Date: 23rd July 1940
Unit: No. 269 Squadron (Coastal Command)
Type: Hudson I
Serial: P5152
Coded: UA-J
Location: Wick, Scotland.
Pilot: Fl/ Lt. Charles David Weaver Price 37985 R.A.F. Age 27. Killed
Nav: P/O. James Tatne Taine Fleming 41277 R.A.F. Age 20. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: P/O. William Appleby 42975 R.A.F. Age 26. Killed
W/Op: Sgt. Lawrence Land 623762 R.A.F. Age ? Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Collided with Hurricane P2862 No. 3 Squadron whilst taking off at 04.15 hrs from Wick. Crashed killing all on board - no details as yet available on the outcome of the Hurricane.
Fl/Lt. Price had an earlier accident when on 21st March 1940 during take off the Anson 1 (N9673) he was piloting failed to take off due to a combination of conditions (wet, temporary runway and heavily loaded) also the end of the runway being blocked by a Hurricane and a fuel bowser with insufficient speed the take off was aborted and the aircraft written off.
Anson I piloted by Fl/Lt. Charles Price lost on an earlier mission on 21st March 1940
Left to right above: Morpeth, Wick and Llanspyddid
Burial Details:
Fl/ Lt. Charles David Weaver Price Llanspyddid (St. Cattwg) Churchyard S.E. of church
Son of Charles Weaver Price and Rhineadd Mary Gwendoline Price, stepson of Eva Price of Llanspyddid
P/O. James Tatne Taine Fleming Wick Cemetery Sec. O. Grave 412
Son of Archibald Munnoch Fleming and Hazel Darling Fleming, of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.
P/O. William Appleby Morpeth (SS. Mary and James) Churchyard. Old ground.
Son of Robert and Harriet Appleby, of Morpeth; husband of Paula Appleby.
Sgt. Lawrence Land Wick Cemetery Sec. O. Grave 411
