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COSTELLO MH
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COSTELLO, Maurice

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley lll
Serial Number K8957
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Abingdon Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. 10. Row T. Grave 12..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 23
Enlistment information
Service Number 546959
Service Royal Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 10 OTU
Trade Wireless Operator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 08-04-1940
End Date 08-04-1940
Takeoff Station Abingdon
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Transit to Jurby, Isle of Man
Reason for Loss Set course to the Isle of Man. The weather was bad, and the aircraft iced up. The pilot ordered all to bail out while he would attempt to land the aircraft. Only one bailed out - from 250 feet, and survived. K8957 crashed about 1700 hrs near Northcote, railway station, near Stratford upon Avon.