Colin William Nowell
He was a hosiery knitter in 1939.
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He was the son of Oswald and Annie Nowell of 20, Stevenson Crescent, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He was the brother of John Edmund Nowell.
Nowell was the wireless operator aboard Halifax II BB285 which 'took off from Marston Moor at 1322 and crashed into the village sewerage works at Spofforth midway between Harrogate and Weatherby. The cause of the crash was traced to a pin working loose in the mechanism controlling the rudders, thus leading to a complete failure of the system. It is also reported that the starboard outer engine was on fire, prior to the crash and flames from the motor may have burned into the aileron controls.' WR Chorley Bomber Command Losses, Volume 8, Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947, p. 56
There were no survivors. Fatalities: Nowell + Edward Leslie Byrne (P), Joseph Jean Duclos (AG), William George Richardson (WOp), Cyril Brynmore Tingle (N), & John Alexander MacLean Weir
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