21
March 1944
R.A.F.
Station Hurn, Bournemouth, England
F/O
Jack Ross left this morning for Ayr to attend the funeral of F/O
MacTavish. "Mac" is to be buried in Ayr Cemetery. A
pilot of 440 Squadron went up to funeral of F/O Mitchell, who
crashed in a Typhoon on the way down from Ayr. This afternoon at
approximately 1600 hrs. we had another very regrettable
accident.
F/L
N.E. Pollock & F/O Hewson were dog- fighting when they
were intercepted by 2 Thunderbolts in pansy formation. According
to F/O Hewson, Pollock straightened out his aircraft, Hurricane
LS 972, only to see a Thunderbolt taking a cut at him. The
Thunderbolt apparently didn't break in time & cut about half
of Norv's starboard wing off. This happened at about 1500 ft.
Norv went into a spin, came out of it & then spun again. His
aircraft exploded & burned about 2 miles east of the
airport.
S/L
Smith, our ex C.O. visited us today. He is just back off leave
& apparently will be reporting to RCAF "K" Depot
at Harrington. The C.O. got word to go to Turnhouse for Court of
Inquiry re "Mac's" crash. He is supposed to be there
at 09:30 tomorrow morning, so will be flying up. F/O's Smith
& Kalen back off a very hectic leave in London.
Tiger
Squadron