. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Elihu Paul Acree, suspected icing and applied hot air, which had the desired effect on the inner port engine. Half an hour later, the port outer engine again lost power and was eventually shut down. Soon after the port inner engine became erratic. As Acree approached Lagens, with at least 1,816 litres of fuel still aboard, the port inner engine cut entirely. Power was completely asymmetric, and the bomber quickly swung out of control, aircraft cleared the cliffs, but crashed approximately three kilometres out to sea. The port wing struck first and broke off, as did the tail.

Crew:
Pilot: Flight Lieutenant Elihu Paul Acree, RCAF, Baudette, Minnesota, U.S.A. - Survived

Any help with the rest of the crew would truly be Appreciated,

Cheers

George

[Temujin]

Here is the information George

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[Temujin]

Found the RCAF Crash Card for aircraft……spelled the Pilots name wrong, so didn’t find it at first, doesn’t add any info to above record

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Found the RAF Crash Card also

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[georgetanksherman]

Thank You Temujin, as always, much appreciated. I have another Lancaster that was flying in the group with KB764, going from England back to Canada. Another pilot from the U.S., cannot find any info on the crew members or the passengers. Any ideas ??? This is what I have so far.

Lancaster, KB920, June 4, 1945

Aircraft departed St. Mawgan, England, bound for Lagens in the Azores with 14 other Lancasters bound for Canada. Daily Diary - At 19:00 hrs., 8 June 1945, nine four-engine Lancaster bombers appeared out of the north sky, and slowly one after another began to let down and land at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The serial numbers were – KB764 (See Above) KB757, KB843, KB891, KB848, KB744, KB920, KB864, KB781 and KB747.

Crew:
Pilot: Flt Lt A.L. Googe, RCAF, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. (30 missions with RCAF)

Positions Unknown:
W/O A.J. Myers, RCAF
F/O K.G. Poole, RCAF
W/O C.F. Parr, RCAF
F/O W.K. Todd, RCAF
W/O R.N. Thompson, RCAF
F/O W.C. Hinkle, RCAF
F/O R.B. Fereaux, RCAF

Passengers:
Flt Lt N. Nagon, RCAF
Cpl V.A.R. Nalnquist, RCAF

Any and all help appreciated !

[Temujin]

George

Hi George, I haven’t been able to confirm the above (YET, still looking)………but I have found info on him. He was involved in a number of other “air crashes”…………and I also found a recent list of missions by him, and if you look thru the list on the page, it does give more information on some of the others on your list. You can also see that he served as an instructor pilot on these cards

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[Temujin]

Only new information I’ve found so far is the date the 15 aircraft left Middleton St George.

On RCAF No Base 64 War diaries, it shows 15 aircraft leaving Middleton St George at the beginning of June for Canada. I am assuming they would have then flown to St Mawgan, then to the Azores and finally 9 arrived in Canada

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And, I did a quick map showing the potential route (direct line) from Middleton St George to St Mawgan to Yarmouth

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[Temujin]

Found the Aircraft Movements Card for KB 920

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