Bristol Beaufort N1180 had taken off from No 1 TTU (Torpedo
Training Unit) at RAF Abbotsinch, Scotland, when it was reported
missing from a routine night training flight on 2nd Sept 1942.
Little is known of the actual flight but wreckage was eventually
found on Tor Mhor near the lighthouse road on Mull of Kintyre,
sadly all four crew had been killed.
According to the ORB for Wednesday 2nd Sept 1942,"Beaufort
`S` from Abbotsinch was flying on a Night Navigation Exercise
and flew off course". Another aircraft from the same unit L9803
also flew off course and was found crashed on the Isle of Mull,
reasons given in this case were "Navigation error" But " During
the night there was a high increase in wind velocity with an
alteration in direction" which could have contributed.
night
Crew of N1180:
Pilot: Sgt Albert Augustine Haydon. RZNAF.
Obs: Sgt F.J.B.Griffin. RAFVR.
W/AG: P/O Leonard Percy Booker. RNZAF.
W/AG: Sgt Tom Henry Grasswick. RCAF.
My thanks to Errol Martyn, Ross McNeill & Margaret Morrell for
additional information on this crash.
Beaufort N1180 - S.Scotland
